Nel Aerts
The Last Wanderer On Earth, 2020, Pastel and oil stick on paper on wood in artist-made frame, 104 x 74,5 cm
Trauma Trucker, 2012 - 2020, Lacquer, oil, sequins and spray paint on wood, 32.5 x 33.5 cm
The Dust Settles, 2020, Collage on acrylic and oil painted wood, 36 x 45 cm
Drama Wave, 2020, Acrylic, oil stick, filler and ecoline on wood, 78,5 x 76 cm
Spookverhalen, 2018, Acrylic and varnish on wood, 41.5 x 50 cm
Verdonkeremanen, 2011-2019, Acrylic, filler and oil on wood, 55 x 40 cm
Dubbelop, 2012-2019, Acrylic, colour pencil and spray paint, 49 x 40 cm
Einsame Nächte, 2018, Acrylic and colour pencil on wood, 38.5 x 48.5 cm
Rosa Freunden, 2018, Acrylic on wood, 38.5 x 49 cm
Camouflage Eye-Roll, 2022, Oil, oil stick on paper, 100 x 70 cm
Camouflage Eye-Roll 2, 2022, Oil stick, oil pastel spray paint on paper, 100 x 70 cm
I love you the best, 2022, Oil, oil stick on paper, 92 x 70 cm
Chameleon, 2022, Oil stick, oil pastel and glitter on paper, 100 x 70 cm
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
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Nel Aerts
GUT FORCE EFFECT
September 28 2023 - December 2 2023Moods & Memories
Tamina Amadyar, Nel Aerts, Eleni Bagaki, Eirene Efstathiou, Uman
December 9 2022 - February 4 2023