C.V.
Machteld Rullens (*1988) lives and works in The Hague, The Netherlands.
0031 6 41 91 57 29
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
Solo Exhibitions
2023 t.b.a. Page, New York, USA
Bijna Niks, Overduin & Co, Los Angeles, USA
Art Brussels, Sorry we’re closed, Brussels, BE
Expo Chicago, Overduin & Co, Chicago, USA
Van Gogh Gallerie, Van Gogh Huis, Zundert, NL
2022 POST, Dover Street Market, Tokyo, JPN
Colour Shaping Form, Stephane Simoens Gallery, Knokke, BE (duo with Masaaki Yamada)
2021 Container, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
Turn to Liquid, Pracownia Portretu, Łódź, PL (duo with Antonia Brown)
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
2023 Albuquerque, Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
Subjective Geometries, Sector 1 Gallery, Bucharest, RO
Beyond the Frame, Sorry we’re closed, Brussels, BE
2022 News form Nowhere, (Nelly&) Theo van Doesburg Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
La Struttura, Overduin&Co, Los Angeles, USA
Sowieso, Omstand, Arnhem, NL
The Most Sunny Hour of Your Night, Transient Projects, Ghent, BE
2021 New Acquisitions, CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, NL
Robe Blue, Fond Rouge, Quartair, The Hague, NL
Press Eject and Give Me the Tape, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
2020 König London, London, UK
Art Rotterdam, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam, NL
Secretly place a hot piece of steel in moist food, Antonia Brown, Brussels, BE
2019 Royal Award for Modern Painting, 2019, Amsterdam, NL
Shiro Oni residency, Gunma, Japan, JP
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
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2023 Vincent van Gogh Huis, Van Gogh AiR Zundert, NL (Feb-March)
2022 Josef and Annie Albers Foundation, Thread, Senegal, SN (Nov-Dec)
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
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/)