Aline Verstraten (°1996, Eksel, Belgium)
PhD
2022-2026
PhD research in painting, UHasselt & PXL-MAD (BE): The Withdrawing Image. An Artistic Research into the Active Resistance of Painting as Medium.
Education
2020-2021
MA Painting, PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (BE)
2017-2020
BA Painting, PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (BE)
2014-2017
BA Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven (BE)
Articles
Verstraten, A. (2023). Laying down colours and covering up layers. FORUM+, 30(1/2), 64-67. https://doi.org/10.5117/FORUM2023.1/2.008.VERS
Verstraten, A. (2019). Een zoektocht naar het psychologische zelf in "Memories" van Fernand Khnopff. COLLATERAL. https://www.collateral-journal.com/index.php?cluster=17
Press
Kunstzetter (2021), "5 Talenten van eigen bodem". https://www.kunstzetter.be/nl/expo/5-talenten-van-eigen-bodem/?fbclid=IwAR2R2_-AOEa9XY96-uXk7zXy92CHkO0ka__1JF7j6cWmM0bxRRuroscoJCs
HBVL (2021). "Fijn dat het alledaagse zo kan blijven boeien". https://m.hbvl.be/cnt/dmf20210622_95691273?fbclid=IwAR16Nnww-r_7OkaFirV_ZsEkmrmMDAx67UefUeXtCshNlkA6Sp-DYT63Od0
Awards
Arolsen Award 2023
Laureate of Wanatoe 2021
Work in private collections
Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Aline Verstraten in de Knalerij (5 September 2020 - 6 October 2020), De Knalerij, Geraardsbergen (BE)
Group Exhibitions
2024
Vloedlijn (29 February 2024 - 29 March 2024), PXL-MAD, Hasselt (BE)
Moodlight (2 February 2024 - 3 March 2024), The Platform, Antwerp (BE)
Paradis Perdus (20 January 2024 - 22 February 2024), Belgian Gallery, Brussels (BE)
De Gaverprijs (13 January 2024 - 23 February 2024), CC De Schakel, Waregem (BE)
2023
Agents of Concern (26 November 2023 - 28 January 2024), Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE)
SMOLL (11 May 2023 - 4 June 2023), Kalf Space, Hasselt (BE)
#StolenMemory (17 April 2023 - 4 May 2023), PXL-MAD, Hasselt (BE)
Mesmerized (3 December 2022 - 10 January 2023), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
De Kunstwedstrijd (26 November 2022 - 7 January 2023), CC Zwaneberg, Heist-Op-Den-Berg (BE)
2022
Juveniles (16 September 2022 - 17 February 2023), Brousse, Hasselt (BE)
Past, Present, Future (6 November 2022 - 20 November 2022), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
Palimpsest #3 (10 July 2022 - 1 August 2022), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
SLOPER (12 May 2022 - 8 June 2022), PXL-MAD, Hasselt (BE)
Frame invites #5 (14 January 2022 - 13 February 2022), Dommelhof, Pelt (BE)
2021
A collective Collective (2 August 2021 - 15 August 2021), BorGerhub, Antwerp (BE)
Oh Contraire (9 July 2021 - 31 July 2021), De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
KABINET (2 July 2021 - 11 July 2021), studio of Aaron-Victor Peeters, Genk (BE)
Flux (1 July 2021 - 18 July 2021), Studio Stad, Hasselt (BE)
Liberation (8 June 2021 - 13 June 2021), Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
Going Through the Motions (9 April 2021 - 25 April 2021), Campo & Campo, Antwerp (BE)
Going Through the Motions (4 March 2021 - 15 March 2021), De Gym (PXL-MAD), Hasselt (BE)
Peepshow (14 January 2021 - 24 January 2021), Z33, Hasselt (BE)
Curating the city (11 January 2021 - 13 February 2021), Curating the Young, Leuven (BE)
2020
Limburg Biënnale (5 September 2020 - 15 November 2020), Marres, Maastricht (NL)
Spaces From Other Places (18 May 2020 - 1 June 2020), online via kunstmatrix
Moving Backwards (14 January 2020), Maison Florida, Hasselt (BE)
2019
Antwerp Artistic Awards (27 May 2019), Jean Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Dionysos (3 May 2019 - 26 May 2019), De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
2018
Tʃ•ɑntkøt•ʏjʏŋ (17 April 2018 - 20 April 2019), De Kooi (PXL-MAD), Hasselt (BE)