Cees Krijnen(Velsen, 29 May 1969) completed the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and the postgraduate DasArts course at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. In 1999 he won the Prix de Rome in the Visual Arts/Theater discipline, with a reality project called Financing my Parents Divorce. This was followed by an international tour, the Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour, with exhibitions and performances in New York, London, Paris, Lucerne, Milan, Montreal and other cities. He collaborated with bodywork designer Pininfarina, the British department store chain Selfridges, the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain and the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto. Many projects at home and abroad would follow, often along the same autobiographical basis. The exhibition Antoinette in 2020, among others, documented on the YouTube channel. Cees Krijnen lives and works in Haarlem.
EDUCATION
2013 China studies, Leiden University
1996 - 1998 DasArts, Amsterdam
1990 - 1995 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
AWARDS
2002 Winner VSCD mime prize, Our kind of people, Kas and de Wolf
1999 Winner Prix de Rome VIDEO ►
COMMITTEE MEMBER
2008 - 2009 Fund BKVB , Amsterdam
RESIDENCY
2004 - 2005 Atelier Holsboer, Cité International des Arts, Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Antoinette, 37 PK, Haarlem VIDEO►
2020
NOSEBLEED, Artist First!, Francis Boeske Projects, Amsterdam
2018 The Ultimate Self Portrait 'Learn a trade' Reuten gallery, Amsterdam
2014 Panic Attack, Perception of the Doors, icw Ewald Krijnen, Studio 1.2 Haarlem
2014 Critical Mass, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2012 The Ultimate Self Portrait, Rebirth-day icw Michelangelo Pistoletto, 37PK, Haarlem
2012 The Ultimate Self Portrait, Studio 1.1 London
2012 The Ultimate Self Portrait, 37PK, Haarlem
2011 All or Nothing, Cees Krijnen and Tammo Schuringa, Horizonvertical and Studio 1.2 Haarlem
2011 Everything, featuring Will Cruickshank, Studio 1.1 London, Studio 1.2 Haarlem
2011 Anything Festival Cement, featuring Nelly Frijda, Maastricht
2009 Donot fence me in #6, De Vishal, Haarlem
2009 Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
2009 ART AMSTERDAM
2008 Krijnen Kemna Kenau Kasting, Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
2007 The Stowaway, Studio 1.1, London
2007 De Verstekeling, Het Slot Zeist, Zeist, The Netherlands VIDEO►
2006
De Smartlap, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2006 Krijnen Vs. Rembrandt, deux mères, deux modèles Institut Néerlandais, Paris
2005 Cees and his mother, Rembrandt and his mother, between myth and reality. Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden
2004 Cees Krijnen at Studio 1.1 and verytrolleyGallery, London
2003 Frans Hals Museum, De Hallen, Haarlem
2003 Retrospective, G/BLOK, Selfridges, London
2003 Body Graze, Selfrides, London
2001 Sharing a Sponsor, Dressing the Albanians, UP&CO, NYC The Painkiller Project, UP&CO, NYC
2000 Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour, UP&CO, NYC
2000 Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour, Part II, Renovation/Reconstruction, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam
2000 Overview, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2000 Double Dutch, Job Koelewijn & Cees Krijnen, Laura Pecci Gallery, Milano
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Zomersalon, What is Happening Here WiHH Gallery, Amsterdam
2020 The Everything # 4, shop window Athenaeum Boekhandel, Haarlem
2019 On The Paper Screen , Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2019 Art on Paper, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2019 Boy's don't Cry, Concordia, Enschede
2019 de-Passages: 41m above NAP, CASTELLVM AQVAE, Bloemendaal
2019 18 plus, GALERIA LLUCMAJOR, Mallorca
2017 PORTRAIT, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2016 Works on paper, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2016 Amsterdam Drawing, Amsterdam
2016 LUW, 37PK, Haarlem
2016 Image #2, Museumplein, Amsterdam
2016 Amsterdam Art Fair, Reuten Galerie, Museumplein, Amsterdam
2016 Bodysnatchers, Studio 1.1, London
2015 Amsterdam Drawing 2015, Amsterdam
2015 Works on Paper, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
2015, BEELD, Kunsthal Citroën, Amsterdam
2015 Twee Stemmen, Reuten Gallery, Amsterdam
2015 O MUZE!, Frans Hals museum, de Hallen, Haarlem
2015 A perfect walk, De Meerse, Hoofddorp
2015 Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam Art Fair, Kunsthal Citroën
2014 I am not doing anything until I feel the need, De Nederlansche Bank, Amsterdam
2014 The Passages passing through the Universe Achterhoek, Espace Enny, Laag Keppel
2013 SCHAU FENSTER, Raum für Kunst, Berlin
2012 Your Sores, My Sores, Delta Lloyd, Amsterdam
2012 Maskarade, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
2012 Passages 7, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
