Aquil Copier. Dutch painter based in Amsterdam. © 2014

AQUIL COPIER

All content © Aquil Copier 2023. Supported by Mondriaan Fonds.

BORN 1973, AMSTERDAM (NL)
LIVES AND WORKS IN AMSTERDAM

Education
1999-2004 BFA at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, dep. Painting and drawing
2003 Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan

Represented
Brenda Taylor Gallery, Boston USA

Grands and Awards
2021 Projectsubsidie. Mondriaan Fonds
2013 Ontwikkelsubsidie. Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunsten
2013 Basissubsidie. Mondriaan Fonds
2009 Basissubsidie. Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst
2007 Nominated: Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst / Royal Painting Prize
2005 Nominated: Royal Painting Prize 2005 / Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst
2003 Erasmus grant

Commissions / additional activities
2023 Artist in Residence. Reflector Gallery. Serbia
2021 Technical Advisor Old Holland Colours BV
2020 Two days online seminar about paint for students of HKU Art academy of Utrecht
2020 Painting classes to different level painters
2020 Founder of Copieright Paintlab. Courses about technical aspects of paint, binders and pigments
2020 Founder of PUNCH! The smallest (temporary) exhibition space in Amsterdam
2019 Lecture Bcademie Rotterdam
2014/2018 Several lectures (International) about paint and technical application for Royal Talens
2015 Member of Werkveld Advies Raad at FMI Masters (Frank Mohr International Masters)
2015 Zonder Pardon, projectweek for students at Academie Minerva
2015 Serie of screenprints, Studio Onvervalst, Haarlem
2015 Workshop ArtBruut, Amsterdam
2014/2018 Technical Advisor Royal Talens
2014 Member of W139 artist group to form future exhibition program
2014 Guest tutor at FMI Masters (Frank Mohr International Masters)
2014 Tutor at Vrije Academie Nunspeet
2013 Guest tutor at Frank Mohr Institute
2013 Jury for Minerva Academy Awards
2012 Imagine 2012. Ricoh / CBK Den Bosch
2010 Betekenen. Signe, Heerlen. Participation in the installation of Iva Gueorguieva
2009 Painting as multiple. Regioplan, Amsterdam, September
2009 Publishing first issue of pamphlet on painting PRESENTeert
2009 Assistant of Gijs Frieling in a project of Gijs Frieling and William Speakman, Utrecht
2007 Colored, W139, Amsterdam. Assistant of Rob Birza
2006 Mercury in Retrograde, De Appel, Amsterdam. Assistant of Aurélien Froment

Exhibitions (selection)
2025 No Title yet. Pictura. Dordrecht
2025 Alles in de wind II, DAK Utrecht
2024 Kolonie Wedding. InteriorDaSein icw Kunstruimte 411. Berlijn
2024 Reclaim Reality. Rosalux icw Kunstruimte 411, Berlijn
2024 Herbstspaziergang. Galerie Toolbox icw Kunstruimte 411, Berlijn
2024 SoloAquil. Punch Exhibition Space. Haarlem
2024 Over de Brug en Terug groupshow. Punch Exhibition Space. Haarlem
2023 From Amsterdam with Love. Reflector Gallery. Uzice. Serbia
2023 Age of Renewal #7. Reflector Gallery. Uzice. Serbia
2023 Blue and Yellow don't make Green. De Bouwput. Amsterdam
2023 Sediments of Sentiments. Kunstplatform De Apotheek. Amsterdam
2022 A Joy Forever. Luycks Gallery. Tilburg
2022 The Sound of the Sun Going Down, Lípa Art Collection, Galerie Luxfer. Ceska Skalice. Czech Republic.
2022 WYSIWYS. Galerie Luycks, Tilburg (duo with Paul van Rijswijk)
2021 Fifty-Fifty Vrouwe Justitia. PlayRoom Zaandam (duo with Debbie Voerman)
2021 Symbolic Universes. B93. Enschede (duo with Sanne Bax)
2021 Small Talk, Big Ambition. Upscale galerie. Rotterdam
2021 Love for Sale: Alles moet weg? Dead Darlings at W139. Amsterdam
2020 A Joy Forever. Luycks Gallery. Tilburg
2020 Stubenhocker. Galerie Roy, Zülpich (Germany)
2020 Royal drippings. Luycks Gallery. Tilburg
2020 Airborne. Exit11 Contemporary Art Gallery. Grand-Leez / Brussels (Belgium)
2020 Artists in the world. M_M_Artspace. Amsterdam
2020 Hectobar 5.0. Punch Exhibition Space. Amsterdam
2020 Never be the same. Punch Exhibition Space. Amsterdam (solo)
2019 Ampersands. W139. Amsterdam
2019 Take Away. Galerie Dudok de Groot. Amsterdam
2019 Small works with small prices. Art The Hague. Den Haag
2019 Eindshow Bcademie. Garage Rotterdam. Rotterdam
2019 O'Tannenbaum. Perennial Art. Berlin (Germany)
2019 Hectobar 1.0. Rotterdam
2019 The Golden Egg. Artist initiative. Amsterdam
2019 Morgan Fisher and Friends. SBK voorburg
2019 Of the grid. Outside Gallery. Amsterdam
2018 Show me tomorrow, we will go there. Hisk. Gent (Belgium)
2018 139x Nothing but good. Park. Tilburg
2018 1+10. Itea. (Greece)
2018 Dem Philosoph ist nichts zu doof. Atelierhof Kreuzberg. Berlin (Germany)
2018 O'Tannenbaum. Perennial Art. Berlin (Germany)
2017 Secret Postcard Sale. We like art. Amsterdam
2017 Multiple in Castellvm Aqva. Studio Onvervalst, Bloemendaal
2017 Onvervalst Uitgelicht Zeefdrukken in Hoogtij. Studio Onvervalst, Amsterdam
2017 Borderland esc. DVE Gallery. Uzice (Serbia)
2016 Koffie, vinyl en zeefdrukken. Studio Onvervalst, Haarlem
2016 Geen blind date. DAK, Utrecht
2015 Studio Onvervalst. Horizonverticaal, Haarlem
2015 Sleepover. Perennial Art. Amsterdam
2015 SEMPER FI @ Code_Rood. Arnhem (duo with Mischa Rakier)
2015 B-Kantjes. Horizonverticaal, Haarlem (duo with Simon Schrikker)
2014 Stubenhocker: Das Buch. Galerie Roy, Zülpich (Germany)
2014 "I am not doing anything until I feel the need." De Openbare Bibliotheek (OBA), Amsterdam
2014 "I am not doing anything until I feel the need." De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Amsterdam
2014 There is no I. W139, Amsterdam
2014 The 100 Euro Show. Kers Gallery, Amsterdam
2014 The Act of Painting. TAC, Eindhoven
2014 Nothing But Good Live. Park, Tilburg
2013 Red Ligh Art Fairt. Kers Gallery. Amsterdam
2013 Multi Solo. Tetem, Enschede
2013 Momart presents all, Grand Opening. Momart. Amsterdam
2013 Ongekend. Hermitage. Amsterdam
2013 Het lelijkste schilderij ter wereld (HLSTW). Horizonverticaal, Haarlem
2013 Dutch Treat. Dada Post, Berlin (Germany)
2013 SOLO Re:Rotterdam Art Fair. Rotterdam
2012 Gulliver Goes, into a whirlpool vortex. Museum Le Secet, Goes
2012 The Dot Gallery. CBK Den Bosch
2012 SUPERMARKET 2012. Tupajumi, Stockholm (Sweden)
2012 SOLO Re:Rotterdam Art Fair. Rotterdam
2012 Wonder boven wonder. Re:Rotterdam Art Fair, Rotterdam
2011 FITAX750. TENT, Rotterdam
2011 De geest van het huis. Amsterdam
2011 The Lost Relay. Lost-Painters.nl / Incubate festival. Tilburg
2011 Mapping the Art II. Art Affairs Gallery. Amsterdam
2011 FITAX 500. Nest, Den Haag
2011 Verstand van smaak. TAC, Eindhoven
2010 We like 6%! Nieuw Dakota. Amsterdam
2010 Challenging the myth of the painter. stichting outLINE, Amsterdam
2010 Betekenen. Signe, Heerlen
2010 The daily exhaustion release party + artistpublications exhibition. Bar Babette, Berlin (Germany)
2010 Urban Landscapes. Stichting Electron. Breda
2010 Nieuwe uitleenschatten 2010. Der Aa-kerk / CBK Groningen
2010 ART Amsterdam 2010. Presentation by gallery 2x2projects. Rai, Amsterdam
2010 Protection. Forgotten Bar / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin (Germany)
2010 SOLO De wereld waarnemen. Galerie 48. Breda
2009 The importancy of the unimportant, Hudson Museum, Rotterdam
2009 ANOTHER PERFECT WORLD, Kulter, Amsterdam
2008 SOLO I haven't sent you any airmail. 2x2projects Gallery, Amsterdam
2008 SOLO Laag 57. De Aanschouw 80/b, Rotterdam
2008 1+10=10. Athens, Dutch Institute Athens, (Greece)
2008 QuantumVis IV. Rc de Ruimte, IJmuiden
2008 Art Amsterdam 2008. Presentation by gallery 2x2projects. Rai, Amsterdam
2008 Exploring 08. AYACS Young Art Gallery, Amsterdam
2007 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2007. Gemeente museum, The Hague
2007 Landsporen. CBK 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch
2007 Jalovik Art Colony 2007. National Museum Sabac, Sabac (Serbia)
2007 5 P.O. BOX ///// 5 Person Osmosis Box. W139/Basement, Amsterdam
2007 Konstruierte Landschaften. AYACS Young Art Gallery, Amsterdam DUO: SASKIA DE MAREE
2006 Beauty Unrealized (Library). PSWAR, Amsterdam
2005 Royal Painting Prize 2005 (Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2005). GEM, The Hague

Copieright Paintlab
As a former technical advisor of Royal Talens I have knowledge to share so since January 2020 I started a platform for painters to share knowledge about paints, pigments and binders etc. I give short courses about different topics in artist materials.
For more information see:
www.aquilcopier.nl/paintlab.htm
www.instagram.com/copierightpaintlab

Punch!
Punch! The smallest exhibition space in Amsterdam. Since January 2020 I have my studio in a former boxing studio in Amsterdam Osdorp. In a small cube that was used as office I program solo-exhibitions. Every two weeks an opening. Short but powerful, like a punch!
Since April 2023 Punch! has moved to Haarlem and transformed into a window gallery . Still with relevant art and short and powerfull shows.
For more information see:
www.aquilcopier.nl/punch2.htm
www.instagram.com/punch_exhibition_space

Publishing
Publishing a pamphlet on painting: PRESENTeert.
The magazine is printed in mimeography print (stencil druk) and the first issue was launched in December 2009. Last issue (#14) appeared in November 2014.