Benjamin Moravec
Benjamin Moravec, 'A walk in a state of awe', 2024, Oil on wood panel, 30 x15cm
BENJAMIN MORAVEC (b.1977. Tiais, France.) is an artist who maintains a firm belief in the meaning of painting, even in a world that is inundated by a constantly changing mass of imagery. Using painterly means, which, incidentally, he yields in a highly virtuosic manner, Moravec questions our contemporary visual culture. He uses, to this end, the picture-in-picture technique. The position of the painted image, painted in a painting, which in itself is already a representation, is a crucial question in his work. Moravec also investigates the relationships between images and the public versus private nature of their mediatisation, whether those images originate from the world of painting, photography, advertising, cinema or the internet. Benjamin Moravec is an artist who deals with the contemporary dimensions of (the) art (of painting) in a very sensitive, intelligent and professional manner.
EDUCACTION :
1998-2001 National degree of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts, Lyon, France 2001-2002 OFAJ Stipendum at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Germany - Klasse Grützke 2002-2006 Master student of the Fleck class at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Germany 2006-2008 Artistic assistant-professor, department of Free Painting, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Nürnberg, Germany
SOLO SHOWS :
2023 Die Ränder der Fiktion, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany 2022 An old tired hero lost in the Cave, Galeriehaus Nord, Nürnberg, Germany 2021 Jenseits der vierten Wand, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2018 Burned, Observatorium, Meatpack, Antwerpen, Belgium 2017 Le Royaume Part. VI - Nous n'avions pas fini de nous parler d'amour, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium 2014 Benjamin Moravec, Galeri Artist, Istanbul,Turkey Le Royaume Part. V (Les Orphelins Volontaires), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium 2013 Les Jeux de l’effroi - Le Royaume - Part IV, ikob – Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen, Belgium 2011 Le Prochain Monde, Galeri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey 2010 Une Vie Sans Fin, DEWEER Gallery, Otegem, Belgium DEWEER Gallery @ Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 2006 Happy Together & Mourir Ensemble, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium 2005 Galerie Artbüro, Berlin, Germany Galerie Hermeyer, München, Germany
GROUP SHOWS :
2024 Art Cologne with Keteleer Gallery, Cologne, Germany Barbé X Keteleer Gallery, Woning Dr. De Beir, Knokke, Belgium Paper Cuts, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2022 Art Cologne with Keteleer Gallery, Cologne, Germany The Painting Show, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Zwischen Welten, Kunstmuseum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany 2021 DASfest, biennial arts festival, Ghent, Belgium 2020 Group Exhibition, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 2019 Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium Kunst Aktuell, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, Germany Collector's Room #20: Just Paintings, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium 2018 944 handen, Oude Pastorij, Hofke van Chantraine, Oud-Turnhout, Belgium (until 20.01.2019)