BAM

bio

Tom Bogaert is a performance and installation artist, who focuses on creating interactive pieces that are politically inspired. Before beginning his art career, he conducted refugee field research in Africa and Asia for the United Nations and Amnesty International. Though Tom Bogaert often deals with difficult themes and subjects, he maintains a degree of lightness and humor in his work. The seriousness of the work and subject matter are often masked by this humor and by an intentional lack of high-production values. Tom Bogaert makes art that encourages viewers to interact and participate in serious scenarios.

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2008

'Amahoro!', Jack The Pelican Presents, New York (NY) (USA)

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Group exhibitions (selection)

2007

'Miami Mice', Pool Art Fair, Miami, FL (USA)
'Piso Mojado', Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn (USA)
'Art Parade', Deitch Projects, New York City (USA)
'The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe', Apexart, New York City (USA)
'The Space Between', Daryl Roth Theater, New York City (USA)
'Trans_', Queens Library Gallery, Queens (USA)
'Elizabeth', Ruimte Het Vervolg en ART 27, Genk (Belgium)

2006

'Double', Guilded Pony Performance Festival, Troy (USA)
'De Boei', Provinciaal Domein Halve Maan, Diest (Belgium)
'Flat Files', Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn (USA)
'Ain't no Sunshine when she's Gone', ART 27, Heusden-Zolder (Belgium)
'Slide Slam', RealArtWays, Hartford (USA)

2005

'Double Portraits', Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn (USA)
'Politics as Usual', Foreman Gallery, Oneonta (USA)
'Dorkbot', Location 01, New York City (USA)
'KIS', Kunst in het Park, Schilde (Belgium)
'Tour #8: Toys', Filmbank NL, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
'Close to Home', Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven (USA)
'A Street of Love', Kunst in Huis, Dilbeek (Belgium)
'Panorama', Némo Film Festival, Paris (France)

2004

'Beeldenstorm', MuHKA Filmmuseum, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Face/Off: Belgium', Cinematexas, Austin (USA)
'ART 27', Cultuurcentrm Muze, Heusden-Zolder (Belgium)
'Janus is', voor Janus Art Magazine, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Power:Play', International Film festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
'Have you seen my childhood?', Untitled Foundation, Ostend (Belgium)

2003

'[Kunst In Huis]³', Provinciehuis, Leuven (Belgium)
'Kunstparcours', de Slang, Bruges (Belgium)
'De Boei', Kunst op het Water, Leuven (Belgium)
'Selectie Prijs Beeldende Kunst Vlaams Brabant', Cultuurcentrum, Strombeek (Belgium)
'De Doos', Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt (Belgium)
'Earthwork in situ project', voor Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

2002

'Artomatic', Eureka Uitvinderssalon, Brussels (Belgium)
'Eerste Prijs', IKOB, Eupen (Belgium)
'Artomatic', Factor 44, Antwerp (Belgium)
'Union Libre', voor France 2, Paris (France)
'Artefact', Vlaams Brabant & Kunst in Huis, Cultuurcentrum, Dilbeek (Belgium)
'Transformaties', Centrum voor Jonge Kunst, Ghent (Belgium)

biblio

Holland Cotter, 'The Creative Spirit', The New York Times, september 2007
Sara Reisman, 'The Space Between', Exhibition Text, june 2007
Jo-Anne Raskin, 'Boro Diversity Shows In New Library Exhibit', Queens Tribune, may 2007
Juliana Driever, 'Trans_', Exhibition Text, may 2007
David Cohen, 'Colline au Mille Souris', Artworld Digest, may 2007
An Smets, 'Cake Alarm In New York', Het Belang van Limburg, february 2007
Koen Snoekx, 'Geen problemen bij douane', Het Belang van Limburg, february 2007
Hans Maarten Post, 'Kunstenaar smokkelt bom van New York naar Brussel', Het Nieuwsblad, february 2007