Introduction
Atelier Van Lieshout is the studio founded by sculptor, painter and visionary Joep van Lieshout. After graduating at the Rotterdam Art Academy Van Lieshout quickly rose to fame with projects that travelled between the world of easy-clean design and the non-functional area of art: sculpture and installations, buildings and furniture, utopias and dystopias.
In 1995, Van Lieshout founded his studio and has been working solely under the studio's name ever since. The studio moniker exists in Van Lieshout's practice as a methodology toward undermining the myth of the artistic genius. Over the past three decades, Van Lieshout has established a multidisciplinary practice that produces works on the borders between art, design, and architecture. By investigating the thin line between manufacturing art and mass-producing functional objects, he seeks to find the boundaries between fantasy and function, between fertility and destruction. Van Lieshout dissects systems, be it society as a whole or the human body; he experiments, looks for alternatives, takes exhibitions as experiments for recycling, and has even declared an independent state in the port of Rotterdam AVL-Ville (2001)—a free state in the Rotterdam harbour, with a minimum of rules, a maximum of liberties, and the highest degree of autarky. All of these activities are conducted within Van Lieshout's signature style of provocation—be it political or material.
Van Lieshout combines an imaginative aesthetic and ethic with a spirit of entrepreneurship; his work has motivated movements in the fields of architecture and ecology, and has been internationally celebrated, exhibited, and published. His works share a number of recurring themes, motives, and obsessions: systems, power, autarky, life, sex, and death—each of these trace the human individual in the face of a greater whole such as his well-known work the Domestikator (2015). This sculpture caused controversy before even being placed at the Louvre in Jardin de Tuilleries, but was adopted by Centre Pompidou where it was shown during FiAC (2017).
Selection of Exhibitions:
Pioneer Works, New York City (2019), Design Museum, London (2018), NDSM-Wharf, Amsterdam (2018), Alte National Galerie, Berlin (2016 - 2018); Ruhrtriennale, Bochum (2015–2017); De Pont Museum, Tilburg (2016); La Friche le Belle de Mai, Marseille (2013); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen–Submarine Wharf, Rotterdam (2010), Mumok, Vienna (2010); Winzavod, Moscow (2009); Museum Folkwang, Essen (2008); Hayward Gallery, London (2007); Central del Arte, Guadalajara (2006); Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (2005); MACRO, Rome (2005); Camden Arts Centre, London (2002); MoMa PS1, New York (2001); Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (1999); USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (1999); The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (1999); Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis (1998) The Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich (1996 and 1999).
Van Lieshout's works have been included in the Gwangju, Venice, Yokohama, Christchurch, Shanghai and Săo Paulo biennials. AVL is in part of the permanent collections of public and private institutions such as: FNAC, Paris; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Prada Foundation, Milan; Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Folkwang Museum, Essen; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst,
Zürich.
Source: www.ateliervanlieshout.com
Biography
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection until 2020)
2025
- ‘Rats and Rituals', Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
2024
- ‘I Am Not An Artist', Brutus, Rotterdam
- ‘The Engineer's Bedroom', Brutus, Rotterdam
2023
- ‘The Rebellion', Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg
- ´Disco Inferno´, Brutus, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Arena', Nosbaum Reding Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2022
- ‘Light in the Darkness', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Le Voyage', Le Portique, Le Havre, France
- ‘Kelder', Brutus, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2021
- ‘EHBO', Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020
- ‘The Clock Which Will Solve Every Problem in the World', Kunstraum Dornbirn,
Dornbirn, Austria
- ‘Let's Get Physical', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, New York City,
USA
2019
- ‘House of Transition', Fokus Favoriten, KÖR, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Blast Furnace', Art OMI, Ghent NY, USA
- ‘The Crypto-Futurist and the New Tribal Labyrinth', Pioneer Works, New York City, USA
- ‘RENEGADE', Gió Marconi, Milan, Italy
2018
- ‘Killing Time', Willem Twee, ‘s Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
- ‘Kabinett' with Galerie Krinzinger at Art Basel Miami Beach
- ‘Je Maintiendrai', CBK Zeeland, Middelburgh, the Netherlands
- ‘Ferrotopia', NDSM-werf, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘De Grote Kunstshow', Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Lust for Life Lamps', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2017
- ‘Furnication', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
- ‘The End of Everything', Ruhrtriennale, Bochum, Germany
- ‘ART Break', Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands
- ‘Poly Pluto Pluri', Galería OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
- ‘Der Hausfreund', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Man and Machine', Ruhrtriennale, Bochum, Germany
- ‘Joep van Lieshout, SlaveCity', De Pont, Tilburg, the Netherlands
