
ELS OPSOMER
Born in 1968, Ghent, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels
BIOGRAPHY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
(C) catalogue
2006
Shadows and Snow, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels
_imovie [1-2-3]_, MAC's Grand Hornu, Hornu
Time Suspended, KVS Box, Brussels
2005
Time Suspended, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
Time Suspended, Netwerk, Aalst (c)
Time Suspended, work in transit, Witte de with, Rotterdam
Be My Guest… Guide of Lost Spaces, Comptoir du nylon, Brussels
2004
Time Suspended, work in transit, Witte de with, Rotterdam
Illuminée pour toi / enlighted for you, Archétype Gallery, Brussels
The invisible Meeting /o encontro invisivel, at Mariantonia, São Paolo
Senscity, mediafestival Elsene, Brussels
2001
Mondophrenetic™, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Moodwatcherparty #1 for Brussels, rue du Canal, Brussels
2000
Mondophrenetic™, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Mondophrenetic™, Provinciaal Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Hasselt
Mondophrenetic™, Brussels2000 Center, Brussels
1999
Lost Nation, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
1998
Escape Velocity, Installation Trafò, Budapest
Escape Velocity, Soros Centre and Theatre Institute, Sofia
Escape Velocity, Kaaitheaterstudio's, Brussels
1996
Over zendamateurisme, Moving Art Studio, Brussels (c)
1994
Il Combattimento, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
1993
Il Combattimento [a collaboration with Ana Torfs], Antwerpen '93, Koninklijk Paleis van het ICC, Antwerp
1991 Beursschouwburg, Brussels
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2006
E-flux Video Rental, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerpen
Excess, Z33, Hasselt
I[mage in]motion, Roeselaere
Time Suspended, KVS, Brussels
Into the World, Out on the Street, ISELP, Brussels
2005
Super!, Triënale Hasselt, Hasselt
Journal #8, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
A-Space, Archétype, Brussels
Refractions of the tourist's eye, Three alternative Takes for the Audio Visual Travel Journal Festival NEUSIS, Primi Racconti Internazionali Dell'Altro Cinema, Urbino
EMAF, Osnabrück
Viper, Basel
Public Space with a Roof, Amsterdam
22nd Documentary Film & Video Festival, Kassel
Festival Cinema Texas Austin, United States
Festival rencontres internationales, Paris / Berlin
2004
Mondophrenetic™,"Decenium-Kunst in België na Documenta IX", MUHKA, Antwerpen
Duo Track, curated by argos, Brussels
Galerie Observatoire, Brussels
_imovie [one]_:THE AGONY OF SILENCE
Worldpremière at IFF, Rotterdam 2004: "Power Play- L'union fait la force"
IDFA, Amsterdam
Festival Cinema Texas Austin, United States
Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal
European Media Art Festival,Osnabrück
Ann Arbour Festival, United States
50% beeld, Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
Power Play- L'union fait la force, Fotomuseum MUHKA, Antwerp
Argos Carte Blanche@Café Central, Brussels
_ imovie [2]_:IN BETWEEN/SHIFTING", première at Mariantonia, São Paulo
Argosfestival 2004, Brussels
Archétype Gallery, Brussels
Senscity, mediafestival Elsene, Brussels
2003
_imovie [one]_:THE AGONY OF SILENCE, première at Sonic Square #7, "Into the World", Brussels
_imovie [one]_:THE AGONY OF SILENCE, shown at the 5th festival des cinémas différents de Paris, "carte blanche argos", Paris
_imovie [one]_:THE AGONY OF SILENCE, Argosfestival 2003, Brussels
bad mood repair kid, The Metropolitan Diamond of Europe, Archétype Gallery, Brussels
Mondophrenetic™,Experience the media rat race, Foto Biënnale V, Rotterdam (c)
2002
Shades of survival around me, >Zugewinngemeinschaft< 5 Werkleitz Biennale (c)
Lost Nation >Zugewinngemeinschaft< 5 Werkleitz Biennale
Lost Nation, Resist, Galerie am Parkhaus, Berlin
Rescue kit for # Brussels, Mobile, Parcours d'artistes, Brussels
2001
(they say this is the)place, KFZ,Antwerp (C)
Mondophrenetic™,Still Life, hArtwareprojekte, Dortmund (c)
2000
wanting to become part of the environment, 3ness, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
slightly out of balance_over and over again, Invitation to the City, Brussels2000 Center, Brussels
Borderline, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
never enough/longing- 2000, Brussels by Light,KBC-galerie,Brussels (C)
messages for my friends: bad mood repair kit, SITE5, ArtMagazine-ExhibitionSpace, Düsseldorf (C)
Lost Nation, Delay, Forum Stadtpark, Graz
1999
as ever/moving, Pragmatic on Pubic Spheres, [art image]- IV Biennale on Media and Architecture, Graz
slightly bemused by this lack of orientation, The Invisible City, Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst Marres, Maastricht
bad mood repair kit II, R53 galerie, Ostend
1998
looking for orange, Voorkamer & Experimental Intermedia, Onix Shoe, Lier
1997
Desire/at last, messages for my friends 01, Prix jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (C)
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie Amsterdam
In Koeien van letters- graphic design, Museum voor Sierkunst, Gent
1996
Galerie Observatoire, Brussels
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie Amsterdam
1995
On location, etalage, Brussels (C)
Wonderful life, Galerie Observatoire, Brussels
Modo Bruxellae, photographic installation in collaboration with union pour le vêtement [fashion designers], theme : "trop de couleur distrait le spectateur", Jacques Tati
1994
Stenstûv Dom, Prague
Chinese Wallpaper, KunstenFestivaldesArts, Brussels
1993
Installation Besmette Stad, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Art-core peep-o, Artolux, Gent
1992
Eat-it, Artolux, Gent
1991
Atelier 340, Brussels
New Art de la Belgique, Artolux, Brussels
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