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bio

The work of Nick Ervinck connects the worlds of virtual construction and hand-made sculpture. The virtual world of this artist is 'strange'. It is a fiction filled with polymorphic, synthetic forms that invade seemingly authentic rooms, monumental buildings which are detached from the ground and made into living sculptures and daring combinations of ships, churches and skyscrapers floating over an endless sea. It is a world constructed and deconstructed by its creator, a surreal place rising from the combination of forms and a play with volumes, proportions and colours. Prints, video's and digital drawings are used to create installations and sculptures.

In 2005 Nick Ervinck received the Godecharle prize for Sculpture. In 2006 he received the Mais prize of the City Brussels and the Prize for Visual Art of West-Flanders. In 2008 he was awarded by the Rodenbach fonds.

Recent shows include MOCA Shanghai, MARTA Herford, Kunstverein Ahlen, Koraalberg Antwerp, Zebrastraat Ghent, HISK Ghent, Odette Ostend, Superstories Hasselt, Brakke Grond Amsterdam, MAMA Rotterdam and Telic Art Exchange Los Angeles/Berlin.

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2010

'GNI-RI okt2010, Sequence #7', Koraalberg, Antwerp (Belgium)
Militair Hospitaal , Ostend (Belgium)
Volta , New York (NY) (USA)

2009

'GNI-RI sept2009', S.M.A.K., Ghent (Belgium)
'GNI-RI apr2009', Telic, Berlin (Germany)
'GNI-RI jan2009', Kunstverein Ahlen, Ahlen (Germany)
'GNI-RI jun2009, Architect@Work', Fil, Li�ge (Belgium)

2008

'GNI-RI may2008', Koraalberg, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Odette', Vrijstaat O, Ostend (Belgium)
'GNI-RI feb2008', Benedengalerie, Kortrijk (Belgium)
'GNI-RI sep2008, Architect@Work', Ahoy, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

2007

'Open studio', Hermann & Wagner, Berlin (Germany)
'Architect@Work', XpoHallen, Kortrijk (Belgium)
'GNI-RI mar2007', Paparazzi, Den Haag (The Netherlands)

2006

'GNI-RI dec2006', The Fortis Young Ones Award, Lineart, Ghent (Belgium)
'GNI-RI nov2006', Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
'Work', Buro Empty, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
'GNI-RI mar2006', Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (Belgium)
'GNI-RI dec2006', The Fortis Young Ones Award, Lineart, Ghent (Belgium)

2005

'Re-animating the City, PART I', Tijdelijke Kunst-zone, Ghent (Belgium)
'GNI-RI', Koraalberg, Antwerp (Belgium)
'GNI-RI feb2005 � Part II', KC Nona, Mechelen (Belgium)
'GNI-RI nov2005,', Academie Tielt, Tielt (Belgium)

2004

'GNI-RI dec2004, Part I', KC Nona, Mechelen (Belgium)
'Digitale beelden en filmstudies', Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem (Belgium)
'Unlimited #8 The young ones', Art Concern, Kortrijk (Belgium)

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Group Exhibitions (selection)

2011

'Tender Buttons', Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (Belgium)
'Freestate - Splendid Isolation (Young Belgian Art)', Vrijstaat O., Ostend (Belgium)
'Sympathy for the Devil', Vanhaerentsartcollection, Brussels (Belgium)
'De Stad 3D', Museum Hilversum, Hilversum (The Netherlands)
'CTRL Z', De Vishal, Haarlem (The Netherlands)

2010

'Parallellepipeda', M, Leuven (België)

2009

'Fantastic Illusions', BUDA, Kortrijk (Belgium)
'Fantastic Illusions',, MOCA, Shanghai (China)
'Regenerated', CC de Warande, Turnhout (Belgium)
Art Brussels, with Koraalberg, Brussels (Belgium)
'SuperStories, 2nd triennial of contemporary arts, fashion and design', Hasselt (Belgium)
'TAKE-OFF', Koraalberg, Antwerp (Belgium)

2008

'Replikeer', Ghent (Belgium)
Rodenbach Fonds Award, HISK, Ghent (Belgium)
'Utopia-Dystopia', Stadhuis, Aalst (Belgium)
'Update II', Award New Media Liedts-Meesen Foundation, Zebrastraat, Ghent (Belgium)
'Ad Absurdum - If the world were clear, there'd be no art', Marta, Herford (Germany)
'Utopia-Dystopia', Zware plaatslagerij, Vlissingen (Nederland)
Art Brussels, met Koraalberg, Brussels (Belgium)
'Utopia-Dystopia', CC Scharpoord, Knokke (Belgium)

2007

'Artist of the gallery', Koraalberg, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Digital art from Belgium', Telic, Los Angeles (USA)
'Strong Art', Labo #4, Existentie, Ghent (Belgium)
'Artes Digitales', Buda Fest, Kortrijk (Belgium)
'Nano Nu', Vlaams Parlement, Brussels (Belgium)
'Four4one', Art Event Rotary Prinsenhof, Ghent (Belgium)
'SHOW OFF', met Koraalberg, Paris (France)
'Year_07 Art Projects', mete MAMA, London (V.K.)
'All is well that begins well and has no end', 80 WSE Gallery, New York (USA)
'Versus IV', Oudenaarde (Belgium)
'Streetmodernism', MAMA, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Art Amsterdam, met Koraalberg, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Art Brussels, met Koraalberg, Brussels (Belgium)
'Open huis', Flacc, Genk (Belgium)

2006

'Art Amsterdam', Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
'Ephermerality', Menen (Belgium)
'Vision on creation', Mijngebouw Winterslag, Genk (Belgium)
'Discours / No Leitmotiv', Buro Empty , Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
'Aanwinsten 2001-2005, collectie Provincie West-Vlaanderen' Lakenhalle, Ieper (Belgium)
'Provinciale prijs voor beeldende kunst', Be-Part, Waregem (Belgium)
'Work', Buro Empty, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

2005

'Sugar-free', Netwerk, Aalst (Belgium)
'De Vizo verzameling', Galerie van Design Vlaanderen, Brussel (Belgium)
'Young Artists', Gent (Belgium)
'Scents:Locks:Kisses', Z33, Hasselt (Belgium)
'Placenta 6', Antwerpen (Belgium)

2004

'Unlimited #8', The young ones, Art concern, Kortrijk (Belgium)

2003

'Coming People', Stedelijk Museum Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Ghent (Belgium)
'Utopie van de Periferie', Aalst (Belgium)
'Summer exhibition', Koraalberg, Antwerpen (Belgium)
'De Kunstcollectie Hogeschool Gent, Werken op de werkvloer', De Zaal, Ghent (Belgium)
'The sublime was yesterday – Part I', Tijdelijke-Kunst-Zone , Ghent (Belgium)

2002

'Perspectief I', Universiteit Gent / Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (Belgium)

biblio

Annual 04-05 / Netwerk, centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst
De utopie van de Periferie Aalst, 2003
Doove Edith, Vierjaarlijkse prijs voor Beeldende kunst Provincie West-Vlaanderen, 2002
Ghyselinck Tania, review, in: Sabam Magazine, nummer 32, 2003
Kunst Nu, Coming People, September - October Issue 2003
Lambrecht Luc, 'Ongezoete Kunst', in: De Morgen, 07/05/2005
Laureyns Jeroen, 'Aktuele Kunst, The Young Ones, Pieter Bauters & Nick Ervinck', in: De Tijd, 17/03/2004
Young Artists Selected by Philippe Van Cauteren, Witte Zaal Sint-Lucas Gent, 2005