Curriculum
Vitae
Ellen Rodenberg
1955 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Works and lives in The Hague, The Netherlands
Education (selection)
1974 -1977
Pedagogical Academy Magister Vocat, Amsterdam, NL
1992- 1994 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, NL
Exhibitions
and Projects (selection)
2025 Sois belle et tais tois - exhibit for
Makers, kunstgarage Franx, Zoetermeer, NL
2025 Brota El Pueblo - Seven international artists collaborate with three local
- Arteventura & Ana Sanfrutos
- Hybrid Art, Corteconcepcion, ES
2025 De Aanschouw – het Wilde Weten – Veiling,
Rotterdam, NL
2024
- on MEKH beach - Reversal of the Tide
- EX-MÊKH at Platforms Project@Art Athina, Tobacco Factory, Athens, GR
2024 ¿De Dónde? - EX-MÊKH
- project in a hotel room - Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid, ES
2023 Open Studio – Arteventura
- Artist in residence, Andalucia, ES
2023 Comment No Comment, Equinox, same but different,
Dordrecht, NL
2022 Wormhole,
EX-MÊKH installation, Platforms
Project, curator Artemis Potamianou, Athens, GR
2022 Characters - Con
Alma, EX-MÊKH project in a hotel room, Hybrid Art Fair, Madrid, ES
2021 Stage Arousal, an exhibition on the façade of
EP7 Paris, For the project ‘Idiolithes’ of the
international artists collective KRAATZ, Paris, FR
2021 The
Reason Why, performing workshop and video Stage Arousal, EX-MÊKH shows a video in their online booth together with video’s
from KRAATZ and ATrans, Platforms Project NET 2021, Athens, GR
2020
As if, solo exhibition, Gallery Lutz,
Delft, NL
2020 FeMaler, Ellen Rodenberg & EX-MÊKH is invited for the
program Femmes City, Vitrine U, curator Isolde Nagel, KleistPark
U7 Bahnhof, Berlin, D
2019 Probe,
EX-MÊKH, curator Isolde Nagel, A Trans, Haus der
Statistik, Berlin, D
2019 MÊKH-web, EX-MÊKH, project in Quartair Contemporary Art
Initiative, The Hague, NL
2018
Still, solo exhibition,
SpaceProject-01, Ruimtevaart Foundation, De Helena,
The Hague, NL
2015 Tools, Augentausch,
EX-MÊKH, A Trans, Berlin, D
2014 Source Flat, EX-MÊKH at Platforms Project@Art Athina, Athens, GR
2014 The Second Explodes, Kunsthalle Eurocenter, Lana, South Tirol, Italy
2013 Malieveld@Frejus,
France. Malieveld@Venetie, Italy, Malieveld@Trins,
Austria, Malieveld@PRO, The Hague, Malieveld@Arles,
France, Malieveld@Berlin, Germany
2011 Blindspot, A.I.R. organisatie Elizabeth de
Vaal, Pécsbagota, Hungary
2010 SOMS, THE WALL, video (Ellen Rodenberg) and
sound performance by Jan Borgers (Crystal Archives) for the project THE
STRUGGLES OF A SUPERHERO, AN INTROVERT AND A RISING STAR, Filmhuis
Zaal 5, The Hague NL
2010 Landing Soon #6-12 Erasmus Huis Jakarta,
Indonesia
2009 OUR Territory (EX)-MÊKH, De Nederlandsche
Cacaofabriek, Helmond, NL
2009 Move, Nest, DCR, The
Hague, NL
2008 Landing Soon#7, Under The
Influence, group of 3 solo’s, Cemeti Art House
Jogjakarta, Indonesia
2007 Mêkh Stream 2x4 Maarten Schepers, Ellen
Rodenberg, Kees Koomen, Hans Ensink op Kemna, Atelier
Supermedium, Rijswijk, NL
2007 Ile
de Mêkh in
W139/ Basement, Amsterdam, NL
2002 From Memory to Painting, solo presentation,
Gallery Unart,
Villach, Austria
2001 Coloured Memories II,
solo exhibition Pictura, Dordrecht, NL
1999 The total and the individual, solo presentation Galerie Lutz, KunstRai Amsterdam, NL
1996 Paintings, solo exhibition, LUMC, Leiden, NL
1995 Uitgelicht
I, startstipendia beeldende kunst 93-94, KunstRai
Amsterdam, NL
1994 De Ruimte, group
show, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, NL
Work has been purchased by:
Ministerie van Buitenlandse
Zaken
Aegon
Ministerie van Verkeer en
Waterstaat
Heden Den Haag
CBK Rotterdam en Dordrecht
Rabo Bank
FMO Den Haag
LUMC Leids Universitair
Medisch Centrum
ABP Algemeen Burgerlijk
Pensioenfonds
Private Collectors
Honors and Awards, Grants and stipends
2020 ATRANS,
Berlin, Germany
2010 Prins Bernhard foundation
2005 / 2008
Stroom,
HCBK, The Hague, NL
2002 Working
Grant FKVB Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
1997, 2000,
2003 Basic Grant, Foundation for
Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995 Starting Grant,
Foundation for Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994 Visual
Art Price, Culture Council, Zuid-Holland, NL
Residencies
2025 arteventura,
Spain
2023 Arteventura,
Spain
2011 Blindspot, Post 15, Pécsbagota, Hungary
2008 Landing
Soon #7, Cemeti Studio Residency, Cemety
Art House, Yogyakarta
Publications
2022 Ellen
Rodenberg Artist book, Art at work 2003 - 2021
2019 Ellen
Rodenberg ARTIST BOOK,
Paintings 1999 - 2019
2017 Collateral Zone EX-MÊKH, brochure Platforms
Project, Athene.
2017 Freedom of Space, 5 years, awards for
free project spaces in Berlin, A Trans is nominated and awarded, pag.128/129
Ellen Rodenberg Tools (out of order).
2017 The good life, Kerzzt,
Ellen Rodenberg, Kathimerini, Greece
2016 Ellen Rodenberg, Artist book, selection of
works 2011-2016
2014 Ellen Rodenberg Artist book, works outside 2012-2014
2014 Malieveld project,
Kunst als publieke zaak, Jegens&Tevens,
Den Haag, NL
2010 Art for Sure, AEGON Art Collection
2008 Ellen Rodenberg, landing Soon#7 Sudjud Dartanto, Cemeti Art House,
Yogyakarta, Indonesië
2005 Ondergewone, Stroom,
Den Haag
2002 Ellen Rodenberg, Ausstellung in Villach, Austria Kleine
Zeitung, 13.09.02
1995 De reis
verklaard in dynamiek- Cees Straus, Trouw 13/12/1995
Teaching
Artist
Art
lessons, program development, educational projects, workshops for children and
adults:
ART-S-COOL
The Hague from 2012 – 2024
PlatformsProject
Athens 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
WEST
The Hague 2019 - 2022
SKVR
Rotterdam from 2008 – 2017