Marjan Verkerk
Levantplein 3
1019 MA Amsterdam
The Netherlands
born: November 25, 1956 in Amsterdam
phone:
00 31 20 418
18 48
mobile:
00 31 6 30 10 93 69
e-mail:
marjanverkerk@gmail.com
websites:
www.sehnsuchtnachebene2.de
www.zhibit.org/marjanverkerk
Recent Work: Major Art
Projects and Art in Public Spaces
2005-2010 Sehnsucht
nach Ebene 2 - Kunstprojekt für eine Brücke ’(longing for level
2-art project for a bridge), co-initiator and executive artist in Hagen, NRW,
Germany. Chronology:
2005-2006 Conducted 42 Interviews about colours of memory, all with women living
around a bridge and originating from different countries. Design developed based on these colours in combination with
neon-handwriting.
2007 Exhibition of the
desigh for ‘ Sehnsucht nach Ebene 2’,
drawings, paintings, computer-animation and documentary film. Gloriakino,
Hagen, Germany. (1) The project is
nominated to become a pilotproject for Essen/Ruhrgebiet Kulturhauptstadt
2010. Presentation of ‘Sehnsucht nach Ebene 2’ in Pristina,
Kosovo. One week of workshops with young
locals of both Albanese and Serbian backround.
2008 January-june political
struggle for and technical preparation of the Sehnsucht-project. UNESCO-Germany
patronages the project. July-december realization, paintings on both sides of
the bridge.
2009 February 11 opening of
the now realized paintwork and neon lettering along both sides of the bridge,
autonomous art on the open space.
2009 June artist talk about Sehnsucht Nach Ebene 2 and Visible Visions (see below), during
exhibition ‘Rebelle, Art and Feminism
1969-2009’ at Museum for Modern Art, Arnhem.
2009 September presentation
of Sehnsucht nach Ebene 2 during
BJCEM (Biannual of young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean) in Skopje,
Macedonea.
2010 June-july
duo-exhibition with Milica Reinhart in Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen,
Germany as well as art project with youngsters during ‘Die Stad, die Welt, Die
Liebe’.
2002-2005 ‘Visible Visions’, co-initiator and artist of
international Art project during UN-summit on Sustainable Development,
Johannesburg, South Africa (group). Chronology:
2002-2003 Two
separate works: installation of drawings and photography series of 20
photographic portraits, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2003 ‘Visible Visions’, Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany (16-3 /31-3)
2003 ‘Visible Visions’, Industrie-Museum, Osnabrueck, Germany (15-6 /
15-7)
2003 ‘Visible Visions’, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany (22-7 / 22-9)
2004 ‘Visible Visions', FAxx, centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Tilburg,
the Netherlands (19-3/25-4)
2004 ‘Visible Visions’, Nelspruit , South-Africa (november)+ workshops
2005 Kunstruimte NP40,
Amsterdam (solo) (30-1/19-2)
2005 ‘Visible Visions’, U.N.-building, Nairobi, Kenya (21-2/1-3), during
UNEP-conference on Environment and Gender
2005 Sparkasse, Osnabrueck,
Germany (duo) (8-5/4-6)
2005 Kunstruimte NP40,
Amsterdam (group) (21-5/25/6)
Awards and
nominations
‘Sehnsucht
nach
Ebene 2’ nominated as pilotproject for Essen-Ruhr.2010, Cultural
Capital of Europe, and patronaged by UNESCO Germany, 2007,2008.
‘Visible Visions’
proclaimed pilotproject of ‘Agenda 21’ by the
state of Nordrheinwestafalia, 2002
Earlier exhibitions of
paintings and mixed media on paper
2001 'Keller(t)raume',
exhibition on special location during EU-conference, Hagen, Germany (duo)
2000 Kahlen/Titz/Galerie, Kornelimünster, Aachen,
Germany (solo)
2000 Cultuurcentrum V.U. Griffioen, Amstelveen
(solo)
1998 Gallery Cachet, Vienna (group)
1997 Gallery Cachet, Vienna (group)
1997 WG-expozaal Amsterdam, (solo)
1996 Alkent Aktual Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
(duo)
1996 ‘Geprolongeerd’, Kohlhof-building, Amsterdam
(duo)
1994 'Het
Bijna Blote Lied', Lauriergracht, Amsterdam (duo)
1993 Frozen Fountain Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
1990 Hollandse Spoorweg Gallery, Nijmegen (solo)
1989 'Ouverture
in Amsterdam The Visitors', Bloemgracht, Amsterdam, including installation
of painted panels (group)
1989 'Uitgelicht',
De Vonk Gallery, Bussum (group)
1988 ABP Gallery, Arnhem (solo)
1988 'Ouverture
in Brighton' Red Herring Gallery, Brighton, U.K. (duo)
1988 SVBK-Atelierroute, Amsterdam (solo)
1987 'Ouverture
in Berlin' Hochschule der Künste, Berlin (group)
1984 Bolshuis Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
1982 ‘Beeldstroom',
Aorta, Amsterdam, an outdoor painting of 12 x 2 meters, Art Gallery, Arnhem
(solo)
1981 De Gele Rijder Gallery, Arnhem and City
Theatre Arnhem (group)
Art and sound, mixed
media installations
2001 ‘Der
Fussballoper' two 3x4m. paintings for music-performance performed in
Germany and Holland. (1)
1999/2000 'The
whale' 800 slides for light and sound project for a glas building,
Amsterdam. 1)
1995 'Some
Grumblers' performances in Geneva, Bern and Grenoble (new drawings).
