exhibitions and projects
2026
Double Bind. Public commision
Stad Gent, Materniteit, Bijlokesite (inauguration november 2026), Gent
2025
When the Extreme Becomes the Norm. Research project
curators: Galit Eilat and Rodolfo Andauer, Patagonia, Chile
2025
DE/CODING TEXTILE
Kunstlerhaus Vienna, (group), Vienna
2024
The poem that jumps the fence
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennale 2024, Abu Dhabi
2024
School of Walking: Vienna
Urbanize! Energy: Power to the people (group)
2024
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, he said
Topography of a Project, (group), HDLU/ Art&CeRZe Gallery, Zagreb
2024
Casablanca Art School
groupshow, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
2024
The One Straw Revolution
groupshow , iLiana Fokianaki, Framer Framed, Amsterdam
2024
The Casablanca Art School, Platforms and Patterns for a Postcolonial Avant-Garde, Shardjah Art Foundation
groupshow, Shardjah
2024
School of Casablanca
groupshow, IFA, Berlin
2024
To Gather on a Mountain
screening, Bergen Kunsthalle, Bergen
2023
Shimmer, Sequens, cycle 4. workshop, conversation, insert
solo exhibition, Shimmer, Rotterdam
2023
School of Casablanca
groupshow, Think Art, Cupola and Art School, Casablanca
2023
Dolf Henkes prize (nominated)
groupshow , TENT, Rotterdam
2023
Mosaic issue 54.2. collection research and special issue
Archive Issue, research in 50 years Mosaic, Bik van der Pol with Shepherd Steiner and Karalyn Dokurno, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2023
2022
School of Walking, A dérive through Casablanca, history and minds. Walking Series
School of Casablanca, Casablanca
2022
Wild Summer of Art, Part 1
group show, Brutus, Rotterdam
2022
Levend Landschap/Living Landscape
groupshow, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
2022
What is this world?
solo exhibition and performance project, Park, Tilburg
2022
Relative Time/Little Time Speaker Series
with Shep Steiner and Mosaic, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
2021
Now What: A Living Newspaper. Fieldwork
International Summer School, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland
2021
Garden State
group show, curated by Fadwa Naama, Garage, Rotterdam
2021
A Living Newspaper Study Group #1
study group as preparation to FIELDWORK International Summer School 2021, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland
2021
Dissolving matter and value
groupshow, Lothringer 13, Munich
2020-2022
Don't Fence Me In research project, film and public program (not realised due to covid)
TAAK and De Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam
2020
FIELDWORK International Summer School
online summer school, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, Scotland
2020
Take Part, Part 3: Making Room for San Francisco
performative participatory research project (part 3 not realized due to corona), SFMOMA and Public Libraries (SFPL), San Francisco
2019
Czigane – Not the whole story, collection research and exhibition
collection Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
2019
Whole Life Academy, Archives & Reality, collection research and workshop
Archiv der Avantgarden (AdA) and HKW, Berlin, Dresden
2019
Far Too Many Stories to Fit Into so Small a Box
collection research and performative exhibition, Ujazdowski Castle, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
2019
Take Part: Part 2, Bringing the Neighborhood to Your Neighborhood
research project and public program, SF MOMA and San Francisco Public Libraries (SFPL), San Francisco
2018
Verschwindende Vermächtnisse: Die Welt als Wald - Part 3/3 (Halle)
group show, curated by Reassembling the Natural (Anna-Sophie Springer & Etienne Turpin), Zentralmagazin Naturwissenschaftlicher Sammlungen Martin-Luther-Universität Halle/Wittenberg, Halle
2018
Mama, was ist eigentlich Natur?
collection research and exhibition, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
2018
Take Part: Part 1, Clean your neighborhood
research project, SF MOMA and San Francisco Public Library (SFPL), San Francisco
2018
Verschwindende Vermächtnisse: Die Welt als Wald - Part 2/3 (Berlin)
groupshow, curated by Reassembling the Natural (Anna-Sophie Springer & Etienne Turpin) , Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-University, Berlin
2018
Dismantling the Scaffold
groupshow, curated by Christina Li, Tai Kwun University, Hong Kong
2018
Syndrome of the Present
transdisciplinary research project, curated by Galit Eilat, Yeni Camii, Thessaloniki
2018
Verschwindende Vermächtnisse: Die Welt als Wald - Part 1/3 (Hamburg)
groupshow, curated by Reassembling the Natural (Anna-Sophie Springer & Etienne Turpin), Zoological Museum, Centre for Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Hamburg
2017
Offshore: artists explore the sea
collection research, groupshow, Invisible Dust, Ferens Museum, Hull
2017
Greater Together
groupshow, curated by Annika Kristensen, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne
2017
Youth Academy The City & The City
research, workshop and publication, Akademie der Kunste der Welt, Cologne
2017
Future Climates
workshop, curated by Antonia Alampi and iLiana Fokianaki, State of Concept, Athens
2016
SEMA MediaCity Biennale
collection research, group show, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2016
The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?), 11thGwangJu Biennale
biennale, GwangJu, South Korea
2016
what is this world? Salon #47
residency research and public event, Air Berlin Alexanderplatz, Berlin
2016
WERE IT AS IF
archive collection research, exhibition, publication, Kunstinstituut Melly, formerly known as Witte de With, Rotterdam
2015
Decolonized Skies
groupshow, ADN gallery, Barcelona
2015
Eminent Domain
groupshow, The Powerplamt, Toronto
2015
Pavilion of Mauritius
biennale, Mauritius Paviljon, Venice Biennale
2015
Future Light
groupshow, curated by Maria Lind, Vienna Biennale, MAK, Vienna
2015
Speechless
research residency and solo exhibition, PAMM, Miami
2015
Neither Forward nor Back: Acting in the Present, Jakarta Biennale
biennale, Curated by Charles Esche and Anwar Rachman, Asep Topan, Irma Chantilly, Benny Wicaksono, Riksa Afiaty, Putra Hidayatullah , Jakarta, Indonesia
2015
Lodgers 4
residency research project, School of Missing Studies, MUHKA and AIR, Antwerp
2015
Are you talking to me?
groupshow, cuarted by Öykü Özsoy, Wilhem Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
2014
Turning a Blind Eye, How to (…) things that don’t exist, 31st Biennale of Sao Paulo
biennale, curatorial team Charles Esche, Galit Eilat, Nuria Enguita Mayo, Pablo Lafuente, Oren Sagiv, Benjamin Seroussi, Luiza Proença, Sao Paulo
2014
The Maldives Exodus Caravan Show
nomadic exhibition, curated by Soren Dahlgaard, Auckland (NZ)
2014
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Moderations
exhibition, curated by Samuel Saelemakers and Heman Chong, Kunstinstituut Melly, formerly known as Witte de With, Rotterdam
2014
Rotterdam Cultural Histories 2
research and exhibition, TENT and Kunstintuut Melly formerly known as Witte de With, Rotterdam
2014
Sounds for Silence
research and exhibition, curated by Christina Nägele, Im öffentlichen Raum Ternitz, Austria
2014
The Missing Stories, The Invisible Hand: Curating as Gesture, snd CAFAM Biennial
groupshow, curated by Angela Jerardi , CAFAM museum,Beijing
2014
Museum of Arte Util
exhibition, Initiative by Tania Bruguera, van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2014
The Crime Was Almost Perfect
groupshow, curated by Cristina Ricupero, Kunstinstituut Melly formerly known as Witte de With, Rotterdam
2013
The Possibility of an Island
groupshow, curated by Elena Gilbert & Nadim Samman, Import Projects, Berlin
2013
Imaginary Friends
exhibition, Chelsea Haines, Brooklyn NY
2013
ROAD/BOAT 3.1.8
research project, a convite de Anne Ballester Soares and escola Xapomi/Puraquêquara, Manaus, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Amazonas. Organised by Capacete. With Christoph Keller, Mariana Lanari, Bik Van der Pol, João Modé, Helmut Batista e Amilcar Packer, School Xapomi/Puraquêquara, Amazonas (Br)
2013
The Maldives Exodus Caravan Show
groupshow, Biennnale, Venice
2013
Critical Mass
groupshow, curated by TOK, Anna Bitkina and Maria Veits, St. Petersburg
2013
Open City
exhibition, KunstFort, Vijfhuizen
2013
Biennale of Mercosul
biennale, Chief Curator: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Biennale of Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013
Call of the Mall
project, performance, curated by Carlijn Diesfeldt, Nicolette Gast, Maaike Lauwaert en Huib Haye van der Werf., Hoog Catharijne., Utrecht
2013
The Future That Was
groupshow, curated by Gabriel Lester, NASA, Amsterdam
2012
You talking to me?
research, workshop and project, curated by Marwa Arsanios and Mirene Arsanios, 98weeks, Beirut, Lebanon
2012
Desertmed, a project about deserted islands of the Mediterranean
groupshow, NGBK, Berlin
2012
Neon. La Materia luminosa dellarte
groupshow, MACRO (Museo d'arte contemporanea Roma), Rome
2012
Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?
exhibition, Exhibitaly, Red October, Moscow
2012
Between the Map and the Territory
groupshow, TENT, Rotterdam
2012
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
research project, Musagetes, Sudbury (Ca), Canada
2012
Deze Sokken Niet Wit (These Socks Not White)
collection research and exhibition, curated by Bik Van der Pol, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2012
Last Day
groupshow, curated by Paul O'Neill, Cartel Gallery, London
2012
Art Histories
groupshow, curated by Marie J. Jean, CAC VOX, Montreal
2012
Graphic Design: Now In Production
groupshow, Cooper Hewitt National design Museum, New York
2012
Who Decides?
groupshow, curated by Ciara Phillips, Michael Stumpf, and Skafte Kuhn, Stadtgalerie, Mannheim
2011
Frieze Projects
project, Frieze Art Fair, London
2011
Living As Form
research project, curated by Nato Thompson, The Historic Essex Street Market, New York
2011
A Future Pump House : Ideas, Thoughts and Plans
exhibition, Pumphouse Gallery, London
2011
We Are Grammar
exhibition, Pratt Institute, New York
2011
CLAP
group exhibition, Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard College, Annondale on Hudson, NY
2011
Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully
curatorial project, curated by Bik Van der Pol, KunstFort Asperen, Acquoi (NL)
2010
Charming the Snake of Reason
groupshow, curated by Marnie Slater, Enjoy, Wellington
2010
The Crude and The Rare
groupshow, Cooper Union, New York
2010
Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling
solo exhibition, proposed by Hou Hanrou, curated by Francesco Bonami, Enel award 2010, Macro museum Rome
2010
Making Ships in Bottles
groupshow, Cafe Gallery projects, London
2010
Vivid Gallery
art fair, Design Miami/Basel, Miami
2010
Communication Networks-Art institutions and New Publics
groupshow, Mestna galerija, Ljubljana
2010
Mataro Chauffeur Service
festival, curated by Latitudes, No soul for sale, A festival for Independents, Tate Modern, London
2010
Speculation
research project and exhibition, curated by Karolin Tampere and Ase Lovgren, Commonlands, Oslo
2010
Manufacturing Today
groupshow, curated by Cristina Ricupero, Dora, Trondheim (NO)
2010
Artefacts III: Artists making Furniture / Designers making Art
groupshow, Vivid gallery, Rotterdam
2010
The secret life of objects
groupshow, Glucksman gallery, Cork
2010
Portscapes
groupshow, curated by Latitudes, Barcelona, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2010
Learning from Vancouver
research project and exhibition with Urban Subjects, Western Front, Vancouver
2010
Actors, Agents and Attendants: Speculations on the Cultural Organisation of Civility
research project , curated by Andrea Phillips and Fulya Erdemci, SKOR, Felix Meritus, Amsterdam
2009
It isn't what it used to be and will never be again
solo exhibition, CCA, Glasgow
2009
Xth Biennale de Lyon
biennale, 10th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon
2009
Generosity is the new political
groupshow, Wysing Art Centre, Cambridge
2009
Public Arena
research project, performance, publication, In Context 3, Tallaght, Dublin
2009
One Day Sculpture
research project, performance, publication, Albert Park, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
Artistas de Vangardia (Graciela Carnevale archive) and Bik Van der Pol
exhibition, curated by Nick Aikens, Pumphouse gallery, London
2009
Blind Chance & Possible Futures
groupshow , Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2008
I've got something in my eye
collection research, curatorial project, Marie Louise Hessel Museum/CCS Bard College, Annondale-on-Hudson, NY
2008
PLUG-IN 28, Pay Attention, Act2 and Act 3
collection research, curatorial project , curated by Bik Van der Pol, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2008
Questioning History, Imagining the Past in Contemporary Art
groupshow, curated by Frank van der Stok, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2008
