Mik, Aernout

Biography Aernout Mik (Groningen, The Netherlands, 1962) Lives and works in Amsterdam. 1983-1988 Academie Minerva, Groningen 1987-1988 Ateliers ’63, Haarlem Selected Solo Exhibitions 1990 Voorwerk, Witte de With, Rotterdam 1992 Für Nichts und Wieder Nichts, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem The Philosophy of Furniture, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (with Adam Kalkin) 1995 Wie die Raume gefüllt werden müssen, Kunstverein Hannover Stuffed, Weak and Filthy, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem 1997 Biennale di Venezia, Dutch Pavilion, Venice (with Willem Oorebeek) 1998 Hongkongoria, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (with Marjoleine Boonstra) 1999 Small Disasters, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam Hanging Around, Projektraum Museum Ludwig, Cologne Softer Catwalk in Collapsing Rooms, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin Piñata, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem 2000 Primal gestures, minor roles, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Simultantengang, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3 Crowds, ICA, London 2001 The Powerplant, Toronto Selected Group Exhibitions 1988 Een Grote Activiteit / A Great Activity, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1990 Scanning 1990, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem 1991 Dutch entry Bienal internacional de São Paulo, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven 1994 Spellbound: Inez van Lamsweerde, David Bade, Aernout Mik, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam; Centro Cultural de Bélem, Lisbon; Asociación Cultural Cruce, Madrid 1995 A night at the show, Field, Zürich Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1996 The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen 1997 Booster Up Dutch Courage, L.A. International Biennial, Los Angeles; W139, Amsterdam Standort Berlin: Places to stay, Büro Friedrich, Berlin 1998 Ironisch/Ironic, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich Mise en Scène, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz Pictures for the Blue Room, NIFCA, Helsinki 1999 A Touch of… Evil, Metronom, Barcelona Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne In All the Wrong Places, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa EXTRAetORDINAIRE, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors PosttragikoMik, Palazzo delle Pape, Siena 2000 Still Moving, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 2001 Exploding Cinema/Cinema without Walls, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

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