Born in Amsterdam, 1963
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, 1993-1994
BA Fashion Design, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 1985-1990
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London 1996-1997
Lives and works in London
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Camden Arts Center, London/UK
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York NY
2007
Hauser & Wirth, London/UK
2006
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘Up’, New York NY
2005
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, ‘Michael Raedecker – show’, Dublin/IE
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich/CH
2004
Salzburger Kunstverein, ‘forevernevermore’, Salzburg/AT
Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee TX
2003
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘that’s the way it is’, New York NY
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, ‘Instinction’, Basel/CH
2002
The Approach, ‘sensoria’, London/UK
Centro Nazionale per le Arte Contemporaneo, ‘instinction’, Rome/IT [travelled to: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel/CH]
2001
Andrea Rosen Gallery, ‘instinctive travels’, New York NY
2000
The Approach, ‘ins and outs’, London/UK
One In The Other, ‘tronies’, London/UK
1999
Van Abbe Museum, ‘extract’, Eindhoven/NL
Galerie Michael Janssen, ‘outtakes’, Cologne/DE
1998
The Approach, ‘New Paintings’, London/UK
Stedelijk Museum Bureau, ‘cover’, Amsterdam/NL
Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘solo’, The Hague/NL
Group Exhibitions
2008
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, ‘Faces’, Athens/GR
The Approach W1, ‘Paintings: 1936 – 2008’, London/UK
Galerie Max Hetzler, ‘Always There. Part 2’, Berlin/DE
Busan Biennale, Busan/KR
2007
Stuart Shave Modern Art, ‘Effigies’, London/UK
Thomas Dane Gallery, ‘Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative’, London/UK
Kunsthal Rotterdam, ‘Painting Now!’, Rotterdam/NL
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Old School’, London/UK
2006
Perry Rubenstein Gallery, ‘The Trace of a Trace of a Trace’, New York NY
Museum Franz Gertsch, ‘»the sublime is now!« das erhabene in der zeitgenössischen kunst’, Burgdorf/CH
Sammlung Goetz, ‘Imagination wird Wirklichkeit Teil III’, Munich/DE
Saatchi Gallery, ‘The Triumph of the Painting. Part Three’, London/UK
Museum Van Loon, ‘Le Nouveau Siecle’, Amsterdam/NL
2005
Sammlung Goetz, ‘Imagination wird Wirklichkeit Teil II’, Munich/DE
Wexner Center for the Arts, ‘Landscape Confection’, Columbus, OH [travelled to Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach CA]
Saatchi Gallery, ‘The Triumph of Painting. Part Two’, London/UK
The Moore Space, ‘Hanging by a Thread’, Miami FL
Museum Kunst Palast, ‘SLOW ART’, Dusseldorf/DE
De Beyerd, ‘The Sacrifice – an intimate’, Breda/NL
2004
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, ‘Huts’, Dublin/IR
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, ‘About Painting’, New York NY
The Biennale of Sydney, Sydney/AU
City Gallery, ‘Other Times’, Prague/CZ
Whitechapel Art Gallery, ‘Edge of the Real – A Painting Show’, London/UK
Van Abbe Museum, ‘Nederland Niet Nederland’, Eindhoven/NL
2003
The Approach, ‘Dirty Pictures’, London/UK
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ‘Painting Pictures. Painting and Media in the Digital Age’, Wolfsburg/DE
2002
The Royal Academy, ‘The Galleries Show’, London/UK
Centre of International Modern Art, ‘Sidewinder’ (a British Council International Touring Exhibition), Kolkata/IN [travelled to India Habitat Centre, New Delhi/IN; Coomaraswamy Hall, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Mumbai/IN]
Edificio Cultura Inglesa/Centro Brasileiro Britânico, ‘Painting as a Foreign Language’, São Paolo/BR
2001
Biennale di Venezia, ‘Post Nature: Nine Dutch Artists’, Venice/IT
Walker Art Center, ‘Painting at the Edge of the World’, Minneapolis MN
Irish Museum of Modern Art, ‘Vantage Point’, Dublin/IE
Annet Gelink Galerie, ‘Far From Us’, Amsterdam/NL
2000
Tate Britain, ‘Turner Prize’, London/UK
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, ‘Twisted: Urban and Visionary Landscapes in Contemporary Painting’, Eindhoven/NL
‘The British Art Show 2000’, (National Touring Exhibitions to Edinburgh, Cardiff, Southampton, Birmingham/UK)
ACC Galerie, ‘Landscape’, Weimar/DE [travelled to: MOMA; Rio de Janeiro; Museo de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo/BR; Galleria Nazionale d’arte Moderna, Rome/IT]
Galleria Raucci/SantaMaria, ‘Peter Doig – Michael Raedecker’, Naples/IT
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘From a Distance: Landscape in Contemporary Art’, Boston MA
1999
Walker Art Centre, ‘John Moores Painting Prize’, Liverpool/UK
6th Istanbul Biennial, ‘The Passion and the Wave’, Istanbul/TR
NICC/MUHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Trouble Spot: Painting’, Antwerp/BE
Whitechapel Art Gallery, ‘Examining Pictures’, London [travelled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL; Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA]
Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin/DE
The Saatchi Gallery, ‘New Neurotic Realism’, London/UK
Cubitt, ‘Mountain and Valley’, London/UK
RMLT Project Space, ‘Ways of Living’, Carlton/AU
Gallery W139, ‘A Pallid House’, Amsterdam/NL
1998
Morrison & Judd, ‘Cluster Bomb’, London/UK
Büro Friedrich, ‘Beige & Sneakers’, Berlin/DE
ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Die Young – Stay Pretty’, London/UK
Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, ‘Home and Away’, New York NY
Serpentine Gallery, ‘Loose Threads’, London/UK
Galerie Michael Janssens, ‘Sunshine Breakfast: John Chilver, Paul Morrison, Michael Raedecker and David Thorpe’, Cologne/DE
Museum Le’Omanut, ‘Graceland’s Palace’, Ein Harod/IL
1996
Galerie Nouvelles Images, ‘Transparencies’, The Hague/NL
De Begane Grond, ’9 Painters’, Utrecht/NL
1997
Stedelijk Museum, ‘In de sloot…Uit de sloot’, Amsterdam/NL
Unit, ‘World of Painting’, London/UK
Galerie Fruchtig, ‘Graceland’s Palace’, Frankfurt/DE [travels to Museum Le’Omanut, Ein Harod/IL; Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul/KR]
1994
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Puber Alles’, Amsterdam/NL
Arti et Amicitiae, ‘Prix de Rome 1994’, Amsterdam/NL
Academie St. Joost, ‘Germinations 8: Young European Artists’, Breda/NL
