BAS VAN DEN HURK
Tilburg, The Netherlands 1965 Lives and works in Tilburg, the Netherlands
Education
1991 - 1996	University of Amsterdam, Philosophy (Master)
1990 - 1991	University of Tilburg, Philosophy (bachelor)
1984 - 1989	Academy St. Joost, Breda (cum laude)
Solo Exhibitions
2010	Organizing the non-obvious II, Rod Barton Gallery, London Organizing the non-obvious I, ZingerPresents, Amsterdam
2009	New Work, Gallery Kokon, Tilburg, Holland
2006	Book Presentation and film V, Gallery Kokon, Tilburg, Holland
Group Exhibitions
2010	One Place After Another, Curaçao, Dutch Antilles (forthcoming September) Platinum Metre, Gallery Aschenbach & Hofland, Amsterdam B-sides and Rarities, Extra-City, Antwerp, Belgium (cat.) A THING IS A THING IN A WHOLE WHICH IT'S NOT, Mike Potter projects @ Temporary Gallery Cologne, Cologne, Germany Inkubáljuk hírlevél Május, Europemania Festival, Pécs, Hungary. Whatbar #9, Making Do: Uses and Tactics II, Kaplans, Chicago, USA Poster, Making Do: Uses and Tactics, BKKC, Tilburg Whatbar # 8, The non-obvious Bar, The Boadicea, London, UK The Destroyed Room , Perron 58, Tilburg The Destroyed Room @ The Forgotten Bar, Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany Whatbar #6, Perron 58, Tilburg Art Amsterdam for Trendbeheer, Amsterdam NFO/XPO, Chicago, USA Art Rotterdam for ZingerPresents, Rotterdam London Art Fair, for Rod Barton Gallery, London, UK
2009	B-sides and Rarities , Lokaal 01, Breda (archive) (cat.) Auf der Spitze des Eisbergs, Rod Barton, London Encountering, City Gallery, Breda, Holland. 3.3, Gallery 48, Breda, Holland. On a Clear day I can see Forever / the new sentimentality, BCM, Tilburg, Holland. Whatbar #5, Private House, Belgium Gallery Gallery, Gallery 48, Breda, Holland. DVD project Puebla, Mexico & Centro Cultural Huamanga, Ayachucho, Peru Se Permuta Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexico
2008	Bozanov, Workperiod Bozanov, Tsjechië, Czech Republic But if not, not Whatbar #0, Metafora, Barcelona, Spain 038, Book presentation, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, Holland U-Hosenkongress, NS 16, Tilburg, Holland Chevou, Workperiod Chevou, France
2007	BigPOWERsmallWORKS, Gallery Kathareze, Tilburg, Holland Hermitage van Helmond, Market, Helmond, Holland Travaillan, Workperiod Travaillan, France GHB, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,
Bibliography
2010	Publication with ‘work on paper’ (forthcoming, November 2010) Colin Perry, ‘Bas van den Hurk at Rod Barton’, Art Review, April Paul Carey-Kent, ‘Not so obivious in April’, Paul’s Art World, April Jan van Woensel, ‘Muddy Disco, an introduction to the work of Bas van den Hurk’, essay Div. authors B-sides and Rarities , Lokaal 01, catalogue Evelien Baks, ‘Fris, jong en veelbelovend op Art Rotterdam’, Algemeen Dagblad, February
2009	JJ Charlsworth,‘Auf der Spitze des Eisbergs‘, Time Out, August Marijn van Kreij, ‘Met lege Handen’, Endless Lowlands, March Bas van den Hurk 2005-2009, publication with text by H. van Boxtel Gerrit vd Hoven, ‘Gespeelde nonchalance in werk van Bas van den Hurk’, Brabants Dagblad, February
2007	Ingrid van Santen, ‘Brutaal en poëtisch tegelijk’, hermitage van Helmond, October Rosan Hollak, ‘Sommige komen de kluis niet meer uit’, NRC Handelsblad, July