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
2025 Floral Hazard, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam NL
2023 Phenomenology of place, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam NL
2020 An inconvenient place, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam NL
Group exhibitions - selection
2025 Reclaim reality, Rosalux, Berlin, D
2024 Herbstspaziergang, Toolbox / InteriorDasein, Berlin D
2024 Opening up lupin, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri IS
2024 Nieuw New Babylon, NDSM Fuse, 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 Caging Clouds, NDSM Open, Amsterdam 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 Workshops 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