Sjoerd Westbroek

Born 8 September 1979 in Rhenen (NL)
Lives and works in Rotterdam (NL)

Education and residencies

2013 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2012 AIR Berlin Alexanderplatz, Fonds BKVB
2011 (until now) Erasmus University Rotterdam, BA philosophy
2010  One month residency at Hotel MariaKapel, Hoorn (NL)
2006-2008  Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, MA fine arts
2005  Schloss Ringenberg, Ringenberg (DE), six month residency
2000-2004  Academie Arnhem, BA fine arts and art education
1998-1999  AKI, Enschede, Fine art and design

Grants

2012  Onderzoek & Ontwikkelingsubsidie, CBK Rotterdam
2010  Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2010  Onderzoek & Ontwikkelingsubsidie, CBK Rotterdam
2008  Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
2005  Hey Konijn Fonds Arnhem, for residency in Schloss Ringenberg (D)

Exhibitions

2012

Double Blind, Duende Rotterdam

2011

The Spur of the Moment, Nest, Den Haag
Graphos Grafiek Biennale, Kruithuis, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
With or Without, Mart House Gallery, Amsterdam

2010

Charming the Snake of Reason, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
The Smooth and the Striated, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam
The Smooth and the Striated, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
Quiet Is the New Loud, Hotel Mariakapel, Hoorn

2009

Source Material, TENT. Rotterdam
BEyond, Duende, Rotterdam

2008

Oh Dear Delighted Moment, Stichting KOP, Breda
Mondriaan Download, Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence (I)
POST DORDT, CBK Dordrecht, Dordrecht
My Travels with Barry, TENT., Rotterdam
Kunstvlaai 7, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

2007

This is how it must feel to be there, Pakhuismeesteren, Rotterdam

2006

Rozemarijn Westerink en Sjoerd Westbroek, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen

2005

Stipendiaten 2005, Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln (D)
Jouw land, Galerie Stills, Nijmegen (solo)
Werken op papier, Stichting Kunst en Cultuur Gelderland, Arnhem (solo)
1.Export, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem
Tekenen, CBKG, Arnhem

Other (public) activities

2012

Teacher for the course “Theory of contemporary art” at Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam
Organiser of The Public School The Netherlands
Professional practice workshop at the MFA of the Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam
Member of Platform Kunstenaars of CBK Rotterdam
Board Member of Stichting PrintRoom
Board Member of Stichting Tubelight

2011

Workshop Shadowplay for teenagers, commissioned by the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem and Schloss Ringenberg (D)
Member of Platform Kunstenaars of CBK Rotterdam
On Mark Making, Lecture at Duende, Rotterdam

2010

Artist Talk at Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
Artist Talk at Boterhal, Hoorn
Participation in the panel discussion Florida at ‘t Gemaal, Rotterdam

2009

Organising of the film programme Living Things for the TENT. Rotterdam event Resource & Recollect
Lecture On Handwriting, Open Office for Words, Rotterdam
Participation in the panel discussion Imaginary Cinema, as part of RaiR #1, Rotterdam

2008

Co-organiser of the exhibition My Travels with Barry, at TENT. Rotterdam

2007

Co-organiser of the exhibition This is how it must feel to be there at Pakhuismeesteren, Rotterdam

ADA

2012

As part of a residency at AiR Berlin Alexanderplatz, co-organising of a series of public events.
Participation in Angela Serino’s project On Residency at Kunsthuis Syb in Beetsterzwaag.
Masterclass/presentation at the Willem de Kooning alumni Day
Workshop with 4th year undergraduate students at the Art Academy Maastricht, in collaboration with Jan van Eyck Academy

2011

Co-organiser of Breakfast at Noon, a discussion with Skart and Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum
Organiser of an artist talk with Guido Reddersen
Co-organiser of the performance The Lore of Tatarî Oğuz Effendi by Ben Wineblum
Organiser of a reading group about Art in the Age of Biopolitics by Boris Groys
Co-organiser of the reading group About Games and Being Serious
Organiser of Show & Tell – The Politics of Silence and the Power of Discourse, including an interview between Marnie Slater and Edgar Schmitz
Co-organiser of ADA at RAiR#3: Guest House

2010

Co-organiser of Guided Tours, a project at TENT. Rotterdam

2009

Co-organiser of Winter Garden, a project with a garden and a public programme at ‘t Gemaal, Rotterdam
Editor of Winter Garden Reader, as part of the project Winter Garden

2008 – present

Board member of ADA Rotterdam Foundation

Bibliography

A conversation on agency, excess and pattern. In: As if an entrance is over there, Marnie Slater & Edward Thomson (ed.), Lecturis, Eindhoven, 2012
HMK {HotelMariaKapel} 2008 – 2010 Reunion, Jantine Wijnja (ed.), HotelMariakapel, Hoorn, 2011
Small Talk with The Janitor, Esmé Valk (ed.), Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, 2008
<gap> Magazine #1, Gudrun Bott & Marcus Lütkemeyer (ed.)Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln, 2006