Ellen Pil
BIO | SELECTED WORKS
Exhibition view ‘Future Tense of the Past’ (2021) w/ Almudena Lobera, Nokukhanya Langa and Ellen Pil, Barbé Urbain gallery, Gent
The paintings by Ellen Pil (1982, BE) are as much the result of the interaction between a digital archive and its analogue elaboration as they are the expression of a process of scanning, breaking down and rebuilding. Each work inherently holds different scenarios, like a decor in which props can be adjusted endlessly. The mechanical look Pil creates by using materials such as acrylic and spray paint exposes her fascination with the theme of mass production. In Future Tense of the Past, the artist introduces—for the first time—a machine in a more literal form: a sculptural reworking of the four-part painting Mundaine and routine tasks (2020) that resembles a printer and different sheets reprinting themselves, as if striving for perfection and—in this case—self-preservation. Pil thus sketches how we seem to strive for a perfect world through repetitive reproduction and manipulation.
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Ellen Pil
°1982 (BE)
Education
2006 – 2011 Master in Painting - Royal Academie of fine Arts – Antwerpen
2005 – 2006 Cinema 4D (3D sculpting program) Sae Institute – Rotterdam
2000 – 2004 Master in Graphic Design – University of fine Arts, Sint-Lucas – Antwerpen
Exhibitions
2021. Tresholds & Shutters – Antwerpen
2021. The Future Tense of the Past– Barbé Urbain – Ghent
2021. Trying to figure out the Gift Horse – Antwerpen
2021. De Verlichting – Gevaertsdreef 01 – Oudenaarde
2021. Folder Show – Gevaertsdreef 01 – Oudenaarde
2021. River Me – De Ververij – Ronse
2021. DMW Gallery – Antwerpen
2021. Print collect – Supercollect – Antwerpen
2021. NAFT – Ghent
2020. I’ll keep you postered – Gevaertsdreef 01 – Oudenaarde
2020. Een blik achter de muur – de Blikfabriek – Antwerpen
2020. The Billboard Project – Antwerpen
2020. Ballroom Project – Antwerpen
2019. Zonder kunstenaars geen kunst – MHKA – Antwerpen
2019. Nick Lodgers: NICC stelt zich voor – MHKA – Antwerpen
2017. Uncle Wellington – exhibition on paper : The Faster I waltz, the better I jive - Ghent 2016. Uncovered – an exhibition on paper – Antwerpen
2014. Business of Designweek - Bodw invites head of Creative of Lazersport - HongKong 2013. Frans Masereel Centrum – Kasterlee
2013. Gallerie Marion de Canniere – Antwerpen
2012. MoMu – een leven in mode – Antwerpen
2011. Room with a view - Kunstpodium T – Tilburg
2011. Park – Ekeren
2011. Streekproduct series – Kunstpodium T – Tilburg
2011. Error #11– Antwerpen
2010. Cypres Galerie – Leuven
2008. Chambres d’Artistes – Wommelgem
2008. Extra City – Antwerpen
2007. Herman Teirlinck Instituut – Antwerpen
2005. Monty vzw – Antwerpen
Residencies
2014. Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee
2011. Kunstpodium T / De Pont, Tilburg
2009. Master Maquette, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke
Creative direction & design
2017. Studio Hans Op de Beeck
2016. Creative Director for Stokerij Wissels – Hasselt
2015 - Founder & Director of MARTA – Antwerpen
2015 - Founder & Director of ONDERGROND – Antwerpen 2012 – 2015. Creative Director at Lazersport – Antwerpen 2011. Artist at Lazersport – Antwerpen
2011. Comsultator – Antwerpen
2011. Extra City – Antwerpen
2011. Herman Teirlinck Instituut – Antwerpen
2011. Monty vzw – Antwerpen
Curator & storytelling
2020. WAV & Ondergrond – proposal on a mobile kitchen – How to connect people in isolated times 2017 MARTA Hasselt, Hasselt
2016 MARTA gaat vreemd, Film Food Festival, Diest
2016 Food-curator & scenography, OFFF Design & creativity festival
2016 Connie, labo voor reststromen. OFFF Design & creativity festival
2016 MARTA overschottendiner, MAS, Anwerpen à la Carte
2015 Linda eet lokaal, Film Food Festival C-mine, Genk
2014. De Groene Atlas: Online gids voor stilstaande ruimte
Research
2011 Master research project: The Departure, actually.
2011 Visuele Kritiek: een interdisciplinair kader met vraagstelling naar de verhouding tussen het tekstuele en het visuele in onze beeldcultuur - MA Theater en Filmwetenschap UA
2005 Master Research project: VER LIEF BRIEF - boek 290 pg. - 10 ingebonden en gesigneerde exemplaren + dvd
Awards
2017. Henry Vande Velde Award - category: collaboration- MARTA, platform for Closed Cycle Collabs - nominated in the category of OVAM Ecodesign and communication
Lectures
2017. Food Connects. Internationale Solidariteit/ Ontwikkelingssamenwerking in Hasselt.
2017. Food Heroes - Flanders DC – Future designers in collaboration with sience
2017. MARTA, Closed Cycle Collaborations - OVAM Ecodesign - Flanders DC
2016. Multidisciplinariteit - Casestudie in het schakelprogramma Interieurarchitectuur in de UA