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)


Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

What Remains #2 (1 September 2024 - 30 October 2024), KADOC, Leuven (BE)

Voyage Voyage II (8 August 2024 - 8 September 2024), The Platform, Antwerp (BE)

Limburg Biënnale 2024 (29 June 2024 - 25 August 2024), Marres, Maastricht (NL)

Je bent een beetje te laat (28 June 2024 - 11 July 2024), Ursulakapel, Tongeren (BE)

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 2020 (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)