Geert Goiris

Lecturer in: 2006, 2007, 2009

Born 1971 in Bornem
lives and works in Antwerp (BE)

contact@geertgoiris.info
www.geertgoiris.info

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
CAB, Burgos (ES) (upcoming)
duo-exhibition with Vincent Lamouroux, KASK, Gent (upcoming)

2009
Imagine there’s no countries, Le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine (FR) (upcoming)
Whiteout #02, Statements Art Basel, Basel, (CH)

2008
Whiteout #01, Images 08 festival, Vevey (CH)

2007
Frontier, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels (BE)

2006
Le Grand Café, Centre d'art contemporain Saint Nazaire (FR)

2005
LFL gallery , New York (USA)

2004
The world as we know it (with Ville Lenkkeri), Prospekto, Vilnius (LIT)
Galerie Art: Concept, Paris (FR)

2003
Lost in Space, Roger Vandaele Edition, Antwerp (BE)

2002
Possibilities, Netwerk Gallery, Aalst (BE)

2001
Van Wijngaarden Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Surrounded, Gallery Vaclav Spaly, Prague (CZ)
Kontor in Der Schneiderei, Cologne (DE)

2000
Reconstruction, Museum for Photography, Antwerp (BE)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
The state of Things, Bozar, Brussels, and NAMOC, Beijing, China (upcoming)
Beyond the picturesque, S.M.A.K., Gent (BE)

2008
Un-Scene, Wiels centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)
A meeting between the tragic and the funny, Hessenhuis, Antwerp (BE)
Images’08- Festival des arts visuels- Vevey (CH)
Le travail de rivière, Le Crédac centre d'art contemporain, Ivry-sur-Seine (FR)
Lugares comprometidos, topography and actuality. Fundación ICO Madrid
(Photoespaña festival 2008)
P2P – casino Luxembourg (LU)

2007
Private/Public, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
The leading Thread, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos (ES)
Spectacular City - Photographing the Future, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf (DE)
El Hilo Conductor, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Burgos, Burgos (ES)

2006
Spectacular City - Photographing the Future, Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (NL)
Tunnel Vision, Fotomuseum, Antwerp (BE)
Les rencontres de Photographie, Arles (FR)
Freestate, Ostend (BE)
Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva (CH)
Right on Write Off, Chapman Fine ARTS, London (GB)
Traces, Biennale #1, photographie et architecture, Espace Architecture La Cambre, Brussels, (BE)
Buenos dias Santiago - an exhibition as an expedition, Museum of contemporary Art, Santiago de Chile (CL)

2005
Belgian photographers 1840 - 2005, FotoMuseum, Antwerp, (BE)
Croiser des mondes, Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)

2004
Undercurrent, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (TR)
Manifesta 5, European Biennial for Contemporary Art, San Sebastian (ES)

2003
At least begin to make an end, W 139, Amsterdam (NL)
Kaap Helder, Den Helder (NL)
Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels (BE)
Happiness Land, Plovdiv (BUL)
Contemporary Photography from Flanders, Karavanserai, Tbilisi (GE)

2002
Overgangslocaties, Sint-Lukas Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Paramount Basics (by Richard Venlet), MUHKA, Antwerp (BE)

2001
Hortus Panoramicus, Groenenberg parc grounds, Sint Pietersleeuw (BE)

2000
Introduction à une philosophie du presque, De ladder van Pontormo, Ghent (BE)
Short-circuits, Contemporary photography from Flanders, Tallinn (EST)
We’re always on the edge of wilderness, W 139, Amsterdam (NL)
Ici et Maintenant, Tours et taxis, Brussels, Belgium

TRAINING

2003 -    Teaches at Sint Lukas Higher College for Art and Design, Brussels (BE)
2002       Master’s Degree in photography, Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
1997-2000    Post-graduate, Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Antwerp (BE)
1995-1997   Living and working in Copenhagen (DK)
1993-1995   Department of still photography, FAMU Academy, Prague (CZ)
1989-1993    Photography department Sint Lukas Higher College for Art and Design,Brussels (BE)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Centre National des Arts Plastiques – CNAP, Paris (FR)
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FR)
Centro de Arte Contemporaneo de Burgos (ES)
La Salle Bank Photography Collection, Chicago (USA)
ING, Brussels (BE)
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (FR)
Fotomuseum, Antwerp (BE)
University Hospital, Jette (BE)
Williams College Museum of Art (USA)
Flemish Parliament, Brussels (BE)
Seattle Art Museum (USA)
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier (FR)
Province of Antwerp (BE)
Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane (AU)
Lhoist Collection, Brussels (BE)