Marijn Akkermans predominantly works on paper. He studied at ArtEZ, Arnhem, Escola de Dessiny, Barcelona ES, and Dutch Art Institute, Enschede, followed with a residency at Schloss Ringenberg in Hamminkeln, Germany. In 2010 Akkermans was awarded the Van Bommel Van Dam Award.
Publications in which his work is featured include Drawing People, by Roger Malbert, published by Thames & Hudson, London; All About Drawing by Arno Kramer and Diana Wind, published by D'Jonghe Hond/Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; and Fixterne: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier - von Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, published by Wienand Verlag/Cologne.
Group exhibitions include Kunstmuseum Den Haag; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; Kunsthalle Münster DE; Garage, Rotterdam; Nest, The Hague; Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig Holstein DE; Zoya Museum, Modra SK; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Nederlands Fotomuseum; Museum Hilversum; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort.
Solo exhibitions include Drawing Center Diepenheim; Galerie Karin Sachs, Munich DE; Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne DE; Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam; Galerie Dudok de Groot, Amsterdam.
Art fairs at which his work was presented are Art Rotterdam, Art Brussels, Art Cologne, Art Basel, The Armory Show, New York, ARCO, Madrid and Art on Paper / BOZAR, Brussels a.o.
His work is held in both private and public collections such as Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Teylers Museum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Centraal Museum, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NOG), Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, AEGON, ING, collection De Heus-Zomer, collection Brown and collection Haas, a.o.
Marijn Akkermans currently lives and works in Beets NL
Education:
1999-2001 Dutch Art Institute (Interdisciplinary Research Visual Arts & Media)/ ArtEZ institute of arts, Enschede
1998 Elisava, Escola de Dessiny, Barcelona, Spain
1995-1999 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem (Autonomous Art)/ ArtEZ institute of arts, Arnhem
Residencies:
2001 Derik-Baegert-Gesellschaft / Schloss Ringenberg, residency 'Transistor', Hamminkeln, Germany
Awards:
2010 Van Bommel Van Dam Award 2010, Museum van Bommel van Dam
Grants:
2021 Recipient COVID-overbrugging, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam 2019 Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2014 Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondrian Fund, Amsterdam
2010 Basisstipendium, Fund Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
2005 Basisstipendium, Fund Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
2004 Startstipendium, Fund Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
2002 Startstipendium, Fund Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam 2001 Transistor Stipendium, Dullertsstichting / Hey-Konijnfonds, Arnhem
Solo exhibitions:
2020 Galerie Dudok de Groot, Haphazard monsters, Amsterdam
2019 Art on Paper / BOZAR (represented by Galerie Dudok de Groot), Brussels, Belgium
2018 Galerie Dudok de Groot, Algorithm corrupted (though sheer comedy, of course), Amsterdam
2012 Amsterdam drawing / Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
2012 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Square moon, Amsterdam
2010 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, The fraud of mister HQ, Diepenheim
2009 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, The future is old, Amsterdam
2008 Volta 04, Basel, Switzerland
2008 Galerie Karin Sachs, How does your garden grow?, Munich, Germany
2007 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Let's wonder over yonder, Amsterdam
2006 Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Back then, the world was bigger, Cologne, Germany
2005 Galerie Karin Sachs, ...and among other things; the matter of the teddybear, Munich, Germany
2002 Galerie Karin Sachs, There will be love and laughter and peace ever after, Munich, Germany
2002 Derik-Baegert-Gesellschaft / Schloss Ringenberg, Transistor, Hamminkeln, Germany
Group exhibitions:
2025 Vouch, Loods 6, Amsterdam 2025 De Firma, Gouda 2025 puntWG, Valentine's Show, Amsterdam
2024 Big Art, Slotervaart Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam
2024 Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, VBVD-Award, Venlo
2023 Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, VBVD-Award, Venlo
2022 Big Art, Bijlmer Kwartier, Amsterdam
2021 Big Art, Projectfabriek / Hembrugterrein, Zaandam
2020 Big Art, Projectfabriek / Hembrugterrein, Zaandam
2019 Collectie De Groen, Pick Me!, Arnhem
2019 (duo) Galerie Dudok de Groot, Sur face (with Eva Raeder), Amsterdam
2018 Centraal Museum, The line up - the power of drawing, Utrecht
2018 Kunsthal KAdE, Chalk, Amersfoort
2017 The Drawing Hub, Silent fundraiser auction, Berlin, Germany
