Karin van Dam
Karin van Dam (1959) is known for her installations composed with materials such as buffers for boats, ropes and insulating casing. At one time she even used entire pre fab polyester ponds which she hung in the medieval hall of the centre for contemporary arts De Vleeshal in Middelburg, The Netherlands. She sees her installations as spatial drawings, that the viewer is able to walk through, as it were.
The three dimensional works are prepared in pencil drawings on a small format in which she often also integrates objects like rubber plugs, rope or wooden sticks. Urban structures, both above and below ground level, are a recurring theme in her work. To her the city is a living organism that continually develops and expands. Karin van Dam works highly intuitively, using a combination of materials that, together, develop into a new, coherent system.
| 1959 | born in Veldhoven, The Netherlands |
education |
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| 1982 – 1987 | Koninklijke Academie voor Kunst en Vormgeving, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands |
| lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
solo-exhibitions |
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| 2017 | To dwell in pitch black pearls, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Canada Tipping Point 1, Cacoafabriek Helmond (with Robbie Cornelissen), NL |
| 2015 | Vloedlagen in de Zeereep, Sint Lievensmonstertoren, Zierikzee, The Netherlands |
| 2014 | Galerie Maurits van de Laar, (with Ed Pien), The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 2013 | Suspended Gravity, OV Gallery, Shanghai, China |
| 2012 | Born in a Balloon, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (cat.), The Hague. NL |
| 2010 | Verende Stad, Tokyo, 38 CC creative laboratory, Delft, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | Bumping Tumble, Intervention #5, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Drawings, Wetering galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Galerie Maurits van de Laar, (with Paul Kooiker), The Hague, The Netherlands Chinese Red , under construction, Bureau Leeuwarden, The Netherlands |
| 2006 | Mops and Insence, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam,; The Netherlands |
| 2005 | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, with Juriaan Molenaar, Schiedam, The Netherlands Van Doesburg – Van Dam, Centraal Museum, Utrecht , The Netherlands |
| 2003 | Model voor uitspansel 2, Het Torentje, Almelo , The Netherlands |
| 2002 | Cry out for joy, you lower parts of the earth!, Centraal Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 2001 | Pieces of Land, Art-Centre Diepenheim, The Netherlands |
| 2000 | Collapsible city system and rising coils, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | Stripping shapes and rising black dust, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany |
| 1996 | Passing Through, Art-Centre Hooghuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands |
groupexhibitions |
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| 2018 | Big Art, groupshow at Bijlmerbajes, Amsterdam, NL Project space BcmA, (with Isabel Kerkermeier), Berlin, Germany De Line Up, groupshow curated by Robbie Cornelissen, Centraal Museum Utrecht, NL The Path of The Caterpillar, duo show with Ed Pien, Galerie Maurits vd Laar, The Hague NL Summersnow, Beelden op de Berg, Belmonte Arboretum Wageningen, NL groupshow Galerie Wit, Wageningen, NL Drawing Now Paris, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France |
| 2017 | Fringes of Beauty, Textilemuseum Tilburg, NL Highlights from the Collection, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, NL Liquid Mountain, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, NL Black, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen NL 6 for 6, Loods 6 KNSM eiland, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2016 | Thomas Rentmeister, Zhou Tao and Karin van Dam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, NL |
| 2015 | Rhizomes & Hybrids, Park platform for visual arts, Tilburg, NL Paper trails, paper tales, Phytorio, Nicosia, Cyprus Anything but homeless, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL |
| 2014 | In/Outsource, AMNUA museum, Nanjing, China |
| 2013 | Kanaalwerken, Gemeente Museum, Helmond, The Netherlands RAW China. RAWArtFair, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Space Drawing (with Heidi Linck) KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands |
| 2012 | Living & Being/生物.生态’, Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing, China Facade, Middelburg, The Netherlands |
| 2011 | All About Drawing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (cat.), The Netherlands MJCTV, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands |
| 2010 | Come Back, RUHR.2010, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (cat.), Germany Put on paper, Centraal Museum (cat.), Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 2009 | International Festival for Arts and Media, Yokohama, Japan, Towing the line, Drawing Space White Box, New York, USA Bumping Tumble (film), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Kunst4Kids, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Zwervende Tentoonstelling in Maak ons Land, NAI, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2008 | Aslijnen op kopstukken, (met Maria Roosen, Henri Jacobs en Reinoud van Vught), DEPREZ fabriek, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| 2006 | CEAC, Xiamen, China Textielmuseum, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| 2005 | Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, cat. , The Netherlands |
| 2004 | Cadance Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 2003 | York Quay Centre, Toronto, Canada Tekenen des Tijds, KW14, Den Bosch, cat. De Utrechtse Salon, Het Centraal Museum, Utrecht, cat. Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag |
| 2002 | Femmes d’Images, Institut Neérlandais dans la Maison Europeènne de la Photografie, Parijs (France) Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands Mount Ego, W139, Amsterdam, cat., The Netherlands 21 tegen de muur, Arti en Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1999 | Paris – Berlin – New York – Kitakyushu, The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts and Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Contacts, Centre de contemporain d’art, cat., Amiens, France Love to Show with U, Art-centre Artis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Panorama 2000, Het Centraal Museum, Utrecht, cat., The Netherlands |
| 1998 | Cité des Arts, Paris, France |
| 1997 | Ruimte Teken, Stichting Zet, Art-Centre Veemvloer, Amsterdam, cat., The Netherlands Floating Parts, Art-Centre Begane Grond, The Netherlands |
collections |
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| 2018 | Teylers Museum Haarlem |
| 2007 | Fries Museum, Leeuwarden Museum Boijmans van Beuningen |
| 2006 | Akzo Nobel UMC Utrecht |
| 2003 | Centraal Museum Utrecht |
| 2002 | Drawing collection of Province Utrecht |
| 1994 | Local government Utrecht |
publications |
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| 2008 | Kunstbeeld 10, Machteld Leij |
| 2007 | Dagblad De Pers, Floor van Dijk |
| 2005 | NRC Handelsblad, Machteld Leij Rotterdams Dagblad, Tjeerd Agema Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Thea Figé |
| 2004 | Locatie U, Interview Sjarel-Ex – Karin van Dam, BAK ism MEERtv |
| 2003 | NRC Handelsblad, Sandra Smallenburg Lucas x, Patricia Pulles– |
| 2002 | Utrechts Nieuwsblad by Peter ter Veer Volkskrant Haagse Courant Volkskrant Volkskrant Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Thea Figao |
| 2001 | Apeldoornse Courant by Jinke Hesterman about the exhibition in Diepenheim |
| 2000 | De Stem by Ben van den Aarssen, about the exhibition in de Vleeshal |
| 1999 | Brabants Dagblad, 14-9 L’Expres (France) Parool, Rogier Schumacher, 10-11 Telegraaf, Paola van der Velde NRC, Nathalie Faber, 30-10 Volkskrant (with photo maquette Tour Saint Jacques), 14-10 catalogue Centre de contemporian d’art by Adriaan Himmelreich, Amiens catalogue Panorama 2000, Gabrielle Nederend, Centraal Museum, Utrecht Brabants dagblad, 14-9, Mark van de Voort. (exhibitions Artis) NPS tv in Het uur van de Wolf Utrechts Nieuwsblad by Thea Figao, 4-6 (panorama 2000) NRC, Hans den Hartog Jager 4-6 (panorama 2000) Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 25-3 ‘buitenlandse ateliers’, NPS |
| 1997 | Op atelier bezoek bij Karin van Dam, Wouter Prins, Origine nr 6 Dortmund dagblad, 9-10 |
| 1998 | ‘Art in America’ by Riet van der Linden |
| 1996 | Lucas x by Riet van der Linden |