Ruby Swinney | Amid The Alien Corn
Ruby Swinney (b. 1992), a South African painter who works primarily in oil on silk and oil on tracing paper. Using vibrant monochrome colours, her work ascends into a parallel world where strangely dark and mysterious figures inhabit timeless landscapes. Swinney’s paintings echo our present uncertainties and our longing for a vanishing natural world that is growing darker and more unfamiliar
Inge Meijer & Stéphanie Saadé | One Meter Under
poster design by Dongyoung Lee
Art Rotterdam | Rotterdam Ahoy
Presenting
Stephan Balkenhol
Andrei Roiter
Ruby Swinney
Tiemar Tegene
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien
Projections:
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
Sculpture Park:
Anne Wenzel
Andrei Roiter | Roiter’s Spheres
Art Brussels | Brussels Expo
Presenting
Stephan Balkenhol
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Jaap van den Ende | solo exhibition
melanie bonajo | solo exhibition
Opening during Amsterdam Art Week | 21 – 25 May, 2025
Tiemar Tegene | solo exhibition
Loop Fair 2024 | Hotel Almanac, Barcelona
Presenting: I Wan’na Be Like You by Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
Ruby Swinney | Amid The Alien Corn
Ruby Swinney (b. 1992), a South African painter who works primarily in oil on silk and oil on tracing paper. Using vibrant monochrome colours, her work ascends into a parallel world where strangely dark and mysterious figures inhabit timeless landscapes. Swinney’s paintings echo our present uncertainties and our longing for a vanishing natural world that is growing darker and more unfamiliar
unseen | westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
Presenting
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
Axel Hütte
melanie bonajo
Find a portfolio of works presented at Unseen here.
Stephan Balkenhol | solo exhibition
The internationally renowned sculptor Stephan Balkenhol (Fitzlar, 1957) is one of the most authentic and celebrated sculptors of his generation, reclaiming the human form and reintroducing figuration into contemporary art of the eighties. He has had over 100 solo exhibitions in well-known galleries and international museums, and has created numerous sculptures for public spaces.
In an ongoing exploration of the human form, Stephan Balkenhol has created an entirely new series of works for his upcoming exhibition at AKINCI. The new series of works tailored to the space, create an installation-like experience in which the individual works form a whole, resonating with each other. Visitors are welcome to immerse themselves in the exhibition.
Artist talk Amsterdam Art Week | Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen | I Wan’na Be Like You
Saturday 1 June, 5 pm
Broersen & Lukács in conversation with independent curator and writer Nat Muller.
Please send an email to rsvp@akinci.nl to reserve your spot.
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen | I Wan’na Be Like You
Amsterdam Art Week, 30 May – 2 June, 2024
The duo presents their new film I Wan’na Be Like You in which they explore the Western image of the ‘jungle’, often seen as supposedly unexplored land that served as a symbol of desire for colonial powers. Through a complex process of photogrammetry, 3D-moulding and modelling, motion capture and CGI, Lukács & Broersen created a virtual representation of the conquered wilderness as it is preserved throughout the most important botanical gardens of Europe. It serves as a backdrop for an avatar dancing to an adaptation of I Wan’na Be Like You from Disney’s Jungle Book (1967). The song is reinterpreted by musician David Lukács as a tribute to the New Orleans jazz tradition. As an indictment of the underlying racism of the original and as a proud rendition of the history of their ancestors, Jamal Bijnoe and Orlando Ceder (Black Harmony) have rearranged the melody into the song Na Mi. In the Attachment Space, an earlier work, Bark with a Trace, also offers a new perspective on the image of the wilderness and its meaning in our time.
Art Brussels | Brussels Expo
Solo presentation at the DISCOVERY section
Booth 6C-17
Find a portfolio with the works in the solo presentation by Molly Palmer here.
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien & Odonchimeg Davaadorj | Existences multiples
AKINCI is proud to present the duo exhibition Existences Multiples by Odonchimeg Davaadorj and Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien. The two Paris-based artists will present new work including drawings, ceramics, textiles and installation.
