Derk Thijs

born in 1977 Amsterdam
lives and works in Amsterdam

Education
1996 – 2000      Constantijn Huygens Kunstakademie, Kampen
2000 – 2002      De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2009 – 2010      Residenz Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam

Selected Exhibitions

2017
Haus der Lüge, Pantaleonsmuehlengasse, Cologne (G)
Membran, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (G)

2016
At Home, Plan B / Mertens Frames, Amsterdam (S)
Untitled #1, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (G)

2015
Lucht, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdan (S)
Douliana, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (S)
Douliana, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (S)

2014
Kickstart, W139, Amsterdam (G)

2013
Golden Age, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdan (S)
macht heimat!, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen (G)
Works on Paper, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam (G)

2012
glückliche Künste #1, RA, Cologne (G)
Present forever, FATFORM, Amsterdam, De Hallen, Haarlem (G)
Unstable Universe, The Meetfactory, Prague (G)
Thieves in the Temple, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (S)
Necessarily true, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam (G)

2011
Dah Osla Dothem (with Chris Brans), Pakt, Amsterdam (S)
Summa, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam (S)
Omar en Casanova (with pelican avenue), Arti Capelli Galerie, Den Bosch, NL (S)
What s up, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, NL (G)
Meer Licht, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, NL (G)
Sowing and weeding, folk culture in contemporary art, Cobra Museum, art, Amstelveen (G)
Plastische Positionen im Jetzt, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (G)

2010
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (G)
Die Schau, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne (G)

2009
200 jaar Prix de Rome, De Kunsthal, Rotterdam (G)
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (G)
Unconnected thoughts on gardening, Dick de Bruijn Contemporary Art, Middelburg (G)

2008
Figure in Garden, Grafisch Atelier, Den Bosch (S)
Lokaal 01 (with Maud Vande Veire), Antwerpen (S)

2007
KX Kunstraum, Hamburg (S)
Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (S)
The Contented Heart, W139, Amsterdam (G)

2006
Th Gallery, Den Haag (G)
Denktallen, 85 Gallery, Antwerpen (G)
Releasers, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam (G)

2005
II (with Walter Swennen), Artis, Den Bosch (S)

2004
Galerie de Bruijn, Amsterdam Schilderijen  (S)
Prix de Rome 2004 Tekenen Grafiek, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (G)
Elders, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (G)
The Visitor, Galerist, Istanbul (G)
Alles was bij voorbaat al begonnen, Factor 44, Antwerpen (G)

2003
No signal detected  (with Simon Kentgens), De Overslag, Eindhoven (S)
De Fabriek, Eindhoven (G)
Unlimited #7, Galerie Artconcern, Kortrijk (G)

2002
Early Works, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (G)
Unlimited #5, Galerie Artconcern, Kortrijk (G)

(G) Group Exhibition
(S) Solo Exhibition