2020 June 17 – 21st, ‘No Walls’, group expo at Loods 6 by SBK Gallery and Rademakers Gallery Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2020 February Object Art fair, Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2019 Manic Patterns, Cokkie Snoei, group exhibition Rotterdam, The Netherlands

curated by: Thimo te Duits 

Nothing is more boring than more of the same thing. The theme of this group exhibition is repetition, order and creating freedom within a pattern.

Manic Patterns brings together the work of artists and designers in an exhibition with the character of an installation. Both the works themselves and the display are visually dense: an interplay between tranquillity and commotion. Manic Patterns is not about defining or uniting disciplines but rather about how makers with varying preoccupations share a passion for pattern and structure. Repetition, order and the creation of freedom play an underlying role within a pattern. Nothing is more boring than more of the same. Many of the works feature the endless repetition of parts of the motif. It is here that the ‘manic’ of the title resides. Neither the makers nor the viewers can escape this obsessive repetition.
The exhibitors have a shared interest in meticulous work, in which the grand gesture makes way for an eye for detail. ‘Less is more’ is out of the question. The exhibition features wallpapers and textiles, a new area of interest for many designers. But within the classical decorative arts there is still great interest in repeated patterns on vases and dishes. The two-dimensional works in the show exhibit a much freer approach to pattern, incorporating not only forms but also texts.
Carla Kogelman’s photographic portraits of manic-depressive patients, presented on Studio Job’s Labyrinth wallpaper, create moments of rest within the visual clamour.

2019 Solo at Contour Gallery, ‘Spel van Verwijzing’, January 12th to March 3th, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2019 Qade Art fair, Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2017 Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France

2016 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,’In scene gezet’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2015 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2020Loods 6, ‘No Walls’, Group show, 17-21st June, SBK Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2020Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, ‘Troostkunst’, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2020NOMAD St Moritz, 6th till 9th of February, Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, St Moritz, Switzerland
2020Object Rotterdam, 5-9th of February, Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2020Interior and objects; collaboration project Margreeth Olsthoorn; designer clothes shop, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Manic Patterns, September 8th till October 12th, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Museum de Fundatie, ZomerExpo, 25th May till 1st September, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2019 KunstRai Art fair, April 17th till 22nd, Contour Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Museum Het Grachtenhuis, ‘Respekt/Spektakel’, January 24th to March 24th Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Contour Gallery, ‘Spel van Verwijzing’, January 12th to March 3th  Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019NOMAD St Moritz, 7th till 11th of February, Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, St Moritz, Switzerland
2019 Qade Art Fair, 6-10th of February Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2018 Homo Faber, ‘Crafting a more human future’, 14 to 30 September, Foundazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
2018 Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, ‘open expo, vruchtbare grond’, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2017 Summer in La Baule, June 16th to August 26th, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, La Baule, France
2017 Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
2016 Show at Galerie Alain Daudet, Toulouse, France
2016 Salone del Mobile, ‘Masterly The Dutch in Milano‘, Milan, Italy
2015 – 2016Design Museum Gent,’Design Derby’, Belgium
2015 – 2016Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,’In scene gezet’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014RAW Art fair Rotterdam, Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013 – 2014Design Museum Gent,’Gelinkt/Linked’, Belgium
2013Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Post Babylon’ vase
2013Collection, Miniature Museum Ria & Lex Daniels, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands
2013Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,’Handmade’,Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2013RAW Art Fair Rotterdam, Gallery Pien Rademakers, The Netherlands
2013Realisme Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012Masters of LXRY Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012PAN Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012AAF Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012House of Orange, Oranienbaum, Worlitz, Germany
2012PAD Art & Design Paris, France
2012RAW Art Fair Rotterdam, Gallery Pien Rademakers, The Netherlands
2012Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011Gallery Sophie Maree, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2011Themes & Variations, ‘The right touch’ London, UK
2011Salone del Mobile, Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, ‘Mutated serie’, Milan, Italy
2011Virtual, Vivid vormgeving, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011Dutch Design Award Eindhoven, The Netherlands, nomination
2011Art & Object Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010 – 2011Toolsgallerie, ‘Dai Kaiju’, Paris, France
2010Sotheby’s, Kiddell Gallery, ‘Small Show Huge Talent’, London, UK
2010Gemeente Museum Den Haag, ‘Norm=Vorm’, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2009 – 2010TENT & Witte de With, ‘Shared Space II’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009KOP, Social interaction by art and design, Breda, The Netherlands
2008 – 2009Gallery Emmy Miltenburg, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2008Fiac, Grand Palais & Louvre, Paris, France
2008Musée des Manufactures de dentelles, ‘Lace and interlacing in Designing’, Retournac, Franc
2008Collection, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands,’Rubber nr14′ chair
2008Kunstraum Niederösterreich ‘LOVE, DESIGN DELIRIUM’, Wien, Austria
2007 – 2008Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, ‘Dustcollectors’, Rotterdam,The Netherlands
2007Kunsthal Rotterdam, ‘Exota’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, ‘Décor Schiedam’, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2006Gallery Spazio Rosanna Orlandi, Milan, Italy
2006Gallery Emmy Miltenburg, ‘Hier is het’, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2006Ambiente, ‘Dutch design too’, Frankfurt, Germany
2005Materialworld, Schiedam, The Netherlands
2004Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘Brilliant’, London, UK
2004Museum fur Angewandtekunst, Spinoff ‘Design for industry’, Koln, Germany
2003Salone del Mobile, Spazio Consolo, ‘Dutch light’, Milan, Italy
2003Salone del Mobile, ‘Random Industry Upgrade’, Milan, Italy
2003Materiaal Prize, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, nomination
2003Artotheek, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2003Leolux Design-Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2003Vivid vormgeving, ‘nieuw’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2002Young Designers & Industry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAI), ‘Link- architecture’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1999Design Prize Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, nomination
1999Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Rubber nr14’ chair
1998SFMOMA ‘DO NORMAL, recent Dutch Design’, San Francisco, USA
1997Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ‘Hema design’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997Hema Design Competition, The Netherlands, 2nd prize

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