2010 No Soul for Sale, TATE Modern, London VIDEO►
2010 Meal of the friends - a group portrait, RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden
2009 Geertgen was hier, De Vishal, Haarlem
2009 B Noticed, the Postmethodists, Lincolnshire, UK
2009 Passages 3: Behind the dike, Willem III, Vlissingen
2009 200 years Prix de Rome, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
2008 Beek als Bron, Beverwijk
2005 NL Portrait, Galerija Klovicevi Dvori, Zagreb
2005 Dutch Touch Paris, BETC EURO RSCG, Paris
2005 Arnhem Mode Biennale, Arnhem
2005 Alias & Alibi, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2004 WONDERHOLLAND, Mercati di Traiano, Rome
2003 ODORAMA, Fondation Cartier, Paris
2003 Beyond Beauty, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2003 Start, Centro Arte Contemporanea Calvalese, Trento
2002 Faces, People and Society, De Hallen, Haarlem
2002 Biennale Montreal III, Canada
2002 Arte al Centro, Pininfarina, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
2002 BIG Torino, Torino Biennale, Italia
2001 The Escape, Biennale Tirana, Albania
2001 BOOM! Manifattura Tabacchi, Firenze
2001 Arte al Centro, Addis, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
2001 The thin glass line, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège
2001 Really, Artists Space, NYC
2001 Mixing Memory and Desire, Neues Kunstmuseum, Luzern
2001 Anno Zero, Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella
2001 L'Art dans le Monde, Pont Alexandre III, Paris
1999 Financing my Parents Divorce, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
1999 CEESKRIJNENCOSMETICS, UP&CO, NYC, Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam
1998 Contemporaryselfportraits, Sean Kelly gallery, NYC
1997 STORM, De Pavilions,
Almere
1995 Graduation Exhibition, G. Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
PEFORMANCES / LECTURES
2020 Nocturnal animals icw Ryanne van Dorst, BNN/VARA
2018 The Ultimate Self Portrait, Athenaeum bookshop Haarlem icw Joubert Pignon
2017 Barbarians and philosophers icw Lulu Wang, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
2016 Bonje met the neighbors ICW Patty Brard and Jochem van Gelder, SBS 6
2016 Two Close for Comfort ICW Adelheid Roosen, Athenaeum Haarlem VIDEO►
2014 Cees Krijnen, How much are you worth? SBS 6
2013 Lulu Wang and Cees Krijnen, Athenaeum bookstore Haarlem VIDEO►
2010
Nothing, TATE Modern, London VIDEO►
2008 Krijnen Kemna Kenau Kasting, Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem
2007 Beacon Art Projects, Let's kick some ass icw Julian Maynard Smith, Maplethorpe, UK. VIDEO►
2005
- 2006 Hamlet, Frascati Amsterdam. Series Nieuwe Theatermakers, NL. Festival a/d Wharf.
2004 Galleryplay, Toneelschuur, Haarlem, Frascati, Amsterdam.
2000 - 2003 Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour; Body Double, Greta II, Selfridges, London/Manchester.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour; The Statue, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour VII; Volksbühne, Niederländische Botschaft, Berlin.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour VI; The Birthdayparty, Charlemagne Chocolate, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour V; Parfum Divorcee, Institut Neerlandais FIAC, Paris.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour IV; Ambasciatrice delledonne divorziate in visita, Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto and Tribunale Biella.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour III; Exkursion zum Amtsgericht in begleitung der anwältin, Lucerne.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour II; Press Conference, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam.
Woman in Divorce Battle on Tour I; VIP Guests Reception, General Consulate Rockefeller Plaza, NYC. TUTORING
2002 - 2008 Hogeschool 's Hertogenbosch, 's Hertogenbosch Willem de Koning Academy, Rotterdam DasArts, Amsterdam St. Joost Academy, Breda
Braziers, Oxfordshire, UK
BOOKS
2020 TH.EVERYTHING #4, published by Cees Krijnen
2019
TH.EVERYTHING #3, published by Cees Krijnen
2018
The Ultimate Self-portrait, 'John go learn a trade!' published by Cees Krijnen
2016
TH.EVERYTHING #2, published by Cees Krijnen
2012
The Ultimate Self Portrait, published by Cees Krijnen
2011
TH.EVERYTHING #1, published by Cees Krijnen
2005
Krijnen Versus Rembrandt, Two Artists, Two Models by Pyjama, Zaandam and Veenman publishers, Rotterdam
2003
G/BLOK, published by Artimo, Amsterdam
VIDEOS
2020 Antoinette VIDEO ►
2010 Nothing Anything Everything - Tate Modern
2008
Krijnen Kemna Kenau Kasting
2007
Beacon Art Project - Let's kick some ass VIDEO ►
2000
Hollandse Helden / Dutch Heroes, published VPRO, winner Gouden Kalf video documentaries 2001
AUDIO CD AND VOCALS
2007 De Verstekeling / The Stowaway, published by Fundament Foundation, Tilburg text: GerardJan Rijnders, composition and vocals: Frédérique Spigt
2000
Hollandse Helden / Dutch Heroes, published VPRO, winner Gouden Kalf video documentaries 2001
