Tijn Meulendijks Curriculum Vitae
Born: Geldrop, the Netherlands - Migrated to Australia in 2004
Education: Master of Floral design, Hertogenbosh, The Netherlands 2004
Upcoming Projects: “The Body Language of Plants” Mulgrave Gallery, Cairns QLD. November - December 2025
Selected Exhibitions
2020 “Gramineae” Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne VIC (Film- Online exhibition due to covid lockdown): https://incineratorgallery.com.au/gramineae/ Film: https://incineratorgallery.com.au/gramineae/#Documentary
2019 Strand Ephemera, Townsville QLD (Group exhibition)
2018 Sculpture Botanica, Cairns Botanical Gardens, Cairns QLD (Group Exhibition)
2017 “Gramineae” for “Objects of Desire” Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW (Group Exhibition)
2016 “Gramineae” for “Objects of Desire” Curated by Shannon Garson Artisan Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2015 “Seed to seed” Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin NT (Collaboration with Claudine Marzik)
2014 “Sub 0” Tanks Art Centre, Cairns QLD (Group exhibition)
2014 "Herbarium Vivum" Gallery Crate 59, Cairns QLD
2014 “Sentinels" KickArts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Cairns QLD, & Tablelands Regional Gallery, Atherton QLD (Group exhibition)
2014 “Wanderlust” Gallery Crate 59, Cairns QLD (Collaboration with Rosie Miller)
2013 "Seed to Seed" KickArts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Cairns QLD (Collaboration with Claudine Marzik)
2012 “Germinating, Growing, Wilting” Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin QLD (Collaboration with Claudine Marzik)
2010 “Germinating,Growing ,Wilting” Umbrella Studio, Townsville QLD
2009 “Germinating,Growing ,Wilting” Circa 1907 Contemporary Artspace Cairns QLD
2009 “Waters Edge” Cairns Regional Gallery, Mackay Artspace, Mackay, Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville QLD (Group exhibition)
2009 “Floating Land” Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa QLD (Group exhibition and residency)
2009 “Strand Ephemera” Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD (Group Exhibition)
2009 “Espanart" Cairns QLD (Group exhibition)
2008 “Situational Vitrines” Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns QLD (Group exhibition)
2007 ARC Biennial, QUT Art museum, Brisbane QLD (Group exhibition)
2007 “Flight” KickArts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Cairns QLD(Group exhibition)
2007 “Untitled” Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns QLD
2007 “Natura est Ars” Umbrella Studio, Townsville QLD
2007 “Earthy: Nature and essence in the works of Tijn Meulendijks”, Yoshi Mizuno and Cara Stevens, KickArts, Centre for Contemporary Art, Cairns QLD
2007 “Transcience” Cairns Regional Gallery, with “The Upholstery” group, Cairns QLD (Group exhibition)
2006 "Typha latifolia” Cell Art Space, Cairns QLD
2006 “Synapse” with “The Upholstery” group, Cairns QLD (Group exhibition)
2005 “Untitled” Cell Art Space, Cairns QLD
2004 “Food for Thought” Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (Group exhibition)
2003 “Vegetative objects and installations” Centre for the Arts, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Reviews and Publications
“Electric Fields and Digital Blooms” Jake Treacy, Curator Incinerator Gallery Melbourne
“Seed to Seed” Ingrid Hoffman, Director KickArts Contemporary Arts 2012
“Germinating, Growing, Wilting” A new paradigm for the art of the north by DR Stephen Naylor, Art Monthly Australia, November Issue 2010
“Germinating, Growing, Wilting” Catalogue essay written by DR Barbara Dover, 2010
“Waters Edge: creating environments”, Catalogue for the project, 2009
“Tijn Meulendijks: The Winding Way” Artlink Magazine Vol.28 Essay by Jacqui Stock 2008
"To be confirmed" Catalogue ARC Biennial, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane 2007
"Untitled" Catalogue essay by Susan Reid, Curator Cairns Regional Gallery 2007
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2011 Commission for UAP, concept development for public sculptural works, Cairns QLD