Biography
Born 1974 in Zaandam, Netherlands
1994 School of Graphic Arts / Amsterdam
1997 Art Academy / Utrecht
Exhibitions
2020
LA Art Show with Copro Gallery, group exhibition / LA, USA
shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
solo exhibition at Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
2019
‘Blab!’ group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
‘Extremophiles’, solo exhibition at Megumi Ogita Gallery / Tokyo, JPN
2018
‘Blab!’ group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
‘Fernweh’ shared solo exhibition at Outré Gallery / Melbourne, AUS
‘Vestiges to Voyages’, WOW x WOW online group exhibition
2017
‘Lightning Bolts & Little Sparks’, WOW x WOW online group exhibition
‘Sonntag Spaßtag’ solo exhibition at Jaski Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
2016
‘The Sand Castle Battle & Other Tales’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Oblige Me’ shared solo exhibition at Outré Gallery / Melbourne, AUS
‘Don’t Wake Daddy’ group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
2015
’20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz’ group exhibition at the LAMAG / LA, CA, USA
Atomica Gallery group exhibition at Affordable Art Fair / London, UK
‘Uchronia’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle / WA, USA
‘Blab!’ group exhibition at Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
‘Charismatic Megafauna’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Don’t Wake Daddy’ group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
2014
‘Littletopia’ group exhibition Roq la Rue Gallery at the LA Art Show / LA, CA, USA
‘Infusion’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Warten am Waldrand’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Don’t Wake Daddy’ group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
2013
‘The Timid Cabbage 2′ mini exhibition and The Timid Cabbage book release at Roq la Rue Gallery’ / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Don’t wake Daddy #8’group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
lecture at the Grafill, Visueltdagene / Oslo, NO
‘Fiebertraum’ shared solo exhibition at Merry Karnowsky Gallery / LA, CA, USA
2012
lecture at the Pictoplasma Festival / Berlin, DE
‘Death & the Maiden’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, USA
‘Let the Devil Wear Black’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
2011
‘Suggestivism’ exhibition at GCAC, Santa Ana / CA, USA
Hi Fructose group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Prints & the Revolution group exhibition / Amsterdam, NL
‘Een week’ group collaboration/exhibition at Go Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
‘Zürich Garage Sale’ exhibition at Walcheturm Art Space, Zürich, CH
‘Verhalen in Verf’ poster exhibition at K2G / Amstelveen, NL
‘Big Thousands of Golden Flowers’ shared solo exhibition at the MK Gallery / LA, CA, USA
‘The Timid Cabbage’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Lush Life’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
2010
‘Neo Fabulists’ shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
‘BLAB!’ group exhibition at Copro Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
‘The Bone Shaped Bone’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
2009
‘Beasts! #2’ group exhibition at Giant Robot Gallery / San Francisco, CA, USA
‘The Herring’s Hairdo’ shared solo exhibition at Copro Nason / Santa
Monica, CA, USA
Prints & The Revolution group exhibition / Amsterdam, NL
‘Lush Life’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Scribble 08’ group exhibition, Wonderhaus / San Diego, CA, USA
‘BLAB Apocalypse show’ group exhibition at Copro Nason / Santa Monica, CA, USA
‘Don’t Wake Daddy #4′, group exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
‘Bonjour, Dachshund!’ shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
2008
‘A cabinet of natural curiosities’ group exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
Shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Garage Sale’ #4 group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
’10 years Roq la Rue’ group exhibition at the Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Four Faces of Foofaraw’ shared solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger / Hamburg, DE
Group exhibition at Copro Nason Gallery / Santa Monica, CA, USA
2007
Shared solo exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery / Seattle, WA, USA
‘Garage Sale #3′ group exhibition at the Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
Shared exhibition at MF Gallery / NYC, NY, USA
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam with Koch Bos Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
‘La Fenêtre Secrète’ solo exhibition at Koch Bos Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
2006
‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ group exhibition at MF Gallery / NY, NYC
‘Garage Sale’ #2 group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
‘Halloween’ group exhibition at MF Gallery / NY, NYC
2005
‘Art Trek’ #2, group exhibition at Mekanik / Antwerpen, BE
2004
‘Garage Sale’ #1, group exhibition at Chiellerie Gallery / Amsterdam, NL
Publications
’The Timid Cabbage’, with artwork by Femke Hiemstra. Sympathetic Press / Olympia, WA, USA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-578-12457-5.
‘Rock Candy’, the artwork of Femke Hiemstra. Fantagraphics Books / Seattle, WA, USA, 2009. ISBN 978-1-60699-149-7.
Other publications
The Graphic Art of the Underground, 2014. ISBN 978-0-8578-5818-4
BLAB!, 2011, ISBN 978-0-86719-850-8
Suggestivism, 2011. ISBN 978-1-58423-447-0
La Cruda #5, 2011. ISBN 2013-1178-2
Los Colores del Underground, 2009. ISBN 978-84-92769-27-8
The Upset, Young Contemporary Art, 2008. ISBN 978-3-89955-221-8
Beasts! #2, 2008, ISBN 978-1-56097-949-4