Born 1987, in Antwerp Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Education

1999-2005 KSO, Heilig-Grafinstitute, Turnhout 

2005-2009 Master in the Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent (KASK)

Solo Exhibitions

2023

GUT FORCE EFFECT, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
Coclopie, Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels, BE

2022

Earth Girls, Stedelijk Museum Hoogstraten, Hoogstraten, BE

2021

SQUIRM, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, US
SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEADS, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2020

Inner Wavy, Turmoil Baby, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
Slippery Wobbler, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, EN

2019

The Waddle Show; a counteract, Solo at Museum M, Leuven, BE
Haus der Wanderer, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DΕ
The Snake Charmer, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen, DE

2018

Solo at Independent, represented by Carl Freedman Gallery, Brussels, BE
Film de Fenêtre, solo project, NICC, Brussels, BE

Solo show at PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE 


2017

Ontmaskerd Maske, solo show at Warande, Turnhout, BE 

Lord Nelson FW17, solo presentation, CASSTL, Antwerp, BE 

The Village Idiot, solo at Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK 


2016

Jack and the Paradise Cruise, solo at Horizont Gallery, Budapest, HU 

Mural, Beurskafee, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE 


2015

De Zundert tekeningen, solo show at Vincent van GoghHuis Galerie, Zundert, NL 

Residency at Vincent van Gogh Museum, Zundert, NL 

Billenkoek, solo show at KIOSK Gallery, Ghent, BE 

Verzopen Vaarwaters, solo show at trampoline, Antwerp BE 

Solo show at kunstINgang, Cultuurcentrum Merksem, Antwep, BE 

Lord Nelson Posters, solo show and book presentation at Stadslimiet, Antwerp, BE
The best couples in the World, project and edition w/ MOREpublishers, GRAMM restaurant, Brussels, BE 

Nieuwe Zwevers, solo show, ‘120 minutes’ curated by Lieven Segers and Frank Koolen, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE 


2014

Döbbelganger, solo show, trampoline, Antwerp, BE 

Lord Nelsons Portrait Gallery, solo show, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, EN 

Duo show w/ Kristian Devantier, Galleri SPECTA, Copenhagen, DA 

Season of the which, curated by Marie de Gaulejac, Castillo/Corrales, Paris, FR

2013

Al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding, duo show w/ Vaast Colson, Studio Katleen Vinck, Antwerp, BE

Solo, Liste Basel, represented by Galerie VidalCuglietta, CH 

Solo, Art Brussels, represented by Galerie VidalCuglietta, BE
KUNSTENAARS VAN MORGEN (en alle dagen nadien), solo show, Stadsliemiet, Antwerp, ΒΕ
POST, solo, curated by Jacob Fabricius, Kunsthalle Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DA
De averechtse val van Huize Frankendael, Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam NL

2012

De dans rond het uurglas, solo show, project space, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels, BE

2011

Whilst the Master sleeps, book release, Vaast Colson&Nel Aerts, Alt Antverpia, Antwerp BE
De Grote Overtocht, solo show, Hectoliter, Brussels BE

2010

Traveling after Zbigniew Herbert and Pan Cogito (2), organized by Scheld’apen, Fort 8, Hoboken BE 

Undisclosed Gathering, solo show, Croxhapox, Ghent BE 

In De leer, Anastasis project, Heilig-Grafinstituut, Turnhout BE

2009

One with the Medicine Man, solo show, Pocketroom, Antwerp, BE
Vaast Colson in Kiosk, week 3, KIOSK, Ghent, BE 

Goodbye Old Paint, graduation, Academy (KASK), Ghent BE

Selected Group Exhibitions and projects

2023

Unreadiness w. Jan Vercruysse, Nel Aerts, John Murphy, Roger Raveel Museum, Belgium
Conciërgerie, Conciërgerie, Antwerp, BE

2022

Moods & Memories, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
When Species Meet, Lore Deutz, Cologne, DE
OUDE WIJN/NIEUWE ZAKKEN, De Warande, Turnhout, BE

2021

Universiteit Lichtekooi, /w Gert Verhoeven, Lichtekooi, Antwerp, BE
Gest, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
Beaufort 2021, Ostend, BE
Lipstick and Gas Masks, Muhka - Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE

2020

In Vitro, Muhka - Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE
Just So Stories, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg, L
De Nacht, De Warande, Turnhout, BE

