Geert Goiris

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  • Born 1971 in Bornem
    lives and works in Antwerp (BE)
             
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Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2010

    Czar Bomba, CAB, Burgos (ES)

  • 2010

    Geert Goiris / Vincent Lamouroux, KIOSK, Ghent (BE) (upcoming)

  • 2010

    Whiteout and Other Stories, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)

  • 2009

    Confabulation, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel (CH)

  • 2009

    Imagine There’s No Countries, Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine (FR)

  • 2009

    Whiteout #02, Statements Art Basel, Basel, (CH)

  • 2008

    Whiteout #01, Images 08 festival, Vevey (CH)

  • 2007

    Frontier, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels (BE)

  • 2006

    Le Grand Café, Centre d’art contemporain Saint Nazaire (FR)

  • 2005

    LFL gallery, New York (USA)

  • 2004

    Art: Concept, Paris (FR)

  • 2004

    The world as we know it (with Ville Lenkkeri), Prospekto, Vilnius (LIT)

  • 2003

    Lost in Space, Roger Vandaele Edition, Antwerp (BE)

  • 2002

    Possibilities, Netwerk Gallery, Aalst (BE)

  • 2001

    Van Wijngaarden Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

  • 2001

    Surrounded, Gallery Vaclav Spaly, Prague (CZ)

  • 2001

    Kontor in Der Schneiderei, Cologne (DE)

  • 2000

    Reconstruction, Museum for Photography, Antwerp (BE)

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2010

    CLIMAX REDVX, Bac – Bâtiment d’art contemporain, Geneva (CH)

  • 2010

    Le Carillon de Big Ben, Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine (FR)

  • 2010

    Out of Control, BIP, Liege (BE)

  • 2010

    Structures du temps, FRAC, Bourgogne (FR)

  • 2010

    America Deserta, Parc Saint- Léger, Pougues – les – Eaux (FR)

  • 2009

    The State of Things, Bozar, Brussels (BE) / NAMOC, Bejing (CN)

  • 2009

    Beyond the Picturesque, S.M.A.K., Gent (BE) / MARTA, Herford (DE)

  • 2008

    Un-Scene, Wiels centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)

  • 2008

    A meeting between the tragic and the funny , Hessenhuis, Antwerp (BE) / De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)

  • 2008

    Images’08- Festival des arts visuels- Vevey (CH)

  • 2008

    Lugares comprometidos, topography and actuality. Fundación ICO Madrid (ES)

  • 2008

    P2P – casino Luxembourg (LU)

  • 2008

    The Unwanted Self, University of Brighton Gallery, Brighton (UK)

  • 2008

    Le travail de rivière Le Crédac centre d’art contemporain, Ivry-sur-Seine, France (FR)

  • 2007

    Private/Public, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)

  • 2007

    Spectacular City – Photographing the Future, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf (DE)

  • 2007

    Proposals for an art integration project, Netwerk / center for contemporary art, Aalst (BE)

  • 2007

    El Hilo Conductor, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Burgos, Burgos (ES)

  • 2006

    Spectacular City – Photographing the Future, Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (NL)

  • 2006

    Tunnel Vision, Fotomuseum, Antwerp (BE)

  • 2006

    Les rencontres d’Arles Photographie, Arles (FR)

  • 2006

    Freestate, Ostend (BE)

  • 2006

    Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva (CH)

  • 2006

    Right on Write Off, Chapman Fine ARTS, London (GB)

  • 2006

    Traces, Biennale #1, photographie et architecture, Espace Architecture La Cambre, Brussels, (BE)

  • 2006

    Buenos dias Santiago – an exhibition as an expedition, Museum of contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile (CL)

  • 2005

    Belgian photographers 1840 – 2005, FotoMuseum Antwerp (BE)

  • 2005

    Croiser des mondes, Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)

  • 2004

    A temporary monument for David Mc Comb, STUK, Leuven (BE)

  • 2004

    Undercurrent, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (TR)

  • 2004

    Manifesta 5, European Biennal for Contemporary Art, San Sebastian (ES)

  • 2003

    At least begin to make an end, W 139, Amsterdam (NL)

  • 2003

    Kaap Helder, Den Helder (NL)

  • 2003

    Prijs Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels (BE)

  • 2003

    Happiness Land, Plovdiv (BUL)

  • 2003

    Contemporary Photography from Flanders, Karavanserai, Tbilisi (GE)

  • 2002

    Overgangslocaties, Sint-Lukas Gallery, Brussels (BE)

  • 2002

    Paramount Basics, Richard Venlet, MUHKA, Antwerp (BE)

  • 2000

    Introduction à une philosophie du presque, De ladder van Pontormo, Ghent (BE)

  • 2000

    Short-circuits, Contemporary photography from Flanders, Tallinn (EST)

  • 2000

    We’re always on the edge of wilderness, W 139, Amsterdam (NL)

  • 2000

    Ici et Maintenant, Tours et taxis, Brussels (BE)

Training

  • 2003

             Tutor at Sint Lukas Higher College for Art and Design, Brussels (BE)

    2001-2002             Master’s Degree in photography, Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
    1997-2000             Post-graduate, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Antwerp (BE)
    1995-1997             Living and working in Copenhagen (DK)
    1993-1995             Department of still photography, FAMU Academy, Prague (CZ)
    1989-1993             Photography department in Sint Lukas higher Institute for visual arts, Brussels (BE)

Public Collections

  • Centre National des Arts Plastiques – CNAP, Paris (FR)

  • Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FR)

  • Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (FR)

  • Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Burgos (ES)

  • La Salle Bank Photography Collection, Chicago (USA)

  • ING, Brussels (BE)

  • Fotomuseum, Antwerp (BE)

  • University Hospital, Jette (BE)

  • Williams College Museum of Art (USA)

  • Flemish Parliament, Brussels (BE)

  • Seattle Art Museum (USA)

  • FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (FR)

  • Province of Antwerp (BE)

  • Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane (AU)

  • Lhoist Collection, Brussels (BE)

  • Deutsche Börse Art Collection (DE)

  • FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon (FR)