Ante Timmermans

°1976, Ninove, Belgium.
Lives and works in Gent, Belgium.

Ante Timmermans, best known for his drawings, performances and (performative) installations, has shifted his focus from the world’s visible structures to its invisible structures. Intrigued by the absurd, he analyzes human behaviour intertwined with our society. Think of everyday life, repetitive actions, bureaucracy and emptiness. In his utmost critical artistic practice, he uncovers these abstract structures, often using language as a structural element.

 
White shapes on a wooden panel: organic circles at the top, transitioning to abstract angles at the bottom.

 

Selected exhibitions:

 

Solo exhibitions

2021, OV Project 28, Bernd Lohaus >< Ante Timmermans, ov project room, Brussels, Belgium
2019, Zwiefall, Charl van Ark & Ante Timmermans, Emergent, Veurne, Belgium
2019, RIEN DE NIER DE RIEN, Les Tanneries, Centre d'art contemporain, Amilly, France
2016, O0, GEM, Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2015, OHNMIT, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium (cat.)
2015, ICHTS, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2014, [Pause.], Barbara Seiler Galerie, Frieze London, UK
2014, Ordem do Progresso, Kunsthalle Sao Paulo, Brasilia
2014, [Pause.], Barbara Seiler Galerie, Art Brussels, Belgium
2013, DRUSBA, Sputnik, GA/GA Basel, Switzerland
2012, ANTE POST ANTE, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, Switzerland
2012, Le gardien de l’ennui, Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland
2012, werk statt werk, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2011, Zeitvertreib, Benedengalerie, Kortrijk, Belgium
2011, Architektur der Disziplin, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Art Rotterdam 2011, Rotterdam, NL
2010, Poesie der Langeweile, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2010, Poesie des alltäglichen, o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Luzern, Switzerland
2010, Die Wand ist total super #3, Galerie Zink Berlin Interim, Germany
2010, Konstruktion#1, BE-PART platform voor Actuele Kunst, Waregem, Belgium
2009, Artist in Residence, Open Studio, Zink Gallery inc., New York, USA
2008, mindscape, Galerie Zink, München, Germany
2007, ante timmermans/john pilson, Galerie Zink, Berlin, Germany
2007, Mapping (Proposal#3), Ruimte Morguen, Antwerpen, Belgium
2007, Mapping the city (Proposal#2), Kunstverein, Ahlen, Germany (cat.)
2006, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerpen, Belgium
2006, Galerie EL, Welle, Belgium
2005, Mindmap, Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium
2004, bored control, Galerie EL, Welle, Belgium
2003, Drawings, S.E.A.S., Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Group exhibitions

