Ronald Cornelissen National Harpoon’s Animal House Year 2016 Medium Pencil, ink & watercolour on paper Dimensions 22.5 x 29.6 cm Nominated by Tom Morton, writer, curator and contributing editor of Frieze Top pick Fatos Üstek, Curator, Art Night 2017 Date and country of birth 1960, NL> About the artist Ronald Cornelissen (b. 1960, Beverwijk) lives and works in Rotterdam. Graduated from AKV St. Joost Academy, Breda (1988). Cornelissen was the recipient of the Prix Canson (2011). Select residences include Fountainhead Residency, Miami (2008); and Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao Center for Contemporary Art, Curaçao (2007). Select solo exhibitions include Waiting for Bardot, The American Gallery, Marseille (2017); Hoogvliet Mon Amour, Bernard Jordan Gallery, Paris (2016); Ground/Grond, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, Diepenheim (2015-2016); Malice the Goon & Practice the Goon in pop goes the easel, Intersections/Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2015); Solo presentation for Prix Canson, Slick Art Fair, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2011); The Horesemen’s Kitchenette (When Demons Cook), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2010); and Recent Drawings, De Hallen, Haarlem (2006). Select group exhibitions include Drawing Now Paris, Carreau du Temple, Paris (2018); Papel Papel III, Gallery Bernard Jordan, Paris (2018); Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room, London (2017); Panda Sex, State of Concept, Athens (2014); Forcefield, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE – Institut de carton, Brussels (2014); The City, the Artists and the Museum, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2013); The Traveller, TENT, Rotterdam (2012); Paysage Mental, le dessin sans dessein, Musée Eugène Le Roy, Tourcoing (2011); and Expenditure, Busan Biennale 2008, Busan (2008).