Berndnaut Smilde
Groningen, 1978
lives and works in Amsterdam

Education
2003-2005 MA Fine Art, Frank Mohr Institute, Hanzehogeschool, Groningen
1997-2001 BA Fine Art, Minerva Academy, Hanzehogeschool, Groningen

Solo Exhibitions
2013 Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, US
2012 Platform 57, The Haque
2010 Bunker project, Galerie West, The Hague
------- Nimbus, Probe, Arnhem
2009 Carcass Divided, De Kijkkasten, Amsterdam
2008 Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, IE
2007 MOOT Gallery, Nottingham, UK
------- Collectie Marcel, DISplay, NP3, Groningen

Group Exhibitions
2013 The Uncanny, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK
------- Conversation 6, SFAC Galleries, San Francisco, US
------- Collectie Manders - Naar eenvoud en verstilling, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
------- Solid Enough To Be Inhabited, Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, DE
------- Art 13, London, UK
------- Re:Rotterdam, Rotterdam
------- The Cloud, De Meerse, Hoofddorp
------- Bologna Art Fair, Bologna, IT
2012 Out of focus: Photography, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
------- Keywords 2012: Asynchronous Lifeworld, Juming Museum, Taipai, TW
------- ManifestAanwezig, Kasteel D' Aspremont-Lynden, Rekem, BE
------- Red Sky at Night, Mercer Union, Toronto, CA
------- Chaos Theory, Sala, Murat, Bari, IT
------- Nofound Photo Fair, Paris, FR
------- Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, TR
------- Viaggio al centro della Terra, Palazzo della Frumentaria, Sassari, IT
------- Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
------- Fragile, Atelier Tarwewijk, Rotterdam
------- Utrecht Manifest No.4, Rotsoord, Utrecht
------- Supermarket 2012, with Tupajumi, kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE
------- Unflattened, Tape, Arnhem
------- Re:Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2011 Multi Solo, Tetem, Enschede
------- OSTRALE'011, Dresden, DE
------- Kammerspiele, Mischpoke, Mönchengladbach, DE
------- Zomerexpo 2011, Gemeentemuseum, The Haque
------- Partial Illusion-Defiliecour Ekstra, Runde Ecke, Dresden, DE
2010 O Fortuna, Biënnale Gelderland, with Suze May Sho, Museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen
------- I Am Solitary I Am An Army, curated by Beers.Lambert, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
------- Cantavida, with Butje (Vincent Bruijn/Jeroen Brouwer/Berndnaut Smilde), Secondroom, Brussels, BE
2009 TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, Live at No. 8, Galway, IE
------- Automatic, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak & Gavin Murphy, Auto Italia South East, London, UK
------- Automatic, Pallas Contemporary projects, Dublin, IE
------- Welcome to the Neighbourhood, curated by Michele Horrigan, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, IE
------- The Art and Collections III, DISplay, NP3, Groningen
------- Top 40, L.A. Centre of Digital Art, Los Angeles, and UCR California Museum of Photography, US
2008 Ut-Opia / Super City, Expodium, Utrecht
------- Visit.2008, Open studios Dublin, IMMA-ARP studios, Dublin, IE
------- NP3's Grande Biennale: Concours Néerlandais, Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar
------- Piece of the pie, Minerva Academy, Groningen
2007 Your Live Is Now A Little Shorter, My House Projects, Derby, UK
------- One; & the other painting, curated by Tim Chen Chuanxi, W139/basement, Amsterdam
------- Npeg, videobusstop, NP3, Groningen
------- Focus & diversity, alumnishow, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
------- She gave her hands to callosity, with Jeroen Brouwer, Medium Gallery, Groningen
2006 Intercity, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
------- = More, Kunstvlaai 6, Amsterdam
2005 Frank Mohr at OC&W, Department of Education, Science and Culture, The Hague
------- Trailer, Final Presentation MFA Painting, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
------- Things Apart, with Jeroen Brouwer, Expodium, Utrecht
------- De Brink, with Jeroen Brouwer, Hunze & Aa’s Waterschap, Veendam
------- FMI in Minerva Academy, Groningen
------- MFA DEFKA, DEFKA, Assen
------- PPF, curated by Roos Gortzak, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen
2004 WHITE, with Jeroen Brouwer, Galerie Sign, Groningen
------- Sporen van het spullenbeest, curated by Wim T. Schippers, University Museum, Groningen
------- Qlub ID, with Jeroen Brouwer and Vincent Bruijn, NP3, Groningen
2003 Photophuck, NP3, Groningen
2002 Art Primeur 2002, CBK, Dordrecht
------- Lentesalon, with Jeroen Brouwer, Pictura, Groningen
------- DeFKa, Assen
2001 Galerie Boven De Bank, Groningen
------- Galerij de Lawei, Drachten
------- Final Presentation Minerva Academy, Groningen

Grants/Awards
2013 YGA II, NP3 and Groninger Museum
2012 Winner Ranking the arts, NP3
------- Nomination The Silver Re:ward during Re: Rotterdam
2010 Shortlist nomination Szpilman Award
2008 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Artists' Residency Programme, Dublin, IE
------- Dutch Embassy, projectgrant
2006 Fonds BKVB, Startstipendium

Commissions
2009 GVB public transport, Amsterdam
2005 Hunze & Aa’s Waterschap, Assen

Collections
------- Smithsonian
------- Saatchi
------- DSM
------- Museum van Bommel van Dam
------- McCarthy Tetrault LLP
------- Privat collections

Events
2013 Lecture, Koret Auditorium, Main Library, San Francisco
2012 What's up #49, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
------- Ignite 19, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
------- Patchbox, Elsewhere Factory, Cargo, Rome, IT
------- Cumulus, Hotel MariaKapel, Hoorn
------- ButjePoster, with Butje, Re:Rotterdam
------- Fitax 500, Tupajumi, Nest, The Hague
2011 Fitax 750, Tupajumi, Tent, Rotterdam

Media
2013 The Avant/Garde Diaries
------- Interview, Discovery Channel TV
------- Bullit -The Magazine, Red Bull, Servus TV
------- Interview Reuters, London
2012 Interview BBC, The Hague
------- Radio interview, labyrint, Radio 1
------- Galileo, Tango film, ProSieben
------- Radio interview, De heer ontwaakt, Radio 2
------- Radio interview, Creative Mojo, Mark Lipinski
------- Radio interview, Dit is de dag, Radio 1
------- RTV Noordholland, Noord-Hollands Diep
------- TV interview, Noordhollands Dagblad
2011 TV interview, City Vision, Mönchengladbach
2010 Radio interview, Radio Discus, The Haque

Publications/Articles
2013 Showcase, Amandas Ong, Elephant, Issue 14
------- Advies nummer 1..., Joep van Ruiten, Dagblad v/h Noorden
------- Ooggetuige, De Standaard
------- Inspiratie uit wolken, Annelies Verbeke, NRC
------- Uitgelicht:Het wezen van de wolk, Tonie Mudde, de Volkskrant
------- Dubbelzinnige Namaakwolken, Margriet van der heijden, NRC
------- Ein Hauch von Himmel, Barbara Hein, art - Das Kunstmagazin No 3
------- Reviews: Berndnaut Smilde, Alexander Mayhew, Metropolis M, No 1
------- Natuurlijke Maakbaarheid, Martin Hoorweg, What's UP nr.14
------- Head in the Clouds, Elizabeth Kramer, The Courier-Journal
------- Naar eenvoud en verstilling, Collectie Manders, Museum Bommel van Dam (Catalogue)
------- The Uncanny, Ronchini Gallery (Catalogue)
------- De Wolken van Groninger Berndnaut Smilde, Sabeth Snijders, NRC
2012 ICE Magazie 9, Istanbul Contemporary
------- It's Nice That Annual 2012
------- Best inventions of the year 2012, TIME Magazine
------- Blue sky thinking, Suellen Grealy, Luxure, Fairless issue 11
------- Clouded, Jonathan Levitt, Vantage Shanghai
------- Creative Quarterly No 27
------- Make 8elief, issue 2
------- Artistas en las Nubes, Roberto Bosco and Stefano Caldana, El Pais.com
------- A Chaos Theory, (catalogue)
------- This could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Kunstweekend Charlois 2012 (Catalogue)
------- Artist Conjures Real-Life Clouds Inside the Gallery, Georgina Wells, Artlog.com
------- Berndnaut Smilde Clouds, Vault, Vaultmagazine.com
------- The science of Nimbus D'Aspremont, zaza, Artvangar.de
------- Deck the halls wit clouds, Christine Ottery, NewScientist
------- Berndnaut Smilde@ Saatchi, Niels Post, Trendbeheer
------- Met Berndnaut in de wolken, Vibeke Mascinii, MisterMotley.nl
------- An art experiment, Clare Robson, Flaneur.com
------- Nederlandse stapelwolk vindt onderdak in Londen, Henny de Lange, Trouw
------- Teodora Mousseva, Capital Light, No15
------- Saatchi Gallery in Londen koopt Hoorse wolk 'Cumulus', Noordhollands Dagblad
------- Unflattened, fluoroDigital
------- Berndnaut Smilde, Vibeke Mascinii, MisterMotley.nl
------- Meet the man by the name ..., Robert Overweg, Overdose.am
------- In de cloud, Corrie Gerritsma, Bright, vol 8, nr 45
------- Memo - Grandi Magazzini Culturali, No 6
------- Artist Berndnaut Smilde creates indoor clouds, Maura Judkis, The Washington Post
------- Meet de man who can control The weather:.., Laura Cox, Mail Online
------- Floating cloud installation by Berndnaut Smilde, Leigda db, Design Boom
------- Artist creates clouds for fleeting installation, ABCnews.com
------ Manmade clouds, Samuel medina, Architizer
------- Artist suspends real clouds in the middle of the room, Lauren Davis, I09
------- Berndnaut Smilde, Anneli Botz, Ignant.de
------- Berndnaut Smilde: Clouds, en.étapes.com
------- Artist creates stunning clouds, James Holloway, Gizmag
------ Its Nice That, Bryony Quinn
------- Kunstenaar maakt wolkje in wittte kapel, Connie Vertegaal, Noordhollands Dagblad
2011 O.K. Periodicals #6, Boring Issue
------- Ostrale'011, Slaughterhouse Five, catalogue
------- Slachthof, die Fünfte, Birgit Grimm und Christian Dittmar, Sächsische Zeitung
------- Zomerexpo 2011, Nieuwe meesters van de lage landen (catalogue)
------- Paradiesische Kammerspiele, Armin Kaumanns, Rheinische Post
2010 O Fortuna, Biënnale Gelderland (catalogue)
------- I am solitary I am an army, Beers.Lambert, catalogue
------- Kubistische bouwsels ontberen uitleg, Lennard Dost, Volkskrant
------- Met stip 2010, Fonds BKVB (catalogue)
------- Een boek om mee te slaan, De Fabriek (catalogue)
------- An Endless Supply #10, Curated by Trade
2009 Automatic, Chris Fite-Wassilak & Gavin Murphy, publcation groupshow
------- work published, A-N magazine
------- Neighbourhood watch this, Kevin Corbett, Limerick Leader
------- Practicing a System of Values, Maeve Mulrennan, Publicart.ie
------- Ut-Opia / Super City, Expodium (catalogue)
2008 Re-iconografie, Erik van Tuijn, NP3 (catalogue)
2007 Focus & diversity, Frank Mohr Institute (catalogue)
2006 =More, Frank Mohr Instituut (catalogue)
2005 Gespot, Wim van der Beek, Kunstbeeld no. 9
------- *PPF, Publication groupshow PPF
------- Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Article about Things Apart
2004 NRC, Article about White
------- Dagblad v/h Noorden, article about Club ID
2002 Professionele Kunstenaars, Lotte Haagsma, Tubelight#21
------- Dordtenaar, article about Art Primeur
------- Art Primeur 2002 (catalogue)