Now Jump
groupshow, Nam Jun Paik Art Center, GyeongGi, South Korea
2008
Platform 21, Virtueel Museum
residency, groupshow, Zuidas, Amsterdam
2008
Letters From A Front, Action Field Kodra
groupshow, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
Spaport
groupshow, Spaport, Banja Luka
2008
Beyond Paradise
groupshow, curated by Delphine Bedel and Ayako Yoshimura in collaboration with Jelle Bouwhuis, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
2008
U-Turn
quadriennale , curated by Judith Schwarzbart, Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Charlotte Bagger Brandt, Copenhagen
2008
For Reasons of State
groupshow, curated by ISP Whitney, New York, The Kitchen, New York
2008
Be(com)ing Dutch
groupshow, curated by Charles Esche and Annie Fletcher, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2008
Utopia Transfer
groupshow, curated by Barnabas Bencsik, Kiscelli Museum, Budapest
2008
Unfair Art Fair
art fair, Rome
2007
PLUG-IN 28, Pay Attention, Act 1
collection research, curatorial project , curated by Bik Van der Pol, Van Abbe museum, Eindhoven (NL)
2007
Temporary Measures
groupshow, Associates gallery, London
2007
Differentiated Neighborhoods
research project and groupshow, curated by Eric Zoran, Centre for Visual Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2007
25 year later. Welcome To Art in General at UBS
groupshow, curated by Holly Block and Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy, New York
2007
Not Only Possible, But Also Necessary: Optimism in the Age of Global War, 10th International Istanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial
biennial, curated by Hou Hanrou, Istanbul
2007
Sunset Cinema
project with Apolonija Sustersics, Hou Hanru, Trans(cient) City, Global Multitude, European Cultural, Luxembourg
2007
Volksgarten-The Politics of Belonging
groupshow, curated by Adam Budak, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
2007
Trajectories
groupshow, curated by Maria Lind, National Museum of Art, Riga
2007
Models for Tomorrow: Cologne
groupshow, curated by Nicolaus Schaffhausen, Vanessa Joan Mueller, Julia Hoener, Europeische Kunsthalle, Cologne
2007
Monuments of our Discontent: Expiration of Place
biennale, curated by Lolita Jablonskiene, 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2006
Issue Fighters: Thought is made in the mouth
exhibition, workshop and publication +82, curated by Heejin Kim , Insa Art Space, Seoul
2006
Context 3
research grant and project, Tallaght, Dublin
2006
Fly Me To The Moon
collection research and project commisioned by Rijksgebouwendienst , Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
2006
Past Imperfect Issue 9
research and publication, concept Bik Van der Pol, compiled and edited with Lisette Smits, designed by Will Holder, Casco Projects, Utrecht
2006
More Stories on Absence
exhibition, Extra City, Antwerpen
2006
The Domain of the Great Bear: Dystopische Landschaft
exhibition, curated bu Beate Engel, Kunstraum Muenchen, Munich
2006
Naked Life
groupshow, curated by Manray Hsu & Maren Richter, Museum of Contemporary Art, (MoCA Taipei), Taipei
2006
On Mobility
groupshow, CAC, Vilnius
2006
I Confess That I was There
groupshow, Interface, Belfast
2006
Dormir, rêver et autres nuits
groupshow, CAPC, Bordeaux
2006
How to Do Things? - In the Middle of (No)Where...
research project and groupshow, curated by Uqbar, Dorothee Bienert and Antje Weitzel, Berlin, Kiev
2006
Strategies of learning, Periferic 7
biennale, Iasi, Rumania
2005
Rec., Annex, Esther Schipper gallery
solo exhibition, Berlin
2005
Ford Boxes, Cork Caucus
research project, group exhibition, Cork, Ireland
2005
Secession
solo exhibition, Secession, Vienna
2005
Exposorium
solo exhibition, Free University (VU), Amsterdam
2005
On Mobility
group exhibition, Buro Friedrich, Berlin, and de Appel, Amsterdam
2005
Rotterdam Project
groupshow, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2005
Magazijn van de Verbeelding
groupshow, Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen
2005
Life, once more, Forms of Reenactment in Contemporary Art
groupshow, curated by Sven Lutticken, Kunstinstituut Melly, formerly know as Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
2004
K: Mobile Home
proposal for mobile research center and exhibition space (not realised), Bik Van der Pol with Korteknie Stuhlmacher acrchitects, Virtueel Museum, Amsterdam
2004
Social Affairs!
research project and film program, Ministry of Social Affairs, The Hague
2004
Teasing Minds
curatorial project for SMS (School of Missing Studies), Kunstverein München, Bik Van der Pol with Stealth Group of architects, Kunstverein Muenchen, München
2004
Open Process
groupshow, curated by Hangar, Barcelona, Terrassa
2004
PR 04. tribute to the messenger
biennale, curated by M&M proyectos, Puerto Rico
2003
Past Imperfect
research project, exhibition and publication, Casco Utrecht
2003
Parasite Paradise, Beyond
Nomads in residence, mobile workspace for artists, Bik Van der Pol with Korteknie Stuhlmacher architects, Parasite Paradise, Beyond, Utrecht
2003
Andare A Zonzo
a walk as preparation for a film, Cargo, Almere
2003
Universal Studios Part 1; Sleep with me
groupshow, Rooseum, Malmö
2003
Time Warp
groupshow, Galerie Maisonneuve, Paris
2003
24/7: Wilno – Nueva York (visa para)
groupshow, curated by Kestutis Kuizinas, Raimundas Malasauskas, CAC, Vilnius, Lituania
2003
Puddles
residency project and exhibition, Jusshi School, Tokyo
2003
Until We Meet Again
groupshow, curated by Jeanne van Heeswijk, Strip, Westwijk Vlaardingen
2003
Social Actors in Transformation, Parallel Practices
research project and exhibition, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
2003
Moszkva tér - Gravitáció / Gravitation
project and group exhibition, curated by Dóra Hegyi, Moszkva tér and Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2003
Affinity Archive
groupshow, curated by Sarah Pierce, Dublin, Ireland
2002
Married by Powers, a selection from the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais collection
collection research and curatorial project, curated by Bik Van der Pol, TENT, Rotterdam
2002
Lobby/Office Piece
permanent installation, Studio gallery, Office of the foundation of Young Artists, Budapest
2002
Stadsoase/City Oasis, Hortus Ludi
solo exhibition and public program, Marres, Maastricht
2002
Catching Some Air, library drawings
research project, solo exhibition and publication, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2002
Model City
research project, solo exhibition, FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque
2002
Heaven is a Place
proposal for Hoftoren, Den Haag (not realized), SKOR, Ministry of OCW, The Hague
2002
Strike
exhibition, curated by Gavin Wade, Wolverhampton Art gallery, Wolverhampton
2002
Foreign Affairs: Budapest
group exhibition, TENT, Rotterdam
2002
Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel)
group exhibition, curated by Maria Lind, kunstverien Muenchen, Munich
2002
Commitment
exhibition, Edwin Janssen, Fonds BKVB, Rotterdam
2002
Hortus III
research project and solo exhibition, public program, Marres, Maastricht
2001
Loompanics
exhibition, White Box gallery, New York
2001
Insert, with works of Lee Lozano
research project, exhibition, public program, Buro Friedrich, Berlin
2001
Love and Happiness
solo exhibition, de Paviljoens, Almere
2001
Catching Some Air
solo exhibition, Exedra , Hilversum
2001
Lost In Space
group exhibition, curated by Raul Zamudio, Gary Tatintsian gallery, New York
2001
Exits
group exhibition, curated by Jan Kopp, Kunsthalle Tirol, Halle
2001
Gary Tatintsian gallery
New York
2000
Absolut Stockholm, label or life, city on a platform
research project, solo exhibition, curated by Maria Lind, Moderna Museet Projekt, Stockholm
2000
Catching Some Air
research project, solo exhibition, Kentler Art Space, New York
2000
GOOD: Improper Property
proposal for Public Art Fund (not realized), Public Art Fund, New York
2000
ArtShelter
group project, Bik Van der Pol with Sue Williamson, Textielmuseum, Tilburg
2000
Frere
art fair, curated by Raul Zamudio, Independent Art Fair, Celsea Inn Hotel, New York
2000
Territory
group exhibition, Tokyo Opera Art gallery, Tokyo
2000
Clockwork 2000, International Studio Program PS1
group exhibition, Clocktower, New York
2000
Trailer
group exhibition, Gallery Greene Naftali, New York
1999
Surge Gallery/ICAEE
exhibition, Tokyo
1999
Studio Piece
exhibition, MK Gallery, Rotterdam
1999
Until We Meet Again
information kiosk (not realized), Strip, Westwijk, Vlaardingen
1999
Proposition for Reclaiming a Space: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
solo exhibition, de Gele Rijder, Arnhem
1999
Department for Public Appearances
group exhibition, KENT gallery, New York
1999
Berlin Art Fair, MK Gallery
art fair, Berlin
1999
P001a/P003b
group exhibition, Niggendijker, Groningen
1999
. . . om det sublima/ . . . on the sublime
group exhibition, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1998
Greene Naftali Gallery
solo exhibition, Gallery Greene Naftali, New York
1998
TXtShift
group exhibition, Utrecht
1998
New Text Based Work
group exhibition, Kaus Australis, Rotterdam
1998
Contribution for Henk Peeters
group exhibition, galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde
1998
Plaats
group exhibition, W139, Amsterdam
1998
The Powder Room
group exhibition, curated by Babak Afrassiabi, Rotterdam
1997
To Be Me, contribution for Giorgio Sedotti
group exhibition, De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam
1997
Sleep With Me
group exhibition, Bik Van der Pol, Perish, Duende, Rotterdam
1997
East International
group exhibition, Norwich
1996
The Bookshop Piece
exhibition, Bik Van der Pol with Peter Fillingham, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
1996
Live/Life
group exhibition, Bik Van der Pol with Peter Fillingham , curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Laurence Bossé, ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville deParis, Paris; Travels to Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
1996
The Kitchen Piece
group exhibition , curated by Leontine Coelewij en Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Peiling 5, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1995
The Shower Piece, for REST
exhibition project, Bik Van der Pol with Peter Fillingham, Rest (initiative of Bik Van der Pol, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Hans Snoek), Duende, Rotterdam
1995
Works made in collaboration
group exhibition, Bik Van der Pol with Peter Fillingham, Cubitt Gallery, Londen
1995
The Kitchen Piece
exhibition project and public program, Bik Van der Pol with Peter Fillingham, living space of Jos van der Pol, Duende, Rotterdam
activities
Ongoing
Advisor, Jan van Eijck Academy
Liesbeth Bik, Maastricht
Ongoing
Mentor, Mondriaan Foundation and Stimuleringsfonds voor Architectuur
Ongoing
Core Tutor, Piet Zwart Institute, MFA
Willem de Kooning Academy/Rotterdam University, Rotterdam
2026
jury Collaborative Artistic Practices
Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Bik Van der Pol
2026
co-organzier Café Clima, from 2024 onwards
European Alliance of Academies , Liesbeth Bik
2025
Academie van Kunsten (Academy of the Arts, Royal Dutch Academy of Art and Science (KNAW)
chair of the board from 2021-2025, Liesbeth Bik
2025
jury selection director Van Abbemuseum
Liesbeth Bik, Eindhoven
2025
jury KIN (Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland)
Liesbeth Bik
2024
Advisor, Jan van Eijck Academy
2011-2024, Jos van der Pol
2023-2024
jury, monument Peter R. de Vries
Liesbeth Bik , Amsterdam
2022
The school to be done
Round table intensive seminar, CASTRO in collaboration with MACRO, Bik Van Der Pol, Piero Golia, Cesare Pietroiusti and the participants in the seminar, Rome
2022
The Living Newspaper
5-day workshop, Werkplaats Typography, Het Hem, Amsterdam
2022
Wild Summer of Art 1 and 2, curatorial project
group show, curated by Piet de Jonge, Jessy Koeiman and Liesbeth Bik, Rotterdam
2021
Time travel: re-imagining the past in place. Talk/Seminar
Creative Futures Academy, NCAD and IMMA, Dublin
2019
Naturaleza/s. Symposium
Eremuak sessions, Bilbao
2019
Through the looking glass. Workshop
UNIDEE-Citta del Arte, Biella
2019
The Point: Stories that must be told. Workshop
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2019
Public talk, Jan van Eyck Academy
Maastricht
2019
Whole Life Academy. Workshop
Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Archiv der Avantgarden (AdA), Dresden
2018
What's the offer? Exhibitioning is a verb! (thinking, making, reading: what do exhibitions do?), Seminar project
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2018
How on earth? - Replicating nature. Field trip
Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin
2017
Kunstkracht (on the public domain). lecture
Spui25, Liesbeth Bik, Mia You and Frans Willem Korsten, Amsterdam
2016
Experimental Publishing and Archival Research. Visiting Lecturers
ACT (department of Art, Culture and Technology), M.I.T., Boston
2016
Visiting Lecturers, ACT (department of Art, Culture and Technology), M.I.T.
Studio Seminar in Art and Public Sphere, with Gediminas Urbonas, Boston
2016
Visiting Lecturers, ACT (department of Art, Culture and Technology), M.I.T.
