Education
1982-1987: Royal Academy of Art and Design, “s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Verende Stad,” Tokio, 38CC Creatief Laboratorium, Delft (NL)
2008
“Interventie #5, Bumping Tumble,” Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
“Karin van Dam. Sketches and installation,” Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2007
“Galerie Maurits van de Laar,” The Haque (NL) (with Paul Kooiker)
“Chinese Red, under construction,” Bureau Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden (NL)
2006
“Dweilen en Wierook,” Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
2005
“Stedelijk Museum Schiedam,” Schiedam (NL) (with Juriaan Molenaar)
“Van Doesburg Van Dam,” Central Museum, Utrecht (NL)
2003
“Model for Firmament 2,” Het Torentje, Almelo (NL) + catalogue
2002
“Cry out for joy, you lower parts of the earth! ,” Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)
2001
“Pieces of Land,” Kunstvereniging Diepenheim (NL)
2000
“Collapsible city system and rising coils,” De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL)
1997
“Stripping shapes and rising black dust,” Künstlerhaus Dortmund (D)
1996
“Passing Through,” Hooghuis, Arnhem (NL)
Group Exhibitions
2012
“Living & Being,” Song Zhuang Art Center, Beijing (China)
“Facade,” Middelburg (NL) (with Tobias Rehberger, Krijn de Koning, Tadashi Kawamata et al.)
“Kunst4kids,” Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
2011
“Neko Jita,” Quartair, Den Haag (NL)
“It”s raining, fight youngsters,” Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
“All about drawing,” Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (NL) * cat.
“MJCTV,” Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL) (with Paul de Reus, Elspeth Diederix, Ronald Ophuis et al.)
2010
“Come Back,” RHUR, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (Ger), * cat.
“Beeld Hal Werk,” Amsterdam (NL) * cat.
“Human Urban Transformations,” P.ART, Zwolle (NL)
“Landgoed Anningahof,” Zwolle (NL) * cat.
“Op papier gezet,” Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL), * cat.
“Werken op papier,” Wetering Galerie Amsterdam (NL)
2009
“International Festival for Arts and Media,” Yokohama (Japan)
“Towing the Line, Drawing Space. 40 Contemporary Dutch Artists, Defining the “Moment in Holland,” White Box, New York (USA)
Bumping Tumble (film), in: “Pippilotti Rist. Lay your hair down,” Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
“Kunst4Kids,” Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
“Zwervende Tentoonstelling,” in: “Maak ons Land,” Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI), Rotterdam (NL)
2008
“Aslijnen op kopstukken,” DEPREZ fabriek, Tilburg (NL) (with Maria Roosen, Henri Jacobs, Reinoud van Vught)
2006
CEAC, Xiamen (China) * cat.
Textielmuseum, Tilburg (NL)
2005
“Ulaan Baatar,” in: “Papier/schaar/steen,” Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (with Robbie Cornelissen and Roland Sohier) * cat.
2004
“Cadance Festival,” Den Haag (NL)
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag (NL)
2003
York Quay Centre, Toronto (Canada)
“Tekenen des Tijds,” KW14, “s-Hertogenbosch (NL) * cat.
“De Utrechtse Salon,” Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL) * cat.
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag (NL)
2002
“Femmes d”Images,” Institut Neérlandais dans la Maison Europeènne de la Photographie, Paris (Fr)
Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Den Haag (NL)
“Mount Ego,” W139, Amsterdam (NL) * cat.
“21 tegen de muur,” Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
1999
“Paris Berlin New York Kitakyushu,” The Netherlands Foundation for Fine Arts and Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
“Contacts,” Centre Culturel d”Art Contemporain, Amiens (Fr) * cat.
“Love to Show with U,” Artis, s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
“Panorama 2000,” Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL) * cat.
1998
Cité des Arts, Paris (Fr)
1997
“Ruimte Teken,” Stichting Zet, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam (NL) * cat.
