Tamara Van San
°1982, Antwerp, Belgium
Lives and works in Ronse, Belgium.
Tamara Van San is a contemporary artist creating — often monumental in size — sculptures and installations for both inside and outside spaces. Freedom triumphs in the works by Van San, using plastic, ceramics, metal and other materials. Organic shapes emerge in vibrant colours, balancing between what is formally abstract and the familiar.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions
2019, Tamara Van San, Loods12, Wetteren
2019, Tamara Van San, De ziener, Asse (w/ Niek Hendrix)
2018, Modern Riddles, De Garage, Mechelen
2018, Red Babel and Other Miscellanea, Inbox, MHKA, Antwerp
2018, Tamara Van San, Jingdezhen International Studios, Jingdezhen
2018, Light, Hors Tempsia, Linkebeek (w/ Bénédicte de Brouwer)
2018, Tamara Van San, Puls Ceramics, Brussels
2018, The Grid, In-box, Brussels
2017, Tamara Van San, Galerie El, Welle
2017, Tamara Van San, Kooshk, Teheran
2017, Tamara Van San & Max Pinckers, NegenPuntNegen, Roeselare (curated by Louise Chignac)
2017, Tamara Van San, Permekemuseum, Mu.ZEE, Jabbeke
2017, Tamara Van San, YART, Ghent
2016, Bowing Monk, Standard Poodle and Other Scholarly Objects, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent
2016, Atlas of Forms and Colours, Canopy, Brussels (curated by Louise Chignac)
2015, Tamara Van San, Pierre Martens, Linkebeek
2015, Tamara Van San, Standpoint Gallery, London
2014, Indian Shuffle, Tamara Van San, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent
2013, Stellar Pleasure, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent
2012, Oronooko!, Galerie Triangle Bleu, Stavelot
2012, Tamara Van San, European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC), The Netherlands
2011, Interpunction I: Baobab Sky, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent
2011, We’ve Plumbed This Whole Neighbourhood, Lido, St. Leonards-on-Sea
2011, Beautiful Boys, Kunstencentrum België, Hasselt
2010, The Wandering Tuba Method, S.M.A.K., Ghent
2010, The Motley Crew, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp
2010, Real, Substantial, Wonderful, Sweet, Black Diamonds, Milky Mornings & Butterscotch, De Overslag, Eindhoven
2009, From Rain to Sun & Everything in Between – Afrikaanse Impressies (Hommage aan Raymond Roussel), Hessenhuis,
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2009, Loud & Bright, Purple Birds & Blue Eyed Bitches Dancing. A Task for Poetry #2, Onomatopee, Eindhoven (curated by Erik Spinoy)
2009, The Many Things Show, Margalef & Gipponi Gallery, Antwerp
2008, Something Little & Something Big, RHOK, Brussels
2008, The Rainbow White Show, Week 11, Secondroom, Brussels
2008, What to do With?, Argument, Tilburg
Group exhibitions
2020, Staycation, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent
2020, Salon des Artistes, Ronse
2020, Kleureyck, Designmuseum, Ghent
2020, Poetic Faith, S.M.A.K., Ghent
2020, Premio Faenza Prize, MIC, Faenza
2019, ZWRT, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent
2019, Biënnale Kunstenfestival, Aardenburg
2019, At Night, You Dance, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent
2018, Trust, new works from the S.M.A.K. collection, Les Brasseurs, Luik
2018, CRMCS#1, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels
2018, European Ceramic Context 2018, Bornholm Art Museum, Gudhjem
2018, Art Autun, biennale d’art contemporain, Autun
2018, Le Socle, MuBA, Tourcoing
2017, OO#2, Antwerp Art Days, Antwerp
2016, Jumanji, Soft Focus Institute, Ghent
2016, Of The Sea, The Historic Dockyard, Catham (curated by Hannah Conroy)
2016, BEELD 2, Amsterdam Art Rooms, Amsterdam
2016, Amsterdam Art Fair, w/ Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Amsterdam
2016, Open Studio, Gasworks, London
2016, Omber, Odradek & Octaëder, Galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem
2016, Art Contest, Worlds Within Worlds, ADA museum, Brussels
