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 ExpenditureBusan Biennale 2008, Busan (2008).