Barbara Seiler

EDUCATION

2006 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2003 Akademie voor Beeldende Kunst St. Joost, Breda, NL
1999 Grafisch Lyceum, Eindhoven, NL

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021
How to Look Out, Barbara Seiler, Zürich, CH

2020
Contemporary Presences: Marijn van Kreij, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, ES

2019
The Painter, Andriesse Eyck, Amsterdam, NL

2018
Nude in the Studio, POST, Tokyo, JNP (cat.)
Nude in the Studio, Marres, Maastricht, NL

2017
The Studio, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL
ABN AMRO kunstprijs, Hermitage Amsterdam, NL

2016
Reclining Nude with a Man Playing the Guitar, Hermitage, Amsterdam (with a contribution by Bonnie ‚Prince‘ Billy & The Cairo Gang), NL
ABN AMRO kunstprijs, Hermitage Amsterdam
Nude in front of a Garden, Klemm’s, Berlin
Contingence for Beginners, Marijn van Kreij / Nickel van Duijvenboden, Barbara Seiler, Zurich
Art Cologne, andriesse eyck galerie, Cologne

2015
Range Anxiety, andriesse eyck galerie Amsterdam
Traces, Ming Studios, Idaho

2014
According to Klee the Artist Should Create Like Nature, Barbara Seiler, Zurich

2013
He Who Sings Is Not Always Happy, ANDOR Gallery, London

2012
Riffs and Variations, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam

2011
How to Look Out, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem (cat.)
The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (cat.)

2009
The Passenger, ZINGERpresents, London
Hey Hey, My My, Kisterim, Budapest
We Could Be Looking For The Same Thing, Loraini Alimantiri/Gazonrouge, Athens
And Singin’ La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (Schaufenster)

2008
Tomorrow is Humourless, Stedelijk Museum Bureau (SMBA), Amsterdam
Hey Hey, My My, Liste ’08, Basel
Whoo! Alright – Yeah… Uh Huh, Secondroom, Bruxelles

2007
Another Hole Inside The Hole You’re In, Manuela Klerkx, Milan
I Can’t See Until I See Your Eyes, ZINGERpresents, Amsterdam

2004
Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch

2003
Playstation/Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2021
Envision this is part XXXVII of an ensemble that is no longer necessarily ceremonial Networked Collective
(first iteration: Interstice), Durst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, NL
Re:Re:Re:, AG, Ruimte voor nieuwe kunst en media, Utrecht, NL
After Daan van Golden, Parts Projects, The Hague, NL
Tweestrijd, punt WG, Amsterdam, NL

2020
flat-land-lines, Raum lll, Berlin, DE
Maximum Calm, Andriesse Eyck, Amsterdam, NL
The Drawing Lesson, Museu Moli Paperer, Cappelades, ES
2020, Rozenstraat – a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam, NL
Endless Lows, Breaking High, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, DE
naturlich! {sic!}, KLEMM’S, Berlin, DE

2019
Speak Memory, W139, Amsterdam, NL
Bauhaus&: Modern textiel in Nederland, Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL

2018
The Line Up, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL
Diewechselnde Erscheinung – The Changing Appearance, Kunstverein Langenhagen, DE
New Arrivals II, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen, NL
Dererweiterte Blick / The extended view Kunstverein Langenhagen, DE

2017
Kino der Kunst / Festival, HFF München, DE (cat.)
Works on Paper, Kristof de Clercq, Gent, BE
Austerity, Willem II Fabriek, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
Keep On Keeping On, American College of Greece Art Gallery, Athen, GR
Joy in Repetition, Galerie Onrust, Amsterdam, NL
All Paintings Are Uneven, ABN AMRO, Amsterdam, NL

2016
Kino der Kunst / Festival, HFF München, DE (cat.)
Contingence for Beginners, Marijn van Kreij/Nickel van Duijvenboden, Barbara Seiler, Zurich, CH
gerlach en koop, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL

2015
Let Us Meet Inside You, garage rotterdam, Rotterdam

2014
Wolvecampprijs 2014, Hazemeijer, Hengelo
Repeat, 38CC, Delft
Pointing Elsewhere, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg
Hoge Horizon: Breugelland Vroeg 21ste Eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Lier
Beating around the bush – Episode #2, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Hoge Horizon – Breugelland: vroeg 21ste eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Lier, BE
Voorbij het zichtbare – Selectie uit de eigen collectie, Noordbrabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, NL
Una Exposición Luminosa, Jugada a Tres Bandas, Esther Montoriol, Barcelona
Tasten in het Duister, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg

2013
Hey you!, 1646, The Hague (with Jack Segbars and Nickel van Duijvenboden)
Social Sound, VHDG, Leeuwarden
People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere

2012
A Place No Cars Go, Pou, Barcelona
Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
The Only Rule is Work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde, NL
Present Forever, FATFORM, Amsterdam (cat.)
The Dutch Identity? Half Sugar, Half Sand, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
Picasso Grid, Autocenter, Berlin (with Koen Delaere and Bas van den Hurk)
Newseum, Schunck @Pinkpop, Landgraaf
A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (cat.)
A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Out of Control, Nest, The Hague

2011
n the Company of Humour, Lokaal 01, Breda
Trompe Le Monde, Galerie Transit, Mechelen (B)
25+25, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen (D)
Drawing In & Outside Writing, Voorkamer, Lier (B)
All About Drawing, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam (cat.)
Poisson d’Avril, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam

2010
ARTSCHOOL/UK, Cell Project Space/Whitechapel Gallery, London (cat.)
Zweierlei, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel
Meer, Voorkamer, Lier (B)
Passanten 2010: Pods, Fundament, Tilburg
Seventeen, London
Recht voor zijn raap. Stip 2010 en kunst nu, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (cat.)
X Artworks In A Straight Line (Seeking The Perfect Sphere), Crisp, London
Diary of a Madman, Regina, Moscow
‚As We Know…‘, Phoebus, Rotterdam (with Piet Dirkx and Marc Nagtzaam)
Arrivals and Departures, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona (IT)
Die Reliktion / Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg (with Remco Torenbosch)
The Destroyed Room, The Forgotten Bar, Berlin / Whatspace, Tilburg

2009
You Can Tell A Cowboy By The Horse He Rides, Barbara Seiler Gallery, Zürich
B-sides and Rarities, Lokaal 01, Breda
Towing The Line, Drawing Space, White Box Ltd, New York
Unknown Territories, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere
Het Gesnoeide Matisseboompje, Kunst over Kunst, Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (cat.)
I Was Looking Back To See If You Were Looking Back…, Re-Map2, Athens
Today is OK, Manuela Klerkx, Milan
Remain In Light, W139, Amsterdam
Faux Frères, In Situ Gallery, Aalst
Hey Hey, My My, Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal (with Pere Llobera) (cat.)

2008
A Meeting Between The Tragic and The Funny, Hessenhuis, Antwerpen,
From Cobra to Contemporary, Artnews Projects, Berlin,
Work The Room, GON, Istanbul (with Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz)
Standpunten, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, W139, Amsterdam
Endless Lowlands, Breaking Up, BINZ 39, Zürich / KLEMM’S, Berlin

2007
Billytown, Den Haag (with Navid Nuur)
The Present Order Is The Disorder of The Future, Museum De Hallen, Haarlem
Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam (cat.)
Paulo Post Futurum, Lokaal 01, Breda
KölnShow2, European Kunsthalle, Cologne (cat.)
Comfort/Discomfort, Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch
Arcipelago Olanda, Fieromilanocity/MiArt, Milan (cat.)
Those Quaint Moments of Distress, Montana, Berlin
I Want To Believe, Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
You can’t put your arms around a memory…, Galerie 48/SBK, Breda (with Wies Arts and Bas van Loon)
Cover Up, KOP, Breda

2006
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (cat.)
Rijksakademie at Parts, Parts, Xiamen
Mooi toch…, NBKS, Breda
Still wet, Gebouw F, Breda / Gist, Brummen

2005
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (cat.)
Salon VIII, NBKS, Breda

2004
Present Tense, Playstation/Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Achterland en Achterdocht, Lokaal 01, Breda
Prix de Rome Drawing/Graphics, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam
Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Match!, Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven / NBKS, Breda

2003
Nieuw Licht 2, Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Eindexamententoonstelling, AKV St. Joost, Breda

CURATORIAL AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2012
The Only Rule is Work, Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde
Participating artists: Douglas Huebler, Graham Hudson, WJM Kok, Klara Lidén, Dennis Oppenheim,
Karl Pelgrom and Insituut voor Creatief Werk, Maarten Sleeuwits and Jennifer West

2011
The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Works by Gwenneth Boelens, René Daniëls, Maria Eichhorn, Daan van Golden, Richar¬d Hamilton, Bas van den Hurk, Henri Jacobs, Michael Landy, Oliver Laric, Sol Lewitt, Ann Lislegaard, Christian Marclay, Duane Michals, Jan van de Pavert, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Yutaka Sone, Christopher Williams and Ian Wilson

2008
Tomorrow is Humourless, Museumnacht 2008, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam (SMBA)
Video’s and performances by Yasser Ballemans, David Blandy, Aleksandra Domanovic, Fifi Hengsten, Meiro Koizumi, Torsten Lauschmann, Seth Price, Pipiloti Rist, Bas Schevers and Jennifer West

RESIDENCIES

2010 ARTSCHOOL/UK, Cell Project Space/Whitechapel Gallery, London

AWARDS

2013  Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2013  Nomination Van Bommel Van Dam Prijs
2011  Nomination Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs
2011  Nomination Illy Prize
2008 De Best Verzorgde Boeken
2006 Uriot-prize, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
2005 Salonprijs, Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting
2004 Prix de Rome, basic prize