Curdin Tones (1976) is pursuing his art practice since his graduation in 2003 at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. At current he is based both in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Tschlin, Switzerland. Since 2004 he is represented by Andriesse&Eyck Gallery in Amsterdam. His work has been added to national and international collections. Currently he is setting up an artist initiative in a small alpine village Tschlin (CH) that aims at developing projects in collectivity around locally timely topics. www.somalgors74.ch
In addition to his artistic practice, since 2007 the artist has been lecturing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in the departments of Fine Arts, Basic Year and Dog-time. Occasionally Tones also works as guest tutor in different Academies throughout Europe.
Andriesse – Eyck Gallery
Paul Andriesse and Zsa-Zsa Eyck
Leliegracht 47
1016 GT Amsterdam NL
Solo Projects and Exhibitions
| 2016 | Intervention nr 8 | Circus Of The Everyday | Studio Palermo x Tique | art space | Antwerp BE |
| 2016 | A Set of Circumstances | at Code Rood | Arnhem NL |
| 2016 | Proposal to Close an Alley | work in public space for Somalgors 74 | Tschlin CH |
| 2015 | MITV - More Issues Than Vogue | work in public space | Amsterdam NL |
| 2014 | Craps e S-charpas (Stones and Shoes) | self-initiated project in public space | Tschlin CH |
| 2014 | The Wide and Open | Lumberyard | Marfa US |
| 2013 | Milk and Star | at Lost Property | Amsterdam NL |
| 2012 | A Flat Dimension | at Het Torentje | Almelo NL |
| 2010 | From Chaos To The Brain, Robinson Crusoe | at Galerie de Expeditie | Amsterdam NL |
| 2007 | Here | Rijksmuseum Twenthe | Enschede NL |
| 2006 | Curdin Tones | at Galerie de Expeditie | Amsterdam NL |
| 2005 | Art Forum Berlin | with Galerie De Expeditie | Berlin D |
| 2004 | Bewoonbare Geometrie | at Galerie De Expeditie | Amsterdam NL |
Group Projects and Exhibitions
| 2018 | expected: Nomadic Mountains | SCHUNCK | Heerlen NL |
| 2017 | Terp voor een Toekomst | work in public space for Kunstenlab Deventer and IJSSELBIENNALE 2017 |
| 2017 | Ein Liebesabend | Public event at SOMALGORS74 | Tschlin CH |
| 2016 | Circus Of The Everyday | in collaboration with E. Deen at Achter de Ramen | Amsterdam NL |
| 2016 | Antwerp Art Weekend | with Mr. Makedo and Tique art space | Antwerp BE |
| 2016 | Gerlach en Koop | Bonnefanten Museeum | Maastricht NL |
| 2015 | You think the only people who are people, are the people who look like you… | at Two Queens | Leicester UK |
| 2015 | Some Loopholes Ain’t So Loopy | at FLUX | Kortrijk BE |
| 2015 | Graduation Show Sandberg Institute | at Aldo van Eyck’s orphanage | Amsterdam NL |
| 2013 | Top Floor | at DordtYard | Dordrecht NL |
| 2012 | Selected works in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Twenthe | Enschede NL |
| 2011 | The shortcut | at Arti ent Amicitiae | Amsterdam NL |
| 2009 | Censured Pornography | at the Service Garage | Amsterdam NL |
| 2008 | Project Alp Tea | in Tschlin CH |
| 2008 | Larger Than a House, Smaller than a Building | at Cluster | Berlin D |
| 2008 | Existence in a letter | Cluster | Berlin D |
| 2007 | Salon9 | at Loods 6 | Amsterdam NL |
Publications and Reviews
| 2018 | expected: C.Tones | Participatory Hobbies | to be published in Experimental Practices | Brill publishing | Leiden NL |
| 2018 | C.Tones | Participatory Hobbies | to be published in ¿Creative Villages? Nr4 | Leytron CH |
