marijn van kreij
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Born  1978, Middelrode
Lives and works in Amsterdam


Solo

2024 How to Look at a Sprial, De Pont, Tilburg (forthcoming)
Meaning Making, Joseph Tang, Paris
2023 Nirvana, Secondroom, Antwerp
2021 How To Look Out, Barbara Seiler, Zürich
2019 Contemporary Presences, Museu Picasso, Barcelona
The Painter, andriesse eyck galerie, Amsterdam
2018 Nude in the Studio, Marres, Maastricht
Marijn van Kreij – Nude in the Studio, POST, Tokyo
2017 ABN AMRO kunstprijs, Hermitage Amsterdam
2016 Nude in front of a Garden, Klemm's, Berlin
Contingence for Beginners, Marijn van Kreij / Nickel van Duijvenboden, Barbara Seiler, Zurich
Art Cologne, andriesse eyck galerie, Cologne
2015 Range Anxiety, andriesse eyck galerie, Amsterdam
Traces, Ming Studios, Idaho
2014 According to Klee the Artist Should Create Like Nature, Barbara Seiler, Zürich
2013 He Who Sings Is Not Always Happy, AND/OR, London
2012 Riffs and Variations, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2011 How to Look Out, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem
The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
2009 The Passenger, ZINGERpresents, London
Hey Hey, My My, Kisterim, Budapest
We Could Be Looking For The Same Thing, Loraini Alimantiri/Gazonrouge, Athens
And Singin’ La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2008 Tomorrow is Humourless, Stedelijk Museum Bureau (SMBA), Amsterdam
Hey Hey, My My, Liste '08, Basel



Group

2024 Woorden Weelde, andriesse-eyck galerie, Amsterdam
Works on Paper, Klemm's, Berlin
2023 Wörthersee, Wörtersee, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt
Altered Breath, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem
We Gotta Change, Joseph Tang, Paris
2022 The Wiggle of a Worm, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem
2021 After Daan van Golden, Parts Project, Den Haag
Re:Re:Re:, AG, Ruimte voor nieuwe kunst en media, Utrecht
2020 Unlocked/Reconnected, a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, NL
MAXIMUM CALM, Online exhibition, andriesse eyck galerie
2019 speak, memory, W139, Amsterdam
Bauhaus&: Modern Textiles in The Netherlands, Textielmuseum, Tilburg
2018 The Line Up, Centraal Museum Utrecht
Die wechselnde Erscheinung – The Changing Appearance, Kunstverein Langenhagen
New Arrivals II, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen
Der erweiterte Blick / The extended view Kunstverein Langenhagen
Arco Madrid
Art Rotterdam Fair
2017 Keep on Keeping on. A visual meta-collection
JOY IN REPETITION, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam
ACG Art Gallery, Athens
2016 gerlach en koop, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
2015 Let Us Meet Inside You, garage rotterdam, Rotterdam
2014 Wolvecampprijs 2014, Hazemeijer, Hengelo
Repeat, 38CC, Delft
Pointing Elsewhere, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg
Hoge Horizon: Breugelland Vroeg 21ste Eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Lier 
Beating around the bush – Episode #2, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Voorbij het zichtbare: Een keuze uit eigen collectie, Het Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Una Exposición Luminosa, Jugada a Tres Bandas, Esther Montoriol, Barcelona
Tasten in het Duister, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg
2013 Dublin Doubles, Broadcast Gallery, Dublin
Manœuvres, Voorkamer, Lier 
Hey you!, 1646, The Hague (with Jack Segbars and Nickel van Duijvenboden)
Social Sound, VHDG, Leeuwarden
People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere 
2012  A Place No Cars Go, Pou, Barcelona
Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
The Only Rule is Work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde
Present Forever, FATFORM, Amsterdam
De Nederlandse Identiteit? Half suiker, half zand, De Paviljoens, Almere
Picasso Grid, Autocenter, Berlin
Newseum, Schunck at Pinkpop, Landgraaf
A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam  
2011  Trompe Le Monde, Galerie Transit, Mechelen
25 +25, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen
In- and outside - writing, Voorkamer, Lier 
All About Drawing, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam 
Poisson d'Avril, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
2010  ARTSCHOOL/UK, Cell Project Space, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Zweierlei, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel
Meer, Voorkamer, Lier
Passanten 2010: Pods, Fundament, Tilburg
Seventeen, London
Stip 2010 en kunst nu, Centraal Museum, Utrecht 
X Artworks In A Straight Line (Seeking The Perfect Sphere), Crisp, London
Diary of a Madman, Regina, Moscow
Phoebus, Rotterdam (with Piet Dirkx and Marc Nagtzaam)
Arrivals and Departures, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona
Die Reliktion/Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg (with Remco Torenbosch) The Destroyed Room, Whatspace, Berlin / Tilburg 
2009  You Can Tell A Cowboy By The Horse He Rides, Barbara Seiler, Zürich
B-sides and Rarities, Lokaal 01, Breda 
Towing the Line, White Box, New York
Unknown Territory, De Paviljoens, Almere
Het Gesnoeide Matisseboompje, Kunst over kunst, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss
I Was Lookin' Back To See If You Were Lookin' Back At Me To See Me Lookin' Back At You, ReMap2, Athens
Today is OK, KLERKX, Milan
The Tragic and The Funny Meet Again, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Remain In Light, W139, Amsterdam
Faux Frères, In Situ, Aalst 

