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Belgium, 1971

Live/work: Madrid, Spain - New York, NY, USA

EDUCATION:

1994: Master Degree Visual Arts, Sculpture, Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

1997: Graduate Photography, HSTL, SISA, Antwerp, Belgium

1999: Post Graduate Cultural Sciences, Film and Video, Free University Brussels, Belgium

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2019: Formalisms, Lounge Lab, New York School of the Arts, NY, US

2017: Intersections, Museo de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

2014: Stretch Out and Wait, Rhythm Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2012: Blind Spot, Domaingallery.com, Madrid, Spain

2012: It’s Only a Matter of How You Look at It, ATM Contemporary, Gijón, Spain

2009: Not Looking Forward, ATM Contemporary, Gijón, Spain

2008: Sondies Sculpture Garden, Museo Manuel Felguerez, Zacatecas, Mexico

2003: Joseph Vanhaecke, Fast Forward, Antwerp, Belgium

2000:  Interval, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium

1998: Composites, Monty Kultuurfactorij, Antwerp, Belgium

1997: In the Mean Time, Pourbusstraat 10, Antwerp, Belgium

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2022:  Art at the Residency: 7 Belgian Artists at the Consulate of Belgium, NY, USA

2019: September Salon Show, The Greenpoint Gallery, NY, USA

2015: The Outline, Rhythm Gallery, New York, NY, USA; Formosa Art Fair, Rhythm Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2013: NY Art Search, ISE Cultural Center, NY, USA

2012: Modus with Yung-Li Dance, Baruch Performance Art Center, NY, USA

2011: Your Art, Anata Gallery, Anatagallery.com (catalogue); The Art of Fashion, Intermix Gallery, Chelsea Hotel, New York, USA

2010: Proyecto 200, ATM Contemporary, Gijón, Spain; Crossover, Vlaamse Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium; Self Destructing Art Show, Flux Factory Gallery, New York, USA; Percepción e Ilusión, Galería La Refaccionaria, Mexico City, Mexico; EU Trio Tree, European Meeting Point, Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary; Open Studios ISCP, New York, USA; Alterna, Foro MUJAM, Mexico City, Mexico

2009: Proyecto 200, ATM Contemporary, Gijón, Spain; Eyestroll, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium; CIRCA, ATM Contemporary, San Juan, Puerto Rico (catalogue); Cruces, Delegation of Principado de Asturias, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue)

2008: Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Coastomize! and Other Mixed Realities, Velzeke, Belgium (catalogue)

2007: Crearte Urbano, Complejo Cultural El Aguila, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)

2006: Generación 2006, Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)

2005: Lineart Playground, Gent, Belgium (catalogue); Generación 2005, Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)

2004: Senscity, Brussels, Belgium; Liquidación Total, GO!, Madrid, Spain

2003: Transcode, Evergem, Belgium; Argos Festival, New Media, Media Library, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue); Feel Estate, Leopoldskazerne, Ghent, Belgium

2000: Verbindingen/Jonctions 4, Constant vzw, kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium

Awards and Grants:

2006: Generaciones 2006 Award (First Prize), Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain

2005: Generaciones 2005 Award (Acquisition), Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Residencies:

2003-2004: Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

2010: Flux Factory, Queens, New York, USA

2009: ISCP, Brooklyn, New York (sponsored by the Flemish Community)
Public Collection:

2005: “Juntos: Black & White”, Collection Caja Madrid, Spain

2004: “Intervalo”, Collection Caja Madrid, Spain

Selected Press and Publications:

2017:  “La FPMC inauguró exposición fotográfica,” Julian Puente, JulianPuente.com, December, Mexico

2014: “Discover the Inner Rhythms of Art,” Xiao-tong Sun, Artitude, Monthly Magazine, December, Taiwan

2012: “El Arte de la Percepción,” Paché Meraya, La Nueva España de Gijón, 23/11/2012, Spain

2009: “Percepciones bajo Sospecha,” Juan Carlos Gea, La Nueva España de Gijón, 19/03/2009, Spain

2008: “La Percepción del Arte a través de una Pantalla,” La Jornada de Zacatecas, 31/01/2008, Mexico

2007: “Trees and Ghosts: Manga’s Magical Touch,” The Washington Post, 13/11/2007, USA

2006: “”Generación 2006: Premios y Becas de Arte Cajamadrid,” Elmundo/Metropoli, 25/01/2006, Spain

2005: “Los artistas de la Generación 2005 se instalan en La Casa Encendida,” El País, Cultura, 02/05/2005, Spain