An essential aspect of the art of Maureen Bachaus is the human psyche, the freedom of expression, the human identity. Intense conversations with people become increasingly important as an input for her work, and have led for instance to the ‘Identification project’. Core questions of the ‘Identification project’ are: who are you, and how did you become the person that you are? Is your identity your own free choice or is this determined by your genes, your country, your religion, your family, or your government? The identification project consists of photo-assemblages, installations and video-art projects. All the works are actually ‘portraits’ of people, in which their feelings and thoughts have been a focal point.
Maureen Bachaus studied at the ‘Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht’ (1986-1991) and at the ‘Conceptual Post-graduate Academy, Amsterdam’. Recent exhibitions were in The Netherlands 2016, London 2016, Macedonia 2015, New York 2014, Ljubljana, 2014, Belgium 2014. Bachaus is co-initiator of the international art collective 'BAUM'. Bachaus lives in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Maureen Bachaus studied at the ‘Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht’ (1986-1991) and at the ‘Conceptual Post-graduate Academy, Amsterdam’. Recent exhibitions were in The Netherlands 2016, London 2016, Macedonia 2015, New York 2014, Ljubljana, 2014, Belgium 2014. Bachaus is co-initiator of the international art collective 'BAUM'. Bachaus lives in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Cultural Heritage and the City, European University Institute (EUI) Conceptual Post-graduate Academy, Amsterdam Netherlands Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht Netherlands
Maureen works as policy advisor Art & Culture in the municipality Eijsden-Margraten (NL). She is also co-founder of the international art collective >BAUM<, in cooperation with Jeton Muja. The collective focuses on cultural projects with social relevance. Maureens work as a conceptual artist, which focuses on the human psychology, is presented in Germany, Belgi- um, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Exhibitions and projects (a selection)
SOLO
Kunstkomplex & Mennuni, Basel Switzerland, solo exhibition, opening: February 2020 Bardohl & Scheel gallery Berlin, solo exhibition, 2019
Galerie Kunstkomplex, solo exhibition, Germany, 2019
Galerie Kunstkomplex, ‘Love?’ Solo exhibition, Wuppertal Germany, 2018
Galerie Kunstkomplex, solo presentation of ‘Utopian Performances’, Performance night, Wuppertal Germany, 2017 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair 2017, solo exhibition, curated by Jeton Muja, represented by Gallery O-68, 2017 Exit11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, solo exhibition with new work & video-art, 2014
Art Gallery O-68 Velp Netherlands, ‘Mystery Mining’, 2014
Lieux Communs, platform for contemporary art, Namur, België, solo-exhibition ‘Tell me who I am’, 2013. Galerie S&H De Buck (Gent), solo exhibition ‘Secret Properties’ with new work and video-art, 2013
Varg e Vi, Center for contemporary art, Gjilan Kosovo, solo exhibition, 2013
Art at the Warehouse Rotterdam, solo presentation via Eduard Planting Gallery, 2013 Chelsea Art Tower, 21th floor Gallery, New York - performance ‘Tell me’, 2012 Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Identification’ (with catalog, 2011
Vishal Haarlem, solo presentation ‘Here I am’ in Kleine Zaal, 2011
De Nederlandsche Cacao Fabriek, solo exhibition ‘All those people’, 2010 Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Transformations’ (with catalog), 2009
Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Maureen Bachaus, assemblages (with catalog), 2007
CURATORIAL / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
OOH Urban video art festival, Cooperation with Contemporary art center Varg e Vi. Gjilan Kosovo. 2019 LUISTER / LISTEN Sound exhibition, MRK, the Netherlands, 2019
MRK contemporary video art festival, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg (NL), 2015 - 2019 (yearly)
