Why? Developing a project from an abstract idea to a concrete reality is the most rewarding experience I know. Whether making art, curating, directing art projects, or writing, I'm dedicated to that creative process.
Exhibitions & residencies
February, 2023
Group exhibition at Atelier de Vertus, Paris
January, 2023
Solo exhibition at de Bouwput, Amsterdam
July, 2022
Exhibiting at This Art Fair, Amsterdam
Spring, 2022
Residency at World of Co (online residency)
January–February, 2018
Residency period at The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, USA
August, 2016
Group exhibition Cabane Georgina, Marseille, France
January–February, 2016
Residency period at Thread, Sinthian, Senegal
August–December, 2016
Residency period at 59 Rivoli, Paris
August, 2015
Group exhibition Electrons libres, 59 Rivoli, Paris
March, 2014
Group exhibition Memory of Color, by Augusta Atla and Vingt Paris, Belleville, Paris
September 27–30, 2013
Group exhibition AIM, The Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
September 1– 20, 2013
Solo exhibition The Most Common Word L’Atelier des Vertus, Paris, France,
August 10–21, 2013
Solo exhibition dis/Appearance, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, Finland
May 16–19, 2013
Art fair Art Athina, Athens, Greece
April 20, 2013
Trajector Intermezzo, Brussels, Belgium
February, 2013
Supermarket Art fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Curating
experience, selected projects
February, 2023
Colours I Remember
Solo exhibition by Delphine Cuelenaere
Ti-Pi, Ghent
December, 2022
Art For Christmas
Cocurated with Femke Vandenbosch and Thomas Renwart,
Ti-Pi, Ghent
September, 2022
Marlon Wobst, Ghent Feltings
Ti-Pi, Ghent
June, 2022
The Most Sunny Hour of Your Night
Ti-Pi, Ghent
November, 2019
Roger da Silva photos from 1950's and 60's Senegal
AKAA Art Fair, Paris
October 2019
Duo exhibition with Silvia Rosi and Annie-Marie Akussah at 1-54 London.
Winter 2017
Exhibition design for the exhibition "Anni Albers: A Touching Vision", curated by Manuel Cirauqui at Guggenheim, Bilbao
February, 2013
Devils in Disguise , Christophe Beauregard
Transient Projects to People, Paris
Workshops and lectures
Collage workshops
2021/2022: A series of several collage workshops based on the teaching of Josef Albers. The workshops were organized by Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and took part inside and outside the museum; in homeless people's shelters, prisons, etc, as part of the museum's outreach program
The basics of weaving
2021/2022: A series of several basic weaving workshops based on the work of Anni Albers. The workshops were organized by Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and took part inside and outside the museum; in homeless people's shelters, prisons, etc, as part of the museum's outreach program
AlbersForKids
I initiated and developed the concept and structure of this online platform to share the teachings of Anni and Josef Albers with children and their parents during the COVID lockdowns.
Lecture/presentation about the meaning of going to an artist residency program,
ENSAD school of design, September 2021
Lecture/presentation of the projects of the NGO Le Korsa and the art classes program I initiated to take place in Senegal. At École W, University for journalism, communication, and business studies, Paris, October, 2021.
1:54 art fair 2019
Moderation of a talk between Silvia Rosi and Annie-Marie Akussah
What I do and why
After many years of working on the organizational side of art, I have recently picked up my own art practice again and work daily in my studio in Ghent, Belgium.
In the summer of 2022, I founded Ti-Pi Art Space in Ghent, where I curate exhibitions and host visiting artists.
I'm also heading the artists residency program at the Albers Foundation where I (from the Foundation's Paris office) am committed to upholding Anni's and Josef's Bauhaus-based values and sharing their devotion to art.
I truly love abstraction. Not only in art, but as a way of looking at life around us. Allowing the eyes to gaze for a little longer than usual allows the meaning of the work to open itself up in novel ways. It encourages viewers to reject quick definitions and instead welcome the complexities that are inherently a part of life while accepting the possibility that many truths may exist at the same time.
Whether organizing exhibitions of other artists or crafting my own artwork, I want to encourage that way of looking. Art can help us away from our addiction to being constantly distracted, and inspire us to look at a slower pace and reflect on a deeper level.
With my drawings and collage paintings, I aim to mix formal minimalism with imaginative openness, and explore the relationships of controlled structure and open-ended randomness. I think of it like a ballet: simple and disciplined at first glance with underlying layers of complexity discovered after a closer look.
