Op 7 mei opent in het FOMU de expo ‘Re-collect FOMU Aanwinsten Collectie 2010-2020 expo’, samengesteld door curator Tamara Berghmans, met werken uit de reeks Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor.

De expo zal verder werk tonen van onder meer Vincent Delbrouck, Bieke Depoorter, Boris Mikhailov, Max Pinckers, Annemie Augustijns, David Claerbout, Jacques de Lalaing, Kimbei Kusakabe, Zanele Muholi, Dirk Braeckman. Met de selectie wordt de bezoeker meegenomen op een associatieve wandeling doorheen een decennium aan collectie aanwinsten. Het wordt een niet-chronologische opstelling waardoor nieuwe verbanden tussen de werken ontstaan. Drie focuspunten lopen als rode draden doorheen de collectieaanwinsten: een focus op Belgische fotografen, een focus op internationaal maatschappelijk relevante fotografie en een duidelijke samenhang met onze tentoonstellingen. Tegelijkertijd biedt de expo een blik op verleden, heden en toekomst van de collectie.

Exhibition: May 7 until November 7, 2021
Location: Fotomuseum Antwerpen

Waalse kaai 47
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

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From October 10, 2020 to September 5, 2021 the national Ceramic Museum Princessehof in Leeuwarden presents the major exhibition Human After All: Ceramic Reflections in Contemporary Art. Internationally established artists and up-and-coming talent from East and West will show extensive sculptures and installations. From the absurdist films of artist duo Djurberg and Berg (1978, Sweden) to the tree of life of Kris Lemsalu (1985, Estonia). All works touch on the complex human nature; La Condition Humaine, man with his limitations, void or self-conscious, beautiful or cruel. Mariken Wessels presents the beauty of the corpulent body in motion with four sculptures, a series of photos and the video work Under and Above. The exhibition is curated by Tanya Rumpff.

Selected works from William Cobbing, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, Leiko Ikemura, Klara Kristalova, Kris Lemsalu, Sharon van Overmeiren, Liliana Porter, Geng Xue and Mariken Wessels. 

Date: October 10, 2020 to September 5, 2021
Opening: October 9, 2020
Location: Keramiekmuseum Princessehof

Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
8900 CE Leeuwarden
The Netherlands

flyer / press release / link

The Ravestijn Gallery is pleased to invite you for the opening weekend of The Salon Show, created in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer. The exhibition will show a large number of works from represented and affiliated artists, hung in the style of a 17th Century salon.

Bringing together an eclectic assortment, the exhibition will intermingle images that would otherwise not be seen together. By doing so in a traditional salon style, The Salon Show hopes to encourage new insights, thoughts and connections, further enriched by a range of antiques and fabulous installations of flora that place the exhibition closer to its origins.

Participating artists are Christopher Anderson, Ruth van Beek, Bownik, Philippe Braquenier, Cortis & Sonderegger, Alinka Echeverria, Michael Etzensperger, Vincent Fournier, Darren Harvey-Regan, Koen Hauser, Atze Haytsma, Inez & Vinoodh, Nico Krijno, Ferry van der Nat, Anja Niemi, Mark Nettenbreijers, Robin de Puy, Jan Rosseel, Martina Sauter, Scheltens & Abbenes, Eva Stenram, Patrick Waterhouse, Mariken Wessels and Tereza Zelenkova. 

Date: 13 June - August 29, 2020
Opening: 13 June, 12:00 - 1700
Location: The Ravestijn Gallery

The Ravestijn Gallery
Westerdok 824
1013 BV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Solo exhibition NUDE - ARISING FROM THE GROUND of Mariken Wessels at The Ravestijn Gallery. For the time being visitable by appointment only. The exhibition can also be experienced as a virtual 3D tour online.

Date: March 14 - June 1, 2020
Opening: To be announced
Location: The Ravestijn Gallery

The Ravestijn Gallery
Westerdok 824
1013 BV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

link / virtual 3D tour

We Like Art expositie bij Collectie DE.GROEN in Arnhem. In de zalen van het monumentale gebouw in de binnenstad is een groot overzicht te zien van 75 toonaangevende kunstenaars.

Met bijdrages van Paul Kooiker, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Misha de Ridder, Gijs Assmann, Maria Roosen, Erik Mattijssen, Jan van der Ploeg, Koen Delaere, Katrin Korfmann, Koen Vermeule, Theo Jansen, Hadassah Emmerich, Esther Tielemans, Berndnaut Smilde, Kees Goudzwaard en Mariken Wessels. Een extraverte en uitbundige introductie op de kunst van vandaag: keramiek, fotografie, schilderkunst en kunstenaarsedities.

Datum: September 14 tot December 22, 2019
Locatie: Collectie DE.GROEN

Collectie DE.GROEN
Weverstraat 40
6811 EM Arnhem
Nederland

uitnodiging / link

NO TODO - NIET ALLES, an exhibition in an archival box, curated by Inez piso, paying homage to Ulises Carrion. The exhibition aims at expanding a network of artists that connect by means of their ideas around translation, mailable art and affection for books in a digital world, they expand the definition of what a library, a book, a sentence and a word can be. Their works inhabit that exciting emptiness in between the lines of a text, the blank of a page or a forgotten archival box that once belonged to the archive of Ulises Carrión.

With contributions by:
Annesas Appel, Ricardo Cardenas, Jimena Croceri, Enric Farres Durán, Sibylle Eimermacher / Martin Brandsma, Jordi Ferreiro, Anett Frontzek, Ton Martens, Vibeke Mascini, Eva Parra, Martín La Roche, Rosa Sijben, Peter Roland Spaans, Berkay Tuncay, Omar Vega Macotela, Robin Waart, Ulises Books Philadelphia, Mariken Wessels, Peter Vermeulen and more.

Opening: Friday 21 June 17:00
Location: Johan Deumens Gallery

Johan Deumens Gallery
Westerdok 782
1013 BV Amsterdam

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Group exhibition The Photograph That Took the Place of a Mountain, curated by Taco Hidde Bakker, with works by Paul Kooiker, Marie-José Jongerius, Stephan Keppel, Jan Hoek, Mariken Wessels, Witho Worms, Rein Jelle Terpstra.

Date: May 24  – August 30, 2019
Opening: May 24, 5–8 PM.
Location: Vriend van Bavink

Vriend van Bavink
Geldersekade 58
1012 BK Amsterdam

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Spread, a group exhibition at Kunstverein Hildesheim, curated by Lotte Reimann and Torsten Scheid. Participating artists Ruth van Beek - The Hibernators, Thomas Mailänder - Illustrated people, Anika Schwarzlose - Disguise and deception, Erik van der Weijde - Pomerode, and Mariken Wessels - Taking off, Henry my neighbor.

Date: April 12 to July 6, 2019
Opening: April 11, 2019, 19:00
Location: Kunstverein Hildesheim

Kunstverein Hildesheim
Am Kehrwieder 2, 31134
Hildesheim
Germany

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The Ravestijn Gallery presents new work of Mariken Wessels at Art Rotterdam 2019. The work will be presented as a solo exhibition and will include new photography works and sculptures.

Date: February 7 – 10, 2019
Opening: Wednesday February 6, 2019
Location: Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam

Van Nellefabriek, Theefabriek
Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC Rotterdam

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A presentation at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp on the subject of lust, together with Taco Hidde Bakker.

Date: November 6, 2018
Location: Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen

Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
Blindestraat 35, 2000
Antwerpen
Belgium

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Pictura Groningen presents the artist book collection shown during the WKB18.

Date: 17 October - 2 December, 2018
Location: Pictura Groningen

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St Walburgstraat 1
9712 HX Groningen
Nederland

WKB18 presents artist books from the collections of the Groninger Museum, the University Library of the University of Groningen, the CBK and private collections. The selection will also be shown at Pictura Groningen starting from 17 October.

Date: 13 - 20 October, 2018
Location: Various locations in Groningen

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Artist in residency during the month April 2018 at the European Ceramic Work Centre, an international workplace where artists, designers and architects explore the technical and artistic possibilities of ceramics.

Date: April 2018
Opening: Sunday May 13, 2018 from 2 - 4 PM
Location: Oisterwijk

Almystraat 10
5061 PA Oisterwijk
Netherlands

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Elephant / issue 34 / David Evans

What constitutes a genuinely good photograph nowadays, when the equipment available to almost everyone makes it so easy to take one? Should you follow the rules - or break them all? David Evans takes a tour of the well-policed frontiers that separate amateur and professional photographers. Click below for the full article.

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Secret Postcard Sale by We Like Art: postcard size works of a wide selection of artists are sold for € 100,- each.

Opening: Friday 15 December 2017, 7 – 9 PM.
Open from 19 to 29 December 2017, Thursday – Sunday 11 AM – 6 PM.
Closed on 23 and 24 December.

Participating artists:

Ab van Hanegem / Ad de Jong / Aimée Terburg / Albert Zwaan / Alexandra Roozen / Alice Brasser / Aline Thomassen / Anke Roder / Annaleen Louwes / Anne Forest / Annegret Kellner / Annemiek Vera / Antoinette Nausikaa / Aquil Copier / Arja Hop en Peter Svenson / Arjan van Helmond / Arte Colder / Bas van den Hurk / Berndnaut Smilde / Britt Dorenbosch / Casper Warmoeskerken / Chantal Spit / Charlotte Schrameijer / Cindy Moorman / Claire Felicie / Coen Vunderink / Corinne Bonsma / D.A.T. / Dagmar van Weeghel / Danielle Frenken / Daphne Rosenthal / Diana Scherer / Dieuwke Spaans / Edith Meijering / Ellen Mandemaker / Emma van Drongelen / Erwin Thomasse / Esther Jiskoot / Eva Räder / Ewoud van Rijn / Femke Schaap / Frank Halmans / Van Rijn & Van Soest / Gam Bodenhausen / Guy Vording / Hans Hoekstra / Hans Wilschut / Harry Markusse / Helma Pantus / Hester Oerlemans / Hinke Schreuders / Hugo Tieleman / Inez Smit / Ingrid Berger / Iris Frerichs / Isabelle Wenzel / J&B / Jana van Meerveld / Jannemarein Renout / Jantien Jongsma / Jasmijn Krol / Jasmijn Visser / Jorn van Leeuwen / Joyce Overheul / Julius Stibbe / Karien Beijers / Karin van Pinxteren / Katinka Lampe / Katrin Korfmann / Koen Taselaar / Korrie Besems / Lenneke van der Goot / Lieven Hendriks / Lilian Eliens / Linda Arts / llona Plaum / Lisa Couwenbergh / Louise te Poele / Maartje Folkeringa / Malin Persson / Marcel Swint / Marianne Lammersen / Marie Civikov / Marie Reintjes / Marieke Gelissen / Marielle Buitendijk / Mariken Wessels / Marjolein Rothman / Marjolijn de Wit / Mark Kramer / Marli Turion / Mattijs van den Bosch / Maurice Braspenning / Maurice van Es / Micha Patiniott / Michiel Hogenboom / Michiel van der Zanden / Miranda Cleary / Merijn Bolink / Mieke Fokkinga / Misha de Ridder / Nanda Runge / Niels Broszat / Niels Post / Nour-Eddine Jarram / Patricia Spoelder / Paul Bogaers / Piet Dieleman / Pieter Kusters / Pietertje van Splunter / Popel Coumou / Raquel van Haver / Reinoud van Vught / Rineke Engwerda / Roland Sohier / Rosa Smalen / Rosemin Hendriks / Rozemarijn Westerink / Rutger van der Tas / Sander Reijgers / Sandra Kruisbrink / Sara Bjarland / Sarah Mei Herman / Saskia Boelsums / Scarlett Hooft Graafland / Seet van Hout / Sharon van den Berg / Sibylle Eimermacher / Sigrid Calon / Simon Schrikker / Stephan van den Burg / Stijn Mulder / Stijn Peeters / Tanja Ritterbex / Tammo Schuringa / Tatyana Yassievich / Theun Govers / Thomas Elshuis / Tim Ayres / Uwe Poth / Valentina Gal / Wieteke Heldens / Willem de Haan / Willem van den Hoed / Wouter van Riessen / Zaida Oenema

Westergasfabriek
Pazzanistraat 3
Amsterdam

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The International Center of Photography presents: Je est un autre: the vernacular in photobooks, an investigation of vernacular imagery in the photobook. These books utilize found photographs, snap shots, archives and collections of others. 

Date: November 30, 2017, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: ICP Library

ICP Library
1114 6th Avenue
New York
NY 10036
USA

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Opening of a new show PERFECT / IMPERFECT, featuring work of Penelope Umbrico, Mariken Wessels and Jo Longhurst. Curated by David Evans for Galerie Andreas Schmidt.

Date: September 15 – October 21, 2017
Opening: September 15, 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Galerie Andreas Schmidt 

Galerie Andreas Schmidt
Florastrasse 61
13187 Berlin
Germany

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Photo Oxford 2017 is a celebration of photography through exhibitions and related activities taking place at various collaborative venues in Oxford from 8th - 24th September 2017.

The curators, Tim Clark (Editor in Chief at 1000 Words) and Greg Hobson (Curator of Photographs at the National Media Museum 1983-2016) have placed an emphasis on works that explore the complex and often contradictory relationship between photography’s capacity to both conceal and reveal.

It will feature work from photographic artists including Martin Parr, Edgar Martins, Mariken Wessels, Sergei Vasiliev and Arkady Bronnikov.

Date: September 8 – 24, 2017
Opening: September 7
Location: Oxford

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The Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford organises an afternoon of stimulating discussions with artists, curators and academics that draw on the themes and theories explored in PHOTO OXFORD 2017, a series of explorations into the complex and often contradictory relationship between photography’s capacity to both conceal and reveal.

The event starts with an introduction from Bodley’s Librarian and Chair of PHOTO OXFORD, Richard Ovenden. This will be followed by a lecture on the practice of reconceptualising photographic archives, discussions on the Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive, Edgar Martins’ Siloquies and Soliloquies on Death, Life and Other Interludes, and Taco Hidde Bakker discussing Taking Off. Henry, My Neighbor with artist Mariken Wessels. The day concludes with Martin Parr in conversation with Richard Ovenden, discussing the making of his newly-commissioned project OXFORD.

Date: 7 September 2017 1.30pm — 6.00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre, Weston Library

Speakers:
Martin Parr, Richard Ovenden, Professor Val Williams, Tim Clark, Greg Hobson, Daniel C. Blight, Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell, Mariken Wessels, Taco Hidde Bakker

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Mariken Wessels (1963) work might be best described as documentary fiction. She combines her own photographs with found images and by doing so, she creates new narratives. The exhibition I’M OK – YOU’RE OK, Wessels’ first ever Dutch museum solo at Fotomuseum Den Haag, tells the stories of the mysterious women Martha, Queen Ann and Elisabeth.

Exhibition: March 4 until June 11, 2017
Opening: Friday March 3, 6.30 p.m. 
Location: Fotomuseum Den Haag

Fotomuseum Den Haag
Stadhouderslaan 43
2517 HV Den Haag
The Netherlands

invitation / press release / link

Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor is genomineerd voor de Nederlandse Fotoboekenprijs, samen met vier andere boeken. De prijs wordt uitgereikt aan het beste fotoboek van een Nederlandse (of in Nederland werkzame) fotograaf dat verschenen is in 2015 0f 2016. De uiteindelijke winnaar wordt bekendgemaakt tijdens de komende editie van het FotoFestival Naarden 2017. Aan de nominaties is een expositie rond hun boeken verbonden.

De jury voor de Nederlandse Fotoboekenprijs: Edie Peters (oprichter en hoofdredacteur van PhotoQ), Merel Bem (publicist en kunstcriticus), Rob Hornstra (fotograaf en docent fotografie), Narda van ’t Veer (oprichter agentschap UNIT), Wannes Ketelaars (general manager Huis Marseille) en Bert Teunissen (fotograaf).

Datum: 20 mei t/m 18 juni 2017
Locatie: Naarden

FotoFestival Naarden
Naarden

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On Friday April 19th, Mariken Wessels will be interviewed by Wim van Sinderen as part of her solo exhibition I’M OK – YOU’RE OK, at Fotomuseum Den Haag. The event is organized by PictureThis.

Date: Friday April 19
Location: Fotomuseum Den Haag

Fotomuseum Den Haag
Stadhouderslaan 43
2517 HV Den Haag
The Netherlands

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Babe 2017: Bristol Artists Book Event organized by Arnolfini, one of Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary arts.

Presented artists: Ton Martens, Frans Baake, Annesas Appel, Witho Worms, Vibeke Mascini, Tine Melzer, Mariken Wessels, Martin Brandsma, Anne Geene, Salvo, Rein Jelle Terpstra, Andrea Stultiens, Luuk Wilmering, Robin Waart, Peter Spaans, Sj.

Date: April 1 - 2, 2017
Location: Arnolfini

Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay,
Bristol BS1 4QA
UK

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Op donderdag 30 maart vindt de 9e editie van de FOTODOK Boekenclub met Mariken Wessels, Henk Wildschut en de Oekraïense Kirill Golovchenko.

Mariken Wessels komt praten over haar boek Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor. Henk Wildschut wordt geïnterviewd over zijn nieuwe boek Ville de Calais over de groei van het vluchtelingenkamp bij Calais. Een plek die hij 15 jaar lang fotografeerde. Kirill Golovchenko komt spreken over zijn boeken Bitter Honeydew en Out of the Blue.

Vier keer per jaar deelt presentator en fotograaf Rob Hornstra met het publiek zijn passie voor fotoboeken. Er worden per Boekenclub altijd drie fotoboeken besproken met makers, vormgevers en andere (fotografie)professionals, live of per Skype. Ook zijn de fotoboeken tijdens de Boekenclub te koop (en kunnen gesigneerd worden!).

Datum: 30 maart, 20:00
Locatie : Utrechts Archief

Utrechts Archief
Hamburgerstraat 28
3512 NS Utrecht
The Netherlands

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Aflevering van Nooit Meer Slapen met o.a. een radio interview van beeldend kunstenaar Mariken Wessels. Mariken maakt kunst die zich bevindt in het gebied tussen feit en fictie. Het Fotomuseum in Den Haag presenteert de eerste solotentoonstelling van Wessels in Nederland, waar zij nieuw met ouder werk combineert. 

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Johan Deumens Gallery presents work of Annesas Appel, Witho Worms, Vibeke Mascini, Tine Melzer and Mariken Wessels at Art Rotterdam 2017. 

Date: February 9 – 12, 2017
Opening: February 8
Location: Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam

Van Nellefabriek, Theefabriek
Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC Rotterdam

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Through people she met on a journey through the United States, artist Mariken Wessels gained access to the studio and the entire archive of Henry, as well as full consent over its use. She started redacting the work and arranging it into an artist's book, in which the audience will be invited to a journey into Henry’s life and his vision of his former wife and muse Martha.Taking Off is a real picture story of a failed marriage, sexual frustration and voyeurism. An extraordinary amount of photographs and cut-up collages comprise an archival vertigo of amateur nude art.

Specifications of the photo book:
Taking Off. Henry my neighbor / 2015
Dimensions 24 cm x 33 cm
330 pages
1000 copies
Full color 
ISBN 9789490800345
Special edition of 25 copies
Limited edition of 10 copies

The book can be purchased directly from the artist or at various bookshops around the world, among which Athenaeum, Stedelijk Museum museumshop, Idea books, Motta, Photo-Eye USA, Photobook Corner Lisbon and many more. The special edition and limited edition can be purchased directly from the artist via e-mail or from the Johan Deumens Gallery.

The artist book Taking Off was launched on May 22, 2015, at Offprint London, Tate Modern and May 28, 2015 at Amsterdam Art Fair. The book, published by APE (Art Paper Editions), is of the same format as Elisabeth – I want to eat (2008) and Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off (2010), the artist’s books with which it forms an open trilogy.

As displayed in the Athenaeum book shop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands:

At the LeadAwards, a series of 8 photos from Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor, published in Vice/N° 11/2015 has won the bronze medal award in the category Portrait Photography Of The Year. The LeadAwards was given by an independent expert selection committee, made up of 35 accredited professionals.

Work from Taking Off. Henry my neighbor can be seen at the LeadAwards exhibition: Visual Leader. The LeadAwards exhibition at the Haus der Fotografie in Hamburg's Deichtorhallen runs from August 24 till October 30, 2016 and features a series of 8 photos from Mariken Wessels.

Opening Exhibition: August 26, 19:00
Exhibition: August 24 - October 30, 2016
Location: Hamburg's Deichtorhallen

HALLE FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST
Deichtorstraße 1-2
20095 Hamburg
Germany

info / link

The Best Book Designs from the Netherlands and Flanders are travelling around the world. They were exhibited at the Shanghai Book Fair (end of August) and the Russian National Book Festival 'Zhar-Kniga' (September 19 till 26). This week the books are still on display in Beijing where the Design Week is held.

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Uitreiking van de 50 best verzorgde boeken van Nederland en Vlaanderen 2015, waaronder Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor. Voorafgaand aan de uitreiking vindt de eerste Just Enschedé Salon plaats met verschillen en overeenkomsten tussen de Nederlandse en Vlaamse (boek)cultuur centraal.

Peter Vandermeersch, hoofdredacteur NRC, geeft een inleiding waarna de Vlaamse en Nederlandse ontwerpers Annelys de Vet, Joris Kritis, Hugo Puttaert en Jurgen Maelfeyt met elkaar in gesprek gaan o.l.v. Lennart Booij, conservator toegepaste kunsten en vormgeving Stedelijk Museum. Freek Kuin, creatief directeur bij drukkerij Robstolk en dit jaar jurylid van De Best Verzorgde Boeken, sluit de Salon af met zijn visie op de selectie. De uitreiking volgt, waarna er gelegenheid is de tentoonstelling te bezoeken.

Opening: September 2, 2016, 15:00
Lokatie: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Museumplein 10
Amsterdam

uitnodiging / link

The Best Book Designs from the Netherlands and Flanders 2015 at Shanghai Book Fair, among which artist book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor.

Dates: August 17 - 23, 2016
Lokation: Shanghai Exhibition Center

Shanghai Exhibition Center
1000 Middle Yan’an Road
Shanghai
China

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A series of 8 photos from Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor, published in Vice/N° 11/2015, was nominated for the Portrait-Photography of the Year category at the LeadAwards. The LeadAwards, given by an independent expert selection committee, made up of 35 accredited professionals, will be handed out during the grand LeadAwards ceremony on September 28, 2016.

Accompanying the ceremony, with work of Taking Off. Henry my neighbor, is the LeadAwards exhibition: Visual Leader. The LeadAwards exhibition at the Haus der Fotografie in Hamburg's Deichtorhallen runs from August 24 till October 30, 2016 and will feature a series of 8 photos from Mariken Wessels.

Ceremony: September 28, 2016
Opening Exhibition: August 26, 19:00
Exhibition: August 24 - October 30, 2016
Location: Hamburg's Deichtorhallen

HALLE FÜR AKTUELLE KUNST
Deichtorstraße 1-2
20095 Hamburg
Germany

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The artist book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor has won The 2016 Book Awards of the international festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles (France).

The Book Award, created 47 years ago, grants nowadays three categories of books, as a contribution to the extraordinary expansion of photography publishing and to its optimal distribution. The main partner of the Book Awards is the Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature. The Author Book Award, organised with the backing of the FNAC, goes to the best author project for a contemporary photography work.

The exhibitions of the festival run through 25 September 2016. 

Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor is a real picture story of a failed marriage, of sexual frustration and voyeurism. An extraordinary amount of photographs and cut-up collages comprise an archival vertigo of amateur nude art.

The book can be purchased directly from the artist or at various bookshops around the world. Click here for a list of book shops. The special edition and limited edition can only be purchased directly from the artist via e-mail or from the Johan Deumens Gallery. Please note: variants of the special edition may differ. 

The artist book Taking Off was launched on May 22, 2015, at Offprint London, Tate Modern and May 28, 2015 at Amsterdam Art Fair. The book, published by APE (Art Paper Editions), is of the same format as Elisabeth – I want to eat (2008) and Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off (2010), the artist’s books with which it forms an open trilogy.

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The artist book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor has been selected for the The 2016 Book Awards of the international festival Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles (France).

The Book Award was created 47 years ago at the birth of the festival. It has been developed and grants nowadays three categories of books, as a contribution to the extraordinary expansion of photography publishing and to its optimal distribution. Since 2015, the main partner of the Book Awards is the Fondation Jan Michalski pour l’Ecriture et la Littérature.

Discover the competing books in each category before the award ceremony at Théâtre Antique on July 9th. The Author Book Award, organised with the backing of the FNAC, goes to the best author project for a contemporary photography work. The allotted sum is 6 000 euros.

A jury formed with the nominators of the Discovery Award 2016 will name the Book Awards winners during the opening week. Half of the allotted sum is paid to the publisher and half to the photographer after the ceremony - or all the authors in the case of collaborative or collective works.

The exhibitions of the festival run through 25 September 2016. 

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Johan Deumens Gallery presents work of Mariken Wessels at the Amsterdam Art Fair 2016. 

Dates: 25 – 29 May 2016
Location: Pavillions at Museumplein, Amsterdam

Opening days: Wednesday 25 May: from 5 pm - 9 pm | Thursday 26 May: 11 am - 7 pm | Friday 27 May: 11am - 9 pm Saturday 28 May: 11 am - 7 pm | Sunday 29 May: 11 am - 5 pm

Pavillions at Museumplein
Booth 16
Amsterdam
Netherlands

newsletter / link

The artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor is selected by Émilie Lauriola to accompany the exhibition Gerard Petrus Fieret at Le Bal, Paris.

Exhibition: May 26 - August 28, 2016
Location: Le Bal

Le Bal
6 Impasse de la Défense,
75018 Paris
France

exhibition booklet (15.000 copies) / link

Canvasconnectie met Mariken Wessels 'Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor' werd één van de beste fotoboeken van 2015 genoemd. Blader zelf even mee en ontdek er vanavond om 20u55 alles over in de canvasconnectie met Mariken Wessels. Canvasconnectie on Saturday, April 9, 2016

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FLOWERBANK, an exhibition showcasing floral pieces of Dutch art, fashion and design, curated by Gijs Stork.

groupshow: Anne ten Donkelaar, Barbara Nanning, Bas Meeuws, Benine van karnebeek, Desiree Hammen, Dik Nicolai, Driessens & van den Baar, Edward Clyde Thomson, Edwin Oudshoorn, Ellen Mandemaker, Elspeth Diederix, Frank Bruggeman, Freudenthal Verhagen, Gerard Prent, Hilde Koenders, Irene Fortuyn, JC HERMAN, Joris Landman, Juliette Warmenhoven, Linda Nieuwstad, Louise te Poele, Marc Mulders, Mariken Wessels, Martin Butler, Maze de Boer, Merijn Bolink, Mona di Orio, Niek Hendrix, Niek Pulles, Niels Broszat, Paul Beumer, Philippe Vogelenzang, rENs, Richard Kuipers, Saskia de Valk, Siba Sahabi, String Gardens, Wilfried Nijhof, WOODWORD, wovenwonders

The Duchess' Collection by Alexandra Leykauf, The Duchess, Spuistraat 172, 11.00 - 01.00 daily (reservations +31 20 811 33 22) starting February 22, 2016. W Hotel Spuistraat 173, elevator by Jan Rothuizen October 2015 onwards

XBANK Specials : design Dirk van der Kooij ; fashion coming soon Esther Dorhout Mees; photography: Philip Vogelenzang ; 88 meters videowindows : Mariken Wessels; Green : Fedor van der Valk /String Gardens; changingrooms: Frank Bruggeman, Irene Fortuyn, Desiree Hammen, Niek Pulles, Edward Clyde Thomson

Date: April 3 - May 10, 2016
Location: X BANK

X BANK
Spuistraat 172
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Masterclass Vincent Delbrouck at Foam Museum with guest artists Paul Bogaers and Mariken Wessels taking about their work process. 

Date: March 23
Location: Foam Museum, Amsterdam

Foam Fotografiemuseum
Keizersgracht 609,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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On February 5th and 6th the jury panel of the international competition judged almost 600 submitted entries from 32 countries from all over the globe. It’s an honor for me to let you know that Flanders is among the 8 awarded countries!
The number of awards as always:

– one Golden Letter
– one Gold Medal
– two Silver Medals,
– five Bronze Medals and
– five Honorary Appreciations.

Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor has been awarded with the an HONORARY APPRECIATION.

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Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte von Martha und Henry. In Bildern. Die Jugendfotos. Trauung. Dann endlose Reihen von Entkleidungsposen. Martha verlässt Henry. Organische Collagen aus Fragmenten der Aktfotos. Surreale Tonfigürchen. Tierfallen im Wald.

Waren die Aktfotos jemals für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt? Alles wirkt privat. Die biedere Umgebung. Geistesabwesender Ausdruck des Models. Selten lächelnd. Blumenampel mit Plastikeichhörnchen. Henrys unermüdliches Herstellen, Sammeln und Kategorisieren der Aktposen in bizarrer Buchhaltung.
Der Katalog inszeniert das Material wie einen Nachlass. Der Betrachter wird völlig distanzlos Henrys rätselhaftem Projekt überlassen. Man wird eher an Mammografie erinnert als an Erotik. Der Sohn schreibt einen Brief an die Mutter. Faksimiliert liegt er in einer Vakatdoppelseite bei. Die Vergangenheit zersplittert.

Wenn man sich geduldig durch den Wahnsinn blättert, gelangt man zu den weißen, phantastischen, in sich ruhenden Körperplastiken – Hermaphroditen gleich, an antike Torsi erinnernd. Abstrakte Körperformen entstehen. Eigenständige Objekte, abgelöst von Henrys manischer Beschäftigung mit seinem Fetisch, seiner Fahndung nach der Form. Das Buch endet – vor Epilog und Impressum – mit einem Werkverzeichnis der Körperplastiken.

Die Veröffentlichung ist eine Würdigung von Marthas Mut. Und es ist eine späte Würdigung von Henrys Weg zur Kunst.

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Nederlands-Vlaamse selectie De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2015 scoort het hoogst bij internationale jurering

Uit bijna 600 inzendingen uit 32 landen heeft de internationale jury van Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt de Nederlands-Vlaamse selectie van De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2015 vier prijzen toegekend waaronder de hoofdprijs, de Gouden Letter.

Die gaat naar Other Evidence: Blindfold (uitgave en ontwerp Titus Knegtel; drukkerij Tielen). Een Zilveren medaille kent de jury toe aan Brick van Jan Peter Wingender (uitgave Architectura & Natura; ontwerp Studio Joost Grootens; drukkerij robstolk®, boekbinderij Van Waarden). Het Meest Geloofde Sprookje  van De Vormforensen (uitgave De Vormforensen; ontwerp De Vormforensen en Lyanne Tonk; drukkerij Tielen, boekbinderij Abbringh) krijgt een Bronzen medaille. Een Eervolle vermelding verleent de jury aan Taking off. Henry my neighbor  van Mariken Wessels (uitgave Art Paper Editions; ontwerp Mariken Wessels, Jurgen Maelfeyt; Die Keure, binderij Hexspoor).

Titus Knegtel studeerde met Other Evidence: Blindfold vorig jaar af aan de AKV|St Joost. Het boek is een monument voor de doden van de val van Srebrenica en valt in twee delen uiteen. In Blindfold zijn 165 autopsierapporten met bewijsmateriaal van de slachtoffers samengebracht. In Other Evidence  foto’s van blinddoeken die de slachtoffers droegen en hun vindplaatsen (massagraven). Het boek is gedrukt bij Tielen, Boxtel.

De internationale jury Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt kent de volgende prijzen: 1 Gouden Letter, 1 Gouden Medaille, 2 Zilveren medailles, 5 Bronzen medailles en 5 Eervolle vermeldingen. Voor meer informatie zie hier. Ook voor foto’s van de awarded books en de jury panel. De uitreiking van de prijzen vindt plaats op vrijdag 18 maart tijdens de Leipziger Buchmesse.
 
De Nederlands-Vlaamse selectie is gekozen door een Nederlands-Vlaamse jury die de boekenbranche, de grafische bedrijfstak en de ontwerpers vertegenwoordigt:

Carolien Glazenburg (conservator Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Wouter Roelants (boekhandelaar en uitgever), Luc Derycke (ontwerper),
Koen Brams (voormalig directeur Jan van Eyck Academie & voormalig hoofdredacteur De Witte Raaf) en Freek Kuin (creatief directeur drukkerij robstolk®).

Voor meer informatie: Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken: Esther Scholten, 020-6264971 / info@bestverzorgdeboeken.nl ; Sarah de Graef/ Greet Spaepen, 0032 (0)3 287 66 92 / Sarah.DeGraef@boek.be

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Solo exhibition at Fotomuseum Antwerpen, curated by Joachim Naudts.

Exhibition: March 4 until June 5, 2016
Location: Fotomuseum Antwerpen

Waalse kaai 47
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

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The artist book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor has been selected for the Best Dutch and Flemish Book Designs of 2015.

This year, a special selection of 33 Dutch and 17 Flemish books were selected. Because the Netherlands and Flanders are Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 the Flemish Publishers Association and The Best Dutch Book Designs have worked together to reach a joined competition.

Publishers, commisioners, designers, printers and binders have submitted books that appeared in 2015 amounting to 410 books in total. They were judged by a Dutch-Flemish panel consisting of Carolien Glazenburg (curator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Wouter Roelants (bookseller and publisher), Luc Derycke (designer, Ghent), Koen Brams (former director Jan van Eyck Academie & former chief editor De Witte Raaf) and Freek Kuin (creative director at printer robstolk®). Books in which one of the judges was involved were nominated for election by a shadow panel consisting of former Best Dutch Book Designs judges.

The books that have been selected distinguished themselves conspicuously by their editorial choices, graphic design, treatment of images and text, choice of material and technical workmanship.

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Op woensdagavond 10 februari vindt de achtste editie van talkshow De Donkere Kamer Rotterdam plaats met als hoofdgast fotograaf Bertien van Manen. Naast Bertien van Manen is fotograaf Mariken Wessel te gast. Met het project Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor is zij een van de deelnemers aan de tweede editie van de tentoonstelling Quickscan NL#02. Deze tentoonstelling toont de meest actuele ontwikkelingen binnen de Nederlandse fotografie.

In De Donkere Kamer Rotterdam staat de fotografie van nu centraal. De avond bestaat uit korte interviews en presentaties, actuele discussies over fotografie en aandacht voor interessante evenementen en tentoonstellingen. De Donkere Kamer Rotterdam wordt drie keer per jaar georganiseerd en is bedoeld voor fotografen, beeldmakers en iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in actuele fotografie.

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De Obscure Kamer exhibition, Arti et Amicitiae, curated by Petra Noordkamp. Participating artists Laurence Aëgerter, Thomas Manneke, Reynold Reynolds, Berend Strik and Mariken Wessels.

Exhibition: February 5 - March 13, 2016
Opening: 5th of February 2016
Location: Arti et Amicitiae

Arti et Amicitiae
Rokin 112
Amsterdam 

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QUICKSCAN NL#2 brengt een prikkelende momentopname van de fotografie in ons land. In 2010 vond QUICKSCAN NL#1 plaats en het was een groot succes. Vijf jaar later legt het Nederlands Fotomuseum opnieuw de vinger aan de pols van de Nederlandse fotografie, die nog steeds volop in beweging is: QUICKSCAN NL#2. Curator Frits Gierstberg.

Een begeleidende publicatie met apart katern, bij FW:photography online te bestellen. Tekst Frits Gierstberg, design Hans Gremmen.

Date: January 24 - May 8, 2016
Location: Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam

Nederlands Fotomuseum
Wilhelminakade 332
3072 AR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

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The artist book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor will be part of Feminine Masculine, a guest-curated exhibition, organized by Photo50 within the London Art Fair. The exhibition Feminine Masculine, loosely inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s 1966 masterpiece Masculin Féminin, aims to explore the challenge of representing the mysterious, at times ineffable and immaterial, dynamics that occur or do not occur between a woman and a man. Curator Federica Chiocchetti. 

Feminine Masculine will include work by Laia Abril, Ekaterina Anokina, Jo Broughton, Natasha Caruana, Elinor Carucci, Francesca Catastini, Discipula, JH Engström, EJ Major, Timothy Prus, Maya Rochat, Paul Schneggenburger, and Mariken Wessels.

Date: January 20 - 24, 2016
Location: Islington Business Centre

Islington Business Centre
14-22 Coleman Fieldsm London
UK

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Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor has been included in the top 10 photo books of 2015 by Media Space associate curator and 1000 Words editor Tim Clark.

Dutch artist Mariken Wessels has made it her business to tell the story of a real-life husband and wife, their failed marriage, sexual frustration and voyeurism via an extraordinary archive of found photographs, collage and sculpture. Taking Off. Henry My Neighbor allows us to enter into the lives of Henry and Martha, who embarked on a collaborative photographer-muse project together. The result is a corpus of 5500 intimate photographs, creepily categorised, labelled, notated and cross-referenced by Henry, which led to the relationship ending and his self-imposed exile. Edited with scrupulous care to build an incomplete narrative, the book is not simply a biography or catalogue raisonne of amateur nude art but something more compelling, dispassionate and altogether unsettling. At least, it is a complex portrait of obsession and the private secrets of those living next door, constructed through Wessels’ unique brand of storytelling.

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Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor has been included in no less than 5 of the photo-eye end of the year photobook lists. Selected by Erik Kessels, Hans Gremmen, John Phelan, Little Brown Mushroom (Galen Fletcher, Ethan Jones, Alec Soth and Carrie Thompson) and 10x10 Photobooks.

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De Volkskrant presenteert het jaarlijkse overzicht van Nederlandse fotoboeken. Van de bijna 90 gesignaleerde fotoboeken zijn er 22 samengebracht in de Top 22. Mariken Wessels' Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor is geselecteerd voor de Top 12 van Nederlandse fotoboeken uit 2015.

Beeldverhaal van een obsessie. Anonymus brengt duizenden malen eerbetoon aan verloren liefde, gesignaleerd door Mariken Wessels.

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We Like Art organizes the SIZE MATTERS exhibition at TETEM, Enschede. More than 100 artists participate, with all work being unique and of size A6 or A3, priced 100 euros (A6) and 500 euros (A3). There is a catch. The works sold are anonymous, the buyer does not know who made what work.

Date: December 3, 2015 – February 7, 2016
Opening: December 3, 17:00
Location: TETEM Enschede

TETEM
Stroinksbleekweg 16
7523 ZL Enschede

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APE (Art Paper Editions) will present the artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at Offprint Paris Art Publishing Fair. Mariken Wessels will be present for a signing session.

Date: 12–15 November 2015
Signing session: Friday, November 13, 18:00
Location: Beaux-arts de Paris

Beaux-arts de Paris
14 Rue Bonaparte, 75006
Paris
France

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The Johan Deumens Gallery will be presenting the artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at the Editions/Artists’ Books Fair (E/AB) in The Tunnel, New York.

Date: 5 – 8 November 2015
Location: The Tunnel, New York

The Tunnel
New York
USA 

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Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor will be part of Little Big Press Books Space at the 2015 edition of FOTOGRAFIA Festival Internazionale di Roma.

Dates: 9 October 2015 – 17 January 2016
Location: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma
Via Nizza 138, Roma
Italy

Open: Tuesday thru Sunday, 10.30 am – 7.30 pm

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10x10 Photobooks is a multi-platform ongoing series of photobook events organized by Matthew Carson, Russet Lederman and Olga Yatskevich. Co-sponsored by the International Center of Photography Library and Photobook Facebook Group, the 10x10 Photobooks salon offers a place to wind down after the NY Art Book Fair and spend an evening in the company of three Dutch photographers. Mariken Wessels, Rein Jelle Terpstra, and Stephan Keppel will talk about their projects and present their photobooks.

Mariken Wessels’ latest artist’s book Taking Off. Henry my Neighbor is a real picture story about failed marriage, sexual frustration and voyeurism. She started redacting the work and arranging it into an artist's book, for which the audience will be invited to a journey into Henry’s life as well as his twisted vision of Martha – his former spouse and muse.

Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 
Location: TBA

By Invitation Only. RSVP Required. Mail to 10by10photobooks@gmail.com.

New York
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APE  (Art Paper Editions) will present the artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at Printed Matter’s THE NY ART BOOK FAIR, MoMA PS1, New York, USA. Mariken Wessels will be present for a signing session.

Date: 18 - 20 September 2015
Preview: Thursday, September 17, 6-9pm
Location: MoMA PS1, New York

MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson Ave 
Long Island City, NY 11101
New York
USA

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The Johan Deumens Gallery will be presenting the artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at the Unseen Photo Fair at the Westergasfabriek.

Date: 17 – 20 September 2015
Location: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

Westerpark, Amsterdam
Polonceaukade 27 
1014 DA Amsterdam

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present the artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at the WIELS Art Book Fair.

Date: 11 – 13 September 2015
Location: WIELS, Centre d'Art Contemporain

WIELS, Centre d'Art Contemporain
Av. Van Volxem 354
1190 Bruxelles
Belgium

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Special guest on Opium radio, discussing Mariken Wessels' latest artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor.

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Mariken Wessels selected Les extravagantes by Leendert Blok from Editions Xavier Barral for Photo-Eye's Book of the Week. The book gathers flower portraits made in autochrome by Dutch photographer Lendeert Blok who, since the early 1920s, has been experimenting with colour photography and the use of the panoramic format. Blok comes as close as possible to texture and develops a singular approach in which each flower becomes sculpture. 

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Foam Fotografiemuseum in collaboration with Galerie De Schans, consisting of Abel Minnée, Bonne Reijn and Guus Kaandorp, holds at the invitation of the photo festival Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, the fourth edition of De Fotokopie exhibition. At the exhibition visitors have the opportunity to buy a photocopy of an original print.

Participating artists: Moyra Davey & Jason Simon, Batia Suter, Awoiska vd Molen, Jason Fulford, Broomberg & Chanarin, Paul Paper, Mariken Wessels, Daisuke Yokota, Onorato & Krebs, Joachim Brohm, Heidi Specker, Alexander Rosenkranz, Alec Soth, Nigel Shafran, Ron Jude, Thomas Mailaender, Lukas Wassmann.

Date: July 8th until July 11th, 2015
Location: Les Rencontres d'Arles 

Les Rencontres d'Arles
34 rue du docteur Fanton
13200 Arles
France

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Foam and The Dutch Embassy in Paris invite you to Meet The Dutch II, a cocktail party to celebrate Foam in Arles, Galerie De Schans with De Fotokopie and Cosmos Arles Books.

Date: July 9th, 2015, 19:00-21:00
Location: La Mule Blanche

La Mule Blanche
9 Rue du Président Wilson
Arles
France 

The most accessible and reasonably priced contemporary art show.

Artists: Hana Miletic, Eike König (HORT), Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert, Jurgen Maelfeyt, Paul Elliman, Stine Sampers, Tom Callemin, Marc Nagtzaam, Stijn Cole, Erik van der Weijde, Charlotte Lybeer, Lotte Reimann, Gerard Herman, Kris Van Dessel, Max Pinckers, Aaron McElroy, Pieterjan Ginckels, Stefan Vanthuyne & Marijke Loozen, Dafy Hagai, Feline Taveirne, Philippe Van Wolputte, Elisabeth Ida, We Became Aware, Lara Dhondt, Aukje Koks, Timo Bonneure & Arjen Verswijvelt, Peter Lemmens, Goele de Bruyn, Mariken Wessels, Ruth van Beek, Ine Meganck, Kasper Andreassen, Thomas Min, Debby Huysmans, Ante Timmermans, Titus Simoens, Dominique Somers and more.

Date: July 3rd until September 5th, 2015
Location: Riot-Ghent 
Opening: July 3rd, 19:00 
Opening hours: Wednesday to Saterday, 11:00 - 18:00 

Riot-Ghent
Dendermondsesteenweg 82,
9000 Gent
Belgium 

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Kunstvereniging Diepenheim celebrates its 25 years jubilee with a group exhibition. Drawing Centre Diepenheim will show new works on paper of more than 160 artists that have exhibited at Diepenheim in the past.

Date: June 27th until September 5th, 2015
Opening: June 27, 15:00 (register before 20th at kunstvereniging.nl)
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 - 17:00

Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Grotestraat 17
7478 AA Diepenheim
The Netherlands

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Mariken Wessels will present her latest artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor at the Amsterdam Art Fair with the Johan Deumens Gallery. Next to the new book, Johan Deumens will feature other works bij Mariken Wessels during the art fair. 

Taking Off, published by APE (Art Paper Editions), is of the same format as Elisabeth – I want to eat (2008) and Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off (2010), the artist’s books with which it forms an open trilogy. A presales edition of limited 100 copies with signed, folded A0 poster included is available here. A special edition of 25 will be available as of late May (e-mail for requests).

Book presentation: 28 May 2015
Visiting Dates: 27 – 31 May 2015
Location: Kunsthal Citroën, Amsterdam

Kunsthal Citroën
Stadionplein 24 
1076 CM Amsterdam

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The artist book Taking Off. Henry my neighbor will be launched on May 22, 2015, at Offprint London, Tate Modern. Offprint London is an art publishing fair, with a focus on photobooks, taking place in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall to coincide with Photo London. Approximately 150 artists, independent and self-publishers will take part.

The book, published by APE (Art Paper Editions), is of the same format as Elisabeth – I want to eat (2008) and Queen Ann. P.S. Belly cut off (2010), the artist’s books with which it forms an open trilogy. A presales edition of limited 100 copies with signed, folded A0 poster included is available here. A special edition of 25 will be available as of late May (e-mail for requests).

Book launch: May 22, 2015
Location: Offprint London, Tate Modern

Opening Times:
Friday 22 May 2015, 18.00 – 20.00
Saturday 23 May 2015, 12.00 – 20.00
Sunday 24 May 2015, 12.00 – 18.00
Monday 25 May 2015, 12.00 – 18.00

Tate Modern,
Bankside, SE1 9TG
London

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Mariken Wessels' artist books Queen Ann, Who and Keepsake/Monument will be presented at the exhibition Sequence 1 – Dutch artist's books in international perspective. The exhibition, organized by Academie Minerva, Henk Woudsma and Groninger Museum, has been compiled from two extensive collections of artist's books, from private collector Henk Woudsma and the collection of the Groninger Museum. Both collections agree in one key aspect: their starting point is conceptual art from the 1960s and 70s. The collection of the Groninger Museum is limited to the period 1960-1980, an era in which the artist's book was reinvented and a foundation was laid for a new canon of the artist's book. Woudsma's collection is largely focused on the Dutch artist's book and runs until the present day.

