Simon Schrikker

painting - sculpting - figurative - installation - mural

"My work has one binding factor: seeking out the boundary between the figuration and the material. Sometimes this happens literally, with the thick layers of oil paint creeping outside the frame of the painting canvas like a slowly advancing lava flow, sometimes more figuratively or associatively through the alienating atmosphere in my watercolors, animations, murals and recently sculptures. With my work I want to appeal to the viewer. What do I see? What happens literally and what is filled in on a psychological level? When does the image transcend itself and does the meaning deeper, i.e. when does it become necessary to be seen? When I translate my fascinations into paint, the work floats on emotions and instinct like fear and power and the clichés that cling to them; subconsciously and consciously mixed into a cohesive mush"

Simon Schrikker (Utrecht 1973) is a true painter. He studied at the Minerva Academy in Groningen, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent and the Dutch Art Institute (MFA).

  • Portfolio
  • Activities
  • Awarded
  • Contact

    • Menace 2 Society

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 07-02-2002 t/m 05-03-2002
    • In collaboration with: Wouter Sluis
    • Location: Villa de Bank, Enschede

    Royal Painter Award

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 10-08-2005 t/m 14-12-2022
    • Location: Municipality Museum, The Hague

    Champagne Therapy/Trend Management

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 17-05-2007 t/m 11-06-2007
    • In collaboration with: Marc Bijl, Ellemieke Schoenmaker, Renie Spoelstra, Jeroen Bosch, Hinke Schroder and Florentijn Hofman
    • Location: Supermedium, Rijswijk

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    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-06-2005 t/m 07-07-2022
    • In collaboration with: Silvia-B
    • Location: Museum van Nagsael, Rotterdam

    Unleashed

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-07-2007 t/m 05-08-2021
    • Location: Carl Berg gallery, Los Angeles

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    • 08-02-2008 t/m 08-02-2022
    • In collaboration with: Emo Verkerk
    • Location: Aris Laan, Den Helder

    Dancing on the Moon with Tears in My Eyes

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 15-08-2008 t/m 16-10-2008
    • In collaboration with: Henny Overbeek and Boris Tellegen
    • Location: Alice Gallery, Brussels

    Beautiful from Ver

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 15-08-2007 t/m 04-10-2007
    • In collaboration with: Ewoud van Rijn, Bas Zoontjes, Anti Strot, Olphaert den Otter, Jan vd Pavert etc.
    • Location: TENT, Rotterdam

    Old Dogs, New Tricks

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 02-02-2012 t/m 08-03-2012
    • Location: Majke Husstege Gallery, Den Bosch
    • Solo

    SCREECH

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 08-09-2012
    • Location: Drents Museum, Assen
    • Solo

    Diary of a Sailor

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 09-09-2015 t/m 10-12-2015
    • Location: Livingstone Gallery, The Hague
    • Solo

    Octopus

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 12-09-2014 t/m 16-09-2022
    • In collaboration with: Livingstone Gallery
    • Location: Art the Hague, The Hague
    • solo mode

    HackMorecambe

    Residencies / exchange

    • 11-10-2018 t/m 22-12-2018
    • In collaboration with: Niels Post, Christopher Stead, Yazoo Yeng, Duncan Weston, Egs etc.
    • Location: Gas Contemporary, Morecambe, Lancashire

    According to the Line

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 08-11-2018 t/m 22-12-2018
    • In collaboration with: Renie Spoelstra, Wayne Horse, Reinoud van Vught and Riette Wanders
    • Location: PHK 18 (Murals Inc), Rotterdam

    XXX

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-09-2019 t/m 28-09-2019
    • In collaboration with: Huey Crowley, Jukka Virkkunen and Duncan Weston
    • Location: GAS Contemporary, Morecambe, Lancashire

    Royal Dripping

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 10-09-2020 t/m 03-02-2022
    • In collaboration with: Alex Jacobs, Ellemieke Schoenmaker, Aquil Copier and Toon Berghahn
    • Location: Luycks ​​Gallery, Tilburg

    Counterpart

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-06-2021 t/m 28-10-2021
    • In collaboration with: Rik Smits, Maurice Braspenning, Renie Spoelstra, Liliy de Bont, Jonquil and Inge Reisberman
    • Location: Provincial House of North Holland, Haarlem

    Bringing the Band Back Together

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 08-07-2021 t/m 31-07-2021
    • In collaboration with: Onno Poeisz, Brush and Henny Overbeek
    • Location: Hilton Art Lab, Rotterdam

    Minerva meets Leipzig

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 02-12-2022 t/m 31-03-2022
    • In collaboration with: Group exhibition collection museum
    • Location: Drents Museum, Assen

    Liars, Dogs & Diamonds

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 18-12-2023 t/m 15-04-2023
    • Location: Larch Gallery, Utrecht

    Animal Kingdom

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 24-11-2023 t/m 30-12-2023
    • Location: Ruby Soho Gallery, Den Bosch

    Acknowledgments

      Scholarship

    • Proven Talent Mondriaan Fund

    • 2018
      Scholarship

    • Artist Basic Mondriaan Fund

    • 2022
      Scholarship

    • R&D CBK Rotterdam

    • 2022
      Pricing

    • public award Royal Painters Award

    • 2005
      Pricing

      Collection

    • Drents Museum

    • 2021, Assen
      Collection

    • Isala Art Collection

    • 2019, Zwolle
      Collection

    • VUMC

    • 2014, Amsterdam
      Collection

    • Ploum, Lodder & Princen

    • 2012, Rotterdam
      Collection

    • Zeeland Museum

    • 2010, Middelburg
      Collection

    • Stedelijk Museum

    • 2010, Schiedam
      Collection

    • Museum Voorlinden

    • 2008, Wassenaar
      Collection

    • Art Museum

    • 2005, The Hague
      Collection

    • Drents Museum

    • 2022, Assen
      Publication

    • Octomania

    • 2020
    • zine
    • Stickit Publishing -
      Publication

    • Faralones

    • 2019
    • zine
    • Stickit Publishing -
      Publication

    • Diary of a Sailor

    • 2015
    • catalog
    • Refaka Publishers - Bertus Pieters
      Publication

    • screech

    • 2012
    • exhibition catalog Drents Museum
    • Waanders - Sandra Smets & Christophe van Eecke
      Publication

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