Aernout Mik

Born in Groningen in 1962. Lives and works in Amsterdam • Solo exhibitions (selection): 1997 XLVII Venice Biennale, Dutch Pavilion, with Willem Oorebeek • 1999 “Small Disasters”, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam; “Softer Catwalk ...”, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin; Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem • 2000 “Primal Gestures, Minor Roles”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; “Simulantengang”, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel • Group exhibitions (selection): 1997 “Booster Up Dutch Courage”, L.A. International Biennial, Los Angeles “places to stay”, BüroFriedrich 1998 Hongkongoria, in “NL Dutch art from the collection of the Van Abbemuseum”, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (with Marjoleine Boonstra); “Do All Oceans have Walls?”, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen; “Roommates”, Museum van Loon (curator ZAPP magazine), Amsterdam; “Mise en Scéne”, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; “Pictures for the Blue Room”, Vigeland Museum, Oslo • 1999 “A Touch of ... Evil”, Metronom, Barcelona; “Nur Wasser lässt sich leichter schneiden”, Neumühlen, Hamburg; “Hollandkindergartenjapanbondage”, De Vleeshal, Middelburg; “Panorama 2000”, Centraal Museum, Utrecht; “PosttragikoMik”, Palazzo-Delle Papese, Siena • 2000 “Territory”, Tokyo City Opera Gallery, Tokyo