2022, What’s in an artwork, HISK Gosset site, Brussel, Belgium
2021, XXL - Le dessin en grand, Musée Jenisch Vevey, Switzerland
2020, Artefact 2020 : Alone Together, STUK, Leuven, Belgium
2020, Gekende Woorden, Kunstacademie Tielt, Belgium
2019, Tekening (Disegno), Vierkante zaal en Annex | d’Academie Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2018, Mystic Properties, Hôtel de la Poste – Tour & Taxis, Brussel, Belgium
2018, Me, me, me, me, …, Island, Brussel, Belgium
2017, Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst 1997-2017, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium (cat.)
2017, wordswordswords, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
2016, WEWANTOSEE, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (cat.)
2016, BRAVOURE SCARCITY BEAUTY, Belgian pavilion - Architecture Biennial Venice, Italy (cat.)
2016, DRAWING FRONT, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, Diepenheim, The Netherlands
2015, Sammlung mit losen Enden – Einsichten und Aussichten, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Germany
2015, Drawing|THE BOTTOM LINE, SMAK, Gent, Belgium (cat.)
2015, ALFRED JARRY ARCHIPELAGO: La valse des pantins – Acte I, Quartier, centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, France
2015, [On]voltooid Verleden Tijd, LUCA Biënnale 2015, Universiteitsbibliotheek Leuven, Belgium
2015, Little Hisk, Antwerp, Belgium
2014, Cartography of the Mind’s I, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2014, KRASJ, Ninove, Belgium
2013, TOO MANY THINGS ARE TOO MANY THINGS, Sputnik III, GA/GA Basel, Switzerland
2013, Traction Avant, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
2012, PLAY, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2012, REFLECTIONS ON FORM, collaboration between Barbara Seiler, Zurich and HelmRinderknecht Contemporary Design Gallery, Berlin, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2012, Brisure - Artistieke verwantschappen, Belfius Bank, Brussel, Belgium ( curator Stef Van Bellingen)
2012, The Ambition of the Territory, AWJGGRAUaDVVTAT, Belgian pavilion - Architecture Biennial Venice, Italy
2012, Manifesta 9, The Deep of the Modern, The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Genk, Limburg, Belgium
2011, All work and no play, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
2011, Accidental Thoughts and Metaphors , Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA
2011, Der Reiz der belanglosen Geschichte, Galerie Zink, Berlin, Germany
2011, MärklinWorld, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
2011, Nullportrait, Galerie Zink, Berlin, Germany
2011, Tomorrow Is The Question | Collection presentation, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
2011, Splendid isolation, Freestate, Oostende, Belgium
2011, It’s raining, fight youngsters, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011, In- and outside - writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2011, Zeichnung und Raum, Galerie im Gluri Suter Huus Wettingen, Switzerland
2011, Voici un dessin suisse, 1990-2010, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
2010, Cabinet of Curiosities from Belgium for Europe, Cabinet of Mr. Van Rompuy, Brussels, Belgium
2010, (when will they finally see) the power of drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
2010, Voici un dessin suisse, 1990-2010, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
2010, Guestroom HISK, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands (curator Roel Arkesteijn)
2010, Pictografie, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
2010, Ladenkastproject (Simon Benson), galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009, you can tell a cowboy by the horse he rides, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2009, Jahresgaben 2009, Kunstverein München e.V., Germany
2009, contenidos en un plano, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
2009, Swiss Art Awards, Basel, Switzerland
2009, Die Gegenwart der Linie, Eine Auswahl neuerer Erwerbungen des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, Pinakothek der Moderne, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Germany (cat.)
2009, Clinamen, De Markten, Brussel, Belgium
2009, MyPainting.nu, Lokaal01, Breda, The Netherlands
2009, Modellhaft, Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
2009, Drawing Actions, de Halle, Geel, Belgium
2008, Ideas in Paint(ing): De visuele compositie van de plaats, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
2008, collectiepresentatie, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
2008, Ariane de Rothschild Prize, mindscape #2, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
2008, what’s the point of giving you any more artworks when you don’t understand the ones you’ve got?, works of the own collection, Galerie Zink, München, Germany
2008, omgevingstekenen Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst 2007, Caermersklooster, Gent, Belgium (curator Edith Doove)(cat.)
2007, BLACK IS BLACK, een selectie uit de recente aanwinsten van het SMAK, Gent, Belgium
2007, 3xBelgium, Kunst en Zwalm 2007, Zwalm, Belgium (cat.)
2007, Open House, Galerie Zink, New York, USA
2007, very selected, eine zeichnungsaustellung kuratiert von marcel van eeden, Galerie Zink, München, Germany
2006, BARRACK -Mapping the city (Proposal#1)-, HISK, Antwerpen, Belgium (cat.) (curator Roel Arkesteijn)
2006, FW:painting, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2006, Extiem / Extimate / Extime, Poëziezomer 2006, Watou, Belgium (curator Joost Declercq) (cat.)
2006, Che fare, Open Studios, HISK, Antwerpen, Belgium
2006, Leere X Vision – ConneXion, Herford, Germany (curator Maïté Vissault) (cat.)
2005, IN/OUT- Open Studios, HISK, Antwerpen, Belgium.
2005, DRAWINGS+, Grusenmeyer Art Gallery, Deurle, Belgium
2005, An Orchestrated Reduction, De Schrijnwerkerij, Geel, Belgium (curator Tanguy Eeckhout & Pieter Matthynssens)
2005, VERSUSIII, Oudenaarde, Belgium (curator Tanguy Eeckhout & Pieter Matthynssens) (cat.)
2004, Boring Boogie-Woogie, Ruimte Morguen, Anwerpen, Belgium (curator Thibaut Verhoeven – Marc Schepers)
2004, Eclips, Bornem – Puurs – Willebroek, Belgium (curator Stef Van Bellingen) (cat.)
2004, Jan Lijzeen, new flemish artist (2003), l’autre génie d’art sans talent, Richard Foncke Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2003, For your eyes only, Kunstenfestival ‘Feel Estate’, Minardschouwburg, Gent, Belgium
2003, Gentse Nieuwe 2003, Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium (curator Piet Vanrobaeys)
2002, Het kunstsalon 2002, Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium
2002, Start>><Backwart, Kunstenfestival ‘Feel estate’, Gent, Leopoldskazerne, Belgium
2001, Project-i(s)les, St-Michelgebouw, Brussel, Belgium (curator Eva Gonzalez-Sancho) (cat.)

 
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