Roderick Hietbrink

Roderick Hietbrink (Gorssel, 1975) is a contemporary Dutch visual artist, living and working between Oslo, Norway and Amsterdam, Netherlands. His practice encompasses video art, installation art, performance art, sculpture and photography.

Contents

• What the Art Roderick Hietbrink
• Current practice
• Exhibitions
• Residencies
• Awards Nomination and Fellowships
• Collections
• References

Roderick Hietbrink received a degree in architectural engineering followed by a study in visual arts at the Academy of Art and Design St. Joost in Breda (1995-1999). He continued his study at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam where he received his degree in 2002 with the video installation 'Parallax' consisting of three large video projections and surround sound. This work became part of his first museum exhibition at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.

After graduation from the Piet Zwart institute, Roderick Hietbrink took part in a number of residencies including Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Platform Garanti in Istanbul (2005), Artspace Sydney (2007) and the Institute For Provocation in Beijing (2010).

In 2011 and '12 Hietbrink took part in the two-year residency program at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam.

His work has been selected for international film festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)[1], Documentary Film and Video Festival Kassel (DE)[2] and International Short Film Festival, Vilnius (LT)[3]. Several of his video works are distributed by EYE Film Institute Netherlands.

Current practice

Through the use of different media, Hietbrink raises questions concerning Western culture by using absurdism and violence in cinematographic settings. A key work in Hietbrink's oeuvre is the video installation 'The Living Room' (2011). In this work the interior of a Dutch living room is confronted with the destructive force of a full grown oak tree that is dragged through the room. This work is part of the permanent collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and is on view until March 2014

Exhibitions

5th Moscow Biennale. 'Playing Nature' (RU)[4]

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, collection presentation (NL)[5]

De Appel, Amsterdam. 'Artificial Amsterdam' (NL)[6]

Centre Pompidou, Paris. 'Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid' (FR)[7]

Where Where Exhibition Space, Beijing. 'Faux Pearls' (CN)[8]

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam. 'Rijksakademie Open' (NL)[9]

Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney. 'Vivarium' (AU)[10]

ECI Roermond, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht. 'Nachtfahrt' (NL)[11]

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. 'Corner Corone' (DE)

Botanic gardens, Palermo. 'Wundergarten' (IT)

Synch Festival, Athens (GR)

SMBA, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam. 'Interscape' (NL)

Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam (NL)

Cobra Museum Amstelveen. 'Moving Buildings' (NL)

Kasteel d'Aspremont-Lynden, Oud-Rekem. 'Manifestly Present' (BE)[12]

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. 'Delay / Oponthoud' (NL)

Residencies

2011-2012 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (NL)[13]

2010 The Institute For Provocation, Beijing (CN)[14]

2007 Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney (AU)[15]

2005 Platform Garanti Istanbul (TR)[16]

2003-2004 Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin (DE)[17]

Awards, Nomination and Fellowships

Prix de Rome 2013, longlist

KPN Fellowship

Workspace 2006

Collections

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam [18]

Caldic Collection [19]

Aegon

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs