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Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk (Rotterdam, 1988) works as a curator and a writer. He holds a BA in Art History and Visual Culture from the University of Utrecht, and an MA in Curating from the London Metropolitan University, delivered in conjunction with the Whitechapel Gallery. He has worked at a number of institutions including SMBA (Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam) and DRAF (David Roberts Art Foundation).
In September 2012 he founded The Office for Curating, which is currently based in Rotterdam. Recent exhibition projects include the group exhibition John Smith, the Posthuman (2014) at the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; The Ringenberg Biennale (2014) at Schloss Ringenberg, Hamminkeln; the group exhibition Suite (Botanique) (2014) for the Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht; the group exhibition On the Estonian Theatre: Twelve Proposals for Rakvere (2014) for Kilometre of Sculpture, Rakvere; the group exhibition Ways of Working, According to an Office Desk (2014) at Upominki, Rotterdam; the group exhibition Livre Imaginé – Dans Cinquante Ans d'Ici (2014) at Les Territoires, Montreal; the group exhibition Within the Sound of Your Voice for the 5th Marrakech Biennale (2014); the duo-exhibition All the Pieces, Back Together (2013) at Selma Feriani Gallery, London; the group exhibition Shadows of a Doubt (2013) at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn; the group exhibition The Great Indoors (2013) at Motive Gallery, Brussels; the group exhibition Can’t Hear My Eyes (2013) at NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona & Madrid; the duo-exhibition Two in the Wave (2013) at Printroom, Rotterdam; and the group exhibition Artists of the No (2012) at Projektraum Viktor Bucher, as part of Curated by_Vienna 2012.
He edited the anthology and hypothetical catalogue None of the Above (2011) on curating and the curatorial in the key of fiction. His publications include, among others, 'Untitled’ (Constants Are Changing) on the works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres, published in 2010. He has contributed to a number of magazines, among Art Licks, Cura. and Metropolis M. In 2012 he was the recipient of the inaugural NEON Curatorial Award at The Whitechapel Gallery, in recognition of his fiction and literature-based approach to curating. Recently, he was awarded the Akbank Sanat International Curator Competition 2014.
Address: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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