24 November 2023 - 13 January 2024
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.
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13 October 2023 - 18 November 2023
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.
Press release
Persbericht
28 September 2023 - 1 October 2023
Around Video | Art Fair
We proudly present the video work Rolling Mountains Dream by
Lungiswa Gqunta.
Hotel Moxy, Brussels
4 June 2023 - 4 June 2023
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.
2 June 2023 - 7 October 2023
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.
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20 May 2023 - 20 May 2023
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
20 April 2023 - 23 April 2023
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.
14 April 2023 - 20 May 2023
rooted
Marie-claire Messouma Manlanbien
Odonchimeg Davaadorj
Nona Inescu
Clarinde Wesselink
Press release
Persbericht
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8 February 2023 - 12 February 2023
Art Rotterdam
Main Section
Andrei Roiter
Molly Palmer
Ruby Swinney
Stephan Balkenhol
Lungiswa Gqunta
Anne Wenzel
Zbigniew Rogalski
Projections
Lungiswa Gqunta
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28 January 2023 - 8 April 2023
Take Your Time
Cevdet Erek
Molly Palmer
Stéphanie Saadé
Andrei Roiter
Zbigniew Rogalski
Press release
Persbericht
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17 November 2021 - 21 November 2021
Art Cologne
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Anne Wenzel
Ruby Swinney
Gluklya
Stephan Balkenhol
5 November 2021 - 24 December 2021
Roger Cremers | Sleeping Windows
& Juul Hondius | To Unveil a Star
Persbericht
Press release
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16 September 2021 - 19 September 2021
Unseen
Westergasfabriek Amsterdam
Lungiswa Gqunta
Melanie Bonajo
Inge Meijer
Edwin Zwakman
3 September 2021 - 30 October 2021
Inge Meijer
Nothing is Something to be Seen
Press release
Persbericht
Tour through the exhibition
30 June 2021 - 4 July 2021
Art Rotterdam 2021
Van Nelle fabriek
Sarah Naqvi
Jaap van den Ende
Anne Wenzel
Ruby Swinney
Andrei Roiter
Lungiswa Gqunta
12 June 2021 - 17 July 2021
Anne Wenzel & Moyna Flannigan
Shifting Realities
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Amsterdam Art Weekend
17 – 27 June, 2021
Book Launch Anne Wenzel – The Bacon Project
Saturday 26 June, 2 – 4 pm
24 April 2021 - 5 June 2021
Ruby Swinney
The Distance Between Us
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19 February 2021 - 17 April 2021
Ulf Puder
FLOATING SCENES
Edwin Zwakman
At Night I See the Future
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25 November 2020 - 24 December 2020
In Addition to Everything Real
Molly Palmer
Inge Meijer
Thomas Huber
Ruby Swinney
Press release
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Amsterdam Art Galllery Weekend
25 November – 29 November, 2020
15 November 2020 - 17 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.
10 October 2020 - 21 November 2020
Stéphanie Saadé
Sleeping Under the Shadow of an Unknown Tree
solo exhibition
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2 October 2020 - 4 October 2020
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.
5 September 2020 - 3 October 2020
Jaap van den Ende
een rationele benadering / a rational approach
solo exhibition
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6 June 2020 - 30 August 2020
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.
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29 February 2020 - 30 May 2020
Andrei Roiter
solo exhibition
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6 February 2020 - 9 February 2020
Art Rotterdam
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Charlotte Schleiffert
Projections: Melanie Bonajo, TouchMETell
(Photo: Michel Claus)
11 January 2020 - 22 February 2020
Theo Jansen
solo exhibition
Press release
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Review in het Parool.
21 December 2019 - 21 December 2019
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
21 November 2019 - 24 November 2019
Amsterdam Art Weekend
Heroines Now
Melanie Bonajo
Anne Wenzel
Gluklya (Natalia Pershina-Yakimanskaya)
Sarah Naqvi
Lungiswa Gqunta
Conversation moderated by Mirjam Westen.
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2 November 2019 - 21 December 2019
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.
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20 September 2019 - 22 September 2019
Unseen
Melanie Bonajo
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Inge Meijer
Edwin Zwakman
Press release
7 September 2019 - 26 October 2019
Margit Lukács & Persijn Broersen
All, or Nothing At All
solo exhibition
Press release
Review in Het Parool.
3 May 2019 - 13 July 2019
What can a Dot Become?
Curated by Stéphanie Saadé
Charbel-joseph H.Boutros
Ismaïl Bahri
Sirine Fattouh
Stéphanie Saadé
Lei Saito
Vincent Verhoef
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11 April 2019 - 14 April 2019
Art Cologne
Vernissage Wednesday 10 April, 2019 (16 – 20h)
Presenting
Stéphanie Saadé
Edwin Zwakman
Anne Wenzel
Gluklya
Stephan Balkenhol
Andrei Roiter
23 March 2019 - 27 April 2019
Lubricated Language
Ali Kazma
Anne Wenzel
Mire Lee
Petra Morenzi
Miguel Angel Rios
Press release
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Review in het Parool
6 February 2019 - 10 February 2019
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)
18 January 2019 - 9 March 2019
Winterreise
Ali Kazma
Edwin Zwakman
Andrei Roiter
Axel Hütte
Cevdet Erek
Press release
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16 November 2018 - 18 November 2018
Art Düsseldorf
Stephan Balkenhol
Moyna Flannigan
Stéphanie Saadé
Andrei Roiter
Presented works.
3 November 2018 - 22 December 2018
Let’s Talk About Nature
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Inge Meijer
Melanie Bonajo
Ruby Swinney
Amsterdam Art Weekend
22 – 25 November, 2018
Press release
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Review in het Parool.
Artist talk moderated by Nat Muller
8 September 2018 - 27 October 2018
Anne Wenzel
I can’t believe I still have to protest this shit
solo exhibition
Press release
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26 May 2018 - 14 July 2018
Stephan Balkenhol
solo exhibition
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19 April 2018 - 22 April 2018
Art Cologne
Axel Hütte
Albrecht Schnider
Melanie Bonajo
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Stephan Balkenhol
Thomas Huber
Leylâ Gediz
Andrei Roiter
14 April 2018 - 19 May 2018
Inge Meijer
Companion
Persbericht
Tour through the exhibition.
10 March 2018 - 7 April 2018
Charlotte Schleiffert
Around the World in 6000 Days
solo exhibition
Press release.
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8 February 2018 - 11 February 2018
Art Rotterdam
Projections:
Ali Kazma
Main section:
Anne Wenzel
Leylâ Gediz
Melanie Bonajo
Ali Kazma
Moyna Flannigan
Charlotte Schleiffert
27 January 2018 - 3 March 2018
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.
25 November 2016 - 21 January 2017
The Leaf Once Pilgrim
Stéphanie Saadé
curated by Chiara Ianaselli
Press release
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Review of the exhibition in Het Parool (Dutch)
4 November 2016 - 6 November 2016
Artissima
Oval, Torino, IT
Present Future
curated by Hichram Khalidi
Presenting: Gluklya
3 November 2016 - 6 November 2016
Contemporary Istanbul
Istanbul Congress Centre, Istanbul, TR
Presenting: Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
15 October 2016 - 19 November 2016
Like it was in the beginning / a rational approach // een rationele benadering
Jaap van den Ende
Press release
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3 September 2016 - 8 October 2016
Counterpoint
curated by Roger Cremers
Roger Cremers
Mark Aerial Waller
Runa Islam
Press release
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13 June 2016 - 18 June 2016
Volta 12, Basel
Gluklya
Albrecht Schnider
Stephan Balkenhol
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
2 June 2016 - 4 June 2016
LOOP Fair Barcelona
Presenting:
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Establishing Eden
25 May 2016 - 29 May 2016
Amsterdam Art Fair
Museumplein, Amsterdam
Charlotte Schleiffert
Melanie Bonajo
Andrei Roiter
Juul Hondius
30 April 2016 - 9 July 2016
Relics of the Real
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Press release
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13 April 2016 - 17 April 2016
Art Cologne
Stephan Balkenhol
Gluklya
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
New positions
Melanie Bonajo
12 March 2016 - 23 April 2016
Displacement
Hrair Sarkissian
Andrei Roiter
Basim Magdy
Miguel Angel Rios
Meriç Algün Ringborg
Press release
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11 February 2016 - 14 February 2016
Art Rotterdam
Gluklya
Stéphanie Saadé
Ulf Puder
Charlotte Schleiffert
Albrecht Schnider
Projections:
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
23 January 2016 - 5 March 2016
Beyond Context
Anne Wenzel
Charlotte Schleiffert
Press release
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26 November 2015 - 16 January 2016
Garden of Vigilant Clothes
Gluklya
Press release
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24 October 2015 - 21 November 2015
Transversus
Ulf Puder
Attachment space:
White heart beating
Moyna Flannigan
Press release
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12 September 2015 - 17 October 2015
Night Soil – Economy of Love
Melanie Bonajo
Press release
Articles in De Groene Amsterdammer en Het Parool
5 June 2015 - 20 June 2015
VOLTA 11, Basel
Cevdet Erek
Esther Tielemans
30 May 2015 - 11 July 2015
New Sculptures
Stephan Balkenhol
Press release
Tour through the exhibition
Article Beelden Magazine (Dutch)
28 May 2015 - 6 June 2015
LOOP Fair Barcelona
Juul Hondius
27 May 2015 - 31 May 2015
Amsterdam Art Fair
Citroën garage
Janis Avotins
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Gluklya
Esther Tielemans
2 May 2015 - 27 May 2015
Turn up the silence
Esther Tielemans
Press release
16 April 2015 - 19 April 2015
Art Cologne
Cevdet Erek
Axel Hütte
Zbigniew Rogalski
Andrei Roiter
Charlotte Schleiffert
Anne Wenzel
New Positions:
Stéphanie Saadé
14 March 2015 - 18 April 2015
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More
Jānis Avotiņš & Adrián Melis
Press release
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25 February 2015 - 1 March 2015
ARCO Madrid
Cevdet Erek
Andrei Roiter
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
5 February 2015 - 8 February 2015
Art Rotterdam
Hamza Halloubi
Moyna Flannigan
Albrecht Schnider
Anne Wenzel
31 January 2015 - 7 March 2015
Scarification
Zbigniew Rogalski
Apparitions à Soco Chico
Hamza Halloubi
Press release
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27 November 2014 - 24 January 2015
Faça
Cevdet Erek
Tour through the exhibition
13 November 2014 - 16 November 2014
Plugin at Contemporary Istanbul
Juul Hondius
24 October 2014 - 22 November 2014
Thank You
Andrei Roiter
Press release
An overview of the exhibition
Article in Het Parool (Dutch)
26 September 2014 - 28 September 2014
Art International Istanbul
Andrei Roiter
Stéphanie Saadé
18 September 2014 - 21 September 2014
Amsterdam Drawing
Roger Cremers
Gluklya
Charlotte Schleiffert
Albrecht Schnider
6 September 2014 - 10 October 2014
Passages
Sophie Calle
Hamza Halloubi
Stéphanie Saadé
Imogen Stidworthy
Tour through the exhibition
Press release
Review by Maria Barnas in de Groene Amsterdammer (Dutch)
16 June 2014 - 21 June 2014
Volta 10, Basel
Melanie Bonajo
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
31 May 2014 - 12 July 2014
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Glulya
Charlotte Schleiffert
25 April 2014 - 24 May 2014
Beyond the lines
Albrecht Schnider
Press release
Attachment space:
When I think about time…
Roger Cremers
Press release
Tour through the exhibition
9 April 2014 - 13 April 2014
Art Cologne
Jananne Al-Ani
Thomas Huber
Andrei Roiter
Esther Tielemans
Anne Wenzel
Edwin Zwakman
Miguel Angel Rios
1 March 2014 - 19 April 2014
Reality is not a place
Edwin Zwakman
Press release
Tour through the exhibition
6 February 2014 - 9 February 2014
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
18 January 2014 - 22 February 2014
Memory Material
Jananne Al-Ani &
Stéphanie Saadé
Curated by Nat Muller
23 November 2013 - 21 December 2013
The Sun that Never Set
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
For the press release, click here.
12 October 2013 - 16 November 2013
Damaged Goods
Anne Wenzel
Attachment Space: Esmé Valk
Read the press release (Anne Wenzel) here.
7 September 2013 - 5 October 2013
Deniz Buga & Miguel Angel Rios
Attachment Space: Miguel Angel Rios
Press release (Miguel Angel Rios)
25 May 2013 - 29 June 2013
Brilliant Punitive Raids
Juul Hondius
For the press release, click here.
Click here for an interview with Juul Hondius by Christel Vesters.
6 April 2013 - 18 May 2013
Hall
Thomas Huber
Press Release
Review in NRC Handelsblad
Review in Trouw
23 February 2013 - 30 March 2019
Moyna Flannigan – The Body Stretches to the Edge
Attachment space: Zbigniew Rogalski – Eye Tracking
For the press release, click here.
19 January 2013 - 16 February 2013
Sacha
Imogen Stidworthy
Attachment Space: Andrei Roiter
For the press release, click here.
29 November 2012 - 22 December 2012
Time & Again
Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács
Cevdet Erek
Esther Tielemans
Imogen Stidworthy
For the press release, click here.
20 October 2012 - 24 November 2012
Celebrating the importance of being playful
Esther Tielemans
For the press release, click here.
9 September 2012 - 13 October 2012
Gluklya
Wings of Migrants
solo exhibition
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5 May 2012 - 16 June 2012
Float
Ronald Versloot
31 March 2012 - 28 April 2012
Studio visit
Andrei Roiter
curated by Paul Kooiker
For the press release, click here.
Review by Jan Pieter Ekker
14 January 2012 - 18 February 2012
Charlotte Schleiffert
Attachment Space: Kirsten Geisler, Maya Brush
For the press release, click here.