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Gommaar Gilliams 1982
Vit à Hasselt. Travaille dans Hasselt.
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Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
When Gommaar Gilliams opens up about his work, he refers to Arcadia. The Arcadia is an historical term that has been in use since Roman times designating an imaginary, idyllic place. This concept is the starting point of Gilliams’ paintings, in which he ties together various painterly influences. From Italian frescoes and Renaissance figures to East-Indian miniatures. He uses this symbolism, derived from different periods and cultures, to populate his paintings. Gilliams is a lone wolf in his own painted world, utterly inescapable and sovereign.
The symbols in his works refer to a world characterized by melancholy, desire, and the duality between day and night. Gilliams casts a spell of poetic and allegorical narratives and transforms elements such as rain, flora, swans, rainbows and buildings into painterly motifs. Rather than providing those images with a new meaning, he is concerned with the image itself.
Viewers are not obliged to decode all references, follow every twist and turn in his symbolism. These are merely a guide, the conveyance of an emotion. The titles often are textual references, which the artist considers literary associations with the overall atmosphere of the paintings.
The symbols in his works refer to a world characterized by melancholy, desire, and the duality between day and night. Gilliams casts a spell of poetic and allegorical narratives and transforms elements such as rain, flora, swans, rainbows and buildings into painterly motifs. Rather than providing those images with a new meaning, he is concerned with the image itself.
Viewers are not obliged to decode all references, follow every twist and turn in his symbolism. These are merely a guide, the conveyance of an emotion. The titles often are textual references, which the artist considers literary associations with the overall atmosphere of the paintings.
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Op donderdagavond 5 maart opende Gommaar Gilliams (1982) een tentoonstelling bij De Buck Gallery in New York, op de zaterdagmiddag nadien bij Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerpen. De twee tentoonstellingen Always Been Told (in New York) en In the Ballpark (in Antwerpen) vertellen aparte verhalen, maar borduren verder op motieven die hij al langer verkent.
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Gommaar Gilliams is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp and DeBuck Gallery, New york
Gilliams has held residencies in The La Brea Studio Artists Residency, Los Angeles.
Publications:
H Art Magazine, Longing for Arcadia, 2020
Artdaily NY, Romeo’s Tune, 2018
Word Magazine, January 2018
Wanatoe, HBVL, June 2016
Hart magazine, nr 140 April’15
Hart magazine , nr 126 May ‘14
D!ng Magazine, July ‘14
Mercken Magazine, September ‘14
Voka Magazine, February'13
Gilliams has held residencies in The La Brea Studio Artists Residency, Los Angeles.
Publications:
H Art Magazine, Longing for Arcadia, 2020
Artdaily NY, Romeo’s Tune, 2018
Word Magazine, January 2018
Wanatoe, HBVL, June 2016
Hart magazine, nr 140 April’15
Hart magazine , nr 126 May ‘14
D!ng Magazine, July ‘14
Mercken Magazine, September ‘14
Voka Magazine, February'13
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2020
Solo exhibition 'Only for you', ArtBorgloon, Belgium
Group exhibition 'L'heure bleue', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Solo exhibition 'In the ballpark', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Solo exhibition 'Always been told', De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
2018
Romeo's tune, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Jenny kissed me, De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
2017
In the Picture, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
2016
Unblinking Devotion, Z33 Hasselt, Belgium
ATC, Galerie Martin Van Blerk, Antwerp, Belgium
Gardening In The Night, Michiel Bandenzavel Gommaar Gilliams, PXL Gym, Belgium
2015
100001(Nyckel)- Masters MAD- faculty PXL Hasselt, Havermarkt Hasselt, Belgium
Trash- Curated by Koen Van Den Broek, Eastmen Gallery Hasselt, Belgium
Works On Paper+1, Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium
2014
Art The Hague, Eastmen Gallery; Fokker Terminal The Hague, The Netherlands
The Summer Collection/ Eastmen Gallery , Hasselt, Belgium
Destination Unknown/ paintings & drawings, Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium
2013
Impulse’, Multitude, Amerikalei 169 Antwerp, Belgium
Selection BNP Fortis Paribas Young Talent Award
The joy of painting, Voka/ provincie Limburg, Voka Hasselt, Belgium
Gallery Dessers-Beeck, new paintings, Belgium
2012
Gommaar Gilliams, gallery Dessers-Beeck, Belgium
2009
Brooklyn dwaasheid, gallery Dessers-Beeck, Keerbergen, Belgium
Solo exhibition 'Only for you', ArtBorgloon, Belgium
Group exhibition 'L'heure bleue', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Solo exhibition 'In the ballpark', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Solo exhibition 'Always been told', De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
2018
Romeo's tune, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Jenny kissed me, De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
2017
In the Picture, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
2016
Unblinking Devotion, Z33 Hasselt, Belgium
ATC, Galerie Martin Van Blerk, Antwerp, Belgium
Gardening In The Night, Michiel Bandenzavel Gommaar Gilliams, PXL Gym, Belgium
2015
100001(Nyckel)- Masters MAD- faculty PXL Hasselt, Havermarkt Hasselt, Belgium
Trash- Curated by Koen Van Den Broek, Eastmen Gallery Hasselt, Belgium
Works On Paper+1, Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium
2014
Art The Hague, Eastmen Gallery; Fokker Terminal The Hague, The Netherlands
The Summer Collection/ Eastmen Gallery , Hasselt, Belgium
Destination Unknown/ paintings & drawings, Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium
2013
Impulse’, Multitude, Amerikalei 169 Antwerp, Belgium
Selection BNP Fortis Paribas Young Talent Award
The joy of painting, Voka/ provincie Limburg, Voka Hasselt, Belgium
Gallery Dessers-Beeck, new paintings, Belgium
2012
Gommaar Gilliams, gallery Dessers-Beeck, Belgium
2009
Brooklyn dwaasheid, gallery Dessers-Beeck, Keerbergen, Belgium
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