Bik van der Pol

Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol

1995: Began working together collaboratively
Live and work in Rotterdam

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2007
PLUG-IN 28 at Van AbbeMuseum, Eindhoven (NL)

2006
Issue Fighters: Thought is Made in the Mouth, Insa Art Space, Seoul, November 10th – December 10th, 2006
Context 3, research grant and project, Dublin
Fly Me To The Moon, project for the New Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Past Imperfect, Casco Issues 9, concept by Bik Van der Pol, compiled and edited with Lisette Smits, designed by Will Holder, published by Casco, Utrecht, distributed by Revolver, Frankfurt

2005
Rec., annex of gallery Esther Schipper, Berlin
Cork Caucus, Ford Boxes, Cork, Ireland
Secession, Vienna
Exposorium, Free University , Amsterdam

2004
Virtueel Museum, Mobile Home, Amsterdam, mobile research center and exhibition space (with Korteknie and Stuhlmacher architects)

2003
Casco Projects, Utrecht
Beyond, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Nomads in Residence, mobile workspace for artists (with Korteknie and Stuhlmacher architects)
Cargo, Almere, Andare A Zonzo, a walk through Almere as preparation for a film
Rooseum, Malm?, Universal Studios Part 1, Sleep With Me

2002
TENT, Rotterdam, Married by Powers, a selection from the collection Frac Nord-Pas de Calais by Bik Van der Pol
Office of the Foundation of Young Artists, Budapest, Lobby/Office Piece, permanent installation
Marres, Maastricht, Stadsoase/City Oasis
Leeds Catching Some Air, Henry Moore Institute, library drawings
FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque

2001
Loompanics, White Box, New York
Insert, Buro Friedrich, Berlin, with works of Lee Lozano
Love and Happiness, de Paviljoens, Almere
Exedra, Hilversum

2000
Label or Life: City on a Platform, Moderna Museet Projekt , Stockholm, Absolut Stockholm
Catching Some Air, Kentler Art Space, New York
Public Art Fund, New York: GOOD: Improper Property (proposal, not realized)

1999
Surge Gallery/ICAEE , Tokyo, Studio Piece
MK Gallery, Rotterdam
Until We Meet Again, Vlaardingen, information kiosk (not realized)
de Gele Rijder , Arnhem, Proposition for Reclaiming a Space – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1998
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

1996
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Bookshop Piece, with Peter Fillingham

1995
Duende , Rotterdam, The Shower Piece, for REST, with Peter Fillingham
The Kitchen Piece, presentation in living space of Jos van der Pol , Duende, Rotterdam, with Peter Fillingham

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Istanbul, 59 Locations, A Format for Nightcomers, Istanbul Biennial 2007, september 8- november 4, 2007
Trajectories, LCCA, Riga, curated by Maria Lind
Europeische kunsthalle: Models for Tomorrow: Cologne
Moscow Biennale: Monuments of our Discontent: Expiration of Place Curator: Lolita Jablonskiene
Temporary Measures, Associates, London

2006
More Stories on Absence, Antwerpen
The Domain of the Great Bear, Part 2: Dystopische Landschaft, Kunstraum Muenchen, Munich Naked Life, Museum of Contemporary Arts Taipei (MOCA Taipei), curated by Manray Hsu & Maren Richter
On Mobility, CAC, Vilnius
I Confess That I was There , Interface, Belfast
Dormir, rêver et autres nuits , CAPC, Bordeaux
How to Do Things? In the Middle of (No)Where..., Kiev. Uqbar, Gesellschaft für Repr?sentationsforschung, Berlin
Trajectories, Riga
Strategies of Learning, Periferic 7 , Biennale Iasi, Rumania

2005
Buro Friedrich, Berlin, On Mobility
De Appel, Amsterdam On Mobility
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Project Rotterdam
Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, Magazijn van de Verbeelding, Kind & Kunst V
Witte de With, Rotterdam, Life, Once More, Forms of Reenactment in Contemporary Art

2004
Ministery of Social Affairs, The Hague, Social Affairs!, film program
Kunstverein München, MünchenTeasing Minds, a project for SMS (School of Missing Studies), with Stealth Group
Hangar, Barcelona, O_P, Open Process, Terrassa
PR 04. tribute to the messenger , Puerto Rico, organized by M&M proyectos

