MICHAËL AERTS

Overview
MICHAËL AERTS
°1979, Dendermonde (BE)
Lives and works in Courtrai, Belgium

De werken van Michaël Aerts zijn doordrongen van een diepgaande fascinatie voor het onbekende en de complexiteit van kennis en waarneming. Zijn werk bevindt zich op het snijvlak van tweedimensionale en driedimensionale kunstvormen; de kunstenaar beweegt zich voort tussen vlakken en vormen met het oog op thema’s als tijd, ruimte en de menselijke drang en capaciteit om te begrijpen. Daarbij kleeft zijn interesse aan het verkennen van plaatsen en ruimtes die buiten het bereik van onze zintuigen liggen. Een blik op het licht dat onderweg is naar de Aarde vanuit het heelal geeft ons een glimp van vervlogen tijd met vertraging. Afstand en uren vallen in deze flits samen. 

Yasmin Van 'tVeld

 

 

Michaël Aerts' works are imbued with a profound fascination for the unknown and the complexity of knowledge and perception. His work is at the intersection of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art forms; the artist moves between surfaces and shapes in view of themes of time, space and the human urge and capacity to understand. In doing so, his interest attaches to exploring places and spaces beyond the reach of our senses. A glimpse of light on its way to Earth from outer space gives us a glimpse of bygone time with delay. Distance and hours coincide in this flash.

 
Biography
MICHAËL AERTS

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
2026
Anemochorie,  group exhibition, Roeselare, Belgium

 

 

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

2026

Group exhibition, Gallery EAST, Strasbourg, France

 

2027

Solo exhibition, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany

 

 

Commissioned Monuments

2018

Icon, Bobbejaan Schoepen monument, Lichtaart, Belgium

2017

Slices of Aristoteles, hotel Drie Eiken, Antwerp, Belgium

2015

Pillory, Katoen Natie, Antwerp, Belgium

 

Selected Public Collections

Dinckök Collection, Istanbul, Turkey

Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Collection Katoen Natie, Antwerp, Belgium

 
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2024

- Toile Blanche : Sessions 6, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

- The possibility of the simultaneous, HIlde Vandaele Gallery, Watou, Belgium

 

2023

- Michaël Aerts & Vadim Vosters, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

- Michaël Aerts & Vadim Vosters, Salon 17, Pottes, Belgium

 

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

- Caché derrière mes poings, Whitehouse Gallery, Lovenjoel, Belgium

 

2018

- That’s The Way (I Like It), Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany

- Inauguration monument Bobbejaan Schoepen, Lichtaart, Belgium

 

2017

- Comme à Ostende, Salon Blanc, Ostend, Belgium

- 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

- Everything Will Burn Baby Burn, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany

- 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

- An O’Neill Drama, A Whistler’s Mama, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

2009

- Please Please Me, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands

- Ridge Ecstacy – New drawings and paintings, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

- A Night at the Playboy Mansion, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy 

 

2008

- Solo Show, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

- The Immaculate Collection, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2006

- Onetwenty Gallery, Ghent, Belgium

 

2004

- Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst, Belgium

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2026
- There is a ghost in the room. For sure!, Am Schloß 4, Bedburg-Hau, Germany

24/11/2025 - 25/01/2026

2025

- Spicy Margarita, Katapultt, Scheldewindeke, Belgium

- Black is a colour, Galerie Sofie Van den Bussche, Brussel, Belgium

- The Hand Follows The Mind Part I, Hilde Vandaele Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium

- The Hand Follows The Mind Part II, Hilde Vandaele Gallery, Watou, Belgium

2024

- An echo in time, Hilde Vandaele Gallery, Watou, Belgium

2023

- Identity and Culture, Gallery Clara Maria Sels, Dusseldorf, Germany

 

2022

- Eden, Augustijnenekerk, Roeselare, Belgium

 

2021

- The shadow of the Cross, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

 

2020

- Planetarium, (Kunst achter glas) Onze-Lieve-Vrouw kerk, Dendermonde, Belgium.

 

2019

- Belgian Thoughts, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany

- 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

- Sweet 18, Kasteel d’Ursel, Hingene, Belgium

- The Drawing Room II, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

- Het Portret van een familie, Directeurswoning, Roeselare, Belgium

 

2014

- Another Dream, Another Sense, Another Mind, Bibliotheek Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid, KU Leuven, Belgium

- Capita Selecta, curated by Monia Warnez and Lan Leysen, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium

- Collector’s Room #5 - Pleassure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

 

2013

- Middle Gate Geel 13, curated by Jan Hoet, Geel, Belgium

- Kunst uit privé-bezit, Stadsmuseum, ‘t Schippershof, Menen, Belgium

- Cultural Freedom in Europe - Europ (to the power of), curated by Flip Luyckx, Goethe-Institution Brussels, Belgium 

 

2012

- Save Europian Home, curated by Marina Martiae, Belgrade Cultural Centre Art Gallery, Serbia

- West of East - An Exhibition on Europe in 6 chapters, Gallery for Contemporary Art <<Y>>, Minsk, White Russia

 

2011

- Tender Buttons - Becoming Gertrude Stein, curated by Guy Bovyn, University Ghent, Belgium

- Kunst moet rollen, curated by Elias Tieleman, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands

- RAW, curated by Chris Driessen, Lustwarande, Tilburg, The Netherlands

- When the fairy tale never ends, curated by Lara Pan, Ford Project, New York, USA

 

2010

- FAKE!, Zomerproject Beeldende Kunst Aalst, Belgium

- Young Collectors #2, curated by Johan Delcour and Monia Warnez, Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands

- Atmospheres, curated by Lara Pan, Galerie Pangée, Montréal, Canada

- No Contemplation, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy

- 30 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

 

2009

- Arrivals and Departures Europe, curated by Andrea Bruciati and Walter Gasperoni, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy

- Pandora’s Sound Box, curated by Lara Pan, Performa 09, New York, USA

 

2008

- Update, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

- Cuesta, curated by Frederik Van Laere, Tielt, Belgium

- Amusez-vous, curated by Johan Delcour and Mona Warnez, Galerie Koal, Berlin, Germany

- Ephemeral Fringes, curated by Filip Luyckx, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

 

2007

- Versus4, Site Pamele-Maagdendale, Oudenaarde, Belgium

- Nighthawks, curated by Christophe De Jaeger, Avec Dok Noord 4 hal 20, Ghent, Belgium

- Carte blancj-he à l’ Atelier340 Muzeum, Comptoir asbl, Liège, Belgium

 

2006

- Ephemerality, curated by Christophe De Jaeger, Menen , Belgium

- Filiaal van de Hemel, Lokeren, Belgium

 

2005

- Talentbeurs, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Jette, Brussels, Belgium

- Missies, curated by Stef Van Bellingen, De Brakke Grons-d, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

2004

- Mo(nu)ment@bornem, Bornem, Belgium

- De Alpen, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium

- Vierkantswortel van het geheugen, curated by Filip Luyckx, Huis Van Winckel, Dendermonde, Belgium

 

2003

- Fame Happening, Festival van Vlaanderen (S-L Platel), Ghent, Belgium

- Collectzie, Muzeum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium

 

2002

- M/V, Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, Belgium

- The Pizza Project, curated by Yasmine Nessah, Thermische centrale, Ghent, Belgium

- Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium

 

2001

- Coming People, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium

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