Serge Onnen
(1965 Paris, France)69th OberhausenKurzfilmtagen EYE's choice 
2023
A perfect day; Drawing group show with Lily van der stokker, Jan Hoek + Bruin Parry, Berend Strik, Kamagurka, Paul Faasen, Glenn Baxter, Nedko Solokov and many many more www.aperfectday.amsterdam 
2022
kunsthalle Thun (Zwitserland) NO_MAD / ROOTED IN BECOMING Group show curated by Alessandro Rolandi 
2022 
35th Braunschweig international film festival (Germany) 
2022
Musee La Louviere (B) BYE BYE HIS–STORY Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée. First group exhibition by the new curator, director Emmanuelle Lambion with; Aline Bouvy,Mirko Canesi, Alexandra Chaushova, Nicolai & Provoost, Lise Duclaux, Kendell Geers, Laetitia Gendre, David Maljkovic, Katja  Mater,  Marlie Mul, Serge Onnen, Francesc Ruiz , etc, etc 
2021
MACAU biennale Museum of Macau  Curated by Qiu Zhijie 
2021
Les Ombres Gratuites/L'argent invisible - instalation in abandoned bank Saint Gilles/Brussels 
2021
Hong Kong International Film Festival ,Bogota experimental film festival (Columbia) Eso es para esto, Monterrey (Mexico) 
2021
L'eau Faux/ international competition Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage, Germany 
2020
It is very difficult to be an island of perfection in a sea of misery, but please do not doubt our sincerity- Groupshow curated by Simon Wald-Lasovsky with Kasper De Vos, Serge Onnen, Ryan Gander, Mire Lee, Aline Bouvy, Julius Heinemann, Maya Brauer & Annabelle Broos, Bas de Wit and Dodi Espinosa. 
2020
Maison Pelgrim, groupshow Saint Gilles, Brussels, Belgium 
2019
Disgeno. Groupshow SASK kunsthalle Sint NIklaas, Belgium 
2019
The fear of small numbers Solo show Museum Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, The Netherlands 
2018
EYE on Art talk around Jan Svanmajer EYE Amsterdam 
2019
Kunst4Kids Museum booijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 
2018
Cloacinae screenings at film festivals and artspaces in Greece, Argentinia, Poland, Mexico, China & Netherlands 
2018
Studio Omstand, Groupshow Arnhem 
2018
Cloacinae screenings at film festivals;  Ottawa (CA), Bilbao (ES), Mammoth Lakes (US), Calanda (ES), MexicoCity & Utrecht (Netherlands) 
2017
Expanding Animation HAFF Utrecht, Netherlands 
2017
Nuts & Bolts Exhibition curated by Edwin Carels IFFR Rotterdam 
2017
 EYE on Art, Artist Talk-Amsterdam 
2016
Your weight in gold. With Jacqueline de Jong & Moritz Ebinger, TartGallery Zurich 
2016
TartGallery Zurich @ AmsterdamArtFair with Jonas Ohlsson 
2016
'drawing works' groupshow  CBK Amsterdam ZuidOost   
2016
Selfportraits in dutch art 1900-2015 Gemeente Museum Arnhem 
2015
TartGallery @ proposition ArtFair Berlin 
2015
Holland Animation Film Festival - jury member 
2015
MOVE ON....KAdE Amersfoort, the Netherlands 
 2015
 All shadowfigures Black Sesame, Beijing, China 
2014
 IndyMoca,The Empire never ends- with Marc Bijl and Prince Rama, Curated by Shauta Marsh. Indianapolis US  
2014
Taipei Artist Village; Cloacinae's underground trip. performance with Mark van Tongeren, Erika Spreij and Chao Ming 
2014
MOCAtaipei  Taipei-Cloacinae-goddess of the sewers- Solo exhibition 
 2014
Project Space Etagi, performance Trash, Tricks, Trust;  Saint Petersburg, Russia 
 2013
Museo del Chopo, Arte y Animation curated by Daniel Garza-Uzabiaga , Mexico DF, Mexico 
2013
Schloss Werdenberg mediale Curated by Mirella Weingarten. Sankt Gallen, Switzerland 
2013
onomatopee, The Lost Cent , solo Eindhoven, The Netherlands                            
2013
Three Shadow Gallery, Value of Nothing, shadowperformance with  Li Daiguo  Cao Chang Di village, Beijing, China 
2012
