Curriculum Vitae
Steef Crombach (Born 1992, Maastricht (NL))
Based in: Los Angeles, CA. & Austin, TX. (USA)
https://www.instagram.com/steefcrombach/
Education:
2011-2014 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague (NL) department: Fine Arts 2010-2011 Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht (NL) Fine Arts
Exhibitions:
Solo shows
2022 -Woman & Their Work, Austin, Texas (USA), One Bad Monkey.
2021 -Ivester Contemporary, Austin, Texas (USA), FOaMO.
2019 -Big Medium at The Line Hotel, Austin, Texas (USA), Closing exhibition.
2017 -Vonkel, The hague (NL), Bij wijze van Ham.
Duo shows
2021 -Immediate fashion school, Austin, Texas (USA), ‘MAPSLAP’ with Casey Alfstad.
2019 -Co-Lab Projects Springdale General Gallery, Austin, Texas (USA), M*A*S*H with Alexis Mabry..
2019 -PumpProject at Cloud Tree Gallery, Austin, Texas (USA), Place + Repeat with Andrea Muñoz Martinez.
Group shows
2022 -Wassaic Project, Wassaic, New York (USA), Tournament of Lies.
2022 -Artists for Artists, Houston, Texas (USA), Mind-full. 2021 -Contracommon, Bee Cave, Texas (USA), Soft.
2021 -Virtual exhibition by Ender Martos, Veintiuno.
2020 -Cloud Tree Gallery, Austin, Texas (USA), Thread-Count.
2019 -Vault Stone Shop, Austin, Texas (USA), Flash Collection.
2018 -Big Medium, Austin Texas (USA), BigBanal.
2018 -Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), Prospects and Concepts.
2017 -The Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL), Royal Painters Price 2017.
2017 -Co-Lab Projects DEMO Gallery, Austin, Texas (USA), Expedition BatikBack. 2015 -In your living room, Maakhaven, The Hague (NL), The Cliffhanger show.
2015 -Maagdenhuis, Amsterdam (NL), Bloody Mary.
2015 -Yteismaa NGO, Helsinki (FI), Olohuonenayttely. 2015 -Roodkapje, Rotterdam (NL), Winterwolven RADICALS.
2014 -Het Kunstgemaal, Bronckhorst (NL), De Springplank tentoonstelling.
2013 -NEST, Den Haag (NL), Me, myself and I.
Residencies:
-Big Medium, Austin, TX: Line Residency at The Line Hotel Austin, 2019.
Grants:
-Mondriaan Fund: International Art Presentation grant for ‘One bad Monkey’, 2022
-Stroom, The Hague: PRO art projects contribution for group exhibit ‘BigBanal’, 2018.
-Mondriaan Fund: Stipendium for Emerging Artists, €20.000 awarded, 2017.
-Stroom The Hague: SPOT group exhibition contribution for ‘Dirty Daisies’, 2016.
-Stroom The Hague: SPOT individual exhibition contribution for ’I Bogart, 2015.
Prices:
-King Willem-Alexander: Nomination Royal Award for Modern Painting, 2017.
-Stroom The Hague: Stroom KABK Talent Invest prize, 2015.
Press:
-Courtney Thomas, (July 16, 2022) Steef Crombach’s ‘One bad Monkey’. Review https://sightlinesmag.org/steef-crombachs-one-bad-monkey
-Glasstire, (June 23, 2022) Glasstire top five. Mention https://glasstire.com/2022/06/23/top-five-june-23-2022/
-Koos Tervooren, (May 26, 2022) De Oversteek: Down South (S2E3). Podcast interview.
https://www.audible.com/pd/S2E3-Down-South-Austin-Creative-Tech-Podcast/B0B1JHLWCM
-Casey Alfstad, (April 2020) Steef Crombach: Globalization and Searching for Symbols. Interview
https://www.conceptanimals.com/steefcrombach
-Feature on CBS, (July 2019) We are Austin, Celebrating art, culture & community with Big Medium’s artist residency at The LINE Austin. Interview
https://cbsaustin.com/features/we-are-austin/celebrating-art-culture-community-with-big-medium s-artist-residency-at-the- line-hotel-austin
-Sean J Patrick Carney, (May 2019) “M*A*S*H”: Alexis Mabry and Steef Crombach at Co-Lab Projects. Review
https://glasstire.com/2019/05/13/mash-alexis-mabry-and-steef-crombach-at-co-lab-projects/
-Klaartje Til, (October 2018) Steef Crombach, A Dutch Woman in Austin. Article in Digital Magazine POM.
http://pom-magazine.nl/steef-crombach-a-dutch-woman-in-austin/
-Roos van Rij, (July 2018) Freshcotton calendar Februari: Steef Crombach. Printed calendar for magazine freshcotton.
https://www.freshcotton.com/nl/blogs/blog/kalender-februari-steef-crombach/ 2017
-Tatiana Ryckman, (August 2017) Steef Crombach, Austin, and ‘Hacked’ Batik. Profile on Glasstire. http://glasstire.com/2017/08/18/steef-crombach-austin-and-hacked-batik/
-Jeroen Bosch, (October 2017) Koninklijke prijs voor Schilderkunst 2017. Mention https://trendbeheer.com/2017/10/09/koninklijke-prijs-voor-schilderkunst-2017/
-Bertus Pieters, (October 2016) ‘Dirty Daisies’. Review
https://villanextdoor.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/art-the-hague-2016-fokker-terminal-the-hague/
-Erik Korsten, (July 2016) ‘Everywhere and Always’ at Gallery Vonkel on Den Haag FM. Interview http://denhaagfm.nl/luisteren/?src=920&t%5Byear%5D=2016&t%5Bmonth%5D=7&t%5Bday%5 D=10&t%5Bhour%5D=10
-TINKEBELL, (July 2014). Op zoek naar studenten die superwezens worden. (In search of students that will become super creatures.) Online review http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/14268/Tinkebell/article/detail/3689064/2014/07/14/Op-zoek-naar-studen ten-die-superwezens- worden.dhtml
-Niek Hendrix, (July 2014). Steeds meer druk op kunsttalent; 22 nieuwe makers om goed in de gaten te houden. (22 new makers to keep an eye on). Online review
https://www.cultureelpersbureau.nl/2014/07/de-nieuwe-aanstormende-kunsttalenten/
-Rosa Helldorfer & Rob Groot Zevert, (November 2014). Verslagen academie bezoeken. Online review
http://ernstiggeschikt.com/ernstig-geschikt-2014/den-haag-kabk/
-Sophia Zürcher, (July 2014). Lichting 2014; KABK. Online review
www.kunstbeeld.nl
-Niek Hendrix, (July 2014). Eindexamen Expositie; KABK Den Haag. Online review
www.lost-painters.nl
-Bertus Pieters, (July 2014). Graduation Festival. Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague. Online review
www.villanextdoor.wordpress.com
Additional activities:
2023 -Curator; ‘But wait.. There’s more’, at Bolm Arts, Austin, Texas.
2018/current -Teacher at the Contemporary Art School Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas.
2017 -Curator and initiator for the international project; ‘Expedition BatikBack’, at Co-Lab Projects DEMO gallery, Austin.
2017 -Organiser and teacher 8 week art residency at Co-Lab Projects, Austin
2016 -Curator floating exhibition; ‘Dirty Daisies’, during Art The Hague.
2016 -Curator ‘Everywhere and Always’, at gallery for contemporary art Vonkel, The Hague.
2016 -Curator for the show ‘Behind the visible’, at gallery for contemporary art Vonkel, The Hague.