1963, Erwin Driessens
1964, Maria Verstappen
Live and work in Amsterdam
EDUCATION
1988 - 1991
Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
1982 - 1987
Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht
SOLO SHOWS
2005
MORPHOGENESIS, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
2002
FOLLICLE, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2001
DRIESSENS & VERSTAPPEN, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
2000
DRIESSENS & VERSTAPPEN, Consortium, Amsterdam, curator Pieter Hensen
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND, Exedra, Hilversum, guest curator Claudine Hellweg
1999
UN, DEUX, TROIS, SOLEIL, Chapelle du Genêteil, Château Gontier
BREED, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Hamburg
1997
DRIESSENS & VERSTAPPEN, Chapelle du Genêteil, Chateau-Gontier
1996
ERWIN DRIESSENS & MARIA VERSTAPPEN, Galerie Le Sous Sol, Paris
1995
ERWIN DRIESSENS & MARIA VERSTAPPEN, Optica, Montréal
THE FACTORY, Gallery Oh!, Brussels, initiator Philippe Braem
1994
(UN)CONTROLLING, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, double presentation with Georgina Starr, curator Leontine Coelewij
1990
EXHIBITION, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, curator Fred Wagemans
GROUP SHOWS
2009
NATURE AS ARTIFICE, New Dutch landscape in photography and video art, Rochester & New York
SUPERSTORIES, 2nd Triennial of Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hasselt
EXTREME FRONTIERS, URBAN FRONTIERS, Institut Valencia d'Art Moderne, Valencia
KIOSK, ARTIFACTS OF A POST-DIGITAL AGE, STRP Festival, Eindhoven
2008
DEEP SCREEN. ART IN DIGITAL CULTURE, VOORSTEL TOT GEMEENTELIJKE KUNSTAANKOPEN 2008, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. DUTCH ABSTRACTS Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz
NATURE AS ARTIFICE Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; Neue Pinakothek, München; George Eastman House, Rochester (NY)
BORDERS, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
NOORD HOLLAND VERDWIJNT, Museum Waterland, Purmerend
SUPER STORIES, Art Center Z33, Hasselt
PLAYTIME, Bétonsalon, Parijs
EVOLUTION HAUTE COUTURE: ART AND SCIENCE IN THE POST-BIOLOGICAL AGE, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad
2007
FINITUDE, Chapelle du Genêteil, Centre d'Art
Contemporain, Château-Gontier
BIOS 4, The Andalusian Center for Contemporary Art, Sevilla, curator Antonio Cervera Pinto
GENESIS, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, curator Emilie Berg Gomart
CONTOUR / CONTINUÏTEIT, Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft,
2006
NATURAL HABITAT, Netherlands Media Art Institute/Montevideo, Amsterdam
SLOW MOTION, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
L’ESPRIT DES LIEUX, Domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande
UPDATE, THE ORIGIN, Cirk Zebrastraat, Gand, production Liedts Meesen Foundation
DUCHENNE ART EDITION, ArtAmsterdam, Amsteram, collaboration VOUS ETES ICI / Duchenne Parent Project / Rijksakademie, curator Hendrik Driessen
2005
MEMBRAAN, Pleinmuseum, mobile exhibition pavilion, Dutch & Belgian city squares, concept/design Rene van Engelenburg, curator Meta Knol, Centraal Museum Utrecht
2004
ABOUT LAND, SEA AND FACES, Museum de Valkhof, Nijmegen, production Netherlands Media Art Institute, curator Bart Rutten
OPEN BORDERS, Tri Postal, Lille, curator Renny Ramakers
LOOPING, Chapelle du Geneteil, Château-Gontier
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, Siggraph 2004, Los Angeles Convention Center, California
2003
ROBOT, Eyebeam, New York
ABOUT LAND, SEA AND FACES, Erasmushuis, Djakarta
LIFE, winners/nominees, Telefonica Foundation, ARCO, Madrid
THE SHINING, Aschenbach/Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam
SUITE VOICES #5, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
2002
SELECTIVE WHOLE, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California
RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH, Glass House, Amstelpark, Amsterdam,
2001
DÉPLACEMENT A MARIBOR, Umetnostna Galarija Maribor, Slovenia
MULTIPLE MEERVOUD, Parel, Amsterdam,
2000
SUITE VOICES #2: SCULPTURE, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam
HARD/ SOFT/ WET: ARTIFICIAL LIVES, Artspace, Sydney, curator Mitchell Whitelaw
COLLECTION ÉTÉ, FRAC Lorraine, Metz
C (SEA), Lokaal 01, Breda, initiator Ab van Hanegem
SAMENSCHOLING, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, curator Paula van de Bosch
1999
OFFICINA EUROPA, Villa del Rose, Bologna, Galeria d'Arte Moderna, curator Renato Barilli
1998
ORGANIC, Palais des Arts, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, curator Pascal Pique
1997
MU, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, curator Paul Groot
THE PEOPLES CHOICE, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, production Trademark TM
GENUINE FICTION (THE REAL THING), W139, Amsterdam, curator Jean Bernard Koeman
1996
AUSTERLITZ@UTREMENT, train station Austerlitz, Paris, galerie Le Sous Sol
1994
LE BÉNÉFICE DU DOUTE, Galerie Le Sous Sol, Paris
1993
LE BÉNÉFICE DU DOUTE, Optica, Montreal
EN SCENE, W139, Amsterdam, curator Dominique Pelletey
1991
DOUBLE DISTANCE, Museum Het Kruithuis, 's Hertogenbosch, concept Ine Werther
MISCELLANEOUS
2007
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, Darwin summer symposium on AI, Music Hall, Shrewsbury
SENTIENT CREATURES 2.0, lecture series Art & Robotics, Waag Society, Amsterdam
PLEINMUSEUM, 52th Venice Biennale, symposium Pan European Encountes, Venice
HAUT LES PAYS-BAS!, Le Cargo, Caen, production Transat Video
2006
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, Conference Society for Science, Literature & Arts, University of Amsterdam
2005
NEXT NATURE, second Visual Power Show, Paradiso, Amsterdam
LIFE 5.0, 1st prize Competition Art & Artificial Life, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid
2004
UNSORTED, Sonic Acts X, Electronic Art and Music Conference, Paradiso Amsterdam
BIG BLIP 04, Festival of Creative Arts, Science & Technology, University of Brighton
2003
RGB, closing event of the 20th edition World Wide Video Festival, De Melkweg, Amsterdam
2002
SONAR, Festival of Advanced Music and Media Art, Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona
2001
SECOND ITERATION, Conference on Generative Systems in the Electronic Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
2000
WIRE 2000, robotics workshop, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
OBLIQUE LU NIGHTS, Electronic Music Festival, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes
1999
LIFE 2.0, 1st prize Competition Art & Artificial Life, Telefonica Foundation, Madrid
CORPS A CORPS, Art & Technology Ferstival, Université de Technologie, Compiègne
COMMISSIONS
2006
E-VOLVER, Research Labs LUMC Leiden, in assignment of LUMC and SKOR Amsterdam
2004
PRINCESS AMALIA, concept/design of the 10-euro coin celebrating the birth of the throne heir, production Royal Dutch Mint, in assignment of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, The Hague
2003
TIME WARP, WG Witteveenplein, Rotterdam, in collaboration with Arnoud Holleman, in assignment of CBK Rotterdam
1999
ART-Y-NET #1, internet terminals KPN, in assignment of the Amsterdam Art Foundation
PUBLICATIONS, BOOKS
2006
E-VOLVER, publication/CD-ROM, SKOR Amsterdam, author Klaas Kuitenbrouwer
MEDIAMATIC SCREEN, magazine/DVD, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, author Jorinde Seijdel
2005
MORPHOGENESIS, VOUS ETES ICI, Amsterdam, author Arie Altena, design Dorp & Dall
2004
METACREATION, Art and Artificial Life, MIT Press, Cambridge, author Mitchell Whitelaw
2003
HET BLINKENDE STOF, op zoek naar een nieuw visioen, Querideo, Amsterdam, author Anna Tilroe
2001
CREATIVE EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMS, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, author Mitchell Whitelaw