Wouter van de Koot

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Wouter van de Koot

Antwerp, Belgium

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About Wouter van de Koot

Wouter van de Koot (°Zwolle (NL), 1978) is an independent Dutch visual artist based in Antwerp, Belgium. He graduated from the HKU (Utrecht School of Fine Arts) in 2001, after which he went on to win the Utrecht Young Talents Prize and was a nominee for the Royal Dutch Painting Prize. Wouter's main interest lies with painting and performance art, often related to reenacted personal experiences, fears, dreams and fantasies. Wouter’s visual language is heavily influenced by the aesthetics of religious art, horror movies and graphic novels. His work is mostly dominated by male figures in situations of mental or physical distress, bordering on the grotesque. He has shown his work in numerous solo and group-exhibitions in galleries and other venues in Belgium, Holland, the UK, Germany and the USA and is currently represented by Morning Mania Management (UK). About his work he says: “My work is based on performances I create and execute, often related to the exploration of intimate fears and fantasies. Those performances are usually done without an audience and serve the sole purpose of creating new source material for my paintings, drawings and videos. I am fascinated by the fragility of the human body. Recurring themes are vulnerability, consolation, mutual dependence, trust, beauty and decay. I strive to make pieces which are open to multiple interpretation, balancing between the attractive and the repellent, between disgust and fascination”.

Education:

Education: HKU (Utrecht University of fine Arts), The Netherlands

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

2014 Into the Hills then | Closed Art Gallery | Antwerp (B)

2011 The Switch | Ponyhof Gallery | Antwerp (B)

2010 White Lies | Oever 21 | Antwerp (B)

2009 Winding | Galerie Janssen & De Vries | Culemborg (NL)

2008 OBJECT | Atelier 5 | Bonn (D)

2007 Trust | Galerie S&S | Antwerp (B).

Select Group Shows:

2015 Summer Salon | Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery | London (GB)

Let Grass Roots Grow | A-side B-side gallery | London (GB)
curated by Ronan Bowes

2014 (In)Visible, The Shape Open Exhibition | Shape Gallery | London (GB)

A Comfortable Man | Wilton’s Music Hall | London (GB) curated by MC Llamas

2013 Object Abuse | Spinach | London (GB)

Aquachrome | Manifest Gallery | Cincinnati (USA)

Art Truc Troc 9th| Bozar, Palace of Fine Arts | Brussels (B)

2012 Bhart #01 | Drukkerij D | Antwerp (B) | curated by Christophe Broich

Incubate Open Source | Koepelhal | Tilburg (NL) curated by Merijn Denkers

Beauty of an Ugly Truth | Galerie Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam (NL)
curated by 2X2 Projects

Art Truc Troc 8th| Bozar, Palace of Fine Arts | Brussels (B)

2011 Drawing Connections | Siena Art Institute | Siena (I)

Pop Secret | Atelier Solarshop | Antwerp (B) | curated by Ponyhof Gallery

PAINT! | de Stadsgalerij | Amersfoort (NL)

Truc Troc 7th| Bozar, Palace of Fine Arts | Brussels (B)

2010 Riffling Through My Drawers | WEI Art Space | Eindhoven (NL)

2009 Die Zeit of Drawing| Climate Gallery | Long Island, New York (US)

HIWAAR Expo 2060 | Site specific installations in Antwerp (Borgerhout) (B)

ToxoLogica | Transitzone | Antwerp (B).

2008 International Prize Hoppeland for Painting 2008| Poperinge (B

2007 Royal Dutch Painting Prize 2007 | Gemeentemuseum | The Hague (NL)

2006 H.art Gallery, Antwerp (B)

2004 Zomersalon | DASC Art Gallery | Antwerp (B)

Megalomania | !KLAP!DORP! | Antwerp (B).

Quartier Excentrique | Gent (B).

Young Talent | GAU | Utrecht (NL).

2001 The Live Room | Centraal Museum Utrecht | Interdisciplinary seminar by the Centraal Museum Utrecht, the HKU and Utrecht University.

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