short biography
Mark Manders (b. 1968, Volkel / Niederlande) currently lives and works in Ronse, Belgium. In 2013 he represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale.
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MARK MANDERS
Born in 1968 in Volkel, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Arnhem, The Netherlands, and Ronse, Belgium
EDUCATION
1988–92 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Arnhem
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Kunsthaus Zürich*
Jarla Partilager, Stockholm*
2008
S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent*
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2007
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Kunstverein Hannover*
2006
Mark Manders: Short Sad Thoughts, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead*
2005
MATRIX 214: The Absence of Mark Manders, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley
Parallel Occurence, IMMA—Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin*
Fragments from Self-Portrait as a Building, Solo Projects, Los Angeles
2004
Silent Studio, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp
2003
Isolated Rooms, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago*
Isolated Rooms, The Art Institute of Chicago*
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
2002
Fragments from Self-Portrait as a Building, Art Gallery of York University, Toronto*
Kaleidoscope Night, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands*
Fragments from Self-Portrait as a Building, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Yellow Bathtub, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2000
Room with Several Night Drawings and One Reduced Night Scene, The Drawing Center, New York*
Reduced November Room (Fragment from Self-Portrait as a Building, Reduced to 88%), Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Nachttekeningen uit Zelfportret als Gebouw—Night Drawings from Self-Portrait as a Building, Kabinet Overholland in het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1999
Galerie Friedrich, Bern
1998
14 Fragments from Self-Portrait as a Building, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden- Baden*
Self Portrait in a Surrounding Area, 24th Bienal de São Paulo*
1997
De Appel, Amsterdam*
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin*
1995
Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
1994
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven*
Mark Manders toont enkele fragmenten uit zijn Zelfportret (“Mark Manders Shows Some Fragments of his Self-Portrait as a Building”), MuHKA— Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp*
1992
Fragmenten uit het zelfportret als gebouw, Stroom HCBK, The Hague
1991
Lokaal 01, Breda, The Netherlands
1990
De Oceaan, Arnhem
Zeppelin, Amsterdam
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2007
A Story of the Image, ICA, Singapore*
Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Biennal, Athens*
The Fractured Figure: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens*
Working Places, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Vordemberge-Gildewart Prize, Museum Wiesbaden*
Jubilee MuHKA, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp*
(I’m Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear—New Acquisitions, IMMA—Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin*
Beauty Unrealized, PSWAR—Public Space with a Roof, Amsterdam*
Go Out, Salir A, CGAC—Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Comfort/Discomfort, Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Kick, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent*
The Secret Theory of Drawing, The Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland*
Artists Books, ProjecteSD, Barcelona
Works on Paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Contour, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft, The Netherlands*
Memory and Obsession, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Making and Finding, The Foundation To-Life, Inc., Mount Kisco, New York
2006
Of Mice and Men: Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin*
Transforming Chronologies, The Museum of Modern Art, New York*
Paperback, CGAC—Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain*
New Acquisitions, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life, REDCAT—The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles
Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
We Humans are Free: From the Collection of S.M.A.K., Ghent,
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan*
Ergens/Somewhere, MuHKA—Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Roma Publications, Culturgest, Lisbon*
The Secret Theory of Drawing: Dislocation & Indirection in Contemporary Drawing,
The Drawing Room, London*
25 Years Zeno X Gallery, Zeno X Gallery & Storage, Antwerp*
Just in Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam*
Piani Sospetti, Via Nuova Arte Contemporanea, Florence
2005
Figure It Out: New Directions in Figurative Sculpture, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Bronze: The Power of Life and Death, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Soul: Bezielde kunst—Inspired art, Grootseminarie, Bruges, Belgium*
Trials and Terrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Drawings and Works on Paper from the IMMA Collection, IMMA—Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
L’altro, lo stesso, Francosoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Turin
Nous le Passage, Watou Poeziezomers, Belgium
Roma Publications 1998–2005, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Recent Acquisitions, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Slow Art—Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf*
H x B x D Een blik op de Rabo Kunstcollectie, Gemeentemuseum GEM en Fotomuseum, The Hague*
2004
Zie Tekening, Project Voorkamer, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier, Belgium
Sculptural Sphere, Sammlung Goetz, Munich*
Manifesta 5, European Biennale of Contemporary Art, San Sebastian, Spain
WonderHolland, Mercati di Traiano, Rome
Renaissance of the Statuette, European Triennial of Small-Scale Sculpture, Galerija Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Skulptur: Prekärer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna*
