Marc Bijl
1970 Born in Leerdam, Netherlands
Lives and works in Rotterdam and Berlin
Education
1992-1997 Academie voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving, Den Bosch
1996 Rennie Mackintosh School of Art, Glasgow
Grants & Residencies
2004
Charlotte Koehler Prize For Young Art
Residency at ISCP, New York
2001
Residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Art Basel Miami Beach, under the auspices of The Breeder
Towards our new construction, The Breeder @ Rental Gallery, Cologne
The Simple Complexity of it all, Marc Bijl, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Arrested Development, Marc Bijl, Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain, curated by Paco Barragan (catalogue)
2008
New Sites for Personal Structures, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2006
Indy Structures, The Breeder, Athens
2005
Afterhours, Cosmic Gallery, Paris
Afterhours, GEM, museum of contemporary art, The Hague Get the Balance Right, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
2004
In times like these, Grafisch Atelier Utrecht, Utrecht
A Passion Play, Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen
Chesed / Dien, The Breeder, Athens
Marc Bijl, Giorgio De Chirico Art Center, Volos
2003
The nation had been flirting with forms of götterdämmerung, with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolutions, Casco, Utrecht
Black Planet, Magazin 4, Bregenz Defender, curated by Marco Scotini, Galleria Artra, Milan
2002
Such as I was, you are and such as I am you will be. Wealth, Honour and Power are of no valuein the hour of your death, Galerie Kapinos, Berlin
PORN, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Make them doubt, Projektraum K&S, Berlin
1999
Dutchbed, CBK Nijmegen
L'artiste pour l'artiste, Filmstad, The Hague
1998
Keep On Shooting In The Artworld, Overslag, Eindhoven
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Restless Empathy, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
Ceci n'est pas un casino, Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg, curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox
Decadence Now, Rudolfinum, Prague
In Standard Time, curated by Marc Strauss, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York
2009
Burn, Baby, Burn! Duve, Berlin
Double Dutch, Hudson Valley for Contemporary Art, New York
Central Nervous System/ Forgotten Bar Project, Open Space, Art Cologne, Cologne
2008
Art, Price and Value, Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Quo Vadis, Autocenter, Berlin
Crop Rotation, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple
Fundamentality V, a public installation by Marc Bijl. Fundament Foundation, Tilburg
Existencias, works from the MUSAC collection, MUSAC museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon
2007
Aggression, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Zurich
Frieze Art Fair Sculpture Park
Destroy Athens, First Athens Biennial, Athens – curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka
Yio, Augustine Zenakos
Body Politicx - Witte de With centre for contemporary art, Rotterdam - curated by Florian Waldvogel Thomas Edlinger
Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London, curated by Mark Sladen and Claire Jackson
Left Pop (bringing it back home) – Moscow Biennale – curated by Diane Baldon, Nicola
Lees, Georgina Jackson
Brave New World, CoBrA Museum Amstel
Contour, Prinsenhof, Delft
2006
Helter Helter, Gallerie Ann de Villepoix curated by Max Henry
Pictograms – The Loneliness of Signs, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart Foundation
Curated by Dr. Marion Ackermann and Pirkko Rathgeber, Stuttgart
