Daan Gielis Belgian, b. 1988
Daan Gielis’ (°1988) work explores the conflicts and contradictions in the emotional, communicative and social systems that together make up the world as we know it: happiness and sadness coinciding, a frustration of desire that only triggers new desire, an underground culture that stays authentic while selling out… Each of these systems is riddled by contradiction. And yet, precisely because of those internal contradictions these systems thrive, contrasting feelings feed off of each other, setting in motion a never-ending cyclical process from which no escape seems possible. No wonder then that so many of us are emotionally conflicted about present reality, struggling to find consistency.
Gielis’ work often concentrates on what might be one of the most defining and influential systems: the human body. His artistic practice has, for one, been marked by the body’s resilience and more precisely by the question: how much can a body endure? Turning a personal experience around and looking outwards happened by means of exploring the paradox of embodiment and transience in digital society. Mama, je hoeft niet te huilen (2019) for example references both the artist’s mother - a professional floral arranger - as well as the generic emoji of a wilted rose. An easily accessible pictorial sign system, emoji have grafted themselves upon our everyday written communication. In fact, they have become an ubiquitous and inextricable part of our online conversations. And yet they tend to be incredibly vacuous, even gratuite. Like so, it embodies the paradox our social lives are caught up in: expressing a deeply personal story in an unforgivingly generic language.
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Potluck
Group Exhibition 4 Dec 2021 - 16 Jan 2022This show resulted from an invitation; an invitation to the creators who over the past few years have shaped this gallery; an open invitation to take part in a show...Read more -
History Of Fantasy
Group Exhibition Curated by Emmanuelle Luciani 6 May - 12 Jun 2021'History of Fantasy' is a phantasmagorical stroll populated by ghosts, animated by a poisonous magic. It is part of the wake of a new twilight wave, a reminiscence of an...Read more -
Omdat De Wereld Is Zo Ontrouw
Solo Exhibition by Daan Gielis 30 Jan - 13 Mar 2021Daan Gielis’ (born 1988) work explores the conflicts and contradictions in the emotional, communicative and social systems that together make up the world as we know it: happiness and sadness...Read more -
Limbo
Group Exhibition 5 Sep - 4 Oct 2020For better or for worse, we are living through what may well become one of the defining moments of the twenty-first century. This much we know. What we do not...Read more -
In Real Life
Group Exhibition 17 May - 30 Aug 2019During Antwerp Art Weekend 2019 Everyday Gallery (YYY) Hosts a group show curated by Boris Devis that reflects 2019 as a time capsule for future reference. 'In Real Life' will...Read more
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Art Brussels 2023
Main booth with works by ASMA, Bram Kinsbergen, Colleen Barry, Daan Gielis, Dittmar Viane, Erik Chiafele, Mamali Shafahi, Max Kesteloot, Michiel Ceulers, Tom Volkaert, touche—touche 20 - 23 Apr 2023Read more -
Art Antwerp 2022
15 - 18 Dec 2022Read more -
CAN Ibiza 2022
B.D. Graft, Bram Kinsbergen, Daan Gielis, Lisse Declercq, Magda Kirk, Mamali Shafahi, Marco Paul Lorenzetti, Martin Kacmarek & Serban Ionescu 13 - 17 Jul 2022Read more -
Art Rotterdam 2022
Anders Davidsen, B.D. Graft, Bram Kinsbergen, Ciro Duclos, Danilo Stojanovic, Daan Gielis, Erica Mao, Louis Appleby, Mamali Shafahi, Mirko Canesi, Natacha Mankowski, Tom Volkaert 19 - 22 May 2022Everyday Gallery is thrilled to present for the third time at Art Rotterdam 2022 (Booth 84 Main Section).Read more -
Art Brussels 2022
Bram Kinsbergen, Daan Gielis, Deborah Bowmann, Dittmar Viane, Kristof Santy, Thom Trojanowski, Tom Volkaert and Trude Viken 28 Apr - 1 May 2022Read more -
Art Antwerp 2021
Daan Gielis, Dittmar Viane, Tom Volkaert, Trude Viken 16 - 19 Dec 2021Read more -
Art Rotterdam 2021
1 - 4 Jul 2021Everyday Gallery was thrilled to present for the second time at Art Rotterdam 2021 (Booth 18 in the Main Section). Showcasing an eclectic mix of...Read more
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kunst zetter — Limburg art at Art Brussels
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Knack Weekend — Potluck Exhibition
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Juxtapoz Magazine — Art Rotterdam 2021
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Art Viewer — History of Fantasy
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Fifty & Me Magazine — Jacopo Pagin
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Marie Claire — Jacopo Pagin and History of Fantasy Exhibition
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L'OFFICIEL — Jacopo Pagin and History of Fantasy Exhibition
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DAMN MAGAZINE — History of Fantasy
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See You There — History of Fantasy
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Art Viewer — Daan Gielis
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Club Paradise — Tom Volkaert and Daan Gielis Solo
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Antwerp Art — Tom Volkaert and Daan Gielis Solo
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Stay Happening — Tom Volkaert and Daan Gielis Solo
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FAD Magazine — Tom Volkaert and Daan Gielis solo
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Cartoon-Productions — Tom Volkaert and Daan Gielis Solo
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Art Viewer — Limbo Act II Exhibition
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TUBELIGHT — Daan Gielis
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Feeling — In Real Life Exhibition
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De Standaard — In Real Life Exhibition
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Kuba Paris — In Real Life Exhibition
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Daan Gielis (1988) b. Beringen, Belgium
2022
Tu est Métamorphose III - Galerie Pact, Paris
CAN Ibiza 2022 - Booth A3, Presented by Everyday Gallery
Infinite Flowers, part 4 - Plus-One Gallery, Antwerp
Art Brussels 2022 - Booth E.16, Presented by Everyday Gallery
Le Dernier Combat - Kunstruimte, Willem Twee
2021
Triënnale van Brugge - Brugge
Horst Festival - Brussels
Group show - Sint Niklaas
De wereld is zo ontrouw - Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (Solo show)
2020
Time is on our side - Tongeren
Duoshow - CCINQ, Brussels
L'heure Blue - Plus One, Antwerp
Limbo - Everyday gallery, Antwerp
Ballroom - Online initiative by BORG vzw
Wunderwall - Sofie van de Velde & Plus One, Antwerp
Box - Online exhibition initiated by Kris van Dessel
Art Rotterdam - Everyday gallery/ MPV gallery, Rotterdam
Dew of the Sea - Alfstad & Editions, Sarasota, Florida
2019
Sofreh - No Man's Art gallery, Amsterdam
A phase like home - Singular Art, Amsterdam
Just Looking for attention - CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt
You won't get what you want - de Garage, Mechelen (Solo show)
Hanging Hammers - de Gruyter Fabriek, s' Hertogenbosch
Growlers, Cracklers & Bursters - CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt
In Real Life - Everyday gallery, Antwerp
Mama, je hoeft niet te huilen - Pulsar, Antwerp (Solo show)
2018
The gathering - Panthera.today, Brussels
Scene Unseen - Castle Oud-Rekem, Rekem
Open Studios - Antwerp
Breach - Extra City, Antwerp
Donnerwetterday - Luxor, Arnhem
2017
Places of ruin, Nest - The Hague
Artbeat, collaboration with Koen van den Broek during Festival van Vlaanderen, Gent
Talk to me in your language - Bernaerts, Antwerp
Why Patterns? - Vleeshal, Middelburg
Open Studios - Van Eyck, Maastricht
So Far, So Real - Van Eyck, Maastricht
2016
Pakstad Limburg Prijs - Heerlen
Mad Power, de warande - Turnhout
Private room 2.0 - Gent
Dopplereffect - Voorkamer, Lier
Ten dans - CC Maasmechelen
Unfair Amsterdam - Amsterdam
Antwerp Art Weekend - Hole of the Fox, Antwerp
2015
Unterseeboot über Malermeister - CC Mechelen, Mechelen
No Blossom, No Moonlight - ExtraCity, Antwerp
WGDD, W139, Amsterdam
A cozy mystery with bite - Greylight projects, Brussels
TRASH - Hasselt
Art traces across the western front - Ieper
It could be the goldfish is mistaking the bowtie for a football - Boetzelaer-Nispen, Amsterdam
Antwerp Art weekend - Group show, Antwerp
2014
Citadel'Arte (w MUHKA) - Diest
Auction MDD, Museum Dhont Daenens - Deurle
(MDD) Night Shop - Group show, Knokke
UnfairAmsterdam 2014 - Amsterdam
Kunstvlaai with Apice for Artists - Amsterdam
Interpunction #7 - Tatjana Pieters gallery, Ghent
2013
Wild Horses & Trojan Dreams - Marres, Maastricht
First we take the Hague, then we take Berlin - Belgian Consulate the Hague (Z33), the Hague
Young Masters - Het glazen huis, Lommel
Art Attack - Hasselt
NOT for sale - ArtandAdvice, Hasselt
Open studio - Bonnefanten atelier, Hasselt
The static also is electric - deSERVICEGARAGE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Friends & Neighbors - atelier Koen van den Broek, Merksem
Toutestfini - Hasselt
2012
Young Guns - Hajke Müsstege gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch
Kunstvlaai - Oud Lyceum, Amsterdam
Groupshow - Arti Capelli gallery, s' Hertogenbosch
Reconverse # 3 - Casino, Beringen
No Movement - CC Muze, Heusden-Zolder
The other, first year final show - s' Hertogenbosch
Bienvenue, Manifesta Parallel - Genk
Leaving for a Living, Manifesta Parallel - Genk
Open Studio - Sint Joost, s' Hertogenbosch
2011
Face/Off, Sint Joost - s' Hertogenbosch
In Out, In Out - Vanbuel home, Brussels
New Times, New Heroes, design fair - Ventura Lambrate, Milan
Morning Glory - Tzarart gallery, Antwerp
I think you're beautiful, beautiful - CC Hasselt, Hasselt
2010
XXI - into dada - Arteventuno gallery, Hasselt
Fris VIII - Jan Colle gallery, Gent
PIHNDY - CIAP, Hasselt
DANNY DONDER - CIAP, Hasselt
5th International Student Triennial - Marmara University, Istanbul
Interventie - Emile van Doren museum, Genk
Wunderkammer - Arteventuno Gallery, Genk
Center of Mass - Lokaal01, Antwerp
2009
DANNY DONDER - Z33, Hasselt
Bachelorexpo 2009 - PHL, Hasselt
White Boxes - Arteventuno gallery, Genk
Traject H, Hasselt
De keuze van Koen van den Broek - Indian Caps gallery, Antwerp
2008
Kunst in het moederhuis - Hasselt
Education
2016-2017
Jan van Eyck academy, Maastricht, the Netherlands
2011-2013
HBO Master Autonomous Fine Arts, Sint-Joost, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
2009-2010
Master in Fine Arts, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, Hasselt, Belgium
2006-2009
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, Hasselt, Belgium
