CV Benjamin Cross-dyke
(Benjamin Kruisdijk)

Born 1981 in Zaandam, The Netherlands
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001-05 AKI/ArtEZ, Enschede, The Netherlands
2007 - Artist in Resident - Schloss Ringenberg / Derik Baegert Gesellschaft, Ringenberg, Germany
2009-10 - Tutor Fine Art, AKI/ArtEZ, Enschede, The Netherlands


Exhibitions (selection)

2016 - present
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2018
-Kosmos Hanck - Kunstpalast - Düsseldorf (DE)

2018
- Summertime ‘18 - Galleri Christoffer Egelund - Copenhagen (DK)

2016
- Haarlemse Lente - Sugar Pop Institute - Haarlem (NL)

2015
- Art-traces across the western front - Langemark-Poelkapelle (NL)
- Miscellaneous lines - Sign - Groningen (NL)

2014
- D.Art Mechelen - Vincent Verbist // Actionfields Projects - Mechelen (BE)
- Borg Biennial for Contemporary Art 2014 - Borgerhout (BE)
- Amsterdam Drawing 2014 artfair - Galerie Witteveen - Amsterdam (NL)
- Watou Art Festival 2014* (BE)
- Incredible travel experiences - CBK Drenthe* - Assen (NL)
- Salon du dessin contemporain / Drawing Now 2014, art fair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Paris (FR)

2013
- Salon du Dessin Contemporain / Drawing Now 2013, art fair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Paris (FR)
- The World Needs A Narrative - Kruisdijk / Kuilboer - 21 Rozendaal (solo*) - Enschede (NL)
- Kortrijk Vlaandert - Kortrijk (BE)
- Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Enschede (solo) - Enschede (NL)

2012
- Èpospress prize for young draughtsmanship - Drawing Centre Diepenheim - Diepenheim (NL)
- The Solo Project Art Fair - Galerie Karin Sachs - Basel (CH)
- Move to the Edge and Declare it the New Centre - Galerie Karin Sachs (solo*) - München (DE)

2011
- Pulse Contemporary Art Fair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Miami (US)
- The Emotional Umbrella - Galerie Frank Taal - Rotterdam (NL)
- The Death of Modernism - Enjoy the Crisis (solo*) - Enschede (NL)
- Invite Someone - Resto Overpoort / Galerie Kunst-Zicht* - Ghent BE)
- Art Amsterdam, Artfair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Amsterdam (NL)
- All About Drawing - 100 Nederlandse Kunstenaars - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam - Schiedam (NL)
- Tekeningen Manifestatie - Drawing Centre Diepenheim - Diepenheim (NL)
- Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Artfair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Paris (FR)

2010
- Den Stillen Horizont - Galerie 48 (solo) - Breda (NL)
- Eadgbe - IPS (solo*) - Ghent (BE)
- Dutch Treat - Knipsu - Bergen, Norway (NO)
- Young Collectors #3 - Sign - Groningen (NL)
- Hortus Medicus - Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth - Bad Salzdetfurth (DE)
- Blame it on the Boogie - CIAP* - Hasselt (BE)
- Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Artfair - Fruehsorge Gallery - Paris (FR)
- Cabin Fever - Co-Prosperity Sphere - Chicago (US)

2009
- When Things Get Too Big - Vincent Verbist // Actionfields Gallery (solo*) - Brussels (BE)
- Sgniward / Sngis - Fruehsorge Gallery - Berlin (DE)
- Fremde Melodie - Galerie Karin Sachs (solo) - München (DE)
- The Whole Nine Yards - Vincent Verbist // Actionfields Gallery* - Brussels (BE)
- Call 09 - Luis Adelantado* - Valencia (SP)
- (...) Galleria Omphalos - Terlizzi (IT)
- Karlsruhe Artfair - Galerie Karin Sachs - Karlsruhe (DE)

2008
- G58-G59 - Verbeke Foundation* - Kemzeke (BE)
- Blind Date Sound & Vision in Private - Vincent Verbist // Actionfields Gallery* - Brussels (BE)
- Palm Fiction - White Elephant Collective* - Berlin (DE)
- Twaalf tekenaars - galerie witteveen - Amsterdam (NL)

2007
- Schlossstrasse - Schloss Ringenberg* - Ringenberg (DE)
- 25 Faces - Galerie 25 Limited - Amsterdam (NL)
- Very Selected - Curated by Marcel van Eeden - Zink Gallery - München (DE)
- Each Similar Possibillity - Galerie Masters (solo*) - Amsterdam (NL)
- Afstuderen van het Zwarte Gat - De Nieuwe Ruimte (solo*) - Enschede (NL)


Commisions

- More Magazine - America
- University of Denver - America
- Kunstlicht - Art Magazine - The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- Tupajumi Foundation - The Netherlands

Collections

- Kunst Palast - Düsseldorf, Germany
- Artists' Hands Project - Antwerp, Belgium
- SBK Amsterdam - Breda, The Netherlands
- Kunstcentrum Hengelo / Akkuh - Hengelo, The Netherlands
- AKI / ARTEZ - Enschede, The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Various private collections in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and America.

Bibliography

2018
- Platò - A book about drawing - Italy

2016
- Tubantia - Drawing Front - Ingrid Bosman - 24-03
- Haarlems Dagblad - Koukleumende Haarlemse Lente - Nuel Gieles - 21-03
- Haarlems Dagblad - I feel so bored, come visit me! - Jaap Timmers - 10-03
- De grote Amsterdamse kunstkalender - The Netherlands

2015
- De grote Amsterdamse kunstkalender - The Netherlands

2013
- Kortrijk Vlaandert - group exhibition catalogue - Belgium

2012
- De Twentse Courant Tubantia - Genot van Kunst van Galerie naar Huis - 25-05 - The Netherlands
- Museum dHondt-dHaenens - Christie's Veiling Catalogus - 2012 - Belgium

2011
- Liefde in de Kunst (publication) - The Netherlands
- Tubelight - The Netherlands
- Rückenkälte Nº 5 - Oostenrijk
- Volkskrant - Milde thema's, milde prijs - Sacha Bronwasser 12-05 - The Netherlands
- Volkskrant - Eindelijk Autonoom - Rutger Pontzen 29-04 - The Netherlands
- Kunstbeeld - Ben Kruisdijk - Roos van Put - The Netherlands
- All About Drawing - 100 Dutch Artists - Yasmijn Jarram - The Netherlands
- Metropolis M - Waarom Tekenen? - Lilian Bense p.22-24 - The Netherlands

2010
- Tubelight Magazine - Ben Kruisdijk - Jaring Dürst Britt - The Netherlands
- VLNA Magazine - Tazime z Názorou Publika - Peter Macsovszky - p.6-17 - Slovakia
- <H>Art Magazine - Eadgbe - Art Magazine #67 03-06 - Belgium
- <H>Art Magazine - Blame it on the Boogie - Art Magazine #66 14-05 - Belgium
- Video Report door Kunst in Limburg - Mathias Verleyen - Belgium
- Tubantia - een viaduct waar je UT tegen zegt - 24-02 - The Netherlands
- <H>Art Magazine - Blind Date 2 - <H>Art Magazine #62 11-02 - Belgium
- Knack - Blind Date in het Museum - 11-02 - Belgium
- More Magazine - Mary Gordon - America

2009
- Article and cover Kunstlicht Magazine (30th year anniversary number) - The Netherlands
- Kult - Schloss Ringenberg - Kunstlabor Statt Elfenbeinturm - december - Germany
- Babelia - Suplemento Cultural a El País - Vincente Jarque - 15-08 - Spain
- El país - Doctor Pitangú en Alaquàs - 07-09 - Spain
- Portraits Presque Célèbres Catalogue - Belgium
- Schloss Ringenberg / Gap Catalogue - Reader - Germany
- Museum Rijswijk Textiel Biënnale Catalogue - p. 29 - The Netherlands
- Vacature - Geert Verbeke de bezieler van Verbeke Foundation - p. 16 - Belgium
- Gap Magazine - Schloss Ringenberg - p. 3, 14 & 22 - Germany
- Elle Girl - South Korea - maart - p. 44 - South Korea
- Elle Girl - South Korea - februari - p. 28 - South Korea

2008
- IkEnschede catalogus - p. 64 - 65 - The Netherlands
- Manufactuur catalogus - p. 20 - The Netherlands
- Beeldend Vlaanderen - p. 43 - Belgium
- Palm Fiction Exhibition Catalogue - Germany
- Elle Girl - South Korea - june - p. 291 - South Korea
- Gap Magazine - Schloss Ringenberg - p. 17- Germany

2007
- H-Magazine - Issue 89 - december - Spain
- Bocholter-Borkener Volksblatt - Mit einem augenzwinkern - Jochen Krühler - 05-11 - Germany
- Der westen - Auf zur Schlossstraße - Petra Herzog - 02-11 - Germany
- Rheinische post - Ansichten an der Schloss-Strasse - Germany
- Het Gescheurde Doek, Radio Interview - The Netherlands
- Rheinische post - Kunst-Stipendiaten im Schloss - Martha Agethen - 13-03 - Germany
- In münchen - Der Kontrakt der Zeichner. Rückblicke und Ausblicke - Dörte Bäumer - nr. 4 - Germany
- Süddeutsche zeitung - Neues aus der zwillingswerkstatt - Birgit Sonna - 31-01 - Germany
- Monopol Magazine - The Black and the White - Germany

2006
- Paradies in Munster catalogue - p. 66 - 69 - Germany

2005
- AKI / ArtEZ catalogus - p. 168 - The Netherlands
- UT Nieuws - Van Lieflijk tot Luguber - Martine Hilderink - The Netherlands

Miscellaneous

2016 - Curator group exhibition - Teach me a new language - Tetem Kunstruimte*, Enschede (NL)
2013 - Kunstkick, Educational workshop - Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (NL)
2012 - Nomination for the Èpospress prize for young draughtsmanship (NL)
2011 - De Canon van Onderaf - lecture - ArtEZ-Enschede, Enschede (NL)
2011 - Supervisory member / Rijksgecommiteerde final exam - ArtEZ-Enschede, Enschede (NL)


* Kruisdijk / Kuilboer. In collaboration with Conny Kuilboer