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updated October 2024
About
Monique Hendriksen (1982, NL) has a background in economics. Her artistic practice is informed by the desire to radicalize the space of art in order to problematize the counter intuitive relation between economy and thought. In her performances, videos, texts and sound works she investigates the complexity of the real, and the irreconcilability of abstraction and thought. She appropriates visual systems and pop culture references in mix with abstract configurations and thereby
addresses knowledge production and the possibility of betterment within a culture.
Monique Hendriksen studied at the Dutch Art Institute, School for Art Praxis (MFA) in 2014 and 2015. Earlier she studied Fine Arts at AKV St. Joost in 's-Hertogenbosch and Breda, Business Economics at Fontys University Eindhoven, and Philosophy at Tilburg University. Her work has among other places been shown at Casa do Povo in São Paulo, Museum of Yugoslav History in Belgrade, New Theatre in Berlin, Onomatopee Eindhoven, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, Øvre fossum gård in Oslo and in public space in Addis Ababa.
Monique Hendriksen has contributed research material and new commissions to several publications, most recently in 2020 to The Trouble with Value (Kris Dittel ed. published by Onomatopee). She has curated various shows and initiated several collaborative research projects and salons.
CV
Education
- 2024-25 Leadership in Culture, Business, University of Utrecht, Education for Professionals
- 2013-15 Master of Fine Art Praxis, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
- 2008-12 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction), AKV St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda
- 2010 Pre-Master Philosophy, Tilburg University
- 2000-05 Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, Fontys University, Eindhoven
Residency
- 2018-2020 A Daily Practice, weekly workshop by Yael Davids, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 2017 bb15, Linz
- 2015 Traffic #9: The Alumni Ambassador Convention, by Lokaal 01 Antwerp and Arts University Bournemouth, ArtSway, Sway
- 2015 Molecular Revolutions, Casa do Povo (DAI), São Paulo
- 2015 The Van Abbemuseum presents: Practicing with Institutions, Instituting Practice, Van Abbemuseum (DAI), Eindhoven
- 2015 Roodkapje Radicals #0: Autarc, Rotterdam
- 2014 Appropriation and Dedication, If I Can't Dance I Don't Want to be Part of your Revolution (DAI), New Theatre Berlin
- 2014 Summer School, Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade
- 2013 Archives Works Marathon, Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin
- 2013 The Yes Foundation, 's-Hertogenbosch
Research
- 2021-2024 Financial & Institutional research, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
- 2018-2020 Financial & Institutional research, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2018-2022 Bring in Weight, group research on the rise of populism in Europe, with artists from Berlin, Eindhoven, Maribor, Zagreb and Zurich
- 2018 Intelligence and Consciousness, duo research with Jan Adriaans (NL)
- 2018 Interface and Reality, duo research with Jan Adriaans (NL)
- 2017 A Vocabulary of Noise, group research on Noise and Reality with Jan Adriaans (NL), Bryony Gillard (UK), and Marie-Andrée Pellerin (CA)
- 2015-17 Delusional Cause, Research on the Real Abstraction
- 2016 ART of the MOOC: Merging Public Art and Experimental Education, online
- 2015 DAI Roaming Academy, To Make A Work~Molecular Revolutions, Arnhem, São Paulo
- 2015 DAI Coop Academy, Open! presents: Affective Images: How Public Images Produce Affect in a Digital Age, Arnhem, Eindhoven
- 2014 DAI Coop Academy, Appropriation and Dedication, If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of your Revolution, Arnhem, Amsterdam, Berlin
- 2014 DAI Roaming Academy, Travelling Communique: From Belgrade, September 5, 1961, Addis Ababa, Arnhem, Belgrade, Berlin
- 2014 See You in The Hague, Consequences of Counterterrorism Policies, Stroom, The Hague
- 2014 New World Summit, Academy for Cultural Activism, BAK, Utrecht
Grand & Price
- 2019 Snelgeldfonds Cultuur Eindhoven
- 2011 Brabantse Straatkunstprijs
Publication
- 2020 The Trouble with Value, by Onomatopee
- 2017 The Economy is Spinning, by Onomatopee
- 2016
Unfold #4, digital folder guest curated by Kris Dittel
