Born 1970, Castricum, The Netherlands
Lives and works between Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium
Education
2000 – 2001
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989 – 1999
Das Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Diamond, Parcours Art Basel, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
A Square Without Corners, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
AFTER IMAGE, Gallery Baton, Seoul, Korea
2017
Split Second, Gallery Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
A Possibility of an Abstraction, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
A Possibility of an Abstraction, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
2015
Geometry of the Scattering, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A Room, 4 Minutes, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Solo booth, G262 Sofie Van de Velde, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2014-15
To The Magician’s Mind, G262 Sofie Van De Veld, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
A Possibility of An Abstraction, Experimental Media and performing Arts Center, Troy, NY
2013
Geometric Exercises, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
2012
Eye Trap/Mertopole Orkest/IFFR, one day performance, Rotterdam
A possibility of an abstraction, The Approach, London, UK
A possibility of an abstraction: Circle Dance, Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Switzerland
2010
A Room, 24 Hours II, Pilar Parra and Romero, Madrid, Spain
A Room, 24 Hours, The Approach, London, UK
2009
Germaine Kruip: Only the title remains, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Aesthetics as a way of survival, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf,
Germany
2008
Art Statements, Solo Presentation at Art Basel
The Illuminated Void, The Approach, London
2007
A shimmering of grey, Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Daytime: Counter Composition, The Reliance, London
De Vleeshal: Counter Composition, De Vleeshal, Middleburg, The Netherlands
2005
Frieze Art Fair, invited by Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, London
Rijksmuseum, commissioned rijksbouwmeester, Amsterdam
Every building is an estimate, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam
2003
Rehearsal, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2002
Rehearsal, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
Punta De Vista, Centro Cultural, Tucuman, Argentina
2000
Amsterdam 2000, Prof. W.H. Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam
Point of View, Reuten Galerie in collaboration with Mug met de Gouden Tand, Amsterdam
1998
Silence/Violence, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
Group Exhibitions
2020
READ/ING, Quetzal Art Centre, Vidigueira., Portugal.
The World After (Online), Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Histories of Dance (Online), Museu de arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019
Lacuna, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
Light to Dark / Dark to Light, Duo show with Stef Driesen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium
SUPERSTITIOUS MINDS, Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, NL
2017
20 Years, The Approach, London, UK
Salon hang, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Weekends, part of Ian Wilson, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2016
The future, 20th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
Geographies of Dust and Air, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
2015
Performatik 2015, Brussels, Belgium
The Corner Show, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
Le Mouvement: Performing in the City, 12th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, Switzerland
CLEAR, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Holland Festival and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013
Chambres des Canaux: The Tolerant Home – 400 Years of Liberal Culture in Amsterdam, curated by Siebe Tettero, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Love Illumination, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Things from before beside things from after around things of the moment, Para & Romero Ibiza, Spain
Geestverwanten-de ideeen van 24 Kunstenaars, Rabo Art Zone, Utrecht, The NetherlandsChambres des Canaux: The Tolerant Home – 400 Years of Liberal Culture in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cimetière d’Ixelles, An Art in General New Commission, curated by Lisa Oppenheim & Lisa Tan, New York, USA
The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
2012
Man in the Holocene, MIT LIST Visual Center, Massachusetts, USA
about:blank, curated by Carla Donauer and Alexandra Landré, Kunsthalle Münster, Germany
Man in the Holocene, List Visual Arts Center at MIT, Boston, USA
Closed Circuit, curated by Carla Donauer and Alexandra Landré, Ausstellungshalle Münster, Germany
IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE (ACT III), curated by Rosie Cooper and Ariella Yedgar, The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
2011
SPECIFIC COLLISIONS, curated by Melissa Gordon, COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf, Germany
Haus/House, The Altona Museum, Germany
2010
ShadowDance, Kunsthal KAde, Amersfoot, The Netherlands
The Moon Is An Arrant Thief, The David Roberts Foundation, London, UK
Quantos Queres, MARZ Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
2009
SILENCE (A composition), Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Fax, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
Stardust, Fundament Foundation Tilburg, The Netherlands
The Site of Silence, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, Germany
SuperStories, Triennial Hasselt, Belgium
Geoplay (Part I), Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
2008/9
Faux Jumeaux, Curated by Michel François, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
2008
Reinvented: Study & Play, Jan Wentrup, Berlin
Good news for people who love bad news, Swiss Institute/Contemporary Art, New York
2007
Public, Former Post Office Headquaters, Coolsingel, Rotterdam
Athens Biennial, Group Show curated by Tom Morton
Public, Sculpture International, Rotterdam, Curated by Rein Wolfs
Zes Gallery, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York
What will be told of today tomorrow: KoelnShow2, Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florain Waldvogel.
2006
Just In Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Le Nouveau Siecle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam
Street: Behind the cliché, With de With, Rotterdam
2005
In This Colony/ In Deze Kolonie, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen
Respect! Forms of Community/Formes de cohabitation, Musee Dar Said and The Palais el-Badi on Marrakech, Morocco
2004
De Werkelijkheid, De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Pr 04, Biënale Puerto Rico
20/20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Portal II, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2003
Wish, Dreamscapes, Beelden op de Berg, Ede-Wageningen
Point of View, Traumraum, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
Tactisch Voorstel 05, Tactische Voorstellen, Artis, Den Bosch
A Play to Stop to Add a Moment, Location-U, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
2002
Point of View, Tillvaratagna effeker, Kunsthalle Oslo, Norway
Assisi, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2001
Open Ateliers 2001, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
Waar/ schijn/ lijk, Moments I intend to remember, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen
Cargo II, Cargo Series, Kunstwerk Loods 6, Amsterdam
From here too Reality, Index, The Swedish Contemporary Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden
The Thin Glass Line, Nadja Vilenne Galerie, Liege, Belgium
Homeless, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2000
Open Ateliers 2000, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
For Real, Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen 1999/2000, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Hidden, Baby, Amsterdam
1999
Prix de Rome 1999, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Kunstenaars van de Galerie, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
Le Sacre du Printemps, Springdance, Utrecht
1998
Conversation II, Standpunten, De Witte Dame, Eindhoven
En passant, Victoria Theaterfestival, Gent, Belgium
Conversation, Standpunten, De Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Liftflits, Kits & Bits, De Balie, Amsterdam
Awards
2001
Charlotte Köhler Prize
1999
Prix de Rome, second prize, categorie Theater/ Autonomous art
Bibliography
2021
Germaine Kruip: Disappearing Act, TL mag (online), 24 September 2021.
2016
T’Jonck, Pieter, Germaine Kruip – A possibility of an abstraction, ETCETERA, 25 May 2016.
Jade, Christian, A possibility of abstraction, RTBF (online), 15 May 2016.
Stevenheydens, Sterrenstof Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2016, Metropolis M, 10 May 2016.
Daval, Mathias, A possibility of an Abstraction, Le Gazette des Festivals, May 2016.
Szita, Jane, One Artist, One Material: Germaine Kruip, The Dark Side, FRAME magazine, nr. 109 Mar/Apr 2016.
Bywater, Jon, “The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed”, Art Agenda, 4 April 2016.
Sam, Sherman, A conversation with Stephanie Rosenthal: Artistic director, the 20th Biennial of Sydney, Ocula, 17 March 2016.
Preston, Sammy, The 20th Biennale of Sydney: Broadsheet’s Guide, Broadsheet Sydney, 16th March 2016.
20th Biennale of Sydney, NY Arts Magazine, March 2016.
2015
Demeulemeester, Thijs, Wie Koopt Dat?, Sabato, 28 March 2015
2014
Stinger, Bianca, Goede vondsten zitten vaak aan één kunstenaar vast, NRC Handelsblad, 24 April 2014.
Sniderman, Alisa, Independent Art Fair 2014, The Last Magazine, 13 March 2014.
Germaine Kruip bij Sofie van de Velde, H Art, nr. 134, November 2014.
2013
Godfrey Larmon, Annie, An interview with Germaine Kruip, Frieze (online), 15 October 2013.
