Laurence Aëgerter 1972, Marseille, (FR) Lives and works in

Laurence Aëgerter
1972, Marseille, (FR)
Lives and works in Amsterdam and Marseille
www.laurenceaegerter.com
Education
Drs. Art History, Faculté des Lettres, Aix-en-Provence and VU (Vrije Universiteit) Amsterdam
(cum laude).
Drs. Fine Art, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2015
Herbarium Cataplasma, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (NL).
Works in textile, Galerie Maud Barral, Nice (FR).
Cathédrales, RVB Books Gallery, Paris.
Laurence Aegerter Textile, Les visiteurs du soir, Agnes B, Nice.
2014
Cathédrales, Art Affairs Gallery Amsterdam.
2013
The Modernists and More, Hermitage Museum Amsterdam.
2012
Révélations, Galerie de la Ferronnerie, Paris.
2011
Hermitage, The Modernists, Art Affairs Gallery, 2x2 projects Gallery in collaboration
with C&H art space, Amsterdam.
Laurence Aëgerter, Photographies et Tapisseries, Galerie Maud Barral, Nice (FR).
Staged Realities, Johan Deumens Gallery, Leipzig (DE).
2010
Le Louvre, MAMAC (Museum for modern and contemporary art), Nice (FR).
Seek & Hide, Museum van Loon, Amsterdam.
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte, in collaboration with Ronald van Tienhoven,
Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag (NL).
2009
Appropriations, Institut Néerlandais, Paris.
Opening Soon / Opening Now, Residency RED A.I.R. Amsterdam.
An Alphabetical Index of Some of the Stories, Residency CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam.
A.E.G.E.R.T.E.R., 2x2 projects Gallery, Amsterdam.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2015
Making Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design, curated by Amelie Klein and Okwui
Enwezor, with Making Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design, curators Amelie Klein
and Okwui Enwezor, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (ES) with a.o. Mario Macilau, J.D. ‘Okhai
Ojekere and Malick Sidibé.
Hijacking Karma #2, Stigter van Doesburg Gallery, Amsterdam with a.o. Daniël van
Straalen, Bonno van Doorn and Christoph Westermeier.
Hijacking Karma #3, Stigter van Doesburg Gallery, Amsterdam, with a.o. Brendan Heshka,
Elise van Mourik and Marius Lut, Amsterdam.
LEVIATHAN, commission by Museum Het Dolhuys, Haarlem (NL) in the context of the
jubileum exhibition ‘De (on)volmaakte mens’.
Tables, Dutch and Flemish artist’s books, curator Maaike Lauwaert, Art Rotterdam and Art
Brussels.
Avoir Lieu, Société Générale Bank & Trust, Mois Européen de la Photographie, Luxembourg,
with a.o. Bisagno- Baltzer, Renaud Auguste Dormeuil and Joël Bartoloméo.
Sequence 1, collectie kunstenaars boeken Henk Woudsma en Groninger Museum, curators
Henk Woudsma, Rein Jelle Terpstra en Barthold Boksem, Academie Minerva Groningen
(NL).
LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Johan Deumens Gallery, Los Angeles
(US).
Stedelijk Book Fair 2015, Johan Deumens Gallery , Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam, Seelevel Gallery, with a.o. Diane Scherer and Ola Lanko.
Opening show, Seelevel Gallery, Amsterdam, with a.o. Marjolein Blom, Diane Scherer and
Ola Lanko.
2014
Repetition as an ongoing state of change, Johan Deumens Gallery at De Drie Heuvelen,
Amsterdam, with a.o. Anne Geene, Vibeke Mascini, Andrea Stultiens and Witho Worms.
32 TFS Double Life, in situ installation, Park Vliegbasis Soesterberg (NL).
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte, LagosPhoto Festival (NG).
Dutch Photobook, curator Erik Kessels, TIFF Festival, Wroclaw (PL), with a.o. Batia Suter and
Hans Eijkelboom.
Undercover, Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta, St. Petersburg (RU), with a.o. Jaap
Scheeren and Andrea Stultiens.
Remake, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz (BE), with a.o Jeremie Bennequin, Christian
Boltanski and Eva Evrard.
Où commence le futur ?, MAMAC Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice (FR), with a.o. Emmanuel
Régent, Cédric Teisseire and Gregroy Forstner.
Vevey, Ville d'Images, curator Peter Scholl, Het Apparaat, posters throughout the city, Vevey
(CH).
Reprinted, Editions RVB Books, Paris, with a.o. Peter Piller, Thomas Mailaender and Anouk
Kruithof.
Si prega di ricollocare i cassetti del catalogo nel giusto ordine, Art Rotterdam (NL), Galerie A,
Harry Ruhé.
