Education
2017–2019
De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2011–2015
AKV | St. Joost, Fine Arts, Breda
2008
Cultural Anthropology, Radboud University, Nijmegen
Grants and Scholarships
2023
Wiels residency stipend Mondriaan Fonds
2020
Mondriaan Fonds Werkbijdrage Basis
2019
Makersfonds Tilburg
2017–2019
De Ateliers stipend
Exhibitions
(solo)
2026
TBA, Belo Campo, Lisbon, PT (upcoming)
2025
TBA, Stooge, Berlin, DE (upcoming)
TBA, Affiliate, Brussels, BE (upcoming)
2023
Panorama Parking, Buzzer Reeves, Berlin, DE
Seek Thermal (collaboration with Audrey Apers & Chiara Monteverde),
Schrit_tmacher Festival, Heerlen, NL
2019
Pavement Whisper, Spirit Shop, Lisbon, PT
Fountain of Youth, PARK, Tilburg, NL
Offspring 2019: Once a Closely Guarded Secret, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2016
I Can’t Live In A Living Room Part 1–3, P/////AKT, Amsterdam, NL
Exhibitions
(duo/group)
2023
Uit Zicht, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg, NL
Spark Birds & the Loneliness of Species, Kasteel Wijlre, NL
2022
Land of the Few and Far Between, Billytown, Den Haag, NL
Sailors of the Land, Buzzer Reeves, Berlin, DE
Wardian Cage, Hortus botanicus Leiden, NL (Loan)
2021
Homebody, collaboration with Artefakt, Amsterdam, NL
Dubbelstad/Double City, NachtExpo, Deventer, NL
Spheres, Curated by Suzanne Wallinga, Leiden, NL
2020
The Beginning of the 21st Century, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Hallucinogenic, Project Space on The Inside, Amsterdam, NL
2019
Elsewheres Within Here, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL
2018
Distortion, Willem Twee, Den Bosch, NL
2016
Chicken n Waffles (duo along Bas van den Hurk), Rod Barton Off-Site Projects, L.A., USA
Meervoud, Emergent, Veurne, BE
Wishful Thinking, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, NL
Commissioned
2018
We should have a conversation, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL
Other activities
2023
External advisor AKV | St. Joost
2022
Curator Filmprogram ‘Squatting’ with Gordon Matta-Clark, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Ghita Skali and others, Go Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, NL
2018–ongoing
co-founder Root Canal
2016–2022
Guest teacher Fontys ABV
Publications
2021
Park 2018–2020, PARK
2020
Pavement Whisper, P/////AKT (text by Anders Dickson, Michiel Huijben)
2019
Offspring 2019: Once a Closely Guarded Secret, De Ateliers (text by Xander Karskens, Martin Herbert)
2018
Brace for impact, De Appel CP (text by Jan Verwoert)
2017
P/////AKT POOL 2, P/////AKT (text by Natalie Keppler, Noor Mertens)
2016
Unfair, Catalogue, Unfair Amsterdam (text by Clara Ronsdorf)
I’M JUST, WHIPPING MASERATI, Self-publishing (text by Marc Leblanc, Daniel Springer)
Press
2024
NRC on Human Nature/Animal Nature
2023
Witte Raaf on Spark Bird & The Loneliness of Species
2022
Metropolis M on Land of the Few and Far Between
2019
Museumtijdschrift nr. 4, 2019
Metropolis M on Fountain of Youth
Mousse Magazine on Root Canal
Het Parool on Once A Closely Guarded Secret
De Volkskrant on Once A Closely Guarded Secret
© Thomas Swinkels 2024, all rights reserved.
Website design: Onck West | photo credits: Gert Jan van Rooij (Offspring, 2019), Aalt van de Glind (Dubbelstad/Double City, 2021), Peter Cox (Spark Birds and the Loneliness of Species, 2023), Charlott Markus (I Can't Live in a Living Room, 2016, Courtesy of P/////AKT), We Document Art (The Beginning of the 21th Century, 2020), LNDWstudio (Spheres, 2021), Henk Geraedts (Fountain of Youth, 2019, Courtesy of PARK)