2001
MA, Royal College of Art, London
Born 1973, Santpoort, The Netherlands.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Unsung Eve, Maaike Schoorel x Willet-Holthuysen House - The Playful Dis/Reappearance of Two Female Collectors, Margriet Schavemaker, May 2024
Amsterdam Museum, Maaike Schoorel at the Willet-Holthuysen House, 4 May 2022
Elemento, Carving Memories: Photography and Gesture in Maaike Schoorel’s Paintings, Alessandro Rabottini, 2016
Contemporary Art Society, Maaike Schoorel, Sub-Lo, at Maureen Paley, London, Caroline Douglas, 20 March 2015
Flash Art, Maaike Schoorel, Michele Robecchi, October 2012
MA, Royal College of Art, London
BA, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
Woning van Wassenhove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
KNAW/ KNIR Rome residency
American Academy in Rome
ISCP, New York, NY, USA residency
Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SKC Muzeprijs, de Bilt, The Netherlands
Shortlisted Prix de Rome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shortlisted Wolvecamp prize, the Netherlands
American Academy in Rome
Stipendium, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Amsterdam
Flooded Playground, Mendes Wood, New York, USA
Fulcrum, Maureen Paley & Studio M, London, UK
Mendes Wood, New York, USA
Rendez-vous, Amsterdam Museum, The Willet-Holthuysen House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (c)
Art Basel, solo presentation curated by Benno Tempel in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth and Art Review, Basel, Switzerland
All About the Animal, Mendes Wood DM, São Paolo, Brazil
Maaike Schoorel at Van Wassenhove House, residency and presentation, Woning van Wassenhove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Leeway, reflection on Guy Mees, Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (C)
Cactus Flower, Clouds & Kiss, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam
London | New York | Rome | Amsterdam, Gemeente Museum Den Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands
Stigter van Doesburg, The Netherlands
Gradient, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Conversation Piece Part 2: Maaike Schoorel and David Schutter, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy
Island Bar, Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sub-Lo, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Interiors, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Conservatory, Mendes Wood, São Paulo.
Maaike Schoorel And The Old Masters, Frans Hals Museum – HOF, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Tribute, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Maaike Schoorel – Zelfportretten & Stillevens, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, London
zwart / wit dagboek, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Maaike Schoorel, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Art Features, Art 41 Basel, Galerie Diana Stigter
Nudes and Garden, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
Album, Frans Hals Museum – HAL, Haarlem, The Netherlands (C)
Nudes, Maureen Paley, London
Stilleven, Portret, Schutterstuk, Marc Foxx: West Gallery, Los Angeles
Bathing dining garden father daughters beach bed, Maureen Paley, London
Rheinschau art Cologne projects, Galerie Diana Stigter, Cologne, Germany, (C)
Twilight, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Darling Buds, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Ghost Image, Galerie Judin, Berlin, Germany
every flower seems to burn by itself, Les Bains douches, Alençon, France
Dreaming of Spilliaert, Mendes Wood DM, Retranchement, The Netherlands
Like a Nightingale with a Toothache, Off Paradise, New York, USA
Sequins Cycle 2, Shimmer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (two person with Bea McMahon)
Spark Birds and the Loneliness of Species, Hedge House: Kasteel Wijlre Estate, Wijlre, The Netherlands
Fine Fleur, De Omstand, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Linhas Tortas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
I see no difference between a handshake and a poem, Mendes Wood DM, Paris, France
Bea McMahon & Maaike Schoorel: Sequins, Cycle 2, Shimmer, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Flower, Verwey Museum Haarlem, Haarlem, Netherlands
Di semplicità e di brivido, P420, Bologna, Italy
Bonfire of Rhythms, Kunstplatform de Apotheek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Artichoke for Dinner, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sgabello Collection: In Search of the Miraculous, Project Space On The Inside, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (C)
Chapter 3HREE, Het Hem, Zaandam, The Netherlands (C)
Inner Spaces, The 7th Biennale of Painting, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Woning van Wassenhove, Belgium (C)
Diepgeworteld, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (C)
Binnenshuis, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
I am because the other thought about me, Nest, The Hague, The Netherlands
Labyrinth of Solitude, 56 Henry at Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY, USA
LACUNA, curated by Maaike Schoorel, with Lisa Oppenheim, Ferdi and Germaine Kruip at Stigter van Doesburg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Garden of Earthly Delights, Berliner Festspiele, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (C)
BAC atelier VASC Leuven: The visual science of art conference 2019, Belgium (C)
24 kleurplaten, Billytown, The Hague
Extension Nl, Triumph gallery, Moscow, Russia
Extentsion Nl, SMENA, Center of Modern Culture, Kazan, Russia
Lust, Laughter, Liquor, Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
CONDO 2017: Maureen Paley hosting dépendance, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Abstract Conversations, Rosenfeld Porcini, London, United Kingdom
Rumoer in de stad, Gemeente Museum Den Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands
Anne Collier, William Daniels, Annette Kelm, Carter Mull, David Musgrave, Maaike Schoorel, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USA
The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed, 20th Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia
Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Silence Out Loud, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
TANTRUM, Le Teinturier De Geest, Brussels, Belgium
A Woman’s Hand, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Salon, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Landscape: the Virtual, the Actual, the Possible?, Guangdong Times Museum, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, touring to: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA
Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
How Soon is Now?, Manifesta Foundation & DutchCulture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Windows, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
The Peacock, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Maaike Schoorel and Michiel Ceulers, The Arts Club, London, UK
Mind is Outer Space, Casey Kaplan, New York
Reading the Surface, David Zwirner, London
Open Studios Iscp – International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, USA
But The Clouds, Room East, New York City, USA
Repeat to Fade, Mendes Wood gallery, São Paulo.
Nothing, Like Something Happens Anywhere, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia.
Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.
Painted Over/Under, LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles.
Painting Between the Lines, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, (C)
What’s Up!, De jongste schilderkunst in Nederland – Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, USA
Next Season, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
British Art Show 7, Hayward Touring Exhibitions, opening Nottingham, touring to: Hayward Gallery, London, Glasgow and Plymouth, (C)
Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London, (C)
Collector’s Items No.2: High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown, The Dutch Cultural Pop-Up Space, London, UK
Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, Parasol Unit, London, (C)
The Other Shore, Dutch Embassy, London, UK.
Obsession: contemporary art from the Lodeveans Collection, University of Leeds, UK
Fallen out of Space, Mol’s place, London (C)
Long Meg, Vilma Gold, London
Obsession for Collection, Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, UK.
Roger Hiorns, Christina Mackie, Maaike Schoorel, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
Eyes Wide Open – New to the Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Nonknowledge, Project Arts Centre, Dublin.
Wolvecamp Prize, Hengelo, Netherlands, (C)
Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Prix de Rome 2007, de Apple, Amsterdam, (C)
How to Endure, curated by Tom Morton, Athens Biennial, Athens
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London, (C)
Zes, Marc Foxx, LA, & Harris Lieberman, New York, curated by Marc Foxx, (C)
Double A-Side, Artist’s-Hertogenbosch (a collaboration between Artis, Centre for Fine Art, Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch and The Boulevard Theatre Festival).
Just in time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, (C)
Le Nouveau Siècle, curated by Xander Karskens, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, (C)
Vincent van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman, Maaike Schoorel, Maureen Paley, London
Slow Art, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, (C)
Prague Biennale 2, presentation for Flash Art, Prague, (C)
Two person show with Nathaniel Mellors, IBID Projects, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Must I paint you a Picture?, curated by Pablo Lafuente, Haunch of Venison, London
Concert in the Egg, The Ship, London
Someplace Unreachable, IBID Projects, London
To Avoid the Void, Artwalk, Amsterdam
Koninklijke Subsidie voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Gemeente Museum, The Hague
Band in Crisis, (with Skill 7 Stamina 12), Cooper Gallery, Dundee
Deliberate Regression, Daniel Arnaud Gallery, London
And Other Love Stories, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
An Elephant Station, Vilma Gold, London
Hollandse Meesters in the 21st Century, Eye Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maaike Schoorel, Kadist Foundation and Mira Projects, New York, USA
Book presentation, Kunstverein Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Book presentation, Kunstmuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Book presentation, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
Book presentation, Kunstverein Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Book presentation, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
Artist Talk, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Teacher/adviser until present, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Talk, Art and Science conference, Leuven Belgium, Belgium
(ongoing collaboration with Maarten Wijntjes TU Delft: scientific research in relation to perception of painting)
Teheran jury member/ adviser, MOP, London, UK
Jury member until present, Royal Dutch Painting
Adviser until present, The Mondriaan Fund Foundation
Jury member until present, Jeanne Oosting Painting Prize, The Netherlands
Teacher and Lecturer until 2020, Artez Aki, Enschede, The Netherlands
Artist Lecture, KNAW, Royal Academy of Arts and Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Artist Lecture, KNIR, Rome, Italy
Artist Lecture, American Academy Rome, Rome, Italy
Maaike Schoorel - Towards the Physicality of Space, Kadist, Paris, France (film made by Joey Tang)
Maaike Schoorel - Hollandse Meesters (film made by Carine Bijlsma)
Guest Teacher, Sandberg instituut Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lecture and committee member until 2016, Parasol Unit, London, UK
Unsung Eve, Nai010 publishers, Rotterdam
Vera Icon, Nai010 publishers, Rotterdam
Elemento, Cura Books, Rome
Sanctuary: Britain's Artists and Their Studios, Thames & Hudson, London, 2012.
Vitamin P2, Phaidon, London.
British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Hayward Gallery Publishing, London, 2010.
Newspeak: British Art Now: From the Saatchi Gallery, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, 2010.
Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, Parasol Unit, London
Album, Museum de Hallen, the Netherlands
Destroy Athens, 1st Athens Beinnial, Athens.
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2007-8, Frieze, London.
Prix de Rome, Rijks Akademie, Amsterdam.
Skill 7 Stamina Dead, Skill 7 Stamina 12, 12” vinyl. Limited edition 250.
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffamann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London.
Just in Time, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Le Nouveau Siècle, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam.
Remove Celebrity Centre, Junior Aspirin Records Compilation, Limited edition 250.
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London.
Prague Bienniale 2, Flash Art, Milan.
Skill 7 Stamina 12 & Socrates that Practices Music, 12-inch record, edition 300.
Rheinschau, Cologne.
Uitgelicht 2004, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Robotics with Strings, CD with Skill 7 Stamina 12.
Deliberate Regression, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London.
O'Dwyer, Jayne, The More the Merrier: Here Are This Week’s 9 Must-See Group Shows, culturedmag.com, 17 June 2024
–––, 10 Works under $25K at Frieze New York 2023, frieze.com, 11 May 2023
–––, Trailer | Maaike Schoorel on the Willet-Holthuysen House, amsterdammuseum.nl, 4 May 2022
Sutton, Benjamin, The 10 Best Booths at Frieze New York 2021, artsy.net, 6 May 2021
Devriendt, Indra, Maaike Schoorel, Hart Magazine, May 2019
Den Hartog Jager, Hans, Nederlandse Schilders zijn zoveel beter dan dit, Nieuwe Nederlandse schilders, NRC, 18 July 2018
Dijksterhuis, Edo, In de Ban van de Symbolische Cactus, Parool, 2 November, 2018
van Steenhoven, Kasper, 1 papagaai, 27 kunstenaars, 34 kleurplaten; Billytown, Mister Motley, 7 December 2018 Hendriks, Niek, Galerie sofie van de Velde/Plus One Gallery; Lust, Laughter & Liquor, Lost Painters, 4 May, 2018
Mahiques, Alejandra, Entrevista a la pintora Maaike Schoorel, gacetaholandesa.com, 25 January 2018
Remst, Nadeche, Buiten de Lijntjes kleuren -24 papegaaien in Billy Town, Metropolis m, 18 December, 2018
Ockhuysen, Ronald, Tasten en zoeken naar betekenis, het Parool, 26 August 2017, pp. 16–20
Hoogerwerf, Lisanne, Ingetogen schilderkunst, Den Haag Centraal, 31 August 2017, p. 41
van de Velde, Paola, Speelse doeken, Telegraaf Vrij Magazine, 16 September 2017, p.68
van Leeuwen, Anna, Dit werk werkt hier niet, Volkskrant, 25 October 2017, p.44
Bywater, Jon, 20th Sydney Biennale: The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed, ArtAgenda, art-agenda.com, 4 April 2016
Cumming, Laura, All in the mind’s eye, The Observer, The New Review, 22 March 2015, p 29
Douglas, Caroline, Maaike Schoorel, Sub-Lo, at Maureen Paley, London, contemporaryartsociety.org, 20 March 2015
—-, SUB-LO. Maaike Schoorel, curamagazine.com, 2 April 2015
Deveney, Catherine, Rising Stars of 2015, theguardian.com, 28 December 2014Randall, Brent, Michiel Ceulers and Maaike Schoorel at The Arts Club, huskmagazine.com, 29 January 2014
Winn, Steven, Art Review: ‘Landscape: The Virtual, the Actual, the Possible?’, sfgate.com, 27 October 2014
——–, Mind is Outer Space, cura magazine, July 2013
Smith, Roberta, Mind is Outer Space, The New York Times, 25 July 2013, p. 23
Robecchi, Michele, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, October 2012, p.113.
Smyth, Cherry, Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere, thisistomorrow.info, 17 September 2012.
Leith, Caoimhín Mac Giolla, British Art Show 7, Frieze, January-February 2011, pp.99-100.
Jeffreys, Tom, British Art Show at the Hayward, Spoonfed.co.uk, 15 January 2011.
The Dutch Issue, Litro, issue 102, 2011, cover.
Ward, Ossian, British art burns bright, Time Out, 3 March 2011, p.53.
Cumming, Laura, British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, guardian.co.uk, 31 October 2010.
Charlesworth, JJ, Visible Invisible, Time Out, 14 January 2010, p.38.
Frane, Crasier, Maaike Schoorel interview, crasierfrane.com, 7 December 2010.
Critics’ Choice: Major Spaces, Time Out, 14 January 2010, p.40.
On The Town: Thomas Scheibitz, Art Review, November 2010, p.188.
Osté, Mariëlle, Moment van Stilte, Elegance, June 2010, pp.120-125.
Luke, Ben, Compared with Whiteread and Hirst, these Saatchi works feel thin and lame, Evening Standard, 26 October 2010, pp. 26-27.
Fisher, Alice, Maureen, Fantastic Man, Autumn/Winter 2009, pp.148-155.
Lehrer-Graiwer, Sarah, Maaike Schoorel, artforum.com, January 2009.
Luke, Ben, Visible Invisible: Against The Security Of The Real, EveningStandard.co.uk, 25 November 2009.
McLean-Ferris, Laura, Visible Invisible; Against the Security of the Real, artreview.com, 26 November 2009.
Miles, Christopher, Maaike Schoorel at Marc Foxx, LA Weekly, 4 February 2009.
Osborne, Hannah, Visible Invisible: Against the Security of the Real, ameliasmagazine.com, 3rd December 2009.
van der Kroef, Saskia, Maaike Schoorel, Artforum, January 2009, p.229.
Wullschlager, Jackie, A force that has driven art for 100 years, FT.com, 28 November 2009.
Andriessen, Mischa, Verdwijnkunst die eist, Het Financiele Dagblad, 20 September 2008.
Darley, Esther, Slow art van Maaike Schoorel, Knunstbeeld.Nl, October 2008.
Dost, Leonard, ‘Almost Unattainable by the eye’, De Volkskrant, 7 October 2008.
den Hartog Jager, Hans, ‘Aan het wit ontworsteld de leegtes van Maaike Schoorel’, NRC Handelsblad, 19 September 2008, p.12.
Herbert, Martin, Maaike Schoorel, Frieze, June 2008, pp. 228-229.
van Hoore, Cees, Schilderen, Ongrijpbaar als Muziek, Haarlems Dagblad, 10 September 2008.
Philby, Charlotte, My Home: Beyond the pale, The Independent: Property, 27 February 2008, pp.1-3.
Finel Honigman, Ana, A whiter shade of pale, style.com, Tuesday 04 March 2008.