| 2017 | Nim Goede | Crear in Comunanza | interview for Metropolis M 08.11.2017 | http://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/33512_curdin_tones |
| 2017 | Terp voor een Toekomst | in context of the IJSSELBIENNALE 2017 in several newspapers and magazines in the Netherlands |
| 2017 | Kester Freriks | Langs de Ijssel | Walburg Pers NL |
| 2016 | Flurin Andry | Telefon a Tschlin per court darcheu in funcziun | review for La Quotidiana CH |
| 2016 | C.Tones | Instability as Resource | published in ¿Creative Villages? Nr2 | Leytron CH |
| 2016 | C. Tones | As the Swallows | Poster for SOAMLGORS74 | Tschlin CH |
| 2014 | Flurin Andry | L’Uman Politisà in Fuorma da Sculptura | review for La Quotidiana CH |
| 2014 | Nicholas Knight | The Wide And Open | review for online magazine Glasstire US |
| 2011 | Ilse van Rijn | Caroussel | text for A flat dimension at Het Torentje in Almelo |
| 2007 | Janneke Wesseling | Making and Knowing | text for catalogue of exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede NL |
| 2004 | H. den Hartog Jager | Beelden van Bomen | review in NRC Handelsblad 25.05.2004 |
| 2004 | Rob Perrée | Reviews | in Kunstblad 61 |
Conferences, Lectures and Research
| 2017 | L'art dans l'Espace Rural | conference at Centre International d'Art et du Paysage | Île de Vassivière FR |
| 2017 | Les nouveaux Produits du Terroir | speaking at conference of Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia | Leytron CH |
| 2017 | SOMALGORS74 | Lecture on art in rural territories at Hochschule der Künste Bern | Bern CH |
| 2017 | Research at EKWC European Ceramic Work Centre | Ooisterwijk NL |
| 2017 | Member of Kenniskring | for LAPS Lectorate Art & Public Space | Amsterdam NL |
| 2016 | Symposium ¿Creative Villages? | Project participant | Leytron CH |
| 2015 | Graphic Design project with Matthias Kreutzer and Our Polite Society | for LAPS Lectorate Art & Public Space | Amsterdam NL and Tschlin CH |
| 2014 | Discussion panel with Francois Dey, Kees van Gelder, Gael Odilon Paccard and Micha Zweifel | at Penny University | Amsterdam NL |
| 2012 | Project participant at Eet Je Uitzicht, an analysis of the esthetic’s of a rural landscape | a project of SKOR and Kunstvereniging Diepenheim NL |
| 2012 | Theater project with Thibault Maillard | design advice for What Else To Say | Frascati Theater | Amsterdam NL |
| 2009 | Participant at Werkatelier Middag-Humsterland, an analysis of the esthetic’s of the landscape of Groningen | a project of SKOR (Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte) | Groningen NL |
| 2008 | Participant in panel discussion in: In Conversation, Symposium on sculpture in rural landscape | The Sidney Nolan Trust UK |
| 2008 | Visual analysis of Achitects studio and building ground | Bogdan & van Broek Architects bv | Brussels Be |
| 2007 | Commission for sketch-design for an Atrium | by SKOR (Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte) and Theo Tegelaars |
Lectureship and Educational Writing
| 2016 | writing: C. Tones | Essen als Alibi | Magazin Werkspuren 04-2016 CH |
| 2016 | writing: C. Tones | Zusammen und Allein | Magazin Werkspuren 03-2016 CH |
| 2015-2016 | guest lectures and teacher training | given at Sint Lucas | Gent BE |
| 2015 | guest lectures for HFG Karlsruhe | DE |
| 2015 | Chair, for discussion panels during Rietveld Teacher Study Days on Constructing Educational Situations and School-NonSchool | at Gerrit Rietveld Academy | Amsterdam NL |
| 2014 | Lecturer for Summer School Marfa | Marfa US |