Born in 1990, lives in Kalmthout (BE).
Contactgegevens: info@florianmertens.be

Studies:

• 2015, “Specifieke Lerarenopleiding, Beeldende Kunst” (SLO, BK), KASK Antwerp. ‘Teacher Training in Fine Arts’.
• 2013, “Master in Sculpture”, KASK, Antwerp.

Coming up:

• 2019, ‘FASTSPEED VRRAÂAT’, solo, Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, 1/9-13/10.

Expositions:

• 2019, ‘RESONANTIE’, groupshow, with works of FASTSPEED and PROJECT SIDEWIND, Kalmthout, Belgium.
  Fase 1, personal expo at Wolf Jordan, during May and June.
  Fase 2, groupshow at Meeusen BMW showroom, Kalmhout, 10-25/08/2019
• 2018, ‘FASTSPEED’, Shoobil Gallery at Art The Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands, 26-30/9.
• 2018, “WINGTIPsection STANDS, By Draake Manufatures”, groupshow, MMYAP by Middelheim Promotors, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, 6 – 12/’18.
• 2018, “Project Sidewind”, groupshow with Jef Gysen, gallery Shoobil ‘Box’, Antwerp, Belgium. 17/5-1/7
• 2017, “Project Sidewind”, solo, Antwerp.
• 2016, “N(u)/2”, Groupshow, Hoboken.
• 2015, “Monomaniacs”, groupshow, Brussels.
• 2015, “The Mechanical Corps”, groupshow, Dortmund.
• 2014, “The Mechanical Corps”, groupshow, 2014 Berlin.
• 2014, , “Startpoint”, groupshow, Amsterdam.
• 2013, “Startpoint”, groupshow, Prague, Ghent.

Publications:

• The Mechanical Corps
• Startpoint
• 2014, Participation in Masterclass; “Jaber Athar, De Sokkel Van Teniers / The Pedestal Of Teniers”, Antwerpen: Koninklijke Academie Voor Schone Kunsten, 2014. Print.
• 2013, “Kunst Werk”,‘De Morgen’, tuesday 23/07/’13, interview.

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