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Serge Onnen

(1965 Paris, France)
69th OberhausenKurzfilmtagen EYE's choice
2023
A perfect day; Drawing group show with Lily van der stokker, Jan Hoek + Bruin Parry, Berend Strik, Kamagurka, Paul Faasen, Glenn Baxter, Nedko Solokov and many many more www.aperfectday.amsterdam
2022
kunsthalle Thun (Zwitserland) NO_MAD / ROOTED IN BECOMING Group show curated by Alessandro Rolandi
2022
35th Braunschweig international film festival (Germany)
2022
Musee La Louviere (B) BYE BYE HIS–STORY Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée. First group exhibition by the new curator, director Emmanuelle Lambion with; Aline Bouvy,Mirko Canesi, Alexandra Chaushova, Nicolai & Provoost, Lise Duclaux, Kendell Geers, Laetitia Gendre, David Maljkovic, Katja Mater, Marlie Mul, Serge Onnen, Francesc Ruiz , etc, etc
2021
MACAU biennale Museum of Macau Curated by Qiu Zhijie
2021
Les Ombres Gratuites/L'argent invisible - instalation in abandoned bank Saint Gilles/Brussels
2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival ,Bogota experimental film festival (Columbia) Eso es para esto, Monterrey (Mexico)
2021
L'eau Faux/ international competition Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage, Germany
2020
It is very difficult to be an island of perfection in a sea of misery, but please do not doubt our sincerity- Groupshow curated by Simon Wald-Lasovsky with Kasper De Vos, Serge Onnen, Ryan Gander, Mire Lee, Aline Bouvy, Julius Heinemann, Maya Brauer & Annabelle Broos, Bas de Wit and Dodi Espinosa.
2020
Disgeno. Groupshow SASK kunsthalle Sint NIklaas, Belgium
2019
Maison Pelgrim, groupshow Saint Gilles, Brussels, Belgium
2019
EYE on Art talk around Jan Svanmajer EYE Amsterdam
2019
The fear of small numbers Solo show Museum Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands
2018
Kunst4Kids Museum booijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2018
Cloacinae screenings at film festivals and artspaces in Greece, Argentinia, Poland, Mexico, China & Netherlands
2018
Studio Omstand, Groupshow Arnhem
2018
Cloacinae screenings at film festivals; Ottawa (CA), Bilbao (ES), Mammoth Lakes (US), Calanda (ES), MexicoCity & Utrecht (Netherlands)
2017
Expanding Animation HAFF Utrecht, Netherlands
2017
Nuts & Bolts Exhibition curated by Edwin Carels IFFR Rotterdam
2017
Your weight in gold. With Jacqueline de Jong & Moritz Ebinger, TartGallery Zurich
2016
EYE on Art, Artist Talk-Amsterdam
2016
TartGallery Zurich @ AmsterdamArtFair with Jonas Ohlsson
2016
'drawing works' groupshow CBK Amsterdam ZuidOost
2016
Selfportraits in dutch art 1900-2015 Gemeente Museum Arnhem
2015
TartGallery @ proposition ArtFair Berlin
2015
Holland Animation Film Festival - jury member
2015
MOVE ON....KAdE Amersfoort, the Netherlands
2015
All shadowfigures Black Sesame, Beijing, China
2014
IndyMoca,The Empire never ends- with Marc Bijl and Prince Rama, Curated by Shauta Marsh. Indianapolis US
2014
Taipei Artist Village; Cloacinae's underground trip. performance with Mark van Tongeren, Erika Spreij and Chao Ming
2014
MOCAtaipei Taipei-Cloacinae-goddess of the sewers- Solo exhibition
2014
Project Space Etagi, performance Trash, Tricks, Trust; Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013
Museo del Chopo, Arte y Animation curated by Daniel Garza-Uzabiaga , Mexico DF, Mexico
2013
Schloss Werdenberg mediale Curated by Mirella Weingarten. Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
2013
onomatopee, The Lost Cent , solo Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013
Three Shadow Gallery, Value of Nothing, shadowperformance with Li Daiguo Cao Chang Di village, Beijing, China
2012
ArtPace,The dikeou collection, Curated by Devon Dikeou San Antonio,Texas, USA
2012
Yishu8 artspace, groupshow (curator Allesandro Rolandi), Beijing, China
2012
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Kunst4Kids, Rotterdam The Netherlands
2012
Paper Tiger Studio; Value of Nothing shadowperformance with Song Zhao Beijing, China
2012
Paper Tiger Studio, Value of Nothing shadowperformance with Wu Na Beijing, China
2012
CAFA Museum, Value of Nothing shadowperformance with Fen Ni Beijing, China
2012
Zaija Lab, Shadowperformance with Mark van Tongeren, Beijing, China
2012
commissariat pour in arbre, project by Mathieu Mercier-Le village royal, Paris
2012
Museum van Loon, Museumnight {solo} Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011
OK Video Festival, 'Flesh' Jakarta, Indonesia
2011
0gsm- Biljana Djurdjevic, Ezra Johnson, Irena Paunovic, David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd) Sofia, Bulgaria
2011
De Voorkamer, in & outside writing, Lier, Belgium
2011
Printroom, Drawings on Hands, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011
Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Line Fiction (curator Bettina Munk) Berlin
2011
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Hilton. The Last cent ombromanie performance with oorbeek. (curator Edwin Carels) Rotterdam,The Netherlands
2011
KAdE, shadowdance, kunsthalle Amersfoort, The Netherlands
2010
Vondelpark, gazebo ombromanie performance with oorbeek, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
2010
GDM Play it again! Vinyl by artists (with Fischli & Weiss, Nam June Paik, Carten Nicolai,etc) Paris
2010
HVACC Double Dutch (with Marc Bijl, Folkert de Jong, Lara Schnitger,etc) Peekskill (NY)
2009
Studio BKVB The last lightbulbjoke ombromanie with oorbeek, Berlin
2009
Whitebox, towering the line (curator Louky Keijser), NYC
2009
Gallery Joe Formulations with Xilor Jane, Lynne Woods Turner, Philadelphia(US)
2009
El Cubo Centro Cuiltural; Animated Painting, (curator Betty-Sue Hertz) Tijuana, Mexico
2009
Drawing Centre, FAX (curator Joao Ribas) New York
2009
OUTLINE Beyond the labyrinth with Maria Zevou and Jakup Ferri, Amsterdam
2009
De Servicegarage, -Censored Pornography- , Amsterdam
2009
Faulconer Gallery Grinnell College, Animated Painting,(curator Betty-Sue Hertz) Iowa, USA
2009
Museum Het Domein solo exhibition Sittard, The Netherlands
2008
SONSBEEK 2008, grandeur (curator Anna Tilroe) Arnhem, The Netherlands
2008
SHASHIN booksstore 33t & 45t by artists curators Serge Onnen, Maarten Hepp & Yannick Bouillis, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
2008
Galerie Barnoud, -Le feu gratuit- {solo} Dijon, France
2008
Cornell University Museum, 'Mouth' {solo} Ithaca, NY
2007
San Diego Museum of modern arts, Animated Painting (curator Betty-Sue Hertz) California, USA
2007
e-flux PawnShop NYC
2006
Denver museum of Arts, Unfolding the wing, Dikeou CollectionColorado, USA
2006
The Drawing Centre, Analog Animation New York
2006
Galerie Barnoud; 'L'eau gratuite' {solo} Dijon, France
2006
Caren Golden Fine Art, Glove in hand {solo}, NYC
2006
Roberts & Tilton Gallery capoiera curated by Stijn Huys, Los Angeles (USA)
2005
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Vidéo d'artistes dans la collections, France
2005
Galerie des Multiples, multipes {solo} Paris, France
2004
Bremen Kunsthalle ” Screen Spirit” Bremen, Germany
2004
Holland Animation Festival Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004
Museum De Beyerd, Fuse, Breda, The Netherlands
2003
Outline Moving Heads (curator) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
IMPAKT Festival exhibition Silence Fence (curator Arjon Dunnewind) Utrecht,The Netherlands
2002
SMART; Crafting Space (curator Alice Smit) A’ dam,The Netherlands
2002
Annet Gelink Gallery, (solo) Amsterdam,The Netherlands
2002
Five Years Artspace; Eat Quicksilver/Shit Quicksand, London, UK
2002
HotelNY at PS1(curator Janne van Heeswijk), New York
2000
Consortium: Sans Papiers (curator) Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2000
Bloom Gallery " Zware zakken/heavy bags" (solo) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; In de sloot,Uit de sloot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Bloom Gallery, Paintings & Songs, Amsterdam The Netherlands
1996

Publications

I'm a lone monk walking the world with a leaky umbrella, IFP Malmö/Beijing/Amsterdam
2018
The Lost Cent, onomatopee publishers, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2013
OMBROMANIE rotorpress book with dvd of Vondelpark performance with oorbeek, selfpublised
2010
DRAWINGS ON HANDS J&L books, Atlanta, USA
2010
DRAWINGS ON WRITING J&L books, Atlanta, USA
2008
TUBU artistbook for children, Van Waveren publishers Amsterdam,The Netherlands
2005
DRAWINGS ON GEOLOGY J&L books, Atlanta, USA
2005
Etos- CD with the band oorbeek subtarean records, Holland
2005
VOLUME 0 (aka DRAWINGS ON HEADS) ZingMagazine, NY
2002
Zware Zakken (heavy bags) drawings - published by Bloom gallery, Amsterdam
1999
Close Co. Bloom Gallery books, Amsterdam
1997

Residencies

Frans Marsereel Centrum Belgium
january 2017
Institute for Provocation, Beijing China
3 months 2014
Taipei Artist Village Taiwan
2 months 2014
Schloss Werdenberg Mediale, Stipendiaat, Sankt Gallen, Swisterland
may 2013
Institute for Provocation, Beijing China
6 months 2012
projectstudio BKVB, Berlin
4 months 2009
Cité International des Arts, Paris
7 months, 2006
ISCP, NYC
2x 3 months, 2003-4
Rijks Academy, Amsterdam
1989-92
Glassell Core program, Houston Texas
3 months, 1990

Bibliography

KunsternaarMateriaal 123 - interview about filmmaking & illusion june 2022
NRC Handelsblad ' Spetterend overzicht van 100 jaar animatie in KAdE'- Lucette ter borg 04/02/2015
NRC Handelsblad 'Het verband tussen 1 cent en 3,7 miljard'- Joost Ramar 14/1/13
Trouw 'Rehabitatie van de cent' 10/1/13
Zingmagazine The Lost Cent review (2013)
MetropolisM The Lost Cent review (2013)
CHINA GLOBAL TIMES, Shadowcaster
Die Tageszeitung Belin 21/02/11 Die Rache des Hasen ...

Other Activities

Trumpet player of the band Oorbeek (www.oorbeek.net)
teacher at Rietveld academy Amsterdam
board of advisers KASK experimental animation department Gent Belgium
co founder of ArtistTalks
Boardmember of ShowMachine productionhouse (aka Joachim Robbrecht)