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Serge Onnen (1965 Paris, France)

0gsm- Sofia, (Bulgarie) (Biljana Djurdjevic, Ezra Johnson, Irena Paunovic , David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd)2011
Museum van Loon,Museumnight — Amsterdam {solo}2011
OK Video Festival, 'Flesh' Jakarta, Indonesia 2011
De VOORKAMER in and outside- writing Lier (Belgium) 2011
Printroom, Drawings on Hands —, Rotterdam2011
Fruehsorge Berlin Contemporary drawings,Line Fiction (DE)2011
IFFR Hilton The Last Cent- ombromanie performance with oorbeek, Rotterdam2011
Shadowdance KaDE- kunsthalle Amersfoort (NL)2010
Vondelpark ombromanie- performance with oorbeek Amsterdam 2010
Foire du Dessin Contemporain-Galerie Barnoud - Carre du Louvre Paris {solo}2010
GDM Play it Again! Paris (with Elmgreen & Dragset, Fischli & Weiss, Nam June Paik, Carsten Nicolaï, etc2010
Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Centre Double Dutch -(Marc Bijl, Folker de Jong, Lara schnitger,etc Peekskill (NY)2009
The last Lightbulb Joke-Performance with OORBEEK studio BKVB, Berlin2009
Toweling the line- Whitebox, NY, (US)2009
Gallery Joe - Formulation;with Xylor Jane, Lynne Woods Turner, Philadelphia (US)2009
El Cubo at Centro Cultural,Animated Painting -, Tijuana (Mexico)2009
Dina4/Fruehsorge Contemporary drawings,Empathie und Abstraktion - Berlin2009
Patrick Baer Gallery,Dresden - Empathie und Abstraktion -2009
Drawing Centre,FAX - NYC2009
Kunstraum München - Film program animation2009
Salon du dessins contemporain - Galerie des Multiples, Paris2009
Beyond the Labyrinth (with Maria Zevou -Jakup Ferri ) - Outline, Amsterdam2009
De Servicegarage-Censored Pornografie-Amsterdam2009
Faulconer Gallery at Grinnell College-Iowa (US) animated Painting2009
Gallery Virgil de Voldere- 'I love the benelux' NYC2009
Housing Works-performance for "Drawing on Writing" (NYC) 2008
Museum Het Domein Sittard (NL) {solo}2008
Galerie Barnoud -le feu Gratuit- Dijon (France) {solo}2008
Sonsbeek 2008- Grandeur- Arnhem (NL)2008
Shashin books,33t & 45t by artists - Amsterdam 2008
De Voorkamer FOUND Lier - Belgium2008
Galerie Barnoud le feu Gratuit Dijon (France) {solo}2008
Cornell University Museum Mouth --Ithaca (US) {solo}2007
BravinLee Program -Ornament- NYC 2007
San Diego Museum of modern arts— animated painting (US)2007
OKgallery ,J&Lgroupshow--Seattle2007
e-flux-Pawnshop— NYC2006
MarciaWoodGallery ,J&Lgroupshow- -Atlanta (US)2006
Arkansa Art Centre-Little Rock (US)2006
Denver museum of Arts Unfolding the wing-(US)2006
Center for Visual Art & Culture of the University of Connecticut in Storrs (US)2006
Kunsthaus Basel (Switzerland)2006
Drawing Centre NYC Analog animation (NYC)2006
Galerie Barnoud L'eau gratuite Dijon (France) {solo}2006
Caren Golden Fine Art Glove in Hand (NYC) {solo}2006
Kunstverein Hannover germany2005
project space Deutscher Künstlerbund Berlin germany2005
Caren Golden Fine Art Summer in the City NYC2005
Artek Contemporaries "it will cost you.." curator Betty DeWoody NYC2005
Arnhem Museum of Modern Art Black & White and a little bit of colour, (Holland)2005
eflux-Pawnshop— NYC2006
the FrontRoom —groupshow NYC (curator Crenson & Alic) (USA)2005
Dina Reininger Gallery Munchen (Germany)2005
Roberts & Tilton Gallery "Capoeira" curated by Stijn Huys, Los Angeles (USA)2005
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Vidéo d'artistes dans la collections (France)2005
Bremen Kunsthalle " Screen Spirit" (Germany)2004
LuxeGallery Simply Drawn New York (US)2004
ISCP studioprogram New York (US)2004
ReutenGalerie "Haal Verhaal" Amsterdam (curator) (Holland)2004
Holland Animation Festival Utrecht (Holland) {solo}2004
Multiples, Galerie des Multiples , Paris (France) {solo}2004
Fuse De Beyerd Museum Breda (Holland)2003
Outline Moving Head Amsterdam (curator) (Holland)2003
IMPAKT Festival exhibition Utrecht (Holland)2002
De Balie"Mother Mouth" -open-air screaning- on A'dam (Holland)2002
SMART Crafting Space A' dam (curator Alice Smit) (Holland)2002
AnnetGelinkGallery, Amsterdam "cell animations" (Holland) {solo}2002
Eat Quicksilver/Shit Quicksand Five Years, London (UK)2002
HotelNY at PS1,New York {solo}2000
Consortium:Sans Papiers (curator) Amsterdam (Holland)2000
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam " Zware zakken " (Holland) {solo}1999
Stedelijk Museum, In de sloot,Uit de sloot Amsterdam(cat.) (Holland)1997
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, Paintings&Songs (Holland) {solo}1996


Publications

OMBROMANIE with oorbeek -dvd2010
DRAWINGS ON HANDS J&Lbooks2010
DRAWINGS ON WRITING J&Lbooks2008
TUBU Artist book for children/ VanWaveren publisers (selected best designed books, stedelijk museum 2005)2005
DRAWINGS ON GEOLOGY"(aka VOLUME2) J&Lbooks2005
CD (with the band Oorbeek )etos - subtarean records2005
VOLUME 1 for ZingMagazineBooks 16#2002
Heavy Bags/Zware zakken Bloom Gallery books1999
Close Co. Bloom Gallery books1997


Residencies

projectstudio Berlin2009
Cité International des Arts PARIS2006
ISCP program NYC2003-4
Glassell Program Houston TX 1991
Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (autodidact till R.A.)1989-92


Bibliography

Chicago Tribune 13/07/11
Die tageszeitung Berlin 21/02/11
Zingchat.blog 11/2010
Philadephia inquirer 1/11/09
Volkskrant 14/10/09
NewYorkTimes 27/09/09
www.mistermotley.nl/21/review;'Beyond the labyrinth' Stichting Outline
MrMotley-online;- Links van S.onnen (online 4-09)
PS1 radio-Frank Pratel conversation between Artist serge onnen & Drawing Centre curator joao ribas (online1-09)
Dominiek Ruyter- review Het Domein MetropolisM-site 14-10-08
Lucette ter Borg-review Het domein- NRC 23-1-08
Eveline Broekhuizen -KM magazine nr;68 2008
essay by Herb Tan- ZingMagazine #20 (oct 2006)
Art in America review Caren Golden Fine Arts may 2006
VPRO Radio de Avonden interview 7-12-2005
interview Kees Keijer 4/6/05 het Parool
"Artists at play in the world" 2/25/05/Holly Myers LATimes
"Meerwaarde meerdere media"Merlijn schonenboom/ DeVolkskrant 30/4/03
visual power;sex; mieke Gerritzen books 2003
Kunstzinnige koppensneller" Admagazine 25/1/03 Annet de Groot ArtHouse/SKRIEN "De buitelende hoofden van Serge Onnen" Jacquine van Elsberg 12/02
Bellisima TV verslag IMPAKTfestival met TV-interview
Volkskrant IMPAKT
KunstBeeld XIII recencie VOLUME
Vrij Nederland/ Ellen Reijtsema 4/5/02
Nieuw hoofd maakt nieuwe startVolkskrant Merel Ben1/5/02
Durer en de tandarts boor Het Parool Maartje den Breeijen 16-4-02
Carp nr; 15 Dirk Koppes
Time Out (UK) nr 1843-Martin Herbert AVRO
Opium-TV,13/02/02
1-12-2000 HetParool;"Elk krasje, elke agressieve uithaal is zichtbaar' Maartje v/d Breeijen 5-2-00
VPRO de Avonden Atelierbezoek 16-2-2000
InterviewMagazine (US) Watch this place! 8-99
Volkskrant "De zwerver spuugt zijn slaapzak uit "W.Sütö (20-1-99)
Het Parool "Kleren met een eigen karakter "Sven Lütticken(16-8-96)


Other Activities

Trumpet player of the band Oorbeek (www.oorbeek.net)
Teacher at Rietveld academie Amsterdam