Recent Exhibitions ( * Solo Shows)
2018 De Line Up, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
2017 *Updates on Abstraction, Stigter van Doesburg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Amsterdam Art Fair, (Stigter van Doesburg Gallery)
Kind-of-Daily, webexhibition at www.facebook.com/at.StigtervanDoesburg
2014 I Am Not Doing Anything Until I Feel The Need, (conceived and curated by Joanneke Meester),De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, and Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, NL
X Drawings On Language And Communality In A Straight Line (conceived by Marijn van Kreij for Barbara Seiler Gallery at Amsterdam Drawing)
Amsterdam Drawing (Stigter van Doesburg Gallery)
Liste Art Fair Basel, CH, (Stigter van Doesburg Gallery)
Art Rotterdam, NL, (Stigter van Doesburg Gallery)
*You Can Find Me In The Candy Aisle, Stigter van Doesburg Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Figures, Kulter, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2012 A Perfect Day, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2011 Doodle as Drawing, Slide Room Gallery, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Ja!Live (The Yes Foundation/Stichting Ja), Tæt, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
In- and outside- writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium.
Cast an Eye (Without a Blush), Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
2010 *Untitled, P/////AKT (Safe Art Space), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2009 *An Artist Should Not Be Taken At His Word (Another Happy Day In The Glove Compartment), NP3, Groningen, the Netherlands
Selected Bibliography
Kees Keijer, "Wrang lachje om de dood", Het Parool, 31 maart 2017
Sandra Smets, "De dood gevat in humoristische tekeningen", NRC Handelsblad, 14 maart 2017
Hans den Hartog Jager, "De klassieke vraag doemt op: is dit kunst?", NRC Handelsblad, January 23, 2014
Daan van Tricht, "Bert Mebius Daily" , Mister Motley, February 13, 2013, http://mistermotley.nl
Bert Mebius, "Wat verder ter tafel komt" ( drawings), Kunstbeeld, November 2012
Ron Rijghard, "Goed tekenen is eigenlijk goed schrijven", NRC Handelsblad, February 11, 2012
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 34: Giraffes in de kunst" (drawing), Tubelight Magazine, November 30, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 28: Proeve van wetenschap: intersubjectiviteit"( drawing), Tubelight Magazine, September 22, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 23: Essay"(drawing), Tubelight Magazine, July 9, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 14: How to deal with an art fair"(drawing), Tubelight Magazine, May 13, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 10: Zwart/wit dagboek"(drawing), Tubelight Magazine, April 13, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 6: The philosopher Elaine Scarry(..)" (drawing ), Tubelight Magazine, March 16, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Bert Mebius, "Re-View # 2: Elementaire vraag van een recensent"(drawing), Tubelight Magazine, February 16, 2011, http://www.tubelight.nl
Graham Kolbeins, "Bert Mebius", Future Shipwreck, August 18, 2010, http://www.futureshipwreck.com
Bert Mebius, "Kunstenaar op kantoor", Mister Motley # 23, 2010
Bert Mebius, "Op een dag mislukte ik als kunstenaar", Close Encounters (catalog), VHDG, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, May 2009.
Bert Mebius, "Bij afwezigheid van een sculptuur", Mister Motley # 20, 2009
Bert Mebius, "Sterven is saai" ( drawing), Mister Motley # 20, 2009
Bert Mebius, "Medelijden helpt niet" (interview with Renzo Martens), De Groene Amsterdammer, November 21, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Gebeurtenissen" (on Wendelien van Oldenborgh, TENT, Rotterdam), De Groene Amsterdammer, November 6, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Polanski, die is zo breed" ( interview with Gabriel Lester), De Groene Amsterdammer, October 31, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Oss" ( a preview of the nascent art season), De Groene Amsterdammer, August 28, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Het gezicht van de AIVD" ( on Jill Magid, Stroom, The Hague), De Groene Amsterdammer, May 14, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Iets vreemds, iets moois" ( on Bik van der Pol), De Groene Amsterdammer May 14, 2008 and Be(coming) Dutch ( catalog), Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, May/June 2008
Bert Mebius, "Omarmen op afstand"( on "The Romantic Damage Show", De Appel, Amsterdam) , De Groene Amsterdammer, March 12, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Prettig onevenwichtig"( on Sara van der Heide, De Pont, Tilburg), De Groene Amsterdammer, February 13, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Ik ben niet bang voor onduidelijkheid"( interview with Liam Gillick), De Groene Amsterdammer, January 23, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Naar Assen", Mister Motley # 18, 2008
Bert Mebius, "Hoe een kunstenaar doet" ( on Richard Hawkins, De Appel, Amsterdam), De Groene Amsterdammer, December 19, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Livet på landet"( on Kultivator, W139, Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, November 10, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Appels en peren" ( on "Prix De Rome 2007", De Appel Amsterdam/Witte de With, Rotterdam), Tubelight Magazine, June 21, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Gedachtenspoortjes" ( interview with Claire Harvey), De Groene Amsterdammer, June 6, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Optimisme komt niet vanzelf" ( interview with Nik Christensen), De Groene Amsterdammer, May 9, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Niks ligt vast"(interview with Paulien Oltheten), De Groene Amsterdammer, March 28, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Capricious, geenszins grillig" (on "Capricious", Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, March 3, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Met klei kun je denken" (interview with Anne Wenzel), De Groene Amsterdammer, February 2, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Sturen, dat is wat een goeie foto doet"( interview with Charlotte Dumas), De Groene Amsterdammer, January 4, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Die eeuwige schoonheid"( on "Beauty Unrealized", Public Space With A Roof, Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, January 1, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Soms lees je dingen verkeerd. En soms is dat goed", Mister Motley # 15, 2007
Bert Mebius, "Wat is ik?"( interview with Rutger Emmelkamp), De Groene Amsterdammer, November 3, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Ruis betekent nadenken"( interview with Frank Koolen), De Groene Amsterdammer, September 13, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Lachen om Columbus"( on "We all laughed at Christopher Columbus", Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, September 1, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Patronen hebben iets geruststellends"( interview with Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács), De Groene Amsterdammer, July 28, 2006
Bert Mebius, "De voorkeur van Arkesteijn cum suis" ( on "Met Stip", GEM, The Hague), Tubelight Magazine, July 1, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Van plus min maken" ( interview with Marcel van Eeden), De Groene Amsterdammer, May 31, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Das neue Sortiment ist da" ( on Kati Heck, W139, Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, May 1, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Schilderen in vier dimensies"( on Katharina Grosse, De Appel, Amsterdam), Tubelight Magazine, March 1, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Is een vraag is een vraag is een vraag?"( on "World Question Center (Reloaded)", BAK, Utrecht), Tubelight Magazine, February 1, 2006
Bert Mebius, "Echt Kunst"( on Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Museum Gouda), Tubelight Magazine, November 1, 2005
Bert Mebius, "Weet je wat mij wel goed lijkt? India!"( on "In Pursuit of Happiness", Beyond, Leidsche Rijn), Tubelight Magazine, September 1, 2005
Bert Mebius, "Wat te doen, wat te doen, wat doen ze, wat te doen?" (on Frank Koolen, Stadsgalerij, Heerlen), Tubelight Magazine, March 1, 2005
Prizes and nominations
Nomination Maarten van Amerongen-prijs, Amsterdam, 2007
Education
Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands ( BA, Developmental Psychology )
Minerva Academy of Fine Arts, Groningen, the Netherlands ( BA, Painting)