Kinke Kooi
Exhibitions, CV, Press
Born 1961, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Arnhem, The Netherlands
SELECT SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2023
Being Around, Edouard Montassut, Paris, France
2022
Within, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
The Grotesk of Raising, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
Growing the Seeds of Love, Gallery Bernhard, Zurich, Switzerland
2020
Lucas Hirsch, Liste, Basel, Switzerland
Fittings, duo exhibition with Tenant of Culture, Exile, Vienna, Austria
2019
Support, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
Preventing the sharp from being sharp, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY
2013
The Flower and her Inner Focus, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2009
Let me comfort you, Feature Inc., New York, NY
2006
Taking the Vague for being true, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Women Love Small Things, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004
Pink Web, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Feature Inc., New York, NY
De Ruimte tussen alle Dingen, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
Feature Inc., New York, NY
Museum Nagsael, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1993
Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1991
Galerie van Kranendonk, The Hague, The Netherlands
1988
Kunstuitkijk, Deventer, The Netherlands
1987
Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
I have done it again. / One year in every ten / I manage it——, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR
Is something missing (curated by Violette Wood), FRAC, Corsica, France
The Moth and The Thunderclap, Modern Art, London, UK
2022
Autofiction (curated by Melanie Bühler), Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021
Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
The Living House, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Le Club Du Poisson-Lune, CAPC Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Emblazoned World, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, CA
Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Spooky Butt, ArtMap, Brno, Czech Republic
Parasites, Pik Deutz, Cologne, Germany
2020
The Future is Female, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Other.Worldly, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Blasted Heath, A.M. 180, Praque, Czech Republic
2018
Presentation acquisitions Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017
Liminal Skin, Disturbing The Neighbors, New York, NY
2016
Looking Back, White Columns, New York, NY
Erotic XXXMAS show, Romeo, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Romeo, New York, NY
Jeanne Oosting Award, with Jo Bear, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Snapshot of a larger order, De Ketelfactory, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2014
Spiegel Oog, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Fertility, 33 Orchard, New York, NY
O Muze, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2014
Surreal Worlds, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013
Uncontrollable Urge, Portland Museum of Modern Art, Portland, OR
2012
Pearls, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
Extravagant, Shameless, Unlimited–New Drawings in the Collection, Museum Boijmans van Beunigen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Contemporary Surrealist Drawings from the Collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beunigen, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
2011
Facing the Abyss, Witzenhausen Gallery, New York, NY
Special Edition, PrintRoom, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010
…and then some, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Daniel Hesidence Curates, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
Down to Earth, Nest, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Think Pink, Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Ontmoeting #3: Never a Day Without Lines, De Ketel Factory, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2009
Opportunities, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
De Ideale Vrouw (The Ideal Woman), Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Waar kan mijn sterke, vreemde boot reeds aangekomen zijn?, De Vishal, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Rebelle: Art and Feminism 1969–2009, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands (catalogue)
2008
Mimicry, RC de Ruimte Kunstenaarsinitiatief, IJmuiden, The Netherlands
2007
Don’t Let the Boys Win, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2006
Domino, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Twice Drawn (Part 1), Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (catalogue)
Quantum Vis II, RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, The Netherlands
Anti-makassar, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2005
The sun rises in the evening., Feature Inc., New York, NY
Drops in the Ocean: Contemporary Images from the Subliminal, Het Wilde Weten, Project Space, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Black and White and a Little Bit of Color, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Malpractice, De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004
Wim Izaks Award: Aaron Van Erp, Iris Kensmil, Kinke Kooi, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (catalogue)
Grey Goo, Flaca Gallery, London, UK