The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with book descriptions and short films about all exhibited books.

Date: 12–27 March 2015
Location: Academie Minerva

Opening hours: Monday thru Thursday 9 am – 9 pm / Friday 9 am – 5 pm

Academie Minerva
Praediniussingel 59
Groningen

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present a selection of works from Mariken Wessels at Printed Matter’s LA ART BOOK FAIR, MOCA, Los Angeles, USA.

Date: 30 January – 1 February 2015
Location: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Los Angeles
USA

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present a selection of works from Mariken Wessels at the first book fair of the new year at the Stedelijk, with a special selection of art books from the exhibition On The Move: Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design.

Date: 17–18 January 2015
Location: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Museumplein 10
Amsterdam

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present a selection of works from Mariken Wessels at Offprint Paris Art Publishing Fair.

Date: 14–16 November 2014
Location: Beaux-arts de Paris

Beaux-arts de Paris
14 Rue Bonaparte, 75006
Paris

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Two exhibitions based on a selection of works by 365 artists from the block-calender I am not doing anything until I feel the need created by Joanneke Meester. The exhibition will be opened by Margriet Schavemaker, head of Collections & Research at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The opening on October 23rd at De Nederlandse Bank is fully booked.

Date: 23 October – 28 November 2014
Opening: 23 October, 16:00 -17:30
Location: The Art Space of De Nederlandse Bank (DNB), Amsterdam

Date: 13 November - 6 January 2015
Location: Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA), Amsterdam

De Nederlandse Bank (DNB)
Westeinde 1, 1017 ZN 
Amsterdam

Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA)
Oosterdokskade 143, 1011 
Amsterdam

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The Johan Deumens Gallery will be participating in the Unseen Book Market at the Westergasfabriek. Selected artists: 

Laurence Aëgerter, Annesas Appel, Henze Boekhout, Martin Brandsma, Fons Brasser, Sharon Kivland, Alberto De Michele, Jaysha Obispo, Claudia Kölgen, Allen Ruppersberg, Julião Sarmento, Peter Spaans, Andrea Stultiens, Rein Jelle Terpstra, Elisabeth Tonnard, Herman De Vries, Robin Waart, Julio Wallovits, Mariken Wessels, Jeroen Van Westen, Luuk Wilmering, Witho Worms

Date: 18 – 21 September 2014
Opening:  September 18
Location: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

Westerpark, Amsterdam
Polonceaukade 27 
1014 DA Amsterdam

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The artist book "Elisabeth - I want to eat -" was selected by curator Erik Kessels for the exhibition of Dutch Photobooks at TIFF Festival 2014. It is part of a selection of over 50 books that represent various trends in Dutch Photobook publishing. The exhibition will be held at the art gallery Studio BWA Wroclaw from September 5 to 15th, Wroclaw, Poland.

Date: September 5 – September 15 2014
Location: Studio BWA Wroclaw

ul. Ruska 46a/13, w podwórzu
Wroclaw
Poland 

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From 5 to 8 September, We Like Art organises the 'START BUYING ART' exhibition showing work of more than 100 contemporary artists. On display are works from Marlene Dumas, Dana Lixenberg, Cuny Jansen, Tim Ayres, Sven Kroner, Daniel Richter, Maria Roosen, Lily van der Stokker, Michael Wolf, Hans Broek, Katinka Lampe, Jan Roeland, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Charlotte Dumas, Koen Vermeule, Rob Voerman, Jasper de Beijer, Paul Bogaers, Jan van Munster, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Marc Mulders, Marian Breedveld, Mariken Wessels and many more.

Date: 3 – 7 September 2013, 11.00 - 19:00
Opening: 7 September
Location: Westerpark, Amsterdam

Westergasfabriek, Machinegebouw 
Pazzinistraat 8
1014 DA Amsterdam

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The exhibition 10 years DOGtime features work by current and former students of the DOGtime department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. The first year of DOGtime started in September 2003. Since then DOGtime has developed into a valuable and leading department at the Rietveld Academie and beyond. Today, ‪DOGTIME exists a little bit more than 10 years.‬

Opening: Friday, May 9th
Finissage: Saturday, May 17th
Location: TNT building, opposite Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam

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The Johan Deumens gallery presents a selection of artist books & related works.

Selected artists: Sharon Kivland, Mariken Wessels, Robin Waart, Claudia Kölgen, Information as Material, Sjoerd Hofstra, Annesas Appel, Sol LeWitt, Alicja Werbachowska, Robert Cumming, Anett Frontzek, Witho Worms, Elisabeth Tonnard, Allen Ruppersberg, Laurence Aëgerter, Lisa Vlamings, Simon Cutts, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Frans Baake, Luuk Wilmering, Paul Heimbach, Mariana Castillo Deball, Jaysha Obispo, Alberto de Michele. Kendall Geers. Peter Spaans, Lawrence Weiner. Hans Scholten, Ulises Carrión, Rein Jelle Terpstra, Marinus van Dijke, Kim Abeles, Pavel Büchler, Claude Closky, Martin Peulen, Marjolijn de Wit and Henriette Grahnert.

Opening: Thursday April 10, 2014
Location: Gabriël Metsustraat 8, 2nd floor

Johan Deumens Gallery
Gabriël Metsustraat 8
1071 EA Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Solo exhibition at 8 cubic meters, organised by Castrum Peregrini and the Rietveld Academy. More info soon.

Date: 24 March - 6 May 2013
Location: De Kijkkasten, Amsterdam

De Kijkkasten
Sint Nicolaasstraat
Amsterdam

CBK Amsterdam celebrates its 30 years existence with the exhibition BE CALM, showing art from the living rooms of Amsterdam. Curated by Hanne Hagenaars.

Date: February 14 - April 19, 2014
Opening: February 13, 17:00
Location: CBK Amsterdam

CBK Amsterdam
Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71
1093 KS Amsterdam

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Binding Image focuses on organizing photo book exhibitions where the work of different generations of photographers and internationalities come together. The second edition, curated by Aram Tanis and Lena Davidovich, will be held in Amsterdam at M4 Gastatelier.

Opening: Saturday February 8, 13.00 - 17.00
Date: 8-9 February
Location: M4 Gastatelier

M4 Gastatelier
Bilderdijkstraat 163
Amsterdam

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We Like Art will be present at Art Rotterdam 2014. In a space of 800m2 right next to the main entrance of the Van Nellefabriek, We Like Art will present 150 works of leading artists.

Date: February 6 – 9, 2014
Opening: February 6
Location: Van Nellefabriek Rotterdam

Van Nellefabriek, Theefabriek
Van Nelleweg 1
3044 BC Rotterdam

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Little big press participates in Documentaria, an exhibition organized by 3/3, focussing on books from The Netherlands.  

Little big press is a project based on a library, a temporary bookshop and exhibitions created to take stock of the trends that are radically changing the world of photography. Started in 2010, the library documents the increasingly vitality moving the evolution of the photographic book in an independent direction, self-produced and reduced in scale:self-publishing and independent photo books, fanzines and small publishers are increasingly active and prolific in the world.

Date: 20 – 30 November 2013
Location: Bari, Italy

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present a selection of work from Mariken Wessels at Offprint Paris Art Publishing Fair.

Date: 14–17 November 2013
Location: Beaux-arts de Paris

Beaux-arts de Paris
14 Rue Bonaparte, 75006
Paris

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Little big press will participate in the Lishui exhibition, that aims to represent a tour across Europe with a selection of more than 70 book titles. A special attention is devoted to Switzerland, The Netherlands and Italy, with small focuses on long-term adventures such as the Sochi Project and concentrated views on publishers like Patrick Frey or Nobody books, not forgetting to fly up to South Africa so to find a gallerist, Michael Stevenson, able to develop a serious publishing project. A simple way to understand how easily the time of catalogues is and can be in many occasions almost gone.

Little big press is a project based on a library, a temporary bookshop and exhibitions created to take stock of the trends that are radically changing the world of photography. Started in 2010, the library documents the increasingly vitality moving the evolution of the photographic book in an independent direction, self-produced and reduced in scale:self-publishing and independent photo books, fanzines and small publishers are increasingly active and prolific in the world.

Date: 6 – 10 November, 2013
Location: Lishui, China

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Included in the October issue of Japanese culture magazine BRUTUS as part of a feature on contemporary photographers. Other artists included: Michael Wolf, Jon Rafman, Kenji Hirasawa, Mrs. Merryman's Collection, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Yuji Hamada, Jason Fulluford, Matt Lipps, Sam Falls, Daisuke Yokota, Daniel Gordon. 

Publication date: October 1st.
Magazine:  BRUTUS Nr. 741

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present a selection of work from Mariken Wessels at Offprint Amsterdam photography fair UNSEEN.

Date: 26 –  29 September 2013
Opening:  September 25th, 15:00 - 17:00 [by invitation only]
Location: Westerpark, Amsterdam

Westerpark, Amsterdam
Polonceaukade 27
1014 DA Amsterdam

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Public Rietveld Shop at TOKYO Art Book Fair. The fair, featuring close to 300 participants from 15 countries will be the largest gathering of art publishers, independent publishers and self publishing artists in Tokyo ever and by far the largest event of it's kind in Asia.

