Pim Palsgraaf (guest)

Pim Palsgraaf (1979) laat zich inspireren door verval en onregelmatigheden in de stad. De tegenstelling tussen natuur en stedelijkheid is relevant in zijn werk, dat een steeds diepgaander onderzoek naar de erosie van de binnenstad omvat. Lege ruimtes, oude gangen en plafonds die op instorten staan en waar de natuur het overneemt: ze voeden allen zijn fascinatie voor dit proces.

Palsgraaf zwerft en werkt regelmatig met andere kunstenaars in de ruïnes van grote industriële bouwwerken, zoals die bijvoorbeeld in voormalig Oost-Duitsland te vinden zijn. In 2012 initieerde hij het project If Paradise Is Half As Nice (IPIHAN), een kunstproject gericht op het maken van kunst in deze verlaten gebouwen. Gedurende een periode van ongeveer een maand neemt IPIHAN een gebouw over, richt woon- en werkruimtes in en maakt kunst met wat het gebouw te bieden heeft.

Pim Palsgraaf
(1979, Gouda) Lives and works in Rotterdam/ The Netherlands

Education:
1999 – 2003 Willem de Kooning Art Academy Rotterdam/ The Netherlands. Graduated with honours.
1995 – 1999 Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam/ The Netherlands. Graduated with honours.

Stipends:

• 2021 Project Grant, supported by Mondriaan Fund

• 2014 – 2018 Basic Stipend, supported by Mondriaan Fund

• 2012 Project for research and development, supported by Visual Art Centre Rotterdam

Prizes:

• Nominated for the Heineken Art Prize 2020

• Nominated for the Charlotte van Pallandt prize 2012

2023

• Vouch art valet. Loods 6, (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• Art Rotterdam art fair. ‘Sculpture garden’. NLisUS Galerie (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘This is the age of destruction’. Franzis Engels Galerie (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

2022

• Big Art. Bajeskwartier (Group)Amsterdam [NL]

• H(a)L, Het archief, (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Landgoed kapellerput kunstsmullen. Sculpture route. (Group) Heeze. [NL]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice’ #12. ‘Alter Leipziger bahnhof’. (Group) Dresden, Germany [DE]

• Geh8, Group exhibition, Dresden, Germany [DE]

• Volta Basel Art fair. with NLisUS Gallery. (Group) Basel, Switzerland [CH]

• Kunstschouw. Zeeland. Sculpture route (Group) Noordwelle [NL]

• ‘Membrane’ De spelonk, Site specific installation (Solo) Den Haag. [NL]

• ‘Into the great blue yonder’ (Duo) Franzis Engels Galerie, Amsterdam [NL]

• Anningahof Sculpture garden (Group) Zwolle [NL]

• Commissioned site specific sculpture. Flims, Switzerland [CH]

• Museum Zandvoort, beelden in Zandvoort (Group) [NL]

• Traces of existence, NLisUS Gallery Rotterdam, (Solo) [NL]

• NPO2 extra (Dutch television) broadcasted documentary IPIHAN#9. about our art project If paradise is half as nice. [NL]

• IFFR International film festival Rotterdam. Documentary If paradise is half as nice. [NL]

2021

• Traces of existence, NLisUS Gallery, (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• Keilecontemporary Harart Gallery (Duo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If paradise is half s nice’ #11 ehemalige backerei,(Group) Meuselwitz [DE]

• Rerun sculpture route museum schokland. Site specific installation (Group) Schokland [NL]

• Ijsselbiennale. sculpture route (Group) Olst [NL]

• NL=US Gallery ‘schatkamer’ during Art Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Beeldentuin Anningahof (Group), Zwolle [NL]

• Beeldentuin achter de westduinen (Group) Ouddorp, [NL]

• PG2 summer exhibition sculpture garden (Group) Rhoon, [NL]

• Charlois speciaal, fenixloods (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2020

• RAM lichtroute. (Group) Noordoostpolder, Nagele [NL]

• Charlois speciaal, fenixloods (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘MovinGrounds’ exhibitionspace 38CC (Group) Delft [NL]

• If paradise is half as nice #10. former concrete plant Crooswijk. (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Papier biennalle, Thuis/Home. Museum Rijswijk (Group) Rijswijk [NL]

• Beeldentuin Anningahof (Group), Zwolle [NL]

• Beeldentuin achter de westduinen (Group) Ouddorp, [NL]

• Ground control, Master apprentice #2 Kunstpodium T, TAC (Group) Eindhoven [NL]

• Site specific installation, private collector. Basel [Swiss]

2019

• Show box#8, Foundation Mesh (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice #9’ ehemalige Zitza Fabrik (Group) Zeitz [DE]

• De vensterbank (Solo) Amersfoort [NL]

• VOLTA Basel Art fair, Booth B19. NL=US Gallery. (Duo) Basel [Swiss]

• ‘Maaskant getekend’, Hilton Hotel CBK Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Serenditipy’ Franzis Engels Gallery (Duo) Amsterdam [NL]

• Art Rotterdam Art fair. NL=US Gallery, booth 59 (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Aanschouw’ TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2018

• ‘Maaskant getekend’, Kunsthal Museum Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Ode aan het Nedloydhuis’. Het plafond Ruimte voor kunst en cultuur, (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• YIA Young contemporary art fair, Booth 27, NL=US galerie (Group) Paris, [FR]

• ‘RORO buiten’, Sculpture in public space Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘UNFADED’. NL=US Gallery (Duo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice #8’ ehemalige Kaufhaus (Group) Altenburg [DE]

• SCOPE Art fair, Booth 012, NL=US Gallery (Solo) New York City [USA]

• ‘Dark Alleys’ sbk kunstuitleen (Solo) Amsterdam [NL]

• Bureau twee, bkw partners. (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Traces of personal presence’. Twelvetwelve Gallery (Group) Den Haag [NL]

• ‘Aanschouw’ TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2017

• PULSE Miami art fair, NL=US Galerie, booth 304, North. (Group) Miami [USA]

• ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice #7’ ehemalige Nudlefabrik (Group) Zeitz [DE]

• ‘Kunstenfestival’ (Group) Aardenburg [NL]

• Kunstrai Art fair Amsterdam. ‘Kersentuin’ (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• Anningahof sculpture park (Group) Zwolle [NL]

• ‘Apocalypse now’ Cranach Stiftung, (Group) Wittenberg [DE]

• ‘Hyperdensity’ NL=US Galerie (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘In the absence of light’ Museumnacht. Site specific installation, Kunsthal, (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• Rotterdam Contemporary Art fair. Booth NL=US Galerie (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice presentation’ TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Aanschouw’ TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2016

• ‘Remains of the day’ Pulchri studio, (Duo) Den Haag [NL]

• ‘The end, Let’s start again’. Donau83 (Group) Berlin [DE]

• ‘In the absence of light’ Site specific installation Kunsthal museum (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘The act of the object’ De Vishal (Group) Haarlem [NL]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice#6’, Ehemalige Polygraph Fabrik, (Group) Leipzig, [DE]

• Outline art and electronic music Festival (Group) Moskou [RU]

• Bob Smit Galerie, NSJ (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘North sea jazz’, No Walls (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Park en schotel’ artfestival (Group) Esbeek [NL]

• ‘Questioning reality’. Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Duo) Rotterdam [NL]

• Art Rotterdam Art fair Cokkie snoei Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Rotterdam Contemporary art fair. No Walls (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2015

• ‘If paradise is half as nice # 5, ehemalige Dietzold Fabrik (Group) Leipzig [DE]

• Rotterdam Contemporary art fair, No Walls (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice #4’ Lasloods (Group) Vlissingen [NL]

• Amsterdam Art Fair, Kunsthal Citroen, Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Cityscape 2’. Pulchri Studio (Group) Den Haag [NL]

• ‘Gewoon natuurlijk’ Cultuurwerf (Duo) Vlissingen [NL]

• ‘Cityscapes’. NL=US Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• No Walls. Fenixloodsen (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Realisme Art Fair. Ampelhaus booth PTA (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

2014

• Art in Redlight Art fair, Beurs van Berlage (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Now Babylon’ W139 (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Unter Zwischen’ Ampelhaus (Group) Oranienbaum, [DE]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice #3’, Pi-LAB projectspace, (Group) Leipzig [DE]

• Motel Mozaïque festival. (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If Paradise is half as nice #3’, ehemalige Brotfabrik (Group) Leipzig [DE]

• ‘Wildernis’. Kuub ruimte voor kunst&cultuur, (Group) Utrecht [NL]

• ‘Artist’s Proof’ Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Salon d’ autonome’, Rotterdam Central station (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Art Rotterdam art fair with Cokkie Snoei gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• NL=US gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘If Paradise Is Half As Nice #2’ Frank Taal Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2013

• ‘Groot defilé der beeldenaars’ WTC Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• CBK (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice #2’ Atelierhof Kreuzberg (Group) Berlin [DE]

• ‘If paradise is half as nice #2’ Ehemalige motorwerken (Group) Leipzig [DE]

• “Fit for a king’. Ampelhaus (Group) Oranienbaum [DE]

• ‘Jesus Christ superstar’, No walls (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘LAP’, Kers gallery (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• Anningahof sculpture park (Group) Zwolle [NL]

• ‘As tears go by’ Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Re: Rotterdam Art fair (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Hotel Rotterdam’ (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘The traveller’. TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘It ain’t over yet’. Kop (Group) Breda [NL]

2012

• ‘If paradise is half as nice# 1’, ehemalige baumwolspinnerei (Group) Leipzig [DE]

• ‘Kompost’, Gallery Roy, (Group) Zulpich [DE]

• ‘Aanwinst’ Hro Collection, Kunsthal Museum (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Megalopolis’ Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Blauwdruk’. Arti et Amicitae (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Haarlemse lente’ Tanya Rumpff art (Group) Haarlem [NL]

• ART Rotterdam art fair, Cokkie Snoei Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• MK award fundraiser show (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• Re:Rotterdam Art Fair, (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Hotel Rotterdam’. (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Late night show’. Naturalis museum (Group) Leiden [NL]

2011

• ‘Future policy ceremony award’. Central Park Zoo (Group) New York City [USA]

• Tragic death of my gallerists Emmo Grofsmid and Karmin Kartowikromo of MK Gallery Rotterdam

• ‘Mycose’. Kappur Gallery (Solo) Tilburg [NL]

• Museumnacht Rotterdam ‘Multiscape’ MK Gallery (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Multiscape’, MK Gallery (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• Art Rotterdam art fair VIP Program. Open studio tour. (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2010

• ‘Biennal wintersalon’, Elga Wimmer Gallery (Group) New York City [USA]

• Fountain Miami Art fair, Christina Ray Gallery (Group) Miami [USA]

• Pulse Miami Art fair, MK Gallery (Group) Miami [USA]

• Governors Island Art Fair. (Group) New York City [USA]

• ‘Good vibrations’ MK Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Mission; edition’ Christina Ray Gallery (Group) New York City [USA]

• Art Amsterdam art fair. MK Gallery (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• Anningahof sculpture park (Group) Zwolle [NL]

• ‘the nomadic condition’ SM’S Stedelijk Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch (Group) Den Bosch [NL]

2009

• ‘Summer solo show’. 3rd Ward (Solo) New York City [USA]

• Preview Berlin art fair. MK Gallery (solo) Berlin [DE]

• ‘Transformations’. MK Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘222VOLT’, singel 222 (Group) Dordrecht [NL]

• ‘Close encounters’. Blokhuispoort (Group) Leeuwarden [NL]

• ART Amsterdam art fair. MK Gallery, (Group) Amsterdam [NL]

• ‘Transformations’. MK Gallery (Group) Berlin [DE]

• ART Rotterdam art fair, MK gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2008

• ‘Ecoscape’ TENT Rotterdam (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

• ‘Where is my mind?’ ARTRMX Cologne at E-raum (Group) Cologne [DE]

• ‘Power of places’ International Landscape Triennial. Nettenfabriek (Group) Apeldoorn [NL]

• ‘Review of a position’, Berlin Biennale, MK Gallery (Group) Berlin [DE]

• ‘Rechtsachter’. Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam (Solo) Rotterdam [NL]

• ART Rotterdam Art fair. MK Gallery (Group) Rotterdam [NL]

2007

• ‘Review of a position’. MK Gallery (Group), Rotterdam [NL]

• Gallery De Wit, (Solo) Bergen op Zoom [NL]

• ‘Xpose162’. Gallery de Sigarenfabriek (Group) Delft [NL]

• ‘Kunstmoment’. kunstroute 2007 (Group) Gouda [NL]

• ‘Kunst aan de kade’. Museumnacht (Group) Rotterdam [NL]