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Merijn Bolink, Deurloostraat 122 1078 JK Amsterdam
t. +31 619342008 merijnbolink at gmail.com #merijnbolink
1967 born in Amsterdam, lives and works in Amsterdam
1987-92 A.K.I., Academy of Fine Arts, Enschede (now Artez)
solo shows
2021 Art Rotterdam, LangArt
2019 Club Solo, Breda
2018 LangArt, Amsterdam
2013 Galerie Ton de Boer, Amsterdam
2012 Kunstreservebank Amsterdam
2011 Galerie Ton de Boer, Amsterdam
21 Rozendaal, Enschede
ABN, IJsseltoren, Zwolle
2009 AMC, Amsterdam
2003 Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
2000 ‘All in Line’, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Post Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.
Exedra, Hilversum
1998 Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
1996 Kunstraum Düsseldorf, Germany
Gemeentemuseum, Helmond
Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim
1995 Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark, Amsterdam
1993 Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (duo with Paul Cox)
groupshows
2021 NATURE / NATURE, duo show with Lin de Mol, LangArt, Amsterdam
2020 Vliegend Vrij, st. Barbarakerk, Culemborg
2018 ‘Tourist Land’, Vrij Paleis, Amsterdam
‘Nobody on the road’, Vishal Haarlem, met Eli Content
Design week Lodz, Poland
2017 ‘Human+artificial creativity’, Design Week Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey
‘Humans need not apply’, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
9th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale (GICB), PR South Korea
2015 About Trees, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switserland
2012 Binnenstebuiten, CBK Assen (met o.a. Richard Deacon, Tony Cragg)
2011 Alter Nature’,Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Apparently not enough, KADE, Amersfoort
2010 Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam, Galerie Lutz Dordrecht
2009 Anningahof, Zwolle
2008 ‘Dierlijk getroffen’, LUMC, Leiden
2007 ‘Vit-A-rti’, Opening show Verbeeke foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
‘a Faithful Eye’, ABN AMRO, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, U.S.
2006 ‘Spooky’, Het Gebouw, Leidsche Rijn
‘EDEN DNA’, 5e design biënnale st. Etienne, France
2005 Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
HxBxD, Gemeentemuseum The Hague
2004 ‘Lustwarande 04’, Tilburg
Design etc.’, Tri Postal, Lille, France
2001-02 ‘Mobiel Dromen’, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2001 Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
1999 ‘Fauna’, the Zacheta Gallery of Cont. Art, Warschau, Poland
‘Avoiding Objects’, Apex Art, New York, U.S.
1998 ‘What Remains’, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Büro Friedrich, Berlijn, Germany
1997 ‘The People’s Choice’, Kunsthal Rotterdam
‘Still’, The Old Leadworks, Bristol, U.K.
1996 ‘Exchanging Interiors’, Museum van Loon, A’dam
1995 ‘La valise du célibataire’, NS Station, Maastricht
1994 ‘Het Grote Gedicht’, Grote Kerk, The Hague
1993 ‘Thing Makers’, BEAM, Nijmegen
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
awards
2011 Amsterdamse straatkunstprijs (Art in public space of Amsterdam)
1998 Mid America Arts Alliance Award and Residency Program
1997 Charlotte Köhler award
1993 Zeebelt award
art fairs
2021 Art Rotterdam / LangArt
2019 PAN Amsterdam / LangArt
2018 Art Amsterdam / LangArt
2013 Raw art Rotterdam / Galerie Ton de Boer
Slick, Brussel (B) / Galerie Ton de Boer, Brussel, Belgium
2007 Art Amsterdam / Galerie Fons Welters
2005 Frieze / Galerie Fons Welters, Londen, U.K.
2000 ARCO / Galerie Fons Welters, Madrid, Spain
1998 Art Brussels / Galerie Fons Welters, Brussel, Belgium
1995 Art Cologne / Galerie Fons Welters, Keulen, Germany
art in public spave
2018 WWII-monument, Parnassia, The Hague
2016 G. van Wijkschool, Den Haag
Risdammerhoutpark, Hoorn
2015 Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede
2013 RABO-kantoor, Middelharnis
Rotonde Havengebied, Enschede
AMC, Amsterdam
Gemeentehuis Westerveld, Drenthe
2007 LUMC, Leiden
2005 Zoutkeetsplein, Amsterdam
2004 Zeeburgerdijk, Amsterdam
1999 Parnassia, The Hague
1993 De Tol, Apeldoorn
projects
2021 ‘Pandocheion’ muziekgebouw / BIMhuis, multidimensional music- and visual arts production with David Kweksilber
2018 Contribution to the film ‘Parallel’ from Ruth Meijer and Ellen Blom, as shown on national TV and filmfestivals (awarded for best film at filmfestival Israël 2020)
2018, 2021 designs €5 and golden €10 coins for Royal Mint
teaching, workshops lectures
Teacher: Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Jewelry / Linking Bodies, VaV, Dogtime and PRE)
Guest teacher: Academie voor Bouwkunst, Amsterdam, State University of New York, US, St Lucas Art Academy, Gent, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Artless Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and most art academies in the Netherlands
Exam committee member: AKI Enschede, Sandberginstituut (M), Academie Kampen
Lectures Chr Lyceum Veenendaal, NASK Utrecht, University of Maastricht, TEDxRotterdam 2011 and most art academies in the Netherlands