Floor of Heaven, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2002
The Space between All Things, Galerie De Praktijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
GtT2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2001
de Appel van Eva, Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands
Border Stories: IX International Biennial of Photography, Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy (catalogue)
Not a. Lear, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, NY; Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
Not a. Lear, Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium; Art Process, Paris, France
Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Oogdwalen, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sans Papier, Consortium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
City Projects, Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium
1999
Gallery Artists, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Drawings, Feature Inc., New York, NY
The Nude in Contemporary Art, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
Evil Camouflage, Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Canada
1998
Het dier als Metafoor in de Internationale Kunst van Nu, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
1997
Random Access Memory, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
New Age Dada, Kunstruimte Berlin, Germany
Intimiteit, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Proppen, Verswijnen en Verlangen, Proton ICA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cadavre Exquis, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Brieke Drost/Kinke Kooi, Galerie van Kranendonk, The Hague, The Netherlands
Strange Fruits, Art Kitchen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
New Age III, Begane Grond, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jesus is Boos, Museum de Wieger, Deurne, Belgium; Catherine Convent, Utrecht, The Netherlands
New Age Dada, Gewabgebouw, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Dieren Dood en Levend, Museum de Wieger, Deurne, Belgium
1994
Holland Tunnel, Salle de Bains, New York, NY
Prominenten Keuze, Kruithuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Afslag 16, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, The Netherlands
Het Nieuwe Realisme, Galerie Apunto, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NY/NL/XX, Gemeentemuseum, Helmond, The Netherlands (catalogue)
1993
The First New Age Show, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie van Kranendonk, The Hague, The Netherlands (Art Frankfurt)
Het Boudoir van P.M., AIR Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992
Het Koninklijk Paleis, Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue: essay by Liesbeth Brandt Corstius)
The Red Light Show, Stichtung CASCO, Utrecht, The Netherlands (catalogue: essay by Leontine Coelewij)
Gelderland Biennale, Commanderie van St Jan, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (catalogue: essay by Ans van Berkum)
1991
Souvenirs, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem,, The Netherlands
Double Distance, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
1990
Tien Jaar de Gele Rijder, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
1988
Koninklijke Subsidie, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
AWARDS
2016
Jeanne Oosting Award (together with Jo Baer)
1992
Grand Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Rijksmuseum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Frances Young Tang Museum, New York, NY
EDUCATION
1985
Academy for the Visual Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Kinke Kooi, klima, issue 02
Janssen, Twan, ‘Kinke Kooi’, Metropolis M, (April/May)
2017
Smith, Roberta. “Looking Back”, New York Times, February 23
2016
Smith, Roberta. “Gallery Guide: Lower East Side As Petri Dish”, New York Times, April 22
2014
Steenhuis, Henk. “Ik vul alle gaten in”, Trouw, March 1
2012
Chae, Julie. “The Cultural Landscape Architects: Hudson of Feature Inc.,” The Huffington Post, September 14
2011
Hirsch, Faye. “Ten Highlights from the Editions/Artists Book Fair,” Art in America, November 4
2010
Smith, Roberta. “Varieties of Abstraction,” New York Times, August 6, C21
2009
Kley, Elisabeth. Review, Artnet, Gotham Art & Theater, posted April 24
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Johnson, Ken. The Listings, New York Times, April 17, C20
2008
Onnen, Serge (ed). Drawings On Writing, J & L Books, Atlanta (reproductions)
2007
Kooi, Kinke. Lecture in Is Art Real: 6 Readings, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
2006
Meijers, Jack. “Kinke Kooi”, Eigen Huis en Interieur, January, 103–107 (reproductions)
Berry, Ian. ”Twice Drawn. Modern and Contemporary Drawings in Context”, Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005
Onnen, Serge. Drawings on Geology, J&L Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA
2003
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Schwendener, Martha. “Kinke Kooi,” in Curve: The Female Nude Now, edited by Isabel Venero, Universe Publishing, 122–123
2000
Gass, Katherine. Review of “Faith,” Art New England, April/May
Kooi, Kinke. “Meditatie of Dwangneurose,” Metropolis M, no. 3, June/July, 25 (reproduction)
Merkling, Frank. “A New Look for Virgin Mary—Bobby Socks,” Danbury News-Times, February 4, D1, 6
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1999
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