WISH light art festival, artistic director / curator. International thematic light art festival, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg (NL), 2017 - 2019 (yearly)
LIFE LESSONS, Cross-over project with interactive video project and a theatre performance, C-Mine Genk (B), 2017
A Taste of Utopia, concept developer / project management. Exhibition of BAUM art collective. In cooperation with Bert Janssen, Ana Frangovska, Jeton Muja. Landbouwbelang, Maastricht (NL), 2016
REFLECTIONS, artistic director / curator. MRK in cooperation with Museum Clemens Sels, Valkenburg (NL) / Neuss (D), 2016
UTOPIA SCHOOL PROJECT, Concept developer. A one month program with interactive art projects, lectures & public debates, in coo- peration with art collective ‘Either/or..or..or’. Flux Factory New York, 2014
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Adoráble ART+DESIGN, The Hague (NL), group exhibition, february/march 2020 Galerie S&H De Buck (Gent), Couples d’artistes’ in cooperation with Jeton Muja 2019
Biennale Champion Belgium, interactive video project in cooperation with Jeton Muja, 11 - 27 October 2019. Photo festival Maastricht / SPHINX building, group exhibition, the Netherlands, september 2019 Kunstkomplex & Mennuni Gallery, group exhibition with new works, Basel Switzerland, april/may 2019
The butterfly effect, group exhibition with new works, EXIT11 Belgium, 17 March - 28 April 2019
De Plint, museumstraat Dordrecht, performance project in cooperation with poet Maarten van den Berg, curated by Frans van Lent, 2018
Bureau Europa / l’Art pour elkaar, open studio exhibition, Maastricht, the Netherlands, November 2018 Galerie S&H de Buck, Intimacy - new works, Gent Belgium, december 2018
Human & Environment, Festival & Exhibition, Dezful Khuzestan Iran, november 2018
Imago Mundi Highlight collection, group exhibition, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy, august 2018 SCOPE Basel, represented by Galerie Kunstkomplex, Switzerland, June 2018
Exit11 Contemporary art center, duo exhibition , 2018
Gallery Bardohl&Scheel Berlin, group exhibition 18 august - 30 sept 2017 SCOPE BASEL, represented by Gallery Kunstkomplex, 13-18 June 2017 RC Art @ North Sea Jazz, represented by Gallery O-68, 7-8-9 July 2017
Gallery O-68, under the surface, duo exhibition with Christina de Vos, Netherlands, February 26 - April 2, 2017 Exit11, Collectif 2017, presentation of the artists of the gallery, Belgium, March 12 - April 30, 2017
Visions 2016, selected performance, Nunnery Gallery London, curated by Cinzia Cremona, selected performance, 2016
Biennale of Jodoigne (Geldenaken) Belgium, selected performance, October 2016
Unnoticed Art Festival, performance festival, curated by Frans van Lent, Netherlands, June 2016 EXIT11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, group exhibition, april 2016
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair 2016, selected photoprints and video’s by Gallery O-68, 10 t/m 14 feb 2016 Landbouwbelang, Interactive exhibition of art collective BAUM, Maastricht, april 2016
Mala Stanica, multi media center National Gallery of Macedonia, ‘Utopia project’ artcollective BAUM, curated by Ana Frangovska, 2015 Dokufest international film- and documentary festival. Selected video’s, Prizren, Kosovo, August 2015
BIO50 24th Biennale / Mao - Museum Ljubljana, interactive video project ‘Borders/Boundaries’ in cooperation with Jeton Muja, 2015 Gallery De Buck Gent Belgium, group exhibition, dec 2015
National Gallery of Macedonia, Spacial Extension of Art, exhibition of the Art colony Galichnik, Skopje, May 2015
CC De Ververij / MOW Belgium, ‘Cradle to Cradle’, project management and conceptual development , 11 oct - 2 nov 2014 CologneOFF IX International Videoart Festival, selected artvideo, sept 2013 - aug 2014
Exit11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, group exhibition, 23 feb - 30 march 2014
PARCours / PARKunst, Parc de Woluwé, Brussels, via Lieux-Communs platform for contemporary art: Open air exhibition with a site specific installation, 28 march - 1 june 2014.
Galerie Wansink, duo exhibition with recent work, 19 jan - 23 feb 2014 Galerie S&H De Buck, group exhibition, jan 2014
Museum Elburg, group exhibition ’in conversation’, nov 2012-march 2013 UNIT24 Gallery Londen, group exhibition ‘Passion for Freedom’, 2012
Rabobank, Series of commissioned photoprints, from January 2012 included into the art collection Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘Confrontations’, 2011
FLUXmuseum, Museum for Contemporary Fluxus Art, USA, group exhibition 2010 & in collection Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘Assemblages and collages’, 2009
Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘ Stock and new work’, 2008
Art Amsterdam, duo exhibition with Christina de Vos, via Galerie Wansink, 2007
UPCOMING
P(ART)cours - Par(KUNST, Woluwe Park, Brussels Belgium, interactive installation in public space, 2021, O-68 gallery Velp, exhibition with recent & new work, 2021
PUBLIC SPACE
Cloud of Thoughts, roundabout-sculpture for the city Roermond, Netherlands
Tree Installations, temporary site specific installations in Parc de Woluwé Brussels, Belgium
RESIDENCIES
Art Colony Galichnik, Macedonia, international multimedia residency, 15-22 augustus 2014 Art Colony Galichnik, Macedonia, international multimedia residency, 15-22 augustus 2013
Varg e Vi, Center for contemporary art, Gjilan Kosovo, residency prior to solo exhibition, march/april 2013
ART COLLECTIVES
Co-Founder and member of the international art collective BAUM, 2014
Co-Founder and member of the international art collective Either/or..or..or, 2013-2014
Education
Cultural Heritage and the City, European University Institute (EUI) Conceptual Post-graduate Academy, Amsterdam Netherlands Academy of Fine Arts, Maastricht Netherlands
Maureen works as policy advisor Art & Culture in the municipality Eijsden-Margraten (NL). She is also co-founder of the international art collective >BAUM<, in cooperation with Jeton Muja. The collective focuses on cultural projects with social relevance. Maureens work as a conceptual artist, which focuses on the human psychology, is presented in Germany, Belgi- um, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
Exhibitions and projects (a selection)
SOLO
Kunstkomplex & Mennuni, Basel Switzerland, solo exhibition, opening: February 2020 Bardohl & Scheel gallery Berlin, solo exhibition, 2019
Galerie Kunstkomplex, solo exhibition, Germany, 2019
Galerie Kunstkomplex, ‘Love?’ Solo exhibition, Wuppertal Germany, 2018
Galerie Kunstkomplex, solo presentation of ‘Utopian Performances’, Performance night, Wuppertal Germany, 2017 Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair 2017, solo exhibition, curated by Jeton Muja, represented by Gallery O-68, 2017 Exit11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, solo exhibition with new work & video-art, 2014
Art Gallery O-68 Velp Netherlands, ‘Mystery Mining’, 2014
Lieux Communs, platform for contemporary art, Namur, België, solo-exhibition ‘Tell me who I am’, 2013. Galerie S&H De Buck (Gent), solo exhibition ‘Secret Properties’ with new work and video-art, 2013
Varg e Vi, Center for contemporary art, Gjilan Kosovo, solo exhibition, 2013
Art at the Warehouse Rotterdam, solo presentation via Eduard Planting Gallery, 2013 Chelsea Art Tower, 21th floor Gallery, New York - performance ‘Tell me’, 2012 Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Identification’ (with catalog, 2011
Vishal Haarlem, solo presentation ‘Here I am’ in Kleine Zaal, 2011
De Nederlandsche Cacao Fabriek, solo exhibition ‘All those people’, 2010 Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Transformations’ (with catalog), 2009
Galerie Wansink, solo exhibition ‘Maureen Bachaus, assemblages (with catalog), 2007
CURATORIAL / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
OOH Urban video art festival, Cooperation with Contemporary art center Varg e Vi. Gjilan Kosovo. 2019 LUISTER / LISTEN Sound exhibition, MRK, the Netherlands, 2019
MRK contemporary video art festival, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg (NL), 2015 - 2019 (yearly)
WISH light art festival, artistic director / curator. International thematic light art festival, Museum Romeinse Katakomben, Valkenburg (NL), 2017 - 2019 (yearly)
LIFE LESSONS, Cross-over project with interactive video project and a theatre performance, C-Mine Genk (B), 2017
A Taste of Utopia, concept developer / project management. Exhibition of BAUM art collective. In cooperation with Bert Janssen, Ana Frangovska, Jeton Muja. Landbouwbelang, Maastricht (NL), 2016
REFLECTIONS, artistic director / curator. MRK in cooperation with Museum Clemens Sels, Valkenburg (NL) / Neuss (D), 2016
UTOPIA SCHOOL PROJECT, Concept developer. A one month program with interactive art projects, lectures & public debates, in coo- peration with art collective ‘Either/or..or..or’. Flux Factory New York, 2014
