(Delft, 1967)
lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2003 ‘Inlet Woman and Tranformer Woman' Project Room, RAM foundation, Rotterdam, NL
2002 ‘MUMBAG! leven in de zoogdieromhelzing’, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
2002 ‘H-dressed to wooo you’, Project Room, RAM foundation, Rotterdam, NL
2000 'SOLDES SOLILOQUY SOLO #2', Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
1999 '1+1=H', Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL
1997 'SOLDES / SOLILOQUY / SOLO', Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
1995 'un cache-cache vain', Galerie Riekje Swart, Amsterdam, NL
1995 'verstrengelingen', Helmonds Gemeentemuseum, NL
1994 'Six Projects', Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (catalogue)

2003 the 2 cutdresscutphotos at 'The Seven year Itch' collection Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL
2003 work for the Portable Museum, a work by Niek Kemps at his solo in the CBK Dordrecht NL
2003 'Home Sweet Home' Stadsgalerij Heerlen, NL
2001 'SQUAT', Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, NL
2001 'White Light', installations in window cases round the Grote Markt Haarlem, NL
2000 'Exorcism, Esthetic Terrorism', Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL
2000 'Flexible III, close to the body', travelling exhibition:
2000 -Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL (catalogue)
1999 -Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Wroclaw, PL
1999 -Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichiscem Landesmuseum, Linz, A
1998 'NL', Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (catalogue)
1998 'Mutatis Mutandis', Broerskerk, Zwolle, NL (catalogue)
1998 'Stof tot nadenken', Modemuseum, Hasselt, B
1997 'TAKE OFF', Galerie Krinzinger in Benger Areal, Bregenz, A
1997 'Het eigen gezicht', Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, NL
1997 'Sous le manteau', Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, F (catalogue)
1996 'De Muze als Motor', Stichting De Pont, Tilburg, NL (catalogue)
1996 'De Negen van Touche', Centraal Museum, Utrecht (catalogue)
1996 'The one-line drawing', Parade, Amsterdam, NL & New York, USA
1996 'State of Mind', curated by Jeanne van Heeswijk, Villa Alkmaer, Rotterdam, NL
1995 'Review/Preview', Oranjerie, Rotterdam, NL
1995 'De betekenis van het tekenen', Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
1995 '4x4 keuzes' (choices), Niggendijker, Groningen, NL
1995 'uit de klere(n)', Galerie van Laethem, St. Truiden, B
1995 'Infections', Park Wolfslaar, Breda, NL
1994 'école d'éole, Institut Néerlandais, Paris, F
1994 'Ik + De Ander, reflections on humanity', Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, NL
1994 'Zoekgeraakte meesters', De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, NL
1993 'Invitaties', De Waag, Leiden, NL
1993 'Nove giovani scultori d'Amsterdam', San Giovanni Valdarno, I (catalogue)
1992 'Prix de Rome 1992', Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, NL (catalogue)

2001 nomination West Art of Now Awards
1999 namination Vordemberge-Gildewart Preis
1997 nomination Prix Nouvelles Images
1993 Touche prize
1993 selection Prix de Rome Drawing
1992 1st prize Prix de Rome Sculpture

1998 - 99 CCA-Kitakyushu, Japan
1996 Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum Den Bosch, NL
1994 Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum Den Bosch, NL
1990 - 92 Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
1989 Städelschule Frankfurt, 3 months
1986 - 90 Akademie van Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam

suggestions for further reading (* = also in english):
- Anne Berk,’BODYTALK’, Kunstbeeld nr 10, 2002
- Sandra Smallenburg, 'Arinks textiele beelden...', NRC Handelsblad, 1999
- * Wilma Sütö, in catalogue 'NL', Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1998
- Janneke Wesseling, 'Doordrenkt van vergankelijkheid', NRC Handelsblad, 1997
- Din Pieters, in catalogue 'De Muze als Motor II', Stichting De Pont, Tilburg, 1996
- * Janet Koplos, 'Art in the lowlands", Art in America, 1995
- Liorah Hoek, 'Gedachteloos voortbestaan', Tanya Rumpff /Jan Mets, Amsterdam, 1994
- Din Pieters, 'Karin Arink', Metropolis M, nr. 3, 1994
- * Elly Stegeman, in catalogue 'Six Projects', Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1994
- * Leontien Coelewij, 'Eight artists', in: catalogue 'Prix de Rome 1992; Sculpture/ Art in the open', Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, 1992

2001 Boijmans van Beuningen 'Duet for You and Me', textwork
2000 Kastalia nr. 3, "ik besta daar waar jij mij aanraakt" text + artists' pages
2000 design frontpage of Opmaat (dd 6 januari 2000) (cultural agenda op De Volkskrant), reproduced in 41x OPMAAT, published by De Volkskrant
1999 DECORUM, tijdschrift voor kunst en cultuur, no 2. Transit (artists on the move), "Ijs met de smaak van groene thee, een verslag van een Nederlandse kunstenaar in Japan" text reflecting on my one-year stay in Japan
1999 artists' pages in catalogue CCA Kitakyushu
1997 artists' pages in catalogue accompaying the exhibition Het Eigen Gezicht
1995 poems published in Surplus
1994 magazine Ik en de Ander, text/drawing
1993 Plaats, a desire for a Powerful Perception of Presence, Hooghuis, text
1992 Rome Tutti Quanti, publication stay in Rome, Rijksakademie (met E. Baerveldt, L. King, M. van der Heiden en P. Ticheler), 'Rome notities' (drawings)

2001 'Bump!' 'computergame' as interaction to 21 animations, made in collaboration with A. Clemens for Revalidatiecentrum De Vogellanden, Zwolle.
2001 Commission coached by SKOR, Amsterdam
2001 'Oasism II, a proposal for Huis ten Bosch', project by the B.a.d Foundation
2001 [research of oasism as counterpart of nomadism, B.a.d and neighbours as location]
2001 2nd in the exhibition series 'My Home is Yours, Your Home is Mine', Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, curators: Hou Janru, Jerome Sans, Mami Kataoka
2000 'Oasism I', project by the B.a.d Foundation
2000 [research of oasism as counterpart of nomadism, presentation of 10 years of receiving of guests and social exchange in B.a.d ]
2000 1st in the exhibition series 'My Home is Yours, Your Home is Mine', Samsung Museum, Seoul, Korea, curators: Hou Janru, Jerome Sans, Ahn Soyeon
2000 'Democracy!', the project 'Being There' by the B.a.d Foundation, in the Royal College of Art Galleries, London, UK
1999 'Bad Weather', openingsevent by B.a.d Enterprises, for September in Rotterdam and TENT., Witte de Withstraat, Rotterdam, NL:
1998 'Crash Landing Lisboa: It's about time', improvisation project by Meg Stuart & Co in Lisbon, P: I contributed costumes / actions / texts.
1997 'KLAM', dance / theatre piece with Arhtur Clemens, Liorah Hoek, Mio van der Lijn: I danced, co-choreographed and co-designed the costumes
1996 member of NEsTWORK, one of the artists' groups participating in Manifesta 1., Rotterdam. I contributed to the complex network of projects initiated by NEsTWORK, coordinated the 'My House : Your Home' project in the B.a.d Foundation that was centered on hospitality, and I co-composed 'Going Places': a series of multi-media evenings that focussed on experiences of place.

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