Rencontres de la photographie Arles, Cosmos Book market, Editions RVB Books, Arles (FR).
New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Editions RVB Books, New York.
2013
From Here On, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona (ES), curators Joachim Schmid, Joan
Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels, Clement Cheroux and Martin Parr, with a.o. Thomas Mailaender,
Corinne Voinnet and Penelope Umbrico.
Bonjour Monsieur Matisse, MAMAC, Nice (FR), with a.o. Tom Wesselmann, Niki de Saint
Phalle, Alain Jacquet and Sarah Moon.
Conceptual photography, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam, with a.o. Ulay, John Baldessari,
Dieter Appelt, Katrin Korfmann and John Hilliard.
Longo Mai, permanent site specific installation for Musée Borély des Arts décoratifs, de la
Faïence et de la Mode, Marseille (FR).
Grands formats, a collaboration with Galerie Bertrand Baraudou, Galerie Maud Barral, Nice
(FR), with a.o. Emmanuel Régent, Kiril Ukolov and Thomas Fougeirol.
Correspondences, Johan Deumens Gallery, Amsterdam, with a.o. Simon Morris and
Elisabeth Tonnard.
Binnenstaander, Museum Het Dolhuys, curated by Mirjam Hijstek, with a.o. Dan Geesin and
Rens van Meegen, Haarlem (NL).
Collectie de Basis, ex Air Force military base Soesterberg (NL), with o.a. Ali Kazma, Sanja
Medic, Erik Odijk, Henrik Hakansson and Fernando Sanchez Castillo.
2012
From Here On, FOMU (FotoMuseum) Antwerp (BE), curators Joachim Schmid, Joan
Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels, Clement Cheroux and Martin Parr, with a.o. Thomas Mailaender,
Corinne Voinnet and Penelope Umbrico.
Untold stories, Johan Deumens Gallery, Amsterdam, with a.o. Mounir Fatmi and Luuk
Wilmerink.
Temporary Stedelijk museum nr.5, virtual exhibition at www.TemporaryStedelijk.com,
Mattsson / vandenEeden.
4th Korenbeurs, curators Tanya Rumpff, Johan Deumens, Berry Koedam and Anne-Marie
Roos, Schiedam (NL), with a.o. Rosemin Hendriks, Anett Frontzek and Rachel Gooyear.
2011
From Here On, Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles (FR), curators Joachim
Schmid, Joan Fontcuberta, Erik Kessels, Clement Cheroux and Martin Parr, with a.o. Thomas
Mailaender, Corinne Vionnet and Penelope Umbrico.
EAB Art Fair, Johan Deumens Gallery & Galerie A, Harry Ruhé, New York.
Inauguration, Galerie Maud Barral, Nice (FR), with a.o. Stephane Cipre and Emmanuel
Regent.
Le Louvre, Photography Biennale, Galerie Le Lieu, Lorient (FR).
D'un regard, l'autre, the French Institute, Istanbul (TR), duo exhibition with Izzet Keribar.
Voorkamer, Les Brasseurs, Lier (BE), with a.o. Thomas Broadbent and Batia Suter.
4th concours artistique (winner), CCIMP (Chamber of International Commerce Marseille
Provence), Marseille (FR).
Sequences, Johan Deumens Gallery, De Drie Heuvelen Amsterdam, with a.o. Annesas Appel
and Luuk Wilmerink.
Tectonique des plans , Galerie de la Ferronnerie, Paris, duo exhibition with Aymeric Vergnon
d’Alançon.
2010
Kienholz: Hoerengracht, Amsterdam Historical Museum, with a.o. Marieken Verheyen and
Marina Abramovic.
Tales of the Unexpected, Project Foundation, Dek 22, Art Rotterdam (NL), with a.o. Ulay,
John Bock en Navid Nuur.
Perec et l'art contemporain, Galerie CROUS - Beaux-Arts, Paris, with a.o. Christian Boltanski,
Joachim Schmid and Claude Closky.
D'après nature, Château d'Avignon, Saintes-Maries-de la Mer (FR), with a.o. Gilles
Desplanques, Brigitte Bauer and Bas Jan Ader.
Meer, De Voorkamer, Lier (BE), with a.o. Katja Mater, Helmut Dick and Michael Wolf.
A. de B., Museum van Loon, Museumnacht, Amsterdam.
London Art Book Fair, Johan Deumens Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Multiplied, Contemporary Editions Fair, Johan Deumens Gallery, Christie’s, London.
To the Limit, Johan Deumens Gallery, Spinnerei Galleries, Leipzig (DE).
