CARLA AROCHA
Venezuelan, born Caracas, 1961, lives Antwerp, Belgium
STEPHANE SCHRAENEN
Belgian, born Antwerp, 1971, lives Antwerp, Belgium
EDUCATION
Arocha
1994 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
1991 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1986 BS, St. Xavier University, Chicago
Schraenen
1996 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
1992 Communication Management, Higher Institute for Communication Management of the Province of Antwerp
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Untitled (Mango), Garage CCM, Mechelen (BE)
2012
(untitled), a simultaneous exhibition with Luc Tuymans, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
The Man You Love to Hate (Part 3), LTD Los Angeles, Los Angeles (US)
Strain, Ersatz, London (UK)
(to be titled), MALA Gallery, Ljubljana (SI)
After, CAB de Burgos, Burgos (ES)
2011
Cabin Fever, Cabin, Antwerp, (BE)
Five Colors, Editions Copenhagen, Copenhagen (DK)
Circa Tabac at the Wallace Collection, curated by Ken Pratt, London (UK)
2010
Undertow, KaBe Gallery, Miami, FL (US)
25°85’08” N - 80°12 ‘03”, NADA Miami, organized by Agency PLC, Deauville Hotel, Miami, FL (US)
Waterloo Station, Peter Pilotto, Fashion Week, London (UK)
As If, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL (US)
Sequence #4, Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2009
Gloria, Vegas Gallery, London (UK)
2008
Hier Waak Ik, Periferico, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Caracas, curated by Jesus Fuenmayor, Caracas (VE)
If Only, André Schlechtriem Contemporary, New York, NY (US)
Marauders, Schlechtriem Brothers, Berlin (DE)
The Man You Love to Hate, Koraalberg, Antwerp (BE)
2007
Fire Walk With Me, curated by Montserrat Albores, Mexico City, DF (MX)
Marauders, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL (US)
2006
Chris, André Schlechtriem Temporary, New York, NY (US)
Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen, Koraalberg, Antwerp (BE)
Chris, F.R.A.C. Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Caraota von Moules with Arturo Herrera and Meyer Weisman, Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin (DE)
All The Umbrellas In London Can’t Stop This Pain, a public group project in conjunction with London’s 2012 Summer Olympics, London (UK)
Spectral Metropole, curated by Ken Pratt, City Museum (Mestni Muzej), Vzigalica Gallery, Ljubljana (SI)
You never walk alone, curated by Vanessa van Obberghen, Blank Projects, Cape Town (ZA)
2011
New Art from Belgium, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin (DE)
You never walk alone, curated by Vanessa van Obberghen, Worksound, Portland, Or (US)
Artefact 2011, S.T.U.K., Leuven (BE)
New Art from Belgium, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne (DE)
Carla Arocha – Stéphane Schraenen: Framed and Vaast Colson: Screwed, BeLa Editions, Brussels (BE)
2010
Into the Light, December 9-19, 2010, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
The Raw and the Cooked, curated by Clayton Press and Gregory Linn, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York (US)
New Art from Belgium, Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerp (BE)
The State of Things, curated by Ai Wei Wei and Luc Tuymans, National Art Museum of China, Beijing (CN)
POP-ARTPOP-ART, NICC (New International Centre of Culture), Antwerp (BE)
Célébration, F.R.A.C. Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
2009
The State of Things, curated by Ai Wei Wei and Luc Tuymans, BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
Setting The Pattern, with Kris Fierens, Joris Ghekiere, Perry Roberts, Ian Davenport and DJ Simpson, Koraalberg, Antwerp (BE)
5x5 Castello 09, Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castello, Castello (ES)
2008
Moments in Time, The Witte Zaal, Ghent (BE)
De Narcisse a Alice, ISELP, Brussels (BE)
Wallpaintings 9+1/1+9, curated by Koen Leemans & Luk Lambrecht, Bksm — Beeldende Kunst Strombeek/Mechelen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (BE)
Prospect 58, curated by Pieter Vermeersch, Hessenhuis, Antwerp (BE)
The Urban Tendency, curated by Ken Pratt in conjunction with the London Architecture Biennial, London (UK)
Brussels Biennial: Art as Borderland, 3 site-specific installations, curated by Barbara Vanderlinden, Brussels (BE)
2007
Reflecting Surface, The Agency Gallery, London (UK)
Metamorphosis III, L.A.C. Lieu d’art contemporain, Sigean (FR)
Project Space, André Schlechtriem, New York, NY (US)
Metamorphosis III, Museo Abello, Barcelona (ES)
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2009
24/7, CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) Commission, permanent installation at renovated Howard Station, Chicago, IL (US)
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Venezuela, MUHKA, Antwerp (BE)
2005
LUZ, curating the collection by Carla Arocha, MUHKA, Antwerp (BE)