Demiak (pseudonym of Maarten Demmink) (b.) 1967, Goudriaan, The Netherlands
Education 1986-1988 Art College, Utrecht (HKU) 1988-1992 Royal Academy of Art, Den Haag (KABK)
Solo exhibitions 2012 Deepwater Horizon, Galerie Kap Pur, Tilburg The Big Blow, Redbud Gallery, Houston (TX) 2010 Royal Dutch Shell headquarters, The Hague 2008 Dreamland, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2006 Artist Of The Month, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2005 Paradise Regained, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag
Group shows 2020 Big Art, Galerie Helder, Zaanstad 2017 YIA Art Fair #11, Paris, Jean-Marie Oger YIA Art Fair #09, Brussels, Jean-Marie Oger 2016 Landscape and the City, Galerie Helder, The Hague Still life – Style of life, Jean-Marie Oger/24Beaubourg, Paris Contemporary Artfair, Galerie Helder 2015 High Five, curated by Hans van der Ham, Galerie Helder, The Hague Rotterdam Contemporary, Suzanne Biederberg Gallery Sanctuary (duo-show with Jarik Jongman), Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam Art & Space, curated by Rainer Bullhorst, Pulchri Studio, The Hague Museum Thijnhof, Coevorden Galerie Windkracht 13, Den Helder Curated by Hans van der Ham, Galerie Helder, The Hague 2014 WTC Gallery, The Hague Art the Hague, WTC Gallery 2013 Trouble the Water, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids (IA) ZomerExpo, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague 2012 Dutch Invasion Houston, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2011 Dutch Invasion, Box 13 ArtSpace, Houston (TX) Dutch Invasion, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston (TX) Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam 2010 Members exhibition, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2009 Study-tour, Malaysia Brushwork Odyssey in Malaysia, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2008 Euroborg, Groningen
Glasstec Art Fair, Düsseldorf 2007 Houses of Art, Marbella Art Moscow 2006 Pulchri < 40, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2005 Hommage aan Hans van der Lek, Pulchri Studio, The Hague Klein, DZD art, Roermond 2004 II Mostri, Airole Pulchri Anders 4, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2003 3 Nieuwe Leden, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2002 Flora Holland, Naaldwijk Museumnacht Rotterdam, Galerie Maas De Stand Van Zaken, Stroom HCBK, The Hague 2001 Galerie Rols, Laren NH Galerie Arti Forum, Voorburg 2000 Holland Art Fair, Plusgaleries, The Hague Het Laatste Oranjemaal, DS Contemporary, The Hague Power Painters, Galerie Arti Forum, Voorburg 1999 Hedendaagse Glaskunst, Glasatelier Oud-Rijswijk, Zoetermeer Rembrandt 2000, The Hague 1998 Demiak & Tjebbe, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam KunstRAI, DS Contemporary, Amsterdam 1997 PAN Amsterdam, DS Contemporary Koe & Kunst, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam 1995 KunstRAI, BKVB Foundation, Amsterdam 1994 Galerie Arti-Shock, Rijswijk ZH Kunsthal, Galeries ‘94, Rotterdam Galerie Tudelu, Rotterdam 1993 Galerie Arti-Shock, Rijswijk ZH Galerie Braler, The Hague 1992 Debuut II, Pulchri Studio, The Hague
Awards 2013 Green Award, summer exhibition, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague 2010 Jacob Hartog Award 2004 van Ommeren - de Voogt Award 2003 Boenk en de Groot Pulchri Audience Award 1999-2005 Annually: Individual Grant, Stroom, The Hague 1993 Starter Stipend Fonds BKVB,Amsterdam
Commissions 2013 (un)inhabitable, Kunstbalie, Tilburg 2012 Album cover art & website for the Kyteman Orchestra, Utrecht
2010 Ronald McDonald House, The Hague 2004 Painting for the Soccer magazine Johan (painting) 1999 Stained glass window for the Glasatelier Oud-Rijswijk 1997 1,50 x 20 m. mural for the Holland Casino Amsterdam 1,50 x 11 m. mural for the Holland Casino Zandvoort 1995 Daldoss Elevetronics, Trento
Publications 2014 Beeld voor Beeld: HBKK jubileum boek, De Stichting Haagse Beeldende Kunst en Kunstnijverheid 2011 Dutch Invasion - 5 Dutch artists visiting Houston, texts by Jetteke Bolten- Rempt and Maria Smits 2009 Brushwork Odyssey in Malaysia: A Dutch Retelling, Edition of the Embassy of Malaysia, The Hague 2008 Demiak – Dreamland, text by Paola van de Velde, Haags Palet deel 22, The Hague