The works on display by Odonchimeg Davaadorj (1990, Mongolia) and Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien (1990, France/Ivory Coast/Guadeloupe) demonstrate the artists’ ability to explore different techniques and media to convey their message. Both artists created their own language to tell stories about their origins and cultural heritage, resulting in a ‘landscape’ that can be read and interpreted by the observer. The title of the exhibition, Existences Multiples, refers to the multiple layers that emerge in their practice and identity.
Axel Hütte | ENIGMATIC | Flower – Wood – Growler
AKINCI is proud to present Axel Hütte’s most recent photo series of flowers along with photographs of landscapes in Antarctica and Italy in his solo exhibition ENIGMATIC | Flower – Wood – Growler.
An element of mystery manifests itself in a certain absence in Hütte’s landscapes. There are no people or animals in his landscape photographs, and no signs or remnants of culture. The photos have no references to history and show no traces of human civilisation. This absence emphasises the presence of nature.
Artist talk & finissage | Anne Wenzel | House of Fools
Saturday 2 March, 4 pm
Anne Wenzel in conversation with Lucette ter Borg, moderated by Laura Korvinus.
Join us on Saturday 2 March for the finissage of Anne Wenzel’s solo exhibition House of Fools. On this special occasion, AKINCI will host an artist talk with Anne Wenzel and investigative journalist and writer Lucette ter Borg, moderated by art historian and writer Laura Korvinus. They will be in conversation about Anne Wenzel’s newest projects, the artist’s practice and the artist’s role within the context of the museum as institution.
The talk will start at 4 pm and will be followed by drinks to discuss the exhibition and our new insights.
Please rsvp for the artist talk here.
Art Rotterdam
Stephan Balkenhol
Odonchimeg Davaadorj
Kirsten Geisler
Lungiswa Gqunta
Marie-claire Messouma Manlanbien
Andrei Roiter
Charlotte Schleiffert
Anne Wenzel
Anne Wenzel | House of Fools
AKINCI is proud to present the solo exhibition House of Fools by Anne Wenzel. A large part of the eponymous series of sculptures made by Wenzel for her solo exhibition Carte Blanche (Fuck the Dictator) at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam will be on show in Amsterdam from 20 January to 2 March, 2024. In addition to the House of Fools series featuring busts of controversial figures from history, ceramic reliefs showing archetypes of protests from the series Reality Check will be on view.
Pebbles – reflecting to navigate | Stephan Balkenhol, melanie bonajo, Kirsten Geisler, Gluklya, Inge Meijer, Marie-claire Messouma Manlanbien, Ana Mendieta, Ulf Puder, Miguel Angel Rios, Pipilotti Rist, Andrei Roiter, Stéphanie Saadé, Anne Wenzel & Edwin Zwakman
Looking back at the many artistic gems exhibited in the 35 years since AKINCI was founded, there are several paths to explore. Different paths have led us to different destinations. Iconic works demonstrate the gallery’s focus on the experimental nature of the moving image, display the powerful character of textile and show a new approach to photography. In this exhibition, we draw on the gallery’s private collection, works recently presented at institutional exhibitions, as well as pieces that have gone unnoticed despite their importance. The exhibition reflects on some paths to see where they have taken us and what lies ahead.
Rah Naqvi | when a name is laid to rest: archives of future present past
We are proud to present Rah Naqvi’s (they/them) first solo exhibition at AKINCI. Originally from Mumbai, India, Naqvi now lives and works in Amsterdam after finishing their residency at De Ateliers in 2021. As a multidisciplinary artist their work engages in narratives themed around religious and societal polarisation through mediums like paper, textile, sound & video – centring art as their tool for activism.
Around Video | Art Fair
We proudly present the video work Rolling Mountains Dream by
Lungiswa Gqunta.