Drafting Deceit, Apexart, New York
Material as Metaphor, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Nederland niet Nederland: Aankopen van Nederlandse kunst 1980–2004, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
2003
Taktiken des Ego, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Post-Nature: Nove Artistas Holandeses, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
Gelijk het leven is: Buitenlandse kunst op 15 locaties in Gent, fifteen locations (Huis van Alijn),
S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Storage and Display, Programa Art Center, Mexico City*
2002
Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York*
Conversation? Recent Acquisitions of the Van Abbemuseum, Athens School of Fine Arts, ‘The Factory,’ Athens*
documenta 11, Binding-Brauerei, Kassel*
Tabula-Poëziezomer Watou 2002, various locations, Watou, Belgium
EU2, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
On paper 1, Galerie Friedrich, Basel
2001
Sonsbeek 9: Locus Focus, various locations, Arnhem*
Post-Nature: Nine Dutch Artists, Palazzo Ca’ Zenobio, Biennale di Venezia, Venice*
Squatters, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal*
Free Sport, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Plateau of Humankind, Italian Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia, Venice*
2000
Artists of the Gallery, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Territory, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
Dutch Glory, Kabinet Overholland in het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Face to Face, Kabinet Overholland in het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam*
1999
Collection, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
De Opening, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent*
Transmitter, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn*
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin*
3 Räume—3 Flüsse, Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben, Hannoversch Münden, Germany
Het betoverde plein, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, The Netherlands
1998
Vertical Time, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Entr’Acte, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven*
S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Watou, Belgium*
Shopping the Stars, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
1997
Belladonna, ICA—Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Premio Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin*
Personal Absurdities, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
1996
Accrochage, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Orientasi/Oriëntatie, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Making a Place, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, New York
De 9 van touche, Centraal Museum, Utrecht*
Collection, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Fabrice Hybert—Mark Manders— ManfreDu Shu, Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
Telefoonstraat, Telefoonstraat 20, Tilburg*
1995
De Heelal Hoed: Films van Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars, De Vleeshal, Middelburg
Entr’Acte 1.—Recente aanwinsten Nederlandse kunst, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Country Code, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York
Orientasi/Oriëntatie, National Museum of Modern Art, Jakarta*
Groupshow, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Zeichnungen & Aquarelle, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
1994
Du Concept à l’Image: Art Pays-Bas XXe sieècle, Museée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris*
Het grote gedicht—Indrukken van de Nederlandse beeldhouwkunst na 1945, Grote Kerk, The Hague*
Wouter van Riessen; Mark Manders; Mattijs van den Bosch, De Gele Rijder, Arnhem
This Is the Show and the Show Is Many Things, Vereninging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent*
En Suite, Vereniging voor het Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
1993
Een Reis naar het Einde van het Atelier, Lokaal 01, Breda*
Welcome Strangers, Stadhouderskade 112, Amsterdam
Sonsbeek 93, Arnhem*
Biennale di Venezia, Scuola de San Pasquale, Venice*
1992
Koelkastententoonstelling, De Oceaan, Arnhem*
Brain—Internal Affairs, Beatrixziekenhuis, Gorinchem*
Prix de Rome, Beeldhouwkunst, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam; Rijksakademie, Amsterdam;* Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
Prix NI 1992: 7 kunstenaars, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague*
1991
De Oceaan, Arnhem
Audio-Visual Festival, Arnhem
1990
Boart, Oude Kraan, Arnhem
* Catalogue
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Renaissance of the Statuette, European 276 277 Public Collections Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
The Art Institute of Chicago Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
The Cartin Collection, Hartford
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin
The Foundation To-Life, Inc., Mount Kisco, New York
Frac Bourgogne, Dijon
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Jarla Partilager, Stockholm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Oostende
Noordbrabants Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The Over Holland Collection Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
collection/s
galleries
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15. Sep 14. Jan 2023MIX & MATCH Pinakothek der Moderne, München
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03. Sep 15. OctMark Manders Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
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20. Mar 20. JunThe Absence of Mark Manders Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT)
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14. Jul 28. AugThe Return of the Real Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
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04. Feb 23. AugThe Absence of Mark Manders Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
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31. Oct 12. Jan 2020CONVEX / CONCAVE. Belgian Contemporary Art TANK Shanghai