2003
Galerie Maisonneuve , Paris, Time-warp
CAC, Vilnius, Lituania 24/7
Puddles, Jusshi School, Tokyo
Until We Meet Again, Strip, Vlaardingen
Cargo, Almere
Witte de With, Rotterdam, Social Actors in Transformation, Parallel Practices, in collaboration with Stealth Group
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, gravitation, (Untitled (after Miklos Erdely): a project for Moskva Ter)
Affinity Archive, curated by Sarah Pierce, Dublin, Ireland

2002
Ministery of OCW, The Hague, Camera Obscura, proposal for Hoftoren (not realized)
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Strike, curated by Gavin Wade
TENT, Rotterdam, Foreign Affairs: Budapest
Kunstverein Munchen, Munich Explore & Transform (Arbeitstitel)
Fonds BKVB, Las Palmas, Rotterdam, Commitment, curated by Edwin Janssen
Marres, Maastricht, Hortus III

2001
Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York, Lost In Space, curated by Raul Zamudio
Kunsthalle Tirol, Halle, Exits

2000
ArtShelter, Textielmuseum, Tilburg, with Sue Williamson (SA)
Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst, Amsterdam
Frere, Independent Art Fair, Chelsea Inn Hotel, New York
Territory, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Clocktower Gallery, International Studio Program PS1, New YorkClockwork 2000
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, Trailer

1999
KENT Gallery, New York, Department for Public Appearances
MK Gallery, Berlin Art Fair, Berlin
Niggendijker, Groningen, P001a/P003b
Rooseum, Malmo, On The Sublime

1998
TXtShift, Utrecht
Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, New Text Based Work
Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Contribution for Henk Peeters
W139, Amsterdam, Plaats
The Powder Room, Rotterdam

1997
Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, To Be Me, contribution for Giorgio Sedotti
Duende, Rotterdam, Perish
East International, Norwich

1996
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Lisbon, Live/Life
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Peiling 5, with Peter Fillingham

1995
Cubitt Gallery, Londen

Grants and Residencies

2007
Platform Garanti, Fonds BKVB Amsterdam

2006-2008
Research residency grant In Context 3 South Dublin Arts Council, Dublin

2004
Group travel to Eastern Europe with architects, critics, artists, photographers organized by Fonds BKVB ’

2002
Projectstudio, Berlin, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam

2000–2001
Residency IASPIS Stockholm, Sweden

2000
Henry Moore Institute Fellowship, Leeds

1999
PS1 International Studio Program New York, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
Studio Gallery, Studio of Young Artist’s Association, Budapest

Other Activities

2005
Artist as contemporary witness and the limits of sociological vision, IKT congress, Cracow, Poland, presentation and discussion in panel with Irit Rogoff, Roger Burgel, Adam Szymczyk and Anselm Franke
Nederland niet Nederland, van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, symposium

2004
Cordially Invited , a project for Nomads & Residents, BAK, Utrecht, in collaboration with Solvej Helweg Ovesen
Curators and Artists: Changing Relations and Perspectives, MJ Manifesta Jounal, CAC Vilnius, Vilnius
Twist to Wild Life – TWL, Workshop for SMS (School of Missing Studies), Halle School of Common Properties, Werkleitzbiennale, Halle (Germany)
Para Education Department, Tracer, TENT., Rotterdam, presentation
Platforms + Presentation: art as discussion piece, project for Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
SMS, School of Missing Studies , Rotterdam, Munich, New York, Belgrade

2003
Nomads & Residents , Traveling Magazine Table , CAC, Vilnius (2003), Art in General, New York (2004), www.artingeneral.org and M.I.T., Boston. The Traveling Magazine Table will travel continuously from one hosting institute to the other, each time a collection of non-profit magazines will extend and be built up.
Hypnose, Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Paris, compilation of filmprogram in collaboration with Jan Kopp (Paris)
Rooseum Universal Studios, Part 1, Rooseum, Malm?, filmprogram
Development of concept of Datacloud 2.5 with Stealth Group and V2_Organisation, Rotterdam

