Education & Residencies

• 2012
  Residency at VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
• 2007-2009
  Residency at the Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2005
  Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, USA
• In between
  Several workshops by international artists, Suriname
• 1997-1999
  Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts, Kingston, Jamaica (selected Top Student for 1999 graduating class)
• 1994-1995
  Art teacher training, I.O.L., Paramaribo, Suriname
• 1993-1994
  Transitional year Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 1987-1990
  Nola Hatterman Art Institute, Paramaribo, Suriname

Work Experience

• 2015
  Organized Moengo Festival of Visual Arts, Tembe Fu Libi, Moengo, Suriname
• 2012
  Launch of ‘Boipili’, Marcel Pinas’ own line of silver jewelry inspired by maroon culture
• 2011
  Founder of CAMM - Contemporary Art Museum Moengo, Suriname
• Since 2010
  Nominated and elected as Young Global Leader to the YGL community, part of the World Economic Forum. Since then participated in numerous YGL meetings and conferences in several countries worldwide.
• 2010
  Founder Kibii Wi Foundation and TAS - Tembe Art Studio in Moengo, Suriname, where people from local communities are trained in several art forms
• Since 1992
  Artistic employee at the Nola Hatterman Art Academy

Awards

• 2005
  First price for art structure, Bewegter Wind, Germany
• 2003
  Business Finance Art Award, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• 1999
  Edna Manley College for Visual and Performing Arts, Jamaica, Top Student 1999 graduating class

Solo Exhibitions

• 2019
  What Art Can Do, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2018
  Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, The Netherlands
• 2016
  San Mi Abi, Gallery Patries van Dorst, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
• 2016
  Eside Tide Tamaa, Gallery Readytex, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2016
  KIbri A Kulturu, Gallery Beddington Fine Arts , Bargemon, France
• 2015
  Kibri a Kulturu, Smith Daidson Gallery Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2014
  Kibri a Kulturu, Beddington Fine Art Gallery, Bargemon, France
• 2013
  Kibri a Kulturu, Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 2012
  Maroon culture relocated, Galerie SANAA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 2012
  Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
• 2012
  La Liberté PRK, Kultuurkaffee, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), Belgium
• 2011
  Kibii Wi Koni, Beddington Fine Art Gallery, Bargemon, France
• 2011
  Kibii Wi Koni Marcel Pinas The Event, Camp de la transportation, St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana
• 2011
  Kibii Wi Koni Marcel Pinas The Event, De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2011
  Kibii Wi Koni Marcel Pinas The Event, comprehensive exhibition of installation art, KKF, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2011
  Kibri a Kulturu, Bergen NH, the Netherlands
• 2011
  Kibii Wi Koni, La camp de la transportation, St. Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana
• 2009
  Kibii Wi, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
• 2009
  Kibri a Kulturu, Gemak, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2008
  Beddington Fine Art Gallery, Bargemon, France
• 2007
  Kibri a Kulturu, Cayenne, French Guiana
• 2007
  Kibri A Kulturu, Artlease/Contemporary Art, The Netherlands
• 2007
  AFAKA,Herman Krikhaar Gallery, Sallernes, France
• 2006
  Kibii Wi, Camp de la Transportation, French Guiana
• 2006
  Kibri a Kulturu, Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2003
  Tembe, Readytex Art Gallery,Paramaribo, Suriname

