RESUME
Resume
Airco Caravan (New York/Amsterdam)
mail@aircocaravan.comwww.aircocaravan.com
+1 973 216 4537
Whatsapp: +31 6 28 225 227
IG: @airco_caravan, @pest_ac, @mlkjr50
FB: Maria Koning / Airco Caravan
As a conceptual artist, painter, activist and feminist, I send my message through art. I want to make people think, using artists tools like paintings, projects, installations. All kinds of resources are used, from illegal statues in public places to Chinese paintings, from silicon fetuses to my own hair. My work questions our awareness and convictions about race, religion, gender, society, and the boundaries that separate freedom and oppression. As an artist, and also as founder and curator of (fundraiser) exhibitions I try to make the world a better place.
Political issues, inequality, women's rights, human rights and crazy facts from our society are my starting point. The innocent and sometimes provocative artworks have a twist or deeper meaning, leaving the interpretation up to the viewer.
Solo exhibitions
2021 Temporal Space & Mayonnaise, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Corona Soap, OBA public library Amsterdam
2020 (Re)construct, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
2019 Toxic Fix, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
2018 I Have A Dream, Front Gallery, Amsterdam mlk50.nl
The Anti Art Fair, curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom, London UK
2016 Weapon: Other, Arti Gallery, Rokin 114, Amsterdam
The Night of the Dictatorship, De Balie, Amsterdam
Open Studios Port Morris, South Bronx, NYC
2015 Little Easter Solo show, LES, New York, NY
This Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2014 Art of What, Gemak, The Hague
The Other Side of Light, Art in Redlight, Amsterdam
2013 International Window, Arps & Co Gallery, Amsterdam
Art in Redlight Art Fair, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
Airco Caravan’s Cycling Art Gallery, The Hague and Amsterdam
Group exhibitions (selection)
March 8 - 25: group show HELL NO, opening reception March 8, 5-8 pm at What Art Can Do,
Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 4, Amsterdam, Finissage March 25, 4-6 pm.
March 20 - April 30: group show Her City, Leake Street Galleries, London (online)
March 24 - September 24: EXODUS, Buitenplaats Doornburgh
Strand for Women, New York. To show support for women and men in Iran
2022 December - September 2023 EXODUS.nu, group show, Bijbels Museum, Netherlands
Peace to the World, Kente Royal Gallery, Harlem, NYC
online: Amsterdam Museum, Corona in the City, Martin Luther King Walk, Amsterdam
And there was light by DNA, Public NFT Sale @async.market
ongoing: Monument for Martin Luther King, Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst
KlimaatExpo '22, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
Broken Telephone, @Popinnart IG
Drop Party DNA (Dutch NFT Association), OP.EN Space, Amsterdam
Made in Dolland, Art Zaanstad, Zaandam
The Guild X d'strict ARTE META, Genesis Collab, Arte Museum, Korea
Popinnart @ KunstRAI art fair, Amsterdam
Non Fungible Conference, The Guild, Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon
Standaardman, PLAY room, Zaandam
"REVIVE", Nasty Women London, Open House Hackney Wick, London
Celebração, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Let's Get Political, Studio Seine, Rotterdam
Arti Salon 2021, Amsterdam
2021 CAFAxNEAL NFT Exhibition, The Guild, Beijing
Thinking Inside The Box, The Guild, Unifty.gallery
Art The Hague Online, digital art fair
50-50 Lady Justice, PLAYroom, Zaandam
IJsselbiënnale, Hoe=Het nu 2021, Het Kunstgemaal,Bronkhorst
Art The Hague, Black & White Crossover, Den Haag
Hurray, Summer keeps coming, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Popinnart @ Museum Quarter, Amsterdam
ZomerSalon Royaal, group show, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
Corona Soap, OBA public library Amsterdam
...IK U OOK, Monument for Martin Luther King, Het Kunstgemaal,Bronkhorst
Selma Remembrance Walk Amsterdam 2021 - 54 miles walk, www.mlk50.nl
Popinnart, Art The Hague Online
Tegenbeeld (questioning colonial statue of President Steyn), Kunstenlab, Deventer
Love for Sale, fundraiser auction to save W139, Amsterdam
Artist Support Pledge Live, De Balie, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2020 Book launch & popup exhibition Popinnart (cancelled due to lockdown)
Black Lives Matter: Black resistance and emancipation, Public Library Amsterdam OBA, Amsterdam
Summer Salon, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
H/ART, OurDomain, Amsterdam South East
ZomerSalon Royaal, CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam
Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Drive by Art Gallery, Flappers Comedy Club & Restaurant, Burbank, LA
Selma Remembrance Walk Amsterdam 2020 - 54 miles walk, www.mlk50.nl
Amsterdam Museum, Selma Remembrance Walk, MLK statue, Amsterdam
CBK Zuidoost, Martin Luther King Vijfdaagse, Amsterdam
The Intersection, W+K Amsterdam
New Acquisitions, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
January 15, 2020: Placing bronze Martin Luther King statue in MLK Park, Amsterdam
The world problem & other inconveniences, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2019 Nasty Women / #teamFemke, fundraiser exhibition, De Balie, Amsterdam
Ode aan de Art-o-maat, Galerie Oosterbosch, Amsterdam
Salon 2019, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Ongoing - I have a Dream, Merten's Frames, Amsterdam
Art The Hague, Popinnart, The Hague
Art 'n Society, Arti, Amsterdam
5 jaar Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst, Netherlands
Great Artists Steal, Popinnart, Amsterdam
Nasty Women Portugal, Lisbon
2018 Kerst Sale!!! WG Kunst, Amsterdam
Arti Salon, Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 112, Amsterdam
Popinnart, Middenweg 20, Amsterdam
Embassy of Art, Sperwerlaan 23, Amsterdam
Nasty Women Exhibit, Memphis TN, USA
Made in China, visit of the Dalai Lama, Ahoy Rotterdam
Gemeen-Goed, Abcoude
Pay Attention Please! Public Art. Amsterdam
Finalist JKBK-Prize 2018, Tilburg, Netherlands
Colorful City / Summer Show, Arti Amsterdam
I have a Dream - Center of Visual Arts, CBK Amsterdam
Nasty Women Portugal, Lisbon
Anus#4, De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam
KunstRAI, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Nasty Women Empowerment, Creative Debuts, London UK
Northern Arizona Nasty Women, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
2017 Arti Salon 2017, Amsterdam
Excessive Frugality, ODETTA, New York NY
International Nasty Women Conference, Newcastle UK
Ways of Seeing, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Art for Animals' Sake, art-for-animals-sake.com, Amsterdam
Artists in Diemen, Venduhuis De Eland en de Zon, Diemen, Netherlands
IJsselbiënnale, Koelhuis Zutphen, Netherlands
Single Fare 4, New York, NY
Creative Debuts, Nasty Women London, UK
Nasty Women Mexico, Museum of memory and tolerance, CDMX
SummerShow Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam
Nasty Women Tucson, Borderlands Brewing Company, Tucson AZ
NAZ Nasty Women, The Hive, Flagstaff, AZ
Nasty Women Newcastle, Byker Community Centre, UK
Nasty Women Amsterdam, Josilda da Conceição Gallery, Amsterdam
Nasty Women Flensburg, Aktivitätshuset,
Nasty Women Exhibition, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix AZ
NW Las Cruces NM, Portland OR, Omaha NE, Kingston RI, Durham NC, Lancaster CA,
Phoenix AZ, Nashville TN, San Diego CA, Memphis TN, Charleston SC, USA
Nasty Women Everywhere, Melbourne, Australia
Nasty Women DreamWeek, AP Art Lab, San Antonio TX
Nasty Women Exhibition, Picture Perfect Gallery, Lancaster CA
Nasty Women Art Exhibition, Knockdown Center, Queens, New York
Exhibition Robinson, Nasty Alice Gallery, Eindhoven
2016 Arti Salon works 2016, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Vasco del Arte, Shamrock House, Abcoude
The Survivors, City Hall, The Hague Peace Projects
VAN GOGH MINI’S, 80 artists, 80 show boxes, MOTI Museum, Breda
Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York
Josilda da Conceicao Gallery - with Roos van Dijk, Daniel Mullen, Elly Sloep, Amsterdam
Art Rotterdam, cameo with Benjamin Li, Van Kranendonk Gallery The Hague
