BIOGRAPHY

Marijn van Kreij
Born in 1978, Middelrode
Lives and works in Amsterdam

Education/residencies
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 2005-2006
Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst St. Joost, Breda, 1999-2003
Grafisch Lyceum, Eindhoven, 1996-1999

Solo exhibitions
2009 ZINGERpresents, London, 'The Passenger'
2009 Kisterem (Nincs Lehetetlen Kultfeszt), Budapest, 'Hey Hey, My My'
2009 Loraini Alimantiri/Gazonrouge, Athens, 'We Could Be Looking For The Same Thing'
2009 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen (Schaufenster), Düsseldorf, 'And Singin' La, La, La, La, La, La...'
2008 Stedelijk Museum Bureau (SMBA), Amsterdam, 'Tomorrow Is Humourless'
2008 Liste '08 (with KLERKX), Basel, 'Hey Hey, My My'
2008 Secondroom, Bruxelles, 'Whoo! Alright, Yeah... Uh Huh'
2007 KLERKX, Milan, 'Another Hole Inside The Hole You're In'
2007 ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam, 'I Can't See Until I See Your Eyes'
2004 Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, 'Tekeningen'
2003 Playstation/Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 'The Show Must Go On'

Group exhibitions
2010 Crisp, London, 'X Artworks In A Straight Line (Seeking The Perfect Sphere)'
2010 Regina, Moscow, 'Diary of a Madman'
2010 Phoebus, Rotterdam, 'As We Know...' (with Piet Dirkx and Marc Nagtzaam)
2010 Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (IT), 'Arrivals and Departures'
2010 Die Reliktion/Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg (with Remco Torenbosch)
2010 Whatspace/Perron 58, Tilburg, 'The Destroyed Room II'
2010 The Forgotten Bar, Berlin, 'The Destroyed Room I'
2010 Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 'Re: Happy Days'
2010 Phoebus, Rotterdam, 'In My Own Words / In Your Own Words'
2009 Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zürich, 'You Can Tell A Cowboy By The Horse He Rides'
2009 Lokaal 01, Breda (NL), 'B-sides and Rarities'
2009 White Box, New York, 'Towing the Line, Drawing Space'
2009 De Paviljoens, Almere, 'Unknown Territory'
2009 Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL), 'Het Gesnoeide Matisseboompje, Kunst over kunst'
2009 ReMap2, Athens, 'I Was Lookin' Back To See If You Were Lookin' Back At Me To See Me Lookin' Back At You'
2009 KLERKX, Milan, 'Today is OK'
2009 De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 'The Tragic and The Funny Meet Again'
2009 W139, Amsterdam, 'Remain In Light'
2009 In Situ, Aalst (B), 'Faux Frères'
2009 Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal (NL), 'Hey Hey, My My' (with Pere Llobera)
2009 Virgil de Voldere, New York 'I Love The Benelux'
2008 Hessenhuis, Antwerpen, 'A Meeting Between The Tragic and The Funny'
2008 Artnews Projects, Berlin, 'From Cobra to Contemporary'
2008 GON, Istanbul, 'Work The Room'
2008 NBKS, Breda (NL), 'Brabantpresentatie'
2008 Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, 'Een Schim van Gisteren 2'
2008 KLEMM'S, Berlin, 'Endless Lowlands, Breaking Up (part 2)'
2008 Gist, Brummen (NL), 'Een Schim van Gisteren 1'
2008 Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 'Standpunten'
2008 W139, Amsterdam, 'Mr. Deeds Goes To Town'
2008 BINZ 39, Zürich, 'Endless Lowlands, Breaking Up (part 1)'
2007 Kathareze, Tilburg, 'Big Power, Small Works'
2007 Billytown, Den Haag, 'Billytown 2007'
2007 De Hallen, Haarlem, 'The Present Order Is The Disorder Of The Future'
2007 Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, 'Drawing Typologies' (cat.)
2007 Lokaal 01, Breda (NL), 'Paulo Post Futurum'
2007 European Kunsthalle, Cologne, 'KölnShow 2' (cat.)
2007 Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 'Comfort/Discomfort'
2007 Fieromilanocity, Milan, 'Arcipelago Olanda' (cat.)
2007 Montana, Berlin, 'Those Quaint Moments Of Distress'
2007 Eva Presenhuber, Zürich, 'I Want To Believe'
2007 Galerie 48/SBK, Breda (NL), 'You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory …'
2007 KOP, Breda (NL), 'Cover Up'
2007 CBK, ’s-Hertogenbosch, 'Succes'
2006 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 'Open Ateliers 2006' (cat.)
2006 Parts, Xiamen, 'Rijksakademie at Parts'
2006 Gist, Brummen (NL), 'Still wet II'
2006 NBKS, Breda (NL), 'Mooi toch ...'
2006 Gebouw F, Breda (NL), 'Still wet'
2005 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, 'Open Ateliers 2005' (cat.)
2005 NBKS, Breda, 'Salon VIII'
2004 Playstation/Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, 'Present Tense'
2004 Lokaal 01, Breda, 'Achterland en Achterdocht'
2004 Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, 'Prix de Rome 2004 Tekenen/Grafiek' (cat.)
2004 Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven / NBKS, Breda (NL), 'Match!'
2003 Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 'Nieuw Licht 2'
2003 Akademie voor kunst en vormgeving St. Joost, Breda (NL), 'Eindexamententoonstelling' (cat.)
2002 Pneuma, Tilburg, 'Vers!'
2002 Lokaal 01, Breda (NL), 'Stem op meerderheden'
2000 Trammeland, Eindhoven, 'L’Anniversaire de l’Absent'

Prizes
2006 Uriot-prize, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
2005 Salonprijs 2005, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting, Breda
2004 Prix de Rome Tekenen/Grafiek, Amsterdam, basic prize