- 2015 Delusional Cause, artist contribution, 468 words, published by Open! Platform for Art, Culture and Public domain
- 2015 Sohn-Rethel and Aesthetics, master thesis, 11111 words, published by Dutch Art Institute
- 2014 Unfold newspaper, ed. Dutch Art Institute, Netsa Art Village, Ale Art School Addis Ababa, 500 copies, published by Dutch Art Institute
- 2012 Spel, Ontmoeting, Archief en Mysterie, 9590 words, 30 copies, published by Monique Hendriksen
- 2012 Sherlock Volume-Rutschgefahr, cassette tape/200 copies
- 2012 Roeren In Een Onbestemde Soep, 9292 words, published by Monique Hendriksen
Web
- http://www.moniquehendriksen.nl/
- http://distributionofthesensible.blogspot.com/
- http://www.knospt.com
- http://www.sherlockvolume.nl/
Discursive
- 2024 Arbeidsvoorwaarden en collectieve afspraken, Platform ACCT, Amsterdam
- 2024 Presentatie Cultuurplanadvies 2025-2028, Rotterdam
- 2023 De weg naar Fair Pay, Platform ACCT, Amsterdam
- 2019 Artist talk, AKV St. Joost, Breda
- 2019 Artist talk, AKV St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2018 Valuable Reading Group, Wallstreet Eindhoven
- 2017 Meet up with Julia Draganovic, Kunsthalle Osnabruck, Henrietta Bretton Meyer of Kunsthalle Charlottenbourg in Kopenhagen and Katalin Timar of Museum Ludwig in Budapest
- 2017 Workshop sessions, bb15 Linz
- 2017 Studio visit by Danielle Lemaire, Extrapool
- 2017 Gaycentration, FDFA Arnhem, lecture
- 2017 Studio visit by Frederique Berghoz and Susan Gibb, If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part of your Revolution
- 2016 Do The Right Thing, Showroom, Arnhem, lecture
- 2015 Alumni lecture, AKV St. Joost Breda
- 2013 Pecha Kucha, TAC, Eindhoven
- 2013 Pecha Kucha, TenToon, 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2012 Artist talk, Zondagssalon Point de Vue, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch
Interview
- 2013 2013 A Movie About 2012, published by The Yes Foundation/Stichting Ja
- 2012 Monique Hendriksen en de ultieme nutteloosheid, ed. Nienke Schellinkhout Diaz, published by Mister Motley
Etalage #119, ed. Marijke Hooghwinkel, published by Stichting Idfx Breda
- 2012 Etalage #119, ed. Marijke Hooghwinkel, published by Stichting Idfx Breda
Exhibition
- 2022 Trustfest, groupshow curated by Kat Kalkman, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
- 2018-22 Bring in Weight, University of Zadar, Croatia
- 2018 The Trouble with Value chapter 2, groupshow curated by Kris Dittel and Krzysztof Siatka, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2017-18 The Trouble With Value, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow
- 2017 A Vocabulary of Noise, bb 15, Linz
- 2017 Gaycentration, FDFA Arnhem, group show
- 2016 Nove Sed Non Nova, Vandaler Forening, Oslo
- 2016 The Economy is Spinning, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2016 Annihilation NBF, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
- 2016 Drawing Srinagar by Praneet Soi, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 2016 Show the Land in Which a Wide Space for National Progress is Ensured, performance by Jasmina Cibic, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2015 did you feel it, Symposium, presented by Open! Platform for Art, Culture and the Public Domain, Designhuis Eindhoven
- 2015 Do The Right Thing, Showroom, Arnhem, lectures and performances by DAI graduates
- 2015 To Make A Work~Molecular Revolutions, Showroom, Arnhem, group show
- 2015 The Kitchen not the Restaurant, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, performance
- 2015 To Make A Work~Molecular Revolutions, Casa do Povo, São Paulo, group show
- 2015 Roodkapje Radicals #0: Autarc, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, group show
- 2014 Winter Solstice night exhibition: Disambiguation, Øvre fossum gård, Oslo, group show
- 2014 Playful Arts Festival, zo-ii and WOT, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show
- 2014 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #3 Stay Hungry (The Invitation/The Encounter), De Fabriek Eindhoven, group show on my initiative
- 2014 Adaptation of The Balcony by Jean Genet, Theater aan de Rijn, Arnhem
- 2014 The Kitchen not the Restaurant, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, lecture performance
- 2014 After Year Zero, Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade, group show
- 2014 Gay Monument, Addis Ababa, intervention in public space
