C.V.
Machteld Rullens (°1988) lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands
machteldrullens@gmail.com
Education
2012-2014 MFA Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2007-2012 BFA Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, NL
2010-2011 BFA exchange, St. Lucas, Ghent, BE
2009 EEA exchange, Berlin, GER
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2021 Container, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, NL
2016 The Latest, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam, NL
2015 Mobile Homes, Künstlerhaus Otte 1, Eckernförde, GER
2013 A room of one’s own, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam, NL
Group Exhibitions
2021 Paper Art, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
Robe Blue, Fond Rouge, Quartair, The Hague, NL
Press Eject and Give Me the Tape, Martin van Zomeren, NL
2020 König London, London, UK
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
Secretly place a hot piece of steel in moist food, Brussels, BE
2019 Projekt Es Spionagé, Dapper, Amsterdam, NL
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst, NL
Like water in water, De School, Amsterdam, NL
Conversations with Friends, Shiro Oni, Gunma, JP
Prospects & Concepts, Mondriaan Fonds, Rotterdam, NL
Dovetailing, Galerie Rianne Groen, Rotterdam, NL
2018 24 Kleurplaten, Billytown, The Hague, NL
Even if it’s Jazz or the Quiet Storm, Nest, The Hague, NL
Aisle / Ation, Souterrain, Amsterdam, NL
Amsterdam Art Trail, Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Sensibility as Media, Konschthaus, Luxembourg, LUX
Disruptive Voices, Expoplu, Nijmegen, NL
2016 Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, Kunsthuis SYB, NL
Mano Y Mano, Intersections, Art Rotterdam, NL
In Search of Thomas Pynchon, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, NL
2015 Ridder Thirst and other stories Thumbs Up, S&L, Joburg, SA
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2022 Josef and Annie Albers Foundation, Thread, Senegal, SN
2019 Royal Award for Modern Painting, 2019, Amsterdam, NL
Shiro Oni residency, Gunma, Japan, JP
Mondriaan Fonds, Project grant (Shiro Oni 2019)
Stroom Den Haag, Project grant (Shiro Oni 2019)
2017 Mondriaan Fonds, Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, NL
2016 Studio Neïl Beloufa, Paris, FR
Sybren Hellinga Award, shortlisted, SYB, NL
2015 Künstlerhaus Otte1, Eckernförde, GER
Sober&Lonely Institute of Contemporary Art, Johannesburg, SA
2014 Stroom Pro Invest, Stroom, The Hague, NL
2013-2017 Member of The Holls Collective, The Hague, NL
2009 Residency, EEA, Berlin, GER (August-September)
Publications
Full of Emptiness, 180 pages, full color artist book, published by Zolo Press, available summer 2021
Metropolis M, Slim zijn over mensen, Alix de Massiac, access date: October 14, 2020
De School, Liza Strakhova, access date: November 16, 2019 (https://www.deschoolamsterdam.nl/nl/blog/2019/09/in-conversation-with-machteld-rullens/1019/?fbclid=IwAR0A_VKKdDzr4mxjxZQW9lPxpyJ48EXzHz-B0FjiiseNo8uZLfw2T_WNMBs)
Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst, By any means necessary, Nanda Janssen, access date: December 12, 2019 (http://www.nandajanssen.nl/lib/pdf/schrijver/Koninklijke_Prijs_Vrije_Schilderkunst_2019.pdf)
Metropolis M, Waarom de koning niet wil kiezen - bij de Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2019, Domeniek Ruyters, access date: November 11, 2019 (https://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/39730_koninklijke_prijs_voor_de_vrije_schilderkunst_2019)
NRC, Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst, Sandra Smallenburg, October 11, 2019, access date: November 28, 2019 (https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/10/11/prijs-voor-vrije-schilderkunst-naar-leo-arnold-cian-yu-bai-en-machteld-rullens-a3976485?fbclid=IwAR2UH1MSa2LkMB2sjp6AaDDLbic2A-XAvRK1S-TsmpAWGg632zTIQ8d4e30)
Trouw, Sombere grondtonen bij de Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst, Sandra Kooke, October 11, 2019, access date: November 28, 2019 (https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/sombere-grondtonen-bij-de-koninklijke-prijs-voor-de-vrije-schilderkunst~bd5f61700/)
Metropolis M, Intersections 2016, Domeniek Ruyters, access date: May 1, 2016 (http://metropolism.com/reviews/intersections-2016/)