Vera Gulikers, Meerssen (NL), 1991
Working and living in Maastricht, the Netherlands
Education
2018 Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL)
2016 MA Fine Arts, Sint Lucas University College of Fine Arts and Design Antwerp (BE)
2014 BA Fine Arts, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design (NL)
Exhibitions
Forthcoming / Current
24/25 Solo show at Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague (NL)
2024 The Model (Twirl and Swirl), KRC Collection, Citizen M, Boston (USA)
2024 I Hit You With a Flower, curated by Nanda Janssen, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam (NL)
2025 Commissioned sculptures for government building (NL)
Past
23/24 KISS MY SOUL, Dordrechts Museum, curated by Wilma Suto, Dordrecht (NL)
2023 Beelden in Leiden, Sculpture in public space, Leiden (NL)
2023 Residency at Make Eindhoven, through Mondrian Fund (3 months)
2023 No Matter the Weather, solo show at roof-A Gallery for the roof-A Award, Rotterdam (NL)
2022 Parkstad Limburg Prijs, SCHUNCK* Museum, Heerlen (NL)
2022 Beating Around the Bush #7: FALSE FLAT, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
2022 Commissioned works for Zuyderland Collection, Plastic Surgery department (NL)
2022 Jaarprent Zuyderland Collection (NL)
2022 Solo presentation at Unfair 2022, Westergas Amsterdam (NL)
2022 DTRH, by NEST, Biddinghuizen (NL)
2022 Commissioned sculpture ‘The Stretcher (Fudge and Smudge)’ for ING House Maastricht, ING Collection (NL)
2021 ALL EYES | WE ARE THE COLLECTION, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Smoke and Mirrors, collection presentation, SCHUNCK* museum, Heerlen (NL)
2021 Exhibition Young Collectors Festival, Young Collectors Circle, Hazenstraat 18, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Reflections beyond the surface, Akzo Nobel Art Space, Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 Commissioned work for ING Collection (painting), ING House Maastricht (NL)
2021 Versatile Volumes, KF Gallery Seoul (ROK)
2021 Prospects, curated my Johan Gustavsson, Mondrian Fund, Art Rotterdam (NL)
2021 Best Dutch Book Design 2019, abC Bookfair Beijing (CN)
2021 From the Centre of the Periphery, Klub Solitaer, Chemnitz (DE)
2021 Vom Eigensinn des Uberflussigen, curated by Lotte Dinse, Arp Museum Remagen (DE)
2020 Best Dutch Book Design 2019, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (NL)
2020 If then is now, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen (NL)
2020 Limburg Biënnale, Jury member + co-curator, Marres, Maastricht (NL)
2020 Buning Brongers Prize, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
2020 THE PAINTING SHOW, Tegenboschvanvreden Galerie Amsterdam (NL)
2020 Made in Balmoral, Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems (DE)
2019 Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2019 / Royal Award for Painting 2019, Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Der Rausch, curated by Frank Koolen, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL)
2019 Come Closer, curated by Annemie van Laethem and Erik Croux, Château d'Aspremont-Lynden, Rekem (BE)
2019 Saudade, curated by Jan Moeyaert, Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou (BE)
2019 MELLY, Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL)
2019 Van Eyck Open Studio's, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL)
2018 The van Eyck Presents: Vera Gulikers, Rosanne van Wijk, Dasha Tsapenko & Ebby Port, Van Eyck Maastricht (NL)
2018 AMC Brummelkamp Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2018 Poets- en Testdoeken, Alex51, Maastricht (NL)
2018 Point – Loops – Blooming, curated by Bernke Klein Zandvoort and Roderigo Sandoval, Van Eyck, Maastricht (NL)
2018 Van Eyck Open Studio's, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL)
2017 Koninklijke prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2017 / Royal Award for Painting 2017, Paleis op de dam, Amsterdam (NL)
2017 The New Current, by Assembled by Root en FLTR projectspace, Rotterdam (NL)
2017 Super-zine, publication with Rowan van As, WORM Rotterdam (NL)
2017 Fashion vs. art, SCHUNCK*, Heerlen (NL)
2017 Platform Projects, AAF Brussels (BE)
2016 Drawing Vertical Lines, Michael Marcy, Antwerp (BE)
2016 Alert, summer residency, supported by Stad Tongeren, Tongeren (BE)
2016 I like the way you walk, A-tower Antwerp (BE)
2016 Capital M, Park Spoor Noord, Antwerp (BE)
2016 Please come to the show, Duinstraat 76, Antwerp (BE)
2016 Winterschool, Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin (IR)
2015 BA SHOW, Sint Lucas, Antwerp (BE)
2015 The Clash-Project, Fashionclash, project by Mathylda Krykowski, Maastricht (NL)
2015 Weinachtausstellung, Sint Lucas Antwerp (BE)
2015 A good thing, Provinciestraat 243, Antwerp (BE)
2014 OFFISH, Sint Lucas, Antwerp (BE)
2014 Jan Naaijkensprijs Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL)
2014 In the end nothing really matters but until then some things do, graduation show Fine Arts department, Maastricht (NL)
2014 De hemel bevolken Apprentice/Master-project, with Arno Mertens, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL)
2013 Decorfabriek, project with Antoine Berghs, Decorfabriek Maastricht (NL)
2013 Co-Labs, project with Olivier Foulon, Marcel Hiller and Suchan Kinoshita, Hedah, Maastricht (NL)
2013 HEAR (II), Intro | Insitu, Maastricht (NL)
2013 Uit de werkplaats, a project with Paul Devens, Intro | Insitu, Maastricht (NL)
2013 Plaatsen van herinnering III: Lieu et La “Folly” / Regouts “richesse”, project with Karin Peulen by Marres Projects, Sphinxpark Maastricht (NL)
Residencies
2023 Make Eindhoven, 3 months, funded through Mondrian Fund, Eindhoen (NL)
2019 - 2020 Schloss Balmoral, 9 months, Bad Ems (DE)
2017 - 2018 Jan van Eyck Academie, 1½ year, Maastricht (NL)
Publications
2023 Cover of de Groene Amsterdammer, Kiss My Soul, Dordrechts Museum
2022 Girly kunst die er niet om liegt - op atelierbezoek bij Vera Gulikers, door Alex de Vries, Mister Motley
2022 Interview Collect Magazine, door Koos de Wilt
2021 Flat Battery - spread in WOBBY #28, WOBBY
2020 De kunstwerken die 2020 definieerden, Mister Motley Magazine
2020 De geschiedenis als dagboek, interview by Joep Vossebeld, photgraphs by Marleen Daniels Zuiderlucht Magazine
2020 Twee Nederlandse Winaars, interview by Tia Lucker, photographs by Miriam van Praag, Arti et Amiticiae Amsterdam
2020 Van Eyck Collections, Future Material Bank, Lab for Nature Research, Van Eyck Maastricht
2020 De meest onbevangen schilderstreek, Persis Bekkering, Mister Motley
2020 Buning Brongers Catalogue, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2020 Limburg Biennale, Marres, Maastricht
2020 Vom Eigensinn des Uberflussigen, catalogue Schloss Balmoral fellows 2019/2020, essay by Lotte Dinse
2019 Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2019 catalogus / Royal Award for Modern Painting 2019 catalogue, Palace on the Dam, Amsterdam
2019 Catalogue Collection AMC, AMC Amsterdam
2019 W19 | Kunstenfestival Watou, catalogue Kunstenfestival Watou, Belgium
2019 Threadingbook: A ton of OOOs, artistbook printed at Charles Nyples Lab/ Anne Petronille Nyplels Lab
2018 Poets- en Testdoeken, publication by Alex51, designed by Ivi Bruls
2018 Testbook March '17 - March '18, artistbook printed at Charles Nyples Lab / Anne Petronille Nyplels Lab, Cover Design by An Onghena, Photography by Romy Finke and Jos Nelissen
2017 Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst 2017 / Royal Award for Modern Painting 2017, publication by Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam, designed by Julia de Blaauw and Jules Quivooy
2016 Super-zine, publicaton with Rowan van As, WORM Rotterdam
2016 I like the way you walk, publication with Nico Dockx and Johan Pas, designed by Anaïs Cuillier, A-tower Antwerp
2015 Vera Gulikers 2014-2015, self-published
2014 Vera Gulikers 2013-2014, self-published
2014 In the end nothing really matters but until then some things do, graduation publication of the Fine Arts department Maastricht
Prizes
2023 Roof-A Award (winner)
2022 Parkstad Limburg Prijs (nomination)
2020 Buning Brongers Prize (winner)
2020 Best Dutch Book Designs of 2019 / Best Verzorgde Boeken 2019 (winner)
2019 Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst / Royal Award for Modern Painting (nomination)
2018 Buning Brongers Prize (nomination)
2017 Koninklijke Prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst / Royal Award for Modern Painting (winner)
2016 Swa Bertenprijs (nomination)
2014 Jan Naaijkensprijs, Kunstpodium T (nomination)
Grants
2023 Funding for residency at Make Eindhoven, Mondrian fund (2 month stipend)
2021 Mondrian Fund Grant (6 month stipend)
2019 - 2020 Emerging Artist Grant Mondrian Fund
2019 - 2020 Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Kultur
In collection of
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation
KRC Collection
Rijksoverheid
Bonnefantenmuseum
SCHUNCK* museum collection
ING Collection
Erasmus MC Colection
DSM Collection
AMC Collection
Heden Collection
UMC+ Collection
Provincie Limburg
Various private Collections
Other
2023 - 2024 Yearmaster Apprentice Master, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg (NL) (Together with Jochem Rotteveel)
2018-2023 Guest teacher at Maastricht Academy of Fine Art and Design (Fine Arts)
2020 Jury member and co-curator, Limburg Biennale, Marres Maastricht (NL)
2019 Design springbox of Arval BNP Parisbas Fortis, commissioned by Lex ter Braak