- ‘Joep van Lieshout's SlaveCity,' Zuecca Project Space, Venice, Italy
- ‘Joep van Lieshout, The Invisible Hand', Parc Tournay-Solvay, Brussels, Belgium
- ‘Miart', with Gio Marconi, Milano, Italy
- ‘Joep van Lieshout', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2015
- ‘Primitive Modern', Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
- ‘Monument', Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
- ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', Ruhrtriennale, Bochum, Germany
- ‘Bronze', carpenters workshop gallery, Paris, France
- ‘Power Hammer', GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2014
- ‘Het Orakel', Drenths Museum, Assen, the Netherlands
- ‘Vrijstaat', Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse, the Netherlands
- ‘Het Orakel op de Dam', Amsterdams 4 en 5 mei comité, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
2013
- ‘The Butcher | Marseille 2013', Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
- ‘Furniture III', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
2012
- ‘Manufactuur/SlaveCity', Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Blast Furnace', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Agricola Novus', dertien hectare, Heeswijk-Dinter, the Netherlands
- ‘WWIII', Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
- ‘Cradle to Cradle', Kunstverein, Ludwigsburg, Germany
- ‘Installation Saucisson', Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- ‘Tribe', Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain
2011
- ‘De Kannibaal', Villa Zebra, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘New Tribal Labyrinth', Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
- ‘Epidemea', Piet Hein Eek Gallery, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
2010
- ‘Infernopolis', Submarinewharf Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the
Netherlands
- ‘Cradle to Cradle', Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘Motel Bochum', Bochum, Germany
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Mumok Vienna, Austria
2009
- ‘Furniture II‘ Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Cradle to Cradle', Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
- ‘Artscape', Galeria Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania
- ‘Schöne Aussichten', Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2008
- 'Das Haus', Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
- ‘Wellness Skull', Kunst in Öffentlichen Raum, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Board Room', Sanderetto Foundation, Turin, Italy
- ‘SlaveCity. Atelier Van Lieshout', Albion, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘Das Leben', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Stadt der Sklaven', Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout. The Mall', Distrito Cu4atro, Madrid, Spain
2007
- ‘Reproduction', Aerea, Stockholm, Sweden
- ‘Furniture', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- ‘The Technocrat', MACRO, Rome, Italy
- ‘The Board Room', Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Male Slave University', Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
- ‘Female Slave University', Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
2006
- ‘SlaveCity', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout, SlaveCity', Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp Belgium
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Central del Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Oficina para Proyectos de Arte, Guadalajara, Mexico
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid Spain
2005
- ‘Happy Forest' Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
- ‘Der Disciplinator', Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout, Wombhouse', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘Horny Skeleton', Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- ‘Triumph', Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2004
- ‘Humans, Machines and Body Parts', Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout. Zwang', Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout. Der Technokrat', Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Beaumontpublic Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- ‘Teutopia', Munich, Germany
- ‘Humans, Machines and Body Parts', Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, United States
of America
2003
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', André Simoens Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout, Sportopia', Le Rectangle, Lyon, France
- ‘The Technocrat/The Edutainer', Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brétigny-sűr-Orge, France
2002
- ‘SM', Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Muscles', Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, the Netherlands
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich, Switzerland
- Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
- ‘AVL Franchise', Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
- Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
2001
- ‘AVL-Ville', Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
- Jack Tilton Gallery, New York City, USA
- ‘Atelier Van Lieshout', PS1, New York City, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection until 2000)
2025
- ‘All the time in the world', Design Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands
- ‘Enlightenment', Art Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Rendre visible l'invisible', LUGA, Luxembourg
- ‘PAVONE', Maison Rocher, Paris, France
- ‘Frail Not Frail', Artphy, Onstwedde, The Netherlands
- ‘Collateral Sculptures', Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
2024
- ‘Capítulo VI: Rituales', Lago Algo, Mexico City, Mexico
- ‘About Epic Myths', Nosbaum Reding Bruxelles, Brussels
- ‘Kaapstad‘, Schouwburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands
- ‘Eine Strasse', Graf-Adolf-Platz, Düsseldorf, Germany
- ‘We Will Survive –The Preppers', MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
- ‘Dutch Vacation', Huidenclub, Rotterdam
- ‘Human Nature', Casa Pentra, Los Angeles, USA - ‘Feel the Heartbeat', Museum Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges, Belgium
- ‘Being Water', Porto Design Biennale, Porto, Portugal
2023
- ‘Gist', Triennale for Art, Zennevallei, Belgium
- ‘Voorhout Monumentaal', The Hague, the Netherlands
- '50 Jaar Ruigoord', Ruigoord, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘A Gateway to Possible Worlds', Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France
- ‘Through Bone and Marrow', Brutus, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Pays-Bas, L'Autre Pays Des Beaux-Arts', CacMeymac, Meymac, France
- ‘Sculptura #1', Sculptura Festival Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
2022
- Collaboration with Más Arte Más Acción for documenta fifteen, Kassel, Germany
- ‘Ostfriesland Biennale' at location Fraeylemaborg, Slochteren, the Netherlands
- ‘Open House – exhibition on temporary housing units', Geneva, Switserland
- ‘Voorlopers', Park Soestdijk, Baarn, the Netherlands
- ‘Praat met me', Art in Oisterwijk, Oisterwijk, the Netherlands
- ‘Written on the Wind', La Borie, Solignac, France
- ‘Form Follows Energy', LAGO / ALGO, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
- ‘Oil – Beaty and Horror in the Petrol Age', Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg,
Germany
- ‘World Expo 2020', The Netherlands Pavilion', Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- ‘Amsterdam Sculpture Biennale', ARTZUID, Amsterdam, the Netherlands - ‘Fake Me Hard', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘RAUM der Lusten', RAUM, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- ‘De Afbreekeconomie', Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2020
- ‘What is our Home?', IVAM, Valencia, Spain - ‘Inner Spaces', MDD Museum, Deinze, Belgium
- ‘Boijmans Drive-thru Museum', Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘(Un)Real', Science Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Reality is not what it seems', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘Recover/Uncover', Masa Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico - ‘A Home is a home is a home is a home', Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘A Confrontation of Ideals', Anren Biennale, Anren, China
- ‘State of Extremes', Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
2019
- ‘Love in a Mist', Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA
- ‘In the Age of Post-Drought', Transnatural, Dutch Design Week
- ‘Secret Society', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Vrijplaats bij MIJ', Museum Ijsselstein, The Netherlands
- ‘Mutant Nature', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
- ‘ArtZuid', Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Dysfunctional', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Venice Biennale, Italy
- ‘Beelden in Leiden', Leiden, the Netherlands
- Tijdgenoten # 6: Heterotopia, De School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘De Naakte Waarheid' (the naked truth), Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands
- ‘Freedom', De Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands
2018
- ‘Exposición Inaugural', Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Querétaro, Mexico
- ‘BLOOT/Exposed', Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands
- ‘Home Futures', The Design Museum, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Market Forces', HE.RO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘What's wrong with this picture?', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Please Touch: Body Boundaries', New Jersey, USA
- World Capital of Design, Chapultec, Mexico City, Mexico
- ‘Nothing New', Salone del Mobile, Lensvelt, Milan, Italy
- ‘Back to the future?!', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘It's a Gift to be Simple', Edelkoort Gallery, Paris, France
- ‘PUNK + DANS + KUNST', SCHUNCK*, Heerlen, the Netherlands
2017
- ‘Unpredictable', Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italy
- Build Your Own House, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
-‘Souvenirs: New New York Icons', Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York City, USA
- Domaine du Muy, Muy, France
- ‘Façade', Middelburg, the Netherlands
- ‘From DADA to Ta-Da', Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York City, USA
- ‘The collection as time machine', Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ArtZuid 2017, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Gartenschau, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- ‘Re-Evolution'. Maxxi, Roma, Italy
- ‘Angry Planet', Gallery of the National Library of Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
- Inaugural exhibition, Aeroplastics, Brussel, Belgium
- ‘Licht 2017', Graz, Austria
- Art Cologne with König Galerie, Galerie Krinzinger, Cologne, Germany
- Art Brussels, with Almine Rech Gallery, Galerie Krinzinger, Brussels, Belgium
- MiArt with Gió Marconi, Milan, Italy,
- Art Basel Hong Kong, with Galerie Krinzinger, Hong Kong SAR, China
- ‘Eigenheim', curated by Christian Mosar, Krome Gallery, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- ‘Onder ons', CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
- Artdesign, Teatro della Scala, part of Fuorisalone 2017, Milan, Italy
- ‘Happening', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘ST AGNES: Three positions. Six directions', Johan König Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016
- ´Der Sand aus den Uhren', LICRA, Vienna, Austria
- Carpenters Roissy, Paris, France
- ‘Citadel'Arte', Diest, Belgium
- ‘L'Inventaire', FRAC Normandie Rouen, Rouen, France
- Art Light, carpenters workshop gallery, Paris, France
- Parcours 2016, Domaine du Muy, Le Muy, France
- ‘Cause the grass don't grow and the sky ain't blu', Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France
- ‘Bal!', Paleis Soestdijk, Baarn, the Netherlands
- Sčvres Outdoor 2016, Cité de la céramique, Sčvres, France
- ‘Tribal', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
- ‘Radical Seafaring', Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, USA
- ‘Utopian Dreams', TENT, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘El Orden Natural de las Cosas', Fondacion Jumex, Mexico DC, Mexico
- ‘ta.bu', Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium
- ‘To the Son of the Man who ate the Scroll', Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
- ‘Haar!' Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Art Rotterdam, AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2015
- ‘Silence out Loud', Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, the Netherlands
- ‘Object Oblige', Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
- Opening New York, carpenters workshop gallery, New York, USA
- ‘Diamond Rooms', SBK, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Skeletten', Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, the Nederlands
- ‘Design Derby', Designmuseum Gent, Belgium
- ‘Future Archaďque', Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Lustwarande, Tilburg, the Netherlands
- Domaine du Muy, Le Muy, France
- ‘Homo Faber', Le Musee Ianchelevici, La Louviere, Belgium
- ‘Rijk van Rotzooi', Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, the Netherlands
- ‘Mirages', Cité du design, Saint-Etienne, France
- ‘Urban Campsite', Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Tuin van Machines', Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- The Original Dwelling, Design at Large, Basel, Switzerland
- Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
- ‘Oracles du Design', CNAP, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
- ‘Artists as Architects', MARTA Herford, Herford, Germany
- ‘Vienna For Art's Sake!', Winter Palace, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
- ‘Blast Furnace', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam the Netherlands
- ‘Futur Archaic', Grand-Hornu Images, Hornu, Belgium
- ‘Design uit het land van de aardappeleters', Noordbrabants Museum, Breda, the
Netherlands
- ‘Op zoek naar betekenis', De Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands
2014
-‘Collision Centre Piece', Nymphenburg Art Space, Munich, Germany
- ‘Future Fictions from the Present', Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
- ‘De Grote Kunstshow', Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Salon Dantel, as part of Istanbul Design Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
- Design Art, 15 jaar Vivid, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Happy Industry', AVL Mundo, Museumpark, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Nirvana, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
- ‘Future Fictions from the Present', Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
- ‘Art is a Shelter', ODA, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Design, Chamber, New York City, USA
- ‘Wilhelminaring', CODA, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
- ‘Beating around the Bush', Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- ‘Designing Scarcity', Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Poetry International Festival, Schouwburg, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Zeven eeuwen Leids laken', Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Architectures d'Urgence, Le Pavillon Vendome, Paris, France
- ‘Dokwerker', Tim Van Laere Gallery_yard, Antwerp, Belgium
- ‘Gemoedstoestanden', Maison Particuliere, Brussels, Belgium
2013
- ‘Non basta ricordare', MAXXI, Rome, Italy
- pulsar Rotterdam, Pulchri Studio, the Hague, the Netherlands
- Die Ballade vom Fliegenden Hollander, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany
- mEATing, Tilburg, the Netherlands
- Chambres des Canaux: The Tolerant Home, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- FIAC, Paris, France
- Architectes de l'urgence, Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris, France
- ‘De Anatomische Les', Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Netherlands
- Middle Gate Geel '13, CC De Werft, Geel, Belgium
- ‘Utopia', Lakenhal, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Ik hou van Holland, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands
- ‘WIT', Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Silver', Brutto Gusto, Berlin, Germany
- ‘Beyond Liaisons', World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea
- ‘Art-O-Rama | Marseille 2013', Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
- ‘The Present Order is the Disorder of the Future', Museum Kürhaus Kleve, Germany
- ‘Another Try | Marseille 2013', Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
- Art Unlimited, Art | Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- ‘Territory', AVL Mundo, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Twente Biennale, Enschede, the Netherlands
- Art Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- ‘Make active choices', Museum for New Art, Freiburg, Germany
- ‘In-Discipline', Bonnefanten Roermond, Roermond, the Netherlands
- ‘Ja Natuurlijk', GEM/Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, the Netherlands
- ‘The Cassini Cruise III', The Ridder, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- ‘Couture Grafique', MOTI, Breda, the Netherlands
2012
- ‘Triggering Reality', Centro Pecci, Prato, Italy
- ‘Kama, Sesso e Design', Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy
- ‘The Human Index', Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Verlangen naar volmaaktheid', Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands
- ‘Aanwinst', Kunsthal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Parelen', Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, the Netherlands
- ‘Politique-fiction', Cité du Design, Saint Etienne, France
- ‘Mind the System', Find the Gap, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
- ‘Hotel Stories', CODA, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
- ‘Mirages', F93, Montreuil, France
- ‘The Monument@Art Paris', Grand Palais, Paris, France
- ‘God Save the Queen', Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- ‘Moonlife Concept Store', Rabo Kunstzone, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- ‘Extended Universe', The Essential Collection, Zürich, Switzerland
- ‘IstanbulEindhoven SALTVANABBE Post '89', SALT, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
- ‘Foodcart', Studio Job House, Bergeijk, the Netherlands
- ‘Contemporary collections' of the Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou,
Paris, France
- ‘Hollandse Meesters van de 21e eeuw', Kunsthal, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Atelier', Vishal, Haarlem, the Netherlands
- ‘Glasstress', Murano, Italy
- ‘Futuro', Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Post Fossil', Design Museum, Holon, Israel
- ‘Cradle to Cradle', Aedes, Berlin, Germany
- ‘Virtual Vivid', Vivid Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘AVL Mannen', Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands
- ‘Twente Art Biennale, Twente, the Netherlands
- ‘Gwangju Biennale', Gwangju, Korea
- ‘Moscow Biennale', Moscow, Russia
- ‘Moonlife Concept Store', Venice, Italy
2010
- The View, Salenstein, Switzerland
- ‘Beeld Hal Werk' Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Happy End‘, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany
- ‘A Basic Human Impulse' Galleria Communuale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone,
Italy
- ‘Spazio' Maxxi, Rome, Italy
- ‘Vaders en Zonen' Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, the Netherlands
- ‘Dream Time 2 Fantasmagoria' Grotte du Mas d'Azil / les Abbatoirs, France
- ‘Keep Your Seat' GAM, Turino, Italy
- ‘Destroy Design', Aarhus Art Building, Aarhus, Denmark
- ‘Destroy Design', Mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland
- ‘Post Fossil' Design 21-21, Tokyo, Japan
- ‘Brand X' Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln, Germany
- ‘Happy Street' World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
2009
- Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- ‘New Works‘ Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
- ‘States of Exception', Central Track, University of Texas, Dallas, United States of
America
- ‘Utopics, 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition', Biel, Switzerland
- ‘Van Lieshout, Van Lieshout', Kade, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
- ‘Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear Contemporary Design', V&A, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Uitgelicht', SM, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
- ‘Work NOW, On the how and why of work in the neoliberal world', Z33 Hasselt, Belgium
- ‘Design High', LTB Foundation, London, United Kingdom
- ‘Foodprint', Den Haag, the Netherlands
- ‘Ecological Urbanism', Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- ‘Down to Earth', Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek, Belgium
- ‘The Cassini Cruise‘, APPR, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- ‘Islands and Ghetto's‘, NGKB Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2008
-‘Wandering Lines', SCAPE Biennal, Chirstchurch, New-Zealand
- ‘Beyond Eden', Paul Klee Zentrum, Bern, Switzerland
- ‘Shaping a space III', Mario Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal
-‘Second_Nature', Dexia Bank, Luxembourg
- ‘Leibesübungen. Vom Tun und Lassen in der Kunst', Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany
- ‘Eyes wide open. Recent Acquisitions', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Utopia Transfer', Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2007
- ‘Body Politicx', Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- ‘Hyms for Demons', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
- ‘The Paderborn Mystery. Temporal Power and Divine Might', Paderborn, Germany
- ‘VIT RTI, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
- ‘Shadows in paradise', Fort Napoleon, Oostende, Belgium
- ‘Dutch Design', Milk Gallery, New York, USA
- ‘Estuaire', Nantes, France
- ‘Commitment', Cultureel centrum Strombeek, Mechelen, Belgium
- ‘Timer', Triennale, Milano, Italy
2006
- ‘Beyond Borders' Galerie Sfeir-Semler Beirut, Lebanon
- Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
- ‘Cities, architecture and society',10th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy
- Biennale D'Art Contemporain du Havre, Le Havre, France
- ‘Less-Strategie, alternative dell' abitare, PAC, Milano, Italy
- Beaufort 2006, Bredene, Belgium
- ‘Mapping The Studio', Stedelijk Museum CS Amsterdam, the Netherlands