ANGYVIR PADILLA (BE/VE)
Born in Caracas, Venezuela (1987). Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 « Casas Muertas », end of residency presentation, M Leuven Museum, Leuven (BE)
« Whispering Floors, Trembling Breaths », Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen (DE)
2023 « Virgy’s Boutique », JAP vitrine, Brussels (BE)
2022 « 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)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 « Ties That Bind », Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (HR)
« .tiff 2024 », Brakke Grond », Amsterdam (NL)
« .tiff 2024 », Fomu Museum, Antwerp (BE)
« Zomer Expo », Groot Begijnhof Sint-Amandsberg, Ghent (BE)
2023 Group show, Ontsteking, Ghent (BE)
« 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)
RESIDENCIES
2024 Morpho, Antwerp (BE) – Current.
FUTURES emerging photography program – Current.
.tiff program, Fomu Museum, Antwerp (BE)
M Leuven residency at Cas-co, Leuven (BE)
2023-2024 FAM mentorship program with Otobong Nkga and Léonard Pongo Mino, Antwerp (BE)
2023-2027 Moussem Nomadic arts center, Brussels (BE) – Current.
2022-2023 Fondation Fiminco, Paris (FR)
2022 Moly Sabata, with Yoel Pytowski, Sablons (FR)
Aramauca, Chiapas (MX)
2021-2022 Château Coquelle & FRAC Grand-Large, Dunkerque (FR)
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)