Mitsy Groenendijk

1952,Purmerend ,The NetherlandsLives and works in AmsterdamWith her monkey sculptures, Mitsy Groenendijk gives a voice to the animal Other and elaborates a discourse on humanitys fate and theirs. By performing caricatured versions of human role models, her pet-size monkeys seem to as much take revenge on us as to make us aware of how much we mimic ourselves and others in order to be. By disclosing the importance of repetition as key to the maintenance of the status quo, Mitsys sculptures stimulates the viewer to challenge his or her thinking habits.

MITSY GROENENDIJK
Lives and works in Amsterdam


Academie van beeldende kunsten, The Hague, The Netherlands

MITSY GROENENDIJK
Lives and works in Amsterdam


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Villa de Bank, Monkeys in the Bank, Enschede , The Netherlands
2013 Tylers Museum ,The missing link, with Kennis & Kennis , Haarlem ,The Netherlands
2012/2013 Thomas open , Amsterdam The Netherlands
2010/2011 Witzenhausen Gallery , New York , U.S.A
2009 Together ,(with Anya janssen) Willem 3 , Vlissingen, The Netherlands
2009 Ready, Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2008 Time is on my side , Witzenhausen Gallery , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Just Another Day , Majke Hüsstege Gallery, den Bosch , The Netherlands
2005 Wicked Messenger , Emmanuel Walderdorff Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2004 Witzenhausen Gallery , Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2004 People see-People do, WA#K, Center for Contemporary Art, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
2003 Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Huis, Beeckestijn ,Velzen , The Netherlands

2016 The Big Draw ,Tekenkabinet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Guirnalda de la Vida, participation in the installation of Colien Langerwerf , Mexico City , Mexico
2016 Guirnaldas de la Vida, participation in the installation of Colien langerwerf...