The Amsterdam based artist couple Erwin Driessens (1963 Wessem) and Maria Verstappen (1964 Someren) have worked together since 1990. After their study at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and the Rijksacademy Amsterdam, they jointly developed a multifaceted oeuvre of software, machines and objects. Their research focuses on the possibilities that physical, chemical and computer algorithms can offer for the development of image generating processes.
Driessens & Verstappen participated in numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums, they give lectures and presentations at universities, art academies, festivals and conferences in the Netherlands and abroad. In 1999 and 2001 their Tickle robot projects have been awarded first prize at LIFE, an international competition for Art & Artificial Life. Since 2001 the artists are represented by gallery VOUS ETES ICI.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2009 Het Proces, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
with Driessens & Verstappen, Remko Scha, Jochem van der Spek, P. Struycken, website Arti et Amicitiae
INSIDE, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
with a.o. Bill Vorn, Catherine Chalmers, Driessens & Verstappen, Eduardo Kac, Kathleen Rogers, Ken Goldberg, Marta de Menezes, Miguel Chevalier, Oron Catts, Philip Ross, Roman Kirschner, Stelarc, Suzanne Anker
curated by Leonel Moura, website INSIDE
CONFINES, Geography of the Border, IVAM Centre, Valencia, Spain
with a.o. R&Sie(n), Alexander Ross, Los Carpinteros, Tom Sachs, Marcos Novak, El Anatsui, Carsten Höller, Teddy Cruz, Ball-Nogue, Driessens & Verstappen, Erwin Wurm, Greg Lynn, Dinisio Gonzàles, Antony Gormley, Hussein Chalayan, Ryan McGinnes, Julie Mehretu, Julius Popp, Matthew Ritchie, Esther Stocker, Chris Woebkin
curated by Aaron Betsky
Pioneers of Change, as part of NY400, in and around eleven Officer houses at Nolan Park, Governor's Island, New York
with 2012 Architecten, Atelier NL, Maarten Baas, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum NY, Franck Bragigand, Marije Vogelzang, Herman Verkerk, Rianne Makkink and Hansje van Halem, Experimental Jetset, Pascale Gatzen, Christien Meindertsma, MVRDV and The Why Factory, Painted, Driessens & Verstappen, Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk, Parsons The New School for Design, Platform21, Marcel Schmalgemeijer, Michael Schoner, Richard Hutten, Atelier van Lieshout, Chris Kabel
curated by Renny Ramakers, website Pioneers of Change
Nature as Artifice, New Dutch Landscape in Photography and Video Art, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA / Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, USA