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Marijn van Kreij
Born in 1978, Middelrode, The Netherlands.
Lives and works in Amsterdam.
EDUCATION
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2005-2006
Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst St. Joost, Breda, 1999-2003
Grafisch Lyceum, Eindhoven, 1996-1999
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Riffs and Variations, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2011 How to Look Out, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem (cat.)
2011 The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (cat.)
2009 The Passenger, ZINGERpresents, London
2009 Hey Hey, My My, Kisterim, Budapest
2009 We Could Be Looking For The Same Thing, Loraini Alimantiri/Gazonrouge, Athens
2009 And Singin’ La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (Schaufenster)
2008 Tomorrow is Humourless, Stedelijk Museum Bureau (SMBA), Amsterdam
2008 Hey Hey, My My, Liste '08, Basel
2007 Another Hole Inside The Hole You're In, KLERKX, Milan
2007 I Can't See Until I See Your Eyes, ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam
2004 Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch
2003 Playstation, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2013 Hey you!, 1646, The Hague (with Jack Segbars and Nickel van Duijvenboden)
2013 Social Sound, VHDG, Leeuwarden
2013 People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
2012 A Place No Cars Go, Pou, Barcelona
2012 Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2012 The Only Rule is Work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde
2012 Present Forever, FATFORM, Amsterdam (cat.)
2012 De Nederlandse Identiteit? Half suiker, half zand, De Paviljoens, Almere
2012 Picasso Grid, Autocenter, Berlin
2012 Newseum, Schunck at Pinkpop, Landgraaf
2012 A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (cat.)
2012 A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
2011 Trompe Le Monde, Galerie Transit, Mechelen
2011 25 +25, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen (D) (cat.)
2011 In- and outside - writing, Voorkamer, Lier (B)
2011 All About Drawing, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (cat.)
2011 Poisson d'Avril, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
2011 De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
2010 Zweierlei, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel
2010 Meer, Voorkamer, Lier (B)
2010 Passanten 2010: Pods, Fundament, Tilburg
2010 Seventeen, London
2010 Stip 2010 en kunst nu, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (cat.)
2010 X Artworks In A Straight Line (Seeking The Perfect Sphere), Crisp, London
2010 Diary of a Madman, Regina, Moscow
2010 Phoebus, Rotterdam (with Piet Dirkx and Marc Nagtzaam)
2010 Arrivals and Departures, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (IT)
2010 Die Reliktion/Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg (with Remco Torenbosch)
2010 The Destroyed Room, Whatspace, Berlin / Tilburg
2009 You Can Tell A Cowboy By The Horse He Rides, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zürich
2009 B-sides and Rarities, Lokaal 01, Breda (cat.)
2009 Towing the Line, White Box, New York
2009 Unknown Territory, De Paviljoens, Almere
2009 Het Gesnoeide Matisseboompje, Kunst over kunst, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (cat.)
2009 I Was Lookin' Back To See If You Were Lookin' Back At Me To See Me Lookin' Back At You, ReMap2, Athens
2009 Today is OK, KLERKX, Milan
2009 The Tragic and The Funny Meet Again, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2009 Remain In Light, W139, Amsterdam
2009 Faux Frères, In Situ, Aalst
2009 Hey Hey, My My, Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, (with Pere Llobera) (cat.)
2009 I Love The Benelux, Virgil de Voldere, New York
2008 A Meeting Between The Tragic and The Funny, Hessenhuis, Antwerpen
2008 From Cobra to Contemporary, Artnews Projects, Berlin
2008 Work The Room, GON, Istanbul
2008 Brabantpresentatie, NBKS, Breda,
2008 Endless Lowlands, Breaking Up (Pt. 2), KLEMM's, Berlin
2008 Standpunten, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2008 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, W139, Amsterdam
2008 Endless Lowlands, Breaking Up (Pt. 1), BINZ 39, Zürich
2007 The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future, De Hallen, Haarlem
2007 Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (cat.)
2007 Paulo Post Futurum, Lokaal 01, Breda
2007 Kölnshow 2, European Kunsthalle, Cologne (cat.)
2007 Comfort/Discomfort, Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2007 Arcipelago Olanda, Fieromilanocity, Milan, (cat.)
2007 Those Quaint Moments Of Distress, Montana, Berlin
2007 I Want To Believe, Eva Presenhuber, Zürich,
2007 You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory…, Galerie 48/SBK, Breda
2007 Cover Up, KOP, Breda
2006 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (cat.)
2006 Rijksakademie at Parts, Parts, Xiamen
2005 Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (cat.)
2005 Salon VIII, NBKS, Breda
2004 Present Tense, Playstation/Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2004 Achterland en Achterdocht, Lokaal 01, Breda
2004 Prix de Rome 2004 Drawing/Graphics, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (cat.)
2004 Match!, Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven / NBKS, Breda
2003 Nieuw Licht 2, Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
2003 Eindexamententoonstelling, Akademie voor kunst en vormgeving St. Joost, Breda (cat.)
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2012
The Only Rule is Work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde. Participating artists: Douglas Huebler, Graham Hudson, WJM Kok, Klara Lidén, Dennis Oppenheim, Karl Pelgrom
and Insituut voor Creatief Werk, Maarten Sleeuwits and Jennifer West
2011
The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam. Works by Gwenneth Boelens, René Daniëls, Maria Eichhorn, Daan van Golden, Richard Hamilton,
Bas van den Hurk, Henri Jacobs, Michael Landy, Oliver Laric, Sol LeWitt, Ann Lislegaard, Christian Marclay, Duane Michals, Jan van de Pavert, A.R. Penck,
Sigmar Polke, Yutaka Sone, Christopher Williams and Ian Wilson
2008
Tomorrow Is Humourless, Museumnacht 2008, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam. Video’s and performances by Yasser Ballemans, David Blandy,
Aleksandra Domanovic, Fifi Hengsten, Meiro Koizumi, Torsten Lauschmann, Seth Price, Pipiloti Rist, Bas Schevers and Jennifer West
RESIDENCIES
2010 ARTSCHOOL/UK, Cell Project Space/Whitechapel Gallery, London
PRIZES
2011 Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs
2011 Nomination Illy Prize
2008 De Best Verzorgde Boeken
2006 Uriot-prize, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
2005 Salonprijs, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting
2004 Prix de Rome, basic prize
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch
Museum De Paviljoens, Almere