JOHN VAN OERS
Small fragments of daily life and scattered happenings inspire all sorts of intrigues or scenarios. Some humour in the face of the gravity of matters, some seriousness in the face of light-heartedness.
John Van Oers. Born in 1967 in Neerpelt. Lives and works in Antwerp
Selected solo exhibitions: 2024 Art Rotterdam (with Gallery De Wael 15), Rotterdam 2023 The Personification of a Mathematical Order, ISM Project Space, Hague; Hush Hush, Op De Huid (with Anton Cotteleer), Filmhouse Klappei, Antwerp 2022 Ongeveer 1mm (with Frederic Geurts), Academie Brugge DKO, Bruges 2021 Have We Ever Met?, Pavilion Gallery, Poperinge; OK (with Frederic Geurts), Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp; Por la Noche, 28 Vignon Street, online exhibition 2020 Quizàs, Quizàs (with Bert Danckaert), Rossicontemporary, Brussels 2019 Six objects - Ten options, Art Gallery De Wael 15, Antwerp; U.L. 19-03, The Balcony, The Hague; Art Brussels (with Valerie Traan in collaboration with Rossicontemporary) 2018 Pang Pang, SECONDroom Gallery, Antwerp; Hush-Hush, Art Borgloon, Borgloon; U.L. 018-1, Behind Bars, Antwerp; My Hands Smell Funny, Rossicontemporary, Brussels 2017 Turn Around And Close The Door, gallery De Ziener, Asse. This Now and Then, Rossicontemporary, Brussels;2016 We Used to Eat A Lot of Potatoes, Ruimte Morguen, Anterpen; John Van Oers, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt 2015 Short Cuts, Rossicontemporary, Brussels; My Hometown Part II, Spaceburo, Antwerp 2012 Cityscape I, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp; City Scape II (Take a Walk), De Ruimte, Borgerhout
Selected group exhibitions: 2024 For the Sea, Art Antwerp (with Rossicontemporary); Lucent, touring exhibition (Skibbereen, Drogheda, Wexford, Plymouth); Le monde a change, Rossicontemporary, Brussels; Notre mer, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp; Home before dark, KUBE Art Gallery, Gent 2023 Art Antwerp, with Valerie Troost, Ostend/Valerie Traan, Antwerp; It’s a Small World Afterall, Gallery De Wael 15, Antwerp; lucent, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork 2021 Made in Belgium, Galerie RuimteP60, Assen; Het Voorstel, CC De Steiger, Manen; Le Galet Français, The Pitcairn Museum for Contemporary Art, Groningen 2020 Der Schnitt, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp 2019 F.O.M.A. by Luc Theeuwis, Foma Gallery, Genk; MDD Auction 13th edition, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, FlexXL, Ghent; _wals03_ Vincent De Roder, Frederic Geurts, John Van Oers, _wals_, Herzele 2018 Krasj 4, Ninove; 139 X Nothinh But Good, Park, Tilburg; Tussen Muren, Stedelijke Kunstacademie, Tielt; 2017 Strong Waters, Rossicontemporary, Bruxelles; No, unless round is funny... Cultuurcentrum de Werft, Geel; 2016 Model World. Scheme And Model in The Thinking of Architects And Artists, Emil Filla Gallery, Usti nad Labem; 30 Jaar De Ziener, De Markten, Brussels; Some Shelf of The Universe, Luyck Gallery, Tilburg; Au lieu, Rossicontemporary, Brussels 2015 Deviation(s), Eva Steynen, Antwerp; John van Oers - Nicoline Van Stapele, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt; Luc Hoekx - John Van Oers, D’Apostrof, Deinze; Greet Billet - Dirk Verhaegen - John Van Oers, EL Gallery, Welle; Een groep, De Ziener, Asse; StadBuitenStad, De Singel, Antwerp 2014 Splash, Contemporary Art Platform WARP, Antwerp; Van stof tot Asse, International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Asse; Filip Verreyke - John Van Oers. Environment, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp; Prize for Sculpture of the City of Mechelen Ernest Albert, Mechelen; Roeland Tweelinckx - Chris Van Der Veken - John Van Oers, Pop Up Osijek, Esseker Centar, Osijek; Lovejoy Unit-1, Spaceburo, Antwerp; Park, Platform for Visual Arts, Tilburg 2013 Aimer-Penser-Créer…, Ampersand House, Brussels; Revisited, Secondroom, Antwerp; Roeland Tweelinckx - John Van Oers, Alpine Club Boechout, Antwerp; Koen Broucke, Bram Kinsbergen, John Van Oers, Gratis Toegang, Secret Kitchen Gallery, Westmalle; Urban Landscape #1, Workplace, Space for Contemporary Art, Antwerp 2012 Leaving for a living, Art and Advise, Hasselt; BHART #01. Festival for Contemporary Art, Borgerhout
Integration of monumental sculptures in public spaces: A home for a sculpture, in cooperation with Radio 2 and the Province of East Flanders 2018; 90° Overturn, WCZ Sint-Isabella, Arendonk, 2015; Brieven aan de toekomst, Beeldenpark Karel I, Arendonk, 2012; VAGGA, Healthcare Center, Antwerp, 2011
Awards: Grand prix, Prize for Sculpture of the City of Mechelen Ernest Albert , Mechelen
Bibliography: John Van Oers, self-published, 2015