Fredrik Vaerslev (b. 1979, Moss, Norway), lives in Drøbak, Norway The studio practice of Norwegian artist Fredrik Vaerslev ranges from the exposure of work to weather conditions and the outsourcing of production. His paintings, assembled in surprising installations, exemplify conceptual strategies that question the nature of painting today. Recent solo shows were held at Kunsthall […]

Ben Rivers (b.1972, Somerset, UK), lives in London The films of experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers are imaginations of alternative existences in marginal worlds of wilderness. The artist uses near-antique cameras and hand develops the 16 mm film, the materiality of the medium forming part of the narrative. Recent exhibitions took place at The Renaissance Society (Chicago, […]

Michael Dean (b.1977, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), lives in London The sculptures of Michael Dean, a guest tutor at De Ateliers before, can be understood as physical translations of speech. He creates moulds and casts of words, abstracting and distorting them into an alphabet of human-scale shapes. For his large and complex installations, he uses a variety […]

Andy Holden (b.1982, Blunham, UK), lives in Bedfordshire, UK British artist Andy Holden works in a variety of media, including sculpture, video, and performance, addressing subjects such as diverse as pyramids and birds’ nests. Recent exhibitions of his work, screenings and performances took place at Artangel (London, 2017), Tate Britain (London, 2017), Pinchuk Foundation (Kiev, […]

Amy Sillman (b.1955, Detroit, USA), lives in New York American artist Amy Sillman began painting in the mid-1970s. Her colorful works mine the edges of abstraction, meshing patches of color with a scaffolding of lines, constantly shifting the degree to which a work is structured by the logic of either drawing or painting. Her layered […]

gerlach en koop (founded 2000, The Hague), live in The Hague and Brussels For Dutch artist collective gerlach en koop, the creation of an exhibition is a work of art in itself, whether with works of their own or by others. ‘We believe it is important for an artist to build endurance. To be resilient. To be […]

Peter Wächtler (b.1979, Hannover, Germany), lives in Brussels The drawings, sculptures and films of Peter Wächtler reflect the artist’s fascination with bestsellers, page-turners, tearjerkers and blockbusters. Though composed of familiar elements, his work demonstrates the limitation of communication, often with a comic result. His tales result from ongoing attempts to overcome the gap between intention […]

Roger Hiorns (b.1975, Birmingham, United Kingdom), lives in London Roger Hiorns’ sculptural work inhabits interstices between construction and destruction, the theological and the technological, temporality and permanence, challenging our everyday understanding of reality. In 2009, Hiorns was nominated for the Turner Prize for his critically acclaimed work Seizure, a massive crystallization within the interior of […]

Shezad Dawood (b. 1974, London, UK), lives in London British artist Shezad Dawood is currently working on his epic project ‘Leviathan’, a series of ten films, sculptures and other art works and seminars that bring together dazzling notions of natural evolution, marine biology, mass migration, mysticism, democracy and the future of mankind. Dawood is a […]

Marieta Chirulescu (b.1972, Sibiu, Romania), lives in Berlin Marieta Chirulescu’s work cultivates an ambiguity between painting and print that has become characteristic for her practice. The artist investigates process-based production, such as inkjet-printing on canvases that are partially painted over, sanded or erased. The artist reveals rather than conceals an editing practice, calling attention to […]