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NINA VAN DENBEMPT - °1989, Halle Belgium
Works & Lives in Ghent & Brussels
STUDIES
2013: Masters degree VISUAL ARTS at LUCA, School Of Arts Ghent
Jury Price category ‘illustration’ - 2013
EXHIBITIONS
2013
Duo exhibition ‘NINA/NINA’ with Nina Vandeweghe – gallery BLAU.PUNT Brussels 2013
2014
Duo exhibition ‘FOR THE LOVE OF DIRT’ with Wia Van Dijk, gallery Oranjerie Amsterdam - 2014
Duo exhibition with Nina Vandeweghe – drawings and conceptual works, theme: Women by Charles Bukowski – NVT Gallery, Ghent - 2014
group show + music performance ‘SIDDERAAL’, Art Space ZWART WILD, Ghent 2014
2017
‘Girls go BOOM: Dirty girls edition’ curated by Val Gallardo, Art Space IN DE RUIMTE, Ghent 2017
Mural for ‘toneelhuis Antwerpen’, Antwerp, 2017
Biënnale Illustratie – remake of album covers: original drawings + publication catalogue – at ‘Toneelschuur’, Haarlem, 2017
2018
MOOI festival, a fashion festival curated by Murielle Scherre - painted jackets + drawings – The Studio, Antwerp, 2018
Groupshow ‘Rituals’ with Dirk Eelen and others – paintings, drawings + sound and costume performance PINKPONYGUNCLUB, Anatomic Theater, Leuven, 2018
2019
‘Kunst in huis’ newcomer exhibit – paintings – KUNST IN HUIS, Antwerp, 2019
Group art and performance show SLOW#04, TheBelgicanLink– painted wooden panels + performance, KVS, Brussels, 2019
Groupshow opening of ‘surfbaar’ (KAPOW) + performance with PINKPONYGUNCLUB on openingnight (with michelle elsen from ‘the polecats’), Ghent 2019
2020
'UNPACKED / ONLINE' - only female artists - groupshow of Powerwomen - Bruthausgallery - Waregem Belgium
PUBLICATIONS
2014
works + exhibition revue D!NG magazine issue 12 - 2014
2015
Comics/short stories on websites of VICE (US) + Pulp Deluxe (BE) - 2015-2019
2016
Chain comic ‘UNDERGROUND’ with Steve Michiels, Thijs Desmet and Lukas Verstraete for Rekto:Verso – magazine for culture and criticism – 2
2017
Comic about ‘disappointment’ for the 75 years special edition of Rekto:Verso – magazine for culture and criticism – 2017
Design album cover ‘BRENDA’ (band, Toronto) – 2017
2018
Promotional T-shirt design for music label ‘Interzona 13’, Lisboa - 2018
PROJECTS AS A COLLECTIVE
2012 - 2017
founder and active member of publishing collective ‘TMH’ (Tieten Met Haar) – 2012- 2017 - self publishing numerous zines and anthologies
2015
5 day workshop ‘Offset printing technique – drawing, printing and self publishing a book’ theme: Unhinged – what’s behind the door?, 3rd year illustration of LUCA, School of Arts, Ghent - 2015
2015
4 day workshop ‘Stencils’ - creating a story with abstract shapes - theme: The Aleph by J.L. Borges , Masterclass Art Academy of Vienna - 2015
2016
Art show ‘Fluttering and Spinning above Flatland’+ book release of ‘Flatland’ (published by Bries), Bries Space Gallery, Antwerp - 2016
RESIDENCIES
2017
Duo residency ‘WILD’ with Nina Vandeweghe for KAPOW
2017
murals, workshop monotype, performance: live action painting on visitors, design limited edition KAPOW skateboard – Bar Bricolage, Ghent
2018
Art residency at artcenter BUDA with Klaas Devos (contemporary dance, P.A.R.T.S) and Quentin Meurisse (sound artist) ‘NOT MADE TO WORRY’ reseach colab, summer 2018 Kortrijk
2019-2020
Artist in residence PILAR (an artistic lab connected to VUB university), 2019-2020, Brussels
UPCOMING PROJECTS
2020 - 2021
Groupshows with PILAR Brussels - Belgium