1973
born in Geleen (NL)
lives in Beek and Neerbeek
1978
joins footballclub RKKV Neerbeek
1985
selection Limburg 0.13
joins footballclub Quick'08 Geleen
lives in Geleen
studies Atheneum at Scholengemeenschap St.Michiel Geleen
1989
joins professional footballclub Roda JC Kerkrade
1991
studies artschool Academie Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht
lives in Maastricht
1993
breaks left ankle
rejoins footballclub Quick'08 Geleen
1994
mountaintrip Lapland (Sweden, Norway)
1995
graduates artschool
mountaintrip Grampian Mountains (Scotland)
soloshow: Het nummer 9-gevoel van Marco van Basten, Het Alarm, Oeffelt (NL)
1996
participant Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
lives in Amsterdam
soloshow: Het bovenbeen van Johan Cruijff, De Bank, Enschede (NL)
mountaintrip Hardangervidda (Norway)
1997
joins footballclub AVV Zeeburgia Amsterdam
graduates Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten
mountaintrip Svartisen (Sweden, Norway)
1998
groupshows:
Voorwerk #6, Witte de With, Rotterdam (curated by Rutger Wolfson) (NL)
Places to stay, Buerofriedrich, Berlin (curated by Waling Boers) (D)
Arena - Sport und Kunst, Spiegel, Muenchen (D)
Romanzero, Kunstcentrum Sittard, Sittard (NL)
Gramercy Art Fair, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York (USA)
Liste, Basel (Switzerland)
soloshows:
Weltmeister, Galerie Paula Boettcher, Berlin (D)
Escape From, LAK-galerie, Leiden (NL)
Hand in Hand, De Akkers, Spijkenisse (NL)
travels to:
New York, Berlin, Munich, Basel, Los Angeles
1999
groupshows:
Playtime, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (curated by Rosanne Altstatt) (D)
Liste, Basel (S)
Art Colgne, Koelln (D)
travels to:
Basel, Berlin, Cologne, Milan, Rome, Florence
2000
publishes book:
Wat denk je als je Duits spreekt/Do You Like To Talk Turkey, Uitgeverij Azijn, Maastricht (NL)
groupshows:
Samenscholing, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (curated by Paula van den Bosch) (NL)
Ieder z'n voetbal, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (curated by Wim van Sinderen)
M(odel) & part 1, Buerofrierich, Berlin (curated by Waling Boers) (D)
Liste, Basel (S)
Art Cologne, Koelln (D)
soloshows:
Spielmacher (with Jessica Voosanger, GB), Galerie Paula Boettcher, Berlin (D)
Spielmacher (with Jacques Julien, F), Voxxx, Chemnitz (curated by Paula Boettcher) (D)
travels to:
Berlin, Chemnitz
2001
groupshows:
Distant And Close Encounters, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen (curated by Siebren de Haan) (NL)
De visite is er, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam (curated by Siebren de Haan) (NL)
Ron Bernstein, Roger Cremers, Raymond Cuijpers, Aline Thomassen, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen (NL)
travels to:
Venice, Aosta, Geneva, Paris
cycletrip Spa (Belgium)
2002
soloshow:
Kopf, Galerie Paula Boettcher, Berlin (D)
travels to:
Berlin
mountaintrip Iceland
2003
soloshow:
You Walk On My Soul, Artbook, Amsterdam (NL)
breaks jaw
breaks right lowerleg
travels to:
cycletrip through Holland
2004
footballtrainer Zeeburgia C1 (0.14)
publishes novel:
Kunstenaar op Kaalheide, Hard Gras-Bibliotheek, Uitgeverij L.J. Veen, Amsterdam (NL)
groupshows:
2 1/2 - 1, Goethe-Institut Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
Spielfeld, Feld fuer Kunst, Hamburg (D)
soloshow:
Two Artists (with Lukas Gothman, SV), Buro Empty, Amsterdam (NL)
2005
footballtrainer Zeeburgia 2
groupshows:
Streak, P////AKT, Amsterdam (NL)
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
travels to:
Reggio Emilia (Italy)
cycletrip to Alsace (France)
2006
groupshows:
Die Schoenheit der Chance, Kunsthaus Nuernberg, Nuernberg (D)
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
No Leitmotiv, Buro Empty, Amsterdam (NL)
soloshow:
Ich liebe Ronaldinho und ich liebe dich, UnZeit-Galerie, Berlin (D)
travels to:
Nurnberg, Berlin
mountaintrip Sarek (Sweden, Norway)
2007
groupshows:
Basement, W139 Post CS, Amsterdam (NL)
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
Portret, Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, Amsterdam (NL)
soloshow:
The Iron In Your Blood, Buro Empty Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
publishes short story De doorbraak van Ryan Donk in Hard Gras
travels to:
Berlin, Zeeland
2008
father of a son
footballtrainer DWS 1
groupshows:
The Football Exhibition, Kunsthaus Wien (A)
Something And Something Else, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam, Venlo (NL)
soloshow:
Larsson, Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, Amsterdam (NL)
2009
soloshow:
I Am With You, Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, Amsterdam (NL)
groupshow:
Goal!, CBK Rotterdam (NL)
publishes short story Terug naar Kaalheide in Hard Gras
plays with AFC zaterdag 1
2010
groupshows:
Laduma! , Sensational Fix, Rotterdam (NL)
Art on a Box, Haven Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL)
publishes short story The Cabin in Jacco Olivier catalogue exhibition CAB (Spain)
publishes short story Tussen de lichtmasten in Hard gras 75
2011
soloshow:
Hike, Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, Amsterdam (NL)
launches webmagazine Substitute
participates in the cyclo events:
Klimmen-Banneux-Klimmen
La Chouffe Classic
Luik-Bastenaken-Luik
Boogie's Extreme
2012
soloshow:
Cyclo, paintings, Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, Amsterdam (NL)
groupshows:
Door Schildersogen / From a Painter's Perspective, Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam (NL)
1-1, Jan Mulder en elf voetbalidolen, Twentsewelle, Enschede (NL)
MultiSolo: If the kids are united, TETEM Kunstruimte, Enschede (NL)
The Class of 1995, Landbouwbelang, Maastricht (NL)
The Act of Painting, a travelling exhibition
In Focus,
http://www.wimreiff.com/artists/cuijpers-raymond
participates in the cyclo events:
Klimmen-Monschau-Klimmen
La Chouffe Classic
LBL Ardennen Classic
DSM CLassic
sees shows:
Een tentoonstelling is ook altijd een deel van een groter geheel, Rene Daniels, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Retrospective Per Kirkeby (and the 'forbidden' paintings of Kurt Schwitters), Bozar, Bruxelles
Good Vibrations, Mary Heilmann, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Klee en Cobra, Paul Klee, Cobramuseum, Amsterdam
Mike Kelley, Mike Kelley, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2013
starts painters collective The Act of Painting with Jeroen Hofhuizen
http://www.theactofpainting.com
soloshow:
How The World Was Made, Van Zijll Langhout Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
groupshows:
The Act of Painting - Enschede, TETEM kunstruimte, Enschede (NL)
Group Show, VZL Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
sees shows
Michael Tedja, Snake, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
Hundertwasser, De rechte lijn is goddeloos, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
participates in the cyclo events:
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
DSM Classic
Boogie's Extreme
works as a bike messenger
2014
soloshow:
The Trainer's Notebook, VZL Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
groupshows:
The Act of Painting - Eindhoven, TAC, Eindhoven (NL)
The Act of Painting - Nagoya, Gallery Valeur, Nagoya (Japan)
The Act of Painting - Tokyo, Casa Sakanoue, Hiyoshi-Tokyo (Japan)
Zelf Weten, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, curated by Hans Aarsman
projects:
There is no I, W139, Amsterdam, initiators Aquil Copier and Raymond Cuijpers
performances:
Football Performance, W139, Amsterdam
Live Painting Worldcup match The Netherlands-Costa Rica,VZL Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
travels to:
Nagoya
Tokyo
Gran Paradiso (Italy)
sees shows:
International Abstraction, From the Guggenheim collection to the Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
Barnett Newman, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Kazimir Malevich en de Russische Avant-Garde, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Triennale Yokohama, BankArt, Yokohama
works as a bike messenger
2015
group show:
The Act of Painting - Berlin, Schau Fenster, Berlin
publishes short story Kunst of Voetbal in Hard gras 100
travels to:
Berlin
Bovenste Bos (Limburg, NL)
sees shows:
Miro and Cobra, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen (NL)
