FENDRY EKEL / Biography

Fendry Ekel
born in Jakarta, lives and works in Amsterdam

2004 Founding OFFICE For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam together with Folkert de Jong and Astrid Honold
2000 Founding Space For Artists Foundation together with Folkert de Jong and Astrid Honold
1998 - 2000 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
1993 - 1997 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Solo exhibitions
2010 Fendry Ekel, paintings, Metis Gallery, Amsterdam
2009 Witness, Hudson Valley Center For Contemporary Art, Peekskill New York
2008 Mirror and The Cross, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia
2007 Century 21, OFFICE: Contemporary Art Space, Amsterdam
2005 F.E.A.R., Lontar Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2003 Flow Resolution, Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem, Netherlands
One Man Shows, Kunstliga, Den Helder, Netherlands
A Key Coming From the Overseas, Art project space, Leiden, Netherlands
Group exhibitions (selected)
2009 MACO Mexico with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City
Higher Ground, group show curated by A. Honold, Metis Gallery Amsterdam (forthcoming)
The Rhetoric of Doubt, group show, André Simoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Art Brussels with Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke, Belgium ARCO Madrid with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Madrid, Spain
ARCO Madrid with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Madrid, Spain
ARTE Fiera Bologna with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2008 Shanghai Contemporary 08 with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Shanghai, China
Double Diplomacy with Folkert de Jong, NEON PARC Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
MACO Mexico with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Mexico City
ROME Art Fair with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Rome, Italy
ARCO Madrid with Luis Adelantado Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Double Diplomacy, with Folkert de Jong, Gabriel Rolt Gallery, Amsterdam
Against Nature, Luis Adelantado gallery, Valencia, Spain
2007 Chronic, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
A Human Touch, The Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Chronic, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago
2006 Nederland 1, Museum Gouda, Netherlands
Shared History, W139 – Arti Et Amicitae, Amsterdam
A Human Touch, Bund 18 Creative Center, Shanghai
2005 GRID #2, Eof gallery, Paris
Durban Video Festival, Pulse, Durban, South Africa
Simply Droog, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 Salón de Los Inmigrantes, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Fernweh, Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem, Netherlands
Go Slow, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Première Vue, Passages de Retz, Paris, France
GRID, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Simply Droog, Museum Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Open Borders, European Cultural Capital, Lille, France
Speed Climbers, organized by Bureau Des Videos-Paris, MPOH, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Transit 8, 24HR Art gallery, Darwin, Australia
HERE! We Go, Babylon Club Project Space, Amsterdam
GRID, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta and Erasmus Huis, Jakarta, Indonesia
De Grote Verbeelding, Grote Kerk, Den Haag, Netherlands
bavf~NAF#1, new media art festival, Jejaring Networkers, Bandung, Indonesia
City Jam, Art centre Hooghuis, Arnhem, Netherlands
Wishful Thinking, organized by Street Level, Dresden, Germany
New Holland Festival, De Badcuyp Foundation, Amsterdam
Bibliography (selected)
2009 Rosa Ulpiano, Mirror And The Cross, Flashart International, April - May
Rosa Ulpiano, Interseccion de significados – Folkert de Jong y Fendry Ekel,
El Levante February 27
Gustavo Marrone, Folkert de Jong y Fendry Ekel, B-guided # 38
2008 Rosa Ulpiano, Mirror And The Cross, Flashart International, April - May
T. Koenig, T. Eeckhout Double Diplomacy – A dialogue with perspective,
Black Cat Publishing ISBN 978-90-810418-5-0
Tanguy Eeckhout, Chronic, Handmade Nightmares …, Museum Doordacht magazine # 6
Machteld Leij, Verbeelding van Macht, Kunstbeeld #4
2007 Joost Declercq, Chronic, Museum Doordacht magazine # 5
Jan Dietvorst, Slow Art, Museum Doordacht magazine # 5
K. Zijlmans, A. Honold, Chronic, Handmade Nightmares (catalogue)
2006 Nederland 1, Metropolis M, September
Ivette Reyes Matturano, Dislocation (thesis University of Amsterdam)
Sophie Berrebi, Shared History-Decolonising the image, Amsterdam (catalogue)
Marina de Vries, De Nederlander Als Vreemde Stijve Vogel, De Volkskrant, March
2005 Keren Detton, GRID # 2, eof Gallery, Paris (catalogue)
A. Hassan, J. van Heemst, B. Steevensz a.o., F.E.A.R. Lontar Gallery Jakarta (catalogus)
Hendro Wiyanto, Micropolitik Sang Bunglon, TEMPO No. 3, January
2004 Paul Agusta, Fendry Ekel, Jakarta Post, December
Simatupang, Pameran New Media Art F.E.A.R., Sinar Harapan, December
Michel Nuridsany, Premiere Vue 3rd Edition, Passages de Retz, Paris (catalogue)
2003 Galerieselectie, NRC Handelsblad, November
Rifky Effendy, GRID, Art Asia Pacific magazine
K. Zijlmans, B. Steevensz, S. Koop, I. Ang, F. Wardani, GRID (catalogue)
V. van de Vliet, De hectische wereld, Haarlemse Courant, November
Truus Ruiter, Haagsche Grote Kerk Domein Beeldhouwers, De Volkskrant, July
Roos van Put, Jonge Beeldhouwers Weten Wat Sculptuur Is, Haagse Dagblad, July
2002 Ineke Zuidman, Aan Typografie Geen Gebrek, Compress No. 27
Diaspora Bukan Otomatis Hibrida!, Jejaring Mail No. 4, Indonesia
Krisna Murti, Celebrating The New Media Culture, Bavf Naf No. 1 (catalog)
Inge Polet, City Jam, Metropolis M, No. 5
2001 Coen Polak, De Kunstenaar als Hongerstaker, Leidsche Dagblad, November
2000 Tafelgesprek, Film & Varia, Skrien Magazine, vol. 32, No. 8
1999 La Citta De’ll Arte di Biella, Flash Art, volume XXXII, No. 217
Guest lectures
2008 ‘Classroom’ at the ‘6(0) Ways …’ BKVB Fund presentation invited by Remy Jungerman
2007 ‘Second Opinion’, public debate organized by Mondrian Foundation Amsterdam
‘Dare 2 Connect’, Indonesia Symposium organized by SICA at Felix Meritis, Amsterdam
Visiting artist and artist talk with Folkert de Jong a.o., University of Chicago
2006 Artist talk with Tiong Ang, Museum Gouda
2003 One Way Ticket, Department of Art History, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
2000 A Journey Without Destination, La Salle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore
Collections
Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Belgium
Plancius Art Collection, Amsterdam
Private Collections in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Mexico and the United States

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