5th Sybren Hellinga art price (nominee), Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag (NL).
2009
Pulse Art Fair, 2x2 projects Gallery, New York.
Young Dutch Video, International Centre of Arts, Wroclaw (PL), curators Radek Vana and
Frantisek Kowolowski, with a.o. Maya Cohen and Mounira Al Solh.
Arnhem Mode Biënnale (NL), with a.o. Roy Villevoye, Piero del Pollaiullo and Myoung Ho
Lee.
Individual Co-ordinates, Johan Deumens Gallery, Haarlem, with a.o. Annesas Appel.
RED A.I.R., Amsterdam, curator Angela Serino, with a.o. Francesca Grilli, Ahmet Oghut and
Egle Budvytyte.
2008
The Archive Part 1, Johan Deumens Gallery, Haarlem (NL), with a.o. Yvonne Dröge Wendel,
Tine Melzer and Kasper Andreasen.
Artist Book International, Centre Pompidou, Johan Deumens Gallery, Paris.
EAB Fair, Galerie A, Harry Ruhé, New York.
Instants Video, Friches la Belle de Mai, Marseille (FR), with a.o. Koen Theys and Mariana
Vassileva.
Honorons Honoré, Mechelen (BE), curator Damien de Lepeleire, with a.o. Michel Francois,
Honoré d’O and Sophie D’Ansembourg.
Young Dutch Video, The Brno House of Arts, Brno (CZ), curators Radek Vana and Frantisek
Kowolowski, with a.o. Maya Cohen and Mounira Al Solh.
A Perfect Book, Centre for Photography, Amsterdam, curator Wil van Iersel, with a.o. Willem
Popelier, Elspeth Diederix and Erik van der Weijde.
Artist’s books and m ultiples
2015
Healing Plants for Hurt Landscapes, edition of 1000 + 50 limited edition.
2014
Cathédrales, publisher RVB Books, Paris, edition of 490 + 50 limited edition.
2012
Trance, edition of 10.
Si prega di ricollocare i cassetti del catalogo nel giusto ordine, edition of 5.
2011
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors-texte, in collaboration with Ronald van Tienhoven,
publisher Filigranes, Paris, edition of 1000.
2010
10 DAYS / 22 MONTHS, edition of 8.
2009
An Alphabetical Index of Some of the Stories, edition of 15.
Catalogue des chefs-d’oeuvres du musée du Louvre, edition of 400 + 100 limited edition.
A.E.G.E.R.T.E.R, edition of 100.
2007
180 degrees encyclopaedia, edition of 15.
2006
LA LA LA LA, sponsored by Neroc VGM, Amsterdam, edition of 100.
2005
A Meeting On Paper, curator Erik Kessels, commissioned by Neroc VGM, Amsterdam,
edition of 2500.
Grants, prizes, residencies and com m issions
2015
LEVIATHAN, art project commissioned by Museum Het Dolhuys, Haarlem (NL).
Stipend for established art practice 2015-2019, Het Mondriaan Fonds (NL).
Photographic commission by the Rembrandt Association (NL).
2014
(De)coding Freedom, commissioned by Notaris Dogliani, Colas & Kurgansky, Nice (FR).
Herbarium Cataplasma exhibition at the Fries Museum and Healing plants for Hurt
Landscapes artist’s book commissioned by the City of Leeuwarden.
Charity award NRC Handelsblad, in the context of Photographic commission by the
Rembrandt Association (NL).
2013
Elasticity of Presence, project based stipend, AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts).
Longo Mai, commission of a series of tapestries by Musée Borély des Arts décoratifs, de la
Faïence et de la Mode, Marseille (FR). In the context of ‘Marseille European Capital of
Culture’.
Herbarium Cataplasma, art in community project in the neighborhood OldegalileënBloemen, Leeuwarden (NL) commissioned by the municipality of Leeuwarden.
Promises to my daughter, performance commissioned by the Night of Philosophy,
Leeuwarden (NL).
Photographic commission by the Rembrandt Association (NL).
2012
Prix Arcimboldo – Les Gens d’images (nominee), granted by Marieke Wiegel of the Institut
Néerlandais, Paris.
Cathédrales, publication stipend, FBKVB (Dutch Fund for Visual Arts, Design and
Architecture).
2011
32 TFS Double Life, commissioned by SKOR (Foundation for Art and Public Domain), CBK
Utrecht and the Province of Utrecht (NL).
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte, project based stipend, FBKVB (Dutch Fund for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
4eme Concours Artistique (winner), CCIMP (Chamber of International Commerce Marseille
Provence), Marseille (FR).
2010
Blind Man’s Bluff I & II, commissionned by the Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhone,
Chateau d'Avignon (FR).