Playground Festival, Museum M, Leuven, BE
een blik achter de muur, Blikfabriek, Hoboken, BE
Billboard Project, Antwerp

2019

The Other Self, duo show w. Ellen Berkenblit, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
Der Rausch, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
Duckumenta, Studio Omstand, Arnhem
Ceres, Hof De Bist, Ekeren, BE
Teixeira de Freitas Collection, Sala de Arte of the Santander Foundation, Madrid
Salon de Peinture, M HKA, Antwerp, BE
Looking at the world through rose colored glasses, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2018

Group presentation w/ PLUS-ONE Gallery, Independent, Brussels, BE
‘ADA’, groupshow w/ William Anthony and Joelle Dubois, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne, DE

Soft? Tactile Dialogues in Collaboration with MOMU, Groupshow at PLUS-ONE gallery, Berchem BE 

Soft?, MOMU, groupshow at Maurice Verbaet Center, Antwerp BE

Middle Gate II, curated by Bart De Baere, CC De Werft, Geel, BE

Affiniteiten #1, groupshow, /w Vaast Colson, Marie José Burki, Mitja Tušek, curated by Stella Lohaus, LLS Paleis, Antwerp BE 

Lust, Laughter and Liquor, groupshow, PLUS-ONE gallery and Gallery Sofie Van De Velde at Art Brussels, Brussels, BE 

Lust, Laughter and Liquor*, groupshow, PLUS-ONE gallery and Gallery Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp BE

Private Choices, Centrale, Brussels, BE

Working on the margins: artist-in-residence program in Brabant, bkkc, Tilburg, NL

Drawings project with Danielle Lemaire, Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL
Vitrine, solo presentation at NICC, Brussels, BE


2017

Social-artistic project with the students of (W)onderweg vzw, Antwerp BE
Pélamide, groupshow curated by Lilou Vidal at Gladstone Gallery, Brussels BE


infiniteflowersplusone, groupshow at Plus One Gallery, Antwerp BE


Biacho, groupshow curated by Denie Put, Het Bos, Antwerp, BE


2016

Living in dreams, groupshow curated by Frank Koolen & Els Fiers, De Bond, Brugge, BE
Frieze NY, represented by Carl Freedman Gallery, New York, US
Part of the 'I'll show you mine if you show me yours' solo show by Vaast Colson at Muhka, Antwerp, BE

Benefit for Croxhapox exhibition, Croxhapox, Ghent, (BE)

'Verloren Ruimte', groupshow curated by Lot Doms at Verloren Ruimte, Antwerp, (BE)
Hundred Zundert book presentation with Posture Editions, KIOSK, Ghent, (BE)
The Armory Show, represented by Carl Freedman Gallery, New York, (US)

'Ten Dans', groupshow curated by Lieven Segers, Cultuurcentrum, Maasmechelen (BE)

2015

Rock, Paper, Scissors, groupshow at Primo Piano, Paris, (FR)

Wrijving v gedachten/Antwerpen-Zundert, groupshow Vincent van GoghHuis, Zundert, (NL)
11 kunstenaars tegen de muur, groupshow curated by Lieven Segers, Antwerp, (BE) Before the food fight, groupshow curated by Gertie Clark, Chocoladefabriek, Tongeren (BE)
Character Traits, groupshow, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, (US)

Me, Myself and I, groupshow, trampoline, Antwerp (BE) 

Dames van Plezier, limited edition for Vrienden van het S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
Comic Relief, groupshow, Levy Delval, Brussels, (BE) 

Inhabitants, groupshow, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, (CH)

Six possibilities in painting, groupshow, Galerie Bernhard, Zürich, Switzerland, (CH)

Blue Pink Black, groupshow, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, (UK) 

Tranen uit de Schelde, Art’s Birthday, mural for MuHKA Antwerp, (BE)


2014

De vierkantigste rechthoek, groupshow curated by Tom Barman, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, (NL)

We will never surrender, groupshow, The Bries Space, Antwerp (BE)

ATLAS, groupshow w/ Kasper Bosmans & Julien Meert, MOTInternational, Brussels, (BE)
Van de sokkel, Antwerpse avant-garde ten noorde van het zuid, groupshow curated by Christine Clinckx, Kris Van Dessel and Johan Pas, Hof De Bist, Ekeren, (BE)

Verf Na Van Eyck, groupshow, Croxhapox, Ghent, (BE) 

VIRUS, groupshow, Netwerk, Aalst, (BE) 