We Like Art, Multi Solo Size Matters, Tetem kunstruimte, Enschede
2015 Jalously Curated, Voltage Coffee and Art, Cambridge MA USA
The Greenhouse Effect, Wunderkammer, Amsterdam
Nieuwe Leden Tentoonstelling, (new members show) Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
M2Kunst #6, 37PK, Haarlem (with Rutger van der Tas and Edith Meijering)
NEON, Galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven
Art Zaanstad Art Fair, Zaandam
Show what you want Show, Bart Invites, Platvorm Platform, Amsterdam
Torenkamerfestival, Amsterdam
Hangen doe je toch (You will hang anyway), Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
KunstRAI, Amsterdam, Galerie Nasty Alice
Social Peek Show, Beerenberg Gallery, Druten
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Nasty Alice
2014 Dag van de Beeldverzamelaar (Day of the Image Collector), MOTI Museum, Breda
Still Life, Media Café, VondelCS, Amsterdam
Chinese Whispers, Galerie Nasty Alice, Eindhoven
Chinese Whispers, Karin Janssen Porject Space, London
Villa Mondriaan, with Benjamin Li's Te Koop (For Sale), Winterswijk
Freedom, Serre, Amsterdam
Brooklyn Hotel, Amsterdam: Crime Scenes
Boeddha in de Linie, Kunstfort Asperen, Acquoy
>> Watch the documentary, broadcasted on National TV (Dutch only)
Bison Caravan, Tierrrafino, Amsterdam
Au Naturel, Astoria, USA
Realisme Art Fair, Galerie de Vis, Amsterdam
2013 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, New York
Vienna Showcase, MOYA (Museum of Young Art) Vienna, Austria
Made in China, CNCPT13 Gallery, Amsterdam
TOON-Amsterdam Gallery, Amsterdam
Student Concours 2013, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York
2011 Art After Advertising, Kunstliefde Utrecht, Netherlands
Artists Home & Abroad The Broadway Gallery, New York
Student Concours 2011 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York
2009 Bristol Museum, illegal participation in Bansky show, Great Britain
Design Festa Vol.30, Tokyo
2007 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Monkdogz Urban Art International Artists, New York
Mini exhibition Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006 Happy Poodle before Laser 3.14 came along - street art, Amsterdam
Hype Gallery, Amsterdam
2005 Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo
MK24 Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Collections
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, LA, USA
Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, USA
The Riverside Church, New York, USA
Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Museum van Loon, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Museum of World Cultures, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
OBA Public Library Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Education
2011-18 Art Students League, New York
2006 MK24 screen printing, Amsterdam
1988 HKU, Bachelor of Art, Academy of Arts, Utrecht, Netherlands
Grants/Awards/other
2023 Co-founder art collective Art Allies
Speaker at Symposium Sexual ethics and lived experience: empowering sexual futures,
Newcastle University, UK
2022 Semi-finalist Vote for Abortion Rights exhibition billboards in 12 States of the US
Curator & organizer Popinnart booth at KunstRAI art fair
2020 Illegally placed Martin Luther King statue officially unveiled, MLK Park Amsterdam
Nominated for Key pieces in public space, sleutelwerken.nl
Member of Advisory Board Popinnart Foundation
2019 Co-founder & curator Nasty Women / #teamFemke Art Exhibition & Fundraiser
Organiser & concept Popinnart booth at Art The Hague
Board member Popinnart art collective foundation (until end of 2022)
PR & Marketing team Popinnart group show Great Artists Steal
2018 Guest teacher on portraiture, project Made in China in Haarlem
Co-founder Front Gallery, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
184 artists from 27 countries, 240 artworks ($17,000 raised),
more info: nastywomenamsterdam.org
2015 Artist in Residence Opium op 4 De Torenkamer
Curator of group show The Greenhouse Effect, Amsterdam
2014 First prize 'The Other Side of Light'
