Aernout Mik
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Aernout Mik (born July 3, 1962) is a Dutch artist, internationally known for his installations and films. Currently, he is teaching at the Kunstakademie Münster in Germany.[1]
Aernout MIk | |
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| Born | July 3, 1962 Groningen, the Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | De Ateliers, Academie Minerva |
| Known for | representing the Netherlands in the Dutch Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale |
Biography
[edit]Mik spent his childhood in Groningen and studied there from 1983 to 1988 at the Academie Minerva. He also had lessons from Fie Werkman. He had his first solo exhibition in 2000 at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven under the title "Primal gestures, minor roles".
In 1997, Mik received the Sandberg Prize for his videos Lick (1996) and Fluff (1996). In 2002, he received the Dr. Mik. A.H. Heineken Prize for Art.
Aernout Mik by Maria Hlavajova, curator of the Dutch Rietveldenpaviljoen in Venice, selected in 2007 for the Netherlands to take part in the Venice Biennale.[2] In 1997, Mik, along with designer William Oorebeek this same thing to see.[3] In 2001, he took part in "Post-Nature ', an exhibition of Dutch art which took place in Venice.[4]
The work called Organic Escalator (2000) is housed in the Art Collection Fondation Pinault and was end-2007 in Lille on the exhibition "Passage du temps".
References
[edit]- ^ "Kunstakademie Münster - University of Fine Arts Münster: Mik, Aernout". www.kunstakademie-muenster.de. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Venice Biennale - Mondriaan Fund".
- ^ "Venice Biennale - Mondriaan Fund".
- ^ http://www.carliergebauer.com/artists/aernout_mik/cv
External links
[edit]- Aernout Mik's profile at carlier | gebauer gallery
- Aernout Mik's CV
- Aernout Mik Biennale site Citizens and Subjects
- (in Dutch) Videostills uit het werk van Aernout Mik
- (in Dutch) Biography op VPRO website
- Heineken lecture Echt/Onecht door Aernhout Mik
- Overzicht van tentoonstellingen
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