Graduated from Rotterdam Dance Academy (now CODARTS) in 1986
Worked with a.o. Ed Wubbe (Groningen), Arthur Rosenfeld (Amsterdam, Wuppertal) and Rica Blunck (Hamburg)
Graduated from Willem de Kooning Art Academy Rotterdam (NL) in 1995
May 2001 - Apr 2002
Artist-in-residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
(Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
Nov 2006 - Jan 2007
Artist-in-residence at 'The Fifth Season', psychiatric clinic Willem Arntsz Hoeve, Den Dolder (NL)
2000 nomination NPS cultuurprijs
1998 nomination Wim Izaks Prize
1996 Buning Brongers prize
(selection)
2009 'Made in Arnhem Invites', Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem (NL)
2009 Art Amsterdam (NL) (Reuten Galerie)
2006 'Spiegelkabinett', Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz (AT) (publication)
2005 'Double Cube', Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem (NL) (publication)
2005 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2004 I-20 Gallery, New York (US)
2003 'Still', Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona (ES), curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez
2003 KunstRAI (Reuten Galerie), Amsterdam (NL)
2003 Rotterdamse Schouwburg, artist program Rotheater (The Wedding/Canetti), Rotterdam (NL)
2002 Laurent Delaye Gallery, London (GB)
2002 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2002 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2002 'Not the end', Buro Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden (NL)
2001 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2000 'Sally can’t see', I-20 Gallery, New York (US) (catalogue)
1999 Schnitt Ausstellungsraum, Cologne (DE)
1997 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
1997 I-20 Gallery, New York (US)
1995 'Jonge Gasten', Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
(selection)
2012 'DEFY DEFINITION', Vanessa Jane Phaff and Risk Hazekamp, Westside, Den Bosch (NL)
2012 'Bildsucht - sucht Bild', Galerie Schloss Parz, Grieskirchen (AT)
2012 '4 de Korenbeurs Schiedam', Korenbeurs Schiedam (NL)
2012 'Voor eeuwig de jouwe', SCHUNCK, Heerlen (NL)
2012 'Aanwinst', Kunsthal Rotterdam (NL)
2012 'Veel voor weinig', Tricot Winterswijk (NL)
2012 Risk Hazekamp en Vanessa Jane Phaff, De Kamer, Rotterdam (NL)
2012 'Zwart-Wit Plus', Veluws Museum Nairac, Barneveld (NL) (Collection De Heus Zomer)
2012 Tefaf Parade, Maastricht (NL)
2011 'Espíritu y espacio', Ciudad Grupo Santander, Madrid (ES), curated by Francesco Bonami
2010 'Hommage: a choice from the Frits Lugt Collection', Institut Néerlandais, Paris (FR), curated by Paul van der Eerden (cat)
2010 'Re-enchantement', Inside Out Productions PTY, Fitzroy (AU)
2009 'Monologue Interieur', De Salon, Rotterdam (NL)
2009 'Two in One, Contemporary Art from Witte de With and De Appel', Christies, Amsterdam (NL)(Charity Auction)
2009 'Rites de Passage', SCHUNCK-Glaspaleis, Heerlen (NL)
2008 'Scherp gesneden, raak getypeerd', Tricot Winterswijk (NL), curated by Rob Smolders
2008 'In between', LUMC Leiden (NL), curated by Sandrine van Noort
2007 'Fairy Tale. Contemporary Art and Enchantment', The New Art Gallery Walsall (GB) / Chapter, Cardiff (GB)/ Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (GB), curated by Angela Kingston (cat)
2007 'i.p.v. Mashkov', Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (NL)
2007 'Contour / Continuïteit, Heden en Verleden', Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (NL), curated by Jan Hein Sassen and Jaap van den Ende (cat)
2007 'Girlpower and boyhood', Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense (DK) / Talbot Rice University Gallery, Edinburgh (GB) / Solvberget, Stavanger Kulturhus, Stavanger (NO) (cat)
2007 'große malerei', Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz (AT)
2006 'Van Appel tot Zandvliet', Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Museum for modern and contemporary art, Heerlen (NL)
2005 'Bidibidobidiboo', Palazzo Re Rebaudengo a Guarene, Guarene (IT), curated by Francesco Bonami (cat)
2005 'The human figure', Teylers Museum, Haarlem (NL)
2005 'Black & White and a little bit of colour', Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem (NL) (cat)
2004 The Armory Show (I-20 Gallery), New York (US)
2004 'Orizzonti aperti', Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona (IT)
2004 'Top 100', Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnhem (NL) (cat)
2004 'Wim Izaksstipendium', Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL) (cat)
2004 'Happy-Go-Lucky', VHDG, Leeuwarden (NL) (cat)
2004 Art Rotterdam (Reuten Galerie), Rotterdam (NL)
2003 'Turbulence. Contemporary Dutch Artists', CCA Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev (UA) / Museum for Modern Art Arnhem (NL), curated by Mirjam Westen (cat)
2003 'Het persoonlijke is politiek', Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden (NL)
2003 'Age of Unreason', MOCADC, Washington DC (US)
2003 The Armory Show (I-20 Gallery), New York (US)
2003 'Het oog van de vrouw', Slot Zeist, Zeist (NL) / de Vishal, Haarlem (NL) (cat)
2002 Art Forum (I-20 Gallery), Berlin (DE)
2002 'Parallel Worlds', Galerie K&S, Berlin (DE), curated by Mirjam Bers (cat)
2002 'Per Saldo', Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch (NL) (cat)
2002 Artissima, Turin (IT)
2001 'The People’s Art', Central Electrica do Freixo, Porto (PT) / Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam (NL), curated by Bartomeo Marí (cat)
2001 Art Forum (I-20 Gallery), Berlin (DE)
2001 Art Fiera (I-20 Gallery), Bologna (IT)
2001 'Kaboom!', Haines Gallery, San Francisco (US)
2001 The Armory Show (I-20 Gallery), New York (US)
2001 ARCO, Madrid (ES)
2000 'Dusk', I-20 Gallery, New York (US) (cat)
2000 Chelsea Art (I-20 Gallery), New York (US)
2000 Art Forum (I-20 Gallery), Berlin (DE)
2000 'girl', The New Art Gallery, Walsall (GB) / Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (GB), curated by Angela Kingston (cat)
2000 'Cum Laude', Nieuwspoort, The Hague (NL) (cat)
1999 'Inmo Gallery', LA International, Los Angeles (US), curated by Theo Tegelaers
1999 'Examining Pictures', Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB) / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (US) / Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles (US), curated by Judith Nesbitt and Francesco Bonami (cat)
1999 'Terugblik (89-99)', Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
1999 'Van Kandinsky tot Corneille', Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (NL) (cat)
1999 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL) (Wim Izaks Prize) (cat)
1998 'Voorwerk 6', Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam (NL), curated by Rutger Wolfson
1998 'Carambolage', Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne (DE) / Kaus Australis, Rotterdam (NL) (cat)
1998 'Canal du Nord', RAM Foundation, Rotterdam (NL) (cat)
1998 Art Brussels (BE) (RAM Foundation)
1997 Gramercy Art Fair (I-20 Gallery), New York (US)
1997 'Paswoord: worden', W139, Amsterdam (NL), curated by Theo Tegelaers
1996 'Different People', RAM Galerie, Rotterdam (NL)
2013 visiting lecturer Willem de Koonig Academy, Rotterdam (NL)
2008 jury member 'Beeldend Gesproken Kunstprijs', with Jos ten Berge (chairman), Ferdinand van Dieten, Anke van der Laan en Fahrettin Örenli
2007 artist talk New Art Gallery Walsall (GB)
2006 visiting lecturer Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam (NL)
2004 external examiner Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam (NL)
2004 counsellor Nature or Nurture, a performance by Alexandra Broeder, Theater a/d Werf, Utrecht (NL)
2003 visiting lecturer senior class Art Academy Utrecht (NL)
(selection)
ABN AMRO, Amsterdam (NL)
Altrecht, - Willem Arntsz Huis, Utrecht (NL)
AMC, Amsterdam (NL)
de Bijenkorf, Amsterdam (NL)
Bouwfonds van Nederlandse Gemeenten, Hoevelaken (NL)
Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)
Collectie Hogeschool Rotterdam (NL)
Dimitri Gigourtakis, Athens (GR)
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (IT)
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Forti, Verona (IT)
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
de Heus Zomer, Barneveld (NL)
Lentos Kunstmuseum / Museum of Modern Art, Linz (AT)
LUMC, Leiden (NL)
Merkx/Girod, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL)
Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
Andy Spade, New York (US)
SCHUNCK, Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Heerlen (NL)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem (NL)
and private collections
(selected reviews)
'Espíritu y espacio/Spirit and Space', Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, 2011
'Jet', Witte de With Publishers, 2009: 101-102
Benson, Stephen (Ed.), Contemporary Art and the Fairy Tale. Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan, 2008
Meeuwen, Judith van, 'Vanessa Jane Phaff'. Kunstbeeld, No 12/1, 2007-2008: 26-27
Berk, Anne, 'De vrouwelijke blik, een mythe?'. Kunstbeeld, No 7/8, 2007: 57-59
Hebestreit, Dietrich, ‘Klotzen statt kleckern’. Oö Nachrichten, 27 June 2007
Kukradio (Austria) 27 June 2007
‘Grosse Malerei auf 21 Bildern’. Kurier, 29 June 2007
‘Aufmischen. Sammlung neu’. Vernissage, September 2007: 12-13
Mahoney, Elisabeth, 'Fairy Tale'. Guardian, May 4, 2007
Nørling, Ole, 'Pubertet og pangfarver'. Observer Danmark, November 3, 2006
Weile, Sune, 'Slip eventyret løs'. Regionale Dagbladet, Odense, October 22, 2006
Smolders, Rob, 'Afstand houden'. Kunstbeeld, No. 5, 2006: 68-71
Richter, Maren, 'Drohende Unschuld'. Artmagazine, March 5, 2006
Schorn, Herbert, 'Wer ist hier der Gute?'. Linzer Rundschau, March 1, 2006
Koller, Chris, 'Fratzen der Wirklichkeit'. Krone Oö, February 25, 2006
Muhr, Isabelle, Kulturjournal Radio ö1, February 20, 2006
Judmayer, Irene, 'Das Böse, das in Kindern haust'. Oö Nachrichten, February 16, 2006
Thek, B, 'Rotkäppchen im Spiegelkabinett'. Neues Volksblatt, February 16, 2006
'Verstörende Bilder im Lentos', Medienspiegel KOMM/Radio Oberösterreich, February 15, 2006
'Unheimlich'. Profil 7, February 13, 2006
Bonami, Francesco and Cunaccia, Cesare, 'Bidibidobidiboo: Works from Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo', 2005
de Jongh, Xandra, 'Boze meisjes stappen uit fictief bestaan'. de Volkskrant, October 25, 2005
'Double Cube', October 2005, Text Léon Hanssen, introduction Mirjam Westen. Monography
Reijnders, Arjan, 'Bijtende Sprookjes'. Kunstbeeld, No.10, 2005: 8-11
Hanssen, Léon, 'De tekeningen en schilderijen van Vanessa Jane Phaff'. Museumkrant, Issue 3, 2005: 6-7
Espejo, Bea, 'Between Bad and Worse' in: 'Vanessa Jane Phaff: Still'. CASM VOL.1, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, 2005: 112-119
Andriessen, Mischa, 'Angst om klein te zijn'. Tubelight, February 2005: 10-11
‘gespot’. Kunstbeeld, No. 3, March 2004
Figueres, Abel, 'Quatre artistes al CASM'. AVUI Cultura, February 26, 2004: 19
'Kunst in Rotterdam'. Brabants Dagblad, February 26, 2004
Magnabosco, Nadia, 'L'arte e le bambine: una storia da ricostruire, o forse da inventare?'. http://www.url.it/oltreluna/approfondimenti/bambine.htm, January 6, 2004
Serra, Catalina, ‘Christian Jankowski exhibe sus sarcásticos vídeos en el CASM’. El País, La Cultura, December 19, 2003: 38
Sesé, Teresa, ‘Cuatro jóvenes creadores europeos confrontan su obra en Santa Mònica’. La Vanguardia, December 19, 2003
Reijnders, Tineke, 'Kijk, de koning kijkt'. AMC Magazine, September 2003: 28-29
O’Sullivan, Michael, ‘A Gander at the Galleries of Georgetown’. The Washington Post, May 2003
Werkhoven, Isabella, ‘Het mysterie van tekenares Vanessa Jane Phaff’. Dagblad van Het Noorden, January 4, 2003
Ruyters, Domeniek, ‘Onschuld’. Metropolis M, No. 4, 2003
De Revisor, No. 2, 2003: cover image (Untitled (1998)) and pages 4, 14, 41, 47, 90
Spijkerman, Sandra, 'Vileine krengetjes voeren de spanning op'. Trouw, January 7, 2003
'Parallel Worlds. Liz Cohen, Philip Huyghe, Kirsten Johannen, Uri Katzenstein, Park Chan-Kyong, Vanessa Jane Phaff and Baltazar Torres', Galerie K&S, Berlin. 2002
Velde, Paola van de, 'Ik houd niet van een happy end'. De Telegraaf, December 12, 2002
Smallenburg, Sandra, ‘Hedendaags feminisme’. NRC Handelsblad, November 15, 2002
Vercauteren, Rick, 'Op het verkeerde been. Fremdkörper van Vanessa Jane Phaff'. KM Magazine, Autumn 2002: 40-42
Berk, Anne, ‘Schilderijen van Vanessa Jane Phaff: Leven of Theater?’. Kunstbeeld, No. 6, June 2002
Schoonenboom, Merlijn, 'Spanning tussen sadisme en onschuld'. de Volkskrant, June 12, 2002
Hallett, Florence, 'Vanessa Jane Phaff: Little Red Riding Hood', What's On in London, May 8 - May 15, 2002
Geldard, Rebecca, ‘Vanessa Jane Phaff’. Time Out London, April 24 – May 1, 2002: 52
Smee, Sebastian, 'Vanessa Jane Phaff'. The Art Newspaper, No. 125, May 2002
Muddah, Deine (Ed.), 'Vanessa Jane Phaff'. Universalmaschine, Berlin, Issue 1, 2002: 9
Heerma van Voss, Sandra, ‘De galerie: Vanessa Jane Phaff en Desirée Palmen’. NRC Handelsblad, April 20, 2001
Hartog Jager, Hans den, 'Verwarring en vervreemding in het polderland'. NRC Handelsblad, January 4, 2002
Williams, Eliza (Ed.), ‘Art Showcase’. Zoo, Issue 7, November 2000: 212-213
Art & Photography, November 2000: 212-213
Walsh, Maria, ‘Girl’. Art Monthly, No. 238, July – August 2000: 39-41
‘The Big Breakfast’. Channel 4, Television transcript June 16, 8.30 am, 2000
Leeb, Susanne, ‘Gestörtes Urvertrauen. Zu den Arbeiten von Vanessa Jane Phaff/A Breach in Trust. On the works of Vanessa Jane Phaff'. BE Magazine (Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin), Issue 8, Spring 2002: 50-52, 100
Darwent, Charles, ‘Thank heaven for little rodents’. The Independent On Sunday, June 4, 2000
Betts, Hannah, ‘And all things nice?’. The Times, June 2, 2000: 14
Taylor, Astra, ‘Vanessa Jane Phaff’. Reviewny.com, June 1, 2000
Buck, Louisa, ‘Art Girly Whirly’. Esquire, June 2000: 58
Grabner, Michelle, ‘Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings’. Frieze, November-December 1999: 108-109
Jansen, Gregor, ‘Not at all so badly, the times for painting’. http://blitzreview.thing.at, June 1999
Keitz, Kay von, ‘Familie im Hasenkostüm: Kurzfilme von Künstlern und Bilder von Vanessa J. Phaff’. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, May 18, 1999
Hagenaars, Hanne/Hoek, Jan, 'Touwtjes'. The Dummy Speaks, No. 2, 1999
Schumacher, Rogier, 'Het trage kijken'. Het Parool, November 19, 1998: 12
Seumeren, Margriet van, 'De schilderkunst is springlevend'. De Gooi- en Eemlander, November 1998
Wesseling, Janneke, ‘De gemoedstoestanden van de voetballer’. NRC Handelsblad, April 21, 1998
Sütö, Wilma, ‘De kick van de grasmat naast modieuze panty’s’. de Volkskrant, April 10, 1998
Driel, Anne van, ‘Bank monstert kunst voor aankoop met kennersblik’. de Volkskrant, April 4, 1998
Eijkelenburg, Peter van, ‘Duitse pers: Rotterdamse kunst is humoristischer’. Rotterdams Dagblad, March 21, 1998
Schneider, Bruno F., 'Wenn eine Epoche in Ruinen versinkt'. Kölnischer Rundschau, February 11, 1998
Sütö, Wilma, ‘Kindvrouwen met een boosaardige inborst’. de Volkskrant, March 26, 1997
Takx, Fabian, ‘Suburbaan Sadisme’. Blvd. Fenomenen, June 1996: 22-24
Steenbergen, Renée, ‘Vanessa Jane Phaff’. NRC Handelsblad, October 27, 1995