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21. Oct 04. Jan 2020Surrounds: 11 Installations MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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06. Jun 19. Apr 2020Louise Giovanelli Manchester Art Gallery
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19. Apr 01. SepJessica Stockholder- Stuff Matters Centraal Museum Utrecht
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18. Oct 25. Feb 2019Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque Fondazione Prada, Milan
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24. Mar 27. MayWalking On The Fade Out Lines Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai
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22. Oct 07. Jan 2018Voyage d’hiver - The groves of Versailles Chateau de Versailles
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30. Aug 26. NovThe Materiality of the Invisible Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
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20. Apr 13. AugThe Absent Museum WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels
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31. Jan 24. AprAufschlussreiche Räume. Interieur als Porträt Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
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10. Oct 31. Jan 2016Drawing | THE BOTTOM LINE S.M.A.K. Ghent
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24. Sep 04. Jan 2016A Brief History of the Future Louvre Paris
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11. Sep 24. Jan 2016A Brief History of the Future Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
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05. Jun 09. SepStorylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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13. Feb 25. Aprdo it (adelaide) Samstag Museum, Adelaide
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20. Oct 11. Jan 2015Inside Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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11. Oct 13. DecROMA PUBLICATIONS 1998 – 2014 Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
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04. Jul 12. OctMark Manders: Curculio bassos CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela
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09. Mar 28. SepMark Manders - Cose in corso Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia
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29. Jan 18. MayFranz Graf - Siehe was dich sieht Belvedere, Wien
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19. Jan 23. MarMark Manders. Acolyte Frena The Vleeshal, Middelburg
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15. Nov 14. Decdo it (pristina) Stacion - Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina
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01. Jun 24. Nov55. Venice Biennale 2013 - Country Pavilions Venice Biennale
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27. Feb 20. MayCold Sun / Soleil froid Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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07. Sep 28. OctAutumn of modernism II Temporary Gallery, Köln
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27. Jul 21. OctSilence Menil Collection, Houston
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12. May 16. Sep12. TRACK S.M.A.K. Ghent
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14. Mar 09. JulExquisite Corpses. Drawing and Disfiguration MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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02. Mar 30. SepIm Raum Des Betrachters | Skulptur Der Gegenwart Pinakothek der Moderne, München
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10. Feb 13. MayMark Manders. Les Etudes d´Ombres Carré d´Art, Nimes
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14. Jan 18. MarAutumn of Modernism The Vleeshal, Middelburg
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02. Jul 30. Jun 2012NUMBER FIVE: Cities of Gold and Mirrors JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION DÜSSELDORF
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02. Jun 11. SepMark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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19. May 09. OctEROI GAM Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin °
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23. Apr 28. AugAll About Drawing. 100 Dutch Artists Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
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18. Feb 01. MayMark Manders. Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments Aspen Art Museum
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17. Feb 29. MayInvestigations of a Dog MAGASIN III Stockholm
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11. Sep 12. DecThrice Upon a Time MAGASIN III Stockholm
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12. Jun 12. SepHuman Condition Kunsthaus Graz / Universalmuseum Joanneum / Alte Galerie
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05. Jun 03. DecInside Installations. Presentation Collection S.M.A.K. S.M.A.K. Ghent
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15. May 18. JulANIMISM Kunsthalle Bern
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15. May 09. MayInvestigations of a Dog Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao
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03. Mar 06. JunSkin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection New Museum, New York
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04. Dec 14. Mar 2010GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words - The first Decade S.M.A.K. Ghent
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21. Oct 04. Mar 2010Investigations of a Dog Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
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23. Jun 06. SepWalking in My Mind Hayward Gallery, London
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06. Jun 30. AugSaint-Nazaire Biennale 2009: Le Sang dun poète Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou / Nantes
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25. Apr 27. SepThe Quick and the Dead Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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03. Apr 03. MayGoldfish Suddenly Dead Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
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21. Mar 21. JunAll That Is Solid Melts Into Air MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
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20. Mar 14. JunMark Manders - The Absence of Mark Manders Kunsthaus Zürich
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13. Dec 22. Feb 2009The Absence of Mark Manders S.M.A.K. Ghent
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07. Dec 22. Mar 2009Heavy Metal. Die unerklärbare Leichtigkeit eines Materials Kunsthalle zu Kiel
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12. Sep 04. Jan 2009THE ORDER OF THINGS MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
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06. Jun 31. AugShifting Identities Kunsthaus Zürich
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03. May 11. Jan 2009Carnegie International 2008 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
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18. Jan 16. MarThe Absence of Mark Manders Bergen Kunsthall '
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16. Oct 25. NovThe Absence of Mark Manders Kunstverein Hannover '
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10. Sep 18. NovThe 1st Athens Biennale Athens Biennale
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06. Sep 29. Mar 2008Fractured Figure Deste Foundation
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02. Sep 20. Jan 2008PLUS Museum Wiesbaden
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02. Sep 06. Jan 2008PLUS Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
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25. Apr 17. Mar 2008I’m Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
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04. Mar 13. MayContour / Continuïteit, Heden en Verleden Museum Prinsenhof Delft
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24. Jan 24. FebMemory and Obsession Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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20. Jan 18. MarThe Secret Theory of Drawing The Model, Sligo
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01. Dec 11. Mar 2007Just in Time Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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05. Oct 19. NovTHE SECRET THEORY OF DRAWING The Drawing Room, London
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16. Jun 27. AugSomewhere MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp '
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25. Mar 05. Jun4. berlin biennale 2006 berlin biennale '
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28. Feb 31. MarFigure It Out HVCCA - Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill
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18. Feb 12. AprDraft Deceit Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
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02. Feb 02. AprAn Image Bank REDCAT Los Angeles
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27. Jan 23. AprMark Manders BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
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23. Jul 25. SepTrials and Terrors MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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16. Jul 06. NovSLOW ART. Stilleben, Portraits, Landschaften Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
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30. Jun 30. Jundo it (berlin) KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
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06. Feb 10. AprMark Manders - THE ABSENCE OF MARK MANDERS Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA)
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17. Nov 22. DecDRAFTING DECEIT / Marta Kuzma apexart, New York
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14. Nov 16. May 2005NEDERLAND NIET NEDERLAND Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven '
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06. Nov 19. DecMark Manders Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
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15. Oct 20. Feb 2005Skulptur. Prekärer Realismus Kunsthalle Wien
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11. Jun 30. SepManifesta 5 Donostia-San Sebastian 2004 International Foundation Manifesta, Amsterdam
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06. Mar 02. OctSculptural Sphere Sammlung Goetz, München
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16. Nov 21. DecMark Manders - Isolated Rooms The Renaissance Society, Chicago
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11. Sep 02. NovMark Manders - Stille Fabrik Pinakothek der Moderne, München
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28. Jun 14. SepGelijk het leven S.M.A.K. Ghent
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01. Jun 07. SepModels & mavericks Museum het Domein, Sittard
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24. May 31. AugTaktiken des Ego Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
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14. Sep 12. OctEU2 (contemporary sculpture in Europe) Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
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08. Jun 15. Sepdocumenta 11 documenta Kassel
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10. Jun 04. Nov49. Venice Biennale 2001 "Plateau of Humankind" Venice Biennale
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03. Jun 23. SepSONSBEEK 9 "LOCUS/FOCUS" SONSBEEK Arnhem
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22. Sep 14. NovTransmitter Bonner Kunstverein
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11. Dec 06. Feb 1999Shopping the stars Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
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03. Oct 13. Dec24. Biennale São Paulo 1998 Sao Paulo Biennial °
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14. Feb 13. Apryoung dutch art Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven '
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01. Dec 12. Jan 1996Zeichnungen & Aquarelle Galerie Friedrich, Basel