Aernout Mik (born July 3, 1962) is a Dutch artist, internationally known for his installations and films.
[1]Mik spent his childhood in Groningen and studied there from 1983 to 1988 at the Academie Minerva.
He had his first solo exhibition in 2000 at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven under the title "Primal gestures, minor roles".
In 1997, Mik received the Sandberg Prize for his videos Lick (1996) and Fluff (1996).
[4] The work called Organic Escalator (2000) is housed in the Art Collection Fondation Pinault and was end-2007 in Lille on the exhibition "Passage du temps".