2017 (duo) Witteveen Visual Art, Marijn Akkermans & Susanna Inglada, Amsterdam
2017 Big Art, Amsterdam
2017 Loods 6, Witteveen drawing, Amsterdam
2017 Expoplu, Gender: a universal language, Nijmegen
2016 Capital C Amsterdam / Diamantbeurs, Big Art, Amsterdam
2016 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Kunst4Kids, Rotterdam
2015 Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Veldwerk, Diepenheim
2015 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Anything but homeless - drawings from the NOG collection, Schiedam
2014 De Nederlands Bank, I am not doing anything until I feel the need, Amsterdam
2014 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Theatre de l'absurde, Amsterdam
2013 Nederlands Fotomuseum, Wit, Rotterdam
2013 Garage Rotterdam, Beyond tradition, Rotterdam
2012 Jan van Eyck akademie, Secret postcards, Maastricht
2012 Museum Hilversum, Figuurlijk, Hilversum
2011 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, All about drawing: 100 Dutch artists, Schiedam
2011 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Summershow, Amsterdam
2010 GEM / Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, On paper - works from the collection, The Hague
2010 Centraal Museum, Op papier gezet: van Daniels tot Dumas, van Schleiffert tot Schoonhoven, Utrecht
2010 Museum van Bommel van Dam, van Bommel van Dam Award 2010, Venlo
2010 Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Protection, Berlin, Germany
2009 Kunsthal 52, Conceptual realism: art of the ING art collection, Den Helder
2009 Nest, Notes on narratives, The Hague
2009 Zoya Museum, Open (collection of Micheal Haas), Modra, Slovenia
2009 Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf, Fixterne - 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier von Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Schleswig, Germany
2009 Galerie Lacen, I spy with my little eye (together with Wafae Ahalouch el Keriasti and Awoiska van der Molen - curated by Marijn Akkermans), Paris, France
2009 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, In praise of shadows, Amsterdam
2008 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, XX century, The Hague
2007 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Summershow, Amsterdam
2007 Resy Muijsers Contemporary Art, Intersection II (with Stani Michels and Awoiska van der Molen), Tilburg
2006 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Replacing Mashkov: recent acquisitions, The Hague
2006 Resy Muijsers Contemporary Art, Intersection I - young artists crossing Europe, Tilburg
2006 Galerie Gabriel Rolt, The kids are alright, Amsterdam
2006 Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (initiated by Instituut Collectie Nederland and Fund BKVB), Hoftoren, The Hague
2006 GEM museum of contemporary art, Met stip, The Hague
2006 Kunsthalle Münster, Face to face: Künstlers Selbstportraits, Münster, Germany
2005 Derik-Baegert-Gesellschaft / Schloss Ringenberg, Dirty Denim (duo show with René Zeh), Hamminkeln, Germany
2005 Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Relations, Cologne, Germany
2004 Arti et Amicitiae, Weltschmerz, Amsterdam
2002 Archipel, De jongens tegen de meisjes, Apeldoorn
2002 Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Lijn = vorm = inhoud: werk op papier, Heerlen
2001 Euro-Bulgarian Cultural Center, Foreign Affairs, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, Open Scenario's, Amsterdam
Collections:
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Museum More, Gorssel
Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
AEGON
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Collection Brown, The Hague
Collection Haas, Berlin
Collection De Heus-Zomer, Barneveld
Collection Otto L. Schaap, Amsterdam
And international private collections
Art Fairs:
Art on Paper / BOZAR (Brussels), Art Rotterdam, The Armory Show (New York), Art Basel, Arco (Madrid), Art Cologne, Volta (Basel), ViennAfair, Art Moscow, Art Amsterdam, Istanbul Contemporary, Art Brussels, Next Art Fair (Chicago) and Amsterdam Drawing
Other:
2017 / 2018 Scenography and led-light animation design for play Romp, Theatre company De Gemeenschap, Amsterdam (More info)
2017 Co-production with We Like Art, two edition prints (piezography) Sales info
2017 Project PLUGIN, Schloss Ringenberg
2017 Scenographic design for play De Shakespeare Club, Theatre company De Gemeenschap, Amsterdam
2015 Scenographic design for play Know Me, Theatre company BonteHond, Almere (More info)
2010 Drawing Centre Diepenheim, public interview by Arno Kramer
2010 Publishing of mono catalogue 'The fraud of mister HQ', 4th drawing cahier of Drawing Center Diepenheim sales info
2010 Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, lecture for studium generale, The Hague
2009/2010 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, lecturer and guestteacher
2008 Publishing of mono catalogue 'Back then, the world was bigger' sales info
2006 't Veem theater, guest in talkshow L'Usine op zondag, Amsterdam
2001 Museum Folkwang, Neue Werkstrategien #1, Essen