Michaël Aerts
°1979, Belgium.
Lives and works in Ghent and Dendermonde, Belgium.
Michaël Aerts examines how humanity evolves from a cultural perspective in relation to mobility as one of the impelling forces of our development. Aerts can be defined as a contemporary sculptor, presenting his works in different surroundings in order to analyze the ever-shifting meaning of his intriguing objects.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions
2022, Launch Catalog + exhibition, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, germany
2021, Our New Cultures, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019, Planetarium, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2019, Caché derrière mes poings, Whitehouse Gallery, Lovenjoel, Belgium
2018, That’s The Way (I Like It), Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018, Inauguration monument Bobbejaan Schoepen, Lichtaart, Belgium
2017, Comme à Ostende, Salon Blanc, Ostend, Belgium
2017, Slices, hotel Drie Eiken, Antwerpen, Belgium
2016, Something in the Way, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015, Michaël Aerts Would Like to Use Your Current Location, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2014, It was like so, but wasn’t, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2013, Project Space, ART13, London, UK
2012, Club 7.5, Paris, France
2012, Everything Will Burn Baby Burn, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012, New Positions, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2011, Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail it, upgrade it, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2010, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours!, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010, An O’Neill Drama, A Whistler’s Mama, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009, Please Please Me, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009, Ridge Ecstacy – New drawings and paintings, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2009, A Night at the Playboy Mansion, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy
2008, Solo Show, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2008, The Immaculate Collection, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2006, Onetwenty Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2004, Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst, Belgium
Group exhibitions
2022, Eden, Augustijnenekerk, Roeselare, Belgium
2021, The shadow of the Cross, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
2020, lanetarium, (Kunst achter glas) Onze-Lieve-Vrouw kerk, Dendermonde, Belgium.
2019, Belgian Thoughts, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany
2019, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2018, Under the parachute of colors, Artworks Advisory, New York, USA
2017, On the Go, Kunstroute maART, curated by Monia Warnez, Waregem, Belgium
2016, Coup de Ville, Triënnale for Contemporary Art, curated by Stef Van Bellingen, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2015, @yourservice, Egmontpaleis, Brussel, Belgium
2015, Sweet 18, Kasteel d’Ursel, Hingene, Belgium
2015, The Drawing Room II, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2015, Het Portret van een familie, De Directeurswoning, Roeselare, Belgium
2014, Another Dream, Another Sense, Another Mind, Bibliotheek Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, KU Leuven, Belgium
2014, Capita Selecta, curated by Monia Warnez & Jan Leysen, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium
2014, Collector’s Room #5 - Pleasure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2013, Middle Gate Geel ‘13, curated by Jan Hoet, Geel, Belgium
2013, Kunst uit privé-bezit, Stadsmuseum ‘t Schippershof, Menen, Belgium
2013, Cultural Freedom in Europe I Europe (to the power of), curated by Filip Luyckx, Goethe-Institution Brussels, Belgium
2012, Save Europian Home, curated by Marina Martiæ, Belgrade Cultural Centre Art Gallery, Serbia
2012, West of East – An Exhibition on Europe in 6 chapters, Gallery for Contemporary Art «Y», Minsk, White Russia
2012, België – Take Over 01, Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Brussels, Belgium
2012, Szenarien über Europa (III), curated by Filip Luyckx, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
2011, Tender Buttons – Becoming Gertrude Stein, curated by Guy Bovyn, University Ghent, Belgium
2011, Kunst moet rollen, curated by Elias Tieleman, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
2011, RAW, curated by Chris Driessen, Lustwarande 2011, Tilburg, Netherlands
2011, When the fairy tale never ends, curated by Lara Pan, Ford Project, NY, USA
2010, FAKE!, Zomerproject Beeldende Kunst Stad Aalst, Belgium
2010, Young Collectors #2, curated by Johan Delcour & Monia Warnez, Sign, Groningen, Netherlands
2010, Atmospheres, curated by Lara Pan, Galerie Pangée, Montréal, Canada
2010, No Contemplation, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy
2010, 30 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2009, Arrivals and Departures Europe, curated by Andrea Bruciati & Walter Gasperoni, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
2009, Pandora’s Sound Box, curated by Lara Pan, Performa 09, New York, USA
2008, Update, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2008, Cuesta, curated by Frederik Van Laere, Tielt, Belgium
2008, Amusez-vous, curated by Johan Delcour & Monia Warnez, Galerie Koal, Berlin, Germany
2008, Ephemeral Fringes, curated by Filip Luyckx, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2007, Versus4, curated by Christophe De Jaeger, Olivier Deprez & Bjorn Scherlippens, Site Pamele- Maagdendale, Oudenaarde, Belgium
2007, Nighthawks, curated by Christophe De Jaeger, Acec Dok Noord 4 hal 20, Ghent, Belgium
2007, Carte blanche à l’Atelier 340 Muzeum, Comptoir asbl, Liège, Belgium
2006, Ephemerality, curated by Christophe De Jaeger, Menen, Belgium
2006, Filiaal van de Hemel, Lokeren, Belgium
2005, Talentbeurs, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Jette, Brussels, Belgium
2005, Missies, curated by Stef van Bellingen, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004, Mo(nu)ment@bornem, Bornem, Belgium
2004, De Alpen, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium
2004, Vierkantswortel van het geheugen, curated by Filip Luyckx, Huis Van Winckel, Dendermonde, Belgium
2003, Fame Happening, Festival van Vlaanderen (S-L Platel), Ghent, Belgium
2003, Collectzie, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium
2002, M/V, Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, Belgium
2002, The Pizza Project, curated by Yasmine Nessah, Thermische Centrale, Ghent, Belgium
2002, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium
2001, Coming People, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium