biography


	Biography

1954 Born in Deurne, The Netherlands.
1974-77 Studies art history, philosophy, psychology, art materials and craftsmanship at the Academy for Visual Art Education in Amersfoort.
1977-81 Studies at the Academy for Art and Design, St. Joost in Breda.
1992-93 Lives in New York, and participates in the international studio program of The Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1 Museum.
1990 - to date Hurkmans is Professor at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam.
In addition she has often been visiting lecturer and artist in residence in The Netherlands and the USA, including New York, Boston and Minneapolis. She has also travelled extensively in Europe, South America, the middle east and Asia.

Hurkmans' work is included in many important public and private collections. In addition, she has also realized important public commissions in The Netherlands and abroad, including a sculpture for the ‘Parque de la Memoria’ in Buenos Aires (presently under construction).

She currently lives in The Netherlands and France.

	SOLO EXHIBITIONS

	2008 2005 2004 2003 2001 2000 1999-2000 1998 1997 1996/97 1995 1994 1992 1991 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982		Rini Hurkmans, solo exhibition. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Homeland. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam (together with Komar & Melamid) Dear Son. Huis Marseille–Museum for Photography, Amsterdam Without Title. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Endurance. Het Torentje–Foundation for Contemporary Art, Almelo Pieta 1999. Huis Marseille–Museum for Photography, Amsterdam (cat.) Asylum. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Simulacrum II. Holly Solomon Gallery, New York Simulacrum I. Museum De Paviljoens, Almere (publ.) Preservation XII. Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch (publ.) How long does it take to erase memory?. in: Open Space, curator Lance Fung, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York Preservation Situation II. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam How long does it take to erase memory?. Preservation Situation I, Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf Galerie M. und R. Fricke, Art Fair, Cologne (with Bogomir Ecker) Les Amants mal assortis. in: Pas de deux, HCAK - Haags Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, The Hague (with Hans Scholten) (publ.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, KunstRai, Amsterdam Waiting for the value of the words - Les Amants mal assortis. Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf (with Hans Scholten) Lopende gebeurtenissen/Current Events. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.) Sometimes to Reality (there is no way behind). in: Passages. HCAK – Haags Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, The Hague (publ.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt Homeless Thoughts. Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf Ohne Ruhe, Ohne Gedanken. (In the series ‘The Plumbers Coctail Lounge’), Artists space De Zaak, Groningen Rite d'entree. (with Hans Scholten & Jan Nederveen), Museum De Beyerd, Breda (cat.) An der Zeit kann man sehen wie lange es noch dauert. Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf Controlled Passion. Artists space De Zaak, Groningen Nog druipend van het warme bad stond hij onhandig door de vitrage van zijn hotelkamer te gluren. Galerie Margreet Huisman, Dordrecht The Man Who Told Me About Travelling. Galleria Diferenca, Lisbon Dragers. Artists space De Zaak, Groningen Ruimte en de Ruimte. A municipal warehouse, Teteringen Ruimte. Stichting voor kunst ENNU, Tilburg (cat.) Artists space Lokaal 01, Breda buiten-binnen. Galerie Margreet Huisman, Dordrecht Untitled. Artists space Ruilstraat 63B, Rotterdam Zee van plastiek en klei. Galerie Micro, Oosterhout You can't glaze me. Artists space De Sterrenwacht, Middelburg (cat.) Scherven Klei, Kultuur Natuur, de verbinding. (simultaneous with a presentation of Ria Roerdink & Marco Klaassen). Artists space De Fabriek, Eindhoven (cat.) Untitled. Artists space De Fabriek, Eindhoven

	GROUP EXHIBITIONS

	2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1983 1982		Breeze. Nan Hoover - Rini Hurkmans - Fiona Tan, performance by Teresa Maria Diaz Nerio, curator Marja Bloem Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris Grandeur. Sonsbeek 2008, Arnhem Cold Turkey. Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht Zarina Bhimji, Guillaume Bijl, Rini Hurkmans, Remy Jungerman, Monali Meher. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Paulo Post Futurum, 25 jaar Lokaal 01. Breda’s Museum, Breda [Dear Son]. Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht Lumen Travo Gallery, Artissima, Turin Art Fair, Italy Meeting with the Middle East. International Photography Gathering. Le Pont Organisation, Aleppo, Syria [Pieta 2005]. De Italiaanse Verlokking. Museum het Valkenhof, Nijmegen De kunstenaar aan het woord. Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch Lumen Travo Gallery, Artissima, Turin Art Fair, Italy Over de mensen en de dingen/On people and things. Center for the Arts, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium Lumen Travo Gallery, KunstRai, Amsterdam [Pieta 2003]. Femme(s). Exhibition organized by the association Art for The World, Geneva, on various locations of Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland Amnesty international Photography Sale. Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam and Sotheby’s Amsterdam Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch Marmelade. Breda's Museum, Breda De Tussenstand. Museum De Paviljoens, Almere Parque de la Memoria. Central Society of Architects, Buenos Aires, Argentina Parque de la Memoria. ’Museum of Latin American Art, La Plata, Argentina Artists space Lokaal 01, Breda Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Sculpture Prize, Parque de la Memoria. Central Hall of the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires (cat.) Thin Ice, a selection of recent acquisitions. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (publ.) De Indruk. Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam (publ) Contemporary Art Twente I. Expo Center, Hengelo Laboratoire d'Impression, Geneva 55 Photographs at 55 Mercer. 55 Mercer Gallery, New York Het Huis. Window cases ABN-AMRO Bank, Amsterdam Een Keuze, werk van kunstenaressen uit museumcollecties / A Selection, works by female artists selected from museum collections. Grote Kerk, Den Haag (publ) Archipel '98. Nieuwe Meer, Amsterdam (cat.) In the ditch... Out of the ditch, Municipal Art Acquisitions 1997. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.) Zomergasten, Contemporary Art Acquisition. Noordbrabants Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch Aanwezig Afwezig. The Collection Almere. Museum De paviljoens, Almere (cat.) Kulturamt der Stadt Jena, Jena Kleine Welten. Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf [Preservation Situation III], in: Making A Space. Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY (cat.) Irina Balen, Andrea Blum, Marianne Eigenheer, Rini Hurkmans, Ann Veronica Janssen, Shirin Neshat. Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam Lumen Travo Gallery, KunstRai, Amsterdam Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Art Fair, Cologne Holly Solomon Gallery, New York Municipal Art Acquisition 1993. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, Art Fair, Cologne De Receptie. Artists space Stichting Archipel, Apeldoorn (cat.) In Their Own Image. Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.I Museum, New York (cat.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf International Drawing Triennial. Museum of Architecture, Wroctaw Gulliver's Travels. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne (cat.) [A Land Denuded of Meaning]. Moment, between language and image.Stichting AIR, Art International Research, Amsterdam (cat.) Uitnodiging tot de reis. Hedendaagse Nederlandse kunstenaars/L'Invitation au Voyage. Art contemporain des Pays-Bas. Vergadercentrum Albert Borschette, Brussels (cat.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt Municipal Art Acquisition 1989. Museum Fodor, Amsterdam (cat.) Kabinettententoonstelling. Gallery Fortlaan 17, Gent Galerie M. und R. Fricke, Art Fair, Cologne Appropriate Choice. Artists space De Zaak, KunstRai, Amsterdam (cat.) Stipendia '86-'87. Stadhouderskade 6, Amsterdam (cat.) Mechanical Stage. Arts Consultancy, Antwerp Vertolking van een collectie. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Central exhibition. Art Fair Noordkunst, Zuidlaren [Alleen energie die de gebeurtenissen volgt.]. Brabant BiÎnnale 1987. De Beyerd, Breda (cat.) Galerie M. und R. Fricke, D¸sseldorf Cum Suis. Artists space De Zaak, Art Fair Noordkunst, Zuidlaren (cat.) [The structure is there to make evident the presence of the immaterial]. A priori Sculpture. Makkom in the Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam (publ.) Evenbeeld voor morgen. Stichting MES, Groningen [Stripped of title, stripped of time]. Foto Fictie. Cultural Center ‘de Oosterpoort,’ Groningen (cat.) [Fragments of Breathing]. A great Activity. New generations In Dutch Art. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (cat.) 90 Portr”ts. Galerie Cora H–lzl, D¸sseldorf Rijksaankopen 1985, Werk van hedendaagse beeldende kunstenaars. (Contemporary art acquired by the Dutch Government), Logement van de Heren van Amsterdam, The Hague (cat.) [7 reizen 7 gedachten]. Artists space Atelier 00, Dordrecht [Ich liebe dich mein Br¸der]. Artists space Lokaal 01, Breda [A Story]. Kunstmanifestatie, Terneuzen

	OTHER ACTIVITIES AND WORK IN PUBLIC SPACES

	1990-to date 2008 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1991 1989-90 1989 1988 1987 1986		Professor Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Academy of Art and Design, Amsterdam Round-table talk ‘Contact Zone : Nomad identity in contemporary culture’ with Philippe-Alain Michaud, conservator at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Marja Bloem, freelance curator, Marie JosÈ Burki, artist. Moderated by Jean-Pierre Criqui, chief editor of Les cahiers du MusÈe National d’Art Moderne (Paris, October 25th at the Dutch Institute in Paris). Speech presented at the unveiling of sculpture De Krans/The Garland, cemetery Ede, 10-12-2003 Lecture Post-St. Joost, department for postgraduate photography, Breda Lecture about 'Parque de la Memoria', Lost and Found, Amsterdam Speech presented at the unveiling of the Monument of Reflections Het Boeket/The Bouquet in Vlaardingen, by the chairman of the National Platform Against Violence in Public Dominion, W.J. Deetman , March 2, 2001 Lecture Post-St. Joost, department for postgraduate photography, Breda Performance RIVA, collaboration with Frances-Marie Uitti, City Library, Almelo Performance RIVA, collaboration with Frances-Marie Uitti, het Grachtenfestival, Huis Marseille–Museum for Photography, Amsterdam Performance RIVA, collaboration with Frances-Marie Uitti, Lokaal 01, Breda Sculpture Prize 'Parque de la Memoria', Buenos Aires, Argentina Discussion between Lily van Ginneken, Director of Stroom - Center for Visual Arts and Architecture, The Hague, and the artist at the presentation of the book Mute, Art Book, Amsterdam Tutorial at the School for Visual Arts SVA, New York (with Hans Scholten) Lecture and tutorial, Royal Academy for Visual Art, The Hague Shortlisted for the competition for the design of the Lobeda gate and green area at the City ring of Lobeda, Jena, Germany Tutorial at the School for Visual Arts SVA, New York (with Hans Scholten) Visiting artist at the Curatorial training program of De Appel - Centre for Contemporary Art, Amsterdam Tutorial at the Royal Academy for Visual Art, The Hague Tutorial at the School for Visual Arts SVA, New York (with Hans Scholten) Guest lecturer and tutorial at the School for Visual Arts SVA, New York (with Hans Scholten) Lecture and tutorial at ABK Minerva, Academy of Visual Arts, Groningen Panel discussion: Quality and Professionally, Foundation for Visual Arts, Architecture and Design, Amsterdam Lecture and seminar, Brown University, Department of Visual Art, Providence, RI (with Hans Scholten) Participation in the International Studio Program at the Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S.1, New York Lecture at Hunter College Art Department, New York Multiple, commissioned by WVC, Ministry of Culture, The Netherlands Visiting lecturer and tutor at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, AKI, Enschede Special Mention Award for the Visual Arts by The Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts Visiting lecturer, ABK Minerva - Academy of Visual Arts, Groningen (with Hans Scholten) Visiting artist and visiting tutor, The College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minn. (with Hans Scholten) Visiting lecturer, The College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minn. (with Hans Scholten