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Betz mediates reality through constructed images and forms in such a way that they get stuck between multiple meanings. A reluctant participant reality, he constantly recomposes materials and images to produce new comments on how the self is in a constant flux between perception and imagination. Originally a series, now each drawing work stands alone, some images are familiar players in his visual language, while others are a nod to artists like Guston, Picasso or Matisse. Betz has combined drawing with other devices, to create a reciprocal relationship between works on paper, paintings, and collages. Images created on paper and end up deconstructed on canvas. Large stencils are cut out to shapes, painted and directly applied to the canvas. The very stencils used to make up these images are reconfigured and used in collages. His process searches for the right balance between directness, construction, and the tension of a planned outcome.
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De keuze van... Otto Nan
''Morgan Betz's work is very free, loose and airy, and yet it is far from naive. He combines existing and own images and works with different techniques. And thus creates a very powerful, individual and new visual language.''
Otto Nan
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Dans la collection du musée:
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
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EDUCATION
Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Lives and works Berlin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Flies in Milk, Green Eggs and Ham
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
2015
Transformer
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2014
Brussels Cologne Contemporaries
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
2011
Morgiana
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2009
New Work
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Baker Street
Aschenbach & Hofland Galerie, Amsterdam
2008
Nova Swing (with Lutz Driessen)
Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Amour Fou
Galerie Hidde van Seggelen, London
2007
Bermuda Love Triangle (with Helgi Thorsson)
101 Gallery, Reykjavík
2006
Die Welt des Essens
Kunstraum acapulco, Düsseldorf
2005
Poep Bruin (together with Rob Birza)
De Overslag, Eindhoven
Cet obscur objet du plaisir
Ministry OC&W, Den Haag
Saloon des Independents (with Frank Koolen)
Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Druck Berlin
Urban Spree Galerie, Berlin
120 Minutes
Art Brussels , Brussels
2014
Oranžerija
Biennale Vilnius, Lithuania - curated by Zilvinas Landzbergas
2013
November Rain (Böhmen #2)
Böhmen, Berlin
Summer Exhibition
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2012
Murder Ink
curated by Christof Mascher
Der Grieche, Berlin
Change your desires rather than the order of the world
curated by Zlatko Wurzberg
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Summer Exhibition: group show with artists of the gallery
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2011
What´s up! De Jongste Schilderkunst in Nederland
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
Plastische Positionen im Jetzt
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
Drawing on hands
curated by Serge Onnen
Print Room, Rotterdam (NL)
Kjarval Division
Nylo - The living art museum, Reykjavik
2010
Lucy Stein presents LIVING IN ORANGE!!! (easyjetsetters)
The Forgotten Bar - Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Remain in Light
W139, Amsterdam
2009
Neue Künstler, Richtiger Schnaps
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
A4 SHOW
Salon Chanel, Berlin
Remain in Light
W139, Amsterdam
N.t.
(with Paul Haworth, Simon Hemmer, Lutz Driessen)
Villa Goecke, Krefeld (GER)
2008
KAAP
Fort Ruigenhoeksedijk, Utrecht (NL)
2007
Royal Prize for Painting
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (NL)
The Contented Heart
W139, Amsterdam
bye, bye acapulco
Kunstraum Acapulco, Düsseldorf
Royal Bunker
Institut für zeitgenössische Beobachtung, Vienna
2006
Denkt Allen
85 Gallery, Antwerp
Celebration
(with Gayatri Subramanian, Sjoerd Tim)
M.E.P., Amsterdam
Royal Prize for Painting
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
2005
Unitdèd
De Player, Rotterdam
EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY THE ARTIST AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2013
Il Tenki
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Lives and works Berlin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Flies in Milk, Green Eggs and Ham
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
2015
Transformer
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2014
Brussels Cologne Contemporaries
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
2011
Morgiana
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2009
New Work
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Baker Street
Aschenbach & Hofland Galerie, Amsterdam
2008
Nova Swing (with Lutz Driessen)
Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Amour Fou
Galerie Hidde van Seggelen, London
2007
Bermuda Love Triangle (with Helgi Thorsson)
101 Gallery, Reykjavík
2006
Die Welt des Essens
Kunstraum acapulco, Düsseldorf
2005
Poep Bruin (together with Rob Birza)
De Overslag, Eindhoven
Cet obscur objet du plaisir
Ministry OC&W, Den Haag
Saloon des Independents (with Frank Koolen)
Atelierhaus Mengerzeile, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Druck Berlin
Urban Spree Galerie, Berlin
120 Minutes
Art Brussels , Brussels
2014
Oranžerija
Biennale Vilnius, Lithuania - curated by Zilvinas Landzbergas
2013
November Rain (Böhmen #2)
Böhmen, Berlin
Summer Exhibition
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2012
Murder Ink
curated by Christof Mascher
Der Grieche, Berlin
Change your desires rather than the order of the world
curated by Zlatko Wurzberg
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
Summer Exhibition: group show with artists of the gallery
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam
2011
What´s up! De Jongste Schilderkunst in Nederland
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL)
Plastische Positionen im Jetzt
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
Drawing on hands
curated by Serge Onnen
Print Room, Rotterdam (NL)
Kjarval Division
Nylo - The living art museum, Reykjavik
2010
Lucy Stein presents LIVING IN ORANGE!!! (easyjetsetters)
The Forgotten Bar - Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
Remain in Light
W139, Amsterdam
2009
Neue Künstler, Richtiger Schnaps
Galerie Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne
A4 SHOW
Salon Chanel, Berlin
Remain in Light
W139, Amsterdam
N.t.
(with Paul Haworth, Simon Hemmer, Lutz Driessen)
Villa Goecke, Krefeld (GER)
2008
KAAP
Fort Ruigenhoeksedijk, Utrecht (NL)
2007
Royal Prize for Painting
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (NL)
The Contented Heart
W139, Amsterdam
bye, bye acapulco
Kunstraum Acapulco, Düsseldorf
Royal Bunker
Institut für zeitgenössische Beobachtung, Vienna
2006
Denkt Allen
85 Gallery, Antwerp
Celebration
(with Gayatri Subramanian, Sjoerd Tim)
M.E.P., Amsterdam
Royal Prize for Painting
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
2005
Unitdèd
De Player, Rotterdam
EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY THE ARTIST AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2013
Il Tenki
Willem Baars Projects, Amsterdam