LINDA MOLENAAR Born 1972 Beverwijk (NL) Lives and works in Amsterdam (NL) EDUCATION/SOLO EXHIBITIONS/GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES/RESIDENCIES/PUBLICATIONS/TEACHING POSITIONS/LECTURES/GRANTS
EDUCATION 2020 - 2021 Nature guide course, Natuurinstituut, Alkmaar (NL) 2007 - 2009 M.A., Performance at DasArts, De Amsterdamse School / Advanced in Theatre and Dance Studies, Amsterdam (NL) 2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine (US) 1998 Internship Angelos Jan Fabre, Antwerp (BE) 1993 - 1997 B.A., Sculpture, Art Academy Constantijn Huygens, Kampen (NL) 1994 - 1997 First degree, Philosophy and Art history, Art Academy Constantijn Huygens, Kampen (NL)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 OUT SIDE IN SIDE OUT, 25-year oeuvre exhibition, Bergkerk, Deventer (NL) 2017 Nabeeld, Hilvaria Studio’s, Hilvarenbeek (NL) 2010 Performance in Beeld, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL) 2010 Octavio and I, 2x2Projects, Amsterdam (NL) 2007 Ambiguous Artefacts, Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam (NL) 2005 Als een Diesel, De Chiellerie, Amsterdam (NL) 2004 WEEK, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL) 2002 5-year oeuvre exhibition, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL) 2001 De Branderij, Antwerp (BE)2001 Slaap, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag (NL) 1997 New Dutch Sculptors 11, Glazen Huis, Amsterdam (NL)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection) 2023 Strange Fruit, FAAR, Antwerp (BE) 2022 Pipsiwau, KREISGalerie, Nuremberg (DE) 2022 Homo Symbioticus, Groene Futuristen, Museum Twenthe, Enschede (NL) 2022 Meet and Greet, Pieter Vermeulen Nature Museum, Driehuis (NL) 2021 Dreidimensional ’21, Osnabrück (DE) 2021 Dwaalwegen, Vishal, Haarlem (NL) 2019 Point in time, 50-year EKWC anniversary, gallery Priveekollectie, Heusden (NL) 2019 Firma Turner, 20-year anniversary, De Cacaofabriek, Helmond (NL) 2018 Beesten in Baarle, Kunst in Baarle, Baarle (NL) 2017 Het Vlot. Kunst is (niet) eenzaam, Mu.Zee, Ostend (BE) 2017 The Beauty of the Beast, Kasteel d’Ursel, Hingene (BE) 2016 Setting the Scene, Antwerp (BE) 2015 Veldwerk, Drawing Centre, Diepenheim (NL) 2014 Zomerzucht en andere Verhalen, TAC, Eindhoven (NL) 2013 Sieraad Monument, Diepenheim (NL) 2012 Superbodies, Modemuseum, Hasselt (BE) 2011 Bio = Kunst 2, Museum Waterland, Purmerend (NL) 2010 The Cabinet of Curiosities, Discovery Festival, NEMO, Amsterdam (NL) 2010 Verbeke Foundation Modern Art Museum, Kemzeke (BE) 2009 Indian Caps, Antwerp (BE) 2009 mEATing 1, Perron 58, Tilburg (NL) 2008 Blood Sweat and Spheres, Grand Palais, Bern (CH) 2008 2x2Projects, Scope NYC, New York, New York (US) 2008 Impossible to Capture, Gallery Defrost, Paris (FR) 2007 2x2Projects, Scope Miami, Miami (US) 2007 Weg van de Kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Kampen (NL) 2007 Museumnacht, Museum Bélvedére, Heerenveen (NL) 2006 Credo, 25-year ArtEZ Kampen, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort (NL) 2006 White Spirit, Foundation Bernardaud, Limoges (FR) 2006 Re-imagining the Collection, Limerick (IE) 2005 Jeune Creation, Paris (FR) 2005 Without Which Nothing, Threewalls, Chicago (US) 2005 Kooperationen, Kunstfrülung, Bremen (DE) 2004 Parasite and the Criminal, Soapstone studios, Brooklyn, NY (US) 2004 Geloof, Deining, Zaandam (NL) 2003 De Grote Verbeelding, Grote Kerk, The Hague (NL) 2003 Ev+A: Exhibition of Visual Art, Limerick (IE) 2002 KunstRAI, Kunstruimte Wagemans, Amsterdam (NL) 2001 Merry Peace, Sideshow, Brooklyn, New York (US) 2001 Strandhuisjes, Heemskerk aan Zee (NL) 2001 Eight Sculptors, Galerie Annette de Keyser, Antwerp (BE) 2001 Exhibition with Henk Peeters, De Zaal, Delft (NL) 1999 Art Primeur, Selection Visual Arts final exam exhibitors, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL) 1999 Aan Den Lijve, Het Oude Slot, Heemstede (NL) 1999 Botje bij Botje, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL) 1998 Art Primeur, final exam exhibitors CBK, Dordrecht (NL) 1998 Candidate NPS Culture price, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (NL)
