Aernout Mik
Aernout Mik
biography
Born in Groningen, the Netherlands, in 1962.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1983 – 1988
Studies at the Academie Minerva at Groningen, the Netherlands
solo exhibitions
2009
The Project, New York, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Galerie Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2008
Ludwigforum, Aachen, Germany
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2007
Camden Arts Center, London, UK
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Dutch Pavillion, 52nd Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2006
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
BAK – Basis voor Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2005
Vacuum Room, Argos, Brussel, Belgium; Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Genève, Switzerland; MC, Los Angeles, USA; Carlier/gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Refraction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
2004
Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany
Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
2003
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Carlier/gebauer, Berrlin, Germany
2002
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleria Massimo di Carlo, Milano, Italy
Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Contemporary Art Foundation, Venice, Italy
2001
Carlier/gebauer, Berlin, Germany
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France
2000
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Germany
I.C.A., London, UK
Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
J.P. Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1999
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
1998
Galerie Index, Stockholm, Sweden
1997
48th Biennial of Venice, Venice, Italy
1995
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
1993
Galerie Fons Welters, Köln, Germany
1992
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1990
Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
group exhibitions
2010
Artist File 2010. The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Yellow and Green, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2008
The Subject Now, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Art, Prize and Value, Contemporary Art Center of Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
The Pre-History of the crisis (I), Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland
Prospect 1, New Orleans, USA
Short Stories, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Land Wars, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City, New Zealand
Peripheral Vision and collective Body, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
East of Eden, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Glück-welches Glück, Hygiënemuseum, Dresden, Germany
The Tree: from the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Trio, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft, the Netherlands
2007
Schmerz, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2006
Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postmodelism, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
A Short History of Performance – Part IV, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
This is America, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2005
Whatever happened to social democracy, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Irreducible, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, USA; Miami Art Central, Miami, USA
The Gravity in Art, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2004
Suburban House Kit, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Fade In, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Dass die Körper sprechen, auch das wissen wir seit langem …, Generali Foundation, Wien, Austria
2003
Fast Forward, Media Art Sammlung Goetz, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Turbulence, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
Die Realität der Bilder, Staatlisches Museum, Schwerien, Germany
Micropoliticas, Espai d’Art Contemporani, Castelló, Spain
2002
French Collection, MAMCO, Genève, Switzerland
Récits, Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meymac, France
Das Museum, die Sammlung, der Direktor und seine Liebschaften, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
Stories, Erzählstrukturen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
Tableaux vivants, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
2001
Exploding Cinema/Cinema without Walls, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2. Biennale Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Post-Nature, Dutch Pavillion, 49th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
Loop-Alles auf Anfang, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München, Germany; PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA
2000
Still/Moving: Contemporary Photography, Film and Video from the Netherlands, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
4. Werkleitz Biennale 2000, Werkleitz Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle, Germany
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
1999
Biennal of Melbourne, Australia
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Glad Ijs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hanging Around, Projektraum Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Post-tragi-KoMik, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Sienna, Italy
In All the Wrong Places, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
1998
Mise en Scène, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Ironisch – Ironic, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Young Dutch Art, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Do all Oceans have Walls?, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
René Magritte en de hedendaagse kunst/René Magritte and contemporary art, PMMK Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium
1997
Positionen, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Biennial of Venice, Italy
In de sloot …, uit de sloot…, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Screen Surface & Narrative Space, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Personal Absurdities, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
1996
Snowball, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Making a Place, Snug Harbor Cultural Centre, Staten Island, USA
ID, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Le Nouveau Musée, Lyon, France
Take 2, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1995
Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
A Night at the Show, Field, Zürich, Switzerland
1994
A Hundred Times, Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Swallow, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Spellbound, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal; Cruce, Madrid, Spain
1993
Recto/Verso, I.C.A., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kracht van Heden, Loods 6, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Peiling 1993, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
1992
De Teller en de Noemer/Deconstructieve Beeldstrategiën, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Internationaal Kunst Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium
1991
Biennal of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dutch Entry Biennal de São Paulo, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Kunst/Europa, Regional Museum, Xanten, Germany
6th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA
1990
Scanning 1990, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Capital Gains, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1989
Mik – Leijenaar – Strik, Museum ‘t Kruithuis, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
1988
A Great Activity, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1987
Capital Gains, ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, the Netherlands