Offspring 2010
May 19 - May 30
Curated by Suzanne Wallinga
Catalogue design by Koehorst in 't Veld
Offspring 2011 - Psychopomp Councel
May 11 - May 22
Curated by Chris Evans
Essay by Tirdad Zolghadr
Catalogue design by Kaisa Lassinaro
Offspring 2012 - Intentional Stance
May 23 - June 3
Curated by Bojan Šarčević
Edition design by Merel van den Berg
Web design by Joel Galvez
Offspring 2013
May 22 - June 2
Curated by Francesco Stocchi
Catalogue design by Rutger Fuchs
Offspring 2014
May 20 - June 1
Curated by David Jablonowski
Text by Maaike Lauwaert
Catalogue design by Mislav Žugaj
David Zink Yi (b.1973 in Lima, Peru), lives in Berlin and Havana
Nina Beier (b.1975, Aarhus, Denmark), lives in Berlin and New York
Dirk Braeckman (b.1958, Eeklo, Belgium), lives in Ghent
Jana Euler (b.1982, Friedberg, Germany), lives in Brussel
Martijn Hendriks (b.1973, Eindhoven), lives in Amsterdam
David Maljkovic (b.1973, Rijeka, Kroatia), lives in Zagreb
Lucy Stein (b.1979, Oxford, UK), lives in London Former participant of De Ateliers Lucy Stein makes colourful paintings and drawings featuring girls and women, sometimes infused with self-mockery, sometimes with an all-pervading sense of darkness. Deploying an array of figures blended with hedonism and humour, Stein reveals abiding sensitivities and fears. Lucy Stein had solo […]
Gregor Schneider (b.1969, Rheydt, Germany), lives in Berlin Since the eighties, Gregor Schneider has devoted his attention to the relation between the builded environment and the individual psyche. For the 2001 Venice Biennale, Schneider transferred extensive sections of his private house in Rheydt to the German pavilion in Venice. Famous for his architectural interventions, the […]
Willie Doherty (b.1959, Derry, UK), lives in Derry Doherty’s early photo works combine topographical images overlaid with words and phrases, demonstrating his interest in the ambiguous meanings that images can suggest. His engagement with the political conflicts in Northern Ireland and his home town of Derry inspired many of his video and film works. In […]
Markus Karstiess (b.1971, Haan, Germany), lives in Düsseldorf German sculptor Markus Karstiess was a Meisterschüler of Jannis Kounellis at the Düsseldorf art academy. In his practice, he focusses on manual labour and ancient crafts, using a variety of sculptural techniques including ceramics. Recently, he had solo shows in Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (2014), Mediterranean […]
Jennifer Tee (b.1973, Arnhem), lives in Amsterdam Jennifer Tee, born to a Dutch-English mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father, explores the complexities of culture in a permanent state of transformation. She creates sculptures and installations, some of which function as site for choreographic performances. Work of Jennifer Tee has been exhibited worldwide: at the Sao Paulo […]
Kerstin Brätsch (b.1976, Hamburg, Germany), lives in New York Kerstin Brätsch creates strange hybrids of painting, design, and performance. She further expands her practice through her collaboration with other artists as a member of DAS INSTITUT. This kind of decentred approach to art making is typical of many of her contemporaries, who view art not […]
Offspring 2015 - Function Creep
May 19 - May 31
Opening: Tuesday May 18, 4-6pm
Official opening by Jet Bussemaker, Minister of Education, Culture and Science, in coversation with David Jablonowski, tutor-artist at De Ateliers
Curated by Xander Karskens
Catalogue design by Studio Felix Salut
Valerie Krause (b.1976, Herdecke, Germany), lives in Düsseldorf Space and movement are central topics in the sculptures and photo works of German artist Valerie Krause. She had solo shows at Galerie L21 (Madrid, 2015), Galerie Greta Meert (Brussels, 2013) and Galerie Heinz Holtmann (Cologne, 2012). She participated in numerous group shows in a.o. Museum Kunstpalast […]
Ursula Mayer (b. 1970, Austria), lives in London Fusing historical research with a dazzling cast of remarkable performers, Austrian artist Ursula Mayer explores notions of gender division. Her films and photo works bring to life the heroines and bêtes noir of feminism. Ursula Mayer had solo shows at Museum Belvedere (Vienna, 2013), Ursula-Blickle Stiftung (Kraichtal, […]
William Monk (b.1977, Kingston Upon Thames, UK), lives in London Former participant of De Ateliers William Monk plugs in the rich tradition of spiritually charged landscape painting. His large canvases feature metallic silver skies, serpentine clouds, glowing arcs and flickering stars above dark forests. These psychedelic galaxies invite the viewer for a closer look, exploring […]
Omer Fast (b. 1972, Jerusalem, Israel), lives in Berlin In his multichannel video installations Omer Fast explores how we distort our lives by harmful circumstances, introducing authentic protagonists who have experienced extreme situations (a drone pilot, a sex worker). Omer Fast was awarded with the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst (2009). Major solo exhibitions […]
Nina Canell (b.1979, Växjö, Sweden), lives in Berlin The sculptures of Swedish artist Nina Canell give substance to the intangible and lightness to the physical. Drawn to the subtlety of the fluctuating forces of electricity, air and water, the artist traces the innate bond we have with our surrounding atmosphere. Nina Canell had solo shows […]
Elizabeth Price (b.1966, Bradford, UK), lives in London In 2012, British artist Elizabeth Price won the prestigious Turner Prize for her twenty minute video installation ‘The Woolworths Choir of 1979’. She once described her films as moving “from something that looks like a PowerPoint lecture, to something that looks like an infomercial to something that […]
Celebrating Amsterdam Art Weekend 2015, De Ateliers proudly presents, in collaboration with TAAK: Paloma Polo - 'Unrest' Paloma Polo (b.1983, Madrid), former participant of De Ateliers, has emerged as one of the most prominent Spanish artists of her generation. This exhibition presents her latest film acoompanied by a publication and a photographic project, resulting from a […]
Film screening followed by an artist talk with Paloma Polo, Lara Almarcegui (artist), Louie Jalandoni (National Democratic Front of the Philippines, NDFP), Coni Ledesma (women's rights activist), Julieta de Lima (economist), Professor Jose Maria Sison (political activist, poet) and Theo Tegelaers (TAAK).