Vozmediano, Elena, Los fantasmas de Germaine Kruip, El Mundo, 10 May, p. 28
2012
Chinnery, Colin, Art 43 Basel, Art Agenda, June 14
2011
Germaine Kruip Aestehetics as a Way of Survival, Published by Kunstverein Duesseldorf, Catalogue essays by Renske Janssen, Annick Kleizen
2010
Morton, Tom, Germaine Kruip, Frieze, Issue 132, June-August
Vollmer, Marianne, Mijn materie is de dagelijkse realiteit, De Niewe, nr. 18, March 2010
Straus, Cees, Licht als bron voor tijd en eeuwigheid, Trouw
Den Boer, Rob, Ruimtelijke experimenten met licht en beweging, Het beeldende Kunstjournaal
Straffhorst, Maaike, Kunstwerken en museu smelten samen in overzichtstentoonsteeling Germaine Kruip. Subtiel Lichtspel, De Telegraaf
2009
Lorch, Catrin, Scenography of a Tempered Existence, Metropolis M, nr. 5, 2009
Van Oosten, Jesse, Perikelen van de prieelvogel, 8Weekly
Noordhoek, Wim, Germaine Kruip, VPRO Gids
Dost, Lennard, Naar mooie dingen kun je ook gewoon kijken. Germaine Kruip, De Volkskrant
Den Hartog Jager, Germaine Kruip werpt nieuw licht op Stijlvormen, NRC Handelsblad
2008
Moreno, Shonquis, The Void Shops, Frame, December
Francesco Bonami, Jil Sander, New York, Domus, No. 918, October
The Illuminated Void, Veenman Publishers
2006
Just In Time, Exhibition Catalogue, Stediljk Museum
Le Nouveau Siecle, Exhibition catalogue, Museum Van Loon Amsterdam
Respect! Exhibition Catalogue, published by The Mondriaan Foundation
Coomer, Martin, Germaine Kruip, Time Out, No. 1874, July 19–26, p.42
2005
Morton, Tom, Germaine Kruip, Shooting stars, passer-by and the view from a window, Frieze, nr. 95, October 2005
2004
Kopsa, Maxine, Information, Huis a/d Werf
10 years SMBA: We Show Art, nieuwsbrief, No. 70
Barnas, Maria, Set Up, Foam Magazine #4
2003
van de Ven, Suzanne, Portal I Germaine Kruip ,Das Fridericianum Magazin
Tettero, Siebe, Rehearsal, Contemporary Art Magazine
2002
Wesseling, Janneke, Kruip geeft het kleinste detail betekenis’ Stedelijk Museum Bureau
Amsterdam, ‘Rehearsal NRC Handelsblad
Una experiencia artistica cambio la faz de la plaza, La Gaceta
2001
Kolman, Selene, Cargo II, number 6, Metropolis M
2000
van Nieuwenhuyzen, Martijn, This is for Real, een voorstel tot gemeentelijke kunstaankopen
1999/2000, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam/ Nai Uitgevers, Rotterdam
Ruiter, Truus, Germaine Kruip zet bezoek voor het raam, De Volkskrant
ter Borg, Lucette, Echt en onecht: even modieus als oud thema, De Volkskrant
Lamoree, Jhim, Big Brother in Stedelijk Museum, Het Parool
den Hartog Jager, Hans, For Real toont pracht en ontluistering, NRC Handelsblad
van de Ven, Suzanne, Het ontleden van het alledaagse, AMC-Magazine
van der Jagt, Marijn, Brutaal terugkijken, Metropolis M, No 4
Kattenberg, Peter, Verhuld drama Exposante Germaine Kruip verkent grenzen tussen beeldende
kunst en theater Het Financieel Dagblad
van Driel, Anne, Theatrale filmset op Frederiksplein, De Volkskrant
Commissions
2013
A possibility of an abstraction: Circle Dance, performance in the context of the exhibition Call of the Mall, the Foundation for Art in the Station Area and the Municipality of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2012
Eye Trap, Metropole Orkfest, Muziekinstituut Multimedia, Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 3rd February
Falling Light, TUe, Eindhoven
2011
Shimmering of Grey and Light, PGGM Zeist
2008
Jil Sander, New York, USA
Descending the stairs looking upwards, public school in Veenendaal, The Netherlands
Ministry in Den Hague, The Netherlands
2007
Recording, Former Post Office Headquaters, Coolsingel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Temporary installation in public space in front of City Hall commissioned by Sculpture
International Rotterdam for the opening of the cultural season
2007
Recording, Former Post Office Headquaters, Coolsingel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Temporary installation in public space in front of City Hall commissioned by Sculpture
International Rotterdam for the opening of the cultural season
2005
Design Jubilee-coin to honor the 25 year reigning jublilee Queen Beatrix
2004
Light-installation, Cultuurplein, Delft, The Netherlands
Light-installation, Theater Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002
Performance/ film, Point of View, Polderwegflat Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Collections
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Imhoff Museum, Germany
Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch), Germany
Philara Collection, Germany
Sanders Collection, Germany
de Bruin-Heijn Collection, Germany
Raf Simons, Belgium
Amex B.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rabobank Collection, Netherlands
The Mario Testino Collection, U.K.
Zaha Hadid Architects, U.K.
Cleveland Clinic Collection, USA