Group Exhibitions

• 2019
  De grote Suriname tentoonstelling, Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
• 2017
  Group exhibition, Galery Autobody Alameda, San Francisco, USA
• 2017
  Group exhibition, Zwart glas, 2.0 CBK Kunstcafe Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2017
  Jamaica Biënnale, Kingston Jamaica
• 2016
  Group exhibition, Ondes “imprevuess” ”turning tide”, Memorial ACTe Parboussier, Guadeloupe.
• 2016
  Group exhibition, Zwrt Glas, Glass Museum, Leerdam, The Netherlands
• 2015
  Opening exhibition of new location Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2014
  SITElines.2014 – Unsettled Landscapes, Santa Fe, USA (upcoming in July)
• 2013
  Exhibition with goldsmith Ivan Chevillotte, Munich, Germany
• 2013
  Atelier Michel Fedoroff in Bargemon, France
• 2013
  Pigments>Guyanne, Martinique
• 2012
  Havana Biënnale, Cuba
• 2012
  Caribbean: Crossroads of the World, El Museo del Barrio/ The Studio Museum/ Queens Museum, New York, USA
• 2012
  Who More Sci-Fi Than Us, Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort, the Netherlands
• 2012
  Back to the roots, La Magnanerie de Seillans, Seillans, France
• 2011
  About Change, World Bank, Washington DC, USA
• 2011
  Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean interventions, OAS, Washington DC, USA
• 2010
  Kunst is Kracht, Readytex Art Gallery in De Hal, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2010
  National Art Fair (NK '10), Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2010
  Lilly's Galerie, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2010
  Sribi Switi, San e Psa, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2010
  Paramaribo SPAN, DSB Bank, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2010
  Bienale du Marronage, Matoury, French Guiana
• 2010
  Sure Suriname, Arti 10, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2009
  8 December public art installation, Fort Zeelandia, Suriname
• 2009
  National Art Fair (NK '09), Suriname
• 2009
  Licht aan Zee, Den Helder, The Netherlands
• 2009
  Kréyol Factory, Paris, France
• 2009
  Havana Biënnale, Cuba
• 2009
  Wakaman Exhibition, Fort Zeelandia, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2008
  De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2008
  Open Ateliers, Rijksacademie Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2008
  MK Galerie, Berlin, Germany
• 2008
  Art Fair, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 2007
  Latitudes 2007, Paris, France
• 2007
  National Art Fair, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2007
  Open Ateliers, Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2007
  Art Move, De Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2007
  Infinite Island-Contemporary Caribbean Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
• 2006
  Latitudes 2006, Paris, France
• 2006
  Holland Art Fair, The Hague, The Netherlands
• 2006
  Kunst uitgepakt, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
• 2005
  Moved Wind Art, Sachsenberg, Germany
• 2005
  Open House Exhibition Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2004
  Paris Cayenne, French Guiana
• 2004
  Open House Exhibition Readytex Art Gallery, Paramaribo, Suriname
• 2003
  Art Gallery Otrabanda Vieja, Curaçao
• 2003
  Galerie De Pauw, Buren, the Netherlands
• 2003
  Erfenis van Slavernij, Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• 2003
  Ancestral Whispers, Bolivar Gallery, Jamaica
• 2003
  Exotic Caribbean, Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, the Netherlands

Public Art Installations

• 2008
  Moiwana Monument, district Marowijne, Suriname
• 2008
  Faaka Tiki, Moengo, Suriname
• 2007
  Afaka, Abadoekondre, Suriname
• 2006
  Reconnecting Africa permanent art installation, Tropenmuseum, The Netherlands
• 2006
  Totempole art installation, Fort Zeelandia, Suriname
• 2005
  Kokolampu for the occasion of 30 years independence, opposite Fort Zeelandia, Suriname
• 2005
  Sanfika, Sachsenberg, Germany
• 2004
  Fu Memre Moiwana, district Marowijne, Suriname

Publications

• 2015
  Tembe Fu Libi, catalogue of exhibition Tembe Fu Libi, part of the Moengo Festival of Visual Arts
• 2012
  Sranan Art Xposed (SAX6) edition 6, July 2012
• 2011
  About Change-In Latin America and the Caribbean, Catalogue about the About Change Art Program of the World Bank in Washington DC, 2010/2011
• 2011
  ARC magazine, issue # 3, 2011
• 2011
  Sabaku, Suriname airways inflight magazine, August-October 2011 edition
• 2011
  Sranan Art Xposed (SAX5) edition 5, September 2011
• 2011
  Marcel Pinas. Artist, more than an artist, second catalogue about Marcel Pinas
• 2010
  Wrestling with the image-Caribbean interventions, digital catalogue of the exhibition at the OAS (as part of the About Change program of the Worldbank)
• 2010
  Paramaribo SPAN, catalogue of the exhibition
• 2008
  Wakaman. Drawing lines-connecting dots, catalogue of the exhibition
• 2006
  Kibri A Kulturu, first catalogue about Marcel Pinas