born in Leerdam, Netherlands

lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1992-1997 Royal Academy of Art & Design's-Hertogenbosch
1996 Rennie Macintosh School of Art Glasgow

Exhibitions

2021
Bark Gallery, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)

2018
After Dark, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (SOLO)

2017
Zeitgeist, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (SOLO)

2016
#tags, Spinello Projects, Miami, USA
Blurry Conflicts, Buro Groningen, Netherlands (SOLO)

2015
Family Man, Kunstverein Heppenheim, Germany (SOLO)

2014
Solo Booth Armory Show, New York under auspicien of Upstream Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)
The Order of The Black Opaque, Plaatsmaken Arnhem, The Netherland (SOLO)

2012
Urban Gothic, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Light and Shadow, Gallery, Upstream Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Never trust a rebel, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (SOLO)

2010
9/11 666 777, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Bite The Beef, Kunstverein Artitude, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)

2009
ArtBaselMiami under auspicien of The Breeder Athens, Miami, USA (SOLO)
The simple complexity of it all, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (SOLO)
Towards our new constructtion, Rental Gallery with The Breeder, Cologne, Germany (SOLO)
Arrested Development, DA2 Salamanca, Spain (SOLO)

2008
New sites for personal structures, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)

2006
Indy Structures, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (SOLO)
Afterhours, Cosmic Gallery, Paris, France (SOLO)

2005
Afterhours, curated by Roel Arkesteijn, Gem Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Get the balance right, Upstream gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)

2004
A passion play, curated by Anouk van Heesch , Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Chesed / Dien, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (SOLO)
In times like these, Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Marc Bijl, Giorgio De Chirico Art Center, Volos, Greece (SOLO)
The nation had been flirting with forms of götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolutions, Casco, Utrecht, The Netherlands (SOLO)
The world won't listen, Bergman Designstore/gallery Frankfurt, Germany curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen (SOLO)
Black Planet, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria (SOLO)

Grants

2021 Publication Stipend
2016 Stipend Mondriaan Fonds
2014 Working Stipend Krull Stiftung Potsdam
2008 Theo Wolvecamp Painting Prize
2004 Charlotte Koehlerprize for young art

Collections

Private collectors in Holland, Germany, Greece, Italy, USA, Japan. Public Collections; Rabobank, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Groningen Museum, MUSAC, Leon, FRAC Calais, Collection HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York - Collection Gemeentemuseum, The Hague - Chadha Art Collection, The Netherlands - Collection APT - KPN Collection, The Netherlands