I have been trying to achieve a cleanness, a space washed from neuroses and glitches with which life scars and stultifies me, by a conscious withdrawing from overamplified scenes. In my work I deal with the debris that stays attached after this withdrawal. The motion itself has become a condition of quality, a necessary act to navigate along relevance, modes of articulation and disguise.
I make drawings, mostly on paper, and work with music and performance, solo and in collaboration.
"There is a slowly breathing city, a bordertown embedded in heaps of cement and melodious dialect. Impenetrable at first sight, it forces a newcomer to start digging in order to find the fertile soil and to separate the seeds, particles of beauty, from the dirt. I have been the newcomer, and I have worked with the dirt."
Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht
Researcher fine arts, Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
St. Joost Academie, Breda
BA Painting, 1995 - 1999
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Speech Loop contribution to sound piece Alessandro Bosetti – Ausland, Berlin Residual Glitches – Anniversary Kunsthuis SYB at P/////AKT, Amsterdam
2010 Harmonic cuts and slices – Bei Roy, Berlin (solo) Your words are my food, your breath my wine, you're everything to me – L40, Berlin Celebration! Uqbar 3rd anniversary exhibition – Uqbar, Berlin
2009
10 years art space B32 group show + catalogue – B32, Maastricht
Independent Drawing Gig 5 – Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam WOW inspiratieroute – De Kunstsuper, Rotterdam Oops I think my grandpa was a nazi – Gallery 182, Rotterdam Subtrio – yourspace/Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven The day I fix a turbine to my belly (by Cevdet Erek) – Lokaal 01, Antwerp
2008
Zwart group show, performance and catalogue – CBK Apeldoorn Independent Drawing Gig 4 – De Craeckelink, Amsterdam Helsinki Biennale – Designmuseum Helsinki Independent Drawing Gig 4 – The Moth, Sint-Martensvoeren Grafische vormgeving dient… Lokaal 01, Breda
2007
Independent Drawing Gig 3 – Quartair, Den Haag Cacao Drippin residency with Gam Bodenhausen – De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond Space for One Artwork – Buro Empty, Amsterdam
2006 Zielklachten en een eeuwig hart – artspace B32, Maastricht
2004
Het Hotel Met De Papieren Muren – Hedah, Maastricht (solo)
2003 Untitled – former Museum ‘Entre Deux’ (final show Jan van Eyck Academy) – Maastricht I looked good on pictures until I started dating a photographer - De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond (solo) Fireworks II: le blue du ciel (intervention Lieven DeBoeck) – Hedah, Maastricht Ménage à trois/Looking for drama (two short stories) – Opening week Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht
2002
Arte/Mare – Boulevard, Knokke Tour de Promenade – Projectspace de 5er, Rotterdam
2000 Of All Places – Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag Foundation […] of painting by Loek Grootjans – De Watertoren AK, Vlissingen
1999
Park of the future – Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam Can I Put You Through? De Fabriek, Eindhoven
PERFORMANCES THE SKILLS (Gam Bodenhausen & Simone van Dijken)
2009 Blurrr Tent/Worm: Weekend Kunstenaarsbands, Rotterdam - Hedah opening Myriam Custers, Maastricht - Feminifestival Danielle Lemaire, Roni Klinkhamer e.a. Extrapool, Nijmegen - Garage Sale Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam - ‘Summer’ Frank Konincks & The Skills. The Moth, St. Martens-Voeren - Club Attent Rotterdam - The Other Site Nest, Den Haag - Subtrio yourspace/van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2008 Zwart CBK Apeldoorn - Independent Drawing Gig 4 De Craeckelink, Amsterdam - Independent Drawing Gig 4 The Moth, St. Martens-Voeren - Kunsttour Timmerfabriek, Maastricht
2007 Buitenlanders! Kunsthuis13, Velp - Independent Drawing Gig 3 Quartair, Den Haag - Festival Museum Het Domein/Fenix, Sittard - Vintage Silk Black Ballades Hedah, Maastricht (solo) - Nailpolish Blues Buro Empty, Amsterdam (solo)
2003-2006 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam - Jan van Eyck Academy Maastricht - Buro Empty Amsterdam - Melksalon Arnhem - Gallery Slewe Amsterdam - Scheld’apen Antwerpen - Extrapool Nijmegen - De Watertoren AK Vlissingen - Oddpop Festival Maastricht
RECORDINGS
2010 Voice recording for 'A Collection of Smiles', a radio piece by Alessandro Bosetti - Audio Cue Ton Labor, Berlin
2009 Svelte Blonde lyrics and vocals – Brash & Vulgar (In Flagranti) Codek Records, New York
2006 Track 13 (Dutch Talent) cd Gonzo Magazine #36, one track by The Skills
2005 White Leather Jacket – cd The Skills (recorded/produced at 3 sun recordings) Maastricht
2005 Oddpop-sampler cd Felix Kubin, People Like Us, zZz, Matt Wand, The Skills and others
PUBLICATIONS
2010 B-Sides and Raritiescatalogue – Lokaal 01, Breda
2009 CatalogueB32 – B32, Maastricht
2009 De Kantlijn Magazine
2009 Blend Magazine interview
2008 MUDBEERTOWN #1 Dreams of Sage and Basil – comic, Cavi
2007 Catalogue Zwart – CBK Apeldoorn
2007 Naar de bron series of drawings – Zuiderlucht magazine, Maastricht
2006 D magazine #1 – Yane Calovski & Veenman Publishers, Amsterdam
2006 TUNA BABY – comic, Maastricht
2004 D magazine (pilot) – Y. Calovski, Jan van Eyck, Revolver, Archiv für Aktuelle Kunst
1999 Catalogue A LOT - Loek Grootjans, Breda
CURATED
Independent Drawing Gig 4
Marcel de Buck, Birgitta van Drie, Gam Bodenhausen, Annette Stahmer, Petra Kaiser, Ray Moon, Stephane Querrec, Ray Moon, Simone van Dijken and The Skills – The Moth (B)
COLLECTIONS
2007 Océ, Venlo
2004 Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht
2001 Raad voor Rechtsbijstand, Den Bosch
NOMINATIONS
2002 Johan Diepstratenprijs Lokaal 01, Breda
STIPENDS
Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB Amsterdam, 2001
Investment subsidy, City of Breda, 1999