DON'T ERASE TILL MONDAY Projects Experimental Publication, CRC/Bookshop, Carpenter Center, with Experimental Publishing students of ACT-M.I.T., Cambridge
2016
Public Inquiries. Symposium
Copenhagen
2016
Paul Brach Visiting Artists Lecture Series: Bik Van Der Pol. Lecture
CalArts, Los Angeles
2016
Academie van Kunsten (KNAW), Lecture on practice
Liesbeth Bik , Amsterdam
2016
Academie van Kunsten (Academy of the Arts, Royal Dutch Academy of Art and Science (KNAW)
member since 2026, Liesbeth Bik , Amsterdam
2015
Advisor, De Appel Curatorial Program, 2010-2015
Liesbeth Bik , Amsterdam
2013-2015
School of Missing Studies, Initiators and Program Leaders
Temporary Master Program, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam
2013
Collecting the Performative: Performance and Activism. Seminar
Van Abbe Museum, in collaboration with TATE Modern, Eindhoven and London
2013
Scratching the Museumwalls. Seminar project
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2012
And And And, Documenta 13, workshop
Kassel
2012
Everyone for themselves: the ethics and economics of art. Symposium, workshop and screenings
De Unie and Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, with Jan van de Pavert, Rotterdam
2011
Big Ideas in Art and Culture Lecture Series
Guelph, Canada
2010
Other Forms of Life. Workshop
Islington Mill Art Academy, Salford
2010
Actors, Agents and Attendants. Expertmeetings, project, symposium
SKOR, Amsterdam
2010
Talk, Autonomy Project, summerschool, YourSpace
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Eindhoven
2010
Musagetes Foundation. Talk
Sudbury, CA
2010
Not Our Cup of Tea
Capacete, 29th Bienal de São Paulo, Teatro Arena, Raimundas Malasauskas and Gabriel Lester, Sao Paulo
2010
Former West, Russian Avant-Garde revisited. Talk at symposium
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2010
DARE 5, Doing Dissemination. Talk
MAHKU, Utrecht
2010
Learning From Vancouver. Symposium
Western Front, Vancouver
2010
Coming Soon, Public Symposium
Audain Gallery at SFU Woodward's, Vancouver
2009
Perspectives: what isn't art. Symposium, talk
Glucksman Gallery, Cork
2009
2009
neveroddoreven. Curators graduation show
Piet Zwart Institute, MFA, TENT, Rotterdam
2009
The Artists. Symposium
Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
2009
One day Sculpture. Symposium
Wellington, New Zealand
2009
Monument for Free Speech. Workshop
Elam University, Auckland
2009
Talks
Western Front, University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
2009
1440 Minutes towards the development of a site. Workshop on free speech,
ELAM University, International artist-in-residence-program, with students of Elam University, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
2008
Talk, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
San Francisco
2008
Insert. Publication
Open magazine, published by SKOR
2008
I've got something in my eye. Curatorial project
Marie Louise Hessel Museum/CCS Bard College, by Bik Van der Pol, selection from the Marie Luise Hessel Collection, Bard CCS archive, and Van Abbe Museum, Annondale-on-Hudson, NY
2008
PLUG-IN 28, Pay Attention, part 1, 2, 3. Curatorial project
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2007
des/IRE. Symposium
on urban developments, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland
2007
Lindestede
Landscape project, Bik Van der Pol with Tijs van Hees landcape architect, Wolvega
2007
Selection of films from the collection
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2007
Be(com)ing Dutch. Symposium
van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2007
Connecting Art and Anthropology (CAA). Workshop
Manchester Metropolitan University, Amanda Ravetz, Manchester
2006
Jump into cold water. Summer academy
Shedhalle, Zurich
2006
Archiving disappearance. Symposium
Nr.1: The introduction, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art, with Krist Gruijthuijsen, Brian Holmes, Alexander Koch, Anders Kreuger, Raimundas Malasauskas, Bob Nicka, Bik Van der Pols, Seth Siegelaub, Istanbul
2006
Hospitality, Space, Travel, Translation. Symposium
Olivetti Foundation, Rome
2005
Artist as contemporary witness and the limits of sociological vision. Panel discussion
IKT congress, with Bik Van der Pol, Irit Rogoff, Roger Burgel, Adam Szymczyk and Anselm Franke, Cracow, Poland
2005
Nederland niet Nederland. Symposium
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2004
Cordially Invited, exhibition, discussions, screenings, and performances
BAK basis voor actuele kunst, organized by Bik Van der Pol and with Solvej Helweg Ovesen for Nomads & Residents
2004
Twist to Wild Life TWL. Workshop
for SMS (School of Missing Studies), Halle School of Common Properties, Werkleitzbiennale, Halle, Germany
2004
Para Education Department, Tracer
TENT, Rotterdam
2004
Curators and Artists: Changing Relations and Perspectives. Panel discussion and publication
MJ Manifesta Jounal, CAC Vilnius, Vilnius
2004
Teasing Minds
Project for SMS (School of Missing Studies), Kunstverein München, with Maria Lind and Stealth Group, München
2004
SMS, School of Missing Studies
with Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss and Sabine von Fischer, Rotterdam, Munich, New York, Belgrade
2004
Clear the line, I'm sending myself right now. Curated project,
Pictura, Dordrecht
2004
Platforms + Presentation: art as discussion piece, Piet Zwart Institute
Rotterdam
2003-2006
Traveling Magazine Table, Nomads & Residents
CAC, Art In General, M.I.T., IASPIS, Kuturzone06/Schirn Kunsthalle, INSA Art Space, Design Academy, Your Space, Van Abbe Museum, Vilnius, New York, Boston, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Seoul, Eindhoven
2003
School of Missing Studies
Initiated project, with Sabine Von Fischer, Srdjan Janovic Weiss
2003
Hypnose. Filmprogram
Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, with Jan Kopp, Paris
2003
Rooseum Universal Studios, Part 1. Filmprogram
Rooseum, Malmö
2003
Datacloud 2.5. Development
V2_Organisation, Bik Van der Pol with Stealth Group, Rotterdam
2002-2004
sputniks, fellow travellers
Kunstverein Munchen, Munich
2002
Interactive Normalisation. co-organized event
Normal Group of Architects, Belgrade
2000
Nomads & Residents. Initiated program of meetings
with artists, curators, critics, New York
1995-1999
REST. Initiated project
guests: Arno van Roosmalen, Bartomeu Mari, Thijs Goldschmidt, Anna Harding, with Jeanne van Heeswijk and Hans Snoek, , Rotterdam
1984-2013
Duende. Founding members and actively involved
Artist run space, Rotterdam
bibliography and artist writings
2025
What is about to happen has already begun- Growing pressure on artistic freedom
essay in Boekman Magazine 145, Liesbeth Bik
2025
Scene of the Myth - Sarah Pierce
Bik Van der Pol, Köning Verlag, Köln
2025
Boekman magazine
colums 2021-2025, Liesbeth Bik
2021
Mosaic issue 54.2, Special: Archival issue
Mosaic, University of Manitoba, Shep Steiner, Winnipeg
2018
My Dearest
Blessing and Transgressing: A Live Institute (2012–2017), FKAWDW/Melly, Defne Ayas, Rotterdam
2017
WERE IT AS IF, Beyond An Institution That Is
Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, editors Defne Ayas, Bik Van der Pol, Rotterdam
2017
School of Missing Studies
Sandberg series No. 1, Sternberg Press/Sandberg Institute, Liz Allan, Charles Esche, E. C. Feiss, Sarah Pierce, Bik Van der Pol, Laymert Garcia dos Santos, Eloise Sweetman, Paulo Tavares, Nato Thompson
2017
Public Space? Lost and Found
ACT and MIT Press, editors Gediminas Urbonas, Ann Lui and Lucas Freeman
2017
UNGLOSSARY, The City & the City
publication, workshop participants, , Akademie der Kunste der Welt, Cologne
2017
WERE IT AS IF, Beyond An Institution That Is
collection research and publication, Kunstintituut Melly, formerly known as Witte de With, Rotterdam
2017
School of Missing Studies, Sandberg Series No 1
publication, edited by Bik Van der Pol
2016
Boston
BK-info, number 5, July 2016, Bik Van der Pol
2016
on mapping
Unicorns in a Blueprint, FKAWDW/Kunstinstitute Melly, Bik Van der Pol, Rotterdam
2015
Bik Van der Pol X Charlemagne Palestine
MetropolisM, Vol.3/2015, Bik Van der Pol
2012
The Kabul-Kassel connection: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on Documenta
Metropolis M/June, Bik Van der Pol
2011
Work To Do
State of the Art essay, Tent, Rotterdam, Bik Van der Pol, Rotterdam
2011
Momentarily - Learning From Mega Events
Western Front, Bik Van der Pol, Urban Subjects, and Alissa Firth Eagland, Vancouver
2011
The Encyclopedia of Fictional Artists: Addition
JRP - Ringier, editor Krist Gruijthuijsen
2010
Public Arena
designed by David Bennewith. Nominated Best Designed Books 2009, Bik Van der Pol
2010
The Discursive Sculpture, Models of Criticality, Exchange and Transform (Arbeitstitel)
Selected Maria Lind Writing, Sternberg Press, Maria Lind
2010
Dialogue between Aspra.mente and Bik Van der Pol
Visible, a project of Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna, Sternberg Press, Aspra.mente
2010
2010
A Guided Tour
Crack - Koen van der Broek, Valiz, Bik Van der Pol
2009
Changing the system unexpectedly
Situation, Whitechapel Gallery, Bik Van der Pol, editor Claire Doherty, London
2009
Plug In to Play
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
2009
Differentiated Neighborhoods of New Belgrade
Centre of Visual Culture, MOCAB, editor Zoran Eric, Belgrade
2009
Public Arena
In Context 3, script by Bik Van der Pol, designer David Bennewith, Tallaght, Dublin
2009
Cinema/Notebook, a notebook for spatial research. Case study: Leidsche Rijn
Bureau Beyond, editor Apolonija Sustersic, Utrecht
2009
Art as Urban Strategy - Beyond Leidsche Rijn
NAI publishers
2009
Open 14: Art as a Public Issue. How art and its institutions reinvent the public dimension
NAI publishers/SKOR
2008-01-01
Art is either plagiarism or revolution or: something is definitely going to happen here
Open 14, Art as a Public Issue, Bik Van der Pol
2008
Cultural Gifting
Mary Jane Jacob
2008
Differentiated Neighborhoods of New Belgrade
A Prior Magazine 17, Zoran Eric
2008
Three stories about building New Belgrade
Questioning History / reflect 07 - Imagining the past in contemporary art, NAI publishers, Zoran Eric
2008
Four-leaf Clovers, Love-letters and Lollipops
Arkive City, Interface, University of Ulster, Bik Van der Pol, Belfast
2007
Oncontroleerbaar Urbanisme
Metropolis M 5/2007, Bik Van der Pol
2007
2007
Istanbul, 59 Locations, A Project For Nightcomers, publication
10th Istanbul Biennale 2007, Bik Van der Pol, Istanbul
2007
The Lost Moment, publication
editors Bik Van der Pol and Fatos Ustek
2006
Fly Me To The Moon, publication
Sternberg Press, Jennifer Allen, Wouter Davidts, Frans Von der Dunk, Bik Van der Pol, Jane Rendell
2006
Casco Issues 9: Past Imperfect, publication
CASCO and Revolver, concept and research Bik Van der Pol, with Lisette Smits and Will Holder
2005
The 'No-Seeums'
text about work of Libia Pérez de Siles de Castro and Olafur Eliasson, Bik Van der Pol
2005
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen
NAI publishers, with texts by Jean Attali, Wouter Davidts, Charles Esche, Sven Lütticken, Mary Jane Jacob, Jan Verwoert, Bik Van der Pol
2005
Black Friday, Exercises in Hermetics
Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, in collaboration with Revolver Books, Rotterdam
2005
Model City
Artefact magazine, Issue 4, Glocalogue
2005
Live like this
CAMERA AUSTRIA, Kunsthaus Graz, editors Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber
2005
Basis, text for Dijkman/Osterholt
Artis, Bik Van der Pol, Den Bosch
2004
What We Need
Looking, Encountering, Staging, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, distributed by Revolver, Rotterdam
2004
Climate Control
BK Krant Sept/0ct, Bik Van der Pol
2004
interview with Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi, Pages
Fucking good art 2
2003
Voor de gelegenheid ben ik vandaag niet in het zwart gekomen...
text as rection to Frank Vande Veire's Pamflet over Kunst, at TENT, Rotterdam, Bik Van der Pol, Rotterdam
2001
Conceptuele Democratie. Van structuur naar communicatieve handeling: een platform voor het leven
Metropolis M, Dec. 2001, Bik Van der Pol
2001
Artist contribution
Witte Raaf no.93, sept/oct., Bik Van der Pol
1999
The Discursive Sculpture
Collect/Recollect, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen/NAI publishers, Maria Lind, Rotterdam
reviews
2023
Viewing Velocities: time in contemporary art
Marcus Verhagen, Verso London
2022-02-27
Overvloed, onbehagen en verlies
MetropolisM, Manus Groenen
2022
At The Edges Of Sleep
Moving Images And Somnolent Spectators, Jean Ma, University of California Press
2019-12-01
Blowing up the castle... Imagine that! - Bik Van der Pol on their show in Warsaw's CCA
MetropolisM, Weronika Trojanska
2019
ZUS: middelpunt in de cruciale ontwikkeling van het Schieblock
Vers beton, Pieter Kusters, Rotterdam
2018
The Undutiful Daughter’s Concept of Archival Metabolism
e-flux journal no 93, Doreen Mende
2017
Public space, lost and found
Le Quotidien de l'Art, Hors serie, Stephen Wright
2016-06-16
Fijne reis langs 25 jaar expositiegeschiedenis
NRC Handelsblad and NRC.next, Janneke Wesseling
2016-02-18
Four Parrots in a Cage Isn’t Art! Four Parrots in a Cage Isn’t Art
Hyperallergic, Scout MacEachron
2015-03-01
Abstract Habitats: Installations of Coexistence and Coevolution
Greyroom 59, Sven Lütticken
2014-02-01
Liberation through Laziness. Some chronopolitical remarks
Mousse 42, Sven Lütticken
2014-01-01
We willen in beweging brengen wat gestold is, interview
Puntkomma 9, Hugo Bongers
2013-10-01
Work and Play
Frieze Magazine, Nick Aikens
2012-08-22
Do It Yourself. Kunstenaarsinitiatieven en collectieve herontwikkeling in Rotterdam
Archined, Moosje Goosen
2012-03-01
Temporality, Sociality, Publicness: Cinema as Art Project
Afterall, Journal 29, Maeve Connolly
2011-01-01
2011-01-01
Gracieus falen
Metropolis M nr. 2, Niels van Manen
2011
Frieze project Bik Van der Pol
Lauren Meir
2010-09-01
Once More on Publicness: A Postscript to Secret Publicity
Fillip 12, Sven Lütticken
2010-04-01
Portscapes
Artforum picks, Miguel Amado
2010-01-01
Charming the Snake of Reason
Tim Corballis
2010
What Are We Doing?