Seek & Hide, commissioned by Museum van Loon, Amsterdam.
Starters Stipend, FBKVB (Dutch Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte, project based stipend, FBKVB (Dutch Fund for
Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte, residency Kunsthuis SYB, Beesterzwaag (NL).
5th Sybren Hellinga art price (nominee).
2009
An Alphabetical Index of Some of the Stories, artist in residency BijlmAIR, Amsterdam.
Opening Soon/Opening Now, KP23, artist in residency Red A.I.R., Amsterdam.
Catalogue des chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du Louvre, project based stipend, FBKVB (Dutch
Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
10 DAYS/22 MONTHS, residency AGA, Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier.
2008
Polly Morph Award (nominee).
Starters Stipend, FBKVB (Dutch Fund for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
Publications and m edia
2015
‘Photographie et mémoire’, Mois Européen de la Photographie, ‘Avoir Lieu’ Leonora
Bisagno, Luxembourg, pp.72-75.
Kunstbeeld nr. 3, ‘Helende planten’, Anna van Leeuwen, p. 74.
Het Parool, ‘Oude werk, nieuw werk’, Kees Keijer, January 29th p.18.
Leeuwarder courant,’ De wereld een beetje genezen met planten’, Kirsten van Santen, March
28th.
Fries dagblad, ‘Vernietigde natuur genezen’, March 21st, p.19.
Omroep Fryslan, ‘Op en ut’, life interview about Herbarium Cataplasma, tv and radio
broadcast, April 11th.
Mister Motley Salon, Laurence Aegerter online curator of ‘ Decompositions’,
http://www.mistermotley.nl/salon.
2014
Whitehot Magazine of contemporary art, ‘Laurence Aëgerter at the Hermitage Amsterdam’,
Paul Laster, http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/gerter-at-the-hermitage-amsterdam/2914,
pp. 1-5.
Beaux Arts éditions, ‘Les arts décoratifs à Marseille’, cover, pp. 3, 30-31.
Lürzer’s international archive, pp. 76-77.
RTL television broadcast, ‘Koffietijd’ about ‘The Modernists and More’, January 11th.
2013
Bonjour Monsieur Matisse, catalogue MAMAC Nice, G. Perlain and R. Francois, pp. 16, 17,
87.
From Here On, catalogue Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, p. 14.
Remake, catalogue Musée Royal de Mariemont, N. Corazzini and S. Laghouati, pp. 38-39.
Kunstbeeld nr. 4, ‘Oude meesters, nieuwe meesters’, Anna van Leeuwen, p. 36.
ARTS HOLLAND Magazine, ‘New Dutch Masters’, Erik Kessels, p. 6.
2012
FOAM Magazine, Sebastian Hau, nr. 31, June, p. 192.
City Magazine, Redlight Art, vol. 16, nr. 1-2 February-April, pp. 190-194.
De Standaard, ‘Leve de remixfotografie’, Sam Steverlynck, June 27th.
2011
I promise to love you, catalogue Caldic Collectie, Suzanne Swarts, Maria Barnas, pp.19, 184185.
NRC Handelsblad, ‘Vergeet tijd en plaats en zoek dan de verschillen’, Raymond van den
Boogaard, October 24th.
Kunstbeeld nr. 9, ‘Beelden binnen’, Sandra Spjikerman, pp. 58-59.
Arte Al Limite, ‘Laurence Aëgerter, visual miracles’, interview by Angelica Navarro,
November,
pp. 108-114.
Hermitage, The Modernists , Art in America, review by Paul Laster, June, pp. 174, 176.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Kunstmarkt, ‘Die Volksbutique als Lebensmodell’, Lisa Zeits,
October 1st, p. 38.
Leipziger Volkszeitung, ‘Vielfalt statt Einfaltt’, p. 15.
NRC Handelsblad, ‘De Tweede kijker’, Hans den Hartog Jager, March 17th.
2010
NRC Handelsblad, ‘De geest uit de hutkoffer’, Angela Dekker, July 4th, pp. 1-2.
Cahier Perec nr. 10, ‘Perec et l'art contemporain’, Jean-Luc Joly, pp. 491-496.
Le Louvre, exhibition review on MAMAC, Nice (FR), FR3 (French TV channel).
Kunstbeeld nr. 9, ‘Laurence Aëgerter en Ronald van Tienhoven’, Roos van der Lint, p. 12.
2009
Tubelight, ‘Bestemmingsplan in de versnelling’, Marieke Voeten, September 9th.
VPRO avonden (radio broadcast), Anton de Goede, in collaboration with 2x2 projects
Gallery, February 1st.
Catalogue Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (CA), ‘Ingres et les Modernes’, Dimitri
Salmon,
pp. 54-55, 121, 148.
Lectures, Debates and Educational and other work
2015
On Pixels and Cathedrals, discussion on artist’s books with Anouk Kruithof and Erik van
Boxtel at PrintRoom, Rotterdam (NL).
Mentor for young talents, mentoring of two artists, commission by Cultuur - Ondernemen,
Amsterdam.
Mentor for young artists, mentoring of two artists, commissioned by Cultuur - Ondernemen,
Amsterdam.
Guest teacher at the Academie Minerva, Groningen (NL).
Guest teacher ‘Publication as performance’, theatre school SNDO, Hoge School voor de
Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Guest curator t.b.v Mister Motley Salon ‘Decompositions’, http://www.mistermotley.nl/salon.
2014
Mentor for young artists, mentoring of two artists, commissioned by Cultuur - Ondernemen,
Amsterdam.
Lecture Cathédrales, Salon für Kunstbuch, on invitation of curator Bernhard Cella, Museum
21er Haus, Vienna.
2013
Lecture Elasticity of Presence, in collaboration with Renée Borgonjen, in the context of
‘Tussen-ruimte’, office Jourik Ouburg, Non-fiction, TAAK and Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam.
Workshop ‘Out of the box’, Reinwardt Academie voor Museologie, Amsterdam.
2012
Lecture ‘Laurence Aëgerter’s artist’s books’, on invitation of curator Sebastian Hau, 5e
International Photobook Festival Kassel, Le Bal, Paris.
Lecture Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors-texte, on invitation of curator Bernhard Cella,
Salon für Kunstbuch, Museum 21er Haus, Vienna.
Guest teacher at the KABK (Royal Fine Arts Academy), Den Haag (NL).
2011
Lecture ‘Appropriations’, Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam.
Lecture ‘Systems and I’, KABK (Royal Fine Arts Academy), Den Haag (NL).
Guest at the debate ‘Perec, a user’s manual’, Corrosia foundation, Almere (NL).
2010
Guest at the China-Europe Forum, working group on Fine Art, Beijing (CN) and Hong Kong.
Guest at the debate ‘Le copyright dans l'art contemporain’, Institut Néerlandais, Paris.
Guest at the debate ‘Kunst als stedelijke glijmiddel’ (Art as Political Lubricant), Amsterdams
Historisch Museum.
Teacher and lecturer at the Fine Art department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2009
Guest at the debate ‘Every Archive Hides Another Archive’, Galerie 37 Spaarnestad, Haarlem
(NL).
Teacher and lecturer at the Fine Art department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
2008
Guest at the China-Europe Forum, working group on art education, Guangzhou (CN).
Guest teacher art theory, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
Workshop ‘Out of the Box’, Reinwardt Academy for Museology, Amsterdam.
interview ‘Reproductie’, with Michel François, commissioned by mister Motley art magazine.
W ork in Collections The New York Public Library (Het Apparaat)
The Archive of Modern Conflict (Cathédrales special edition)
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden (Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte)
J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles (Het Apparaat)
MoMA, New York (Catalogue des Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du Louvre)
John M. Flaxman Library, The School of Arts, Chicago (LA LA LA LA)
Robert B. Hass family library, Yale University (Catalogue des Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du
Louvre)
Tate Gallery, London (Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte)
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (Tristes Tropiques: Illustrations hors texte)
MAK, Osterreichisches Museum für Angewandte und Gegenwartse Kunst, Vienna (Catalogue
des Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du Louvre)
Bibliothèque Kandinsky Centre Pompidou, Paris (LA LA LA LA, A Meeting on Paper)
BnF, Bibilothèque Nationale de France, Paris (180 degrees encyclopaedia, Catalogue des
Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée du Louvre)
Musée Borély des Arts Décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode, Marseille (Longo Mai)
CCIMP Kunstcollectie, Chambre de Commerce Internationale Marseille Provence, Marseille
(KP23)
MAMAC, Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Nice (Le Louvre)
Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône, Château d’Avignon (Blind Man’s Bluff I & II)
Centre du livre d'artiste, Saint Yrieix-la-Perche (Catalogue des Chefs’d’oeuvre du Musée du
Louvre)
Musée de l’Élysée, Lausanne (Cathédrales)
Amsterdams Historisch Museum, (KP23)
AMC kunstcollectie, (Academisch Medisch Centrum) Amsterdam (LA LA LA LA)
Museum van Loon, Amsterdam (All is in all and it has always been)
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague (180 degrees encyclopaedia)
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam (Het Apparaat)
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Cathédrales book)