PERFORMANCES (selection) 2021 U bevindt zich hier, Tuin der lusten, ’t Rozendael Estate, Heino (NL) 2021 Showman’s Fair, Alkmaar (NL) 2019 Grid, The Bigger Picture Show, Robert Smit, NDSM, Amsterdam (NL) 2017 Kunsten op Straat, 25-year anniversary, Diepenheim (NL) 2017 Obnova!, Performance Festival, Varazin (HR) 2017 Fete de la Nature, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL) 2016 Artificial Nature, PopinnPark, Amsterdam (NL) 2016 Horizontour, Texel, Terschelling (NL) 2015 Straattheaterfestival BuitenGewoon, Doetinchem (NL) 2015 De Tuin der Lusten, Het Haveke Estate, Eefde (NL) 2015 Ambacht in Beeld, De Hallen, Amsterdam (NL) 2014 Skowhegan Performs, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York (US) 2014 Museum Jan Cune, Oss (NL) 2014 Een Zwoele Zomer, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterloo (NL) 2014 Les Envies Rhônements, Le Citron Jaune, Camargue, Marseille (FR) 2014 Landal, De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Terschelling (NL) 2012 Duizel, Vroesenpark, Rotterdam (NL) 2012 Poëzie, De Expeditie, Oerol festival, Terschelling (NL) 2011 Caracatastrofe, Centrale Fies Drodesera, Dro (IT) 2011 Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts Exodos, Ljubljana (SL) 2011 Slow Down Festival, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL) 2010 Kennemerduin, Kruisberg, Heemskerk (NL) 2010 Aphrodite, Glasgow (GB) 2008 Diana + Actaeon, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE) 2008 Vers Fruit, Brakke Grond, DasArts, Amsterdam (NL) 2005 Slow Art, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE) 2003 Diana, de liefdesjageresse, Janus, Ghent (BE)
RESIDENCIES 2022 Sjyhågen, Engeløya (NO) 2020 Zone2Source, Orangerie, Amstelpark, Amsterdam (NL) 2019 I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US) 2018 T.A.I.R. & Atelier aan de Middenweg, Usquert (NL) 2017 Schrijvers in Sluis, Sluis (NL) 2016 Art Omi, Ghent, New York (US) 2015 Land Art Biennale, Kjerringøy (NO) 2015 Sculpture Space, Utica, New York (US) 2014 Nature Art, Yatoo, Wongol (KR) 2014 Kunst Biotope, Darmstadt (DE) 2014 Kunstnarhuset, Messen, Ålvik (NO) 2013 Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut (US) 2010 European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), Den Bosch (NL) 2005 European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), Den Bosch (NL) 2002 Einschreibungen, Kunstlerinnenhof Die Höge, Bassum (DE) 2001 Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag (NL)
PUBLICATIONS (selection) 2023 Monograph OUT SIDE IN SIDE OUT, 25-year oeuvre anniversary, published by Jap Sam Books (NL) 2022 Report residency Sjyhågen, Engeløya (NO), published by BK-Informatie (NL) 2019 Article Museumtijdschrift, November (NL) 2018 Article Kunstmagazine Palet, August (NL) 2018 Grote Kunstkalender, Rotterdam (NL) 2004 Exhibition catalogue, Solo exhibition WEEK series 52-week project, Het Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen (NL) 2002 Article Janus magazine #13, Ghent (BE)
