Boy & Erik Stappaerts is both artist and entrepreneur. Although he works with gallerists, mentors and curators he has proven himself to be uttermost self sustainable in his art and in the market.
Growing up in an entrepeneur family has yielded its fruits but did not really support his choice of studying arts. Already here he had to stand his ground and follow his souls purpose. He was inspired by his artistic grandfather and by a neighbour art collector who opened his world to abstract art.
After studying at St Lucas Brussels and Rijksacademie Amsterdam he worked with gallerists Aurel Scheibler, Marie Puck Broodthaers, Ronny Van de Velde and curators Johan Pas, Philippe Pirotte, Christophe de Jaeger, Luc Tuymans, Nicola Setari and otters in national and international presentations. He enjoys working with people who have a connection to the past as well as the present artsituation.
He continues his quest of research, conversation and invites all who are interested Into his world and studio. Boy & Erik has trained himself throughout the years to not only meticulously manufacture pieces, materialize ideas with the greatest of patience but also to communicate his grammar of works. He has created his own abstract language which he succesfully translates into spoken word. He walks his path freely, without compromise but always open to conversation.
CURRICULUM
Boy & Erik Stappaerts
Hertoginstraat 28 - 2018 Antwerp - B - 0032 497 485 209
be@boyerik-stappaerts.be and boy@viktorbentley.com
www.boyerik-stappaerts.be
Studies
1995-1996 Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
1989-1993 Hoger Kunstonderwijs St. Lucas Instituut, Brussels, B
Solo exhibitions
2018 'BES Editions : Conflict Paintings, Polarisation Paintings, Noise Paintings', Art Partout, Antwerp B
2016 'Environnement', Callewaert Van Langendonck gallery, Antwerp, B
2015 'The Known and the Unknown', gallery Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke/Antwerp B
2012 'Conflictpaintings and researchdrawings for databank', gallery Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke/Antwerp B
2009 l'Atelier du Pentagronium + Room 5, McBride Gallery, Antwerp, B
2004 Hyperspace, Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, B
2002 Eric Lenoir, CharlesvilleMesiere, FR
2002 Gallery Tache Levy, Brussels, B
1998 Gallery Aurel Scheibler, Koln, GER
1994 Gallery Annick Ketele, Antwerp, B
1989 Priveruimte Linda and Dirk Loppa, Antwerp, B
Open Conference BES Institute
2019 YUST Antwerp + publication
Curatorship
2017 BE BASIS Katia Vouilloz & Mikael Groc, Gallery 15/17, Antwerp, B
2013 Shoot to Kill, artists: Duo-Presentation Serge El Moussaoui & Jan De Laure, Baravin, Antwerp, B
Urban projects
2017 Winner competition 'Art in the open space' // collections and databanks, Hove, B
2012 Group finalist, competition 'le projet de rehabilitation du musee Rimbaud', Charlesville-Mezieres, FR
2006 'ThePanic zone', curator Menno Meeuwis, citysquare Berchem, Antwerp, B
Group exhibitions
2019
- 'Salon de Peinture', M HKA, Antwerp, B
- 'Biennale van Belgie', Floralienhal Gent, B
- 'Circle Club', Pulsar, Antwerp, B
2018
- 'Kleur, lijn en vorm', gallery Ronny Van de Velde, Knokke, B
- 'Conflict Painting Prints', Art Partout, Antwerp, B
- 'Holes, Bumps, Discs and Knots', curator Hans Theys, Art Partout, Antwerp, B
- Beyond Dada en De Stijl Part I, Museum Drachten, Dr8888
2017
- Selection VI, Gallery Ronny Van De Velde, Knokke, B
- Trophies of Atmospheric Intellect - DMW Artspace, Maxime Christiaensen and Boy & Erik Stappaerts, Antwerp, B
- Nada me asombra mas - Ateneo de la Laguna - curator Fred Michiels - Tenerife
- Museum to Scale, Ghisla Fondation, Locarno, Zwitserland
- Belgian Embassy The Hague, curator Bob Daems, The Hague, NL
- Blast - 3 generaties abstracte kunst in Belgie, curator Gino Braet, Mu.ZEE - Venetiaanse Gaanderijen
2016
- The Gap - selected abstract art from Belgium, M HKA, Antwerp, B, curated by Luc Tuymans
- Wake Up and Dream, Antwerp Tower, Antwerp, B, curated by Nils Verkaeren
- Micro Macro, Callewaert Van Langendonck gallery, Antwerp, B
- Vol van Genade, Sterckshof, Multitude, Antwerpen, B
2015
- The Gap - selected abstract art from Belgium, Parasol Unit, London, GB, curated by Luc Tuymans
2014
- Museum to scale 1/7, The Baker Museum, Florida, USA
- Museum to scale 1/7, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL
- Van de Sokkel, curator Johan Pas, Hof ter Bist, Ekeren, B
2013
- Museum to scale 1/7, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie, B
- About Waves, part III 'Via het virtuele', curators of S.M.A.K. and co-curator Nicola Setari, cultuurcentrum
Strombeek, Grimbergen, B (april 5th - may 7th, 2013)
- Factura 2013, curator Fik Van Gestel, CIAP, Hasselt, B (april 27th - june 16th, 2013)
- Artists of the Gallery, Gallery Ronny Van De Velde, Knokke, B (opening may 20th, 2013)
2012
- BOOKSHOWBOOKSHOP, Belgische kunstenaarsboeken van Jef Verheyen tot vandaag
curators Johan Pas & VaastColson, Be-Part, Waregem, B
- BELGISCHE KUNST. EEN MODERNE EEUW. Collection Caroline & Maurice Verbaet, museum of Elsene, B
- Nieuwe kunst in antwerpen 1958-1962, curator Jan Ceuleers in collaboration with Ronny Van De Velde
and Muhka, MUHKA, Antwerp, B
2011
- The garden for Florian, Freedom is for animals, collaboration with Timothy Segers, gallery Roger Van Daele, Antwerp, B
- Twenty, gallery AurelScheibler, Berlin, GER
- Shadow doesn't charge, collaboration with Andy Wauman, gallery MXVII, Antwerp, B
2010
- MultipleVisions, curator Lode Geens, Johan Pas, NICC, Antwerp, B
- The State of Things, curator Luc Tuymans and Ai Wei Wei, National Art Museum of China, Bejing, CH
- Canvas Collection nomination, Bozar, Brussels, B
- 'Je sont les autres', curator Marie-Noelle Dailly, Benoit Dusart, Xavier Noiret-Thome, Incise, Charleroi, B
2009
- The State of Things, curator Luc Tuymans, Fan Dian, Ai Weiwei, Bozar, Brussels, B
- Books, Ephemeras, Manuscripts, Editions, Works on Paper, Gallery Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, B
2008
- New Space, Gallery Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, B
- Odette | Dance Floors and Labyrinths, curator Christophe De Jaeger,Vrijstaat O, Ostend, B
2007
- Artes Digitales, curator Christophe De Jaeger, Budatoren, Kortrijk, B
- Selfportraits, AurelScheibler Gallery, Berlin, GER
- Strike a pose, curator Philippe Pirotte, Circuit Lausanne, SWISS
- Unknown pleasures, curator Angelique Campens, Bern, SWISS
- Ver Bailar, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, SP
- Tanzen/Sehen, Museum fur gegenwartskunst, Siegen, GER
- Floods, curator Gianluca Ranzi, Bergamo, Milan, IT
- The Moss Gathering Tumbleweed Experience, curator Hans Theys, NICC Antwerpen, Antwerp, B
2006
- Laureate Provinciale prijs beeldende kunst Provincie Antwerpen, KFZ Antwerp, B
- Villa Jelmini, curator Philippe Pirotte, Kunsthalle Bern, SWISS
2005
- IDYL | as to answer that picture, curator Philippe Pirotte, Middelheim Openlucht Museum, Antwerp, B
- 15e bourse d'art monumentale, Galerie Fernand Leger, Ivry-sur-Seine, FR
- Great Expectations, curator Thibaut Verhoeven, Witte Zaal, Ghent, B
2004
- Dear ICC, curator Johan Pas, MUHKA, Antwerp, B
- Damn'Art 2004, Damme, B
- Cite des Arts, Paris, FR
- Love in the air, Matrix Art Space, curator Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, B
2003
- 932 m3 , Gun Shooting Gallery, Antwerp, B
- Hyper Space, Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, B
2002
- Documenta, Meschac Gaba, Museum Shop, Kassel, B
- Wispher, Gallerie Aurel Scheibler, Keulen, GER
- Le Petit Cabinet d'un Amateur de Ruines, OrionArtGallery, Ostend, B
2001
- Provinciale Prijs Schilderkunst, koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, B
- F.V.G, Cultureel Centrum Warande, Turnhout, B
- Verenigde Culturele Centra, 11 consecutive exhibitions
2000
- 'Movements', Koninklijk Museum voor Schone kunsten, Curator Johan Pas, NICC, Antwerp, B
- 'Fil Rouge', Curator Filip Braem, Biennale Louvain-La-Neuve, B
- Hopital Charles-Foix, Curator Stephen Wright, Paris, FR
1999
- 'Tremendrum et Facinosum', Curator Johan Pas, Cultureel Centrum Berchem, B
- Information Days, Argos, Beurschouwburg, Brussels, B
- 'Trouble Spot Painting', Muhka, Antwerp, B
- 'Print &Toner', De Markten, Brussels, B
1998
- 'Bruckengang', Bundesverband der Deutsche Galerien, Koln, GER
- 'The Bold and the beautiful', Antwerp, B
- 'Tussenruimten', Balijuwhuis, Galmaarden, B
1997
- 'All of a Sudden II', Galery Aurel Scheibler, Koln, GER
- 'Si en La', Gerlachekaai, Antwerp, B
1996
- 'All of a Sudden I', Galerij Aurel Scheibler, Koln, GER
- 'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NED
- 'Malmo- Amsterdam', GesellschaftfurAktuelle Kunst, Bremen, GER
- 'Hit and Run', Amsterdam, NED
1995
- 'Open Ateliers', Rijksakademie Amsterdam, NED
- Cultureel Centrum, Deurne (C.C.Rix), B
- Galerij AnnickKetele, Antwerp, B
1993
- Curator Johan Pas, Abdij van Hemiksem, B
- 'Stadhuis Brussel', Brussels, B
- Eindejaarsexpositie, St. Lucas Instituut, Brussels, B
1990
- 'Black Box', Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp, B
