Wjm Kok
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Born 1959, in Utrecht, The Netherlands Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
1980-1981 St. Joost, Breda 1981-1984 AKI, Enschede 1984-1986 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
Solo exhibitions
1990 De Waag, Leiden 1992 Momentary Modern, Amsterdam 1994 De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam 1994 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1999 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2001 Either way, CNR, Melbourne, Australia 2003 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Kunstbunker, Forum für zeitgenössische Kunst e.V., Nuremberg, Germany 2006 Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2010 Push Pull, WJM Kok, Frank Mandersloot and collection, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede 2012 More than One of Each, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2015 Monochromes, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2018 White Monochrome Wall Painting, Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam 2019 Mix (Monochrome with Paul Goede), Galerie van Gelder & AP, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions
1989 De Gele Rijder, Arnhem 1989 Prix de Rome, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam 1990 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, cat. 1990 Koninklijke Subsidie, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam 1991 About Painting, Artis, Den Bosch 1991 Little Things Mean A Lot, Momentary Modern, Amsterdam 1991 Een Nieuw Jaar, Stelling, Leiden 1992 Beelden uit de Verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden 1992 Voorwerk 3, Witte de With, Rotterdam 1992 Fodor Longa, Res Brevis, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam 1992 Salon Spectacle, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam 1993 Amsterdam, een rijke stad, ICA, Amsterdam 1993 Gemeente Aankopen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1994 Beelden uit de verzameling, Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden 1994 Nieuwe Aanwinsten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1994 Tekeningen & tekeningen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1995 Negen kanten, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1995 De herhaling-die-een-herhaling-is, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1995 Star Projects n° 1, De Etalage, Haarlem 1995 Star Projects n° 2, Graansilo, Amsterdam 1995 Over de Melancholie, Galerie Donia Cieremans, Rotterdam 1996 Sylvie Fleury, W.J.M. Kok, Lily van der Stokker, Associated Publishers, Amsterdam 1997 De verbouwing, de verhuizing & de verandering, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1997 101 tekeningen, Begane Grond, Utrecht 1997 Single answers for no questions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 1998 NL- NZ, Luxus, Den Haag * 1998 Gallery Dessford Vogel, Dunedin, New Zealand * 1998 Room 3, Auckland, New Zealand * 1998 Star Projects n° 7, Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted, Kopenhagen, Denmark 1998 Radical Abstraction, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand 1998 Hotel Winston, kamer no.1, Amsterdam 1999 It takes two to tango, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden 1999 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2000 Wall works / Galerie Stadt München, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam 2002 Het Langhuis, Zwolle 2002 Collectietentoonstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 2003 404 Yellow Pages, Kunsthalle Pallazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, cat.* 2003 404 Yellow Pages, turm Galerie, Helmstedt, Germany, cat.* 2004 Wunderkammer, 3 Hoog, Amsterdam 2004 404 Yellow Pages,Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, cat.* 2004 Wurst Eigenhaut Special Nr. 3, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Abstracte Salon / part two, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, cat. 2005 Wall Works II, Konsortium, Düsseldorf, Germany * 2005 Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA 2005 Winterkou/Winterly cold, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2005 Wall Works II, H29, Brussels, Belgium * 2005 Me, Myself and I, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam 2006 Minder koud/Less cold, AP, Amsterdam 2006 Wall Works II, Fleisch, Berlin, Germany, cat.* 2006 Nederland 1, Museum Gouda, Gouda 2007 Colour first, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2007 Salon #9, Loods 6, Amsterdam 2008 Mudpie - Artistic research on art as art and art and life, W139, Amsterdam 2008 Gegenstandlos, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany 2008 W.J.M. Kok, Guido Münch en Henk Peeters, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen 2008 Clinch / Cross / Cut - Team 404 & John M Armleder, New Jerseyy, Basel, Switzerland 2009 Portrait of the artist as biker, Le Magasin, Grenoble, Switzerland 2009 Abstract, almost abstract, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2010 The Ephemeral, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2010 Dutch Connection, Hebel 121, Basel, Switzerland 2010 Portrait de l'artiste en motocycliste, Musée des Beaux-arts, Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 2010 3rd International Deleuze Studies Conference, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam 2010 Lebt Theo?, GKG / Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany, cat. 2011 Match #3, WJM Kok/Clemens Neumann, K09, Groningen 2011 Apogee, a compilation of solitude, ecology and recreation , JB Lurve, Los Angeles, USA 2011 A for Artists, E for Exhibitions, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, cat. 2011 Vis à vis, Rossi Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Philippe Braem 2011 Kleur, Paraplufabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2012 The only rule is work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, initiator Marijn van Kreij 2012 30 Days of Piece Love and Painting, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam 2014 Concept Store, Nest, The Hague, Netherlands 2015 Postcards are to be looked at, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2015 Hands on Fabrics, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2015 AmiAmi, Atelier KBNC, Les Essarts-le-Roi, France 2016 After Gerolama Cardano's suspense, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2016 Julian Dashper & friends, PS, Amsterdam 2017 The multiple versus series versus a unique work, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2017 Bildersturm - 500 Jahre Reformation, Dialograum "Kreuzung an St. Helena", organised by Evangelisches Forum, Katholisches Bildungswerk, Kunstmuseum Bonn and Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany 2017 Aroundaboutjackjaeger, Kunstverein Langenhagen e.V., Langenhagen, Germany 2018 But as we know it@artist first!, Francis Boeske projects, Amsterdam 2019 Slaap lekker Studio, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2020 Aah-Aah-Way/AAW 2020 multiples, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam 2022 Musée Giezen, Chateau Magny en Bessin, Magny-en-Bessin, Normandy, France 2022 Farbmalereipositionen / Niederlande, VfaKR/Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, Germany, cat. 2023 De/cipher, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, Germany, cat.* 2023 De/cipher, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, cat.* 2023 De pijlen gericht op lijnen, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
* = exhibition on tour
Publications and articles
1989 W.J.M. Kok, Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, nr 4 1989 Prix de Rome, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, catalogue 1990 Lisette Oomen, Leidsch Dagblad, 13/08 1990 Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 13/10 1990 Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, St. Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam 1991 Uitdijende Uniciteit, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, catalogue 1991 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 19/04 1992 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1990, Museum Fodor, catalogue 1992 Anna Tilroe, De Volkskrant, 30/10 1993 Menno Schenke, Algemeen Dagblad, 06/11 1993 Mark Peeters, NRC Handelsblad, 09/07 1993 Amsterdam koopt kunst. Municipal Art acquisitions 1992, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1995 Marina de Vries, Het Parool, 31/03 1995 Pietje Tegenbosch, Het Parool, 13/10 2007 Zonder titel/And and, Cut Magazine, issue 1, December 2011 Lebt Theo?, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., Bonn, catalogue 2022 Farbmalereipositionen / Niederlande, VfaKR/Verein für aktuelle Kunst, catalogue 2023 De/cipher, GKG/Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V., catalogue
Artist's contributions and thesis
1997 Z-Magazine, Sydney, Australia 1998 Circular Magazine, Melbourne, Australia 2004 Annex, Melbourne, Australia 2008 CUT magazine issue # 2, with 'ON' (2008), dvd issued as multiple, signed, dated, numbered 2013 Thirty Sixth Series of the Next Kind of Series, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, thesis PhD 2013 Deleuze and Philosophical Practice, cover image: "WJM Kok, Untitled [Yves Saint Laurent - Opium], 2010. Perfume sprayed on unprimed linen on stretcher." Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, UK