TEACHING POSITIONS 2021 External jury member and workshop Jewelry Department B.A., Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL) 2017 External jury member Fine Art Education B.A., ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL) 2021 External jury member and workshop Jewelry Department B.A., Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL) 2016 Performance workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., AKI ArtEZ, Enschede (NL) 2014 Performance workshop Sculpture Department B.A., St. Joost, Breda (NL) 2011 Performance workshop, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL) 2011 Performance workshop Sculpture Department B.A., St. Joost, Breda (NL) 2010 Performance workshop & Summer School Fine Art Education B.A., Amsterdam (NL) 2010 Workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., Studium Generale ArtEZ, Zwolle (NL) 2010 Performance workshop Sculpture Department B.A., St. Joost, Breda (NL) 2010 Workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., Studium Generale Jan Fabre, ArtEZ, Zwolle (NL) 2010 Tutor - Pupil Project, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL) 2009 External jury member Fine Art Education B.A., ArtEZ, Arnhem (NL) 2009 External jury member and guest lecturer Fine Art Education B.A., Amsterdam (NL) 2009 Guest lecturer Glass Department, Rietveld Academy B.A., Amsterdam (NL) 2008 Performance workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., EEA Rietveld Academy, Beelitz (DE) 2007 Workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., Studium Generale ArtEZ, Zwolle (NL) 2006 Performance workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., AKI ArtEZ, Enschede (NL) 2005 External jury member & guest lecturer Sculpture Department B.A., AKI ArtEZ, Enschede (NL) 2005 Workshop Visual Arts Department B.A., Studium Generale ArtEZ, Zwolle (NL) 2004 External jury member & guest lecturer Sculpture Department B.A., AKI ArtEZ, Enschede (NL) 2003 Workshop Visual Department B.A., ArtEZ, Kampen (NL) 2003 Guest lecturer Sculpture Department B.A., AKI ArtEZ, Enschede (NL) 2002 Intern B.A., HKU, Utrecht (NL)
LECTURES (selection) 2018 Visual Art Department, Willem de Kooning, Rotterdam (NL) 2017 Jewelry Symposium Zimmerhof, Bad Rappenau (DE) 2015 Pratt at Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York (US) 2015 Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, New York (US) 2010 Platteland als Podium, Scheltema, Leiden (NL) 2008 Teacher Training Dance, Theater & Visual Arts, Arnhem (NL) 2005 Beestachtig mooi, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
MISCELLANEOUS 2006 Execution Blacktop Man by Nari Ward, (biennial Taipei), Brooklyn, New York (US) 2005 Salon, visit at Louise Bourgeois’ home, New York, New York (US) 2002 Salon, visit at Louise Bourgeois’ home, New York, New York (US) 2001 Salon, visit at Louise Bourgeois’ home, New York, New York (US) 2000 Execution Decor, Theater group Hollandia, Zaandam (NL) 2000 Assignment, CJP Theater Festival Trophy, Amsterdam (NL) 1999 Assignment, CJP Theater Festival Trophy, Amsterdam (NL) 1999 Execution Decor, Theater group Hollandia, Zaandam (NL) 1998 Assignment, CJP Theater Festival Trophy, Amsterdam (NL) 1998 Nominee NPS Culture Price, Rotterdam (NL) 1998 - today The National Opera and Ballet, arts and props department and decor studio, freelance, Amsterdam (NL)
GRANTS 2023 Jeannette Hollaar fonds (NL) 2023 Stichting Wesselings - van Breemen (NL) 2022 Stichting Stokroos (NL) 2021 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds/ Tijlfonds (NL) 2020 Individual support Grant, Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation (US) 2007 Stimuleringssubsidie, Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten (NL) 2003 Basisbeurs, Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten (NL) 2001 Basisbeurs, Fonds voor de Beeldende Kunsten (NL) 1997 Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te ’s Gravenhage (NL) 1997 Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten, Den haag (NL)