Mach dich Huebsch, Isa Genzken, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Seth Siegelaub: beyond conceptual art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Munch and Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Gevaar en Schoonheid, William Turner, De Fundatie, Zwolle (NL)
De oase van Matisse, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
ZERO, Let us explore the stars, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Michelangelo Antonioni, Il maestro del cinema moderno, EYE, Amsterdam
William Kentridge, If We Ever Get To Heaven, EYE, Amsterdam
works as a bike messenger
2016
group shows:
The Cloud, TAOP-Cadzand, Galerie De Ouverture, Cadzand (NL), curated by Jeroen Hofuizen
Art Loves Sport, EK2016, Cinetol, Amsterdam, curated by Martijn Pool
Oranje Onder, GESLOTEN, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, curated by Jos Houwelingen
Gestural Works, TAOP-Rotterdam, NIFFO project space, Rotterdam, curated by Huma Birgul and Raymond Cuijpers
The Act of Painting (Being The Universe), rosalux, Berlin, curated by Raymond Cuijpers
publishes short story Broers en Zonen in Hard gras 111
travels to:
Milan
Appennines (Italy)
three day bike ride with son: Amsterdam-Neerbeek
Berlin
works as a bike messenger
2017
soloshow:
Selfportrait as a living painter, VZL Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
groupshows:
Permanent Repetition, a TAOP-show curated by Cole Verhoeven en Raymond Cuijpers, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
I Am A Painter, a TAOP-show curated by Marie van Vollenhoven, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
performance: Tijdrekken voor Pollock, Raymond Cuijpers
breaks right elbow and upperarm
stops working as a bike messenger
2018
soloshow:
Rechtbank Amsterdam
groupshows:
See What You Know, a TAOP-show curated by Andre Kruysen and Wieteke Heldens, Quartair, Den Haag (NL)
publishes short story Solist in Hard gras 123
travels to
Uddevalla and Stockholm (Sweden)
Bovenste Bos, Epen (NL)
Gent and Brussels (Belgium)
sees shows:
Fragmenten uit een onvoltooide roman, Rene Daniels, Wiels, Brussels
Oeuvre, Raoul de Keyser, SMAK, Gent
Aleksej von Jawlensky, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
Ryoji Ikeda, EYE, Amsterdam
Gunther Forg, A Fragile Beauty, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Leonardo Da Vinci, Teylers Museum, Haarlem
2019
soloshows:
Elfspitsendroom, Villa de Bank, Enschede (NL)
Looplijnen, VZL Contemporary Art, Amsterdam
groupshows:
The Great Longing, the Act of Painting, Bohuslans Museum, Uddevalla (SE), curated by Agneta von Zeipel, Raymond Cuijpers and Lukas Gothman
Zapomniana Rzezba, Galeria Lescer, Zalesie Gorne, Galeria Lescer, Zalesie Gorne (PL)
De chemie tussen taal en beeld, show plus publication, galerie Schlessart, Bergen (NL), curated by Jannie Regnerus, Arno Kramer and Pieter Bijwaard
publishes:
short story De Doorbraak van Ryan Donk, edited version in De eeuwige jeugd, 100 jaar Zeeburgia
article in Metropolis M by Alix de Masaic: Raymond Cuijpers, MetroplisM
travels to Uddevalla (SE), bike trip with son to Ardennes(B)
2020
travels to Vulkaneifel (D) with son
2021
groupshows:
The Act of Painting, Intuition (Works on paper), Takarazuka Art Center, Hyogo (Japan), curated by Yoshio Katoh and Mayako Nakamura
Structures on Mars, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL), curated by Raymond Cuijpers
The Act of Painting, Intuition (Works on paper), Park Hotel Tokyo, Tokyo, curated by Mayako Nakamura
The Act of Painting, Intuition (Works on paper), Pgallery Echo-Ann, Ginza, Tokyo, curated by Mayako Nakamura
publishes:
short story Een pass op Van Basten in Hard gras 141
travels to Veluwe and Drenthe (NL) with family
2022
opens independant art space Hybrid Cultures
Hybrid Cultures
soloshows:
Odoodem, Raymond Cuijpers Hybrid Cultures, Amsterdam
groupshows:
The Act of Painting, Intuition (Works on paper), Moerenuma Park, Sapporo (Japan), curated by Mari and Mayako Nakamura
travels to Berlin, Paris with family
bike trip to France:
Amsterdam-Aarschot-Givet-Charleville-Neufchateau-Ronchamp-Luneville-Sierck-les-Bains-Bergueres-Neerbeek
