Born in 1973, Bromley, Kent, UK
Lives and works in Amsterdam

Education
1996-2000
Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Solo Exhibitions
2011
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam

2010
Gallery Conradi, Hamburg
Wowwowwonders in me, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam

2008
Better Spectacles, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam

2006
Some Say Rain is Coming, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam

2005
Griffioen, VU, Amstelveen

Group Exhibitions
2011
Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs Nominees, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Gabriel Rolt

2010
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Gabriel Rolt
Art Brussel, Galerie Gabriel Rolt

2009
Pictures in the Reflection of a Golden horn, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Lucid dream, Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin
All my friens are dead, Maertz gallery, Leipzig
Signs of the Apocalypse/rapture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Remain in Light, W139, Amsterdam
Art Brussel, Galerie Gabriel Rolt
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Gabriel Rolt

2008
Nada, miami, Galerie Gabriel Rolt
Volta, Basel, Galerie Gabriel Rol
Chicago Art fare, Galerie Gabriel Rolt

2007
Summer Show, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
Art Amsterdam
Arco 07 Projects, Madrid
Art Rotterdam

2006
The Kids Are Alright, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
District Q, Respect The Architect, Rotterdam
District Q, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

2000
Graduation Show, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

Projects
2010
WOWWOWwonders in me
i.c.w. Anouk van Dijk DC
Premiere
Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
A metal bucket, a lamp, a trench coat and a top hat – that's all that Anouk van Dijk's four dancers need to transform the stage into a world where beauty and decay, hope and doubt, and motion and immobility keep each other in balance. The production Wowwowwonders in me is inspired by the work of the painter Nik Christensen, whose paintings portray ominous scenes, in which insecure beings move through an unpredictable world. The paintings of Nik Christensen had already been a source of inspiration for the choreography Bliss, which Anouk van Dijk made in 2007 for the dancers of the Beijing Modern Dance Company. For the creation of Wowwowwonders in me Nik Christensen was involved from the beginning and a, fruitful and inspirational collaboration between Anouk van Dijk and him developed.

2005
The Arms of Silence and Slow Time, Individual Project, Amsterdam Art LA, Raid Projects, Los Angeles

2004
Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Lectures
2009
Dog troupe, Rietveld Academie

Publications
2010
De Volkskrant, Zwabberig beeld met licht als personage (Anouk van Dijk DC)
Het Parool, Creeren en Controle, een Spanningsveld (Anouk van Dijk DC)

2009
Pictures in the Reflection of a Golden Horn, De Fabriek, Eindhoven (catalogue)
Remain in Light, W139 (catalogue)

2008
Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture, Front Forty Press, Chicago
Het Financieel Dagblad, review
Het Parool, Het Harde Geluid van Sneeuw, Jhim Lamoree

2007
Mister Motley, Poezie in Inkt en Ecoline, T. Faber en W. Windhorst
De Groene Amsterdammer, Optimisme komt niet Vanzelf, B. Mebius

2006
Kunstbeeld #11, Review
NRC Handelsblad, Ezelman in Rook en Regen, M. Leij
NRC Next,

Nik Christensen, On The Inside of Jokes, A. Bluhm, S. Smallenburg, M.C.Ladd

Collections
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
De Nederlandsche Bank
Gilissen Private Bankers

Nik Christensen
+31.6.43201591
info[at]nikchristensen.com

Nik Christensen is represented by:

Gallerie Gabriel Rolt
Elandsgracht 34
1016 TW Amsterdam +31.20.7855146

www.gabrielrolt.com
gallery[at]gabrielrolt.com