Amsterdam Art Week Brunch
Dive into the exhibition Sleep in Witness by Lungiswa Gqunta. During an intimate brunch from 11:00 until 13:00 we’ll provide an opportunity to experience the exhibition together with the artist, and to reflect and connect with each other.
Please send an email to rsvp@akinci.nl for reservations.
Find more information here.
Lungiswa Gqunta | Sleep in Witness
Amsterdam Art Week, 31 May – 4 June 2023
The title refers to the intangible world of dreams as a space of learning where extraordinary, overlooked and discredited places of knowledge are illuminated. The exhibition which will festively open during Amsterdam Art Week, includes works out of two installations, Zinodaka, 2022 and Ntabamanzi, 2022, along with the video work Rolling Mountains Dream, 2021.
Gqunta examines the enclosures imposed upon African knowledge systems and sees this deprival as a symptom of colonial history and conquest. She positions dreams as a response to this curtailment and a space from which new languages, wisdoms and information for living emerge.
Finissage | rooted
We’re happy to invite you to the finissage of the group show rooted, in which we present work by Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien, Odonchimeg Davaadorj, Nona Inescu & Clarinde Wesselink.
For this special occasion, there will be a performance by Wesselink with musician Koen Nutters. Together we’ll celebrate and enjoy the last hours of the exhibition with conversations, food, drinks and friends.
Time:
Saturday 20 May 2023, 5 -7 pm
The performance will start at 5 pm
Art Brussels | Brussels Expo
Solo presentation with melanie bonajo
At Art Brussels, AKINCI shows a solo presentation by melanie bonajo (they/them/theirs) with a focus on the video installation When the body says Yes (2022). The presentation in the Discovery Booth gives an insight into the totality of this project about touch and intimacy that was shown at the Venice Biennale. They present a selection of stills from the film in which the artist collaborated with a group of gender queer people. The viewer is invited to experience tactility and comfort by taking a seat on the special seats created in collaboration with scenographer Théo Demans. Through the presentation at Art Brussels bonajo will carry the message further and create a moment of reflection about what it means to give consent to the senses.
rooted
Marie-claire Messouma Manlanbien
Odonchimeg Davaadorj
Nona Inescu
Clarinde Wesselink
Art Rotterdam
Main Section
Andrei Roiter
Molly Palmer
Ruby Swinney
Stephan Balkenhol
Lungiswa Gqunta
Anne Wenzel
Zbigniew Rogalski
Projections
Lungiswa Gqunta
Take Your Time
Cevdet Erek
Molly Palmer
Stéphanie Saadé
Andrei Roiter
Zbigniew Rogalski
Let’s celebrate the exhibition Floating World by Ruby Swinney and toast with glühwine on an inspiring New Year!
Join us between 5-7 pm.
Ruby Swinney | Floating World
Andrei Roiter | Now Part II
Around Video | Art Fair
We proudly present the video work TouchMETell by melanie bonajo
melanie bonajo will be presented in the general exhibiton
UNSEEN
Westergas fabriek, Amsterdam
Solo booth with melanie bonajo
Click here for a preview
Singing with the Wolves
melanie bonajo
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen icw Smári Róbertsson
Charlotte Schleiffert
Art Rotterdam
Van Nelle Fabriek, NL
Main Section
Ruby Swinney
melanie bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Charlotte Schleiffert
Inge Meijer
Jaap van den Ende
Projections
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
Molly Palmer | Password
Terra Incognita
Stephan Balkenhol
Lungiswa Gqunta
Sarah Naqvi
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
Miguel Angel Rios
Miguel Angel Rios | deterritorialization
Art Cologne
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Anne Wenzel
Ruby Swinney
Gluklya
Stephan Balkenhol
Roger Cremers | Sleeping Windows
& Juul Hondius | To Unveil a Star
Unseen
Westergasfabriek Amsterdam
Lungiswa Gqunta
Melanie Bonajo
Inge Meijer
Edwin Zwakman
Inge Meijer
Nothing is Something to be Seen
Art Rotterdam 2021
Van Nelle fabriek
Sarah Naqvi
Jaap van den Ende
Anne Wenzel
Ruby Swinney
Andrei Roiter
Lungiswa Gqunta
Anne Wenzel & Moyna Flannigan
Shifting Realities
Amsterdam Art Weekend
17 – 27 June, 2021
Book Launch Anne Wenzel – The Bacon Project
Saturday 26 June, 2 – 4 pm
Ruby Swinney
The Distance Between Us
Ulf Puder
FLOATING SCENES
Edwin Zwakman
At Night I See the Future
In Addition to Everything Real
Molly Palmer
Inge Meijer
Thomas Huber
Ruby Swinney
Amsterdam Art Galllery Weekend
25 November – 29 November, 2020
Benefit Auction for a member of the staff of the Saint Georges Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon
On August 4, 2020, Beirut was subject to a devastating explosion which destroyed a large part of the city and beyond.
In the context of the exhibition by Stéphanie Saadé (1983, Lebanon), Sleeping Under the Shadow of an Unknown Tree, the artist and AKINCI felt the urgency to reflect on this tragic event, which still greatly affects the city and its inhabitants. Together with Stéphanie Saadé we held a special Benefit Auction of which all proceeds went to a heroic member of the medical team of the Saint Georges Hospital of Beirut, as an act of gratitude.
Stéphanie Saadé
Sleeping Under the Shadow of an Unknown Tree
solo exhibition
Unseen at the gallery
One weekend of contemporary photography in 25 Amsterdam based galleries, presenting a program of undiscovered photography talent and unseen works by well known photographers. Over 20 galleries from Amsterdam initiated a weekend of photography. Supported by Unseen this is a physical answer to digital fairs, all galleries can be visited on the spot throughout the city.
Jaap van den Ende
een rationele benadering / a rational approach
solo exhibition
Hunger
Cevdet Erek
Sarah Naqvi
Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya)
Melanie Bonajo
Clarinde Wesselink
A group show on Hunger, in times of separation and anxiety. Hunger for life, love, human contact, touch, freedom.
Andrei Roiter
solo exhibition
Art Rotterdam
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Charlotte Schleiffert
Projections: Melanie Bonajo, TouchMETell
(Photo: Michel Claus)
Theo Jansen
solo exhibition
Review in het Parool.
The galleries of the Lijnbaansgracht cordially invite you to our first Christmas market (kerstmarkt). A day filled with holiday music, warm drinks and of course a range of unique gifts for the festive season. From artist editions and books to small works of contemporary artists, especially selected for this day.
Join us at Flatland Gallery, Lumen Travo Gallery, Galerie AKINCI and ALBADA JELGERSMA!
design flyer: Laura Korvinus
Amsterdam Art Weekend
Heroines Now
Melanie Bonajo
Anne Wenzel
Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya)
Sarah Naqvi
Lungiswa Gqunta
Conversation moderated by Mirjam Westen.
Heroines Now
Melanie Bonajo
Anne Wenzel
Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya)
Sarah Naqvi
Lungiswa Gqunta
With ‘Heroines Now’, AKINCI launched the second edition of a thematic exhibition. The first show was in 2005 and involved ‘Heroines’, innovative women artists of the 60ies and 70ies as Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneemann and Valie Export. In 2019, more then ever, a feminine approach to the world’s needs and visionary concepts are relevant. ‘Heroines Now’ reveals how vivid and urgent topics seen from the point of view of women artists from different continents and countries are, with new insight, different visual tools, with humour and seriousness.
Unseen
Melanie Bonajo
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Inge Meijer
Edwin Zwakman
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
All, or Nothing At All
solo exhibition
Review in Het Parool.
What can a Dot Become?
Curated by Stéphanie Saadé
Art Cologne
Vernissage Wednesday 10 April, 2019 (16 – 20h)
Presenting
Stéphanie Saadé
Edwin Zwakman
Anne Wenzel
Gluklya
Stephan Balkenhol
Andrei Roiter
Lubricated Language
Ali Kazma
Anne Wenzel
Mire Lee
Petra Morenzi
Miguel Angel Rios
Review in het Parool
Art Rotterdam
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Inge Meijer
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Projections: Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Now / Forever (curated by Hester Alberdingk Thijm & Tom Postma): Anne Wenzel
(photo: Renato Ghiazza)
Winterreise
Ali Kazma
Edwin Zwakman
Andrei Roiter
Axel Hütte
Cevdet Erek
Art Düsseldorf
Stephan Balkenhol
Moyna Flannigan
Stéphanie Saadé
Andrei Roiter
Let’s Talk About Nature
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Inge Meijer
Melanie Bonajo
Ruby Swinney
Amsterdam Art Weekend
22 – 25 November, 2018
Review in het Parool.
Artist talk moderated by Nat Muller
Anne Wenzel
I can’t believe I still have to protest this shit
solo exhibition
Stephan Balkenhol
solo exhibition
Art Cologne
Axel Hütte
Albrecht Schnider
Melanie Bonajo
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Stephan Balkenhol
Thomas Huber
Leylâ Gediz
Andrei Roiter
Inge Meijer
Companion
Charlotte Schleiffert
Around the World in 6000 Days
solo exhibition
Art Rotterdam
Projections:
Ali Kazma
Main section:
Anne Wenzel
Leylâ Gediz
Melanie Bonajo
Ali Kazma
Moyna Flannigan
Charlotte Schleiffert
Behind the Carnival
A solo exhibition by Gluklya
For the press release, click here.
Voor het persbericht, klik hier.
For a tour through the exhibition, click here.
Amsterdam Art Weekend
Parabéns – a solo show by Leylâ Gediz
For the press release click here.
Voor het persbericht klik hier.
For a tour through the exhibition, click here.
Where the f*ck is my sock
Gluklya
Ali Kazma
Stéphanie Saadé
Massinissa Selmani
Edwin Zwakman
Kirsten Geisler
Moyna Flannigan
Press release
Tour through the exhibition
Read a review in Het Parool here.
EXPO Chicago
Stephan Balkenhol
Melanie Bonajo
Cevdet Erek
Albrecht Schnider
Andrei Roiter
here and now / hier en nu
Thomas Huber
Massinissa Selmani
Albrecht Schnider
Read a review in Het Parool here.
LOOP Barcelona
Presenting: Melanie Bonajo
Art Cologne
Stephan Balkenhol
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Jaap van den Ende
Axel Hütte
Ali Kazma
Andrei Roiter
Zbigniew Rogalski
Anne Wenzel
Made in Roiterdam
Andrei Roiter
Transformations
Grösch & Metzger
Basir Mahmood
Stéphanie Saadé
Melanie Bonajo
Broersen & Lukács
Art Rotterdam
Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, NL
Safe
Ali Kazma
The Leaf Once Pilgrim
Stéphanie Saadé
curated by Chiara Ianaselli
Press release
Tour through the exhibition
Artissima
Oval, Torino, IT
Present Future
curated by Hichram Khalidi
Presenting: Gluklya
Contemporary Istanbul
Istanbul Congress Centre, Istanbul, TR
Presenting: Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Like it was in the beginning / a rational approach // een rationele benadering
Jaap van den Ende
Counterpoint
curated by Roger Cremers
Roger Cremers
Mark Aerial Waller
Runa Islam
Volta 12, Basel
Gluklya
Albrecht Schnider
Stephan Balkenhol
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
LOOP Fair Barcelona
Presenting:
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Establishing Eden
Amsterdam Art Fair
Museumplein, Amsterdam
Charlotte Schleiffert
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Juul Hondius
Relics of the Real
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Art Cologne
Stephan Balkenhol
Gluklya
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