Breaking the Rules, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Dorothea von Stettenpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Only the paranoid survive, HVCCA, Hudson, NY
I Love My Scene, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, curated by Jose Freire Youth of today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Dark, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Curated by Jan Grosfeld and Rein Wolfs,
Rotterdam The image is gone, Gallery Lisa Ruyter, Vienna Low intensity Conflict, Swiss Institute, New York
Black & White, Hellenic American Union, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens
2005
First we take museums, KIASMA, Helsinki
Superstars, Kunstforum Vienna Leaps of faith, UN Green zone Cyprus, curated by Katerina Gregos
Emergencies, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
Populism, National Museum of Art, Oslo Populism, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt Populism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
On Patrol, De Appel, Amsterdam
Festival of Dreams (part 2), curated by James Fuentes, Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York
2004
The Dutch Show: Contemporary Dutch Artists in Greek Collections, curated by Denys Zacharopoulos, The Netherlands Institute of Athens, Athens
Morgen hier, Heute dort, curated by Marcus Lütkemeyer, Kunsthalle Münster
Premieres, MOMA, New York
DETOX Aftershock, Kunsthall, Bergen
Zehn Gebote, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
Channel 0, curated by Katerina Gregos, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst
Montevideo, Amsterdam
Hit & Run, curated by Una Henry and Thomas Peutz, Platform Garanti, Istanbul
20/20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Laocoon Devoured, Art and Political Violence, Centro José Guerrero, Granada (ES) Laocoon Devoured, Art and Political Violence, ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz
PanicRoom, curated by Marcus Lütkemeyer, Schloß Ringenberg, Hamminkeln
Better Bet on That ..., curated by Boris Ondreicka, Tranzit, Bratislava
Der Funfte Gewalt, curated by Anton Lederer, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
2003
The Space Between Us, curated by Una Henry and Thomas Peutz, Vane, Newcastle Beautiful Banners, curated by Marco Scotini, Prague Biennale, Prague
Into the Breach, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
Nation, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt M_ARS - Kunst und Krieg, curated by Peter Weibel and Günther Holler-Schuster, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
2002
Manifesta 4, curated by Iara Boubnova, Nuria Enguita Mayo, Stéphanie Moisdon Trembley, Frankfurt
Commitment, curated by Edwin Janssen, Las Palmas, Rotterdam
2001
Neighbours/Buren, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Selected Bibliography
2009
Terborgvrijdag,L 2008, ‘Marc Bijl flikt het opnieuw: Galerie Upstream Amsterdam’, Handelsblad NRC
Wolfs, R, Oosterling, H, Gregos, K & Panera, J 2009, ‘In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up’, NAI Publishers/DA2, Rotterdam
2007
Bijl, M 2007, ‘Radical Losers: Launch HTV 70’, De Veemvloer, no. 70, The Netherlands
De whachter, E 2007, ‘Marc Bijl’, Map, Issue, 10, p. 55
Doctor Roncero, R 2007, Musac Collection Vol. II, Actar/ Musac, Barcelona
Klanten, R & Hellige, H 2007, Black Magic White Noise, Die Gestalten Verlag press, Berlin, p.p 64, 72-3
Lazzarato, M 2007, Naked Life: Moca Tapei, Contemporary Art Foundation/ Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei
Stathopoulos, T 2007, Destroy Athens: 1st Athens Biennial, Futura, Athens
Wolfs, R 2007, ‘New Modernism’, Kunstbeeld, no. 5, The Netherlands
Contour Continuitet 2007, Museum Het Prinsenhof Delft, Waanders Uitgevrij, The Netherlands
Reinders, A 2007, Kunstbeeld Jubileum dossier de 30 van Kunstbeeld Marc Bijl, Kunstbeel press, no. 1