GROUP
Adoráble ART+DESIGN, The Hague (NL), group exhibition, february/march 2020 Galerie S&H De Buck (Gent), Couples d’artistes’ in cooperation with Jeton Muja 2019
Biennale Champion Belgium, interactive video project in cooperation with Jeton Muja, 11 - 27 October 2019. Photo festival Maastricht / SPHINX building, group exhibition, the Netherlands, september 2019 Kunstkomplex & Mennuni Gallery, group exhibition with new works, Basel Switzerland, april/may 2019
The butterfly effect, group exhibition with new works, EXIT11 Belgium, 17 March - 28 April 2019
De Plint, museumstraat Dordrecht, performance project in cooperation with poet Maarten van den Berg, curated by Frans van Lent, 2018
Bureau Europa / l’Art pour elkaar, open studio exhibition, Maastricht, the Netherlands, November 2018 Galerie S&H de Buck, Intimacy - new works, Gent Belgium, december 2018
Human & Environment, Festival & Exhibition, Dezful Khuzestan Iran, november 2018
Imago Mundi Highlight collection, group exhibition, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italy, august 2018 SCOPE Basel, represented by Galerie Kunstkomplex, Switzerland, June 2018
Exit11 Contemporary art center, duo exhibition , 2018
Gallery Bardohl&Scheel Berlin, group exhibition 18 august - 30 sept 2017 SCOPE BASEL, represented by Gallery Kunstkomplex, 13-18 June 2017 RC Art @ North Sea Jazz, represented by Gallery O-68, 7-8-9 July 2017
Gallery O-68, under the surface, duo exhibition with Christina de Vos, Netherlands, February 26 - April 2, 2017 Exit11, Collectif 2017, presentation of the artists of the gallery, Belgium, March 12 - April 30, 2017
Visions 2016, selected performance, Nunnery Gallery London, curated by Cinzia Cremona, selected performance, 2016
Biennale of Jodoigne (Geldenaken) Belgium, selected performance, October 2016
Unnoticed Art Festival, performance festival, curated by Frans van Lent, Netherlands, June 2016 EXIT11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, group exhibition, april 2016
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair 2016, selected photoprints and video’s by Gallery O-68, 10 t/m 14 feb 2016 Landbouwbelang, Interactive exhibition of art collective BAUM, Maastricht, april 2016
Mala Stanica, multi media center National Gallery of Macedonia, ‘Utopia project’ artcollective BAUM, curated by Ana Frangovska, 2015 Dokufest international film- and documentary festival. Selected video’s, Prizren, Kosovo, August 2015
BIO50 24th Biennale / Mao - Museum Ljubljana, interactive video project ‘Borders/Boundaries’ in cooperation with Jeton Muja, 2015 Gallery De Buck Gent Belgium, group exhibition, dec 2015
National Gallery of Macedonia, Spacial Extension of Art, exhibition of the Art colony Galichnik, Skopje, May 2015
CC De Ververij / MOW Belgium, ‘Cradle to Cradle’, project management and conceptual development , 11 oct - 2 nov 2014 CologneOFF IX International Videoart Festival, selected artvideo, sept 2013 - aug 2014
Exit11 Contemporary Art, Belgium, group exhibition, 23 feb - 30 march 2014
PARCours / PARKunst, Parc de Woluwé, Brussels, via Lieux-Communs platform for contemporary art: Open air exhibition with a site specific installation, 28 march - 1 june 2014.
Galerie Wansink, duo exhibition with recent work, 19 jan - 23 feb 2014 Galerie S&H De Buck, group exhibition, jan 2014
Museum Elburg, group exhibition ’in conversation’, nov 2012-march 2013 UNIT24 Gallery Londen, group exhibition ‘Passion for Freedom’, 2012
Rabobank, Series of commissioned photoprints, from January 2012 included into the art collection Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘Confrontations’, 2011
FLUXmuseum, Museum for Contemporary Fluxus Art, USA, group exhibition 2010 & in collection Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘Assemblages and collages’, 2009
Galerie Wansink, group exhibition ‘ Stock and new work’, 2008
Art Amsterdam, duo exhibition with Christina de Vos, via Galerie Wansink, 2007
UPCOMING
P(ART)cours - Par(KUNST, Woluwe Park, Brussels Belgium, interactive installation in public space, 2021, O-68 gallery Velp, exhibition with recent & new work, 2021
PUBLIC SPACE
Cloud of Thoughts, roundabout-sculpture for the city Roermond, Netherlands
Tree Installations, temporary site specific installations in Parc de Woluwé Brussels, Belgium
RESIDENCIES
Art Colony Galichnik, Macedonia, international multimedia residency, 15-22 augustus 2014 Art Colony Galichnik, Macedonia, international multimedia residency, 15-22 augustus 2013
Varg e Vi, Center for contemporary art, Gjilan Kosovo, residency prior to solo exhibition, march/april 2013
ART COLLECTIVES
Co-Founder and member of the international art collective BAUM, 2014
Co-Founder and member of the international art collective Either/or..or..or, 2013-2014
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