is an artist based in Rotterdam. She is working collectively with Jos van der Pol as Bik Van der Pol, since 1995.

Together, they explore the potential of art to produce and transmit knowledge, and investigate research methods that can activate situations to create a platform for various kinds of communicative activities. Their methodology expands the notion of the specifics of site responsive practice to include historical research, institutional collaboration, community participation and the investigation of political legislation and localized resistance.

Bik Van der Pol were project leaders at PZI of The Importance of Being Here: or What You Give is What You Get in 2001, and of Platforms and Presentations in 2004. Liesbeth Bik has been a tutor at PZI since 2002.

Bik Van der Pol, Nomads in Residence, a mobile workspace for artists, realized in collaboration with architects Korteknie and Stuhlmacher, Utrecht, 2003.

Recent projects and exhibitions include One Day Sculpture, Auckland, New Zealand (2009); Questioning History, Nederlands Foto Museum, Rotterdam (2008-09); Now Jump, Nam Jun Paik Art Center, GyeongGi, South Korea (2008-09); I’ve Got Something in My Eye, Bard College, Center of Curatorial Studies, Annandale on Hudson, US (2008); Becoming Dutch, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (2008); Plug In #28, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (2007-08); Istanbul Biennale (2007); Moscow Biennale (2007); Fly Me To The Moon, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2006); Naked Life, MOCA, Taipei (2006).

Bik Van der Pol, Past Imperfect, installed at Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2005.