2002
Interactive Normalisation, symposium organized by Normal Group of Architects, Belgrade

2000
Nomads & Residents , New York, program of meetings in collaboration with temporary residents and New Yorkers, by artists, curators, critics

1999
Artists' initiative Duende, Rotterdam: projects, exhibitions (Perish, The Eye and the Ear, Other Arrangements), guest studios, exchangeprogram with Budapest and Tokyo

1995–1999
REST, Rotterdam, project in collaboration with Jeanne van Heeswijk and Hans Snoek

Selected Bibliography (Materials Written by Artists)

The Lost Moment, edited by Bik Van der Pol and Fatos Ustek, published by Bik Van der Pol, ISBN 978-90-812018-1-0, available at thelostmoment@hotmail.com

Casco Issues 9: Past Imperfect. Concept by Bik Van der Pol, compiled & edited with Lisette Smits, designed by Will Holder, with texts by Guus Beumer, Will Bradley, Jason Coburn, Stuart Comer, Steve Rushton, Bik Van der Pol, Jan Verwoert, a.o. Published by CASCO and Revolver

Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, NAI publishers , 2005. With texts by Jean Attali, Wouter Davidts, Charles Esche, Mary Jane Jacob, Arno van Roosmalen, Sven Lütticken, Jan Verwoert

Black Friday, Exercises in Hermetics, produced by Piet Zwrt Institute in collaboration with Revolver (October 2005), edited by Christoph Keller, with contributions by 60 artists, authors and designers; published in collaboration with Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam

Model City, for ART-e-FACT, Issue 4, Glocalogue

Live like this, Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, September 2005, published by CAMERA AUSTRIA, Kunsthaus Graz. Excerpts of an email conversation between Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber (Vienna/Vancouver), Liesbeth Bik/Jos Van Der Pol (Rottererdam), Andrea Geyer (New York), Marina Grniznic (Vienna/Ljubljana), Ken Lum (Vancouver), Julia Meltzer (Los Angeles), Jayce Salloum (Vancouver), and David Thorne (Los Angeles)

Basis, text for Dijkman/Osterholt, Artis, Den Bosch, January 2005

What We Need, in: Looking, Encountering, Staging. Published by Piet Zwart Institute Piet Zwart Institute), Rotterdam, distributed by Revolver, Frankfurt, 2004, Revolver

Climate Control, in: BK Krant Sept/0ct 2004

Pages, an interview with Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi in Fuckinggoodart 2

Voor de gelegenheid ben ik vandaag niet in het zwart gekomen...text read as a reaction to Frank Vande Veire’s Pamflet over Kunst, 6 nov. 2003, TENT., Rotterdam

Conceptuele Democratie. Van structuur naar communicatieve handeling: een platform voor het leven, text by Bik Van der Pol for Metropolis M, Dec. 2001

Artist contribution by Bik Van der Pol, Witte Raaf no.93, sept/oct. 2001

Tuning In, text and image contributions by Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol for REST, Documents sur l’ Art, No 12, 2000

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Alienation Incorporated , text by Bik Van der Pol, Veld-Vetrek, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem, 1999

The Discursive Sculpture, essay by Maria Lind, in Collect/Recollect, published by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1999

Changing the System Unexpectedly, text by Bik Van der Pol for Changing the System?, a sympiosium by Witte de With, Rotterdam, University of Lund, Malmo. NIFCA Publications 3, pp. 55-56, 1999

Other Arrangements, curated by Catsou Roberts, introduction text by Liesbeth Bik, published by Duende, Rotterdam,1999

The Bookshop Piece, text by Bik Fillingham Van der Pol, leaflet, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, no.14, June , 1996

The Shower Piece, text by Arno van Roosmalen, August 1995

Selected Articles and Reviews (Materials Written About the Artists)

Bonacina, Andrew, Past Imperfect, a conversation with Bik Van der Pol, in: Untitled 41, Spring 2007, pp. 40-45

Malasauskas, Raimundas. Did You Know That...infotext Plug In 28, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Allen, Jennifer, review With Love From The Kitchen, in: Open No.9

Allen, Jennifer, ArtForum December 2005

Sven Lütticken, Secret Publicity, Essays on Contemporary Art, NAI publishers, 2005

Mobiler Kunstleratelier in Utrecht, Detail, Zeitschrift fur Architektur + Baudetail, pp. 1466- 1469, Dezember 2004

Teasing Minds, Insert, Drucksache Kunstverein München, München, Fall 04, 2004. Publ. Revolver

Lind, Maria, This Is Going To Be Really Funny: Notes On Art, Its Institutions, and Their Presumed Criticality, in: Spin Cycle, pp. 33-44, co-published by Spike Island and Systemisch, Bristol, UK, 2004

A Talk With Bik Van der Pol, pp. 150-157, in: De Paviljoens: Journal of a Building 1992-2004, published by Museum de paviljoens, Almere, 2004

Procesos Abiertos / Open Processes, Ajuntament de Terrassa (Spain), edited by Manuel Olveira, production and distribution by Actar PRO, 2004

Interview with Bik Van der Pol, by S.R. Kucharski, in: Open Issues Number One, published in Rotterdam, 2004

Urban Studies, pp. 36-39, Metropolis, August/September 2004

Nomads in Residence, Mobile Studio or Artists, p. 76-79, A+U, Young Architects in The Netherlands, issue 403, 04/04

Rooseum, Malmo: The Possibility Forum, pp. 38-41. Arco contemporary art, no. 31, spring 2004 Moskva Tér (Gravitation), published by Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2004

Parasite Paradise, Pleidooi voor Tijdelijke Architectuur en Flexibele Stedenbouw, Nomads in Residence, pp. 139-142, published by NAI/SKOR, 2003

Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley , Michael Petry (ed.), Installation Art in the New Millennium, The Empire of the Senses, Thames & Hudson, London, 2004, p. 17

L?z?r Eszter, Office Piece, pp. 35-36, in: Balkon, 3/2003, published by Balkon, Budapest

Lind, Maria. Models of Criticality, in: catalogue to the exhibition Zusammenh?nge herstellen/Contextualize, Kunstverein Hamburg, 2002

Merlijn Schoonenboom, ”Een allegorie van het menselijk tekort”, Volkskrant 23-10-2002

Slyce, John, East International, pp. 33-35, Art Monthly, September 2002

Simply Disappeared, p. 79, Re-Magazine, John, A Magazine About One Person, Autumn 2002, published by Artimo, Amsterdam

Married by Powers, interview Carole Boulbes with Bik Van der Pol, 2003 mudam

Married by Powers, by Anne Bonnin, in:synesthesie

Lütticken, Sven. ”Secrecy and Publicity”, in: pp. 129-148, New Left Review, vol.17, sept/oct 2002 NewLeftReview

Hauffen, Michael. ”Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel)”. pp. 417-419, in Kunstforum, Bd. 160, Juni-Juli 2002

Lamm, April, ”Lee Lozano and Bik Van der Pol”, in Frieze, Issue 61, September 2001

Zamudio, Raul, ”Randomly Shooting a Gun into a Crowd and other Acts of Beauty”, essay for project at White Box, 2001 white boxny

Zamudio, Raul, ” Bik Van der Pol: Sculpture and its double”, NY Arts, Vol. 6, no.2, Fbruary 2001

Dipietro, Monti, ” Going Dutch”, Asahi Evening News, August 24, 2001

Kawakami, Noriko, Elle Deco, Art & Design, September 5, 2001

Cotter, Holland, ” Gallery Guide” New York Times, June 2, 2000

Cotter, Holland, ”A Condensed International Melange”, New York Times, May 26, on Clockwork 2000

Pieterse, Martin, ”Disco’s” de Gelderlander, on exhibition at de Gele Rijder, Arnhem, 1999

Pecoil, Vincent, The Powderroom, Documents sur l’ Art, No 12, 2000, pp. 394-397

Lind, M., Raumnachbilding und Erfahrungsraume/Spatial Facsimiles and Ambient Spaces, Cumulus, pp. 186-194, Parkett, No. 54, 1998/99

Stjernstedt, Mats, ”Sublimit-men vad vill de?”, Aftonbladet, February 27, 1999

Sommelius, Soren, ”Rum for kreativitet”, Helsingborgs Dagblad 30/1/99

Ersgak, Stefan, ”Rooseum visar det sublima”, Arbetet Nyheterna, January 10, 1999

Kyander, Ponus, ”Allt och ingenting ar sublimt”, Sydsvenskan, January 25, 1999

Lindblom, Anna, ”Sublim konst pa Rooseum”, Arbetet Nyheterna, January 23, 1999

Wachtmeister, Marika, ”En fulltraff pa Rooseum”, Lans Tidning, February 6, 1999

Cartsenfors, Marten, ”Det orgripbars skrack och hanryckning”, Svenska Dagbladet, February 6, 1999

Ortsadius, Britta, ”Tecken i tiden”, Boras Tidning, February 2, 1999

Wachtmeister, Maria, ”Skrack, dod och skonhet”, Kristianstadbladet,January 30, 1999

Charpentier, C.J., ”Rooseum hyllar det sublima”, Nya Lans-Tidningen/Nya Lidkopings T, February 1, 1999

Klinthage, Jorgen, ”Nio utstallningar grupperade kring ett tema”, Hallandsposten, February 17, 1999

Klinthage, Jorgen, ”Rooseum har hittat tillbaka” Norra Skane, February 2, 1999

Klinthage, Jorgen, ”Mellan plattheten och det sublima”, Arbetet Nyheterna, 8/2/99

Wallis, Simon, ”Malmo and Stockholm, exhibitions of contemporary art”, The Burlington Magazine, June 1999; Misfeldt, Mai, ” Det Sublime i Malmo”, Berlingske Tidende 10/2/99

Lind, M., Copies, Reflections, Models, Index p. 21, 1/1998, pp. 70-74

Skelton, Carl, ”It Really Works”, dArt International, Vol.!, no.3, Fall, 1998, pp. 30-31

Blackburn, Meg, ”Chelsea galleries” , NY Arts, 22, June 1998

Mahoney, Robert (about The Bookshop Piece), Time Out, Issue No.138, May 14-21, 1998

Ruyters, Domeniek, ”Keuken Douche Boekwinkel” , Metropolis M 2, 1998, pp. 32-35

Cotter, Holland, ”A Tour through Chelsea, The New Center of Gravity”, New York Times, May 15, 1998

Goldschmidt, Tys, in: ”Beyond Ethics and Esthetics” (ed. by Jeanne van Heeswijk and Ine Geevers, publ. SUN, Nijmegen, NL, 1997)

Kyriacou, Sotiris, ”EAST”, Art Monthly, September 1997, No 209, pp. 37-39

Hilton, Tim, ” The Truly East Of England Sow”, The Guardian, Independent on Sunday, 27 July 1997, about Proposition for Reclaiming a Sace

Fletcher, Annie, ”Perish”, Metropolis M 4, 1997, p. 63

Ruyters, Domeniek, ”Arno van Roosmalen en Anke Bangma, tentoonstellingsmakers”, Metropolis M 1, pp. 46-49, 1997

ICA Bulletin, July 1996, ICA, London, about The Bookshop Piece

Rosenberg, Esther, ”The Bookshop Piece zaait verwarring”, Rotterdams Dagblad, July 9,1996

Het Grote Verlangen, catalogue, GemeenteMuseum, Arnhem, Introduction, 1996

Peiling 5, Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, no. 28, 1996

Lamoree, J., ”Vervlogen dromen”, about exhibition Peiling 5, Parool, April 6, 1996

Den Hartog Jager, Hans, ”Het spijt me”, about ”Peiling 5”, NRC Handelsblad, April 12, 1996

Süto, Wilma, ” Een passage van sluizen, tochtstrips en bouillonblokjes”, about exhibition ”Peiling 5”, Volkskrant April 12, 1996

Currah, Mark, ”Tacita Dean; Bik, Fillingham & Van der Pol, Cubitt”, Time Out, 6-13 December, 1995

Craddock, Sacha, ”Around The Galleries” , The Times ARTS, November 28, 1995