Pieter Vermeersch
Biography
Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, 1973
Lives and works in Antwerp (BE) and Turin (IT)
Vermeersch’s work has evolved consistently through a strong and unbreakable single mindedness of artistic vision. Color and light, time and space and the intersection of these intangible elements are the notions that have been explored by the Belgian artist since the very beginning of his career in the late nineties. An artistic research that continues, flowing and expanding with the experimentation on new materials. His mural works continue to grow and develop engulfing and subverting space. Either being conceived for exhibition spaces or adapted to already existing architectural sites, large gradation wall paintings and installations play an essential role in Vermeersch’s practice. His well-known ephemeral palette and his smooth combination of colors in a given space is the result of the artist’s reaction and perception of each space. The mural works and his works on canvas, always coexisting in his practice and not being possible one without the other, are complemented with his most recent works on natural stones.
Selected Texts
- 2018Javier HontoriaReview Artforum 2018
- 2016Aurélien le GenisselEntrevista a Pieter Vermeersch. Blueproject Foundation
- 2010Dieter RoelstraeteMousse 24 - Pieter Vermeersch
- 2007Monica SzewczykPieter Vermeersch
- 2003Guy BovynThe work of art, folded between two colours
- 2003Dieter RoelstraeteInterview - Storage and Display
Exhibitions
- 18 February — 23 April 2022
- 16 November 2013 — 10 January 2014
- 16 December 2017 — 24 February 2018
- 01—28 February 2023
News
- 20 May — 26 November 2023
GROUP SHOW: FONDAZIONE PRADA, MILAN, ITALY
- 7 October — 3 December 2020
Award: AICA Award Best exhibition 2019, Museum Leuven, Leuven
- 7 July — 29 September 2019
GROUP SHOW: L.A.C. NARBONNE
- 6 July — 21 September 2019
SOLO SHOW: NC ARTE BOGOTA
- 20 June — 5 January 2019
GROUP SHOW: ROSE ART MUSEUM, BOSTON
- 15 March — 11 August 2019
SOLO SHOW: M - MUSEUM LEUVEN, LEUVEN
- 30 June — 23 September 2018
GROUP SHOW, MELLE, FRANCE