“Floating Parts,” Begane Grond, Utrecht (NL)
* cat. = + catalogue
Personal publications and others
Film: Connected Matter, MJCTV (in collaboration with Marcel Prins), 2011
Film Bumping Tumble (in collaboration with Marcel Prins), 2009
Bumping Tumble, published by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam and Karin van Dam, 2008
Mongolië / China, 2007
Cry out for joy, you lower parts of the earth (awarded with the Dutch Design Award 2005 and the Best Book of 2005, merit award A&AD London, merit award ACD New York (together with Sybren Kuiper), 2005
Streamcitymap by the exhibition in Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Film: Pieces of Land / Plakken Land (a collaboration with The Good Guys, Utrecht), 2002
“Quartier du Vent,” Panorama 2000
“Quartier-Sous-le-Vent,” 1999
“Movements of a city,” 1996 (Bewegingen van een stad)
Grants and commissions
2011
Proposal Rijksgebouwendienst
Proposal Theresia Lyceum, Tilburg
2010
Installation for KPMG building Rotterdam
2009
Travel grant Tokyo(The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
2007
Pop-Up for the book “drawingcollection,” Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2006
Travel grant China,(The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
2004/2005
Travel grant Mongolië, (The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
2003
Proposal sculptureproject, Xiamen, China,
1999
Proposal for the Tour St. Jacques, Paris (Fr)
1998/1999
Working grant studio Holsboer, Paris (Fr)
(The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
Various grants between 1991-2012
Art-collections (selection)
2010
Collection Pieter Sanders
2008
Beeldspoor, Schouwburg Rotterdam
2007
Drawingcollection government Utrecht
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2006
Akzo Nobel, UMC,
Utrecht
2003
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
2002
Drawingcollection government Utrecht
1994
Local government Utrecht
Additional functions
Teachership Artez, Zwolle, 2006-present
Teachership AKI Enschede, Art college Ulaan Baatar Mongolië, HKU Utrecht, Gerrit Rietveldacademie Amsterdam, Kunstacademie Zwolle, Academie Minerva Groningen, Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, in the period 2001-2011
Educative project in collaboration with Beyond, City Council Utrecht, 2003
Commission member City Council Eindhoven and Government Utrecht, 2002-2006
Commission member City Council Schiedam, 1996-2001
Teachership AKI Enschede, School for Art and Design, 1999-2000
Initiator “eveninghours,” Begane Grond, Utrecht, 1997
Organisation and program artspace Casco, Utrecht, 1992-1997
Publications (selection):
Westfalische Rundschau, 17-9-2010
Kunstbeeld 10, by Machteld Leij, 2008
Dagblad De Pers, by Floor van Dijk, 7-3-2007
NRC Handelsblad, by Machteld Leij, 19-6-2005
Rotterdams Dagblad, by Tjeerd Agema, 27-4-2005
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, by Thea Figé, 24-2-2005
Locatie U, Interview Sjarel-Ex Karin van Dam, BAK ism MEERtv, 2004
NRC Handelsblad, by Sandra Smallenburg, 27-6-2003
Lucas x, by Patricia Pulles, 03#2
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, by Peter ter Veer, 31-8-2002
de Volkskrant, 26-6-2002
Haagse Courant, 5-6-2002
de Volkskrant, 15-5-2002
de Volkskrant 20-3-2002
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, by Thea Figé, 30-1-2002
Apeldoornse Courant, by Jinke Hesterman about the exhibition in Diepenheim, 20-3-2001
De Stem, by Ben van den Aarssen, about the exhibition in de Vleeshal, 11-4-2000
Brabants Dagblad, 14-9-1999
L”Expres (France) about the exhibition Amiens, 10-1999
Het Parool, by Rogier Schumacher, 10-11-1999 (idem)
Telegraaf, by Paola van der Velde (idem), 1999
NRC Handelsblad, by Nathalie Faber about the exhibition Paris Berlin New York Kitakyushu, 30-10-1999
de Volkskrant, 14-10-1999 (with photo maquette Tour Saint Jacques)
Catalogue Centre de contemporian d”art by Adriaan Himmelreich, Amiens, 1999
Catalogue Panorama 2000, by Gabrielle Nederend, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1999
Brabants Dagblad, by Mark van de Voort (exhibitions Artis), 14-9-1999
NPS tv in Het uur van de Wolf, 1999
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, by Thea Figé (Panorama 2000), 4-6-1999
NRC Handelsblad, by Hans den Hartog Jager (Panorama 2000), 4-6-1999
Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 25 -3-1999
“Buitenlandse ateliers,” NPS, 1999
“Op atelierbezoek bij Karin van Dam,” by Wouter Prins, Origine nr 6/1997
Dortmund Dagblad, 9-10-1997
“Art in America,” by Riet van der Linden, 3/1998
Lucas x, by Riet van der Linden, no. 11-1996
