2010:
MB:Photographing for Artists, Art Institutions, Art Projects and Portraits of Artists; 0031-(0)6-241 68 295 The Netherlands, Rotterdam
Gallery Arti Capelli, in coorporation with gallery Husstege - 28 march-2 mai exhibition gallery Husstege s'-Hertogenbosch NL, Upcoming photobooks NL+ english as writer & photographer, 'Mothership photobook and photobook + affiche Alopecia Areata Foundation Netherlands, Editor & photographer Magazin Column ArtCurls, Center for Contemporary Arts, RAM Gallery stock 'Heaven in Black and White', Photobooks Undercover/Onthecover Bookstore Dutch Photomuseum Rotterdam (NFM) and Gijsbert Hanekroot www.photographybooks.com,
2009 : January/ atelier Amsterdam autonome works Artist, Pink Artproject Graffitibriljant Rotterdam, writer and creative manager for Mothership, Adviser book Mothership, Adviser book Alopecia Areata foundation Netherlands, Art Auction World of Witte de With Rotterdam, Art Market Rotterdam, Gallery RAM 'small works',
2008 : * Mothership (Producer in Arts) www.enterthemothership.com as creative assistent & projectmanager * as an artist Exhibition Center of Contemporary Arts Rotterdam Nl * Artists of Rotterdam South, Art Auction World of the Witte de With Rotterdam NL, received by the mayor Ivo van Opstelten charter 'Eye for Rotterdam*
2007 : * Mothership Producer in Arts creative assistent & projectmanager * Art Auction World of the Witte de With Rotterdam NL, Photographer, Writer
2006 : * As an artist Gallery MAMA Rotterdam NL at the Artfair Scope London England * as creative assistent with Mothership at the Millionaire Fair Cannes / France * as an artist Illustrations for No Kidding Campagne NL * Exhibition photographs at Art Store Art Embassy Rotterdam NL * Group exhibition 'Holey Family Church' Rotterdam * creative assistent & manager for Mothership * Art Auction World of WdW Rotterdam + Children Art Auction Rotterdam
2005 : * Initiator and writer Photo Exhibition + Book 'More Naked than Other People' Undercover/Onthecover' at the Dutch Photomuseum Rotterdam NL (about the Unknown Total Hairloss by Children, Women and Men) * Gallery MAMA Rotterdam NL ‘Lady Shave' with Photographs The Representation of the Female * Art Gallery at the Amsterdam Medical Center ''Undercover/Onthecover' * Gallery Erasmus Rotterdam 10 years photocollection, creative assistent & projectmanager Mothership * Art Auction World of the WdW Rotterdam NL + Children Art Auction
2004 : * as an artist Group Exhibition RAM Gallery Rotterdam NL * Projectmanager & Curator Brains Unlimited Amsterdam with The Year of the Farm 2004 * Zoo Blijdorp Rotterdam NL Artproject for and with children with Cancer (Dreamnight at the Zoo) * Installation at Villa Zebra Rotterdam NL 'One morning, I woke up and photographed heaven' * creative assistent Gallery MAMA at Artfair Cologne/ Germany * Group exhibition at RAM Gallery Rotterdam, Art Auction World of WdW Rotterdam * Solo exhibition Center of Contemporary Arts Rotterdam * Group exhibition at RAM Gallery Rotterdam * Group exhibition at Artbunker Tumulka Munich / Germany * Street Gallery 'de Aanschouw' Rotterdam * Group exhibition Center of Contemporary Arts Rotterdam 'Photo Biennale'
2003 : * Photoworks RAM Gallery at the Art Fair Rotterdam NL, Solo exhibition at Hoboken Photo Collection Rotterdam * Group exhibition RAM Gallery * TENT Exhibitionspace for Rotterdam Artists * Kunsthaus Brunswiker Pavillon Kiel / Germany * Exhibition at Gallery Ron Mandos Rotterdam NL
2002 : * Gallery Ron Mandos Rotterdam * Groupexhibition Center of Contemporary Arts Amsterdam NL * Group RAM Gallery, Solo at Movie Center Schiedam NL, Art collection archivist ABN/AMRO bank
2000-2001 : Academy of Arts Group Exhibition at 'Kunsthal' Rotterdam NL * Group exhibition Academy of Arts Enschede / Netherlands * Group exhibition 'treasures of North' Rotterdam * Mariniersmuseum Rotterdam * Technic University Delft NL * 'Touching Faces' Project with Blind Children
Subsidized by : * Center of Contemporary Arts Rotterdam NL* Rotterdam Art Foundation * SBAW Rotterdam * VSB Fonds * Mondriaan Foundation Amsterdam * The Dutch Photomuseum Rotterdam * Councel of Rotterdam 2008 * Charter for 'The Eye for Rotterdam' NL received by the mayor of Rotterdam
Art Sales : * SBK Amsterdam * CBK Rotterdam * Erasmus Photocollection * Gallery Ron Mandos * Gallery RAM * Auctions during Artfestival Rotterdam * Artists, Collectors and privat persons all over the world
Publications : * 2005 Very Special Photobook Me as Initiator & Writer & Curator 'More Naked than Other People' Undercover/Onthecover (Published by Artimo Amsterdam) 2009: www.photographybooks.eu (Gijsbert Hanekroot Photographer) Eng. ISBN 90-8546-028-X / NL ISBN 90-8546-027-1 * 2002 Publications Photobook 'Oog in Oog' Contemporary Dutch Photographers-Published by De Verbeelding Amsterdam NL * Several publications in Daily Papers, Art Magazines, Television and Radio interviews *
Education : 1995-1999 Education for Autonomous Artist at the Academy for Fine Arts 'Willem de Kooning' Rotterdam NL * My earliest education as a classical balletdancer I had at the Ballet School Rotterdam NL 1977-1981 and from * 1981-1984 at the National Ballet Academy Amsterdam NL
Monique Benthin: Artist, Photographer, Adviser, Curator, Writer. Main interests: Philosophy, Research for human conditions, aesthetics, historical and contemporary society