GERMAINE KRUIP: ABOUT
Germaine Kruip (b. Castricum, NL) is a visual artist, advisor and mentor living and working between Amsterdam, Brussels, and London. Over the past two decades, she has been developing a practice that merges time, space and perception. In between the visual arts, the stage, and architecture, she investigates and presents her observations through architectural, sculptural and performative interventions. Kruip studies the scenography of ungraspable phenomena, such as the ever-changing daylight and the passage of time; the relationship between art and ritual in repetitive gestures, aiming to subtly alter perception; historical attempts to create abstraction by means of geometry – and finally the desires, theories and ideologies underlying these attempts.
GERMAINE KRUIP: CV
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Born in Castricum, NL
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium; and London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION
2000 – 2001: Visual Arts, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
1995 – 1998: Master, advanced research in theater and dance studies, DasArts, Amsterdam, NL
1991 – 1995: Scenography, HKU, Amsterdam & Utrecht, NL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Real Time, The Approach, London, GB
2024 — Two Circles: Mirrored, The Approach, London, GB
2022 — Rehearsal, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Wijnegem, BE
2021 — Screenplay, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong, HK
2019 — Diamond, Art Basel Parcours, Kunstmuseum Basel, CH
2019 — AFTER IMAGE, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KO
2017 — Solo booth with The Approach, Independent Brussels, BE
2017 — Split Second, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2015 — Geometry of the Scattering, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2015 — Seeing the Unseen, solo booth with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Art Brussels, BE
2015 — A Room, 4 Minutes, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
2014 — To The Magician’s Mind, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2013 — Geometric Exercises, Parra & Romero, Madrid, ES
2012 — A Possibility of an Abstraction, The Approach, London, GB
2010 — A Room, 24 Hours II, Parra & Romero, Madrid, ES
2010 — A Room, 24 Hours, The Approach, London, GB
2009 — Germaine Kruip: Only the Title Remains, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, NL
2009 — Aesthetics as a Way of Survival, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, DE
2008 — Solo booth with The Approach, Art Statements, Art Basel, CH
2008 — The Illuminated Void, The Approach, London, GB
2007 — A Shimmering of Grey, Juliette Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2006 — Daytime: Counter Composition, The Reliance, London, GB
2006 — De Vleeshal: Counter Composition, De Vleeshal, Middleburg, NL
2005 — The Wavering Skies, Frieze Projects / Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, London, GB
2005 — Every building is an estimate, Juliette Jongma Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2003 — Rehearsal, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, DE
2002 — Rehearsal, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 — At the Still Point of the Turning World, STUK, Leuven, BE
2023 — The Mirrored, duo exhibition with Laura Grisi, The Approach, London, GB
2023 — Re-Inventing Piet. Mondrian and the Consequences, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, DE
2022 — Mondriaan Moves, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, NL
2020 — The World After, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2020 — Histories of Dance, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, BR
2020 — Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, PT
2019 — Lacuna, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, NL
2018 — Light to Dark, Dark to Light, duo exhibition with Stef Driesen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, BE
2017 — 20 Years Show, The Approach, London, GB
2017 — RESONANCE, Gallery Baton, Seoul, KO
2016 — Geographies of Dust and Air, Mary Mary Gallery, Glasgow, GB
2014 — CLEAR, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, US
2013 — Things from before beside, things from after around, things of the moment, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, ES
2013 — Cimetière d’Ixelles, Art In General, New York, US
2012 — Man in the Holocene, MIT LIST Visual Center, Massachusetts, US
2012 — about:blank, Kunsthalle Münster, DE
2012 — IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE (ACT III), The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES
2011 — SPECIFIC COLLISIONS, COSAR HMT, Düsseldorf, DE
2010 — The Temporary Stedelijk, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2010 — Quantos Queres, MARZ Galeria, Lisbon, PR
2009 — SILENCE (A composition), Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP
2009 — Fax, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
2009 — SuperStories, Triennial Hasselt, BE
2009 — Geoplay (Part I), Parra & Romero, Madrid, ES
2008 — Faux Jumeaux, SMAK , Gent, BE
2008 — Good news for people who love bad news, Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, New York, US
2007 — Athens Biennial, Athens, GR
2007 — Zes, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USA & Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, US
2007 — KölnShow2, Cologne, DE
2006 — Just In Time, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2006 — Street: Behind the cliché, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
2005 — Respect! Forms of Community, Musee Dar Said and The Palais el-Badi, Marrakech, MA
2004 — Pr 04, Puerto Rico Biennial, PR
2004 — 20/20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2004 — Portal II, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, DE