Exley, Roy, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, May-June 2008.
Van de Velde, Paola, ‘Maaike Schoorel, paints nothing and at the same time everything; seemingly empty canvasses full of color’, De telegraaf, 30 September 2008.
Alemani, Cecilia, Critics’ Picks: How to Endure, Artforum.com, 4 October 2007.
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art: Maaike Schoorel at Marc Foxx, LA Times, 19 January 2007.
Coomer, Martin, Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Modern Painters, June 2007, pp.114-115.
Griffin, Jonathan, Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Frieze, May 2007, p157.
de Jongh, Xandra, Prix de Rome: de longlist, Maaike Schoorel, Kunstbeeld.nl, June 2007, p5.
Lafuente, Pablo, Maaike Schoorel: Magic Eyes, Flash Art, March/ April 2007, pp. 110-111.
True, Everett, Skill 7 Stamina 12, Plan B, March 2007.
Commandeur, Ingrid, Bathing Dining Garden Father Daughters Beach Bed: Maaike Schoorel’s Shadow Play, Metropolis M no. 6, December/ January 2006/07, pp.92-94.
Finel Honigman, Ana, London Horticulture, Artnet Magazine.
Keijer, Kees, Kunst Kopen: Voorstellen aan gemeente in het Stedelijk, Het Parool, 2 December 2006, pp.32-33.
Top 100 Artists, Flash Art, October 2006, pp.68-69.
Elle, July 2005, p. 29.
Gill, AA, It’s Art, The Sunday Times Magazine, 9 January 2005.
Grainger, Lisa, Meet at the Fair, Sunday Times Style, 16 October 2005.
Heingartner, Douglas, Maaike Schoorel, Flash Art, January – February 2005, p120-121.
Mikucionyte, Rita, Impression: Holland’s Landscape, Seven Art Days, 2005, p8.
Piktyte, Aleksandra, Between Light and Darkness, Lietuvos Zinios, 23 September 2005.
Sholis, Brian, Alex Bircken, Mari Eastman and Maaike Schoorel, artforum.com, May 2005.
Thornton, Sarah, The Power 100, Art Review, November 2005, p101.
A pair of foreign artists will be presented with music, Lietuvos Rytas, 24 September 2005.
Must I Paint You a Picture?, Time Out London, 12 January 2005.
Burnett, Craig, Must I Paint You a Picture?, The Guardian Guide, 4-10 December 2004.
de Vries, Marina, Tekenen en Schilderen zijn terug, de Volkskrant, 8 September 2004.
Keijer, Kees, Knalhard of Subtiel: de schilderskunst is terug, Het Parool, 1 September 2004.
Nebelung, Sigrig, Entdeckungen auf der Rheinschau, Handelsblatt, 29 October 2004.
Tepel, Oliver, Popauswege Last Exit Avantgarde, Maaike Schoorel, Spex, December 2004.
Southgate, Nick, Skill 7 Stamina 12, The Wire, August 2004.
Diana Stigter, Amsterdam: Maaike Schoorel, 2004, p46.
Skill 7 Stamina 12, HIMTM, Winter 2004 – 05, p20.
Glover, Michael, Rising to Painting’s Challenge, The Independent, 6 January 2003.
Monshouwer, Saskia, Maaike Schoorel, Kunstbeeld, February 2003.
Someplace Unreachable, Kunstforum, 2003.
Exley, Roy, London: Danielle Arnaud Gallery, Contemporary, November 2002.
Reiders, Arjan, Alles kan weer in de schilderskunst, Het Parool, 18 October 2002.
Smith, Dan, Deliberate Regression, Art Monthly, November 2002.
ABN AMRO Collection, The Netherlands
Collezione La Gaia Fondazione, Busca, Italy
De la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Fondazione Memmo Art Collection, Rome, Italy
Frans Hals Museum, The Netherlands
Gemeente Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Kadist Foundation, Paris, France and San Francisco, CA, USA
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
LA County Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia
Rabo Art Collection, The Netherlands
Saatchi Art Collection, London, UK
Sgabello Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Ekard Collection, The Netherlands
The Warehouse, Dallas, TX, USA
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK