Liesje De Laet
°1988 BE
Born in Vilvoorde
Lives and works in Antwerp - Belgium

liesje_delaet@hotmail.com
+32 493741146
www.liesjedelaet.com

EDUCATION
2011 - 2012, Master of research in art and design, Sint Lucas - Antwerp
2010 - 2010, Master in fine arts 2010 / 2011, Sint Lucas - Antwerp

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017, The Whether or Not Assumptions, Merlyn T. Miller (AMP), Paris Texas, Antwerp (BE)
2016, The Turner Treatment (AMP), Het Kabinet, Ciap, Hasselt (BE)
2012, Framework, Chateau Mercier - Sierre (CH)
2012, Raamwerk, Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais - Sierre (CH)
2010, Eden-project, Antwerp (BE)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - PERFORMANCES (selection)

2017, Sorry Sorry, on labour is a crime - undergrond connections as artistic strategy, Sint Lucas Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
2017, Tox and Detox: The Open Source (with Karina Beumer & Katinka de Jonge), CCQO, Napels (I)
2017, Sorry Label, Label Market, Het Bos, Antwerp (BE)
2017, The Garland Strategy, (with Katinka de Jonge), CCQO, Antwerp (BE)
2017, The unreliable Protagonist, opening performance: Wellness Centre Future Proof, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst (BE)
2017, Snakbar, Entrepot, Brugge (BE)
2017, Chaos Yoga - een fietstochtje door de haven, Antwerp (BE)
2017, Knutselen met volwassenen, De Belly, Borgerhout (BE)
2017, Het Sorry Plein / Sorry Works 5, De Belly, Borgerhout (BE)
2017, De Sorry Partij, De Belly, Borgerhout / Tenace, Brussel, In De Ruimte, Ghent (BE)
2017, Trojan Summer (snakbar), Sorry, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst (BE)
2017, The dogs bark / the caravan moves on/, Keistraat 1, Antwerp (BE)
2017, Werken is Misdaad, 10 sessions on Art & Labour, de Belly, Antwerp (BE)
2017, Pitch Talk: Sorry / Sorry Works 4, Antwerp Art Convention, Antwerp (BE)
2016, Porn In Antwerp / Sorry Works 3, Born in Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
2016, De Nieuwe Lucht / Sorry Works 2, Air Antwerp, Antwerp (BE))
2016, The Pink Parade / Sorry Works 1, Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp (BE))
2016, WIJ EISEN IJS (de schepping van het ijs), De Belly, Borgerhout (BE)
2016, WIJ EISEN IJS, De Belly, Borg, Borgerhout (BE)
2016, Mineral Treatment, How to document a performance, Belgium Performance Festival, Brussels (BE)
2016, The Water Treatment, Onbekwaam & Onbevoegd, Sorry en Volle Band ensemble, Antwerp (BE)
2016, Convexations, VARIA, Antwerpen(BE)
2015, Views from above, BIN, Turnhout (BE)
2015, Accidental Colors, BIN, Turnhout (BE)
2015, Chomiak, De Laet & Ramaekers, gallery Marion De Cannière, Antwerp (BE)
2014, A poem a day - calendar presentation, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)
2014, Youth! Portraits of artists between freedom & fight, Maison Particulière, Brussels (BE)
2014, Tout va très bien, merci, +ion-, Zurich & Kasko, Basel (CH)
2014, Project der Dingen #1 - with Valerie de Ghellinck, Lokaal01, Antwerp
2014, Traffic#1 - but I’m a lousy conformist so I put it here, in collab with Raumte - Central Station, Antwerp (BE)
2014, If it fits in, it goes on - Poppositions, in collab with Raumte - Old Dexia building, Brussels (BE)
2014, Traffic#3 / Mutatis Mutandis - in collab with Raumte, Gallery MariondeCannière, Antwerp (BE)
2013, Shame! (hide & show), Errorone, Pianofabriek, Brussel (BE)
2013, Zwerm, co-organiser, co-curator and participating artist - Secondroom, Antwerp (BE)
2013, Un-fixed (Iconostase 150), co-organisor and participating artist as part of the group-project in collaboration with Jean-Baptiste Decavèle, Nico Dockx and Yona Friedman, Kask - Antwerp (BE)
2013, Jawohl, Nein Gallery, Zwarte zaal, Ghent (BE)
2012, Ornaments, bHart - Festival, Antwerp (BE)
2012, Kokerjuffers, in collab with Nico Dockx - Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
2012, A+B - exhibition, co- curator and participating artist in collab with Kitty Bons, Studio Start, Antwerp (BE)
2012, Het gat in de kunst (on holes, bumps and darkness), curated by Hans Theys, Wouter Bolagnier en vzw Intijzerenhol, Galerij d’Apostroof - Deinze (BE)
2012, QR-codes - the absence of work, collaboration with Sarah Hendrickx, intervention Muhka, Antwerp
2011, Der Raum, in collab with Lore Clarys, Antwerp (BE)
2011, Blind date, collab between St Lucas Antwerp & the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp (BE)
2010, Mobile Unit, groupshow, Scheld'apen, Antwerp (BE)


PUBLICATIONS
2017, PinkHousePapers, Pink House, Antwerp (BE)
2017, The dogs bark / the caravan moves on /, Antwerp (BE)
2016, De Nieuwe Lucht, Sorry, Antwerp (BE)
2016, Convexations, VARIA, Lokaal01 & DeKringwinkel, Antwerp (BE)
2015, Views from Above, BIN, Turnhout (BE)
2015, Accidental Colors, BIN, Turnhout (BE)
2014, Index TR_L1Traffic#1 Library, Postcard, 250g, Antwerp (BE)
2014, Project der Dingen # 1 - 2, 35cm x 35cm, 80g, Antwerp (BE)
2013, Installatiebeeld - Surrounded by subtle sculptures and in the center: Leon Vranken, Harmonie, brown envelop A4 with contributions by different artists, Antwerp (BE)
2012, Raamwerk, Antwerp (BE)

RESIDENCIES
2013 - 2016, Project der Dingen - with Valerie de Ghellinck, De Kringwinkel, Antwerp /
2013, Warp Artist Village, Warp vzw by Stef Van Bellingen, C-mine Genk
2013, Inter Format Symposium : on critical tourism, site- specificity and post-romantic condition, NAC - Nida, Lithuania - 16 / 05 / 2013 - 19 / 05 / 2013
2012, Chateau Mercier / Ecav - Sierre, Switzerland

OTHER ACTIVITIES
2016, Sorry, non-profit production company (www.sorrysorrysorry.com)
2016, De Belly, artist-run space / research platform / open kitchen , co-founder, Antwerp (BE)
2015, Mobile Autonomy, Summerschool, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp (BE)
2014 - 2015: BIN, one-year artist-run space, co-founder ,Turnhout (BE)
2013 - 2014: LIIIm3, artist run-space, co-founder, Antwerp (BE)