CURRICULUM VITAE ELISE EERAERTS
°1986, Mechelen, BE

EDUCATION:
2009-2011 Institut für Raumexperimente, Klasse Olafur Eliasson, UdK, Berlin, DE
2010 Internship Studio Carsten Nicolai, Berlin, DE
2005-2009 Visual art, Luca School of Arts, Brussels, BE
2008 Erasmus exchange, Aalto University, Helsinki, FI
2006 European Exchange Academy, Beelitz, DE

RESIDENCIES, GRANTS & PRIZES:
2022-2021 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, the Smithsonian, Washington DC, USA (2019 cohort)
2022 Maison Julien Gracq, Mauges-sur-Loire, France, residency with a grant from Le Mat
2022 Est Nord Est, Canada, residency with a grant from CALQ through Creative European Pepinieres
2021 Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, residency with a grant from the province of Baden-Württemberg
2021 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2019-2020 Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands, studio program with a grant from Jan Van Eyck Academie and the Flemish Government
2020 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2019 La Becque, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, residency with a grant from the Françoise Siegfried-Meier Foundation
2019 La Petite Escalère, France, residency with a grant from Les Amis de La Petite Escalère through the French and local government
2019 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2019 International exhibition program: Sknow, Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan, residency with a grant from the Government of Japan
2018 Atelier Calder, Saché, France, residency with a grant from the Calder Foundation and the French government
2018 Co-Winner of the BigCi Environmental Award, Blue Mountains, Australia, residency with a grant from BigCi
2018 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2017 Winner of Meesterproef Prize, Team Flemish Government Architect, Brussels
2017 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2016-2017 Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain, residency with a grant from the French Government
2016 Thread, Senegal, residency with a grant from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
2016 Finalist of the Celeste Prize, Video and Animation, London
2016 Winner of the Arte Laguna Prize, Land Art Division, Venice
2016 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2015 Gleis70, Zürich, Switzerland, residency with a grant from the Cultural Department of the State of Zurich and Pro Helvetia
2014 Villa-Serpentara-Stipendium, Olevano Romano, Italy, residency with a grant from Akademie der Künste : Junge Akademie, Berlin
2014 Le Canal: Ravi - Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium, residency with a grant from AIR Antwerp
2013 FLACC, Genk, Belgium, summer residency
2013 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2012 Flemish Ministry of Culture Grant
2010 Leonardo Life Long Learning Grant, Brussels
2010 DAAD Studienabschulussstipentium Grant, Berlin

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:
2021 Wintam church, Belgium, invited through De Nieuwe opdrachtgevers / Les Nouveaux commanditaires
2020 Groene Parels, art in public space for the city of Lommel, Belgium, invited competition, first prize
2019 Psychiatric Center Ariadne, Lede, Belgium, invited competition, first prize
2017 Tumuli Heers, Belgium, invited competition Team Flemish Government Architect, first prize (ongoing)
2016 WZC Zonnestraal, Lint, Belgium, open competition, first prize
2015 WZC Triamant, Velm, Belgium, invited competition, shortlisted for final phase
2014 WZC Briels, Beveren, Belgium, open competition, first prize
2013 WZC Dunecluze, Koksijde, Belgium, invited competition, first prize

EXHIBITIONS:
2022 ‘Extraire’, Le MAT centre d’art contemporain du Pays d’Ancenis, France (DUO)
2022 ‘Art Festival Aardenburg’, Aardenburg, the Netherlands
2022 ‘Dove la terra incontra il cielo’, Trullo Rubina, Ceglie Messapica, Italy
2022 ‘Worlds to Build. (Eight) Ecologies for Other Architectures.’, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2022 ‘Design Fest’, curated by Siegrid Demyttenaere, Design Museum Gent, Ghent, Belgium
2022 ‘Portes Ouvertes’, ENE, Quebec, Canada
2022 ‘Bits and Sods’, CCDA, Lommel, Belgium (SOLO)

2021 ‘Into Nature: New Energy’, Drenthe, the Netherlands
2021 ‘Variations of Earth’, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2021 ‘CityLeaks Urban Art Festival/Academy’, Cologne, Germany
2021 ‘Kunst op de Campus’, curated by Maarten Vanermen/Pilar, University Campus VUB, Brussels, Belgium
2021 ‘Sommerfest’, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
2021 ‘Art Festival Aardenburg’, Aardenburg, the Netherlands (->2022)

