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ERIC VON ROBERTSON http://vonrobertson.wordpress.com vonpaola@gmail.com
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Born in Kansas, USA, 1976
2008 Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 BFA Sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Center for the Advancement of Recreation and Leisure, W139 , Amsterdam
2004 Prototypes – Excursions – Observations, Paragraph, Kansas City, USA
2002 Prototypes for Recreation, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA
2001 JOPPA, an arbitrary collection of shoddy material , Telephonebooth, Kansas City
2000 Personal Recovery Area, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, USA
Group Exhibitions
2008 Hacking IKEA, design MADE, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, ROK Post Dordt, Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Theo Tegelears and Maaike van de Wiel, Dordrecht, NL Hacking IKEA, Platform 21, Amsterdam
Just What is it That Makes This Thing…, Expodium, Utrecht
Every Man for Himself / God Against All, White Flag Projects curated by Hesse McGraw,St. Louis,USA
Locate/Navigate -exercises in mapping , Urban Culture Project, curated by Kate Hackman, Kansas City
2007 De Service Garage, open studios, Amsterdam
Bureau for Contemporary Adventure, The Hague Sculpture, The Hague
One & the other Painting, W139 Basement, Amsterdam
2006 Sense and Sensitivity, Multi-Avond, TENT, Rotterdam, NL
Viewing Club 9, Secession Wichtelgasse, Vienna, Austria
Sign to Eutopia, Sign gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
Field Codes 2, multiple venues, Kansas City, USA
Georgia Here We Come, Geo-AIR, National Arts Center, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
2005 Kansas?!, Rocket Gallery, curated by Johnathan Stephenson and Hesse McGraw, London, UK
What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Rare Gallery, curated by Hesse McGraw, New York, NY
Field Codes, multiple venues, curated by Marcus Cain, Kansas City, USA
Auto-node / Silhouette Drive, Avenue of the Arts, Kansas City
Segment XV ‘Basis’, Artis, organized by Dijkman and Osterholt, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
2004 Atelier Total, Foundation B.a.d., Rotterdam, NL
Summer Eyes, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City
The Stray Show, Paragraph booth, Chicago, USA
Propositions, Public Art International, Musashino, Japan
Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, KCAI, Kansas City
The Gun and Knife Show, Fahrenheit, Kansas City
Video Screenings
2007 Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, KunstHal, Rotterdam, NL
2006 Poetry & Art, International Festival, Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL
2005 Poetry & Art, International Festival, Schouwburg, Rotterdam, NL
Earth Seen from the Moon, Cesare Manzo Gallery, Pescara, Italy
2004 Hype, Palias De Tokyo, Paris, France
Make Your Own Fun!, Guild and Greyshkul, New York, NY
Residencies
2008 White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
2007 European Ceramics Work Center ,‘sHertogenbosch, Netherlands
2006 Georgia Here We Come , ErforS/GEO AIR, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
2005 Basis, Artis, organized by Dijkman/Osterholt,‘sHertogenbosch, Netherlands
2004 Foundation B.a.d., Rotterdam, Netherlands
2002 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, USA
Grants/Commissions
2008 Recon-Screen, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2006 Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City
2005 Avenue for the Arts, Public art commission, Kansas City
2004 Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City
2003 Urban Culture Project, Bank studios, Kansas City
Lectures/ workshops
2007 One Minutes, video workshop, Unicef, Manila, Philippines
Today it is like this, KCAC, Kansas City, USA
One Minutes, video workshop, Unicef, Male, Maldives
2006 Simulation City, Geo AIR, Tbilisi, Georgia
All Roads Lead Back to You, Expodium, Utrecht Netherlands
2005 Let the good times roll, Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art, Kansas City
LIAEP/ Horizontal platforms, Kansas City Artist Coalition. Kansas City
2004 CARL intro, Artis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
2003 Sustainable practice, Kansas City Art Institute, Sculpture department, Kansas City
Ceramics, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City
2002 Out of bounds, UNO, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Resident Intro, Bemis Center For Contemporary Art, Lecture series, Omaha, NE
Selected bibliography
2007 Wim van der Beek, Become A Tourist in Your Backyard, catalogue, Bureau for Contemporary Adventure December
2005 Hesse McGraw, catalogue, What’s the Matter with Kansas?, June, Illus
Volkskrant, January 24, 2005, Infiltratie in een Vinexwijk
2004 Lauren Deland, Review, A view Both Near and Far, September, Illus
Lia Trinka-Browner, Review, Design for the Real World, June/July, Illus
Theresa Bembnister, The Pitch, Art Capsules, March 23, Illus
Michael Vennard, The Pitch, Night & Day: Friday, March 17, Illus
2003 Brad Newman, Art Papers, May/June, Illus
2002 Swivel, Installations, Omaha
Review, Snoveling Show, cover image and pg. 28 – 33, Vol.4
