BAM

bio cv residencies creations documentation biblio

bio

Maryam Najd paints both figurative and abstract works - she refuses to choose between either. Sort of passage between reality and imagination fascinates her. In Najd's view, the optical illusion is necessary to reveal something of the deeper, emotional dimension of art. The revelation always involves the appearance and vanishing of (non-)things. The work of art can neither be found in opposites, nor in a situation of equilibrium - it is situated in sensitive-spiritual border linking in-between zone, that enable us to link body and psyche, fragments of reality and of the imagination, past and future.
(Sofie Van Loo)

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2010

Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent (Belgium)

2007

'Get girl, Kill baddies, Save planet', Crown Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)

2004

'Nirvana', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Nirvana', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)

2002

'Night & Day', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)

2000

'Inordinate Desire', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)

1999

'Garden', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)

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Group Exhibitions (selection)

2011

'The end of history and The Return of History Paintin', Domus Artium, Salamanca (Spain)

2010

'Non Existence Flag Project', ISCP, New York (USA)
'Mars op Oostende', Mu.ZEE, Ostend (Belgium)
'Girl overkill', Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (Germany)
'No Flag is Large enough', ISCP, New York (USA)

2009

'Common Ground', Second Home, Berlin (Germany)
'FADING', Museum van Elsene, Brussels (Belgium)
'The Choice of Jan Fabre', Indian Caps, Antwerp (Belgium)

2008

'Dry and Wet Paintings', Crown Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
'See who's coming', MK gallery, Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
'The Aerials of sublime transcape', Lokaal 01, Breda (The Netherlands)
'POPEYE', Oude Gevangenis, Hasselt (Belgium)
'Friday 13th', Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin (Germany)

2007

'Dry and Wet Paintings', Crown Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
'Waaruit bestaat een kus', Monumental, Bornem (Belgium)
'Darkness', Open Air, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Welcome home, Hommage to Fred Bervoets', MUHKA, Antwerp (Belgium)

2006

'Phantasmagoria', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Gorge (l')', Musuem voor schone kunst, Antwerp (Belgium)

2005

'Metamorphosis II', Museum San Gimignano, San Gimignano (Italy)
(my private) HEROES', Museum Marta Herford, Herford (Germany)

2004

'Birth-Sex-Death', Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Metamorphosis II', CC Werft, Geel (Belgium)
'Metamorphosis II', Abello Museum, Mollet del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain)
'Solo Quint II', St-Blasius Hospitaal, Dendermonde (Belgium)

2003

'Stille schilders', Caermersklooster, Ghent (Belgium)
'Fonkeling', CC Strombeek, Strombeek (Belgium)
'Don't think twice, it's all right', Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Metamorphosis II', L.A.C, Sigean (France)

2002

'Summerdays', Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp (Belgium)
'C'est Beau, C'est Belge', Barbara Farber/La Serre, Trets (France)

2001

'An empty place to stay', Poëziezomer Watou, Watou (Belgium)

2000

'Kinderspel, Kindertekeningen & Actuele kunst', s.l., Waarschoot (Belgium)

1997

'The Elements', Gallery De Zwarte Panter, Antwerp (Belgium)
'De stad', de taal en het beeld, Leiden (The Netherlands)

1996

'Elements' Light Instalation, De Zwarte Panter, Antwerp (Belgium)

1991

Internatiol Art Fair, Teheran (Iran)

biblio

Borka Max, Maryam Najd 'Garden',cat: Van Laere contemporary art, 1999
Demeester An, 'Watou Poeziezomer 2001', cat: Christoph Fink Atlas, 2001
Lambrecht Luk, 'Non Existing flag project' cat: Metamorphosis II, 2004
Ruyters Mark, 'Stille Schilders' cat; Caermersklooster, 2003
Ruyters Mark , 'Phantasmagoria', in: ART, 2006
'Schilderkunst in Vlaanderen na 1980', in: OKV, 2005
Van Loo Sofie, 'Gorge' cat. Museum voor schone kunst Antwerpen, 2006
Verstockt Mark, 'Maryam Najd Four elements', in: ART-SCRIPT, 1997

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