2020 ‘Hors Champ’, Maison de la Céramique, Dieulefit, France
2020 ‘Floating Utopias’, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
2020 ‘Open Studios’, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
2020 ‘Mindscapes’, Plagiarama, Brussels, Belgium (DUO)

2019 ‘Niseko’, Gallery Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan (SOLO)
2019 ‘These Works Are Temporarily Removed’, Law Library, Leuven, Belgium
2019 ‘International Competition of the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale’, online segment
2019 ‘Dorotabo’, Cydonia Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA (SOLO)
2019 ‘Open Studios’, La Becque, La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland

2018 ‘Ritual Reality’, Grande Halle, Centre d’Art Contemporain Les Tanneries, Amilly, France (SOLO)
2018 ‘6 weekends d’art contemporain’, Musée de l’Histoire du Fer, Nancy, France
2018 ‘Open Studios’, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 ‘63e Salon de Montrouge’, The Belfry, Montrouge, Paris, France
2018 ‘On Materiality’, Dash, Kortrijk, Belgium
2018 ‘Itinerance’, Manoir de la Touche, Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France
2018 ‘Bit rot’, CCHA, Hasselt, Belgium
2018 ‘Yugen #16’, Yugen Brewery, Ghent, Belgium

2017 ‘Festival of Future Nows’, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2017 ‘Viva Villa!’, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
2017 ‘SAMPLE’ curated by Humberto Moro, Cydonia Gallery, Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 ‘Surfaces’, Cydonia Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA (SOLO)
2017 ‘Portes Ouvertes’, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
2017 ‘ArtsLibris’, ArcoMadrid, Madrid & Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
2017 ‘Still Life with The Others & The Rest’, The Stable, Waregem, Belgium
2017 ‘La Amenaza Invisible’, Sala Amadis Injuve, Madrid, Spain
2017 ‘Itinerancia’, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid & Real Monasterio de Santa Maria de Veruela, Zaragosa, Spain
2017 ‘Baelo Claudia’, archaeological site of Baelo Claudia, Spain
2017 ‘Matter of Course’, Cydonia Gallery, Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2017 ‘Baelo Claudia Ex-Situ’, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
2017 ‘Visionary History’, Law Library, Leuven, Belgium
2017 ‘Itinerance’, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France

2016 ‘Arte Laguna Prize’, Arsenale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2016 ‘Our Mathematical World’, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussels, Belgium
2016 ‘La Primavera’, Academie Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
2016 ‘Obtrusive Objects’, n+1, Leuven, Belgium (SOLO)
2016 ‘YART’, Duivelsteen, Ghent, Belgium
2016 ‘Open Studio's 2016’, Antwerpen, Belgium
2016 ‘Space and Place’, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, Washington, USA
2016 ‘Estampa’, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
2016 ‘Celeste Prize’, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK
2016 ‘Horst Arts and Music Festival’, Castle of Horst, Belgium

2015 ‘No Blossom No Moonlight’, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 ‘BlackoutBasel’, Ausstellungsraum Klingenthal, Basel, Switzerland
2015 ‘Fabric Spaces’, Pianofabriek, Brussels, Belgium
2015 ‘Le Bruit Des Choses‘, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 ‘Ecoframes’, IVAM Museum of Contemporary Art, Valencia, Spain
2015 ‘Forecast Forum’, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2015 ‘Image Talks’, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
2015 ‘Touch / Vorspiel 2015 / Transmediale’, Agora Collective, Berlin, Germany
2015 ‘Strt Kit’, Antwerp Art Weekend, Studio Start, Antwerp, Belgium

2014 ‘Finale’, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
2014 ‘Festival of Future Nows’, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2014 ‘Complementary Volumes’, Grey Sheep, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
2014 ‘3 Monate in Olevano’ Castel, Olevano Romano, Italy
2014 ‘Het Kanaal - Le Canal’, Espace 251 Nord: La Comète, Liège, Belgium
2014 ‘Het Kanaal - Le Canal’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 ‘Ouverture des Ateliers’, Ravi, Liège, Belgium

2013 ‘The End at the Beginning’, OK Corral, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 ‘The Beginning of Something’, Galerie Mieke van Schaijk, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2013 ‘Passages’, along the north-south train connection, Brussels, Belgium

2012 ‘Lo10’, Lo, Belgium

2011 ‘Berlin 2000-2011: playing among the ruins’, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2011 ‘Invite someone’, Ghent, Belgium
2011 ‘Input/Output’, Bruges, Belgium
2011 ‘Open M’, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
2011 ‘2 Components’, Ghent, Belgium (DUO)
2011 ‘C.A.R.’, Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2011 ‘Prijs voor jonge kunstenaars: Brasschaat 11’, Brasschaat, Belgium
2011 ‘Godecharle’, Brussels, Belgium
2011 ‘100° Festival’, HAU 2, Berlin, Germany
2011 ‘Without destination’, Reykjavik Art Museum (Harbour House), Reykjavik, Iceland

2010 ‘-’, Bortier galerie, Brussels, Belgium (SOLO)
2010 ‘Byts’, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
2010 ‘Absolventenausstellung’, UdK, Berlin, Germany
2010 ‘Let’s start to implement little errors’, Keller Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany

2009 ‘Alice & Elise’, Quatschbxl, Brussels, Belgium (DUO)
2009 ‘Cleomenes’, Sint-Lukas galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2009 ‘Day one’, Sint-Lukas galerie, Brussels, Belgium

ARTIST TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2020 Work presentation, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, the Netherlands
2019 Artist talks, Scarts, Sapporo, Japan
2018 Rencontre, Atelier Calder, Saché, France
2018 Open Day, BigCi, Australia
2017 Project presentation, Nacht van de Architectuur, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 Air Tailor made, Air Antwerp, Belgium
2015 Work presentations, New Generations Festival, Genoa, Italy
2015 Forecast Forum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2015 Monat der Stipendiaten, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2014 Pecha Kucha, New Generations Festival, Firenze, Italy
2013 Artist talks, Passages, Brussels, Belgium

PUBLICATIONS:
2021 Vriens, Jorne. Metropolis M; 'Into Nature Tussen Moeras En Prairie'
2021 Dirks, Bart. De Volkskrant. 'Veenvonsten'
2021 Delforge, Guy. Nieuwsblad. 'Kerktoren is baken van kunstzinnig licht'
2021 Gomez-Jorge, Ringo. De Standaard. 'Uit de grond gestampt'
2020 'Petite Escalère', project catalogue, Paris
2019 Boileau, Etienne. LXRY Magazine. 'Veelbelovende kunstenaars', LXRY List 2020
2019 Jacob, Laurent. 'En attendant l’année dernière. E2N Archives Actives', book published by Espace 251 Nord
2019 Venturini, Gianpiero. 'Atlas for emerging practices', book published by Itinerant Office
2018 ‘Die Ausstellungen. Neue Nationalgalerie 1968 - 2015’ book on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Neue Nationalgalerie, ISBN: 978-3-88609-810-1, published work: spast (stretched cube)
2018 Pes, Javier. Artnet News. 'Calder’s Home Deep in the French Countryside Opens Its Doors to the Next Artists in a Starry List of Residents'
2017 Gotthardt, Alexxa. Artsy. 'In a Remote Senegalese Village, International Artists Are Learning from Local Creatives.'
2017 Moens, Kevin. Architectura. 'Meesterproef 2017 Erfgoed en Herbestemming: laureaten bekend'
2017 Sels, Geert. De Standaard. 'Frisse ideeën voor oude locaties'
2017 Morgan, Kendall. Culturemap Dallas. 'Dallas-Fort Worth galleries bring art scene together with 4 must see March shows'
2017 ArtViewer. 'Still life with Stone and The Others & The Rest at The Stable' 2017 ‘Visionary History’, catalogue, Leuven
2017 ‘La Amenaza Invisible’, catalogue, Madrid
2017 ‘Casa de Velazquez’, catalogue, Madrid
2016 ArchiNed. 'New Generations Festival', The Netherlands
2015 Quireyns, Alan and Vlegels, Greet (Eds). '10 Stories of a Journey', book, isbn 978-9-08247-530-2, Antwerp, Belgium, p. 1-10.
2015 Poels, Anne-Marie. (H)art magazine. “Strt: Elise Eeraerts,” Belgium
2014 ‘How to make the best art school in the world’, TYT Vol.6: Institut für Raumexperimente 2009-2014
2014 Venturini, Gianpiero. L’architteto. 'Economie Sperimentali.' no. 19, september edition, Italy
2013 McLardy, Laura (Ed). 'Points in Line #2: Gestural Objects', isbn 978-3-00-038782-1, book, Berlin, Germany: Motto, p. 18-21.
2012 ‘Mapping Everything’, isbn 978-3-89462-219-0, published by UdK Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2011 De Mont, Alice and Eeraerts, Elise 'Two Components', exhibition catalogue
2010 ‘Otto’s Impossible Talks / Let’s start to implement little errors’, isbn 978-3-89462-190-2, published by UdK Verlag, Berlin, Germany