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Biography
Sara Nuytemans (Belgium, 1970) studied Industrial Design Engineering at TU Delft, followed by a Master’s in Digital Arts at the Pompeu Fabre University in Barcelona. She has been living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for five years from 2012 till 2017, Now she is living in The Netherlands again. Nuytemans is technically savvy and her work is often structured with kinetic and/or interactive elements. In her work she shows great curiosity and empathy for human action.
Nuytemans has exhibited her work at, among others, Into The Great Wide Open Festival at Vlieland, The Singel in Antwerp, Treasure Hill Artist Village in Taipei, Gwangju Biennial 2012 in Gwangju, South Korea, Jogja Biennial 2011 in Yogyakarta, Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Jakarta Biennial in Jakarta, Veemvloer in Amsterdam, National Center of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Lucy Festival in Istanbul, Open Space Gallery in Vienna, Interbiennale in Bratislava, Present in The Hague, ARTlab in Venice, New Forms Festival in Vancouver, Biennale SIART in La Paz, and The Piece in Leuven.
Nuytemans has undertaken residencies in ARTlab (Venice), Cemeti Art House (Yogyakarta), Arna (Harlösa, Sweden) and in Treasure Hill Artist Village (Taipei).
© 2021 Sara Nuytemans
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Selected Exhibitions and performances
2021 Expositie in De Waalse Kerk Rotterdam, 'Observatorium of the Self 3.1' - 19 jan - 7 feb 2021
2020 Ladenkastproject PHEBUS Rotterdam
2017
In Suspence, Roh Projects, Jakarta (ID)
2016
Observatories of the Self, Tetem, Enschede (NL) SOLO
Presentation, Tetem, Enschede (NL) performance
Camping Bakkum, Castricum (NL) SOLO
2015
Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland (NL)
De Singel, Antwerpen (BE)
Monument for Wates, Jatiwangi Art Factory, Jatiwangi (ID) SOLO
ArtJog 2015, Yogyakarta (ID)
Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan SOLO
Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2014
Performance met BMB Con., Stem van West, Utrecht (NL) performance
Project Space #1, Sarang Building, Yogyakarta (ID) SOLO + performance
ArtJog 2014, Yogyakarta (ID)
Dirty feet, Cemeti Arthouse, Yogyakarta (ID)
2013
Vromm, Todays Art Festival, Den Haag (NL)
Walking Peace, Arna, Harlosa, Sweden
Observatories of the Self, Biasa Artspace Bali (ID) SOLO
Observatories of the Self, Biasa Artspace Jakarta (ID) SOLO
2012
Roundtable, Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
Observatories of the Self, S.14, Bandung (ID) SOLO
Biasa Artspace, Bali (ID)
2011
Newton Festival, Naaldwijk (NL)
Jogja Biennial, Yogyakarta (ID)
Beasty, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta and Salihara Gallery, Jakarta (ID)
Pufrok, Theater Zeebelt, Den Haag (NL)
Selamatan Digital, LAF, Langgeng Gallery, Yogyakarta (ID)
2010
ID – Contemporary Art Indonesia, Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien, Berlin (D)
Zinder 2010, Stella Theater Den Haag (NL)
Emerging Wave, Photo Exhibition 2010, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
Cut 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Manila, Yogyakarta, South-East Asia
Performance at Tong Tong Festival, Kosmopolis The Hague (NL)
2009
Cross/Piece, Gallery Canna, Jakarta (ID)
Andergrond, The Hague (NL)
Blueprint for Jogja, Tembi Contemporary, Yogyakarta (ID)
Jakarta Biennial, Nasional Galeri Jakarta, (ID)
Opposites Attract, Veemvloer, Amsterdam (NL)
2008
In Transition, Neme, National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
In Transition, Neme, Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Landing Soon, Erasmushuis, Jakarta, (ID)
Het Archief, 18 jaar De Illusie, Den Haag (NL)
Bunker expositie, De Waterkant, Den Haag (NL) SOLO
Lucy, UTA gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Interface, Open Space Gallery, Vienna (AU)
2007
Interface, Interbiennial. Bratislava, Slovakia
IVAA, Yogyakarta, (ID)
Sika Gallery, Ubud, Bali, (ID)
OostCultuurFestival, Zwolle (NL)
Surplace, Kasteel d’Ursell, Antwerpen (B)
Landing Soon #1, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta, (ID)
Landing Soon #1, Artoteek Den Haag (NL) DUO
2006
Fatti e Finzioni, ARTlab, San Servolo, Venice (IT)
MMAC 06, Mollerussa, Catalunya (ES)
Performance met BMB con, re:visie, Centraal Museum Utrecht (NL)
Jack of Hearts, Stroom Den Haag (NL)
Milkshake II, Artots, Den Bosch (NL)
Special Mission to Mongolia, Zaal5, Filmhuis Den Haag (NL)
2005
Polderlicht 2005, Amsterdam (NL)
Special Mission to Mongolia, outdoor installations in Mongolia, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan
2004
New Forms Festival, Vancouver, Canada
Buitenspel, GEM, Den Haag (NL)
IFI festival, Pazo da Cultura, Pontevedra, Galicia (ES)
Rotterdamse Museumnacht 2004, TENT., Rotterdam (NL)
2003
Exposicion de Honor, biennial SIART, Museo National de Arte, La Paz, Bolivia
Ithaka, Kunstencentrum het Stuk, Leuven (B)
Sala Metronom, Barcelona (ES) “Animales Divinos”, performance with “enReposo”
2002
Stand van zaken 2002, Stroom HCBK, Den Haag (NL)
Dogtroep, workshop-performance by invitation, Amsterdam (NL)
2001
Art Futura 2001, Centre de Cultura Contempor‡nia de Barcelona (CCCB), Barcelona (ES)
Cultuurdagen, Nieuwpoort (B)
Video screenings
2013: One Minutes, Kop van Zuid Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
2012: Festival FIAC bioterio, XVII International Festival of Contemporary Art in Leon, Mexico
LiftOff Festival, Lift Gallery, San Fransisco, USA
Letters from the Sky, different places in South Africa
2011: TUFF, Toronto Urban Film Festival, Toronto (CAD)
City One Minutes, guangdong museum, Guangzhou, China
My Garden, The One Minutes Foundation; o.a. deBuren Brussel, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, Marres Maastricht, NIMk Amsterdam (NL)
Awards
Szpilman Award 2010, international art prize for ephemeral works
Residencies
2016: Camping Bakkum, Castricum, The Netherlands
2015: Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
2013: Cloud project space, Den Haag (NL)
2013: Walking Peace, ARNA, Harlosa, Sweden
2010: ID – Contemporary Art Indonesia, Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien, Berlin (D)
2007: Sika Gallery, Ubud, Bali, (ID)
2006: Landing Soon, Cemeti Art House, Yogyakarta (ID)
2006: ArtLab, San Servolo, Venice (IT)