CURRICULUM VITAE, ARTIST MARNIX DE NIJS July 2011
Marnix de Nijs (1970) is a Dutch installation artist. Graduated as a sculptor in 1992, he focused his early career on sculpture, public space and architecture. Since the mid 90's, he has been a pioneer in researching the experimental use of media and technologies in Art. Impelled by the idea that technology acts as a driving force behind cultural change and therefore capable of generating new experiences where societal habits and communication are rethought, his work thrives on the creative possibilities offered by new media, while critically examining their impact on contemporary society and human perception.
EDUCATION
1988-1992 Arnhem Institute for the Arts, Arnhem, NL
1982-1988 Athenaeum, Marnix College, Ede, NL
PRICES
2005 Witteveen & Bos Art and Technology Price 2005, NL
2005 Honourly Mentioned Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2002 Honourly Mentioned Vida 5.0 Art and A-life awards, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid, SP
2001 Honourly Mentioned Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2001 Honourly Mentioned Transmediale Award, Berlin, DE
2000 First price Art Future 2000 Award, Acer Digital Art Centre, Taipei, TW
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012 'Mirror Piece', Mois Multi, Quebec City, CA
2011 'Exploded Vieus 2.0', STRP festival Eindhoven, NL
2011 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', Gogbot, Enschede, NL
2011 'Spatial Sounds', Expérience Pommery # 9, Reims, FR
2011 '15 Minutes of Biometric Fame”, Translife, National Art Museum China, Beijing, CN
2011 'Mirror Piece', Shong Zhuang Art Center, Beijing, CN
2011 'Mirror Piece', OFF matica, Sonar, CCCB, Barcelona, SP
2011 'Mirror piece', Issue Art Space Beijing, CN
2011 'Beijing Accelerator', Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshaven, DE
2011 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', EXIT 2011, Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris, FR
2011 'Mirror Piece', Transmediale 11, Berlin, DE
2010 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', Technology Requested, NIMK, Amsterdam, NL
2010 'Mirror Piece', (ISMAR) COEX/Art Center Nabi. Seoul, Korea
2010 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', STRP_festival , Eindhoven, NL
2010 'Beijing Accelerator', as soon as possible, CCCS Strozzina, Firenze, IT
2010 Pilot presentation of the new work "15 minutes of Biometric fame", TASML, Beijing, CN
2009 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), HyperSounds, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, SP
2009 'Exploded Views', GLOW festival Eindhoven, NL
2009 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', opening cultural season, V2_organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2009 'Exploded Views', Fluid Architecture, NIMK, Amsterdam, NL
2009 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Woodstreet Gallery, Pittsburg, US
2009 'Run Motherfucker Run', ENTER ACTION, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK
2008 'Physiognomic Scrutinizer', Touch Me festival 2008, Feel Better!, Zagreb, HR
2008 'Beijing Accelerator', Sonarmatica 08, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, SP
2008 'Beijing Accelerator', Synthetic Times, National Art Museum China, Beijing, CN
2008 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2008 'Exploded Views', Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina, Firenze, IT
2007 'Beijing Accelerator', STRP_festival , Eindhoven, NL
2007 'Beijing Accelerator', Moca, Museum of contemporary Arts Taipei, TW
2007 'Exercise in Immersion 4', DEAF07 Festival, V2_organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2006 'Push/Pull' & 'Spatial Sounds', DAF festival, Tokyo, JP
2006 'Beijing Accelerator', Emergence festival, Paris, FR
2006 'Run Motherfucker Run', 6th Shanghai Bienale, Shanghai, CN
2006 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Alta Tecnología Andina, Lima, PER
2006 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), CODE BLUE, China Millennium Museum, Beijing, CN
2006 'Beijing Accelerator', Electromagnetic Bodies,Tent & V2 organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2006 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Elektra Festival, Montreal, CA
2006 'Run Motherfucker Run', Urban Explorer Festival. Dordrecht, NL
2006 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h) & 'Run Motherfucker Run', STRP, Eindhoven, NL
2005 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Audioframes, Lille, FR
2005 'Run Motherfucker Run', Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2005 'Run Motherfucker Run', In The Line of Flight, China Millennium Museum, Beijing, CN
2005 'Run Motherfucker Run', Kapelica Gallery. Ljubljana, Sl
2005 'Run Motherfucker Run' & 'Spatial Sounds', Transmediale Festival 05, Berlin, DE
2004 'Run Motherfucker Run', DEAF04 Festival, V2_organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2004 'Run Motherfucker Run', Internationale keuze, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, NL
2004 'Autonomous Oil Reserve', Tracer, Tent & Witte de With Rotterdam, NL
2004 'Push / Pull', Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2004 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Kontejner. Zagreb, HR
2004 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Kapelica Gallery. Ljubljana, Sl
2003 'Panoramic Acceleration', 8ème festival Bandits-Mages, Bourges, FR
2003 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Mois Multi. Quebec-city, CA
2002 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Nuit Blanche, Paris, FR
2002 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, BR
2002 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Sonar, Barcelona, SP
2002 'Cross-Connected' Hotel Mosaic, Tent, Rotterdam, NL
2001 'Spatial Sounds (100 dB at 100 km/h), Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2001 'Cross-Control', Cell, Rotterdam Cultural Capital Europe, Rotterdam, NL
2001 'Spatial Sounds', Artfuture 2000, Acer Digital Art Centre,Taipei, TW
2000 'Panoramic Acceleration', DEAF 00, V2_Organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2000 ‘Intervention mit drei Hunden', Gothaer, Koln, DE
1999 'Panoramic Acceleration', New Forms Festival, The Hague, NL
1999 'Panoramic Acceleration', 17th World-Wide Video Festival Amsterdam, NL
1998 'Closing the Loop' pseudo-scientific experiments, Time's Up_org Linz, AU
1998 'Open Head', Montevideo_TBA, Amsterdam, NL
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2005 'Vibrating Zagreb_the Trillmachine', Kontejner. Zagreb, HR
2002 'Machine Winks', Low-Lands festival, Biddinghuizen, NL
2001 'Machine Winks', Korzo, The Haque, NL
2001 'Machine Winks', Dutch Dancing Days, Maastricht, NL
2001 'Super Eva', Frascati, Amsterdam, NL. Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL. Ludwig
Forum, Achen, DE
2001 'Intervention With Four Pneumatic Cylinders', Begane Grond, Utrecht, NL
1999 'Inflatable', Re-constructions, CELL, Het Paard, The Hague, NL
1997 'Trill', Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL
1996 'Trill', Update Festival, Copenhagen, DM
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2009 Enter Action, digital art now, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, DK
2008 The Keywords on Visual Arts in the Netherlands, Ideafriend Studio, Taipei, TW
2008 Touch Me, Feel Better, Kontejner, Zagreb, HR
2008 Deep Screen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NL
2008 Synthetic Times, National Art Museum China, Beijing, CN
2007 Unstable Media, Act Interact, Moca, Taipei, TW
2007 Interact or Die, DEAF 07,V2_Organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2006 DAF, Digital Arts Festival Tokyo 2006, JP
2006 Hyper Design, 6th Shanghai Bienalle, CN
2006 Code Blue, Confluence of Currents, 3rd Beijing International New Media Arts festival, CN
2005 Marnix de Nijs, Witteveen & Bos Art and Technology Price 2005, NL
2005 Cyber Art 2005, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2005 In The line of Flight, 2rd Beijing International New Media Arts festival, CN
2004 Feelings are always local, V2_organisation, Rotterdam, NL
2004 Ars 2004, Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2004 Tracer 1 & 2, Tent & Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
2003 Future cinema_the cinematic imaginary after film, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
2002 Emoção Art.ficial, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, BR
2002 Sonar 2002, 9th International Festival Of Advanced Music And Multi-Media Arts, SP
2001 Cyber Art 2001, Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, AU
2001 Review, Frieze, GB
2000 Machine Times, DEAF 00,V2_Organisation, Rotterdam, NL
1999 13th festival Rencontre Video Art Plastic, Herouville, FR
1999 17th World-Wide VideoFestival Amsterdamdam, NL
1999 Closing the Loop '98, Time's Up_org, Linz, AU
1999 Review, Zingmagazine, New York, USA
1998 Review, BLVD magazine, NL
1997 Review, BLVD magazine, NL