Toine Klaassen (b. 1973 Eindhoven, The Netherlands) lives and works in Rotterdam. Graduated from Rietveld Artacademy, Amsterdam (1995-2000), Klaassen’s daily research into ‘archeology of the nowadays’ has produced exhibitions such as Immortality Bar at Stadsgalerij Museum for Contemporary Art Heerlen (2005); web-based project: Six Films on BasementArtProject.com (2006); the artist in residence Orbino with the project Fatamorgana organised in the shipping containers of Unit 1 at Alkmaar, The Netherlands (2006); an experimental laboratory in the group show, Sense and Sensitivity at Tent, Center for visual arts Rotterdam (2006); Satellite Works, La Centrale, Montreal and Galerie L'Oeil de Poisson, Quebec City; Reservation (5x 24hours performance), Temporary Museum, Amsterdam; New Life and Dream Garden, Fieldgate Gallery, London; HEROES, Gil & Moti Home Gallery, Rotterdam (2007).