Michael van den Besselaar

Curriculum Vitae

1965 Brunssum, Nl
1983/88 KABK Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Den Haag
1988 Karel Klinkenberg award
1990 stipend Fonds BKVB
2005 residency at ACA, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, USA
2005 travelgrant Prins Bernhard Fonds/ Peterich Fonds

Exhibitions

solo (selection)

2012 Black&White Gallery, New York USA
2010 Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell USA , "Unconcious Optics"      
2009 Black&White Gallery, New York USA, "Nostalgic about the Future"   
2007 Black&White Gallery, New York USA, "What we've just seen is not Real" 

group (selection)
2012 Galerie Richard, Paris
2010 Galerie Richard, Paris, the incomplete Paris
2010 Gensler, New York, Architecture and Abstraction
2009 EXPRMNTL Gallery, Toulouse, Psychedelia Paradise
2009 Black&White Gallery, New York, a Black & White World
2008 Black&White Gallery, New York, Catching the Word
2008 Gouvernement, Maastricht, Een Eindeloze Zomer
2007 Black&White Gallery, New York, The Sheltering Sky
2006 Feigen Contemporary, New York, Blessed are the Merciful
2006 Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Oracle of Truth
2005 Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Playtime
2005 Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, After Nature

reviews / publications / catalogues (selection)
2010, An Asymmetric Aesthetic, Hubert Neumann, c
2009, TimeOut New York, Michael Wilson, r
2008, Zuiderlucht Magazine, Marieke Wiegel, p
2008, “Een eindeloze Zomer”, Ad Himmelreich, c
2007, New York Magazine, Rachel Wolf, r
2006, New York Times, Ken Johnson, r

private / public collections (selection)
Neumann Family Collection USA
A.G Rosen Collection USA
Aegon Kunstcollectie NL
Fondation Francès FR
Mark Parker Collection USA
Neuberger Berman Group USA
Lehman Brothers Holding USA
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag NL