L'Europe des Artistes, groupshow curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Thomas Boutoux and Gunnar B. Kvaran, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, (NO) 

Heyoka, groupshow curated by Simon Delobel, Stadslimiet, Antwerp, (BE)

Exercise Empathy, collaboration with Vaast Colson, groupshow, curated by Bunk Club, Koplot, Brussels, (BE)

Medium of everything, groupshow, curated by Jerry Galle, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, (BE)
Elevator Pitch, groupshow, Base Alpha Gallery, Antwerp 
2014 No Basement Is Deep Enough, curated by Ignace De bruyn, 44sic, Antwerp, (BE)


2013

Pop Up Expo ZOUT, groupshow organized by BAM and Vrijstaat O., Muzee, (BE)

Salon der Angst, curated by Cathérine Hug & Nicolaus Schafhausen, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, (AT)

Time Space Poker Face, curated by Sofie Van Loo, Be-Part, Waregem, (B) 


2012

Definitional Disruptions, /w Filip Gilissen & Hedwig Houben, Kunstraum London, (EN) Un-Scene II, curated by Elena Filipovic and Anne-Claire Schmitz, Wiels, Brussels, (B) 

Tiny Abstracts of Today, Martin Van Blerk Gallery, Antwerp, (B) 

BOOKSHOWBOOKSHOP, curated by Johan Pas & Vaast Colson, Be-Part, (B)

2011

Aerts-Ceulers-Herman-Poelmans, part of En dan nu... muziek, a solo show by Vaast Colson, De Garage, Mechelen, (B) 

You can’t have your cake and eat it, curated by Cakehouse, Scheld’apen, Antwerp, (B) 

Billboard Project, group show, Antwerp, (B) 

Art’s Birthday, groupshow, Muhka, Antwerp, (B) 


2010

Traveling after Zbigniew Herbert and Pan Cogito, Poetry and Arts festival, Watou, (B) POP ART, groupshow curated by Kati Heck, Lieven Segers, Dennis Tyfus and Michèle Matyn, NICC, Antwerp, (B) 

Koaz Lily, groupshow curated by Fia Cielen, VVB8 Gallery, Antwerp, (B) 


2009

Coming People, curated Meruro Washida & Thibaut Verhoeven, S.M.A.K., Ghent, (B) Registration of an action in Oudenaarde, Versus V, Oudenaarde, (B) 

Piece of Cake, groupshow curated by Cake House, Scheld’apen, Antwerp, (B)


2008

In-Flux, curated by Michel De Wilde, Machine à eau, Bergen/Mons, (B) 


2007

Input/Output, De Bond, Brugge, (B)

Books – Publications

2019 The Wanderer Painting, published by Triangle Books
2019 Wobble Doodle, published by Lord Nelson, Antwerp
2018 Checkered Checkmate, published by Lord Nelson and PLUS-ONE Gallery
2018 Lord Nelsons Photo Album (#1), published by Lord Nelson

2018 Ontmaskerd Maske 2, published by Lord Nelson

2017 Ontmaskerd Maske, published by De Warande
2016 Billenkoek, published by Lord Nelson 

2016 Hundred Zundert, published with Posture Editions

2015 Lord Nelson Posters, artist book published by Lord Nelson 

2014 Boomhanger (self-portrait), postcard, reissued by Netwerk, Aalst 

2014 Lord Nelsons Portrait Gallery, artist book and stool, published by Lord Nelson

2014 Al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding, w/ Vaast Colson, poster edition, published by Clean Press & Lord Nelson
2013 De averechtse val, artist book published by Lord Nelson and Galerie VidalCuglietta
2012 Looking in Looking out, artist book published by Lord Nelson 

2012 Boomhanger (self-portrait), postcard, published by Lord Nelson 

2012 Catalogus: De dans rond het uurglas, artist book, self-published
2011 Het gehavend handje, w/ Gerard Herman, artist book, self-published w/ Gerard Herman
2011 Whilst the Master sleeps, Nel Aerts & Vaast Colson, artist book published by Clean Press
2011 Have a happy one (voor Jan, voor Jelle), booklet on two copies, self-published 2011 Undisclosed Gathering, artist book, self-published
2011 De grote overtocht, artist book, published by Nel Aerts and Hectoliter
2010 Wandelingen (voor Vic), booklet on one copy, self-published 

2009 Registratie van een actie in Oudenaarde, self-published 

2007 Untitled, self-published