Selected in AVROTROS Still Life Contest
Member of Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
Artist in Residence, Boeddha in de Linie, Culemborg
Selected in Au Naturel International Exhibition
Team member Art in Redlight
2013 Selected in Chelsea International Fine Art Competition
2012 First Prize HEMA competition (Netherlands)
Bibliography/press (selection)
Newspaper Het Parool, op-ed on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and MLK Day
2022 kM Magazine (kunstenaarsmateriaal) #124 Cross-over, interview by Cornel Bierens,
MAX 4 French Module, Die Keure, illustrated with 9 paintings, Belgium (page 14-15)
National Newspaper De Volkskrant, A Basquiat or a real bad fake? Oct 7, 2022
Newspaper ZUID, weekkrant voor Amsterdam-Zuid, Selma Remembrance Walk
Amsterdamkalender 2022, March 21, Martin Luther King Vijfdaagse
2021 A shower head, sausages and activistic mayonnaise, newspaper Het Parool, Sept 2021
Appropriatie, over Kawara, Sturtevant en Airco Caravan (Dutch), Hans Gieles, Amsterdam, 2021
De Nieuwe Magazine, issue 45, theme Identity, article 'SKINTONE' (page 12-13)
Newspaper ZUID, weekkrant voor Amsterdam-Zuid, MLK statue (issue January 2021, page 24)
Amsterdamkalender 2021, January 15, bronze statue Martin Luther King
Sleutelwerken.nl Monument for Martin Luther King
2020 Newspaper Het Parool, column by Patrick Meershoek on Reveiling Martin Luther King statue
Pandemonium, interview underground radio Patapoe, unveiling of the MLK statue (dutch)
Trouw, national newspaper, interview on the (il)legal Martin Luther King statue
Newspaper Het Parool, unveiling of the Martin Luther King statue in MLK Park Amsterdam
AT5 broadcasting company: unveiling of the Martin Luther King statue in MLK Park Amsterdam
Boeddhistisch Dagblad, unveiling of (il)legal statue of Martin Luther King
De Kanttekening illegaal standbeeld Martin Luther King mag tóch blijven
Nu.nl illegally placed statue can stay in Amsterdam South
Trouw, national newspaper, interview on #BLM and the mayor of Amsterdam June 6, 2020
NH Radio, Lunchroom, report on artists during corona crisis by Robert Jan de Boer
Stampa #13, art talk show, corona edition live stream, interview MLK 5-days May 20, 2020
Gallery Viewer, curator online art collection, Female Artists with a Message, april 2020
If then is now, Martin Luther King in the MLK Park (Dutch)
NH Radio, news on cancellation of the Selma Remembrance Walk Amsterdam, due to covid-19
Atlas Obscura,bronze MLK statue was placed in the park without permission.
Vredes Magazine (Peace Magazine), year 13, number 2, bronze MLK statue
KCUR 89.3 What Kansas City can learn from Dakar, Amsterdam and Memphis, Kansas City
Deleted from the chapter 'fraught heritage'by Edo Dijksterhuis, due to the MLK statue
NH Radio, the bronze statue of Martin Luther King b y Stephan Roest
Het Parool Newspaper: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in South without permission"
AT5 Broadcast: "Artist places statue of martin Luther King in park without permission"
AD.nl Newspaper: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in South without permission"
De Kanttekening: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in Amsterdam without permission"
Nu.nl: News website; "Artist places statue of martin Luther King in park
De Standaard, Belgian Newspaper: "An illegal statue for Martin Luther King"
Atlas Obscura, Martin Luther King statue, February, 2020
2019 Medialogica, documentary about silicon fetuses (Dutch)
AT 5 Broadcast Nasty Women/#teamFemke fundraiser exhibtion
Props, interview on feminism and Nasty Women
Het Parool Newspaper: Nasty Women / #teamFemke
Debat program ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss’ at De Balie, Asmterdam
Feministische Beldate interview, TheTittyMag
Popinnart at Art The Hague, blog
Stampa #11, art talk show, the pony tail that got lost in the mail (32:01” - 33:35)
National Newspaper NRC, Allahu Akbar... Oh My God, by Joyce Roodnat
Kent Haruf - Bendición, Literatura Random House, cover illustration
Het Parool, Monument for Martin Luther King, April 4, 2019
deBonjo, Newspaper for (ex-)prisoners, Toxic Fix2018 Marbella Marbella - Adelante!, a safe haven of arts and culture by Walter van Teeffelen
De Groene Amsterdammer, Pay Attention Please! (MLK50), by Stephan Sanders
National Newspaper NRC, War rug Coffee Time, by Joyce RoodnatLocal Newspaper De Echo, Monument for Martin Luther King
Local Newspaper De Echo, Nasty Women Int'l Art Prize
Ontroerend Goed, Van kunst kijken naar kunst kopen, Manuela Klerx & Oscar van Gelderen
Anus#4 Zine by Gabriel Kousbroek & Martyn Overwheel
Local Newspaper De Echo, Monument for Martin Luther King
National Newspaper Het Parool, Monument for martin Luther King
National Radio 1, EenVandaag, Monument for Martin Luther King
TV - Omroep Brabant, Monument for Martin Luther King
Newspaper Brabants Dagblad, Monument for Martin Luther King
National TV, EenVandaag, SheDecides & Nasty Women Amsterdam
2017 Vice / The Creator's Project, Nasty Women Amsterdam
National Newspaper Het Parool, Nasty Women Amsterdam
National Newspaper Metro, Nasty Women Amsterdam
Local Amsterdam newspaper De Echo, Nasty Women Amsterdam
Reuters int'l television, Nasty Women Amsterdam, broadcasted around the world
Russian State Television (never broadcasted)
Metro UK, Nasty Women Amsterdam
National Newspaper AD, Nasty Women Amsterdam
Cosmopolitan, Nsasty Women Amsterdam
Opzij, feminist magazine, Nasty Women Amsterdam
nastional Radio BNR News radio, Nasty Women Amsterdam
2016 deBonjo, Newspaper for (ex-)prisoners, Weapon: Other
De Kunstenaar Uitgelicht (Artist in the Spotlight), interview, Arti et Amicitiae
Art blog The Creators Project, Weapon: Other
Salto Amsterdam Radio City FM, interview Weapon: Other
National Newspaper Metro, Weapon: Other
National Newspaper Het Parool, Weapon: Other
National Newspaper de Volkskrant: Van Gogh Minis in MOTI Museum
Jegens & Tevens, art blog, Netherlands, The Survivors
De Gele Krant (the yellow newspaper), special edition on Van Gogh Minis
Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
Kolibri International Art Calendar
2015 National radio: interview on Opium op 4
Lotje & Co Magazine
Newspaper Haarlems Dagblad
Newspaper De Maas&Waler
Dag van de Beeldverzamelaar (Day of the Image Collector), MOTI Museum, Breda
Yen Magazine, Australia
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York
Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
2014 Newspaper Het Parool: exhibition Art in Redlight
Newspapers Gooi- en Eemlander, 100,000,000 Deaths and Counting
Newspaper Haagse Courant, 100,000,000 Deaths and Counting
Newspaper IJmuider Courant, 100,000,000 Deaths and Counting
Newspapers Noord Hollands Dagblad 100,000,000 Deaths and Counting
Newspaper Leids Dagblad 100,000,000 Deaths and Counting
Lost-Painters.nl, Villanextdoor.nl
Thejealouscurator.com on the Crime Scene series
itsnicethat.com on the Crime Scene series
Overuit.nl on Chinese Whispers
Wsimag.com on Chinese Whispers
Newspapers East End review, London, Chinese Whispers
Hackney Citizen review, London, Chinese Whispers
National tv: Documentary Boeddha in de Linie, NPO2
>> Watch the documentary, broadcasted on National TV (Dutch only)
National radio: Boeddha in de Linie, Radio 5
Newspaper Boeddhistisch Dagblad, several articles throughout the year
Article in Tibet.nu (Made in China)
Den Haag FM, Kunstblog, Villalarepubblica.nl on Art of What
Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
2013 National Newspaper Het Parool: project Made in China
Newspaper De Echo, Amsterdam: Window Dressing
National Newspaper Het Parool: Grote Amsterdamse Kunstkalender
National newspaper The Volkskrant: project Made in China
National newspaper Trouw: Made in China
Newspaper Haarlems Dagblad
Newspaper De Stantor: Made in China
Newspaper Boeddhistisch Dagblad
Radio: NTR Radio, national radio, Netherlands
TV: Reuters, broadcasted internationally.
Many websites and blogs posted items on Made in China
ARTisSpectrum Vol. 29, May 2013
Window Dressing, photobook
Websites, amongst others: Online Galerij, Boeddhistisch Dagblad, Art in Redligt, Eyespired
2007 Review in ARTisSpectrum, New York
I’m Home Design magazine (Japan)
TV show Homes by Design (HGTV, Bravo, Life Network)