Selected works

Nature Copies Us

Digital photo print (16 × 2.15 meter) at railway station Hardbrücke, Zürich, 2013.

Closing the gap II

Installation with sound, video and an airplane window at Upominki, Rotterdam, 2013.

Because it is about time

Installation with fabric, baklava and mirrors for Film &Foam, Amsterdam, 2012.

To explore the world and other issues

Video of snow on hot pool tiles, 2012-2013.

Contact angle (MAR #04)

Envelope mounted on the wall using its adhesive edge, 2011.

Breaking the fall

Temporary installation with a furniture protection set on leaves at Hellebou sculpture park, Bolkesjø, 2011.

Endless blue skies

Installation with sprayed ice crystals on the gallery window and on a picture frame at WCW Gallery, Hamburg, 2010.

Untitled (Black & White)

Standard passe-partout and frame, 2009.

Matière à réflexion #08

Perforations in wallpaper (detail), 2009.

Matière à réflexion #07

Pushpin and postcard, 2008.

Curriculum Vitae

Marijke Appelman

1979 Born in Haarlem, lives and works in Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Selected exhibitions

2013 VBVD Prize at Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
2013 VBVD Prijs 2013 at Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
2013 Nature Copies Us for 17ZWEI at Hardbrücke Zurich (Switzerland)
2013 Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Lokaal 01 Breda
2013 Take a breath… The best must come at Upominki, Rotterdam
2012 PLOT at Film &Foam Foam Amsterdam
2012 MINI Museum of XXI Century Arts at Hellebou Bolkesjø (Norway)
2012 Tektonik at Susanne Burmester Galerie Bergen auf Rügen (Germany)
2012 Vol. 4: Here and There at Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam
2012 Staðurinn til að vera at Listhús Gallery space Ólafsfirði (Iceland)
2011 A leaf is crashing on my window at WCW-Gallery Hamburg (Germany)
2011 Re:Amsterdam by Galerie 10, parallel to Art Amsterdam
2011 The same time as other / The same time as at Rampa Madrid (Spain)
2011 De Zwarte Ruyter at Supermarket art fair Stockholm (Sweden)
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt at MoCA Massachusetts (United States)
2011 Earth is smaller than Thought at Galerie Frank Taal Rotterdam
2010 Kleur 01 & Kleur 02 at Dek 22 Rotterdam
2010 Drugstore Kiosk at Raid Projects Los Angeles (United States)
2010 Doppel Trio at Goethe Institute Rotterdam
2010 Welcome home! at Apartment Draschan Vienna (Austria)
2010 Pleasure Ground I, II, III & IV at Lokaal 01 Breda
2010 No Mistake: 52 Weeks at Secondroom Brussels (Belgium)
2010 Don’t Worry, Be Happy at Showroom MAMA Rotterdam
2009 The Art and Colections III & Thema at NP3 Groningen
2009 Network Media Graduation show at CBK Rotterdam
2009 Chris Brans ‘Retrospectief’ at Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam
2009 NFO XPO / Trendbeheer at Versionfest Chicago (United States)
2009 Met Koen (met Marijke) at SingerSweatShop Rotterdam
2009 In Real Life at Carpricious Gallery New York (United States)
2008 Work Offline at Blaak 10 gallery Rotterdam
2008 Jong Talent 2008 at Westergasfabriek Amsterdam
2008 Krooning Graduation show at Las Palmas Rotterdam

Projects

10-11 The Appeal to Probability project at Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam
2010 KWARTET card game together with Koen Taselaar (edition 300)
2009 IN CASE IT RAINS, IT MIGHT INVOLVE WATER for asdfmakes.com
2009 It’s a new brand world event for Witte de With Centre in Rotterdam
07-08 Editorial Accabonac artists magazine and Blind Folded magazine

Education & Residencies

11&12 Artist-in-Residence at Hellebou, Bolkesjø (Norway)
2012 Research Residency at CRIR, Copenhagen (Denmark)
2012 Artist-in-Residence at Listhús, Ólafsfjörður (Iceland)
10-11 Member of artists’ space Het Wilde Weten Rotterdam
2011 Artist-in-Residence at Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn
2010 Artist-in-Residence at Quartier 21, Vienna (Austria)
08-09 MA Media, Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam
04-08 BA Fine art, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam

Lectures / Teachings

12-13 Teacher Fine Arts at The Royal Academy of Art The Hague
2013 Lecture ZHdK Master Fine Arts Zurich, Switzerland
2013 Lecture Voorbeeld 2013 Royal Academy of Art The Hague
2012 Guest teacher at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
2012 Lecture Menntaskólinn á Tröllaskaga Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
2011 Lecture The same time as other / The same time Rampa Madrid, Spain
2013 Nominated for the Van Bommel Van Dam Prize
2008 Nominated for Art Olive Jong Talent 2008
2008 Nominated for Drempelprijs ’07 / ’08

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