(brief/ selectie) Full CV upon request.

b. 1974 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A./ Lives and Works in Berlin Germany and The Hague, The Netherlands

Nationality: Dutch/American

Education:

M.F.A. Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington U.S.A. 2002
B.F.A. Bachelors of FIne Arts, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. 1998

Recent Awards, Honors, Stipendia (selection)

2011 Basisstipendium, Mondriaan Fonds/FBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2009 Werk Budget, FBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2007 Nomination, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst (Netherlands Royal Painting Prize) (NL)
2006 Basisstipendium, FBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2006 Project Stipend Dordrecht. Centrum Beeldende Kunst. (NL)
2005 Startstipend. Centrum Beeldende Kunst. Contemporary Arts Center Dordrecht., Dordrecht (NL)
2005 Artist in Residence: Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin/ CBK Dordrecht, (NL)

Selected Exhibitions (selection) [s] solo [cat] catalogue

2011 Anonymous Drawings Archive, SIHLQUAI55 OFFSPACE Visarte Zürich, Switzerland
2011-2 Museum Le Secet: Heer Arendskerke, Nederland
2011 Under Pressure: Current Trends in Printmaking, Kresge Gallery at Lyons College (U.S.A.)

2010 BLICK OHNE ENDE CBK Dodrecht (Contemporary Arts Center Dordrecht )Curator: Jurriaan Benschop. Dordrecht, Netherlands[C]
2010 Tapetenwechsel, CBK (Contemporary Arts Center) Dordrecht, Netherlands
2010 ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°11, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
2010 Grand Rapids Art Prize. Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan.  (U.S.A.)
2010 A View Without End, Dutch Artists in Berlin. Autocenter. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop. Berlin (DE) [cat]
2010 Kunstvlaai. Metal Heart IV Schwarzwald/fruhling. Amsterdam, (NL)
2010 Hier gibt es keine falschen hase. Forgotten bar project/ Galerie im Regierungsvierte. Berlin (DE)
2010 NATURansichten. Galerie Alte Schule. Curator: Matheos Pontikos, Berlin (DE) [cat]
2010 The Periphery Rising: New Drawings by Michael Markwick. Kunst in Kreuzberg e. V. /Atelierhof Kreuzberg. Berlin. (DE) [s]
2010 Schwarzwald, Noordkap. Curator: Arno Coenen and Katja Diallo, Dordrecht, (NL) [cat]

2009-10 ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°10 Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)  [cat]
2009 Salon, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
2009 Disturbed Nature: Drei Künstler am Rande des Natürlichen. Cluster, Curator: Jurriaan Benschop. Berlin. (DE)
2009 Zomer, een schat aan vormen, Gallery Invorm. Curated by Ineke Voorstegh. Hasselt (BE)
2009 Over-leven  Sur-vivre  Sur-vive  I: Gallery Invorm Hasselt, Belgium. Curated by Ineke Voorstegh
2009 “Youth Cult” DadaPost Gallery. Curators: Howard McCalebb and Lou Andrea Savoir. Berlin (DE)
2009 Opposites Attract – On Dialectics. Curator: Christine Sluysmans. De Veemvloer. Amsterdam (NL)

2008 Safety Architecture. Curator: Lou Joseph, Martin Art Gallery Allentown, PA . ( U.S.A.). [cat]
2008 ART AMSTERDAM 2008 with Gallery Tanya Rumpff Haarlem (NL)
2008 Deeper/ After Relocation >> New Excavations and Paintings. Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, (NL) [s]
2008 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, GEM Gemeentemuseum te Den Haag, (NL) [cat]

2007 Historia: New Drawings and Objects, Michael Markwick and Jennifer Blazina, Pictura, Dordrecht, (NL)
2007 Crossing Boundaries, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Festival 2007, Hong Kong,(CN) [cat]
2007 Penang International Print Exhibition/ Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia, curator Y. Bhg. Datuk Syed Ahmad [cat]

2006-07 QUIET APOCALYPSE: 2yk Gallery Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben: Berlin, (DE) 2yk Gallery curatorial team. [s]
2006 RISE: Pictura, Derde Zaal,  Dordrecht, NL) [s]
2006  WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get), Kunstoffice, Berlin (DE) [s]
2006 “Papier”. Galerie Röhr und Ripkin. Berlin 2006 (DE)
2006  Berliner Kunstsalon: Metamorphose. Galerie Gillian Morris:  Curator: Gillian Morris/ Berlin (DE)

2005 “Aan het werk 4″ Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, (NL) [cat]
2005 String Theory. Tania Bedriñana and Michael Markwick: Korner Kiez, Berlin, (DE)
2005 Emission: Galleria il Sotoportego,Scuola Internazionale di Grafica  Venice, (IT)
2005  Contemporary Artists in Print: Emission Portfolio Mc Master Gallery, University of South Carolina, ( U.S.A.).
2005 Purdue University Rueff Galleries Exchange II: International and National Exchange Print Portfolios  IN, ( U.S.A.).
2005 Emission: Universität der Künste, Berlin Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2005 “Pandus Gaat Vreemd”  Stichting Kunst Werk Pand Paulus, Schiedam (NL)
2005 Post Consumption: New Paintings. Galleria il Sotoportego, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice, (IT) [s]

Residencies (selection)

2008 Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium / August 2008
2008 Dordrechts Museum. Dordrecht, Netherlands/ November 26 -April 2008
2006 Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium  / April 2006
2006 Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany / July 2005 – February 2006
2005 Amsterdam Grafische Atelier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands / June 2005
2005 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica. Venice, Italy / April 2005
2002-2003 International Gaast Atelier, Toos Neger Stichting Dordrecht, The Netherlands. October 2002 – April 2003

Lectures/ Teaching/ Interviews (selection)

2010 Public Interview with Dr. Heinz Stahlhut (Leiter der Sammlung Bildende Kunst an der Berlinische Galerie) Autocenter, Berlin
2009 “Collisions” Gallery Cluster, Berlin, Germany
2009 “Collisions” Gallery Invorm, Hasselt, Belgium
2008 Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
2008 Dordrechts Museum. Dordrecht, Netherlands
“Historia” Public Lecture, Pictura, The Netherlands September 16th, 2007
“The Berlin Factor” Lecture/ Interview with Erik Beenker, Volkskrant, Netherlands May 17th  2006
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice Italy / 2005
“Transmissions” Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Dordrecht, the Netherlands 2004
Willem De Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Drawing Instructor/ Visiting Artist/  2004
Indiana University Fine Arts Department Bloomington, IN, U.S.A., Associate Instructor of drawing /2000 – 2002
2002 “Event Horizon” Dordrecht, PICTURA, the Netherlands

Collections (selection) *diverse international private collections

Anonymous Drawings/ Blutenweis Drawing Archive, Berlin, Germany
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp, Belgium
Hong Kong Graphic Arts Center, Hong Kong, China
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium
Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana U.S.A.
University of the Arts  Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Purdue University U.S.A.
Mary Baldwin College  Staunton, VA, U.S.A.
South Carolina University U.S.A.
John Beck Collection, Indiana University Museum of Art, U.S.A.
Ann Arbor Arts center  U.S.A.