Michaël Aerts

Michael Aerts
biography

born in Dendermonde, Belgium, in 1979
lives and works in Ghent, Belgium

solo exhibitions

2011
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, trash it, change it, mail upgrade it, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2010
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours!, Deutschlandpremieren 2010, Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany
An O’Neill Drama, A Whistler’s Mama, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2009
Please Please Me, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ridge Ecstacy – New drawings and paintings, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
A Night at the Playboy Mansion, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy

2008
Deweer Art Gallery @ Solo Show Art Brussels, Belgium
The Immaculate Collection, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2006
Onetwenty Gallery, Ghent, Belgium

2004
Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst, Belgium

group exhibitions

2012
Szenarien über Europa (III) (curator Filip Luyckx), Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

2011
Kunst moet rollen (curator Elias Tieleman), Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Utrecht, Netherlands
RAW (cur. Chris Driessen), Lustwarande 2011, Tilburg, The Netherlands
When the fairy tale never ends (curator: Lara Pan), Ford Project, New York, USA

2010
"FAKE!", summerproject Visual Arts, Aalst, Belgium
DEWEER gallery @ Art Brussels 2010, Brussels, Belgium
Young Collectors # 2 (cur. Johan Delcour & Monia Warnez), Sign – Tentoonstellingsruimte voor jonge kunst, Groningen, The Netherlands
Atmospheres (cur.: Lara Pan), Galerie Pangée, Montréal, Canada
No Contemplation, Federico Luger Gallery, Milano, Italy
Galerie Ron Mandos @ Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Federico Luger Gallery @ Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands
30 Years DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Federico Luger Gallery @ Artefiera Bologna, Italy

2009
Arrivals and Departures Europe, (cur. Andrea Bruciati & Walter Gasperoni), Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
Pandora's Sound Box (cur. Lara Pan), Performa 09, New York, USA
DEWEER gallery @ ArtBrussels27, Brussels, Belgium
DEWEER gallery @ Art in the City, ArtBrussels27, Brussels, Belgium
DEWEER gallery & Federico Luger Gallery @ Arco Madrid 09, Madrid, Spain
Federico Luger Gallery @ Arte Fiera Bologna, Italy

2008
UPDATE, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Cuesta, cur. Frederik Van Laere, Tielt, Belgium
Amusez-vous (cur. Johan Delcour & Monia Warnez), Galerie Koal, Berlin, Germany
Ephemeral Fringes, cur. Filip Luyckx, ArtBrussels, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Versus4 (cur. Christophe De Jaeger, Olivier Deprez & Bjorn Scherlippens), Site Pamele-Maagdendale, Oudenaarde, Belgium
Nighthawks (cur. Christophe De Jaeger), Acec Dok Noord 4 hal 20, Ghent, Belgium
Kick box project, S.M.A.K. & Maria-Middelares, Ghent, Belgium
Carte blanche à l’Atelier 340 muzeum, Comptoir asbl, Liège, Belgium
Arteconomy: project by Concordia, Waregem, Belgium

2006
Ephemerality, cur. Christophe De Jaeger, Menen, Belgium
Onetwenty Gallery @ Art Brussels, Belgium
Filiaal van de Hemel, Lokeren, Belgium

2005
Talentbeurs, Atelier340Museum, Jette, Brussels, Belgium
Sint-Lukasgalerij @ Art Brussels, Belgium
Missies, cur. Stef van Bellingen, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004
Mo(nu)ment@bornem, Bornem, Belgium
De Alpen, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst, Belgium
Vierkantswortel van het geheugen, cur.Filip Luyckx, Huis Van Winckel, Belgium

2003
Fame Happening, Festival van Vlaanderen (S-L Platel), Ghent, Belgium
Collectzie, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium

2002
M/V, Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, Belgium
The Pizza Project, cur. Yasmine Nessah, Thermische Centrale, Ghent, Belgium
Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium

2001
Coming People, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium