Education
2016 – 2018
Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, MA Painting (B)
1997 – 2001
HKU (Utrecht School of fine Arts),
BA Visual Art/Painting, Utrecht (NL)
Personalia
Name :
Wouter Hendrik van de Koot
Address :
Zusters van Onze-Lieve-Vrouwstraat 10
2170 Merksem (Antwerpen)
Belgium
Date of birth :
06 – 04 – 1978 Zwolle, The Netherlands
GSM :
+32 485 866245
E-mail :
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions :
2019
Upcoming: The Slow Show | Gasunie | Groningen (NL)
Of Flesh and Stone | Gallery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam (NL)
2018
New Romantics | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp | Antwerp (B)
2017
Offering | This Art Fair, Gallery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam (NL)
Where goes the night | Gallery Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Into the Hills then | Closed Art Gallery | Antwerp (B)
2011
The Switch | Ponyhof Gallery | Antwerp (B)
2010
White Lies | Oever 21 | Antwerp (B)
2008
OBJECT | Atelier 5 | Bonn (D)
2007
Trust | Galerie S&S | Antwerp (B)
Selected Group Shows :
2018
To Be Antwerp 2018 | Marc Lauwers A Living Gallery & Kavka | Antwerpen (B)
Showcase | Galerie Van Der Planken | Antwerpen (B)
6 voor 6 | Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Loods 6 | Amsterdam (NL)
Wondrous Pearls | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp | curated by Spank Moons
2017
The Drawing Hub silent auction | The Drawing Hub | Berlin (D) | curated by Jan Philipp Fruehsorge
WATT arts festival, Pink TV | The MAS (Museum aan de Stroom) | curated by Dawid Wojtalewicz
The Lost Posters exhibition | CC De Steiger | Meenen (B) | with: Christine Clincx, Louis de Cordier, Daniel Johnston, Maryam Najd, Joris Van de Moortel, Wouter van de Koot, Anke Verret… | curated by Lee Ranaldo & Jan van Woensel
2016
Underground School of Contemporary Art | Mercado | Antwerp (B) | curated by Jan van Woensel & Mynd
Belgium Performance Festival III | VUB | Brussels (B) | with Anna Kosarewka, Bart van Dijck, Dennis Tyfus, Francis Denys, Karina Beumer, Wouter van de Koot…| curated by Stefan Wouters
Setting the Scene | F44 (sic) | Antwerp (B) | with Linda Molenaar, Mathieu V. Staelens, Casper Verborg… organised by Wouter van de Koot
2015
Summer Salon | Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery | London (GB)
Let Grass Roots Grow | A-side B-side gallery | London (GB) curated by Ronan Bowes
2014
(In)Visible, the Shape Open Exhibition | Shape Gallery | London (GB) | supported by Yinka Shonibare
A Comfortable Man | Wilton’s Music Hall | London (GB) | with Michal Cole, Delta, Wendy Mayer, Gavin Nolan, John Stark, Wouter van de Koot…| curated by MC Llamas
2013
Aquachrome | Manifest Gallery | Cincinnati (USA)
Art Truc Troc 9th | Bozar, Palace of Fine Arts | Brussels (B)
2012
Bhart #01 | Drukkerij D | Antwerp (B)
Incubate Open Source | Koepelhal | Tilburg (NL) curated by Merijn Denkers
Beauty of an Ugly Truth | Galerie Vriend van Bavink | Amsterdam (NL) | curated by 2X2 Projects (Gianni Hilgemann
2011
Pop Secret | Atelier Solarshop | Antwerp (B) | curated by Ponyhof Gallery (Liv Vaisberg)
PAINT! | de Stadsgalerij | Amersfoort (NL) | curated by John Konijn
Truc Troc 7th| Bozar, Palace of Fine Arts | Brussels (B)
2010
Riffling Through My Drawers | WEI Art Space | Eindhoven (NL)
2009
Die Zeit of Drawing | Climate Gallery | Long Island, New York (US)
HIWAAR Expo 2060 | Site specific installations in Antwerp(Borgerhout) (B) | curated by Erik van In
ToxoLogica | Transitzone | Antwerp (B) | with John Konijn, Wouter van de Koot, Jetske Verhoeven | organised by Wouter van de Koot
2008
International Prize Hoppeland for Painting 2008 | Poperinge (B)
2007
Royal Dutch Painting Prize 2007 | Gemeentemuseum | The Hague (NL)
2006
Hanging | H.art Gallery | Antwerp (B)
2004
Young Talent Award | GAU | Utrecht (NL)
2001
The Live Room | Centraal Museum Utrecht | curated by Klaas Hoek
2000
Admiratio | de Academiegalerie | Utrecht (NL) | curated by Harrie Peters
Publications / Press
Publications/ Catalogues
2019 Catalogue Ithaka #27 | LOKO Cultuur, Leuven
2018 Jan Stassijns | interview about ‘To Be Antwerp’ in Gazet van Antwerpen, 27/11/2018
Kunstzone magazine | centerfold publication of my work | no. 02 March 2018
2017 Edo Dijksterhuis | ‘De kunst van het weglaten’ | exhibition review in Het Parool, 29/09/2017 ****
2016 ‘I want to create my own scene’ | interview by Mathieu V. Staelens
2014 Catalogue ‘A Comfortable Man’| London
2012 INDA 6 (International Drawing Annual) | Manifest Gallery & Drawing Center,
Cincinnati | USA.
2011 Ignasi Centelles | The Polymorphic Dreams of Wouter van de Koot | article on
Mutantinvasion, online magazine, 13/10/2011
Liv Vaisberg | Painted images and Photography: When painting relies on digital
Media (III) | article on Ponyhoffreshpaint blog, 06/09/2011
‘WEI 2009-2010’| publication by cultural initiative WEI.nu | Eindhoven
Liv Vaisberg,’ Portraying Absence’ | article on Ponyhoffreshpaint blog,10/03/2011
2010 Review ‘Riffling’| Eindhovens Dagblad | 09/04/2010
2009 Catalogue ‘Die Zeit of Drawing’| New York
Article ‘Pand 14’| Het Parool | 10/10/2009
Catalogue ‘Hiwaar Expo 2060’| Antwerpen
Catalogue ‘Windnomaden’| Deventer
2003 Review ‘Weten wat de wind wil’ | De Gelderlander
2001 Catalogue ‘Final Examination HKU’| Utrecht.
Awards / Nominations
2018
Winner of the Prize of Buggenhout, Artaward Pieter Vanneste for drawing and printmaking| Buggenhout (B)
2007
Nominated for the Royal Dutch Painting Prize 2007 (NL)
2001
Young Talent Prize 2001 | PKU | Utrecht (NL)