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This is the public profile of Geert Wachtelaer, Additional information and high-resolution images are available for accredited press members, to access additional information about Geert Wachtelaer please login as a press member.About Geert Wachtelaer : Geert Wachtelaers work investigates the human condition and touches on ideas of reality and existence, with a particular emphasis on the emotive space. Recurrent themes include: space, confrontations, the theatrical, the concept of the boundary as well as the interplay between presence and absence. Essentially, the works explore the inner deep that we all feel as human beings at some point in our lives. The work often draws the viewer into an uncertain world where truth and imagination come into conflict whilst simultaneously referencing the theatrical and in some cases. Ordinary things are raised into an alienated world.’
STATEMENT OF ART:Geert Wachtelaer understands the strangeness in life. He wants to know why this is perceived as this and why that is perceived as that. This is the way it is. Some people see beauty in carnage others sadness in amazement. For him art embodies something deep inside us all. Representing images from a damaged and fragmented humanity,unspoken fears and desires that everyone knows and but hides them.
NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Artist, painter Media, graphic, printing, culture, design
EDUCATION:
Education: 1988 BA at the Rits, school for audiovisual and performing arts - techniques, Brussels
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2018
Inner Landscape-2018 at Dubrava Photogallery in Zagreb krajolik U Fotogaleriji Dubrava u Narodnom sveučilištu Dubrava, otvorena je izložba “Unutarnji krajolik” autora Daniele Ratkajec i Geerta Wachtelaera
2017
ARTMETAMEDIA 11.16 / Kreutzberg Pavillon / Berlin
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2012
'Waiting for Freud', Galerija Nano, Zagreb (Croatia) curator Martina Mezak
UDRUGA ZA PROMICANJE UMJETNOSTI I KULTURE / ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF ART AND CULTURE
2006
'Art in Antwerp (ANINA)', Internationaal Pershuis, Antwerpen (Belgium)
Exhibitons (selection)
2010
'Mediage' ,De Werf, Aalst (Belgium)
2008
Salon 08, Aalst (Belgium)
Nieuw Amsterdam, New York (USA)
Kunstevenement De drempel, Wevelgem (Belgium)
2007
CITYPULSE Lowell, 119 Gallery, Lowell (USA)
Patagonia Electrónica Festival, Punta Arenas (Chili)
'Beyond', Moka Gallery, Chicago (USA) Moka Gallery curator Jhonmar Castillo
Danscamdanse festival, Film-plateau, Gent (Belgium)
'Facing the river', East Art Center, Chicago (USA) curator Aldo Castillo
Loop Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
ART Santa Fe, El Museo de Cultural, New Mexico (USA)Moka Gallery
Videominuto PopTV 2007, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (Italy)
Art Now Fair Miami, Miami (USA) Moka Gallery
'Diva', video art fair, Paris (France) Moka Gallery (now Moka productions)
'If I Can't Dance', MuKHA, Antwerpen (Belgium)
2006
'Semantikon, ARCANA', New York (USA)
City hall, Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)
Augustinus Muziekcentrum, Antwerpen (Belgium)
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (Belgium
OLV-ter-Potterie, Brugge (Belgium)
Flagey, Brussel (Belgium)
Metu Video Festival, Ankara (Turky)
Synch Festival, Athene (Griekenland)
Videominuto, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Arts of Prato (Italy)
Europian film festival 'For the first five', Neubrandenburg (Germany)
'PI performance & intermedia' festival, National Museum, Szczecin (Poland)
Les instants video, l'Ecole Supérieure d'Art d'Aix-en-Provence, Text and Texture (France)
CITYPULSE 4, santiago media art festival, Santiago (Chili)
Biennale 3000, Sao paulo (Brazilia)
2005
Les inattendus, contempory art evenement, Parijs (France)
Detroit International Film and Video Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Detroit (USA)
Art in your Face, Malmö (Sweden)
Cortodrome, short filmfestival, Bari (Italy)
Optica2005, Video-art and Contemporary Photography, Gijón (Spain)
bac!05 - international festival of contemporary art, Barcelona (Spain)
'Nuit Blanche', M°Bibliothèque, Parijs (France)
Videohm, OHM Lounge Syracuse, New York (USA)curator Coutney Rile
2004
Norapolis 2004, International festival of multimedia, Metz (France)
Festival International cinema nouvelles générations, Lyon (France)
'The Drake Hotel: notes from the underground with Steve Reinke', s.l., Toronto (Canada)
Heaven Gallery, Chicago (USA)
PLAY III - International Video Art Festival -Museo de Arte "Ángel M. De Rosa", Junìn, Buenos Aires (Argentinia)
Biennale Internazionale di Ferrara, Castello Estense, Ferrara (Italy)
Festival 'Musiques Volantes', Metz (France)
2000
'Information days', Argos Arts, Brussel (Belgium)
EVENTS:
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival
Superviser
The Jewish Film Festival Zagreb Association (JFF Zagreb) is a non-profit, non-government association, established in 2008, that aims to perform all activities related to the program preparation and the organization of the Zagreb Jewish Film Festival. In addition to presenting high-quality films with Jewish subject matter, exchange of modern film achievements and cultural activities in general, the Association encourages multicultural dialogue, volunteer work and meeting of film lovers, both professionals and amateurs.
The Association is registered as legal entity at the City Office for General Administration. The Association is open to everyone and membership is voluntary. One can become a member according to Statute regulations, by signing the membership application form and paying the annual membership fee.
Website http://www.jff-zagreb.hr
COMPUTER LITERACY:
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE: Expert
Final Cut and Motion: Expert
SAP: Expert
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
Lemmensinstituut Leuven Belgium
Jury masterproof acting
WEB SITE:
http://www.geertwachtelaer-danielaratkajec.com/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2020-02-21 09:19:45
COUNTRY/REGION:
Croatia
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
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