Participants: Milou Abel, Yuri An, Linda Beumer, Alicja Bielawska, Lonneke de Groot, Alexandra Duvekot, Bastien Gachet, Lena Hesse, Anne Huijnen, Henri Jacobs, Marius Jopen, Ola Lanko, Céline Manz, Irene O'Callaghan, Suzanne Posthumus, Charlotte Rooijackers, Liam Tickner, Nadine Watson, Mariken Wessels & Polly's Picture Show.Ronja Andersen, Johannes Breyer, Rudy Guedj, Eva Hovenaar, Martin Huger, Quirin Jaques, Denisa Kollarová, David Kulen, Ohri Ogi, Mariko Okazaki, Lesley Quist & Mislav Zugaj.

Date: 21 – 23 September 2013
Opening: 5 September
Location: Kyoto University of Art and Design, Tohoku University of Art and Design
GAIEN CAMPUS

GAIEN CAMPUS
1-7-15 Kita-Aoyama
Minato-ku 
Tokyo
Japan

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From 5 to 8 September, We Like Art organises the 'START BUYING ART' exhibition showing work of more than 100 contemporary artists. On display are works from Marlene Dumas, Dana Lixenberg, Cuny Jansen, Tim Ayres, Sven Kroner, Daniel Richter, Maria Roosen, Lily van der Stokker, Michael Wolf, Hans Broek, Katinka Lampe, Jan Roeland, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Charlotte Dumas, Koen Vermeule, Rob Voerman, Jasper de Beijer, Paul Bogaers, Jan van Munster, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Marc Mulders, Marian Breedveld, Mariken Wessels and many more.

Participating galleries: Paul Andriesse, Annet Gelink, Akinci, Galerie Brandt, Ton de Boer, Boetzelaer|Nispen, Galerie Bart, Galerie Clement, Fontana Fortuna, StigtervanDoesburg, Galerie Onrust, Gabriel Rolt, Galerie Ron Mandos, tegenboschvanvreden, Van Gelder, Grimm Gallery, Gerhard Hofland, Jeanine Hofland, Roger Katwijk, Upstream Gallery, Wouter van Leeuwen, Lumen Travo, Reuten, Slewe, Steendrukkerij, Vous Etes Ici, Fons Welters, Livingstone Gallery, Maurits van Laar, Nouvelles Images, Jan van Hoof, Majke Husstege, Galerie Ramakers, Galerie Pennings, Galerie de Zaal, Galerie Rob de Vries, Tanya Rumpff, Galerie Judy Straten, Frank Taal, Zic Zerp, galerie Dom’arte, Hein Elferink and Jaap Sleper.

Date: 5 – 8 September 2013, 11.00 - 19:00
Opening: 5 September
Location: Westerpark, Amsterdam

Westergasfabriek, Machinegebouw 
Pazzinistraat 8
1014 DA Amsterdam

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Participating in the IFEST Italian Photo Festival of Savignano. The IFEST Italian Photo Festival will take place in September of 2013 in Savignano Sul Rubicone in Italy.

Date: September 2013
Location: Savignano Sul Rubicone

Spazio Paglierani
Viale della Libertà 9 
Savignano sul Rubicone

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We Like Art has been invited by De Bijenkorf to present contemporary art to the shopping public. Two big walls on the fourth floor will be transformed into a display, showcasing works on stil life and portraits.

Date: April 10 – May 5 2013
Opening: Tuesday, March 5th, 18:00
Location: De Bijenkorf Amsterdam

De Bijenkorf Amsterdam
Dam 1
1012 JS Amsterdam
4th floor

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Participating in the flowerCASTLE 2013 exhibition, the second edition of the annual exhibition at Kasteel Keukenhof, the “Flower Castle” of the Netherlands.  

FLOWERCASTLE is an initiative about flora and culture. Flora is a great source of inspiration for art, design, fashion and other related disciplines. In collaboration with contemporary artists, FLOWERCASTLE offers a platform for reflection on work that was born from this inspiration. FLOWERCASTLE connects the International Flower Exhibition and Kasteel Keukenhof. The idea for FLOWERCASTLE arose as a continuation of bygone times, when lords invited their guests to their estates to enjoy nature and the special things in life. FLOWERCASTLE aspires to generate insight into the emotional experience of flowers and nature. FLOWERCASTLE is no showroom or an exhibition, but a cultural event: food for thought & work in progress.

Artists FLOWERCASTLE 2013: Elspeth Diederix, Koen Hauser, Joris Landman, Marc Mulders, Barbara Nanning, Pearl Perlmutter, Sander Plug, Michael Raedecker, Viviane Sassen, Shinkichi Tajiri, Mattheus Terwesten, Harald Vlugt, Mariken Wessels, and others.

Curated by Gijs Stork.

Date: March 14 - June 20 2013
Opening: March 14, 17:00, by Mr. Y. Nagamine, the Ambassador of Japan
Location: Castle Keukenhof Lisse

Opening hours: Tuesday/Sunday from 11.00 to 17.00 hrs

Kasteel Keukenhof
Keukenhof 1
2161 LN Lisse 

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Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Ed Ruscha’s legendary artist books together with books and works of art by more than 100 contemporary artists that respond directly and diversely to Ruscha’s original project. Organized by Bob Monk, “Ed Ruscha Books & Co.” has been drawn from private collections, including Ruscha’s own. Most of the books are installed so that viewers can interact with them and browse their pages.

The publication of the ABC&ED project will also be presented. Initiated by ABC Artists' books cooperative, ABC&ED is a tribute to artist Ed Ruscha. Each member of ABC created a new work as a celebration of his 75th birthday.

Date: March 5 - April 27 2013
Opening: Tuesday, March 5th, 18:00
Location: Gagosian Gallery New York

Gagosian Gallery
Madison Avenue
New York

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Participating in the Little Big Press Travelling Library exhibition in March. The exhibition is initiated by Treterzi and will show a selection of 70 books from the travelling library at Forma, Milano.

Date: 1st March – 1st April, 2013
Opening: 28th of February, 6.30 p.m. Guided tour 1st of March
Location: Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia
Visiting hours: 10:00-20:00, monday closed.
Info: 02 58118067 

Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia
Piazza Tito Lucrezio Caro, 1
Milano, Italy 

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Johan Deumens Gallery will present Mariken Wessels work at the Codex International Book Fair, California. She will also be present herself.

Date: 10-13 February 2013
Location: Craneway Pavilion

1414 Harbor Way South
Richmond, Carlifornia
USA 

Participating in a groups exhibition with working title Prospects & Concepts. The exhibition is organized by the Mondriaan Fund and curated by Wim Waelput. The exhibition will run parallel to the art fair Art Rotterdam.

Date: 6 - 10 February 2013, 12.00 - 22.00
Art fair: Art Rotterdam
Opening: Wednesday Feb 6, 15.00 - 22.00 

Location: Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae with new members: Arjan van Amsterdam, Linda van Boven, Sander Cedee, Martin C. de Waal, Marit Dik, Christina Hallström, Mari Hofman, Barbara van Ittersum, Pieter de Kok, Guillaume Lo- A-Njoe, George Maas, Tatjana Macic, Danae Moons, Petra Noordkamp, Merel Noorlander, Chaim Oren, Alex Palmboom, Annelies Rigter, Inge Schagen, Martha Scheeren, Marena Seeling, Beldan Sezen, Naomi Sultanik, Aram Tanis, Mieke Teelen, Aímee Terburg, Kees Verschuren, Mariken Wessels, Andres Wiecherink

Exhibition: 12-27 January 2013
Opening: 11th of January 2013
Location: Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 112 Amsterdam

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On December 14 and 15, Athenaeum bookshop will be the host at Van Zoetendaal gallery. Petra Noordkamp and Willem van Zoetendaal have selected 50 of the most remarkable photo books published in recent years. On both days, at 1 and 4 pm, artist talks about their favourite books and recent publications.

Date: 14 - 15 December 2012, 12 am to 7 pm
Location: Van Zoetendaal Gallery

Van Zoetendaal
Oude Schans 67 f
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

A We Like Art group show at The Guesthouse of VOUS ETES ICI gallery, with interactive real and virtual wall from contemporary artists. 

Date: 29 november 17 – 21 hour, 2 december 12 – 17 hour, 23 december
Location: The Guesthouse @ VOUS ETES ICI

Gallery visiting times:  Wed - Sat,  12 - 18 hours

The Guesthouse @ Vous Etes Ici
Ms. Van Riemsdijkweg 41a, 1033 RC
Amsterdam

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Work of Mariken Wessels will be shown in Guatemala during GuatePhoto as one of 20 books of the Indie Photobook Library.

Date: November 7 -25, 2012
Location: GuatePhoto, Guatemala

GuatePhoto
Edificio OEG
Vía 6, 3-56 zona 4, Segundo nivel
Guatemala City,
Guatemala

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The first Binding Image exhibition will be held as a Pop-Up Gallery at muzyQ. Exhibiting artists next to Mariken Wessels include: Bertien Van Manen // Hans Wilschut // Marjolijn De Wit // Martine Stig // Kesselskramer // Sanne Peper And Michaël Snitker // Aram Tanis // Yves Suter // Club Donny // Wil Van Iersel // Foam Magazine // Adriaan Van Der Ploeg // Jaap Scheeren // Kenji Hirasawa // Margari Dacorreia // Craig Atkinson // Koen Hauser // Martin Parr // Hou Chien Cheng // Robert Smithson  // Morten Andersen // Wassinklundgren // Kim Thue // Jessica Sumerling // Scott Caruth // Ian Bird // Angela Verduin // Amir Zaki // Taj Forer // Jason Fulford // Fred Hüning // Chris Buck // Edmund Clark // Popel Coumou // Rikard Laving // Mieke Woestenburg // Monu Magazine // Laetitia Gorsy // Mengxi Zhang // Shawn Records // Bridget Ashton // Andreas Schmidt // Jonathan Lewis // Philippe Gerlach // Stefanie Wels // Marjoleine Boonstra // Paula Mccartney // Sacha Maric // Eric Kampherbeek And Geert Limburg // Karine Versluis // William Teakle // Marc Alain //  Catherine Gibb // Anais G. Lopez // Marco Van Duyvendijk //

Exhibition: November - December, 2012
Location:  muzyQ, Amsterdam

Atlantisplein 1
1093 NE Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Mariken Wessels will participate in Evolution of PhotoBookmaking with
Mercantile Library as part of FOTOFOCUS, an exhibition featuring work of more than 500 artists in the spirit of Cincinnati’s legacy as an epicenter of art production and creative exchange.

Date: October 2012
Location: Cincinnati regio, USA

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A new publication will be presented as part of the ABC&ED project. Initiated by ABC Artists' books cooperative, ABC&ED is a tribute to artist Ed Ruscha. Each member of ABC created a new work as a celebration of his 75th birthday. The project will launch simultaneously at the London Art Book Fair, The New York Art Book Fair and Offprint/Unseen Amsterdam. 

ABC participates in the following book fairs:
Paris, 15–18 November, 2012: Offprint Paris
New York, 27–30 September, 2012: The New York Art Book Fair
London, 21–23 September, 2012: Mews Project Space, Whitechapel Gallery during The London Art Book Fair
Amsterdam, 20–23 September, 2012: Offprint Amsterdam

The Johan Deumens Gallery is presenting in colaboration with Unseen Photo Fair a selection of photo editions and artists' books at the international art book fair Offprint Amsterdam 2012.

Fair: Sep 20-23, 2012
Location:  Machinegebouw Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

Opening September 20th, 2010 4pm - 7pm

Johan Deumens Gallery
Gabriël Metsustraat 8
1071 EA Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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Artist talk with fellow artists Koen Vermeule and Thomas Elshuis at ING House, Amsterdam, on Thursday September 13, 18:00 - 20:00.

contact@welikeart.nl for more info.

Members from Arti et Amicitiae will show recent work at Salon II. The opening will take place on friday the 31th of August form 21:30 at Rokin 112 in Amsterdam. Work from Mariken will be shown during this exhibition.

Opening: 31th of August
Exhibition: 1-23 September.
Location: Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 112 Amsterdam.

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Mariken Wessels's books and photos are on display in one of the windows of the Athenaeum bookshop on the Spui square, Amsterdam.

Athenaeum Boekhandel
Spui 14-16
1012 XA Amsterdam

Mariken Wessels in coorperation with ABC Artists' Books Coorporative will give a talk at The Future of Artist Books. The Future of Artist Books is a series of talks, workshops and events aiming to present the most innovative publishing projects by artists and designer’s working with photography, text, printed matter and e-publishing.

Date: Friday April 13, 2012, 19:00-21:00
Location: PrintRoom Rotterdam

PrintRoom
Schietbaanstraat 17
3014ZV Rotterdam
The Netherlands

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December 10th, 2011 | 18:00 Opening group exhibition Dutch and Belgian Photo Books
Kominek Gallery Immanuelkirchstrasse. 25 10405 Berlin Germany 

An exhibition on Dutch and Belgian Photo Books with Rob Hornstra, Henk Wildschut, Pip Erken, Christian Lutz, Viviane Sassen, Jan Banning, Anouk Kruithof, Mariken Wessels, Jeroen Toirkens, Florian van Roekel, Carl De Keyzer, Geert van Kesteren, Paul Kooiker, Cuny Janssen, Niels Stomps, Stephan Vanfleteren, Wytske van Keulen.

We will be displaying more books and works from Marco van Duyvendijk, Mirjana Vrbaski, Judith van Ijken, Petra Stavast, Ringel Goslinga, Pieter van den Boogert, Jan Kempenaers, Nickel van Duijvenboden, Anoek Steketee, Eefje Blankevoort, Jeroen Hofman, Gerad Fieret, Bas Princen, Jaap Scheeren, Corinne Noordenbos, Thijs Groot Wassink, Ruben Lundgren, Willem van Zoetendaal, Jeroen Kummer, Arthur Herrman, Sybren Kuiper, Hans Gremmen and more.

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Opening: 27 November 2011 | 11:00 - 17:00 uur
Location: Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam

Pakhuis De Zwijger 
Piet Heinkade 179
1019 HC Amsterdam
Netherlands

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Mariken Wessels will present her oeuvre, including her new work 'Keepsake', as a part of the ABC Artists' Books Cooperative at the artist book fair Offprint Paris. She will participate in 2 booksigning sessions, on friday 11th of November, 17:00, with ABC Artists' Books Cooperative, and the next day with Kominek Gallery.

Bookfair: 10-13 November 2011
Location: Offprint Paris

Booksignings: 
--- 11 November with ABC; 17:00
--- 12 November with Kominek Gallery; 17:00

Lycée Technologique d'Arts Appliqués Auguste Renoir
21/24 Rue Ganneron
75018 Paris
France

Larissa Leclair and the Indie Photobook Library will be in China for the Lishui Photography Festival, November 6-9, 2011. Leclair is one of ten invited American curators and she is presenting the work of E. Brady Robinson, Ben Huff, and a selection of 15 books from the iPL archive.

Exhibition: 6 - 9 November, 2011
Location: Lishui Photography Festival

Lishui Photography Festival
CHINA

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Mariken Wessels will participate in the group show BERM/DATE - do you wanna date? The weekly changing exhibition opens during the Museumnacht and is an open artshow of artists who date with BERM with.

Exhibition: 5 November - 1 December 2011
Location: BERM Amsterdam

Opening: 5 November, 17:00, Museumnacht

BERM
Krugerplein 36 A 
Amsterdam-Oost
The Netherlands

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The Indie Photobook Library's second feature-length exhibition opens today in Gallery 31 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Curated by Muriel Hasbun and Susan Sterner, along with Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, the exhibition runs from November 2-20, 2011 with an opening reception on November 10. It includes work by Mariken Wessels.

Exhibition: 2 - 20 November, 2011
Location: Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Corcoran
Gallery 31
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
USA 

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'Queen Ann: P.S. Belly cut off' will be presented during the Third Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize Exhibition which focuses on finding an interesting format to showcase and view artists' books. The various galleries at the exhibition will be filled with armchairs, sofas, beanbags, cushions and the book themselves with clear instructions for visitors to look, read and participate.

Exhibition: 11 October-5 November 2011
Location: Sheffield

Venue: Bank Street Arts
32-40 Bank Street
Sheffield
S1 2DS
United Kingdom

Mariken Wessels' work will be presented during the Second Edition of Little Big Press in Rome, an exhibition dedicated to small publishing houses, self-produced books and photography fanzines. Following the exhibition her work will enter into the traveling Little Big Press library for future presentation.

Exhibition: 7-23 October
Location: Rome

Venue: Fotoleggendo-ISA
ISA-Instituo Superiore Antincendi
Via del Commercio, 13 - 00154 Rome
Italy

During the 1st Beijing International Design Fair The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) will present a selection of 120 Dutch artist books. Queen Ann P.S. Belly cut off is part of the selection.

Exhibition: September 28th until October 17th, 2011
Location: China National Museum

1st Beijing International Design Fair
East side of Tian’anmen Square
16 East Chang'an Avenue
Dongcheng District
Beijing 100006
China

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The Indie Photobook Library’s first feature-length exhibition featuring Mariken Wessels' artist books will be on view at the PRC from September 13 – November 12, 2011.

Exhibition: 
September 13 – November 12, 2011

Opening: Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 – 8 pm
Location: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
832 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
USA 

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Mariken Wessels will present her work along with fellow members of ABC Artists' Books Cooperative, at the Hamburger Fototage. Futhermore the Kominek Gallery will also participate in the Hamburger Fototage with work of Mariken Wessels.

Bookfair: September 2-4, 2011
Location: Haus der Photographie
Deichtorstr. 1-2
D-20095 Hamburg

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During the Beijing International Book Fair 2011 (August 31st until September 4th) The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) will present a selection of 120 Dutch artist books. Queen Ann P.S. Belly cut off is part of the selection. Afterwards the selection will be shown at the 1st Beijing International Design Fair.

Exhibition: August 31st until September 4th, 2011
Location: Chona International Exhibition Center (New Venue)

Beijing International Book Fair 2011
88 YuXiang Road
TianZhu Area
Shunyi District
Beijing 101318
China

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Summer exhibition Wat zijn mij wolken nog en wegen at Kunstvereniging Diepenheim. Exhibiting artists: Antoinette Nausikaa, Linda Nieuwstad, Femmy Otten, Ulrike Rehm, Mariken Wessels.

Mariken Wessels will be interviewed on Sunday September 4th by Michiel van Nieuwkerk. Start at 15.00, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim.

Exhibition: June 25th until September 18th, 2011
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 - 17:00
Interview: Sunday September 4th, 15:00

Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
Grotestraat 17
7478 AA Diepenheim
The Netherlands