 

> exhibitions
> publications
Marijn van Kreij, The Painter 2019
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Painter, 1963), 2019
Gouache and pencil on paper
11 drawings, 21 x 29.7 cm each
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Painter, 1963), 2019
Gouache and pencil on paper
3 drawings, 21 x 29.7 cm each
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Not Much Is Thrown Away Because There Really Is No Place To Throw It, Vaseline), 2019
Wood, metal, thread and plastic, dimensions variable
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Painter, 1963), 2019
Gouache and pencil on paper
5 drawings, 21 x 29.7 cm each

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Worlds of Possibility), 2003, 2018
Gouache and pencil on paper
29.7 x 21 cm
Marijn van Kreij, The Painter, 2019
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Not much is thrown away because there really is no place to throw it, It's all in your mind), 2018
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Le Carnet de La Californie, 1955), 2017-2018 gouache, pencil and ink on paper, 27 drawings, 29.7 x 42 each
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Le Carnet de La Californie, 1955), 2017-2018 gouache, pencil and ink on paper, 27 drawings, 29.7 x 42 each
Marijn van Kreij, Nude in the Studio at Marres, Maastricht 2018
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Studio, 1956), 2017, gouache and pencil on paper, 30.5 x 22.7 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Reclining Nude with a Man Playing the Guitar, 1970), 2016, gouache and pencil on paper, 193 x 151 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Jacqueline in Studio, 1956), 2016, Gouache and pencil on paper, 214 x 152 cm

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Studio, 1955), 2016, Gouache and pencil on paper, 231,5 x 170 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Man and Woman, 1969), 2016, Gouache and pencil on paper, 205 x 152,5 cm

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Artist, 1963), 2016, Gouache and pencil on paper, 205 x 152,5 cm

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Studio, 1956), 2016, Gouache and pencil on paper, 195 x 152 cm

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Paul Klee, Schlucht in den Alpen), 2015, gouache and pencil on paper, 261 x 196 cm
Marijn van kreij, Untitled (Paul Klee, Rhythmical, More Rigorous and Freer, 1930), 2015, gouache and pencil on paper, 244 x 192 cm
Marijn van Kreij, exhibition view andriesse eyck gallery, 2015
Marijn van Kreij, exhibition view andriesse eyck gallery, 2015
Marijn van Kreij, exhibition view andriesse eyck gallery, 2015
Marijn van Kreij, exhibition view andriesse eyck gallery, 2015
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Gunta Stölzl, Entwurf für einen Läufer, 1923), 2014, gouache and pencil on paper, 205 x 152 cm
Marijn van Kreij, This Is How We Walk On The Moon, Wolvecampprize, Hengelo, 2014
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Studio, Winter 1927–28), 2014, gouache and pencil on paper, 220 x 305 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Studio in A Painted Frame,
1956), 2014, Gouache and pencil on paper, 215 x 152 cm

Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, The Artist and his Model, 1964), 2013, gouache and pencil on paper, 195 x 152 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Picasso, Nude in front of a Garden, 1956),
2013, Gouache and pencil on paper, 206 x 152,5 cm

Marijn van Kreij, This Is How We Walk On The Moon, Wolvecampprize, Hengelo, 2014
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Ad Reinhart, Abstract Painting, 1962), 2014, gouache en potlood op papier, 216 x 305 cm 
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Paul Klee, Als ich noch jung war, 1938, superimposed, green), 2014, gouache and pencil on paper, 215 x 152 cm 
Marijn van Kreij, He Who Sings Is Not Always Happy, AND/OR, London, 2013
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Bonnard, Balcony at Vernonnet, The
Flowering Apple Tree, ca. 1920-1933), 2013, gouache and pencil on paper,
195 x 153 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Riffs and Variations, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 2012
Marijn van Kreij, Riffs and Variations, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 2012
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882),
2012, gouache on paper, 97 x 70 cm (Private collection Belgium)
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Ellsworth Kelly, Red, Green, Blue, study), 2009, gouache on paper, 29.7 x 21 
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Red Line), 2012, gouache on paper, 31.8 X 24.5 cm (Private collection, The Netherlands)
Marijn van Kreij, How to Look Out, De Hallen, Haarlem, 2011–2012
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Nirvana), 2006–ongoing, pencil on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm 
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Black Square, late 1920s), 2011,
acrylic on paper, 152 x 115 cm (Collection Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht)
Marijn van Kreij, How to Look Out, De Hallen, Haarlem, 2011–2012
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (Zwart vierkant, 1915), 2011, acrylic on paper, 235 x
355 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled, 2008, orange, mirror and fake orange (acrylic, foam and tape), 13 x 16
x 30 cm
Marijn van Kreij, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) – Take 11, 2008–ongoing, single channel video (colour,
sound), 6.30 min.
Marijn van Kreij, Untitled (When You Read, You’ll Judge) #1, #2, 2006, acrylic, ink, pen and pencil on paper, two
sheets, 29.7 x 21 cm each (Private collection, Italy)