Born in Groningen, The Netherlands, in 1962.

Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Curriculum

1983 – 1988
Studies at the Academie Minerva at Groningen, the Netherlands

Solo shows

2018
A Swarm of two, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2016
Aernout Mik, CentrePasquArt Kunsthaus Centre d'art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland

2015
Aernout Mik: Parallelities, Real Dmz Project 2015, Art Sonje Center, Jongno-gu Seoul, Korea

2014
Cardboard Walls, BAK, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2013
Global Prayers, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Communitas, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2012
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CA2M, Madrid, Spain
EYE Film Institue Netherlands, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2011
Folkwang Museum Essen, Germany
Jeu de Paume, Paris, France

2010
carlier | gebauer, Berlin

2009
The Project, New York, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Galerie Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2008
Ludwigforum, Aachen, Germany
Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2007
Camden Arts Center, London, UK
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Dutch Pavillion, 52nd Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

2006
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA
BAK – Basis voor Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, the Netherlands

2005
Vacuum Room, Argos, Brussel, Belgium; Centre pour l’image contemporaine, Genève, Switzerland; MC, Los Angeles, USA; Carlier/gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Refraction, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA

2004
Ludwig Museum, Köln, Germany
Haus der Kunst, München, Germany

2003
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Carlier/gebauer, Berrlin, Germany

2002
The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Galleria Massimo di Carlo, Milano, Italy
Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Contemporary Art Foundation, Venice, Italy

2001
Carlier/gebauer, Berlin, Germany
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France

2000
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Germany
I.C.A., London, UK
Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
J.P. Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

1999
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

1998
Galerie Index, Stockholm, Sweden

1997
48th Biennial of Venice, Venice, Italy

1995
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1993
Galerie Fons Welters, Köln, Germany

1992
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1990
Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Group Shows

2019
Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
speak, memory (curated by Melchior Jaspers & Anami Schrijvers), W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ecstasy (curated by Martin Waldmeier), Kunstmuseum Bern - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland

2018
Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018 (curated by Anita Dube), Kochi, India

2017
PERFORMANCE!, Lille 3000, Le Tripostal, Lille, France
Action!, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
The Raft. Art is (not) lonely, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium

2016
Danse, Danse, Danse, Villa Paloma, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Die Fremden, Ruhrtriennale, Kultur Ruhr, Marl, Germany
MAM Screen 003: Crossing Visions - Japanese Landcapes Seen From Outside, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Gutes böses Geld. Eine Bildgeschichte der Ökonomie, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Collector's Room # 11: Graphic Chic, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Welcome to My Life, Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Shanghai, China
Unstated (or, Living Without Approval), BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2015
Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015, Kyoto, Japan
Municipal Museum of Art, The Museum of Kyoto, and other locations in Kyoto, Japan
Asylum, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm, Sweden

2014
Multitude, Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
Affekte, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Bozar - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Insite, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (SAPS), Mexico City, Mexico
Collection IX. ARCO Collection, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain

2013
PLAY. Stars of Media Art, Helsinski Art Museum, Finland
HOUSES AS SILVER AS TENTS, Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warszawa, Poland
Requiem für eine Bank, HMKV Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Unknown Forces, Tophane I Amire Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Artplay Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Global Prayers, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, German
Buda Kunstrcentrum, Kortrijk, Belgium
Former West, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Farbe bekennen. Was Kunst macht, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany

2012
Atelier + Küche, Museum Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Border Crossing, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Atelier + Küche. Labore der Sinne, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
La La La Human Steps, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey

2011
Die Kunst der Entschleunigung, Kunsthalle Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Call the Witness, Roma Pavillon, 54th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
Greek Festival, Athens, Greece
LIVE! Art&Rock, that Changed the History, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Anonyme Skulpturen, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria

2010
Theatre Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Theatre Festival, Warsaw Sao Paulo Biennal, Sao Paulo, Brasil
51st October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
Institut Néerlandais, Paris, France
Behind the Fourth Wall, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
A Theory of Vision, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Artist File, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Petach Tikva Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Realismus, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Realismus, Hypokunsthalle, Munich, Germany
Realismus, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Perth Art Festival, Perth, Australia
Project Europa, Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL, USA

2009
Nietnormal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Narratives, Panamerican Art, Miami, USA
Cream, Festival for Arts and Media, Yokohama, Japan
The Symbolic Efficiency of the Frame, Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
Manipulating Realities, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Italy
Actors and Extras, ARGOS, Brussels, Belgium
What a Wonderful World, Louisiana Museum, Louisiana, Denmark
The Russian Linesman, Hayward Gallery, London, UK

2008
The Subject Now, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Art, Prize and Value, Contemporary Art Center of Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
The Pre-History of the crisis (I), Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland
Prospect 1, New Orleans, USA
Short Stories, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Land Wars, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Manukau City, New Zealand
Peripheral Vision and collective Body, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
East of Eden, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Glück-welches Glück, Hygiënemuseum, Dresden, Germany
The Tree: from the Sublime to the Social, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
Trio, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft, the Netherlands

2007
Schmerz, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany

2006
Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Postmodelism, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
A Short History of Performance – Part IV, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
This is America, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands

2005
Whatever happened to social democracy, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Irreducible, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, USA; Miami Art Central, Miami, USA
The Gravity in Art, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2004
Suburban House Kit, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
Fade In, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Dass die Körper sprechen, auch das wissen wir seit langem …, Generali Foundation, Wien, Austria

2003
Fast Forward, Media Art Sammlung Goetz, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Turbulence, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
Die Realität der Bilder, Staatlisches Museum, Schwerien, Germany
Micropoliticas, Espai d’Art Contemporani, Castelló, Spain

2002
French Collection, MAMCO, Genève, Switzerland
Récits, Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meymac, France
Das Museum, die Sammlung, der Direktor und seine Liebschaften, MMK, Frankfurt, Germany
Stories, Erzählstrukturen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
Tableaux vivants, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria

2001
Exploding Cinema/Cinema without Walls, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2. Biennale Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Post-Nature, Dutch Pavillion, 49th Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy
Loop-Alles auf Anfang, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, München, Germany; PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA

2000
Still/Moving: Contemporary Photography, Film and Video from the Netherlands, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
4. Werkleitz Biennale 2000, Werkleitz Zentrum für Medienkunst, Halle, Germany
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland

1999
Biennal of Melbourne, Australia
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Glad Ijs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hanging Around, Projektraum Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Post-tragi-KoMik, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Sienna, Italy
In All the Wrong Places, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada

1998
Mise en Scène, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Ironisch – Ironic, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
Young Dutch Art, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Do all Oceans have Walls?, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, Germany
René Magritte en de hedendaagse kunst/René Magritte and contemporary art, PMMK Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium

1997
Positionen, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Biennial of Venice, Italy
In de sloot …, uit de sloot…, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Screen Surface & Narrative Space, Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
Personal Absurdities, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany

1996
Snowball, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
The Scream, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Making a Place, Snug Harbor Cultural Centre, Staten Island, USA
ID, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Le Nouveau Musée, Lyon, France
Take 2, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands

1995
Wild Walls, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
A Night at the Show, Field, Zürich, Switzerland

1994
A Hundred Times, Festival aan de Werf, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Swallow, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Spellbound, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal; Cruce, Madrid, Spain

1993
Recto/Verso, I.C.A., Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kracht van Heden, Loods 6, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Peiling 1993, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands

1992
De Teller en de Noemer/Deconstructieve Beeldstrategiën, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Internationaal Kunst Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium

1991
Biennal of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dutch Entry Biennal de São Paulo, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Kunst/Europa, Regional Museum, Xanten, Germany
6th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA

1990
Scanning 1990, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Capital Gains, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1989
Mik – Leijenaar – Strik, Museum ‘t Kruithuis, Den Bosch, the Netherlands

1988
A Great Activity, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1987
Capital Gains, ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, the Netherlands