Tinka Pittoors
°1977, Brasschaat, Belgium.
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Tinka Pittoors sculptural practice is defined by an ongoing discrepancy between nature and our consumer society. Implementing both organic and industrial structures, Pittoors gives form to this ongoing tension, drawing inspiration from literature, art historic traditions, and contemporary issues.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo and duo exhibitions
2022, L’oeuvre au Corps, La Forest Divonne,Gallery Brussels BE
2021, Les voyageurs, Domaine Chateau de Seneffe BE
2021, Hof van Chantraine, Oud-Turnhout BE
2019, Daphne and me, La Forest Divonne,Gallery Brussels BE
2018, Bienvennue, Cité International des Arts, Caroline Smulders Gallery, Paris FR
2018, Jazz Middelheim, Affiche & Soloshow, Antwerp BE
2017, The Wallflower Execution, Triangle Bleu Gallery, Stavelot BE
2017, Irreligion, De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg NL
2017, Art Paris, Caroline Smulders Gallery, Paris FR
2017, Residency at EKWC, Ooisterwijk NL
2016, Fremkörperation, Base Alpha Gallery, Antwerp BE
2016, Musée Saint Georges , Liege BE
2016, Etalagegalerij Inkijk, Waterlooplein, Amsterdam NL
2016, Centre d’art contemporain Luxembourg Belge, Montauban BE
2015, Autoscopy, Paardenstallen Broelmuseum, Kortrijk BE
2014, The Soloproject, Triangle Bleu Gallery, Basel CH
2014, Art’s Birthday Card, Muhka, Antwerp BE
2014, Dysideological Principle, installation at the 19th Biennale of Sydney, Australia AU
2014, Art Rotterdam, Base Alpha Gallery NL
2013, Dysideological Reasoning Base Alpha Gallery, Antwerp BE
2012, Retroactive Continuity, Ikob, Eupen BE
2012, Bookpresentation, Museum M, Leuven BE
2011, Symbolic Violence, cur. by Tom Nys, Botanical Garden, Leuven BE
2011, Urbicide, Triangle Bleu Gallery, Stavelot BE
2011, Residency, De Fabriek, Eindhoven NL
2010, Invited, Sattel, Zug, CH
2010, Residency, Flacc, Genk BE
2010, Lifestyle Storage, CC Hasselt BE
2009, Kritik der Utopischen Vernunft, Margallef & Gipponi, Antwerp BE
2009, Viewmasters intolerance, residency Lokaal 01, Antwerp BE
2009, WALD-HEIM, SEAS, CC de Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist BE
2006, Ask me: what is behind that screen, Radical Gallery, Zug CH
2006, Fantoomvriend, Croxhapox, Ghent BE
Group exhibitions
2022, L’oeuvre au Corps, La Forest Divonne,Gallery Brussels BE
2022, Stil Leven, cur. Els Wuyts, Dys Gallery, Brussels, BE
2021, Partcours, cur. Lieux Communs, Woluwe Brussel BE
2020, Alle rechte lijnen zijn krom, cur. Yolande Debondtridder, Villa Carpentier, Ronse BE
2019, Poëziezomer Watou, BE
2019, Eine Kritische Bestandsaufnahme der IKOB Sammlung, IKOB, Eupen BE
2019, L’art chemin faisant, cur. Yolande Debondtridder, Pont Scorff, Bretagne FR
2018, M HKA, Extra Muros: Middle Gate II – Het verhaal van Dimpna, Geel BE
2018, Monumentum, Kathedraal Sint-Maarten, Ieper BE
2017, Encounters/Ontmoetingen, Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerpen BE
2017, We travelled seven mountains cur. Jan Van Woensel, CCMechelen, Mechelen BE
2015, Rhizomes & Hybrids, Park, Tilburg NL
2015, Color Temperature, IDFIX, Breda NL
2015, M(N)onsens, Mons 2015, BAM, Mons BE
2015, Vormidabel, Museum aan zee, cur. Stef Van Bellingen, Den Haag NL
2014, Provinciale prijs Antwerpen, De Warande, Turnhout BE
2014, Watou, Poëziezomer BE
2014, Zomeratelier, CBK Zeeland, Middelburg, NL
2014, Leerling Meester #17, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2014, You imagine what you desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney, cur. Juliana Engberg, Sydney, Australia
2013, Ingredients, Riga Art Space, cur. by Inga Steimane, Riga LV
2013, Unto the Breach, Lokaal01, Breda NL
2013, Hyle, Raveelmuseum, Zulte BE
2012, The artwork, a user’s manual, cur. Guy Bovyn, Ghent Art Week BE
2012, Unlimited Bodies, Palais Iéna, cur. Caroline Smulders and Jérôme Lefevre, Paris FR
2012, Kasteel van Heeswijk, Brabants Kenniscentrum Kunst en Cultuur (BKKC), Heeswijk-Dinther NL
2012, Prix “Arts Libre”, Médiatine, Bruxelles BE
2012, Les Confessions, au sein de l’église baroque Saint-Loup, cur. Lieux- Communs, Namur BE
2012, Art Fort, curator Marc Ruyters, forten van Edegem, Wommelgem, Hoboken BE
2010, Cuesta ‘10, Tielt BE
2010, Coup de Ville, Sint Niklaas BE
2010, Modern Dialect, Braem project, cur. by Win Vandenabbeele, M HKA, Antwerp BE
2010, Beeldenroute – Lo BE
2010, Who’s afraid of the Boogie – CIAP, Hasselt BE
2009, Error#13, cur. Ria Van Landeghem, CC Brugge, Hallen Belfort BE
2009, Cabin Fever, Monumental, Bornem BE
2008, G08, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke BE
2008, In Flux, cur. by Michel de Wilde, Mons BE
2007, Young Artists, cur. Dirk Pauwels, Palmarium, Ghent BE
2005, Coming People, S.M.A.K., Ghent BE