Martijn Hendriks
b. Eindhoven, 1973, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Education
1997 – 2002 MA Visual Culture, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Maastricht
1991 – 1994 Academy of Fine Arts/Academie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 Every Reform Movement Has a Lunatic Fringe (with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy), W139, Amsterdam
2011 ALMOST NOTHING AND ALMOST EVERYTHING, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2011 The One Two, Martijn Hendriks and Uta Eisenreich, TAG, The Hague (Curated by Suzanne Wallinga)
2011 Beside Itself, Martijn Hendriks and Bas van den Hurk, Duende, Rotterdam
2010 Martijn Hendriks and Magali Reus, Walden Affairs, The Hague
2010 All That is Solid, RSTR4, Munich
2009 Let’s call the whole thing off, MIC Toi Rerehiko, Auckland (Curated by Nicole Edwards)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Abstract Myths, Nest, Den Haag (curated by Hans den Hartog Jager)
2012 Pigna Project Space, (Drawing) Quote!, (curated by F. Stocchi & N. Oberthaler), Rome
2012 Khaza-ism, Diet, Miami
2012 Reflections on Form, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich
2012 Autumn of Modernism, Temporary Gallery, Koln (Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti)
2012 Minimal Myth, Boijmans van Beuningen (Curated by Francesco Stocchi)
2012 What is the use of being a boy if you are going to grow up to be a man, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (Curated by Alexander Mayhew)
2012 Autumn of modernism, De Vleeshal, Middelburg (Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti)
2012 The Greater Cloud, Nimk, Amsterdam, curated by Petra Heck
2011 I Can’t, I Can, I Care, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti
2011 One place after another, kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg
2011 Format, The Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis
2011 Memery, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams (Curated by Emily Leisz Carr and Oliver Wunsch)
2011 Rhododendron,W139, Amsterdam (Curated by Harm van den Dorpel)
2011 A Leaf Is Crashing On My Window, WCW Gallery, Hamburg
2010 Free, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City (Curated by Lauren Cornell)
2010 Fotografia, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome (Curated by Valentina Tanni)
2010 Catalyst, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC
2010 Smooth Structures, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (Curated by Enough Room for Space)
2010 Input/Output, duo exhibition Ryan Trecartin and Martijn Hendriks, Incubate, Tilburg
2010 Video Feedback, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York NY
2010 An immaterial survey of our peers, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
2010 The Destroyed Room II, Whatspace, Tilburg
2010 The Destroyed Room I, Galerie im Regierungsviertel / Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin
2010 Whole Earth Catalogue, Neoncampobase, Bologna (Curated by Domenico Quaranta)
2010 After Image, School 33, Baltimore MA (Curated by Jamillah James)
2009 Versions, Netherlands Institute for Media Arts Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
2009 Infernal Machine, G39, Cardiff, UK
2009 Imagine, CasZuidas, Amsterdam
2009 Just Add Water, De Soto Gallery, Los Angeles
2009 No Soul for Sale, X-Initiative, New York NY
2009 New Wave, Padiglione Internet, 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice
2009 Michael Jackson Doesn’t Quit, The Future Gallery, Berlin
2009 In Real Life, Capricious Space, New York NY (Curated by Laurel Ptak)
2009 New Genre XVI, Living Arts of Tulsa, Oklahoma
2009 Contemporary Semantics Beta, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2009 Without a Trace, Vooruit, Ghent
2008 When Absence Becomes Presence, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
2008 While We Were Working, Nightingale Theatre, Chicago
2008 Hitchcock, héritiers et détournement, 17e Festival du Film de Vendôme, Vendôme
2008 The Birds without the birds, Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham
2008 Drawing near, then away, FADA Art Gallery, Ankara
2008 Always on your minds, Video Vortex 3, Ankara
2008 Netmares/Netdreams, Current Gallery, Baltimore MA
2008 Los Angeles Works, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
2007 Video Vortex 2, Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
2007 Video as Urban Condition, Lentos Kunstmuseum/Museum of Modern Art Linz, Linz
2007 Untitled Group Show, Atelierhaus Aachen, Aachen
Selected Press
2012
Kunstbeeld, Herfsttij van het modernisme, nr 3 2012
Metropolis M, Dood of levend? Modernisme in Middelburg, February 2012
Volkskrant, Herfsttij van het Modernisme, door Domeniek Ruyters, 9 February 2012
2011
Metropolis M, January 6, 2011. 3 x Den Haag: Tag, 1646, Walden Affairs. Review of Martijn Hendriks and Magali Reus, Walden Affairs, The Hague, by Alexander Mayhew
2010
NRC, December 3, 2010. Onmogelijke doelen. Review of Smooth Structures,
Smart Project Space, Amsterdam by Hans den Hartog Jager
HART, December 2, 2010. Tijd en ruimte glijden door de vingers. Review of Smooth Structures,
Smart Project Space, Amsterdam by Machteld Leij
Artslant, December 10, 2010. Grasping the Ungraspable. Review of Smooth Structures,
Smart Project Space, Amsterdam by Nicola Bozzi
The New York Times, October 22, 2010. A Show Is All Cyber, Some of the Time.
Review of Free at the New Museum, New York City by Karen Rosenberg
Artinfo, October 28, 2010. FREE. Review of Free at the New Museum, New York City
This is Tomorrow, December 7, 2010. Free. Review of Free at the New Museum, New York City by Gaia Tedone
New Scientist, October 28, 2010. The Many Faces of Freedom. Review of Free at the New Museum, New York City by Amy Maxmen
Post Internet. Essays on four works by Martijn Hendriks. Gene McHugh for 122909a.com
2009
Versions – Connecting and Commenting. Andrea Alessi for Artslant.com
Dit is versie 12 van de kunst. Review of Versions at Netherlands Media Art Institute, NRC
Mediacultuur. Kunstzone Oct 2009
XXXXXXXXX in the Expanded Field. Artist project published by Private Circulation
2008
YouTube Erasures. The Atlantic, December
Martijn Hendriks. Interview with Chief Magazine, Brooklyn, December
Web of Guise. Baltimore City paper, October
Martijn Hendriks: Interview by Committee. ARTLURKER, August
Los pájaros’ sin pájaros: Martijn Hendriks propone una mirada iconoclasta sobre Hitchcock. Cahiers du Cinema Spain, July-August
Terror invisible, Haciendo Cine, July issue
Grants and awards
2009 Basisstipendium Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam
2008 Kraft Prize for New Media, Washington Project for the Arts and The Phillips Collection, Washington DC
