SELECTED WORKS




OBJECTS
One cubic meter of broken silence
Silence is golden, but this is no silence
Faraday Tent
One cubic decimeter of silence
Breaking the silence
Machine for my neighbours
Letter to my neighbours

INSTALLATIONS
Keep up the good work
Three silent points in my studio
My real house
Isolating series
Getting closer to Pauli

ARTIST BOOKS
Things to do in Mönchengladbach
Mental Space




PRESS
BIO
CONTACT

Sarah van Sonsbeeck | CV
Born 1976, Utrecht, NL
Last updated 08,08,2011


Education | Residencies
2011 Residency Fonds BKvB at PiST, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Residency City of Mönchengladbach, Germany. On recommendation of Ann Goldstein, dir. Stedelijk Museum Amst.
2009 Residency Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
2008 Residency Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
2006 Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (BA & nominated for the Rietveldprijs Fine Arts)
2001 TUDelft, Architecture (MA)


Grants | Fellowships | Awards
2010 Fonds BKvB Starter Stipend
2010 Productiongrant Fonds BKvB for 'Mental Space'
2009 Productiongrant Fonds BKvB and Museum de Paviljoens for 'One Cubic Meter of Silence'
2009 Fellowship Dr. Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds
2008 Fellowship Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2006 Nominated Rietveld FIne Art prize

Shows
2011 'Things To Do in Mönchengladbach'. Solo at Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
2011 'Hear It - A Playlist for the Stedelijk Museum', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Performing '4.33 for Public Speaker'

2010 'Breaking the Silence', Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam. (The Bakery, in the main gallery David Majlcovic)
2010 'Moon-Life Concept Store', (Alicia Framis), Shanghai. Presenting 'The Right to Silence'
2010 'Bienal Sao Paulo', presentation on 'Portable Silence'
2010 'Sonic Resistance', Impakt Festival, Utrecht
2010 'Mental space - how my neighbours became buildings', artist book in edition
2010 'Office for Silent Investors', within group show Mapping for tourists, Mediamatic, Amsterdam
2010 'Nacht van Duivenvoorde', Voorschoten. Groupshow with Gabriel Lester, Michael Portnoy, Amie Dicke e.a.

2009 Art works on paper E/AB, New York 5-8 november
2009 '2F7' and 'Unknown Territories', Museum de Paviljoens, Almere. 2009 'Open studio's - Rijksakademie 2009'
2009 'Een dijk van een kust',
2009 'Stedelijk Museum in de Stad', Amsterdam. Presenting Guided tours through the Silence

2008 'Open studio's - Rijsakademie 2008', Amsterdam.
2008 'Getting Closer to Pauli', solo at Smart Project space, curated by Hilde de Bruijn, Amsterdam
2008 'Guided tours through the Silence', project for the Blue House, IJburg (by Jeanne van Heeswijk)

2007 'Letters to Nobody', groupshow for the Artrental Gouda, Gorinchem en Vlaardingen. Curated by Hilde de Bruijn, curator Smart Project Space, Amsterdam.
2007 'Marketspace', Solo exhibition for Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar
2007 'The Neighbourshop', curated by Martijn Engelbrecht and SKOR

2006 'How My Neighbours became buildings', Graduation project Rietveldacademie, nom. Rietveld prize Fine Arts
2006 'How My Neighbours became buildings', show in Kunsteyssen, Alkmaar


Bibliography
2011 'Things To Do in Mönchengladbach', artist book, edition 100, texts by Tijs Goldschmidt and Annick Kleizen
2010 'Mental Space - How my neighbours became buildings', artist book, english edition 500
2006 'Mentale Ruimte - Hoe mijn buren gebouwen worden', artist book prototype, dutch edition 20


Collections
2011 'Silence is Golden, But This is No Silence', collection Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2011 'Mental Space' Artist Book in edition, Moma, New York
2010 'One Cubic Meter of Silence' private collection, Amsterdam
2009 'Bench for the Silence', collection Nicoletta Fiorucci, Rome
2008 'The Universe of A', two private collections
2006 'Mental Space - How my neighbours became buildings', collection Koninklijke bibliotheek Den Haag
2006 'Mentale Ruimte - Hoe mijn buren gebouwen werden', various private collections