CV

Wouter Osterholt (Leiden, NL, 1979)
Works and lives in Berlin, DE

Education
1997
Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Free Media department), Amsterdam, NL (graduated 2001)


Exhibition / Project
 (Group (G) and Solo (S))

2023
Eine Stadt für Alle, BESD II Program  – “Draußenstadt” in Treptow / Köpenick, Berlin, DE (S)
Gods of the Anthropocene
, BESD II -Program “Draußenstadt” in Marzahn / Hellersdorf, Berlin, DE (S)

2022
Zum Grünen Wald, Grunewald, BESD II -Program “Draußenstadt” in Charlottenburg / Wilmersdorf, Berlin, DE (S)
Deep Time Agency
, Gallery 3, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL (S)
Moeraspaleis
, Nieuwe uitzichten, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Oda park, Venlo, Venray, NL (G)
Concrete Reef
, ‘Still Waters Run Deep’, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL (G)
Ancestors Rising, Tag der Archäologie in Titz – LVR-Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege, DE (S)
Kaalslag, Zone2Source, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Una Forza del Passato, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL (G)

2021
Tacking Stock, Framer Framed, Amsterdam, NL (S)

2020
Kaalslag, ‘Exploded View’, Zone2Source, CLUE VU, Amsterdam, NL (G)
Descent into the Future
, ‘Ecotones – Bodies in Tension’, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, NL (G)
Taking Stock, Former Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG (S)

2019
Island of a Million Palm Trees, SIGN 30 YRS. UP-DATE , Sign Gallery, Groningen, NL (G)
Una Forza del Passato, Ex-Cartiera Latina, Exploded View, CLUE VU, Zone2Source, Rome, IT (G)
Golden Tide, Instituto Buena Bista, IBB, Willemstad, CW (S)
Beacon Tree, White House, Create and VARI (V&A research institute), London, UK (S)

2018
Model Citizens,’What do you mean, here we are?’, The Mosaic Rooms, London, UK (G)

2017
Buurtwacht, ’50 jaar Jezuïetenberg’, Bonbonniere, Maastricht, NL (G)
Island of a Million Palm Trees, ‘The Nest 2017’, AlRiwaq Gallery, Manama, BH (G)
Buurtwacht / De Vlucht, ‘Does Europe Exist v2.0’, ARTos, Nicosia, CY (G)

2016
Buurtwacht, ‘Contemporary-Art-Bustours 2016’, Maastricht, NL (G)
Buurtwacht, ‘The Measure of our Travelling Feet’, Marres, Maastricht, NL (G)
Paraíso Ocupado, Studio-X Rio, Rio de janeiro, BR (S)
Paraíso Ocupado, ‘Cidades Invisíveis’, Despina, Largo das Artes, BR (G)

2015
Vapauden Temppeli, ‘Campaign 20X0’ Platform, Vaasa, FI (G)
De Vlucht, ‘Fijnproevers & Smaakbarbaren’, Electron, NL (G)
Licht an für Menschlichkeit, ‘Berliner Herbstsalon’, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, DE (G)
De Vlucht, ‘Building Sight’ Stichting KOP, Breda, NL (G)
Sachbeschädigung, ‘Connected in Art’, Schloss Plüschow, DE (G)

2014
Your Home is in Our Hands, ‘(T)huis, PARK, Tilburg, NL (G)
Celebrate Diversity, ‘We are here because you are there’, Das Weisse Haus, Wenen, AU (G)
Vapauden Temppeli, ‘Campaign 20X0’, Platform, Vaasa, FI (G)

2013
Your Home is in Our Hands, ‘Mobilität III’, Fotogalery Wenen, AU (G)
Sachbeschädigung, ‘Tag der offenen Tür’, Schloss Plüschow, DE (G)
Celeberate Diversity, Autonomous projects, Mönchengladbach, DE (G)
Monument to Humanity – Helping Hands, “Mom, am I barbarian?”,13e Istanbul Biënnale, TR (G)
Weest Geen Knecht der Menschen, ‘Horizonnen’, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL (G)
Your Home is in Our Hands, ‘Open City’, Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen, NL (G)
St. Joseph, Makershuis, Boxtel, NL (S)
Privacy Statement, ‘Zoetermeer Utopia’, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer, NL (G)­
Open to the Public, In Certain Places, Preston, UK (S)

2012
Paraíso Ocupado, Showroom Centro da Barra, Rio de Janeiro, BR (S)
De Meent, De Inkijk, SKOR, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Paraíso Ocupado, ‘The Ideal Place’, NEST, Den Haag, NL (G)
To the Other End, ‘Spaced, art out of place’, IASKA, Fremantle, AUS (G)

2011
Model Citizens, ‘CityCult’, The Centre for Independent Social Research, Sint-Petersburg, RU (S)
Monument to Humanity – Helping Hands, PiST///, Istanbul/Kars, TR (S)
To the Other End, ‘Global villaging’, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL (G)
Social Experiment, ‘Police training’, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Enschede, NL (S)

2010
Model Citizens, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlijn, DE (S)
Where Opinions Meet, ‘Dutch design week’, Wei, Eindhoven, NL (S)
Paraíso Ocupado, 29e Biënnale de SP & Teatro Arena & CAPACETE, Sao Paulo, BR (S)
Model Citizens-Continuum, ‘Made in mirrors’, Schunck, Heerlen, NL (S)
Model Citizens, ‘Afropolis. City, media, art’, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Keulen, DE (G)
My Country is the World, ‘I hear a new world’, RC de ruimte, IJmuiden, NL (G)
Imagine Anything, ‘I_wanna_see_you’, de Overslag, Eindhoven, NL (G)

2009
Public Consultation, ‘YourSpace/MySpace #1’, VHDG, Leeuwarden, NL (S)
Your Home is in Our Hands, ‘Group XXVIII’, Schindler House, Makcenter, Los Angeles, US (G)
Model Citizens, ‘Toekenning 042’, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Model Citizens, The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG (S)

2008
My Nation’s Star, ‘Nieuw cultureel burgerschap’, Stichting Interart, Utrecht, NL (G)
Die Weltmeisterschaft ist Vorbei, ‘Radius of art’, Iltisbunker, Kiel, DE (G)
Celebrate Diversity, ‘I_wanna_see_YOU’, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL (G)
Imagine Anything, ‘I_wanna_see_YOU’, YYZ, Toronto, CA (G)
Iceland Best Place to Live, ‘de Overslag 2006-2007’, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL (G)

2007
Demonstration of Protest, ‘Conlang’, Performancelab & Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL (G)
Sign Language, informatiecentrum Noord-Zuidlijn, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Sign Language, Spui 1, AFK, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Iceland Best Place to Live, Sim House, Reykjavik, IS (G)
Sell and Cash, ‘Hitchhiking to Transylvania’, Morisena, Targu Mures, RO (G)
100 % Natural, Triangle workshop, Shatana, JO (G)

2006
Your Home is a Castle, Gallery Sign, Groningen, NL (G)
Interfacing Space, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL (S)
Sum of Countless Dialogues, ‘Hello world’, CBK ’s Hertogenbosch, NL (S)
Wall, Amsterdam Underground Festival i.s.m. De Appel, Amsterdam, NL (G)
Sign to Eutopia, Gallery Sign, Groningen, NL (G)

2005
Cell No.1, de Roode Bioscoop, Amsterdam, NL (S)
Rave Nature, Cementfestival, Marres, Maastricht, NL (G)

2004
Patrimonium, Optrek, Den Haag, NL (S)
Refuse Dump, ‘Een:1’, Pictura, Dordrecht, NL (G)
Tunnel, Gallery Sign, Groningen, NL (S)
Refuse Dump, Nomads in Residence, Beyond, Utrecht, NL (S)
Battlefield, Hedah at the Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, NL (G)

2003
Destruction, TENT, Rotterdam, NL (G)
Battlefield, Artis, ’s Hertogenbosch, NL (G)
Construction, Artis, ’s Hertogenbosch, NL (G)
Atrium, TENT, Rotterdam, NL (G)

2002
Storage, Art Route, CBK Leiden, NL (G)


Organizational


2022
Concrete Reef, minor Artistic Research in Situ, Maastricht Institute of Arts, NL

2019
In the Ruins of Modernity, workshop, IBB, Willemstad, CW
Una Forza del Passato
, workshop Borghetto Latino, Roma Tre University, Rome, IT
Beacon Tree, Community Gathering, The White House, London, UK

2017
Travel Guide to Becontree, Study Week, The White House, London, UK

2013
Privacy Statement, Workshop, ‘Zoetermeer Utopia’, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer, NL
Open to the Public, Public program, In Certain Places, Preston, UK

2012
De Meent, Public program, SKOR, Amsterdam, NL
Occupy Campaign, Smart projectspace, Amsterdam, NL

2011
Artists in Occupy Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
Social Experiment, Police training, ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Enschede, NL

2007
Wolkom yn it Heitelân, artist-in-residence program, Buro Leeuwarden, NL

2006
Sign to Eutopia, artist-in-residence program, Sign, Groningen, NL

2005
Basis, artist-in-residence program, Artis, Den Bosch, NL

2002
Projectspace / artist initiative, Rotterdam, NL (ended 2004)


Artist-in-Residence

2019
Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), Mondriaan Fund, Curacao

2018
The White House, VARI residency, V&A museum, London, UK

2017
The White House, VARI residency, V&A museum, London, UK

2016
Capacete, Mondriaan Fonds, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2015
Capacete, Kulturausch GLOBAL-Stipendium, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Riddergade AIR, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK

2014
Platform, Vaasa, FI

2013
Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, DE

2012
Capacete, Central da Cultura, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2011
PiST///, Fonds BKVB, Istanbul, TR

2010
Capacete, Fonds BKVB, Rio de Janeiro, BR
IASKA, ‘Spaced – art out of place’, Manama, BH

2009
IASKA, ‘Spaced – art out of place’, Lake Grace, AUS
Mak Artists and Architects in residence program at the Mackey apartments, Los Angeles, US

2008
The Townhouse Gallery, Fonds BKVB, Cairo, EG

2007
Sim House, Reykjavik, IS

2006
Kunst en Complex, Rotterdam, NL

2004
Nomads in Residence, SKOR/Beyond, Leidsche Rijn, NL


Commision

2023
Sketch assignment, ‘Modellstraße’, KISR – Kunst im Stadtraum an der Leipziger Straße, Berlin, DE

2021
Public art, Nieuwe Uitzichten, Museum VBVD, Venlo, NL

2015
Sketch assignment, ‘Drielandenpunt’, We Are Here to Support, Amsterdam, NL

2014
Case study, ‘Vliegbasis Soesterberg’, het Instituut, Amsterdam, NL

2012
Case study, ‘Stadsdeel Presikhaaf’, Dienst Maatschappelijke Ontwikkeling, Arnhem, NL

2011
Case study, ‘Bouwstrijd’, het Instituut, Amsterdam, NL

2010
Case study, ‘Bouwstrijd’, het Instituut, Amsterdam, NL
Sketch assignment,‘Het goede doel bij de put’, Skorl, Leeuwarden, NL

2006
Sketch assignment ‘Sum of Countless Dialogues’, Provincie Brabant, NL
Project, ‘Signlanguage’, AFK, Amsterdam, NL

2004
Project, Patrimonium, Optrek, Den Haag, NL

2001
Photographic research, ‘Wibaut-as’, D.R.O/A.F.K., Amsterdam, NL


Presentation / Lecture / Artist Talk / Panel / Symposium

2023
Online presentation, Deep Time Agency, Gaada, Shetland Islands, UK

2022
Presentation, geSCHICHTEN Rheinisches Revier, LVR Landesmuseum, Abtei Brauweiler (DE)
Presentation, Ancestors Rising, Tag der Archäeologie, LVR Aussenstelle Titz (DE)
Artist talk, Concrete Reef workshop, minor Artistic Research in Situ, Maastricht Institute of Arts, NL
Presentation, Strukturwandel im Rheinischen Revier, LVR- Kulturkonferenz, Brauweiler, DE
Presentation, ‘Sink or Swim’, Vrije Universiteit, Environmental Humanities Center, Amsterdam NL

2020
Online presentation, ‘Beacon Tree’, Barking & Dagenham College, London, UK
Online presentation, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Circuito Urbano 2020, UN-Habitat, BR
Online presentation, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Capacete/ MAM, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2019
Presentation,  ‘Una Forza del Passato’, Sala Cinema, MACRO, Rome, IT
Presentation, ‘Golden Tide’, Instituto Buena Bista, Willemstad, CW
Presentation, ‘Una Forza del Passato’, Exploded View, Simposio Ex Cartiera, Rome, IT
Presentation, ‘Una Forza del Passato’, CLUE + VU, Amsterdam, NL
Presentation, ‘Beacon Tree’, The White House, Create and VARI, London, UK

2018
Presentation, ‘Una Forza del Passato’, Exploded View, Zone2Source, Amsterdam, NL
Presentation, ‘Una Forza del Passato’, Exploded View, Accademia di Belli Arti, Rome, IT
Panel,’The City, Situated Practices in the Humanities’, RCA, London, UK
Presentation, ‘Beacon Tree’, VARI, V&A Museum, London, UK
Presentation, ‘Beacon Tree’, Every One Every Day, London, UK
Artist talk, Barking & Dagenham College, London, UK
Artist talk, The White House, Create, London, UK
Presentation, ‘Model Citizens’, Mosaic Rooms, London, UK

2017
Presentation, ‘Appropriated Memory’, Does Europe Exist, ARTos, Nicosia, CY
Artist talk, Barking & Dagenham College, London, UK
Presentation, ‘Practice, project & approach to participate’, Festival of Everyone, London, UK
Artist talk, VARI, V&A Museum, London, UK

2016
Lecture, ‘Reclaiming Territories’, University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, DE
Panel, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Right to Memory, Studio-X Rio, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Presentation, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Studio-X Rio, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2015
Artist talk, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
Presentation, ‘De Vlucht’, Stichting KOP, Breda, NL
Presentation, ‘Vapauden Temppeli’, Platform, Vaasa, FI
Lecture, ‘Contested Territories’, Capacete, BR
Lecture, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, ‘Brasilien trifft Berlin 2015’, Embassy of Brazil, DE

2014
Artist talk, ‘Campaign 20X0’, Platform, FI
Lecture, ‘Art as Public Good’, KuvA, Helsinki, FI

2013
Presentation, ‘Sachbeschädigung’, Schloss Plüschow, DE
Artist talk, Popacademie, Leeuwarden, NL
Presentation, ‘St. Joseph’, Makerskamer, Boxtel, NL
Lecture, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

2012
Lecture, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
Lecture, ‘Engagement’, BK050 werkplaats beeldende kunst, Groningen, NL
Lecture, ‘Paraiso Ocupado’, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, NL
Lecture, NEST, Den Haag, NL
Symposium, ‘Downtown Cairo’, Architecture and urban design program, GUC, Cairo, EG
Symposium, ‘Spaced, art out of place – symposium’, IASKA, Fremantle, AUS

2011
Artist talk, Gallery Sinne, Helsinki, FI
Artist talk, ‘Platform Live’, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
Lecture, ‘CityCult’, The Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR), Saint Petersbourg, RU
Lecture, ‘What project will art and politics share?’, W139, Amsterdam, NL
Panel, TOPOS, center of architecture, Maastricht, NL
Artist talk, Pist///, Istanbul, TR
Artist talk, Academy of popculture, Leeuwarden, NL
Lecture, Artez art academy, Zwolle, NL

2010
Lecture, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, DE
Lecture, ‘KJO 6 – Oops’, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL
Lecture, ‘SP 2.4.8′, 29th Bienal de Sao-Paulo, Capacete, Sao Paulo, BR
Artist talk, Terrra Escola, Mezanino da Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Artist talk, Sergio Porto / Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Artist talk, Academy of Architecture and Design, Tilburg, NL
Lecture, Schunck Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL
Panel, Fries museum, Leeuwarden, NL
Artist talk, Casa da Denise, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2009
Artist talk, IASKA, Lake Grace, AUS
Lecture, ‘Model Citizens’, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL
Symposium, ‘Reimagining the city’, IAFF, De Balie, Amsterdam, NL
Lecture, ‘Utrecht Manifest, Biennial for Social Design’, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Artist talk, Farmlab Public Salon Series, Los Angeles, US
Symposium, ‘Cairo Residency Symposium’, The Townhouse Gallery and Fonds BKVB, EG

2008
Symposium, ‘Research based art’ Radius Conference, Salzau, DE
Symposium, ‘Artists in Dialogue’, Resartis, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
Artist talk, The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, EG

2006
Symposium, ‘Hello world’, presentation proposal at symposium CBK ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
Educationprogram, ‘Interfacing space’, De Overslag, Eindhoven, NL

2004
Presentation, ‘Space making’, BAK, Utrecht, NL
Panel, ZIM, Zwaanhals, Rotterdam, NL


Publication/ Catalogue/ Writing

2019
‘Una Forza del Passato’, Roma Aeterna magazine, NL (contribution)
‘How finding participants becomes a work of art’, Create journal, London, UK

2016
‘The Measure of our Travelling Feet’, Marres, NL (contribution)

2015
‘Subplots to a City’, In Certain Places, Preston, UK (contribution)

2014
‘Prohibition Paradox’, Schloss Plüschow, DE (contribution)
‘Rio de Janeiro für Architekten’, HWV, DE (contribution)
‘Mobilität’, Fotogalerie Wien, AT (contribution)

2013
‘Mom, am I Barbarian?’, 13th Istanbul Biennial, TR (contribution)
‘Monument to Humanity – Helping Hands’, 13th Istanbul Biennial, TR
‘Weest Geen Knecht der Menschen’, Fries museum, NL
‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2012
‘Spaced: art out of place’, IASKA, Perth, AUS (contribution)

2011
‘Monument to Humanity – Helping Hands’, Noordkaap Times II, Dordrecht, NL (contribution)
‘Global Villaging, Stories of Cosmopolite Anthropologists’, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL (contribution)

2010
‘Afropolis, City, media, art’, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne, DE (contribution)
‘Model Citizens – Continuum’, Schunck, Heerlen, NL
‘Bouwstrijd’, Grid#02, Het Instituut, Amsterdam, NL (contribution)
‘hOUTSKOOL’, Atelier#2, artzine, Utrecht, NL (contribution)
‘MIM Report 2010’, Model Citizens, Maastricht, NL (contribution)
‘Optrek in Transvaal’, Jap Sam Books, NL (contribution)

2009
‘We Love Artists’, Someone’s Garden, Tokyo, JP (contribution)
‘On Residencies’, Townhouse Gallery, EG (contribution)

2008
‘I_Wanna_See_You’, Overslag, NL, YYZ, CA (contribution)
‘Shatana Workshop 2007’, Shatana, JO (contribution)
‘De Overslag 2006-2007’, Eindhoven, NL (contribution)
‘Gallery Guide’:I_wanna_see_you’, Spacing Toronto, CA (contribution)

2007
‘Hello World’, CBK ’s Hertogenbosch, NL (contribution)

2006
‘Uitgelicht’, Catalogus Fonds BKVB (contribution)

2004
‘Looking, encountering, staging’, PZI, Revolver, DE (contribution)
‘Uitgelicht 4’, catalogus fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (contribution)

Media (selection)

2022
Newspaper, ‘De geschiedenis afgraven met de blik van de kunstenaar’, Het Parool, NL

2020
Online article, “The End of Many Endings?”, Contemporary And, DE
Technical Report, ‘Golden Tide’, Sargassum Uses Guide, CERMES, BB

2019
Newspaper, ‘Painted Becontree residents invited back to …’, Barking and Dagenham Post, London, UK

2018
Newspaper, ‘Dutch artist’s time in Dagenham comes to an end’, Barking and Dagenham Post, London, UK
Magazine, ‘The remarkable rebirth of the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo’, Apollo, UK
Online article, ‘Cairo collection lands on the banks of the Thames’, The National, UK
TV interview, ‘What do you mean, here we are?’, London live press, UK
Newspaper, ‘The tumultuous journey of Cairo’s Townhouse Gallery’, Financial Times, UK

2016
Newspaper, ‘Artistas fazem exposição sobre plano de urbanização da Barra da Tijuca’, O Globo, Br

2015
Newspaper, ‘Promenad som ger konstnärers syn på Vasa, Vasabladet, FI
Newspaper, ‘Vaasa nykytaiteen silmin’, Pohjalainen, FI
Online article, ‘Postcard from Rio de Janeiro’, kunstkritikk, NO
Newspaper, ‘Kunstcollectief KOP onderzoekt Bredase gastvrijheid’, BN de Stem, Breda, NL
Newspaper, ‘De Vlucht in suiker in Breda’, BN de Stem, Breda, NL

2014
Magazine, ‘Irre Kohle’, Profil, Wenen, AU

2013
Newspaper, ‘Plüschow: Stipendiaten laden ein’, Ostsee-Zeitung, DE
Newspaper, ‘Ausländische Stipendiaten sind inspiriert von Plüschow’, Schweriner Volkszeitung, DE
Newspaper, Kars’taki ‘ucube’ Bienal’de tartışma yarattı, AGOS, TR
Newspaper, ‘Erdemci ‘yardim eden eller’i savundu’, AGOS, TR
Newspaper, ‘Ucube meselesini “elden ele” bienale taşıdılar’, Milliyet, TR
Online article, Biënnale Istanbul 2013, www.dewereldmorgen.be, BE
TV interview, 13. Istanbul Bienali, Vagus.TV, TR
Newspaper,’Χθες ονειρεύτηκα ξανά τη φυλακή’, Eleftherotypia, GR
Newspaper.’İnsanlık anıtına ‘yardım eden eller’, Evrensel Gazetesi, TR
Newspaper,’Istanbul Biennial under fire for tactical withdrawal from contested sites’, Guardian, UK
Newspaper,’Istanbul Biennial: best of times, worst of times’, Financial Times, UK
Newspaper,’Kunstenaars presenteren kunstwerk Breukelen’, De Meierij, NL
Newspaper,’Sint Joseph begraaft Sint Jozef’, Het Brabants Centrum, NL
Newspaper,’Friesisches Museum in den Niederlanden’, Mennoblat, PY
Newspaper, ‘Fries museum: opsmukloos als Friezen’, NRC, NL
Newspaper,’Call for communities to take over empty buildings’, Lancashire post, Preston,UK
Online article, ‘Talk & discussion about empty buildings in Preston’s City Centre’, Blog Preston, UK
Online article, ‘Debate on the future of Preston’s empty buildings’, Blog Preston, Preston,UK
Newspaper, ‘Enthusiasts meet over bus station’, Lancashire evening post, Preston, UK
Magazine,’Trouble in Paradise’, Damn magazine, BE

2012
Newspaper,’Help de spooktoren redden’, De Standaard, BE
Online article, ‘Nederlanders storten zich op toren Niemeyer’, Architectenweb, NL
Newspaper,’Artistas reveem plano fracassado de Costa e Niemeyer para a Barra, no Rio’, Valor Econômico, BR
Newspaper,’De spooktoren van Niemeyer leeft weer’, NRC, NL
Newspaper,’Zonder Scherpte’, <H>art, BE
Newspaper,’Thema’s uit de jaren tachtig hernomen’, Den Haag Centraal, NL
Magazine,’What can art do for real politics’, Camera Austria, AU
Online article, ‘the artist-in-residence: beyond just being there’, Real Time Arts magazine, AU
Newspaper, ’Voor concert en achteruitloopclub’, het Parool, Amsterdam, NL
Magazine, ’Spaced: Art Out of Place’, Frieze Magazine
Newspaper,’Out of the landscape come works of power’, the Australian, AU

2011
Newspaper, ‘Sanatçıların Perspektifinden Kamusal Alan’, magazine ”Ekopolitk Gündem”, TR
Newspaper, ‘Dutch artists leave hand sculptures’, Hurriyet Daily News, TR
Newspaper, ‘Hollandalı Turistler El Figürlerini Anlattı’, Kars Manset, TR
TV item,’ Türkiye’nin elleri Kars’ta’, Serhat Haber TV, TR
Newspaper, ‘2 Hollandalı’dan, ‘İnsanlık Anıtı’nın yıkımına ilginç protesto’, Radikal, TR
Newspaper, ‘Hollandalıların ‘El’ eylemi İstanbul’da sürdü’, Radikal, TR
Newspaper, ‘Ucube heykeline turist tepkisi’, Haber Anya, TR
Newspaper, ‘Turistler el figürlerini anlattı’, Gazete Kars, TR
Newspaper, ‘Ucube’nin Yerine Figüratif Heykel’, Haberler, TR
Newspaper, ‘Hollandalılar, İstanbul’da da El Arabasında El Heykeli Gezdirmiş’, Son Dakika,TR
Newspaper, ‘’İnsanlık Anıtı’ için ilginç protesto’, Focus Haber, TR
Newspaper, ‘Hollandalı’lar İnsanlık Anıtı’nın yıkımını protesto ediyorlar’, Ermeni Haber Ajansi, TR
Newspaper, ‘Yıkılan Anıtın Yerine – Yardımcı eller’, Agos, TR
Newspaper, ‘İnsanlık Anıtı’na el verdiler’, Cumhuriyet, TR
Newspaper, Two artists create alternative ‘Monument to Humanity’, Hurriyet daily news, TR
Online article, ‘De flirt met het vreemde’, Tubelight, NL
Online article, ‘Allegories of Good and Bad Government: Toekomst@W139′, Kunstbeeld, NL
Online article, ‘Artists in residence Rio de Janeiro’, Metropolis M, NL

2010
Online article, ‘Art space’s final frontier’, The West Australian, AUS
Online article, ‘Barra’s forgotten skyscraper’, the Rio Times, BR
Magazine, ‘My Country is the World!’, RC de ruimte, IJmuiden, NL
Newspaper, ‘O esqueleto sai do armário’, Destak Barra da Tijuca, BR
Newspaper, ‘Torre de Memórias’, Folha de São Paulo, BR
Online article, Forum permanente, BR

2009
Magazine, ‘A work of art’, Country lifestyle, AUS
Online article, D/visible magazine, Los Angeles, NL
Newspaper, ‘Kunstenaars geschokt door racisme Vrijheidswijk’, Leeuwarden Courant, NL
Newspaper, ‘Een Egyptisch poppenhuis van armoede’, NRC handelsblad, NL
Newspaper, ‘MAK Center artists create mobile McMansion in Victorville’, LAtimes, Los Angeles, US
Newspaper, ‘Mcmansion is coming’, Daily press,Victorville, US
Newspaper, ‘Negotiations with the place’, Al-Shorouk, Cairo, EG
Newspaper, ‘Cittadini Modello’, Incontro magazine, IT
Newspaper, ‘Antikhana residents see its past and plan its future’, Al-Badil, Cairo, EG
Newspaper, ‘Le vieux quartier Antikhana en miniature’, Le Progres Egyptien, Cairo, EG
Newspaper, ‘Model Citizens’, Magaz, Cairo, EG
Newspaper, ‘An alternative Cairo reality crafted by its people’, Daily News Egypt, Cairo, EG
Newspaper, ‘It’s a small world’, Egypt today, Cairo, EG

2008
Newspaper, ‘Peinzen bij presentatie in De Overslag’, ED, Eindhoven, NL
Magazine, ‘Model citizens’ in Metropolis, US
Magazine, ‘Speaking through Walls’, De Kantlijn, NL
Newspaper, ‘When artists talk’, NOWToronto Magazine, CA

2007
Newspaper, ‘Buro Leeuwarden Denktank voor Migratiepolitiek’, Leeuwarder Courant, NL
Newspaper, ‘Naar zee’, Twist, Creatieve Index van Groningen, NL
Online article, ‘Shatana workshop’, Universes in Universe, JO

2006
Magazine, ‘Ruimtelijke niveaus van witheid’, De Kantlijn,NL
Magazine, ‘Het Groningse alternatief’, Tubelight, NL
Newspaper, ‘Interfacing Space’, Eindhovens Dagblad, NL

2005
Newspaper, ‘Basis’, Maandag gesloten, Volkskrant, NL
Newspaper ‘Basis’, Tubelight, NL
Newspaper ‘Basis’, Brabants Dagblad, NL

2004
Online article ‘Orde en vrijheid in chilisaus’ Archined, NL
Newspaper,’Patrimonium’, Haagse Courant, Haagse Stadskrant, De Posthoorn, NL
Magazine about Projectspace de 5er, Tubelight, NL
TV item, ’Tunnel’, Oog TV, Groningen, NL
Newspaper, ‘Verder reguleren is onmogelijk’, NRC Handelsblad, NL
Newspaper, ’Refuse Dump’, Utrechts Nieuwsblad en F.A.R., NL
Newspaper, Refuse Dump, Utrechts Dagblad, F.A.R., De Brug, Utrecht, NL
Magazine, Liesbeth Bik, O.C.D.magazine, about Projectspace, NL
Magazine about projectspace De 5-er, F.G.A.,NL

Grant

2023
Project Grant, ‘Eine Stadt für Alle’, BESD II-Programm / Stadt findet Kunst, Berlin, DE

2022
Project Grant, Iona Stichting – Deep Time Agency, Nieuw Instituut, NL
Project Grant, ‘Schamane von Biesdorf’, BESD II-Programm / Stadt findet Kunst, Berlin, DE
Project Grant, ‘Skeleton Tree’, BESD II-Programm / Stadt findet Kunst, Berlin, DE
Project Grant, ‘Ancestors Rising’, BBK-Projektbüro NEUSTART, DE
Project Grant, ‘Concrete Reef’, Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, NL
Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fund, NL

2020
Project Grant, ‘Clear Cut’, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
Project Grant, ‘Taking Stock’, Stimuleringsfonds, NL

2019
Project Grant, ‘Taking Stock’, Stimuleringsfonds, NL
Research Grant, ‘(Re)Model Citizens’, Stimuleringsfonds, NL
Project Grant, ‘Una Forza del Passato’, Mondriaan Fund, NL
Publication Grant, Paraíso Ocupado, Stimuleringsfonds, NL

2018
Stipendium for Established Artists, Mondriaan Fund, NL
International Presentations, Model Citizens, Mondriaan Fund, NL
Individual Grant (Publication), Paraíso Ocupado, Graham Foundation, US
Publication Grant, Paraíso Ocupado, Mondriaan Fund, NL
Exhibition Grant, Model Citizens, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Embassy London, UK

2017
Research grant, ‘Save the Apuan’, Berlin’s Senate Department for Cultural Affairs, DE

2016
Project grant, Paraíso Ocupado, Consulaat-generaal Rio de Janeiro, NL

2015
Travel stipend, Global Exchange Stipendium, Berlin’s Senate Department for Cultural Affairs, DE
Project grant, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’,Mondriaan Fund, NL

2012
Project grant, ‘Paraíso Ocupado’, Mondriaan Fund, NL

2011
Stipendium for established artists, Fonds BKVB, NL

2010
Travel stipend, Dutch Embassy, EG

2008
Project grant ‘Model Citizens’, Dutch Embassy, EG
Project grant ‘Model Citizens’, Fonds BKVB, NL
Project grant ‘Model Citizens’, Hivos, NL

2007
Stipendium for Established Artists, Fonds BKVB, NL

2006
Project grant ‘Signlanguage’, AFK, Amsterdam, NL
Project grant ‘Sign to Eutopia’, VSB-fonds, NL
Project grant ‘Sign to Eutopia’, Kunstraad Groningen, NL
Project grant ‘Sign to Eutopia’, Embassy of Austria, AU
Stipendium for emerging artists, Fonds BKVB, NL

2004
Project grant, ‘Tunnel’ , Provincie Groningen, NL

2003
Project grant, C.B.K, Rotterdam, NL
Stipendium for emerging artists, Fonds BKVB, NL
Project grant, ’Battlefield’, C.B.K. Rotterdam, NL

2001
Grant for graduation show, Berlage Fonds, Amsterdam, NL

Collection
2013
‘Be not a Servant of Men’, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, NL

2011
‘Model Citizens’, Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne, DE

Extracurricular
2018
Expert Meeting, Exploded View, Zone2Source, Amsterdam, NL

2016
Crash Course, ‘Radical Reframing Identiteit en Integratie’, No Academy, Utrecht, NL

2014
Coaching workshop, KuvA, Helsinki, FI
Expert Meeting, Campaign 20×0, Platform, Vaasa, FI

2012
Expert Meeting, ‘Resilient Resistance’, NAiM/Bureau Europa, Maastricht, NL
Workshop “Organizing as an Open Source”, Casco, Utrecht, NL
Coaching workshop, MASS Alexandria Studio and Study, Alexandria, EG
Coaching workshop, het Buro, HKU, Utrecht, NL

2011
Expert No-academy, 2011, Amsterdam, NL
Coaching workshop, Publieke stad, HKU, Utrecht, NL
Advies commissie, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, NL

2010
Coaching workshop, het Buro, HKU, Utrecht, NL
Advies commissie, Gemeente Leeuwarden, NL