Waldvogel, F & Edlinger, T 2007, ‘Body Politicx’, Witte de With Publishers/Center for Contemporary Art
‘Marc Bijl’, De Groene Amsterdammer, vol.131, no. 42, p. 50-1
‘JPeople Brand File 8’ 2007, Dropmobile press, p.p 36-43
2006
Ackermann, M 2006, ‘Marc Bijl’, Von Stetten Dorothea Kunstpreis pp. 8-29
Gregos, K 2006, ‘ Athens: Marc Bijl’, Contemporary, Issue. 81, pp. 18
Ulrich, M 2006, The youth of today, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Verwoert, J 2006, Marc Bijl In times like these, Futura, Athens
‘EV+A Limerick Museum of Art’ 2006, Flash Art, vol XXIX, no. 248 june 2006, p. 75
‘Kunstzeitun’ 2006,no. 118 p. 20
'Niketown: Forum for Contemporary Art’ 2006, no. 1, pp. 26-2
‘Dark’ 2006, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2005
Bronfen, E, Dusini, M, Eipeldauer,H, Franck, G 2005, Das Prinzip Superstarsvon Warhol bis Madonna Prominez, Kunsthalle Wien- Hatje Cantz,Berlin/New York
Gregos, K, 2005, Emergencies, MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
Gregos, K, 2005 ’United Statements’, Flash Art, vol. 240, no. 38, pp.100-103
2004
Bijl, M 2004, Art-ist 1, p.77
Bijl, M 2004, Multiplicity: The nation had been Flirtying with forms of götterdämmerung,
with extremes of vocabulary and behavior and an appetite for violent resolutions, Ed. 250,Casco Issues No. 8, The Netherlands
Birbilis, P 2004, 'Guns and Roses', The -S- Magazine, p.43
Biesenbach, K 2004, Die Zehn Gebote, (Deutsche Hygiene-Museum) / Ostfildern, Cantz Verlag, Dresden Lütticken, S 2004, 'Marc Bijl', De Witte Raaf, no. 107,pp.33-5
Gasteiz, V 2004, Devoured - Art and Political Violence, ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Barcelona
Peutz, T 2004 Hit & Run, Amsterdam (SMART Project Space), Amsterdam
Reinders, A 2004, ‘Artistieke Hooligan', HP/De Tijd 20, pp.66-9
Smallenburg, S, 2004,‘Ik maak dingen om het leven te vatten’
Sponselee, M 2004, ‘20/20 Vision’, Stedelijk Museum Bulletin 2
Tzanetoulakou, F 2004, ‘Marc Bijl’, Volos /Giorgio De Chirico Art Center
Van Erp, B 2004, ‘Kunst was mijn laatste strohalm’, Vrij Nederland19, pp.70-2.
Van Driel, A 2004, 'Gothic, getrouwd, gemusealiseerd', De Volkskrant
The Dutch Show, 2004, The Netherlands Institute of Athens, Athens
2003
Bätzner,N 2003, 'Marc Bijl: Black Planet’, Magazin 4, vol. 2
Bijl,M 2003, ‘Créatif autonome’, Worldsigns (Winter 2003) 2, pp.42-3
Bijl, M 2003, ‘Docufesta’, Art-ist 6, pp.94-9
Bijl,M 2003, ‘Prague Biennale 1: Marc Bijl’, Flash Art 36 (Jul–Sep 2003) 231, p.60
Ellis, P 2003, ‘Marc Bijl at Kapinos’, Contemporary Art Magazine (Jan-Feb 2003) 47/48, pp.126-12
Garulli, L 2003, ‘Marc Bijl at Artra’, Flash Art 36 (Oct 2003) 232, p.49
Perra, D 2003, ‘Marc Bijl, Artra Milano’, Tema Celeste (Sept-Oct 2003) 99, p.88
Rutten, B 2003, 'De wereld wil niet luisteren: Interview met Marc Bijl', Metropolis M 24, no. 6, pp.106-117
Scotini, M 2003,‘Beautiful Banners:Prague Biennale 1' , Prague, pp.390-1
Holler-Schuster, G & Weibel, P 2003, ‘M_ARS - Kunst und Krieg Graz', Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum) / Ostfildern,Cantz Verlag
‘Marc Bijl:Power Ekroth’ 2003, Site Magazine (2003) 5, pp.7-9
2002
Allen, J ‘Marc Bijl. K & S’, Artforum 40 (Summer 2002) 10, p.186
Bijl, M 2002, ‘Forever: The artist and Künstlerhaus Bethanien’,Flash Art simulacrum, Berlin
Hendriks, A 2002, ‘Het Ongezellige Atelier van Marc Bijl’, Tubelight 23, pp.14-5
Manifesta 4:European Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2002, Ostfildern/ Cantz Verlag,
pp. 20-1/94-5
Commitment: Een keuze uit drie jaar Fonds BKVB, 2002, Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst, Amsterdam
2001
Bijl, M & Maas,S 2001, ‘Wir bauen für uns!’, Apples & Oranges 1, pp.50-1
Monshouwer, S 2001,Ateliersignalen:Marc Bijl, Kunstbeeld 25, The Netherlands
