ANGYVIR PADILLA (BE/VE)
Born in Caracas, Venezuela (1987). Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
UPCOMING
2023 Group show, Ontsteking, Ghent (BE) – Sept.
Solo exhibition, JAP vitrine « Entre deux portes », Brussels (BE) – Nov.
Solo exhibition, curated by Pedro Marrero, La Casa Disiente, Venezuela (VE) – Dec.
2024 Solo exhibition, presentation of the end of residency program at M Leuven, Leuven (BE) – Jun.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Gallery window occupation at the CWB|Paris, Paris (FR)
« La ola que vino de lejos », Frac Grand-Large, Dunkerque (FR)
« From there, to here and elsewhere », Krasj festival, curated by Ante Timmermans, Ninove (BE) 2021
« Home contains us and is within us », Centrale Vitrine, Brussels (BE)
2019 « Tonada de luna llena », Ithaka festival, Leuven (BE)
2020 « ArtContest prize 2020 », Espace Vanderborght, Brussels (BE)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 « All our yesterday’s » with Lili Dujourie & Sophie Nys, curated by Brenda Guesnet
IKOB museum, Eupen (BE)
« Lavender Snows », curated by Maud Salembier, La Traverse, Marseille (FR)
« I think I’ve been there before », curated by Natalia Barczyńska, Kruppa gallery,
Wroclaw (PL) & KKKC, Klaipeda (LT)
« Flowers at room temperature », Antwerp Art Weekend Central exhibition, curated by Anna Laganovska, De Studio, Antwerp (BE)
« Urban Odysseys », Fiminco Foundation, Paris (FR)
« Symbiosium », Fiminco Foundation, at the invitation of CWB|Paris, Paris (FR)
2022 « Pure morning », Marranosco gallery, Brussels (BE)
« Les Heures Sauvages », curated by Stéphanie Pécourt, CWB|Paris, Paris (FR)
« Three tropes of Entropy », with Mountaincutters & Daniel Steegmann, curated by Laila Melchior & Koi Persyn, CIAP, Genk (BE)
2021 (((Interférence_s))), CWB|Paris, Paris (FR)
« Sand used to be big rocks » duo exhibition with Yoel Pytowski, Sismografo, Porto (PT)
« Coming people 2020 », Friends of S.M.A.K prize, S.M.A.K museum, Ghent (BE)
« Radiations », Sagacity, Brussels (BE)
« Moonhugs » performance in duo with Leen Van Dommelen, Zsenne Lab, Brussels (BE)
2020 « Mangelos Prize » with Sandra Lakićević, Belgrade (SRB)
2019 « Two of hearts », curated by Jacopo Pagin, SB34, Brussels (BE)
« Dry Garden », duo exhibition with Yoel Pytowski, Notus studio, Athens (GR)
« Gemologías Oportunas Minorías Agitadas », GBG Arts gallery, Caracas (VE)
« Answers come in dreams », performance with Jacopo Pagin, 76,4, Brussels (BE)
2018 « LUX 2018 », Cas-co, Leuven (BE)
« Flower to flow », Luca School of arts, Brussels (BE)
« Since when they don’t like pink », curated and presented by Notus Studio, Athens (GR)
« Una Casa no es una Casa », with Adriana Genel & Paula Mercado, La Macolla Creativa, Caracas (VE) 2018
« The eye and the others », Kunstpodium, Tilburg (NL)
RESIDENCIES
2024 M Leuven, Leuven (BE) – Upcoming.
2022-2023 Fondation Fiminco, Paris (FR)
2022 Moly Sabata, with Yoel Pytowski, Sablons (FR)
2022 Aramauca, Chiapas (MX)
2021-2022 Château Coquelle & FRAC Grand-Large, Dunkerque (FR)
2019 Notus studio, with Yoel Pytowski, Athens (GR)
2018 La Macolla Creativa with Adriana Genel & Paula Mercado, Caracas (VE)
AWARDS
2022 « Watch this space » organized by 50 degrés Nord, 1st laureate, Lille (FR)
2021 Friends of S.M.A.K, Laureate, Ghent (BE)
2020 Edition grant, SOFAM, Brussels (BE)
2020 ArtContest, 3rd Laureate and SOFAM prize, Brussels
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Edition 2, The Habit of Knowledge, published by the Archive Hotel (BE)
2020 Edition 4, Archive Hotel, published by the Archive Hotel (BE)
EDUCATION
2016-2018 Master with distinction, Fine Arts department, Luca School of Arts, Brussels (BE)
2012-2015 Master with distinction, Sculpture department, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels (BE)
2011-2012 Bachelor, Art in the public space, ARBA, Brussels (BE)
2004-2009 Master with distinction, Visual Communication department, PROdiseño Graphic Design School, Caracas (VE)