CV
Extended curriculum vitae
JOHAN GELPER
°Kapellen, Belgium, 1980
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium
EDUCATION
2004 - 2006
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, KASK Ghent BE
Mixed Media, postgraduate in audiovisual and visual art
graduated with distinction
2000 - 2004
Sint-Lucas Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst
Painting, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent BE
graduated with distinction
2007-2008
Assistent Mark Manders' studio, Ronse BE
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Demountable spatial drawings, Zürich CH
2022 Geotropism, V/MSP Gallery, Brussels BE
Predicting the past part 3: Yves Velter Johan Gelper BE, Studio Alcazar, Ostend BE
2021 Huize St. Bonaventura, Ghent BE
2020 Constellations With Borrowed Forms, D'Apostrof, Meigem BE
Zhixin Liao (CN), Johan Gelper (BE), har. art gallery / keilecollectief, Rotterdam BE
One, Ghent BE
2018 Motion without Movement, V/MSP Gallery, Brussels BE
Constellation With Borrowed Forms, Curiosity, Ghent BE
PARK 03: Christophe Malfliet BE, Johan Gelper BE, SECONDroom Gent, Ghent BE
2017 Open studio / Presentation Botanicals, 2017 edition for The friends of S.M.A.K., Ghent BE
2016 Borrowed forms: Johan Gelper & Wannes Lecompte BE, DMW Art Space, Antwerp BE
SB25, Salon Blanc, Ostend BE
Korneel Avijn BE, Johan Gelper BE, Zaal 29, Waregem BE
2015 Motion without Movement, V/MSP Gallery (OMS Pradhan), Brussels BE
Curiosity, Ghent BE
2013 Marion De Cannière, Antwerp BE
Guy Rombouts BE, Johan Gelper BE, Gallery EL, Welle BE
2012 Gasthuiskapel, Borgloon BE
Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE
2010 Galerie EL, Welle BE
Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE
2010 Tom Jooris, Johan Gelper, Loods12, Wetteren BE
2009 Marion De Cannière, Antwerp BE
2008 Demountable Sculpturepark II, Galerie EL, Welle BE
Spatial drawing installation and interventions,crox 257, croxhapox, Ghent BE
Galerie EL, Welle BE
Steven Baelen, Johan Gelper, Galery EL, Welle BE
2007 Kubusruimte / crox 217, croxhapox, Ghent BE
2005 Galerie EL, Spatial Drawing, Welle BE
2004 Spatial Drawings / Kamer XII, Sint Lucas College of Science and Art, Ghent BE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Future present continuous, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s) gallery, Antwerp BE
Because every house tells a story,Collection Das Dingenen, Duffel BE
Walking on thin ince, cas ruimte, curator Lieven Cateau, Zottegem BE
Serendipiteit, Academie Harelbeke Anders, curator Xavier Marescaux, Harelbeke BE
Lightness, CC De Ververij, curator Bart Van De Vijvere, Ronse BE
A PRO POT, D'apostrof, curator Trees De Mits, Meigem BE
2022 tout est nouveau sous la lune, Galerie Van Caelenbergh, Aalst BE
Onbelast, Diksmuide BE
Art Au Centre Liège, Liège BE
Keile contemporary, Keilepand, Rotterdam NL
Duets, CC De Steiger, curators Chiel Vandenberghe and Bart Vandevijvere, Menen BE
2021 Tortilla Flat, M12, Ronse BE
Belgium Art and Design Fair with V/MSP Gallery, Floraliënhal, Ghent BE
Art@work, De Cellen, Oostkamp BE (cat.)
b20, Kasteel van Poeke, Aalter BE
Das - Dingenen, CC Zwanenberg, Heist-op-den-Berg BE
Composte 2021, Steenhuize, Herzele BE
Zweefkracht en zwaartevlucht, Curator: Edith Ronse, Hof ter Saksen, Beveren BE 2020 Mono- come up and see my prints!, Jakob Smits Museum, curator: Tom Liekens, Mol BE
2020 Desire for a Dream, Galerie Van Caelenbergh, Aalst BE (cat.)
Ladekastproject, PHŒBUS•Rotterdam, Rotterdam NL
Unravelings, PARCE Art Initiative / Sint-Amanduskapel, Ghent BE (cat.)
Star trac K, CAS, Zottegem BE
Ballroom project 2 with DMW Art Space, Antwerp BE
2019 Art au jardin, Chateau Esquelbecq, curator: Aude de Bourbon Parme, Esquelbecq FR
Confrontaties III, Ambassador & Zonta Club Tielt, Meulebeke BE
Print Art Fair, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee BE
Ballroom project with Twelve Twelve Gallery, Pekfabriek, Antwerp BE
Loss, kunstenfestival, SABK, Zottegem BE
Tekening (disegno), Vierkante zaal, Sint-Niklaas BE (cat.)
The Fast Show, Loods 12, Wetteren BE
2018 Constructor, curators: Luc Hoekx and Arjan Janssen, Galerie-NZ, Arendonk BE
Op de grond, tussenin of aan de hemel, curator: Els Wuyts, Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde BE
2018 Harry & Friends, curator: Harlinde De Mol, Stoom, Oudenaarde
Art Pop Pop Art / Kunstenfestival, Art Borgloon, curator: Jos Herk, Borgloon BE
RAW, curator: Lieven Cateau, Boortmeerbeek BE
2 years DMW Artspace, DMW Artspace, Antwerp, BE
Abstract Connections, cwart, Knokke-Heist BE (cat.)
Onvoorziene Omstandigheden, Stedelijke Kunstacademie, curator Tuur Delodder, Tielt BE
BAD Belgium Art and Design, solo booth with V/MSP Gallery, Ghent BE
Cross-overplatform , curators: Daan Rau and Siegrid Demyttenaere, Ghent BE
'LE SUD' (50° 38' 28'' N, 4° 40' 5'' E), Twelve twelve gallery, The Hague, NL
2017 Yügen#02 Art, curator Jan Hoet Junior, Yugen Kombucha, Ghent BE
Anybody home? D'Apostrof, Deinze (Meigem) BE
Kunstkussen, Rasa, Antwerp BE (cat.)
Bastion 10 (cat.), curator: Philippe Van Cauteren, Menen BE
Poppositions: DMW Artspace, ING Art Center, Brussels BE
2016 Vincent Van Gogh huis, Symposium & Veiling Van Gogh artist-in-residence, Zundert NL
V E R W A N D, D'Apostrof, Deinze (Meigem) BE
DMW Art Space, GOGOGOGO, Antwerp BE
Vierkante Zaal, La Primavera, Sint - Niklaas BE
Kunstnetwerk Haspengouw / Art Borgloon, Actueel Kunsten Festival, Borgloon BE
2015 Vincent Van Gogh huis, Landkunst op de Buisse Heide, Zundert NL
Chocoladefabriek, Before the foodfight, Tongeren BE
M Museum, Attitudes to Form, Open M, Leuven BE (cat.)
No Walls Expo at North Sea Jazz, Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL
Poppositions: OMS Pradhan, Canal Wharf, Brussels BE
Zelden ontgaat verbeelding haar eerste druk, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee BE
No Walls, Fenixloods, Rotterdam NL
2014 Tussen, D'Apostrof, Deinze (Meigem) BE
Biodiversiteit Nieuwenhoven, Kasteel, Provinciaal Domein Nieuwenhoven, Sint-Truiden BE
Showroom, Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE
Art Brussels, Rasa Brussels BE (cat.)
Separation of concerns, Villa De Olmen, Wieze BE
Print Art Fair, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee BE
Contemporary Art in Belgium, Maison de ventes Cornette de Saint Cyr, Brussels BE (cat.)
