Paulien Oltheten
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Born in Nijmegen, 1982
Lives and works in Amsterdam


Education
20084-Months artists residency, ARCUS-project, Moriya, Japan
2005-2006Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000-2004AKV/St. Joost Academy of Art and Design, Den Bosch, The Netherlands


Awards
2010Thieme Art Award 2010
2004Sybren Hellinga Prijs 3, Kunsthuis Syb
2004St. Lucas essayprize, AKV/St.Joost


Solo exhibitions
2009One moment, it's really beautiful!, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007Theorie van de straat (Theory of the street), Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
..ze stonden namelijk recht (curated by Tijs Goldschmidt), De Bewaerschole, Burg Haamstede, The Netherlands
2005Paulien Oltheten, Moira, Utrecht, The Netherlands


Group exhibitions
2011Travelling exhibition VoTH, Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch/ CBK ’s-Hertogenbosch
Travelling exhibition VoTH, Yaroslavl Art Museum, Russia
2010Travelling exhibition VoTH, Moscou MOMA, Moscou, Russia
Travelling exhibition VoTH, NCCA Jekaterinburg, Russia
Travelling exhibition VoTH, Kazan, Russia
Travelling exhibition VoTH, Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, Russia
Van Bommel Van Dam prijs 2010, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
de Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam
Portscapes, Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Quickscan #1, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009Cream, International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama, Japan
Radical Autonomy, Centre d'art Contemporaine, Le Grande Cafe, Saint Nazaire, France
Notes on narratives, Nest, Den Haag, The Netherlands
It won't stop until we talk, DVIR Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israël
Off the Record (Gemeentelijke Kunstaankopen 2009 ), Stedelijk museum in de stad, Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008Open Studio 2008, ARCUS Project, Moriya, Japan
Estafette, FOAM Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Geometrisch Portret (curated by Ozlem Altin), Het Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, The Netherlands
Pages, NFi Rotterdam/ The Dorottya Gallery Boedapest, The Netherlands/ Hungary
2007En Passant, CBK, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
tv-dinners , LMAKproject, New York, United States
The discovery of slowness, Kw14, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Capricious, Young Photographers, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006Findings (with Lara Almarcegui and Neha Choksi), Carl Berg Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Open Studio's 2006, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Encount #2, Temporary Art Centre / Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2005Open Studio's 2005, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Constructed Moment, KW14, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
20043e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, Kunsthuys SYB, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands


Film & Video Screening
2009Vogels antwoorden niet Wintertuin Festival, Lindenberg theater, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2008Het grote gebeuren DZIGA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2007Impakt festival Utrecht, The Netherlands


Commissions
2010Nieuw Nieuwegein: Photographing the inhabitants in the chancing NEWTOWN citycentre, Councel of Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
2009Portscapes, Maasvlakte 2, SKOR, Rotterdam Harbour, The Netherlands
1500 x S. MONTAG (columnist), Photo-essay of tram 3 in Amsterdam , NRC Handelsblad, M12, 23-05-2009
Objects in mirror are closer then they appear, De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008Theory of waiting (two photo installations), Ministerie OC&W and Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Niks ligt vast, weekly column, NRC Next
Het grote gebeuren, Collaboration with poet Arjen Duinker, videoproject, DZIGA, Nijmegen,The Netherlands
2005SNS Bank Photo calendar: 12 photographers envision the fascinations of 12 blind people. , Kesselskramers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004Inkijken / uitkijken: videoproject about the Free Masons and it's monumental building , Council of Zutphen, The Netherlands


Collections
2009Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008Collectie Tweede Kamer, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2007CBK Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2006ABN AMRO Kunststichting, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005NFI Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands