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Bert Jacobs
1987, Turnhout
Lives and works in Brussels

STUDIES
2008 - 2009 Master Fine Arts, School of Arts, Gent, BE
2005 - 2008 Bachelor Fine Arts, School of Arts, Gent, BE

RESIDENCIES
2017 Het Entrepot, Brugge, BE
2017 Dusangneuf Osangsett (The Word Magazine), Brussel, BE
2015 Nordic Artists Centre, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO
2014 AIR Antwerpen, BE
2014 Kulturbunker Frankfurt am Main, DE
2014 KunstWerke Berlin, DE
2013 Emiel van Dorenmuseum Genk, BE
2012 WARP Artist Village, C-mine Genk, BE

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 White Finger, Hofke van Chantrijne, Oud-Turnhout, BE
2014 A breeze made the treetops sigh, Kunstwerke, Berlin, DE
2011 WAS IST WAS, CC De Schakel, Waregem, BE
2011 Camping, Galerij SASK, Turnhout, BE

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Voorwaarts Maart/En Avant Mars, Bijloke, Gent, BE
Vicuna #24 : Grand, Recyclart, Brussel, BE
Jardin Maritime 3, Brussel, BE
Mined Mind, exhibition with Ari-Pekka Leinonen (FIN) & Dan Allon (ISR), DE TANK, Bruges, BE
Loggia. Performances, Schaerbeek, BE
The Joy Corner, ZSenne Artlab, Brussel, BE
Swimming pool expo, Swallowing Helmets, Brussels, BE
HOOGTIJ/(laagtij), Gouvernement, Gent, BE

2016
Kunstenfestival Plan B, Bekegem, BE
Cape Horn Fever, duo exhibition with Ailsa Cavers, Hypercorps, Brussels, BE
On Ice, Ijsbaan Kristallijn, Gent, BE

2015
Deaf Mans Villa, Croxhapox, Gent, BE
Facing You, Kunthuis, Geel, BE
Wine Bottles and Dildos, duo exhibition with Gabriela Forzelius, Noplace, NO
MAGIC BE, Zwart Wild, Gent, BE
Skybox, FACTOR44, Antwerpenen, BE
A Belgian Politician, Marion De Canniere, Antwerpen, BE

2014
Club Social, Vismijn, Gent, BE
BYOB, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Exhibition XIX, produktions- und ausstellungsplattform basis e.v. Frankfurt am Main, DE
Group Show, Routier, Gent, BE
Minor Demons and Solar Shades, Brussel, BE
Shadows and Shades, Idling Gallery, Berlin, DE

2013
Limbo Variations, artists: James Becket and Siet Raeymaekers, curated by Bert Jacobs and Louise Osieka, Het Paviljoen, Gent, BE
Ignace Cami, Helena Dietrich, Liesbet Grupping, Philip Janssens, Timothy Maxim Segers, Bert Jacobs, Antwerpen, BE
Ignace Cami, Stefan Peters, Stijn Cole, Bert Jacobs, C-Mine, Genk, BE
Onder de loep, Emile Van Doren museum, Genk, BE
Off paper, Antwerpen, BE
Project Stationstraat, Sint-Niklaas, BE

2012
La fete du peuple, LABDO, Antwerpen, BE
Clouds Watching Cinema for 10, Het Steen der Wijzen, Antwerpen, BE
Parcours Visit – Open Studio, Brussel, BE
Tempus Arti, Trienale, Landen, BE

2011
You cant have your Cake and eat it, Scheldapen/ Cakehouse, Antwerpen, BE
Nulproject, happening, KTA/ NUCLEO, Gent, BE
Matchbox on tour, Park Spoor Noord, Antwerpen, BE
Birds of a feather flock together, cc Strombeek Beveren, BE
PARK 5, Temporary Limits, Ekeren, BE
Grote prijs tekenkunst, cc De Brouwerij, Ronse, BE

2010
Opa first B-day, vzw Opa Malyn, Mechelen, BE
Frappant Xpo, Timmermans-Opsomersmuseum, Lier, BE
Frappant Xpo, KBC Toren, Antwerpen, BE
Kaskweek, KASK, Gent, BE
KIOSK 16, in collaboration with Vaast Colson, Gent, BE
Days of Drawing, Slachthuis Gent, BE

PROJECTS
2014 Air River Bar: Bert Jacobs, MIDNIGHT3000, Antwerpenen, BE
AIR RIVER BAR is an evening in the lock-keepers house with a focus on an exhibition or arts organisation, initiated and organized by an artist.

2010 - 2015 Renold Summer Sessions, BE
(Curatorial team) Renold is a gallery and performance space in the centre of Brussels.

2008 - 2010 Rariteitenkabinet Villa Drashhoek, Gent, BE
(Artistic director) Rariteitenkabinet Villa Drashhoek was a temporary artists-run nonprofit organisation. In Villa Drashhoek we explored the possibilities of a cabinet of curiosities as a platform for artistic interventions, music and experimental actions.

AWARDS & GRANTS
2015 Nominated for Grote Prijs Tekenkunst stad Ronse, BE
2011 Nominated for Grote Prijs Tekenkunst stad Ronse, BE
2010 Laureaat Frappant Xpo, Antwerpen, BE
2009 Laureaat KASK Legaat Charles Deleu, Gent, BE
2009 Awarded a Grant for Villa Drashhoek, Gent, BE