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
2020 | Loods 6, ‘No Walls’, Group show, 17-21st June, SBK Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2020 | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, ‘Troostkunst’, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
2020 | NOMAD St Moritz, 6th till 9th of February, Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, St Moritz, Switzerland |
2020 | Object Rotterdam, 5-9th of February, Contour Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2020 | Interior 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 |
2019 | NOMAD 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 – 2016 | Design Museum Gent,’Design Derby’, Belgium |
2015 – 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 |
2014 | RAW Art fair Rotterdam, Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2013 – 2014 | Design Museum Gent,’Gelinkt/Linked’, Belgium |
2013 | Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Post Babylon’ vase |
2013 | Collection, Miniature Museum Ria & Lex Daniels, Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands |
2013 | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,’Handmade’,Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2013 | RAW Art Fair Rotterdam, Gallery Pien Rademakers, The Netherlands |
2013 | Realisme Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2012 | Masters of LXRY Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2012 | PAN Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2012 | AAF Art Fair, Gallery Rademakers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2012 | House of Orange, Oranienbaum, Worlitz, Germany |
2012 | PAD Art & Design Paris, France |
2012 | RAW Art Fair Rotterdam, Gallery Pien Rademakers, The Netherlands |
2012 | Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2011 | Gallery Sophie Maree, Den Haag, The Netherlands |
2011 | Themes & Variations, ‘The right touch’ London, UK |
2011 | Salone del Mobile, Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, ‘Mutated serie’, Milan, Italy |
2011 | Virtual, Vivid vormgeving, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2011 | Dutch Design Award Eindhoven, The Netherlands, nomination |
2011 | Art & Object Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2010 – 2011 | Toolsgallerie, ‘Dai Kaiju’, Paris, France |
2010 | Sotheby’s, Kiddell Gallery, ‘Small Show Huge Talent’, London, UK |
2010 | Gemeente Museum Den Haag, ‘Norm=Vorm’, Den Haag, The Netherlands |
2009 – 2010 | TENT & Witte de With, ‘Shared Space II’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2009 | KOP, Social interaction by art and design, Breda, The Netherlands |
2008 – 2009 | Gallery Emmy Miltenburg, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
2008 | Fiac, Grand Palais & Louvre, Paris, France |
2008 | Musée des Manufactures de dentelles, ‘Lace and interlacing in Designing’, Retournac, Franc |
2008 | Collection, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands,’Rubber nr14′ chair |
2008 | Kunstraum Niederösterreich ‘LOVE, DESIGN DELIRIUM’, Wien, Austria |
2007 – 2008 | Robert van Oosterom, Fine Arts & Interiors, ‘Dustcollectors’, Rotterdam,The Netherlands |
2007 | Kunsthal Rotterdam, ‘Exota’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2007 | Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, ‘Décor Schiedam’, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
2006 | Gallery Spazio Rosanna Orlandi, Milan, Italy |
2006 | Gallery Emmy Miltenburg, ‘Hier is het’, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
2006 | Ambiente, ‘Dutch design too’, Frankfurt, Germany |
2005 | Materialworld, Schiedam, The Netherlands |
2004 | Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘Brilliant’, London, UK |
2004 | Museum fur Angewandtekunst, Spinoff ‘Design for industry’, Koln, Germany |
2003 | Salone del Mobile, Spazio Consolo, ‘Dutch light’, Milan, Italy |
2003 | Salone del Mobile, ‘Random Industry Upgrade’, Milan, Italy |
2003 | Materiaal Prize, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, nomination |
2003 | Artotheek, Den Haag, The Netherlands |
2003 | Leolux Design-Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
2003 | Vivid vormgeving, ‘nieuw’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
2002 | Young Designers & Industry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
2002 | Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAI), ‘Link- architecture’, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
1999 | Design Prize Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, nomination |
1999 | Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, ‘Rubber nr14’ chair |
1998 | SFMOMA ‘DO NORMAL, recent Dutch Design’, San Francisco, USA |
1997 | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, ‘Hema design’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
1997 | Hema Design Competition, The Netherlands, 2nd prize |
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