Education / residency
2020
Sundaymorning@EKWC, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands
2016
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2015
Masterclass The Drive of Drawing, Jan van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands
2014
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2012
Pompgemaal Studio Mondriaan Fonds, Den Helder, The Netherlands
2011
BijlmAIR, SMBA/CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010/11
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
2009/10
Research Program CCA Kitakyushu, Japan
2006/08
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, United States
2003
Digital Media and Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
2001/05
BA (Fine Arts) Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998/01
Language and Culture of Latin America, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
1997/01
Political Science, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands
Exhibtions, performances,
screenings (selection)
2022
Beeldenroute Van Slot tot Slotlaan 2022-2024, Zeist, The Netherlands
Up Amersfoort, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Studio Furniture, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, Finland(solo)
Smooth Depth, Gerbrand Burger, Henk Delabie, Ton van Kints, Bart van de Vijvere, Horizonverticaal, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2021
From a River to the Room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
2020
Exhibition Continues Upstairs, Pitcairn Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands (solo)
Off Grid, Dapiran Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contact Sculptures, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019
Unhide All, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, The Netherlands (solo)
Benedenland, K-G-B, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018
Big Art @ Bijlmerbajes, with C&H Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017
Coup de Foudre, Maison van Doesburg, Meudon, France
Krust Gorilla, Butcher’s Tears, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lick it, stick it, rock it & roll it, Sugar Pop Institute, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Short Stay, K-G-B Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016
Objects from the outside, C&H Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Gestalt, Suns & Stars @ Kasteel Nederhorst, Nederhorst den Berg, The Netherlands
Adaptation, Transition Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Drawing Front / Tekenkabinet, Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015
The Drive of Drawing, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Residu III, Kunstal 45, Den Helder, The Netherlands
Turtle Salon, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Print Art Fair, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Turtle Salon in the Forest/The Artist Colony, Duved, Jämtland, Sweden
2013
My love which is a building, 37pk, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2012
Urban Outsiders, Huize Frankendael, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aanwinstententoonstelling, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Calypso, De Keuze, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Detroit Dealers, Holland Festival, Amsterdam & De Keuze, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Liquid Nails, Pompgemaal, Den Helder, The Netherlands
Black Cube, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011
Detroit Dealers, Distinctively Dutch Festival, Pittsburgh, United States
Black Cube #12, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
25fps Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
28th Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Kassel, Germany
ALÉM DAS FRONTEIRAS / BEYOND BORDERS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Blind Spot Skopje / Cameracartell, CK Cultural Center of Skopje, Macedonia
Planes and lines seem to glide past one another, KunzVisGonzalez, Chicago, United States
The Sample Session, Kulter, September, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
International Short Film Festival, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2010
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic
Film+Design Festival / Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dutch Punch, Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
4 Tuned Cities Festival, Pristina / Amsterdam / Sarajevo / Skopje
Ourense International Film Festival, Ourense, Spain
I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival, Milan, Italy
Split Film Festival, Split, Croatia
Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, PolandMedia City Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Detmold, Detmold, Germany
Amsterdam Film Biënnale, FILM3 [kyü-bik film], Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NPS New Arrivals competition, (online)
CCA Kitakyushu open studio show, Ogura Gallery, Kitakyushu, Japan
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan, United States
International Film Festival Breda, Breda, The Netherlands
Map the Mind, Filmbanktour #26, Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Said the projector to the screen, Gallery Soap, Kitakyushu, Japan
Scenography
2012
Calypso, Lizzy Timmers /
Productiehuis Rotterdam
2012
Detroit Dealers, with AG Wunderbaum /
Holland Festival
2010
Dallas, Nieuw West /
Marien Jongewaard / Frascati
2006
Vincent van Gogh, leven en werk,
Gasthuis Theater / Joachim Robbrecht
2005
Jackpot Motel: a home in the neon,
with Walter Bart, Maartje Remmers, Bo Koek
Other activities
2023 - now
Founding director of Thinking Forest Foundation
2018 - now
Founding board member of Square 28 Coöperatie U.A.
2019
Tutor project course Winterlab, Artez Hogeschool
2012 - 2014
Design and construction of own wooden house in Amsterdam Noord.
2012 - 2014
Workshop instructor at De Ateliers
2011 - 2012
Organising a series of exhibitions and events as WAAR, together with Sara Bjarland. With o.a.artists Stephan Keppel, Jasper Coppes & Stijn Verhoeff, A.L. Snijders, Maurice Bogaert, Neeltje ten Westenend, Naheed Raza and writers Richtje Reinsma, Huib Haye van der Werff and George Vermij.
2010 - 2019
Freelance design and construction: staircases, ship interiors, furniture, timber frame construction.
2005 - 2012
Freelance art handling, exhibition production and realising technicallly challenging artworks, mainly working for Anything is Possible.
Publications
Kunnen bomen denken? Gerbrand Burger over Thinking Forest, www.hetkanwel.nl, September 2024
Langzaam vergroeien de drie houten penissen met het bos, Lisa Stefanovski, NRC, 9 August, 2024
A Tree, a reader on arboreal kinship, Marjolein van der Loo, Onomatopee, 2024
Thinking Forest: kunnen bomen denken? Interview with Wyke Potjer, hetkanwel.nl, 2024
Part of Something, artist book, distribution Idea Books, 2016
Support
Stichting Gerbrandy Cultuurfonds
