1996 – 1998....De Ateliers (Ateliers ’63), Amsterdam
1992 – 1996....Gerrit Th. Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
1995...............Cooper Union, New York
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2010
Residency at De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond
2009
Basisstipendium, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture
2006
Production Stipend, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture
2002
Royal Prize for Painting (winner)
Basisstipendium, Dutch Foundation for the Arts, Design and Architecture
2001
Residency at Kunstcentrum Haagweg 4, Leiden
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2012
Noisome Fly, August Art Gallery, London
2011
Fischerle, Cussler, Berlin
2010
Remote Control, Ozean, Berlin
De Nederlandsche Cacaofabriek, Helmond
2004
Inlandsexpedition, Tanya Rumpff Gallery, Haarlem
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Selection
2012
Erkenntnis der eigenen Unfreiheit, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin
Door Schildersogen/ From a Painter’s Perspective , curated by Arnout Killian, Harm van den Berg and Frenk Meeuwsen, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
The dog days of entropy, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany
Thekillerrabitranchrodeo curated by Klaus Auderer, Studio Norrmann, Biberbach, Germany
Thekillerrabitranchrodeo curated by Klaus Auderer, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany
Choses vue a guache et a droite, sans lunettes curated by Anke Völk, Gunna Schmidt, Mani Hammer and Nicola Stäglich, l’Oiseau Presente, Berlin, Germany
2011
Pure Freude curated by Johnny Mullen, nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany
Impressionismus ausserhalb Frankreichs curated by Klaus Winichner, Studio Winichner, Berlin
Chessdrawings (a project by Klaus Auderer and Robert Gfader), Agora Bar ‘Art, Entertainment & Desire’, Basel, Switzerland
Pop Hits, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Fresco Mondo Return, Forgotten Bar Project / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
The Raising of Lazarus nationalmuseum project space, Berlin, Germany
Pop Hits, Tanzschule Projects, München, Germany
2010
Paranoia (David Edward Allen, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Ben Cottrell, Matthias Dornfeld, Fabian Fobbe, Andrew Gilbert, John Hodany, Jeroen Jacobs, Daniel Jensen, Natasja Kensmil, Michael Kirkham, Donya Saed, Raaf van der Sman, Lars Monrad Vaage, Klaus Winichner), De Cacaofabriek, Helmond. The Netherlands
Seismograph (Tjorg Douglas Beer, Emanuel Geisser, Stef Heidhues, Arturo Herrera, Sally Lewis, Jens Nordmann, Kirstine Roepstorff, Raaf van der Sman, Malte Urbschat, Claudia Wieser), Forgotten Bar Project / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany
Defending Our Values, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
2009
Defending Our Values (Julieta Aranda, Tjorg Douglas Beer, Marc Bijl, Monica Bonvicini, Gregor Hildebrandt, Christian Jankowski, Terence Koh, Josephine Meckseper, Yoko Ono, Martha Rosler, Thomas Schütte, Katharina Sieverding, Andreas Slominski, Franz Stauffenberg, Malte Urbschat, Costa Vece etc.), CCA Andratx, Andratx, Mallorca
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander; Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin
Lucio Auri, Lutz Braun, Andrew Gilbert, Donya Saed, Raaf van der Sman, Klaus Winichner; Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Tabledancing (Michael Kirkham, Raaf van der Sman, George Barber, Sebastiaan Schlicher, Geeske Bijker, Hadassah Emmerich, Jukka Korkeila, Alex Tennigkeit, Jeroen Jacobs), Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Out Of Wedding, Uferhallen, Berlin
Diesseits der Alpen: Hunger Jenseits der Alpen: Durst (curated by Klaus Winichner and Lutz Braun), Hadlichstrasse, Berlin
2008
Wer Ficken Will Muss Freundlich Sein (Iris van Dongen, Undine Goldberg, Michael Kirkham, Jukka Korkeila, Eva Maria Wilde, Klaus Winichner, Ina van Zyl etc.), Nationalmuseum, Berlin
Festliche Abendmusik: Grand Reopening, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
They Told The Future Backwards (Tjorg Douglas Beer, Sebastian Dacey, Olav Christopher Jenssen etc.), Nationalmuseum, Berlin
Precurse, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
Our Project presents: Our Project (Lucio Auri, Jeroen Jacobs, Michael Kirkham, Riccardo Previdi, Jenny Rosemeyer, Suze Weber etc.), Room 417, Brooklyn, New York
2007
Mock Duck, Modezentrum, Berlin (Lucio Auri, Jeroen Jacobs, Natasja Kensmil, Donya Saed, Lars Monrad Vaage)
One Night Wonder, Rosengarten, Berlin
Full Nelson, WestGermany, Berlin (Lucio Auri,Ben Cottrell, Andrew Gilbert, Jeroen Jacobs, Michael Kirkham, Riccardo Previdi, Jenny Rosemeyer, Suse Weber, Dominic Wood etc.)
2006
Viewing club, London
Viewing club, Berlin
Kreisis, Galerieigeneschlafzimmer, Berlin
2005
George Barber, Mount Bank, Mani Hammer, Raaf van der Sman, Galerieigeneschlafzimmer, Berlin
Es werde heller, Rosengarten, Berlin
2004
12th Van Bommel Van Dam Triennial Prize for painting, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo
2003
Is De Schilder Happy?(New Acquisitions of the OCE Collection, 1995 – 2003), Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo
2002
Royal Prize for Painting (winner), Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
2001
Royal Prize for Painting, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
11x Dutch Art, National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (Michael Kirkham, Matthew Monahan, Lara Schnittger, Tanya Yassievich etc.)
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Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander; Anlässlich der Ausstellung erscheint eine Publikation im Verlag der
Buchhandlung Walther König. 2009
Verblijven in Berlijn (text: Zeger van Herwaarden), Lucha Libre Publishing in association with Voixeditions. 2009
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12e Van Bommel Van Damprijs 2004, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam
Is De Schilder Happy?(New Acquisitions of the OCE Collection, 1995 – 2003), OCE Technologies B.V., ISBN 90-807341-2-8
Koninklijke Subsidie voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2002 (Royal Prize for Painting 2002), Stichting Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam, ISBN 90-72080-29-7
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