Abitare 506, Paola Nicolin
2010
Around the idea of disappearance: Bik Van der Pol
Domus, Angelique Campens
2010
Crack. Koen van den Broek. Painting.
de Witte Raaf 147, Maarten Liefooghe
2009-10-14
In Conversation: Bik Van der Pol with Molly Nesbit
on the occasion of the exhibition, Casco Issues XI, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Edition III, Molly Nesbit
2009-09-01
Generosity is the new political
Frieze magazine, issue 125 , Andrew Hunt
2009-08-28
Fake Dutch 'moon rock'reveiled
BBC News
2009-07-01
Man On The Moon, In Memory of Michael Jackson
Metropolis M, Moosje Goosen
2009-01-01
Interview with Bik Van der Pol
The Shift, Aneta Szylak
2009
For Reasons of State, The Traces of The Secrets
Yale University Press, New Haven, Angelique Campens
2008-06-26
Three Artists Do it Themselves
New York Sun, Daniel Kunitz
2008-06-20
Just Enough Seriousness to Go Around
New York Times, Roberta Smith
2008-05-01
For REASONS of STATE @ The Kitchen
whitehot magazine, Jan Van Woensel
2008-03-01
Conversation with Bik Van der Pol
Revue 02, Guillaume Désanges
2008-01-01
When is a proposal art? Public space, contemporary art and the social agenda
InContext 3, Mark Pimlott
2008-01-01
In Context 3 – What is difficult?
David Blamey
2008
Nightcomers at the 2007 Istanbul Biennial: revolution or counter-revolution?
Art & Research, Volume 2, no 1, Sarah-Neel Smith
2007-03-01
Nomads in Residence/No.19, Un Atelier Nomade aux Pays-Bas
Avivre no 35, pp 122-125
2007-03-01
Past Imperfect, a conversation with Bik Van der Pol
Untitled 41, pp 40-45, Andrew Bonacina
2007-03-01
Interview
Artforum, Jennifer Allen
2007-01-01
Sunset Cinema. Trans(ient) City, Urban Landmarks - Community Life Urban Lab
BOM publishers
2007-01-01
Nomads in Residence/No.19
in: Spacecraft, Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts. Publ. Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, Ed. Lukas Feireiss and Robert Klanten
2007-01-01
Reasons for optimism: Rob Garrett finds a welcome note of lightness played out at the 10th International Istanbul Biennial
Rob Garett
2007
Sunset Cinema in: Trans(ient) City, Urban Landmarks - Community Life Urban Lab.
Curator: Hou Hanru. BOM publishers.
2006-09-01
Interview in Tubelight
Tubelight 46, Angelique Spaninks, Marie Snauwaert
2006-09-01
Secret Svengali
Fillip 4, Zoe Gray
2006
Did you know that....
infotext Plug In 28, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Raimundas Malasauskas
2006
With Love From The Kitchen, review
Open Magazine, No.9, Jennifer Allen
2005-12-01
REC.
ArtForum, December 2005 Vol. 44, No. 4, Jennifer Allen
2005-01-01
The Other Side of the Story
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Hans-Dieter Huber
2005-01-01
In the peripheries of the studio. The early works and practice of Bik van der Pol
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Wouter Davidts
2005-01-01
Beyond Institutional Critique: Modest proposals made in the spirit of 'necessity is the master of invention'
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Charles Esche
2005-01-01
Cultural Gifting
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Mary Jane Jacob
2005-01-01
A lack in the art world, and beyond. Interview with Bik Van der Pol
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Arno van Roosmalen
2005-01-01
At the invitation of Bik Van der Pol
Bik Van der Pol, With Love From The Kitchen, Jan Verwoert
2005
2005
Secret Publicity, Essays on Contemporary Art
NAI publishers, Sven Lütticken
2004-12-01
Mobiler Kunstleratelier in Utrecht
Detail, Zeitschrift fur Architektur + Baudetail, pp 1466-1469
2004-09-01
Teasing Minds Insert
Drucksache Fall 04, Kunstverein München, publ. Revolver, Maria Lind
2004-04-01
Nomads in Residence, Mobile Studio or Artists
A+U, Young Architects in The Netherlands, issue 403, pp 76-79
2004-03-01
The Possibility Forum
Arco contemporary art, no. 31, pp 38-41, Charles Esche
2004-01-01
This Is Going To Be Really Funny: Notes On Art, Its Institutions, and Their Presumed Criticality
Spin Cycle, pp 33-34, co-publsihed by Spike Island and Systemisch, Bristol, Maria Lind
2004-01-01
A Talk With Bik Van der Pol
De Paviljoens: Journal of a Building 1992-2004, pp 150-157, publ. by de Paviljoens, Almere
2004-01-01
Procesos Abiertos / Open Processes, Ajuntament de Terrassa (Spain)
production and distribution by Actar PRO, edited by Manuel Olveira
2004-01-01
Interview with Bik Van der Pol
Open Issues Number One, S.R. Kucharski
2004-01-01
Moskva Ter (Gravitation)
publ by Ludwig Museum, Budapest
2004-01-01
Installation Art in the New Millennium, The Empire of the Senses
pp 17, publ Thames & Hudson, Nicolas de Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry (ed.)
2003-03-01
Office Piece
Balkon 3/2003, Budapest. pp 35-36, L. Eszter
2003-01-01
Parasite Paradise, Nomads in Residence
Pleidooi voor Tijdelijke Architectuur en Flexibele Stedenbouw, pp. 139-142, published by NAI/SKOR
2003-01-01
Married by Powers, interview
Carole Boulbes, MUDAM
2003-01-01
Bik Van der Pol on their show at Casco
Metropolis M nr. 4, Lisette Smits
2002-10-23
Een allegorie van het menselijk tekort
Volkskrant, Merlijn Schoonenboom
2002-09-01
East International
Art Monthly pp 33-35, John Slyce
2002-09-01
Simply Disappeared
Re-Magazine, John, A Magazine About One Person, issue 9, publ Artimo, Amsterdam
2002-09-01
Secrecy and Publicity
New Left Review, vol.17, Sven Lutticken
2002-06-01
Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel)
Kunstforum, Bd. 160, Michael Hauffen
2002-01-01
Models of Criticality
catalogue to the exhibition Zusammenhänge herstellen/Contextualize, Kunstverein Hamburg, Maria Lind
2002
Married by Powers
synesthesie, Anne Bonnin
2002
Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel)
Kunstforum Bd 160, 2002. pp 417-419, Michael Hauffen
2001-09-05
Elle Deco
Art & Design, Noriko Kawakami
2001-09-01
Lee Lozano and Bik Van der Pol
Frieze, Issue 61, April Lamm
2001-08-24
Going Dutch
Asahi Evening News, Monti Dipietro
2001-03-20
Gallery Guide New York Times
Holland Cotter
2001-02-01
Bik Van der Pol: Sculpture and its double
NY Arts, Vol. 6, no.2, Raul Zamudio
2001
Randomly Shooting a Gun into a Crowd and other Acts of Beauty
essay for White Box gallery, New York City, Raul Zamudio
2000
A Condensed International Melange, on Clockwork 2000
New York Times, May 26, 2000 , Holland Cotter
2000
The Powderroom
Documents sur l'Art No 12, pp 394-397, Vincent Pecoil
1999-01-01
Bik Van der Pol, The Bookshop Piece
Archis 5, Jelle Bouwhuis
1999
Disco's
de Gelderlander, Martin Pieterse
1999
sublimit-men vad vill de
Aftonbladet, feb 27, 1999, Mats Sjernstedt
1999
Rum for kreativitet
Helsingborgs Dagblad 30-1-1999 , Soren Sommelius
1999
Allt och ingenting ar sumblimt
Sydsvenskan, january 25, 1999, Ponus Kyander
1999
Rooseum visar det sublima
Arbetet Nyheterna, january 10, 1999, Stefan Ersgak
1999
sublim kost pa Rooseum
Arbetet Nyheterna, january 23, 1999, Anna Lindblom
1999
En fulltraff pa Rooseum
Lans Tidning, February 6, 1999, Marika Wachtmeister
1999
det ongripbars skrack och hanryckening
Svenska Dgabladet, February 6, 1999, Marten Cartsenfors
1999
Tecken i tiden
Boras Tidning, February 2, 1999, Britta Ortsadius
1999
skrack, dod och skonhet
Kristianstadbladet, January 30, 1999, Maria Wachtmeister
1999
Rooseum hyllar det sublima
Nya Lans-Tidningen/Nya Lidkopings T, February 1, 1999, Charpentier, C.J.
1999
Nio utstallningar grupperade kring ett tema
Hallandsposten, February 17, 1999, Jorgen Klinthage
1999
Rooseum har hittat tillbaka
Norra Skane, February 2, 1999, , Jorgen Klinthage
1999
Mellan plattheten och det sublima
Arbetet Nyheterna, 8/2/99, Jorgen Klinthage
1999
Malmo and Stockholm, exhibitions of contemporary art
The Bington Magazine, June 1999, Simon Wallis
1999
Det Sublime i Malmo
Berlingske Tidende 10/2/99, Mai Misfeldt
1998-05-16
On The Bookshop Piece
Vrij Nederland, Frank van der Stok
1998-05-15
A Tour through Chelsea, The New Center of Gravity
New York Times, Holland Cotter
1998-01-01
Keuken Douche Boekwinkel
Metropolis M 2, pp 32-35, Domeniek Ruyters
1998
Raumnachbildung und Erfahrungsraume / Spatial Facsimiles and Ambient Spaces
Cumulus, Parkett, No. 54, pp 186-194, Maria Lind
1998
Copies, Reflections, Models
Index p. 21, 1/1998, pp. 70-74, Maria Lind
1998
It Really Works
dArt International, Vol.!, no.3, Fall, 1998, pp. 30-31, Carl Skelton
1998
Chelsea galleries
NY Arts, 22, June 1998, Meg Blackburn
1998
The Bookshop Piece
Time Out, Issue No.138, May 14-21, 1998, Robert Mahoney
1997-09-01
EAST
Art Monthly, No 209, pp 37-39, Sotiris Kyriacou
1997-07-27
The Truly East Of England Sow
The Guardian, Independent on Sunday, Tim Hilton
1997-01-01
Beyond Ethics and Esthetics
ed by Jeanne van Heeswijk and Ine Geevers, publ SUN, Nijmegen, Tys Goldschmidt,
1997-01-01
Perish
Metropolis M 4, p 63, Annie Fletcher
1997-01-01
Arno van Roosmalen en Anke Bangma, tentoonstellingsmakers
Metropolis M 1, pp 46-49, Domeniek Ruyters
1996-07-09
The Bookshop Piece zaait verwarring
Rotterdams Dagblad, Esther Rosenberg
1996
ICA Bulletin
ICA, London, July 1996
1996
Het Grote Verlangen
GemeenteMuseum, Arnhem, Introduction, 1996
1996
Peiling 5
Stedelijk Museum Bulletin, no. 28, 1996
1996
Vervlogen dromen
Parool, April 6, 1996, Jim Lamoree
1996
Het spijt me
NRC Handelsblad, April 12, 1996, Hans Den Hartog Jager
1996
Een passage van sluizen, tochtstrips en bouillonblokjes
Volkskrant April 12, 1996, Wilma Suto
1996
Appel blazen. Over engagement in de kunst / Call to order. On engagement in art
Hans van Houwelingen, Amsterdam
1995
Tacita Dean; Bik, Fillingham & Van der Pol, Cubitt
Time Out, 6-13 December, 1995, Mark Currah, London
1995
Around The Galleries
The Times ARTS, November 28, 1995, Sacha Craddock, London
grants and residencies
2026
Aarden in de Polder
miniresidency MyVillages/Rural School of Economics, Hornhuizen
2025
Niederösterreich/ Archiv der Zeitgenossen AIR – Artist in Residence
Krems and der Donau, Austria
2024
Croatian Association of Fine Artists, HDLU, Research residency
Zagreb
2021
VOLT, Research residency and artist talk
Bergen, Norway
2021
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Research residency
Rijeka
2021
School of Casablanca
research residency and public programme, Think Art, Casablanca
2020-2024
School of Casablanca, Research residency
Casablanca
2019
Ujazdowski Castle, Centre for Contemporary Art, Research residency
supported by Mondriaan Foundation, Warsaw
2018
Exeter Culture, Creative Practitioner commission
Exeter, UK
2018
Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence
San Francisco
2016
Air Berlin Alexanderplatz, Artist in Residence
supported by Mondriaan Foundation, Berlin
2014
Hendrik Chabot award 2014
Rotterdam
2014
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Research Residency
Miami
2013
CAPACETE entretenimentos, ROAD/BOAT 3.1.8
supported by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, Amazon, Brazil
2011
CCS Bard College, Artists in Residence
supported by Fonds BKVB, Annondale-on-Hudson, NY
2010
Enel Contemporanea Award 2010
MACRO — Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome and Enel, Rome
2009
2009
Cove Park, research residency
Cove, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
2009
CCA Glasgow, research residency
Glasgow, Scotland
2009
Elam University / One day Sculpture
research project, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
Western Front, Artist in Residence
Vancouver
2008
Virtueel Museum, Artist in Residence
Platform 21, Zuidas, Amsterdam
2008
2008
Lucas Artist Program, Artist in Residence
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, USA
2007
Platform Garanti, research residency
supported by Fonds BKVB (as part of Istanbul Biennale 2007)
2006
In Context 3, Research grant
South Dublin Arts Council, Dublin
2004
Study trip Eastern Europe, Research grant
supported by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2002
Projectstudio, Artist in Residence
supported by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, Berlin
2001
IASPIS, Artist in Residence
Stockholm, Sweden
2000
1999
International Studio Program, PS1, Artist in Residence
supported by Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, New York
1999
Studio of Young Artist's Association, research residency
Budapest
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