Education
2000-2004 > AKI Academy of fine arts and design, Enschede 
past exhibitions

2014 > ‘The other side of light”, Beerenberg, Art in redlight, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2014 > “Lauwe on light Art”, Beerenberg, Beneden Leeuwen
2014 > ‘kunstbakens’, artroute, Maas en Waal
2013 > ‘Blast from the past’, group show, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2012 > ‘multisolo’, Tetem, Enschede

2012 > ‘unreminisiment nature’, galerie Le Petit pont, Leiden
2012 > ‘Sneak preview’, Skyvalley showroom, Beneden Leeuwen
2012 > 5th anniversary exhibition Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2012 > ‘Real paintings wear black’, Cabinodd, Enschede
2012 > Galerie Le Petit Pont, Leiden
2012 > EU Office Twente, Brussel (BE)
2012 > presentation at Realisme 12 with Galerie Bart, PTA Amsterdam
2011 > Mens in de ruimte, Zwolle
2011 > Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2011 > Hedah, Maastricht
2010 > ‘etalage estafette’, derde wal, Nijmegen

2010 > solo exhibition Galerie Le Petit Port/PP44, Leiden
2010 > Member exhibition ‘De salon’, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
2010 > exhibition ‘Young artists’, Verse Melk Collectief, Fakkel, Beneden Leeuwen
2010 > ‘PopCuore’, Primo Piano Gallery, Lecce (IT)
2010 > ‘The Peeling seeling show’, Argument, Tilburg, together with mirMirianne
2010 > HeARTTWENTE” , Hengelo, collection Enschede
2010 > ‘A look in the kitchen’, Bart Kunst in Huis, Nijmegen
2009 > ‘Mark Beerens, Versus II’, Art Centre AKKUH, Hengelo
2009 > solo exhibition Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2008 > solo exhibition Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2007 > ‘Blindspots’, group exhibition Kongsi Vs.Kongsi-Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2007 > exhibition of drawings, ‘Bart kunst in huis’, Nijmegen
2007 > exhibition of paintings, ‘Kunstmoment’, Diepenheim
2007 > ‘The Art of storytelling’, solo exhibition, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam
2006 > Gelre Galeries 2006, Eusebiuschurch, Arnhem
2005 > ‘Handelsgeest’, installation under the name of Bjorn and Niels, Groot Handels gebouw, Rotterdam
2005 > ‘Audition Coloree’, solo exhibition, CBK, Enschede
2004 > ‘When toys meet tools’, Kongsi group exhibition, cooperation under the name of Bjorn and Niels, Enschede
2004 > ‘Another Exhibition’, AKI, paintings and installation, Enschede
2004 > ‘Overijsselse Junior Beeldende Kunst prijs 2004’, paintings, Diepenheim
2004 > ‘Buning Brongers Prijs’, paintings, Arti et Amicitea, Amsterdam
2003 > ‘Minimal Amplitude’, Kongsi group exhibition, installation and organization, Enschede
2003 > ‘Festival van de opstand’, cooperation under the name of Bjorn and Niels, AKI Enschede
2003 > ‘Urban Explorers’, Planet art exhibition, installation, Enschede
2003 > ‘Select Player, Urban Multiplaying Art’, in cooperation with RockArt and ArtEZ, Enschede
2002 > ‘Het Manifest’, Kongsi group exhibition, paintings and organization, Enschede
2002 > ‘Expositie van jonge kunstenaars’, Kongsi group exhibition, paintings and organization, Enschede
2002 > ‘Attempt Communicate’, Kongsi Vs. RockArt, organization, Enschede
2002 > ‘How to handle space’, Kongsi group exhibition, installation and organization, Enschede
2002 > ‘Slumbersleep’, solo exhibition, town hall West Maas en Waal, Beneden Leeuwen

Awards
Public award Maas en Waalse art award (2013)
Buning Brongers award (2004)
Nominated Overijsselse junior beeldende kunst prijs