1995 'Diftong',
projected drawings for concert, Lokaal 01, Breda.
1994 'Some
Grumblers' Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (new drawings).
1993 9 paintings 2.50 x 1 m. for performance,
Bimhuis, Amsterdam.
1991 ‘Enige
Nurksen/Some Grumblers' installation
of 22 drawings of 2.25 x2.25 meters, Lokaal 01, Breda. (1)
1987 ‘We're
So Titanical' 6 moving objects, 3 light objects, 2 sound objects for visualised Schismatics-concerts.
Shaffy-theatre, Amsterdam.
1986 ‘Crazy
Eddy's X-mas Sale' all painted animations, direction, script for 6 minute
film, VPRO-television. (1)
1985 ‘Gigi
at the Gaz Station' 12 moving objects and one backdrop, visualised concerts,
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Lantaren Rotterdam. (1)
1984 Painted backdrop 6 x 4 meters for Nine
Tobs-performances.
1981 Two objects of 12 x 1 meters erected by wind
machine for Combo Wind-performances.
Various activities
1995 Textbook 5: 8 collages.
1993 Textbook 4: 8 collages.
1991 Participant in buying harbour canteen in
Amsterdam, building of house and ateliers.
1990 Textbook 3: 8 collages.
1988 'Het
Grote Linosnedeboek', 13 linocuts.
1987 Costume design Musée de la Révolution
Française, Grenoble.
1987 Textbook 2: 8 collages.
1987 Co-founder of Ouverture, international group
of artists with the aim to organise exhibitions in different countries in
unusual places.
1986 Installation of objects for PTT-building,
Rotterdam.
1985 Co-founder of Stichting Tobs, foundation for
mixed media manifestations, visual art, film and music.
1984 Textbook 1: 8 collages.
1982 Stage set for Berthold Brecht-piece, Utrecht.
Cover designs for
EP's, LP's and CD's (1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2004).
Teaching
Crea-Amsterdam
(1998-present), oil painting workshops,
Amsterdam (1998-present).
Art Academies in
Arnhem (1989) and Breda (1994),
Publications
- Over a hundred articles and letters to the
editor about the Sehnsucht-project in local and regional newspapers in Hagen
and NordrheinWestfalia, 2006-2009.
- ‘Kulturhauptstadt Europas RUHR.2010, Buch eins’,
page in catalogue, september 2008.
- Radio and television interviews about ‘Sehnsucht
nach Ebene 2’ on various German broadcasting stations, both nationwide and
regional, 2008, 2009.
- ‘Geëngageerd schilderwerk’, by Riet van der
Linden, Opzij, februari 2005.
- Catalogue: ‘Visible Visions’, an International
Art Project’ . (april 2003), including
essay by Dr. Birgit Schulte, Curator and deputy Director of the Karl
Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany.
- ‘Marjan Verkerk at W.G.-expozaal’, by Riet van
der Linden, Art in America, june 1998.
- ‘Landschappen om in rond te dwalen’(landscapes
to wander around in), by Riet van der Linden, art Historian and freelance
writer, Opzij, september 1997.
- ‘Verkerk/Arends’,catalogue for Alkent Aktual
Art-galery Istanbul 1996.
Film, cd-rom and
internet
‘Ein km2 Stadt und eine Brücke’, twenty minute
documentary by filmer Ute Badura, showing the two artist interviewing,
preparing and designing the Sehnsucht-project, 2006, computeranimation of the
bridge project by Yvonne Teuben/Pixelpixies, 2006, actualized in 2009,
available on YouTube.
www.sehnsuchtnachebene2.de
www.lichtgestaltung-nrw.de
(1)= these projects
are documented on video-tape and dvd
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