ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT established in 1995

Keilestraat 43E
NL-3029 BP Rotterdam

[www.ateliervanlieshout.com]

JOEP VAN LIESHOUT
born 1963 in Ravenstein
lives and works in Rotterdam since 1987


Education
1980–1985
1985–1987
1987


Academy of Modern Art, Rotterdam
Ateliers '63, Haarlem
Villa Arson, Nice

Awards
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Charlotte Köhler Award    
Prix de Rome Award 
Bolidt Floor Concepts 1995, 1e prize
87. Katalogförderpreis 1996, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung
Anjerfonds - Chabot 1997 Award
Mart Stam 1998 Award
Wilhelmina-Ring, Sculpture Award
Stankowski Award
Kurt Schwitters Award

Solo Exhibitions (selection)
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Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Gallery ‘t Venster, Rotterdam
Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Gallery Gawlik/Schorm, Vienna
Gallery de Bruxelles, Brussels
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Gallery Roger Pailhas, Paris
Gallery 1 og 1, Reykjavik
Gallery Roger Pailhas, Marseille
Gallery Blancpain/Stepczynski, Génève
Gallery Roger Pailhas, Paris
Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Castello Di Rivara, Turin
Gallery Roger Pailhas, Paris
Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Plug In Inc., Winnipeg
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
‘Saucisson’, Gallery Roger Pailhas, Paris
‘Hausfreund I’, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Gallery Rolf Ricke, Cologne
Gallery Gio Marconi, Milan
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, Rabastens
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, Le Parvis, Ibos/Tarbes
Modulare Multi-Frauen-Betten’, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
Centre d’Art et de Culture, Brétigny-sur-Orge
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
‘AVL-Ville’, Festspiele, München
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
AVL Equipment’, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
PS1, New York
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Gallery Gio Marconi, Milan
‘AVL-Ville’, Rotterdam
Camden Arts Centre, London
‘AVL Franchise’, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Gallery Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
‘SM’, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
‘Muscles’, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
Le Rectangle, Lyon, France
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brétigny-sûr-Orge, France
Gallery André Simoens, Knokke, Belgium
Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy
Gallery Tanya Bonakdar, New York
Teutopia’, City of Munich, Germany
Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
'Atelier Van Lieshout. Der Technokrat’, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
‘Atelier Van Lieshout. Der Disziplinator’, MAK, Vienna, Austria
Gallery show at Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen Belgium
Gallery show at Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
‘Atelier Van Lieshout’, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Booth presentation Tanya Bonakdar Gallery at the Armory Show, New York, USA