- 2014 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #2 Het Cafeetje---This Must Be the Place (De Verzameling/De Collectie), De Fabriek Eindhoven, group show on my initiative
- 2014 SuperbookSunday, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, screening
- 2014 The Kitchen not the Restaurant, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem, lecture performance
- 2013 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #1 Take Me To The River (Het Spel/De Grap), De Fabriek, Eindhoven, group show on my initiative
- 2013 What Else! #1, Stichting Ja, 's-Hertogenbosch, solo
- 2013 OnEens, United-C, Eindhoven, group show and symposium
- 2013 Officieel, Das Spectrum, Utrecht, group show
- 2012 Dertiende Maand, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, group show
- 2012 Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, intervention
- 2012 Etalage Derde Wal, Nijmegen, group show
- 2012 Of No Interest #2, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, solo
- 2012 Of No Interest #1, Sectie-C, Eindhoven, solo
- 2012 The Ultieme Expedition, through the country, group intervention on my initiative
- 2012 Eindexpo, St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show
- 2012 1,0 fte, curated by Maureen Timmermans CBK, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show
- 2012 Lust for Life Young, United-C, Eindhoven, group show
- 2012 Nettie, Annahuis, Breda & IDFX etalage, Breda, intervention in collaboration with Klaas Burger
- 2012 Opening, IDFX etalage, Breda, solo
- 2012 Alles dat Blinkt, CBK, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show
- 2011 Kunstnacht 's-Hertogenbosch, The Yes Foundation/Stichting Ja, Tæt ,'s-Hertogenbosch
- 2011 Maar... Enzovoort, Lokaal01, Breda, intervention in group show
- 2011 Art and Politics, DMT-Loods, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show and symposium
- 2011 Powerpoint #1, St. Joost, Breda, performance
- 2010 How to be Happy, St. Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch, group show
Performance
- 2022 Bring in Weight, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich
- 2021 Bring in Weight, MSU, Museum for Contemporary Art, Zagreb
- 2019 Bring in Weight, Flutgraben e.V. Cultural Association, Atelierbuilding & Artistspace, Berlin
- 2019 Bring in Weight, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
- 2018 A Daily Practice by Yael Davids, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 2018 My Name Is Salmon #3, Extrapool, Nijmegen
- 2016 The Economy is Spinning, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2016 Annihilation NBF, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
- 2016 Drawing Srinagar by Praneet Soi, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- 2016 Show the Land in Which a Wide Space for National Progress is Ensured, by Jasmina Cibic, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
- 2015 The Kitchen not the Restaurant, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem,
- 2015 Molecular Revolutions, Casa do Povo in São Paulo
- 2014 Adaptation of The Balcony by Jean Genet, Theater aan de Rijn, Arnhem
- 2014 Public space, Addis Ababa
- 2014 By Any Other Name, by Emily Roysdon, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- 2014 The Kitchen not the Restaurant, Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
- 2013 Point de Vue, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2012 Pecha Kucha, TenToon, 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2012 Pecha Kucha, TAC, Eindhoven
Curatorial
- 2016 Did you feel it, Symposium, presented by Open! Platform for Art, Culture and the Public Domain, Designhuis Eindhoven
- 2014 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #3 Stay Hungry (The Invitation/The Encounter), De Fabriek Eindhoven
- 2014 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #2 Het Cafeetje---This Must Be the Place (De Verzameling/De Collectie), De Fabriek, Eindhoven
- 2013 Distribution of the Sensible (Blind Mix) #1 Take Me To The River (Het Spel/De Grap), De Fabriek, Eindhoven
- 2012 Of No Interest #2, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2012 Of No Interest #1, Sectie-C, Eindhoven
- 2012 Knuspt 8, CBK, 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2012 Knuspt John Beerens' salon takeover, Eindhoven
- 2012 Alles dat Blinkt, CBK, 's-Hertogenbosch
- 2011 Knuspt Gelig, Eindhoven
- 2011 Knuspt Fleece, Eindhoven