ArtPace,The  dikeou collection, Curated by Devon Dikeou  San Antonio,Texas, USA 
2012
Yishu8 artspace, groupshow  (curator Allesandro Rolandi), Beijing, China 
2012
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Kunst4Kids, Rotterdam The Netherlands 
2012
Paper Tiger Studio; Value of Nothing shadowperformance with   Song Zhao Beijing, China 
2012
Paper Tiger Studio, Value of Nothing  shadowperformance with  Wu Na Beijing, China 
2012
CAFA Museum, Value of Nothing shadowperformance with  Fen Ni Beijing,  China 
2012
Zaija Lab, Shadowperformance with  Mark van Tongeren, Beijing, China                                                                                                       
2012
commissariat pour in arbre, project by Mathieu Mercier-Le village royal, Paris 
2012
Museum van Loon, Museumnight {solo} Amsterdam, The Netherlands  
2011
OK Video Festival, 'Flesh' Jakarta, Indonesia 
2011
0gsm-  Biljana Djurdjevic, Ezra Johnson, Irena Paunovic, David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd) Sofia, Bulgaria 
2011
De Voorkamer, in & outside writing, Lier, Belgium  
2011
Printroom, Drawings on Hands, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 
2011
Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Line Fiction (curator Bettina Munk) Berlin 
2011
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Hilton. The Last cent ombromanie performance with oorbeek. (curator Edwin Carels) Rotterdam,The Netherlands 
2011
KAdE, shadowdance, kunsthalle Amersfoort, The Netherlands 
2010
Vondelpark, gazebo ombromanie  performance with oorbeek, Amsterdam,The Netherlands 
2010
GDM Play it again! Vinyl  by artists (with Fischli & Weiss, Nam June Paik, Carten Nicolai,etc) Paris 
2010
HVACC Double Dutch (with Marc Bijl, Folkert de Jong, Lara Schnitger,etc) Peekskill (NY) 
2009
Studio BKVB The last lightbulbjoke  ombromanie with oorbeek, Berlin 
2009
Whitebox, towering the line (curator Louky Keijser), NYC 
2009
Gallery Joe  Formulations with Xilor Jane, Lynne Woods Turner, Philadelphia(US) 
2009
El Cubo Centro Cuiltural; Animated Painting, (curator Betty-Sue Hertz) Tijuana, Mexico 
2009
Drawing Centre, FAX (curator Joao Ribas) New York 
2009
OUTLINE Beyond the labyrinth with Maria Zevou and Jakup Ferri, Amsterdam 
2009
De Servicegarage, -Censored Pornography- , Amsterdam 
2009
Faulconer Gallery Grinnell College, Animated Painting,(curator Betty-Sue Hertz)  Iowa, USA 
2009
Museum Het Domein solo exhibition Sittard, The Netherlands 
2008
SONSBEEK 2008, grandeur (curator Anna Tilroe) Arnhem, The Netherlands 
2008
SHASHIN booksstore 33t & 45t by artists curators Serge Onnen, Maarten Hepp & Yannick Bouillis, Amsterdam,The Netherlands  
2008
Galerie Barnoud,  -Le feu gratuit- {solo} Dijon, France 
2008
Cornell University Museum, 'Mouth' {solo} Ithaca, NY 
2007
San Diego Museum of modern arts, Animated Painting (curator Betty-Sue Hertz) California, USA 
2007
e-flux PawnShop NYC     
2006
 Denver museum of Arts, Unfolding the wing,  Dikeou CollectionColorado, USA   
2006
The Drawing Centre, Analog Animation New York                                                                                                                              
2006
Galerie Barnoud; 'L'eau gratuite'  {solo} Dijon, France                                                                                               
2006
Caren Golden Fine Art, Glove in hand {solo}, NYC                   
2006
 Roberts & Tilton Gallery capoiera curated by Stijn Huys,  Los Angeles (USA)   
2005
Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, Vidéo d'artistes dans la collections, France                           
2005
Galerie des Multiples, multipes {solo} Paris, France                                                                                 
2004
Bremen Kunsthalle ” Screen Spirit” Bremen, Germany                                                                                                                
2004
Holland Animation Festival Utrecht, The Netherlands                                                                          
2004
Museum De Beyerd, Fuse,  Breda, The Netherlands      
2003
Outline Moving Heads (curator)  Amsterdam, The Netherlands                                                 
2003
IMPAKT Festival exhibition  Silence Fence (curator Arjon Dunnewind) Utrecht,The Netherlands                                                                                                           
2002
SMART;  Crafting Space (curator Alice Smit)  A’ dam,The Netherlands   
2002
Annet Gelink Gallery, (solo) Amsterdam,The Netherlands 
2002
Five Years Artspace;  Eat Quicksilver/Shit Quicksand, London, UK                               
2002
HotelNY at PS1(curator Janne van Heeswijk), New York                                                                                                          
2000
Consortium: Sans Papiers (curator) Amsterdam (Netherlands)                                                                        
2000
Bloom Gallery " Zware zakken/heavy bags" (solo)  Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
1999
Stedelijk Museum  Amsterdam; In de sloot,Uit de sloot, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
1997
Bloom Gallery, Paintings & Songs, Amsterdam The Netherlands 
1996
Publications
 I'm a lone monk walking the world with a leaky umbrella, IFP Malmö/Beijing/Amsterdam 
2018
The Lost Cent, onomatopee publishers, Eindhoven, The Netherlands 
2013
OMBROMANIE rotorpress book with dvd of Vondelpark performance with oorbeek, selfpublised 
2010
DRAWINGS ON HANDS     J&L books, Atlanta, USA 
2010
DRAWINGS ON WRITING J&L books, Atlanta, USA 
2008
TUBU artistbook for children, Van Waveren publishers Amsterdam,The Netherlands 
2005
DRAWINGS ON GEOLOGY  J&L books, Atlanta, USA 
2005
Etos- CD with the band oorbeek subtarean records, Holland 
2005
VOLUME 0 (aka DRAWINGS ON HEADS) ZingMagazine, NY  
2002
Zware Zakken (heavy bags) drawings - published by Bloom gallery, Amsterdam 
1999
Close Co. Bloom Gallery books, Amsterdam 
1997
Residencies
Frans Marsereel Centrum Belgium 
january 2017
Institute for Provocation, Beijing China 
3 months 2014
Taipei Artist Village Taiwan 
2 months 2014
Schloss Werdenberg Mediale, Stipendiaat, Sankt Gallen, Swisterland 
may 2013
Institute for Provocation, Beijing China 
6 months 2012
projectstudio BKVB, Berlin 
4 months 2009
Cité International des Arts, Paris 
7 months, 2006
ISCP, NYC 
2x 3 months, 2003-4
Rijks Academy, Amsterdam 
1989-92
Glassell Core program, Houston Texas 
3 months, 1990
Bibliography
PEEKSKILL HERALD NY; about planetariummonetarium June 2024 
KunsternaarMateriaal 123 - interview about filmmaking & illusion june 2022 
NRC Handelsblad ' Spetterend overzicht van 100 jaar animatie in KAdE'- Lucette ter borg 04/02/2015 
NRC Handelsblad 'Het verband tussen 1 cent en 3,7 miljard'- Joost Ramar 14/1/13 
Trouw 'Rehabitatie van de cent' 10/1/13 
 Zingmagazine  The Lost Cent review (2013) 
 MetropolisM  The Lost Cent review  (2013) 
CHINA GLOBAL TIMES, Shadowcaster 
Die Tageszeitung Belin 21/02/11  Die Rache des Hasen ... 
Other Activities
Trumpet player of the band Oorbeek (www.oorbeek.net) 
teacher at Rietveld academy Amsterdam 
board of advisers KASK experimental animation department Gent Belgium 
co founder of ArtistTalks 
Boardmember of ShowMachine productionhouse (aka Joachim Robbrecht)