Group exhibitions (selection)
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‘Een keuze’, KunstRAI, Amsterdam
Sculptures on the hill, Edinbourgh
Usine Ephemere, Paris
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
‘Negen’, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Museo Luigi Pecci, Prato
Kunstverein Dusseldorf
Museum het Kruithuis, Den Bosch
Kunstverein Heinsberg
Gallery Jack Tilton, New York
Vienna Secession, Vienna
‘Het Grote Gedicht’, The Hague
Art Union Europe, Athene
21st Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil
‘Ateliers ‘63’, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble
Le Nouveau Musée/Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne
‘Dutch Design Café’, MOMA, New York
‘Model Home’, Clocktower Gallery, New York
‘Bars’, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
‘De Muze als Motor’, De Pont Foundation, Tilburg
‘De kunst van het verzamelen’, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
'Flexible’, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
‘Sculpture Projects 97’, Münster
The 2nd Kwangju Biennale, Joongwoe Park, Kwangju City, Korea
‘NL’, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
‘The Campaign Against Living Miserably’, Royal College of Art, London
‘Artranspennine 98’, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
‘Expander 1.0’, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
‘In the Midst of Things’, Bourneville/Birmingham
'Arte all’Arte’, San Gimignano (Italy)
‘Festival Atlantico 99’ – Lisbon
‘Le Fou dédoublé’, Moscow
‘Against Design’, Philadelphia
‘Over the Edges’, SMAK, Gent Belgium
‘Wonderland’, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
‘Exorcism, esthetic terrorism’, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
‘Micropolitiques’, Le Magasin, Grenoble
‘LKW’, Kunsthaus Bregenz
‘The collective artwork’, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
'House show – the House in Art’, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
‘Vision Machine’, Musée des Beaux Arts, Nantes
Expo Hannover, “Hangover 2000”, performance and installation
‘Milano Europa 2000’, Milan
‘The Un-private House’, MACBA Barcelona
‘Art Unlimited’, Basel
‘Sonsbeek 9’, Arnhem
‘Plug-in. Unity and Mobility’, Munster
25th Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Biennale of Sydney, Woollomooloo Australia
Expo 02, Switzerland
Cultureel Centrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
Cetinjski Biennale, Cetinje Montenegro, Yugoslavia
'AREA’, Gallery Schipper&Krome, Berlin
Busan Biennale Korea
‘HELP’, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen
‘Politically Correct? Dutch!’, Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna
‘Smart Alice’, Centraal Museum Utrecht
‘Living in Motion’, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin
‘Micropolitics’, Espai d’Art Contemporani, Castellón, Spain
‘Appendix2’, Caucasian Centre for Cultural Development, Tbilisi, Georgia
‘Outlook’, Athens
‘Cape Helder’, Den Helder
‘Utopia Station’, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
‘Parasites’, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht
‘Urban Incidence’, Gallery Beaumontpublic, Luxemburg
‘Banquet, Metabolism and Communication’, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
‘Micro-Utopia’, Valencia Biennale, Valencia Spain
‘In or Out’, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
‘City Utopias’, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, Bremen, Germany
‘Utopie van de Periferie’, Aalst, Belgium
Group exhibition at Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
‘Candyland Zoo’, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK
‘Detox 2’, travelling group show in Norway and Sweden
‘Playgrounds + Toys’, Art for the World, Ivry sur Seine, France
‘Fantasy Island’, Hallormsstadur Forest, Iceland
‘Art Unlimited’, Art fair Basel, Switzerland
‘Bekijk het maar!’, Museum voor Communicatie, Den Haag
‘Xtreme Houses’, Stiftung Federkiel/ Halle, Leipzig, Germany
‘Schöner Wohnen’, BE-PART, Warechem, Belgium
‘Safety & Peace, Order & Freedom’, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
‘Olandu Biuras’, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
‘Living in motion’, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Group exhibition at Gallery Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
‘Nederland niet Nederland’, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
‘Wintergasten’, De Zonnehof, Amsersfoort
Group show at Gallery Rolf Ricke, Cologne, Germany
Triennial Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan

Commissions (selection)
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Ambulatory Bar for the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Reconstruction of an Industrial Monument, Amsterdam
Sideboard for Ninaber/Peters/Crouwel, Leiden
Ten sculptures for a technical school, Gouda
A conceptual work of art for the GGD, Spijkenisse
Office-unit for Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam (in collaboration with
Klaar van der Lippe)
Reception-unit for Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Sanitary-units, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
4 Containerbars for the Museumpark (in collaboration with Marc Schendel,
Jeanne Gang, Klaar van der Lippe), Rotterdam
Bars, Sanitairy-units, Wash-stands for Grand Palais (O.M.A./Rem Koolhaas) Lille
Reception-desk, De Paviljoens, Almere
Sanitary-units, Museum of Sports (architect Victor Mani), Lelystad
Mobile Home for the Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
Gallery-unit, Gallery Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Reconstruction of offices and roof, Alliance Française, Rotterdam
(in collaboration with Jeroen Thomas, O.M.A.)
Bar Bandol, (architect Rudy Ricciotti) Bandol, France
Bussing Stations, for the cafeteria of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Receptionary-unit, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich  
Information-unit, Peter Pfister Art Consultancy, Aarberg
CASTMobiel, CAST, Tilburg    
Cafeteria, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Entrance, Gallery Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Library, Alliance Française, Rotterdam (in collaboration with Jeroen Thomas, O.M.A.)
Staircase, (architect Rudy Ricciotti), Aureol, France
Van Lieshout’s Bar, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Munster
Sculpture 1997, Triversum, Alkmaar
Clip-On, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (in collaboration with Klaar van der Lippe)
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
A3 Mobile, private mobile studio, Maasdijk
Sanitary Units, (architect Rudy Ricciotti), Ancienne Abbaye de Montmajour, France
Bath Units, Gelredome Stadium, Arnhem
Stylos Bookshop, TU, Delft
Receptionary Unit, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen
KLM Units G-pier, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam
Sanitary units, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Terrace Furniture, RVU, Hilversum
Study cells, Library Maastricht
Sanitary units, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Sanitairy units, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Floating Sculpture, Lange Vonder/Twiske Kadoelen, Amsterdam
Furniture visitor’s room Prison Hoogvliet, Rotterdam
Bar, Ancienne Abbaye de Montmajour, France
Bar for the Parade, mobile theatre show
Mobile Guardhouse, Stroom/HCBK, The Hague
Sound reflectors, Luxor Theatre, Rotterdam
AVL-Men Sculpture for square in Knokke
Furniture, FRAC des Pays de la Loire
A-Portable, Women On Waves Foundation, Amsterdam
AVL-Men, Rabobank Uithoorn
Alesco, Daros Zurich
Ball, Noord-Brabants Museum, ’s Hertogenbosch
Kitchenette, Jo Crepain Architects, Antwerp Belgium
STAR-wagon, STAR Museumspoorlijn Veendam, Stadskanaal, Musselkanaal
Man and his Monkey, public space, Apeldoorn
Compost Toilet, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Player’s Bath, FC Utrecht, Utrecht
Germination, Helen Parkhurst School Almere
‘Bonnefantencarts’, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
‘Voyager with Chickenrun’, Caldic collection, Rotterdam
‘Franchise Unit’, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp Belgium
‘Wexner Busstops’, Wexner Centre for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
'Hangout Tongue Sculpture’ Dalton Lyceum Dordrecht
‘The Company’, Interpolis, Tilburg
‘Clubhouse 8’, Interpolis, Tilburg
‘Bonnefantopia’, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
‘Artlab Tirol’, Kitchenette, Kunstlerhaus Buchsenhausen‘Satellite des Sens’, Euralille,
Lille 2004 Capitale Européenne de la Culture
Setting for Deaf Festival, V2, Rotterdam
‘Waiting Area’ for TPG Post, The Hague
‘The Scientists’, Fachhochschule, Konstanz
Window for ‘De Kriekelaar’, Community Center in Brussels, Belgium
‘The Unification’, City of Oss/Ravenstein, Netherlands
‘Schoolcanon’, Kingsdale School, Dulwich, UK
‘The Practice’, refurbishment medical practice, Maastricht, Netherlands
‘Edutainer’, Education Center, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brétigny-sûr-Orge, France
‘Modular Bathroom Unit’, Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam
‘Wombhouse’, Jousse Entreprise, Paris
‘Big Funnelman’, Breda ( A27 )
Fisherman’s House, Dalen

The work of Atelier Van Lieshout/Joep van Lieshout is acquired by:

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven
Museum Almere, Almere
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Noord-Brabants Museum, ‘s Hertogenbosch
Museum Kröller Müller, Otterlo
The Dutch State, The Hague
Centre d'Arts Plastiques, Rotterdam
CAST, Tilburg
KPN PTT, The Hague
Interpolis, Tilburg
Rabobank Netherlands, Eindhoven
Centre of Contemporary Art, Castello di Rivara, Turin
FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier
FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
FNAC, Paris
FRAC des Pays de la Loire
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
M.A.C., Marseille
MOMA, New York
Prada Foundation, Milan
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds