Biography Aernout Mik (Groningen, The Netherlands, 1962)
Lives and works in Amsterdam.
1983-1988 Academie Minerva, Groningen
1987-1988 Ateliers ’63, Haarlem
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1990
Voorwerk, Witte de With, Rotterdam
1992
Für Nichts und Wieder Nichts, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
The Philosophy of Furniture, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam (with Adam Kalkin)
1995
Wie die Raume gefüllt werden müssen, Kunstverein Hannover
Stuffed, Weak and Filthy, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
1997
Biennale di Venezia, Dutch Pavilion, Venice (with Willem Oorebeek)
1998
Hongkongoria, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (with Marjoleine Boonstra)
1999
Small Disasters, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Hanging Around, Projektraum Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Softer Catwalk in Collapsing Rooms, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
Piñata, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
2000
Primal gestures, minor roles, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Simultantengang, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 3 Crowds, ICA, London
2001
The Powerplant, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
1988
Een Grote Activiteit / A Great Activity, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990
Scanning 1990, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
1991
Dutch entry Bienal internacional de São Paulo, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1994
Spellbound: Inez van Lamsweerde, David Bade, Aernout Mik, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam; Centro Cultural de Bélem, Lisbon; Asociación Cultural Cruce, Madrid
1995
A night at the show, Field, Zürich
Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1996
The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
1997
Booster Up Dutch Courage, L.A. International Biennial, Los Angeles; W139, Amsterdam
Standort Berlin: Places to stay, Büro Friedrich, Berlin
1998
Ironisch/Ironic, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
Mise en Scène, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz Pictures for the Blue Room, NIFCA, Helsinki
1999
A Touch of… Evil, Metronom, Barcelona
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne
In All the Wrong Places, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
EXTRAetORDINAIRE, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors PosttragikoMik, Palazzo delle Pape, Siena
2000
Still Moving, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2001
Exploding Cinema/Cinema without Walls, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam