1976-78: Studies at the Royal Art Academy, The Hague
1979-81: Studies at Ateliers 63, Haarlem
2011
Lost and Ambulous, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Grey Paintings, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
Akkermania, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (cat.)
2010
Am I A Person?, BravinLee programs, New York
I Have Become Paint, Galerie Polaris, Paris
Immer Ich, Kunstverein ArtHaus, Ahaus, Germany
Full Frontal, Mummery + Schnelle, London
2009
138x Philip Akkerman, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch
2008
Mummery + Schnelle, London
Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
2007
Self-portraits, Guido Costa Projects, Turin
Self-portraits, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York
Drawings, BravinLee, New York
2006
L'autoportrait, c'est moi. Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Tweeduizendzes, De Hallen, Haarlem
2005
L.A.C., Sigean, France
2004
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
De Zenhast, Middelburg & de Willem 3, Vlissengen
Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Gorney, Bravin + Lee, (project room), New York
Studio Manuela Klerkx, Milan
2003
Galerie Torch, Amsterdam
Publication and presentation of a box with 50 screenprints, Hein Elferink, Staphorst
2001
Galerie Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York
2000
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
Me Myself & I, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague
1999
Baumgartner Galleries, New York
Philip Akkerman: The Mirror‘s Secret, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (cat.)
Galerie Torch, Amsterdam
Museum de Wieger, Deurne/The Netherlands (with Elly Strik)
1998
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
1997
Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Gent
1996
Baumgartner Galleries, Washington D.C.
1995
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (with Balkenhol)
Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Stadsgalerij Heerlen (with Han Schuil) (cat.)
1993
Baumgartner Galleries, Washington D.C.
1992
Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam (cat.)
Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brügge
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
1991
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
1989
Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
1988
Gemeentemuseum, Arnheim
1983
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
2011
L'Altra faccia, Le Gallerie dei Gerosolimitani, Perugia (cat.)
2010
Portretten van de 21e eeuw, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem
Kunstenaarsportretten, SMart, Brussels
Artikoos, The Hague
Een ander gezicht, Stedelijk Museum Kampen
Ecce Homo, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
2009
Met Eigen Ogen, Zelfportretten in de Nederlandse Moderne Kunst, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch
Beeldspraak, Teylers Museum, The Hague
I love the Benelux (close encounters beyond the shadows), Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York
2008
Something and Something Else, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo,
Netherlands
Philip Akkerman & Tony Matelli - Self-Portraits, Stephane Simoens Contemporary
Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
Realismo Olandese, Palazzo Leone da Perego, Milan
Faces, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
Biënnale van de Schilderkunst, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle
BravinLee Programs, New York
2007
Painting Now! Back to the Figuration, Kunsthal Rotterdam
Contour – Continuïteit, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Museum Nusantara, Museum Lambert van Meerten, Delft
Welsprekende portretten, Th Gallery, The Hague
Francis Alys, Philip Akkerman, Stephen Bush, Goff+Rosenthal Gallery, New York
Under Control, Vrije Academie, The Hague
Gargouilles Criminal Serials, Studio D.V.O., Brussels
2006
Face to Face. Künstlerselbstportraits. Ausstellungshalle zeigenössische Kunst,
Münster
The Cartin Collection, contemporary portraiture, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London
The Kingston Turnpike, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh; The Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London
Altijd Vandaag, Dordrechts Museum
Confusion is a beautiful state of mind, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Utrecht
Strange, the g fox building, Harford
Identity ; me, myself & I, de Willem 3, Vlissingen
De kunst van het oud worden, LUMC, Leiden
De magie van het Realisme, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem
Darkness Visible, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
20 jaar Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Van Appel tot Zandvliet, Stadsgalerij Heerlen
2005
Title unknown, Le dix-neuf, Montbéliard, France
2004
Neue Ansichten vom Ich – Graphische Selbstbildnisse des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts,
Herzog Anton U.rich Museum, Braunschweig
Pittura Olandee per definizione, Torre Avogadro di humazzane, Brescia
Contour, Prinseho, Welft
Me, Myself & I, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam
Other Aristocrats, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Self Portraits, James Hyman, London
Altered States, Leo König, New York
2003
Imago, Musée des Beaux Arts, Lons le Saunier
De ontmoeting, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnheim
Schatten mit de collectie, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2002
The Embarkation for Cythera, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
Imagine, you are standing here in front of me - Caldic Collectie, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Selbstbildnisse, Tradition und neue Sicht, Kallmann-Museum in der Orangerie Ismaning, Ismaning
2001
To Be a Mirror: Portraits By Six Painters, Eugene Binder, New York
From the Low Countries, reality and art 1960-2001, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Face Off, Damasquine Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels
Sammlung Hauser und Wirth / part 2 / Alternating Current, Lokremise, St. Gallen
Blondies + Brownies, Action Forum Prater Insel, München
Self Made Man, D.C. Moore, New York
Looking With / Out, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
2000
Europa differenti prospettive nella pittura, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare Chieti
Moving‘ on UP, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
Face to Face, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Das Gedächtnis der Malerei ein Rückblick auf das 20. Jahrhundert, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau
Une histoire de genres, Musée Baron Martin, Gray
De Voorstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London
1999
Me, myself & I: Self-images, 300 years after Rembrandt, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague
Galerie Torch, Amsterdam
1998
It’s a Curse, It’s a Burden, The Approach, London
Self-Portraits, Galerie Tanja Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands
From here to Eternity, Galerie Max Protech, New York
zelfportretten, Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam
1997
25 jaar Sandberg-Prijs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Künstler/innen, 50 Positionen zeitgenössischer internationaler Kunst
Videoporträts und Werke, Kunsthaus, Bregenz
1996
Ver na Vermeer, Hedendaagse schilders in Nederland en
Vlaanderen, De Beyerd, Breda/The Netherlands
small truths Repetition and the Obsessional in Contemporary Art, John Hansard Gallery, The University Southampton
L‘art et son concept, Château Beaumanoir, Le Leslay, France
Van Ouborg tot Akkerman, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1995
Inside Out, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,
Ridgefield, U.S.A. (cat.)
Works on paper, Baumgartner Galleries Inc, Washington
1994
Du Concept à l’Image, art Pays-Bas XXème Siècle,
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
1993
Here’s looking at me, Autoportraits Contemporains, Elac, Lyon
Der zerbrochene Spiegel, Positionen zur Malerei,
Messepalast & Kunsthalle Wien and Deichtertorhallen, Hamburg (cat.)
Look at the window, about representation in
contemporary art, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Zonder Titel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Any Given Day, John Post Lee Gallery, New York
Selbstdarstellungen - Vier Positionen, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Münster, Germany
Medium Messages, Wooster Gardens, New York
1992
Negen, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
1991
Negen, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Nove artisti Olandesi contemporanei, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Kunst, Europa, Kunstverein, Düsseldorf
1989
Het machtige beeld, de noodzaak van de dingen, Archipel, Apeldoorn und Stedelijk Museum, Het
Prinsenhof, Delft, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem
Central Museum, Utrecht
Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.