1957 Born in Vaassen, NL Lives and works in The Hague Awards 1999 Ouborg Prize Jeanne Oosting Prize for Watercolours 1993 Sandberg-Prize for Visual Arts of the City of Amsterdam Solo Exhibitions (Selection) 2014 Tekeningen, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, NL 2013 Black Matter, Guido Costa Projects, Turin, Italy 1, 2,3, Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK Weltauge, Torch, Amsterdam, NL (solo, met anderen) 2012 Miners, BravinLee programs, New York, US 2011 Lost and Ambulous, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland Grey Paintings, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Akkermania, Kunsthal, Rotterdam (cat.) 2010 Am I A Person?, BravinLee programs, New York, US I Have Become Paint, Galerie Polaris, Paris, France Immer Ich, Kunstverein ArtHaus, Ahaus, Germany Full Frontal, Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK 2009 138x Philip Akkerman, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL 2008 Mummery + Schnelle, London, UK Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 2007 Self-portraits, Guido Costa Projects, Turin, Italy Self-portraits, Mireille Mosler Ltd., New York Drawings, BravinLee, New York, US 2006 L autoportrait, c est moi. Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland Tweeduizendzes, De Hallen, Haarlem, NL 2005 L.A.C., Sigean, France 2004 Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK De Zenhast, Middelburg & de Willem 3, Vlissengen, NL Simoens, Knokke, Belgium Galerie Gorney, Bravin + Lee, project room, New York, US Studio Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy 2003 Galerie Torch, Amsterdam, NL Publication and presentation of a box with 50 screenprints, Hein Elferink, Staphorst, NL 2001 Galerie Gorney, Bravin + Lee, New York, US 2000 Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK Me Myself & I, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague, NL 1999 Baumgartner Galleries, New York, US Philip Akkerman: The Mirror s Secret, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL (cat.) Galerie Torch, Amsterdam, NL Museum de Wieger, Deurne/NL, with Elly Strik 1
Solo Exhibitions (Selection) Continued 1998 Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK 1997 Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Gent, NL 1996 Baumgartner Galleries, Washington D.C., US 1995 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany, with Balkenhol Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland Stadsgalerij Heerlen,NL with Han Schuil (cat.) 1993 Baumgartner Galleries, Washington D.C., US 1992 Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam, NL (cat.) Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brügge, NL Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Switzerland 1991 Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL 1989 Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL 1988 Gemeentemuseum, Arnheim, NL 1983 Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, NL Group Exhibitions (Selection) 2013-14 Stop Making Sense, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, NL 2013 As Tears Go By, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, NL l embarras du Choix, Musées de Belfort, Belfort, France Wereldschatten! Ontdek de collectie van de Universiteit Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, NL Drawing Cabinet, Galerie Maurits van Laar, Den Haag, NL Portretten op Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Buitenplaats Beeckestijn, Velzen-Zuid, NL Das doppelte Bild, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland Vereeuwigd, 1913-2013 - In het voetspoor van Frans Hals, De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, NL Face to Face, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China Narcissistic Tendencies, Nest, Den Haag, NL Face to Face, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Trompe l oeil, Le Gallerie dei Gerosolimitani, Perugia For the Sake of Paint, Part 2. The Flood., Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam, NL 2012-13 Portret in portret in de Nederlandse kunst 1550-2012, Dordrechts Mu seum, Dordrecht, NL 2012 For the Sake of Paint, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, NL Bending the Mirror, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, US Dutch Magic Realism Past towards Contemporary, MoA, Seoul, South Korea The Gallery Collection, curated by Beda Achermann, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland For the Sake of Paint, Flatland Gallery, Utrecht, NL Mindmap, een manifestatie over kunst en psychiatrie, Odapark, Venray 2011 L Altra faccia, Le Gallerie dei Gerosolimitani, Perugia, Italia (cat.) 2
2010 Portretten van de 21e eeuw, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, NL Kunstenaarsportretten, SMart, Brussels Artikoos, The Hague, NL Een ander gezicht, Stedelijk Museum Kampen, NL Ecce Homo, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague, NL 2009 Met Eigen Ogen, Zelfportretten in de Nederlandse Moderne Kunst, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL Beeldspraak, Teylers Museum, The Hague, NL I love the Benelux (close encounters beyond the shadows), Virgil de Voldere Gallery, New York, US 2008 Something and Something Else, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, NL Philip Akkerman & Tony Matelli - Self-Portraits, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium Realismo Olandese, Palazzo Leone da Perego, Milan, Italy Faces, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athensm, Greece Biënnale van de Schilderkunst, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium BravinLee Programs, New York, US 2007 Painting Now! Back to the Figuration, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL Contour Continuïteit, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Museum Nusantara, Museum Lambert van Meerten, Delft, NL Welsprekende portretten, Th Gallery, The Hague, NL 2007 Francis Alys, Philip Akkerman, Stephen Bush, Goff+Rosenthal Gallery, New York, US Under Control, Vrije Academie, The Hague, NL Gargouilles Criminal Serials, Studio D.V.O., Brussels 2006 Face to Face. Künstlerselbstportraits. Ausstellungshalle zeigenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany The Cartin Collection, contemporary portraiture, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, UK The Kingston Turnpike, The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh; The Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London, UK Altijd Vandaag, Dordrechts Museum, NL Confusion is a beautiful state of mind, Centrum Beeldende Kunst Utrecht, NL Strange, the g fox building, Harford, US Identity ; me, myself & I, de Willem 3, Vlissingen, Germany De kunst van het oud worden, LUMC, Leiden, NL De magie van het Realisme, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, NL Darkness Visible, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK 20 jaar Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Van Appel tot Zandvliet, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL 2005 Title unknown, Le dix-neuf, Montbéliard, France 3
2004 Neue Ansichten vom Ich Graphische Selbstbildnisse des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, Herzog Anton U.rich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany Pittura Olandee per definizione, Torre Avogadro di humazzane, Brescia Contour, Prinseho, Welft Me, Myself & I, Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, NL Other Aristocrats, Alexander and Bonin, New York, US Self Portraits, James Hyman, London, UK Altered States, Leo König, New York, US 2003 Imago, Musée des Beaux Arts, Lons le Saunier, France De ontmoeting, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnheim, NL Schatten mit de collectie, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL 2002 The Embarkation for Cythera, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK Imagine, you are standing here in front of me - Caldic Collectie, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL Selbstbildnisse, Tradition und neue Sicht, Kallmann-Museum in der Orangerie Ismaning, Ismaning, Germany 2001 To Be a Mirror: Portraits By Six Painters, Eugene Binder, New York, US From the Low Countries, reality and art 1960-2001, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark Face Off, Damasquine Aeroplastics Contemporary Gallery, Brussels Sammlung Hauser und Wirth / part 2 / Alternating Current, Lokremise, St. Gallen, Switzerland Blondies + Brownies, Action Forum Prater Insel, München, Germany 2001 Self Made Man, D.C. Moore, New York, US Looking With / Out, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK 2000 Europa differenti prospettive nella pittura, Museo Michetti, Francavilla al Mare Chieti, Italy Moving on UP, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, UK Face to Face, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Das Gedächtnis der Malerei ein Rückblick auf das 20. Jahrhundert, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland Une histoire de genres, Musée Baron Martin, Gray, France De Voorstelling, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Salon, Delfina Project Space, London, UK 1999 Me, myself & I: Self-images, 300 years after Rembrandt, Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague, NL Galerie Torch, Amsterdam, NL 1998 It s a Curse, It s a Burden, The Approach, London, UK Self-Portraits, Galerie Tanja Rumpff, Haarlem, NL From here to Eternity, Galerie Max Protech, New York, US zelfportretten, Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, NL 1997 25 jaar Sandberg-Prijs, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Künstler/innen, 50 Positionen zeitgenössischer internationaler Kunst Videoporträts und Werke, Kunsthaus, Bregenz, Austrtia 4
1996 Ver na Vermeer, Hedendaagse schilders in Nederland en Vlaanderen, De Beyerd, Breda, NL small truths Repetition and the Obsessional in Contemporary Art, John Hansard Gallery, The University Southampton, UK 1996 L art et son concept, Château Beaumanoir, Le Leslay, France Van Ouborg tot Akkerman, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL 1995 Inside Out, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, US (cat.) Works on paper, Baumgartner Galleries Inc, Washington, US 1994 Du Concept à l Image, art Pays-Bas XXème Siècle, Musée d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK 1993 Here s looking at me, Autoportraits Contemporains, Elac, Lyon, France Der zerbrochene Spiegel, Positionen zur Malerei,Messepalast & Kunst halle Wien and Deichtertorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (cat.) Look at the window, about representation in contemporary art, Het Kruithuis, Den Bosch, NL Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, US Zonder Titel, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany Any Given Day, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, US Selbstdarstellungen - Vier Positionen, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Münster, Germany Medium Messages, Wooster Gardens, New York, US 1992 Negen, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium 1991 Negen, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL Nove artisti Olandesi contemporanei, Centro per l arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy Kunst, Europa, Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany 1989 Het machtige beeld, de noodzaak van de dingen, Archipel, Apeldoorn und Stedelijk Museum, Het, NL Prinsenhof, Delft, NL Works in Public Collections Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, NL Central Museum, Utrecht, NL Stadsgalerij, Heerlen, NL Teylers Museum, Haarlem, NL Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, NL Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C., US 5