Van Berkum, B, La Riviere, G & Tijs, S 2001, Hardpop, Mama – Showroom for Media and Moving Art, Rotterdam
Van de Voort, M 2001, Ik wil de wereld niet leuker maken,Neighbours/Buren, Eindhoven -Van Abbemuseum, pp.18-9
Marc Bijl, Porn, 2009, stainless steel, spray paint, epoxy, tar paint wood, 50x50x160 cm
Marc Bijl, Abstract Activism Painting No.1 and 2, 2009, silver paintbombs on canvas, 100x100cm each
Marc Bijl, Bye Bye, Badman, 2009, polyester, epoxy, 100x117x7 cm
Marc Bijl, Abstract Activism Shaped Canvas No.1, 2009, black paintbombs and silver paint on canvas, 190x200cm
Marc Bijl, Accession IV: The Phantom of Freedom, 2009, stainless steel, epoxy, tar paint, wood, 220x50x50 cm
Iris van Dongen and Marc Bijl, Schism, 2009, two stainless steel frames, spray paint, perspex, glass, pastel, conte on paper, 170x97x7 cm each
Marc Bijl, Style Wars (Stelman Stoel), 2009, euro pallets, silver paint, silver spray paint, epoxy, tar spray paint, 120x80x84 cm
Marc Bijl, In Mean and Extreme Ration, 2009, silver paint, spraypaint and vinyl lettering on canvas, 190x200cm
Marc Bijl, The Downward Spiral, 2009, cement, spray paint on canvas, 200x324 cm
Marc Bijl, Pentagram Shaped Canvas (Stars 'n' Stripes), 2008, various tapes and epoxy on canvas, 180x180 cm
Marc Bijl, Towards our new construction, installation view, The Breeder @ Rental gallery Cologne, 2009
Marc Bijl, Towards our new construction, installation view, The Breeder @ Rental gallery Cologne, 2009
Marc Bijl, Towards our new construction, installation view, The Breeder @ Rental gallery Cologne, 2009
Marc Bijl, Kunsthalle fridericianum, installation view, 2009
Marc Bijl, Kunsthalle fridericianum, installation view
Marc Bijl, Kunsthalle fridericianum, installation view, Marc Bijl solo show
Marc Bijl, Triumph (proposal for a memorial to the Iraq War), 2007, styrofoam with cement
plaster, 400 x 350 x 100 cm
Installation view Frieze Art Fair Sculpture Park, Regent's Park, London
Marc Bijl, Installation view, Frieze art fair, London, 2007
Marc Bijl, Aftermath, 2007, concrete, iron, 250 x 70 x 70cm, Installation view Frieze Art Fair, London
Marc Bijl, Triumph (proposal for a memorial to the Iraq War), 2007, styrofoam with cement
plaster, 400 x 350 x 100 cm
Installation view, Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London
Marc Bijl, Triumph (proposal for a memorial to the Iraq War), 2007, styrofoam with cement
plaster, 400 x 350 x 100 cm
Installation view, Memorial to the Iraq War, ICA, London
Marc Bijl, Dark Symbolism, 2004, plaster, tar, 100 x 86 x 65 cm
Marc Bijl, Lifestages, 2005, 7 flight cases, stickers and vinyl lettering, 213 x 207 x 95 cm
Marc Bijl, Group Mechanism, 2006, showroom dummies, leather jackets, spray paint and
white enamel paint, 166x 76 x 48 cm each, variable dimensions
Marc Bijl, Collateral Image, 2006, mixed media.
Marc Bijl, For The Ruling Class, 2005, mixed media, 111x62x35 cm
Marc Bijl, Installation view Art Basel Miami Beach 2005
Marc Bijl, 20 / 20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam,
installation view
Marc Bijl, 20 / 20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam,
installation view
Marc Bijl, Neighbours, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,
installation view
Marc Bijl, AfterHours, 2005, neon lights, baskets, wood, construction fences, smoke machine, barbwire, trash can, cardboard, plastic leafs, trash, spray paint on wall, installation view, GEM Museum, The Hague
Marc Bijl, Freedom, 2003, polyester, tar, cigarette, patches, graffiti, 310x100x70 cm, Installation view at GEM Museum, The Hague
Marc Bijl, PORN, instalation at GEM Museum, The Hague
Marc Bijl, All The World Is a Stage, 2005, polyester batman figure, tar, spray paint on wall, theatre light, base guitar, badges and cigarette