2001 — Cargo II, Cargo Series, Kunstwerk Loods 6, Amsterdam, NL
2001 — From Here to Reality, Index, The Swedish Contemporary Art Center, Stockholm, SW
2000 — For Real, Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen 1999/2000, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2021 — Resonance, commissioned by Europalia Trains & Tracks, Antwerp Central Train Station, BE
2019 — A Square Without Corners, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, ES
2018 — A Square Without Corners, Marres, Huis voor Hedendaagse Cultuur, Maastricht, NL
2017 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, PR
2017 — A Possibility of an Abstraction, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, NL
2016 — A Square Spoken, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU
2016 — A Possibility of an Abstraction, Kaaitheater, Brussels, BE
2015 — Geometry of the Scattering: Scene I, Veem Theater, Amsterdam, NL
2015 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Performatik, Bozar, Brussels, BE
2014 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Le Mouvement: Performing in the City, 12th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, CH
2014 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Square Dance, Holland Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2014 — A Possibility of an Abstraction, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Troy, US
2013 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Circle Dance, The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, AT
2012 — A Possibility of an Abstraction: Circle Dance, Art Unlimited, Basel, CH
2012 — Eye Trap, Live Cinema Performance, Metropole Orkest / IFFR, Rotterdam, NL
2010 — The Moon Is an Arrant Thief, The David Roberts Foundation, London, GB
2003 — Point of View, Traum Raum, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, DE
2002 — Point of View, Tillvaratagna effekter, Kunsthalle Oslo, NO
2002 — Punta de Vista, Centro Cultural Tucuman, AR
2000 — Point of View, Reuten Galerie / Mug met de Gouden Tand, Amsterdam, NL
1999 — Point of View, Prix de Rome, Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2021 — Resonance, commissioned by Europalia Trains & Tracks, Antwerp Central Train Station, BE
2021 — Antwerp City Hall architectural intervention, Antwerp, BE
2017 — Rotterdamse Schouwburg Beeldspoor, Rotterdam, NL
2008 — Jil Sander Concept Store, New York, US
2008 — Passing Time, Ministry in The Hague, NL
2007 — Recording, Former Post Office Headquarters, Coolsingel, Rotterdam, NL
2005 — Design Jubilee-coin to honor the 25-year reigning jubilee of Queen Beatrix, NL
2005 — Rehearsal, Rijksmuseum, commissioned by The Chief Government Architect, Amsterdam, NL
2004 — You decide whether or not you wish to see, Theater Huis aan de Werf, Utrecht, NL
2000 — Amsterdam 2000, AMC Brummelkamp Galerie, Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED LECTURES
2017 — Politics of things, in conversation with Piper Marshal, Art Brussels, BE
2016 — The Aesthetics of Disappearance, in conversation with Arjen Mulder, Kaaitheater, Brussels, BE
2016 — Artist Talk, Sydney biennale, Sydney, AU
2016 — Germaine Kruip and the famous Carrara marble, in conversation with Krzysztof Dobrowolski- Onclin, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. NL
2015 — Artist Talk: A Possibility of an Abstraction, Kaaitheater, Brussels, BE
2015 — An evening with Germaine Kruip, in conversation with Samuel Saelemakers, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
2015 — Germaine Kruip in conversation with Samuel Saelemakers & Jacqueline Grandjean, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2015 — Germaine Kruip about Seeing, in conversation with Jaap Guldemond, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL
2015 — Germaine Kruip about Time, in conversation with Jaap Guldemond, Cinema Zuid, Antwerp, BE
2014 — Germaine Kruip, in conversation with Michel François, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2012 — Art 43 Basel: Art Basel Conversations, in conversation with Olaf Nicolai, Richard Phillips, Gianni Jetzer, Basel, CH
2011 — The Avant/Garde Diaries chats, in conversation with Krist Gruijthuijsen and Maxine Kopsa, Kunsverein, Amsterdam, NL
2007 — Lectures Spring 2007, de Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
AWARDS & PRIZES
2015 — Best solo booth, Art Brussels
2001 — Charlotte Köhler Prize
1999 — Prix de Rome, Second Prize, Theatre & Visual Arts
COMMITTEES
2023 — Present: Co-founder, Theodora Niemeijer Prize for mid career female artists, Amsterdam, NL
2018 — Present: Board Member, Niemeijer Fonds Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2007 — 2010: Advisor & Commission Member, Sculpture International Rotterdam, NL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, NL), Hartwig Art Foundation (Amsterdam, NL), Collection KAT_A (Bad Honnef-Rhöndorf, DE), Panoptès Collection (Brussels, BE), Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio, US), Sammlung Philara (Düsseldorf, DE), Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch, DE), Sanders Collection (Amsterdam, NL), de Bruin-Heijn Collection (Wassenaar, NL), Robert and Renée Drake Collection (Wassenaar, NL), Zaha Hadid Architects (London, UK), Thomas und Eva Lösche Collection (Düsseldorf, DE), The ABN AMRO Art Collection (Amsterdam, NL), Amex Group BV Collection (Voorschoten, NL), B-architecten Collection (Antwerp, BE), Lisson Gallery (London, UK), Rabobank Collection (NL), Patrick Van Ommeslaeghe, Raf Simons.
GUEST TEACHING / COACHING
de Ateliers , Amsterdam, NL
Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, NL
Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
Master Theater, Toneelacademie Maastricht, NL
KNAW Royal Academy of Arts and Science, Amsterdam, NL
3 Pommes, Namur, BE