Biography

Marius van Zandwijk is an Amsterdam based visual artist. His works are best described as paintings of inconvenient places. Places he chooses intuitively and give him experiences of (social - cultural) inconvenience. He explores concrete stories about those places. How does his own experience relate to more collective stories?  In recent years, the emphasis in this research has been on places where the intertwining of nature and culture is clearly visible.

In his works questions about remembrance are implied. Like reality, most works contain multiple narratives. Often narratives are juxtaposed in his works. For example: can we be in control of something uncontrollable?  

Solo exhibitions - selection

2024   Inconvenient - Intertwining of nature and culture, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam NL
2023   Phenomenology of place, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam NL
2022   Caging Clouds, NDSM Open, Amsterdam NL
2020   An inconvenient place, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam NL

Group exhibitions - selection

2024    Up coming: Reclaim reality, Rosalux, Berlin, DE
2024    Up coming: Herbstspaziergang, Toolbox / InteriorDasein, Berlin DE
2024   Open Studio, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri IS
2024   Nieuw New Babylon, NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam NL
2024   Kuiperdomingos Projects, Artspace 411 / Amstelkerk, Amsterdam NL
2023   Open Space, SÍM Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavik IS
2023   Zeitgeist and ghost images
, NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam NL
2022   Exodus.nu, Bijbels Museum / Buitenplaats Doornburgh) NL
2022   Beauty of imperfection?, Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis, Leiden NL
2022   Odyssee 2.0, NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam NL
2021   Ode aan het Noord-Hollands landschap, Purmerends Museum, Purmerend NL
2021   Bound to Space, Dialogues on Dutch society, Leiden Shorts, Leiden NL
2021   Manuporta Festival, Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki FI
2020   July, SÍM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2019   Sprouts Young Talents, SBK, Amsterdam NL
2019   Taking a Walk on the Wild Side - Uncut, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL
2018   Vorm in Herhaling (Form in repetition), Jansen – Kooy Gallerie, Warnsveld NL
2017   What is happening to our brain – Uncut, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL

Residencies

2024   Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri IS
2023   SÍM, Reykjavik IS
2023   Archipelago Art Residency Korppoo FI
2022   SÍM, Reykjavik IS
2020   SÍM, Icelandic Society of Visual Artists, Reykjavik IS

Education

BFa    Gerrit Rietveld Academie NL
MSc   Public Administration, Leiden University  NL

Other - selection

2024   member supervisory board, SBK, Amsterdam NL
2024   Workshop phenomenology, perception and art, IOD International Association for Organizational Development, Montfoort
2023   Memories, Neighbourhood connecting initiative Tuindorp Oostzaan - NDSM, initiator of community art project funded by Municipality of Amsterdam
2022   Guest lecturer, minor Immersive Environments, Hogeschool van Amsterdam NL
2021   Guest lecturer, Van Vollenhoven Instituut, Leiden University, Leiden NL
2020   Buning Brongers Prijzen, nominee
2019   SBK Sprouts Young Talent Award, nominee