New positions
Melanie Bonajo
Displacement
Hrair Sarkissian
Andrei Roiter
Basim Magdy
Miguel Angel Rios
Meriç Algün Ringborg
Art Rotterdam
Gluklya
Stéphanie Saadé
Ulf Puder
Charlotte Schleiffert
Albrecht Schnider
Projections:
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Beyond Context
Anne Wenzel
Charlotte Schleiffert
Garden of Vigilant Clothes
Gluklya
Transversus
Ulf Puder
Attachment space:
White heart beating
Moyna Flannigan
Night Soil – Economy of Love
Melanie Bonajo
Articles in De Groene Amsterdammer en Het Parool
VOLTA 11, Basel
Cevdet Erek
Esther Tielemans
New Sculptures
Stephan Balkenhol
LOOP Fair Barcelona
Juul Hondius
Amsterdam Art Fair
Citroën garage
Janis Avotins
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Gluklya
Esther Tielemans
Turn up the silence
Esther Tielemans
Art Cologne
Cevdet Erek
Axel Hütte
Zbigniew Rogalski
Andrei Roiter
Charlotte Schleiffert
Anne Wenzel
New Positions:
Stéphanie Saadé
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
Jānis Avotiņš & Adrián Melis
ARCO Madrid
Cevdet Erek
Andrei Roiter
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Art Rotterdam
Hamza Halloubi
Moyna Flannigan
Albrecht Schnider
Anne Wenzel
Scarification
Zbigniew Rogalski
Apparitions à Soco Chico
Hamza Halloubi
Faça
Cevdet Erek
Plugin at Contemporary Istanbul
Juul Hondius
Thank You
Andrei Roiter
Article in Het Parool (Dutch)
Art International Istanbul
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Amsterdam Drawing
Roger Cremers
Gluklya
Charlotte Schleiffert
Albrecht Schnider
Passages
Sophie Calle
Hamza Halloubi
Stéphanie Saadé
Imogen Stidworthy
Review by Maria Barnas in de Groene Amsterdammer (Dutch)
Volta 10, Basel
Melanie Bonajo
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Glulya
Charlotte Schleiffert
Beyond the lines
Albrecht Schnider
Attachment space:
When I think about time…
Roger Cremers
Art Cologne
Jananne Al-Ani
Thomas Huber
Andrei Roiter
Esther Tielemans
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Miguel Angel Rios
Reality is not a place
Edwin Zwakman
Art Rotterdam
Natur(e)scape
Jananne Al-Ani
Melanie Bonajo
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Andrei Roiter
Charlotte Schleiffert
Esther Tielemans
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Miguel Angel Rios
Memory Material
Jananne Al-Ani &
Stéphanie Saadé
Curated by Nat Muller
The Sun that Never Set
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
For the press release, click here.
Damaged Goods
Anne Wenzel
Attachment Space: Esmé Valk
Read the press release (Anne Wenzel) here.
Deniz Buga & Miguel Angel Rios
Attachment Space: Miguel Angel Rios
Press release (Miguel Angel Rios)
Brilliant Punitive Raids
Juul Hondius
For the press release, click here.
Click here for an interview with Juul Hondius by Christel Vesters.
Hall
Thomas Huber
Review in NRC Handelsblad
Review in Trouw
Moyna Flannigan – The Body Stretches to the Edge
Attachment space: Zbigniew Rogalski – Eye Tracking
For the press release, click here.
Sacha
Imogen Stidworthy
Attachment Space: Andrei Roiter
For the press release, click here.
Time & Again
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Cevdet Erek
Esther Tielemans
Imogen Stidworthy
For the press release, click here.
Celebrating the importance of being playful
Esther Tielemans
For the press release, click here.
Gluklya
Wings of Migrants
solo exhibition
Float
Ronald Versloot
Studio visit
Andrei Roiter
curated by Paul Kooiker
For the press release, click here.
Review by Jan Pieter Ekker
Charlotte Schleiffert
Attachment Space: Kirsten Geisler, Maya Brush
For the press release, click here.