2013 A petite fair, Ricou Gallery @ Boetzelaer Amsterdam NL
an Colle Gallery / Entrepot Fictief, TEKEN, curators: Jan Colle, Julie Crenn, Ghent BE (cat.)
RASCHE RIPKEN BERLIN, 4 aus belgien, Berlin DE
SECONDroom, John Van Oers & Roeland Tweelinckx invite, Antwerp BE
Art Brussels, Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE (cat.)
Kunst op pootjes, Rasa, Mu.zee, Ostend (Museum of Modern Art), Ostend BE
SCHUNK, Kunst op pootjes, Heerlen NL
2012 Raak, Rasa, Mu.zee, Ostend BE
Kunst op pootjes, Rasa, Antwerp BE
Thread - part two, Gallery EL, Welle BE
Art Brussels / Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE (cat.)
Raak, Rasa, SCHUNK, Heerlen NL
Raak, Rasa, Z33, Hasselt BE
2011 Raak, Rasa, S.M.A.K. , Ghent BE
De Lading, curator Lieven Cateau, Old Factory, Wetteren BE
Translating Practices, Sint Lucas Library, Ghent BE
Van stof tot asse, Triënnal on Contemporary Art, Asse BE (cat.)
Art in the city, Brussels BE (cat.)
Art Brussels / Ricou Gallery, Brussels BE (cat.)
2010 Public Private Paintings, Mu.zee, Ostend (Museum of Modern Art), Ostend BE (cat.)
Basement, Marion De Cannière, Antwerp BE
Between the Sacred and the Profane, curator: Peter Pollers, CIAP, Hasselt BE
Translating Practices, HISK, Ghent BE
Art Brussels with Gallery EL, Brussels, BE (cat.)
2009 Sculptural / Collection, new acquisitions, S.M.A.K., Ghent BE
Orde - Chaos, Klein Begijnhof, Mechelen BE
Tais-toi soiree belle, Amusez Vous in het MSK, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent BE
De connectie, curator: Lieven Cateau, Campo Santo Chappel, Ghent BE
2008 Visions: 40 years drawing contest, Ronse, curator Jan Leconte, Former hospital, Ronse
Circulation / Movinn-art, Bruges BE (cat.)
Young Ones Award, Ghent , Lineart, Ghent, BE (cat.)
Galerie EL, Lineart, Ghent, BE (cat.)
Young Artists (selected by) Kathrin Ginsberg, Palmarium, S.M.A.K.), Ghent BE (cat.)
Omgevingstekenen, Provincial prize East-Flanders, curator Edith Doove, , Ghent BE (cat.)
2007 39th drawing contest in the city of Ronse, Brouwerij De Keyser, Ronse BE
Young Artists (selected by) Dirk Pauwels, Palmarium, S.M.A.K., Ghent BE (cat.)
Elia, 9th Elia Biënnial Conference, Handelsbeurs, Ghent BE (cat.)
2006 Out of control, VUB (Brussels University), Brussels BE (cat.)
Fris IV, Gallery Jan Colle, Ghent BE
Wel klaar maar nog lang niet af, Mixed Media, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent BE
2005 Mixed Media 2D, Art Track (KASK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts), Ghent BE
Young Artists, (selected by) Philippe Van Cauteren, Palmarium, S.M.A.K.), Ghent BE (cat.)
2004 Leopold, Leopoldskazerne, Ghent BE (cat.)
Sint Lucas 2004, curator Dirk Manesse, Accec site, Ghent BE (cat.)
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Switzerland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
S.M.A.K. Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium Collection
Province East Flanders, Ghent, Belgium
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Collection of the city of Waregem, Belgium
PRIZES
2008 Young Ones Award, Lineart 2008
2008 Prize Young Artists 2008 (S.M.A.K. Ghent)
2007 Nomination premium, Provincial prize for visual arts (Province East-Flanders)
2007 Prize Young Artists 2007 (S.M.A.K. Ghent)
2006 Prize Charles de Leu (KASK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent)