Emily Kocken
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Project(s) at West
2015.10
10 Emily Kocken
 
*Emily Kocken(born 1963, New York, lives and works in Amsterdam)
 

Solo Shows
2015
Come-Go-Stay, West, The Hague
2013
The Maiden Element, C&H art space, Amsterdam
2010
Collecting Evidence, C&H Art&Design, Amsterdam
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Tracing the Mother Key — photography, installation / City Council, Amsterdam Zuidoost
2009
The Breadman Project, Gaasperplas
2007
The Boy in Walden Pond, Willem Vaarkamp, Badhoevedorp
2005
Her Master’s Choice, Juffrouw Zonder Zorgen, Haarlem
 

Selected Group Shows
2013
Anonyme Zeichner 2013, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin
2012
Gallery Artist + Guest, C&H art space, Amsterdam
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1001 CVs, Kunstvlaai 2012, Amsterdam
2011
The Negotiator — curator: MaRF, Belgium & France
2010
The Holy Yesman — [digitaal?] analoog!, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
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Letters from a Dying Building, Des Chapitres du Conflit, Collasus, Berlin
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Handmodelling, — RC De Ruimte, IJmuiden
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The Guard, De Zwarte Ruyter, Rotterdam
2009
White, three, Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
 

Performances & Lectures
2015
Read-in Cinema, Het Veem Theater, Amsterdam
2014
National Day of the Park, Rembrandtpark, Amsterdam
2013
The Maiden Element, C&H art space, Amsterdam
2011
Call of the Wild, Rhizomatic, Amsterdam
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Hello, I shot this with my plastic Holga, Kunstlinie, Almere
2010
Artist Talk, Collecting Evidence, C&H Art & Design, Amsterdam
2009
Duizend boterhammen op de Dam, Breadman, De Dam, Amsterdam
2005
Ricercare/Gabrieli, violoncello, Riek Westerhoff, NME, Utrecht
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Film Screenings
2010
Run if You Can‘t Hide, Visual Container, Milan, Italy
2008
Run If You Can’t Hide, De Volkskrant Online
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Spuw, International Streaming Festival, The Hague
2007
Oorlogswaan, Cinema at Home, Kunsthuis, Velp
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Oorlogswaan, NOFF, Dutch Online Filmfestival
2004
Spuw, Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht Spuw, Kunstkanaal
 

Commissions & Collections
2014
Cut/Tuc (essay), West Den Haag
2013
Sign of the times (essay), Grote Kerk, Oosthuizen
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Witte vlag, Book Lovers Project, collection artist’s novels, MHKA, Antwerpen
2012
Zoekende reiziger (translation), essay dr. Stan Petrusa, catalogue Adriaan Rees
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The Godforsaken Grandness of the Deadly Dame (essay), C&H art space, Amsterdam
2010
De folteringen van het verlangen (essay), C&H Art & Design
2008
Purchases of autonomous work, by private collectors now
2007
Photo portraits (commission), by musicians, writers, actors now
2006
On arbor (essay), Galerie Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam
 

Prizes/Nominations/Grants
2015
Nederlands letterenfonds
2014
Nederlands letterenfonds
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Academica Literatuurprijs longlist, debut novel Witte vlag
2010
Gemeente Amsterdam, Stadsdeel Zuidoost
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VSB Fonds, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
2009
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2008
Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
2004
VSB Fonds, Stadsdeel Amsterdam Oud-Zuid
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VSB Fonds, Provincie Noord-Holland
2002
VSB Fonds, Thuiskopiefonds
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1996
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VSB Fonds, Thuiskopiefonds, Stadsdeel Oud- West
 

Reviews & Interviews / selection
2013
Beste boek van 2013 (Witte vlag), Leeuwarder Courant
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AVRO Radio 1, Opium, review, Kees ’t Hart
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VPRO radio, De Avonde, live interview, Jeroen van Kan
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De Groene Amsterdammer, Boek van de week, Kees ’t Hart
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De Volkskrant, Welbespraakte kunstenaarsvrouw, Arjan Peters
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Gould’s 3D List, What you have missed, Daniel Gould
2011
TZUM, De Revisor Jaarboek, De Hond zag ons in Rheine, Bart Temme,
2010
IJmuidercourant, Kunstenaars gieten IJmuiden in stripverhaal, Bart Boele,
2005
Graafwerk inspireert kunstenaars, Joris Thomassen
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Publications / selection
2016
De kuur, novel, Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam
2015
Ohio, introduction to the catalog for solo exhibition Gently Down the Stream, Nanette Kraaikamp, Stedelijk Museum Vianen
2014
Alles te verbergen, drawing, poetry/art collection edited by Carine Weve, Poëziecentrum Gent, Belgium
2013
O San Francisco, column, De Optimist, digitaal cultureel magazine
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Witte vlag, novel, Uitgeverij Querido, Amsterdam
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De geest van Peter Iljitsj!, prose-essay, Nynade, Leerdam
2011
Haarpijn, short story, De Revisor online
2010
De hond zag ons in Rheine, short story, De Revisor, Amsterdam
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Collecting Evidence, catalogue, C&H art space, Amsterdam
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Feuilleton Binnenzee, IJmuider Courant
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About Breadman, photographic essay, SuperMassiveBlackHole, online photography magazine
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Tracing the Mother Key, collection of photographic essays, Zero, Amsterdam
2009
The Breadman Bible, artist book, Zero, Amsterdam
2008
(moe), photography book, Zero, Amsterdam
 

Extracurricular Activities
2015
Artists’ activities workgroup, Kunstinitiatief Retort, Amsterdam
2014-now
Advisor private artists
2013
Moderator, Project Women and Music
2012-now
Cello teacher, Amsterdam
2010
Curator, Binnenzee group show, RC De Ruimte, IJmuiden
2009
Photography tutor, Straat van Sculpturen, Stichting OAZO icw CBK Zuidoost
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Curator Centrale Expo, OAR 09 icw Sara Mattens & Vinger, Open Ateliers Zuidoost
2007-10
Poetry reviewer, Meandermagazine
2006-07
Photography Assistant, Arno, Hammacher Photography
2004
Education coordinator, Verloren Land, Boterhal
2003-06
Editor / journalist / photographer, Straatjournaal, Haarlem
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1996
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Founder / executive artist, Stichting Zero Amsterdam now
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Education
2000-02
Prose, poetry, script writing, Schrijversvakschool, Amsterdam
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1996
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Film, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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1990-94
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Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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1981-89
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Violoncello & music education, Brabants Conservatorium, Tilburg
 

Residencies
2011
Rhizomatic, Amsterdam
2010
RC De Ruimte, Binnenzee, IJmuiden
2009
Uqbar Berlin, Transient Spaces, The Tourist Syndrome, Palanga, Lithuania
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1986
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Académie Musicale de Morges, cello masterclass, Switzerland