Germaine Kruip

Biography

° 1970, Castricum, NL
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

www.germainekruip.com

In collaboration with The Approach, London

° 1970, Castricum, NL
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

www.germainekruip.com

In collaboration with The Approach, London

	Solo exhibitions
2021	Screenplay, Axel Vervoordt Hong Kong, HK
2020	Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra, Lisbon
2019	'Diamond', Parcours Art Basel, with The Approach gallery & Gallery Baton, Kunstmuseum Basel (Vortragssaal), Basel, CH Art Basel, with The Approach gallery, Basel, CH AFTER IMAGE, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KO
2017	Split Second, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE Solo Booth, Independent Brussels, BE A Possibility of an Abstraction, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL
2016	A Possibility of an Abstraction, Kaai Theater, Brussels, BE
2015	A Room, 4 Minutes, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL Geometry of the Scattering, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL Solo booth, G262 Sofie Van de Velde, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
2014	A Possibility of An Abstraction, Experimental Media and performing Arts Center, Troy, USA To a Magician Mind , G262- Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2013	Geometric Exercises, Parra & Romero, Madrid, ES
2012	Eye Trap/Metropole Orkest/IFFR, one-day performance 3rd February, Rotterdam, NL A possibility of an abstraction: Circle Dance, Art Unlimited, Art Basel, CH
2010	A Room, 24 Hours II, Pilar Parra and Romero, Madrid, ES A Room, 24 Hours, The Approach, London, UK
2009	Germaine Kruip: Only the Title Remains, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, NL Aesthetics as a way of survival, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, DE
2008	Art Statements, Solo Presentation at Art Basel, CH The Illuminated Void, The Approach, London, UK
2007	A shimmering of grey, Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam, NL
2006	Daytime: Counter Composition, The Reliance, London, UK De Vleeshal: Counter Composition, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
2005	Frieze Art Fair, invited by Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, London, UK Rehearsal, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL commisioned by Rijksbouwmeester Every building is an estimate, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam, NL
2003	Rehearsal, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, DE
2002	Rehearsal, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, NL Punta De Vista, Centro Cultural, Tucuman, AR
2000	Amsterdam 2000, Prof. W.H. Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam, NL Point of View, Reuten Galerie in collaboration with Mug met de Gouden Tand, Amsterdam, NL
	Group exhibitions
2018	Light to Dark, Dark to Light, duo exhibition with Stef Driesen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, BE SUPERSTITION, curated by Erich Weiss, Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, NL Art Brussels with Gallery Baton, Brussels, BE
2017	Art Düsseldorf with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Dusseldorf, DE Art Cologne, with Sofie Van De Velde and COSAR HMT, Cologne, DE Mementos: Artists’ Souvenirs, Artefacts, and other Curiosities, curated by Jens Hoffmann and Piper Marshal, Art Brussels, BE 20 Years Show, The Approach, London, GB RESONANCE, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KO
2016	Geographies of Dust and Air, Mary Mary, Glasgow, UK
2015	The Corner Show, ExtraCity, Antwerp, BE
2014	Clear Gagosian Bevery hills Le Mouvement: Performing in the City, 12th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, Switzerland A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Holland Festival in collaboration with Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013	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 ideeën van 24 Kunstenaars, Rabo Art Zone, Utrecht, 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   Chambres des Canaux: The Tolerant Home - 400 Years of Liberal Culture in Amsterdam, curated by Siebe Tettero, Amsterdam, The Netherland
2012	about: blank, curated by Carla Donauer and Alexandra Landré, Kunsthalle Münster, Germany IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE (ACT III), curated by Rosie Cooper and Ariella Yedgar, The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Man in the Holocene, List Visual Arts Center at MIT,Boston,USA
2011	SPECIFIC COLLISIONS, curated by Melissa Gordon, COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf, Germany Haus/House, The Altona Museum, Germany
1994	SILENCE (A composition), Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Pier & Ocean, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London, UK Curated by Andrew Bick Fax, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA Stardust, Fundament Foundation Tilburg, NL The Site of Silence, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster, Germany SuperStories, Triennial Hasselt, Belgium Geoplay (Part I), Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
2008	Faux Jumeaux, Curated by Michel François, SMAK,Gent, Belgium Reinvented: Study & Play, Jan Wentrup, Berlin, Germany Good news for people who love bad news, Swiss Institute/Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2007	Public, Former Post Office Headquaters, Coolsingel, Rotterdam, NL Athens Biennial, Group Show curated by Tom Morton Public Sculpture International (curated by Rein Wolfs), Rotterdam, NL Zes, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles USA Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, USA What will be told of today tomorrow: KoelnShow2, Curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian Waldvogel
2006	Just In Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Le Nouveau Siecle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, NL Street: Behind the cliché, With de With, Rotterdam, NL
2005	In This Colony/ In Deze Kolonie, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Vijfhuizen, NL Respect! Forms of Community/Formes de cohabitation, Musee Dar Si Said and the Palais el-Badi Marrakesh, Morocco
2004	De Werkelijkheid, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL Pr 04, Biennial Puerto Rico 20/20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Portal II, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2003	Wish, Dreamscapes, Beelden op de Berg, Ede-Wageningen, NL Point of View, Traumraum, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany Tactisch Voorstel 05, Tactische Voorstellen, Artis, Den Bosch, NL A Play to Stop to Add a Moment, Location-U, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, NL
2002	Point of View, Tillvaratagna effeker, Kunsthalle Oslo, Norway Assisi, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL Waar/ schijn/ lijk, Moments I intend to remember, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, NL Cargo II, Cargo Series, Loods 6, Amsterdam, NL From here too Reality, Index, The Swedish Contemporary Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden The Thin Glass Line, Nadja Vilenne Galerie, Liège, Belgium Homeless, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
2000	Open Ateliers 2000, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL For Real, Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen 1999/2000, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Hidden, Baby, Amsterdam, NL
1999	Prix de Rome 1999, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL Le Sacre du Printemps, Springdance, Utrecht, NL
1998	Conversation II, Standpunten, De Witte Dame, Eindhoven, NL En passant, Victoria Theaterfestival, Gent, Belgium Conversation, Standpunten, De Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL Liftflits, Kits & Bits, De Balie, Amsterdam, NL SILENCE/VIOLENCE, Reuten galerie, Amsterdam, NL

Bibliography

2017	Germaine Kruip: Works 1998 - 2017 Published by Buchhandlung Walther König
2009	Germaine Kruip: Aesthetics as a Way of Survival Published by Kunstverein fur die Rheinland und Westfalen
2008	Germaine Kruip: The Illuminated Void Published by Veenman Publishers
2010	The Temporary Stedelijk at The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL ShadowDance, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL The Moon Is An Arrant Thief, The David Roberts Foundation, London, UK Quantos Queres, MARZ Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal