E a r n e s t
Expositions
2023
Retrospectieve Earnest, solo, at Boutros Gallery, Antwerp
Sahara View, mural, Let's play ground, Antwerp
PAF, Artist residency, Saint-Erme, France
Hope, mural, Let's play ground, Antwerp
Artist in Residence at Moeskop
2022
U bevindt zich hier, Returnity, Arthur, Antwerpen
Open Ateliers, Zuiderpershuis, Waalse Kaai 14, Antwerpen
Artist in Residence at Moeskop, Dageraadplaats, Antwerpen
2021
Aarde, Malpertuis Gallerij - NOH Gallery, Hoboken
Into Eternity, the Art of Giving, BorGerHub, Borgerhout
Contemporary Art Fair, The Line Contemporary Art Space, London, UK
On Life, Gallery Rossocinabro, Roma, Italia
Go Green, Rossocinabro gallery, Roma, Italy
Verbinding, Art Club Borgerhout, 't Werkhuys, Borgerhout
Artists Tomorrow, Rossocinabro gallery, Roma, Italy
Mixing identities, The Line Gallery, London, UK
2020
2019
2018
2017
Horizon, mural, Let's play ground, Antwerp
Kunstroute 2060, Antwerp
Female Artists Club, BorGerHub, Borgerhout
Plato's Cave, a solo expo in three parts:ThankGodforTrauma!, the Cosmic Connection & the Reality of Beauty, at BorGerHub, Borgerhout
Artist in Residence at Moeskop
POWER, Solo, at Multitude Signature, Wilrijk
Artist in Residence at Moeskop, Antwerp
Multimodel, organised by Serge Baeken, at 't Werkhuys, Borgerhout
Cadixroute, Antwerp
Artist in Residence at Moeskop, Antwerp
A family affair', Onzea-expo, Tracé Cultuurstation, Ekeren
ALCHEMIC BODY | FIRE . AIR . WATER . EARTH, Laura Haber Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vierseizoenenmodel, 't Werkhuys, Borgerhout
2016
2015
Silent Conversations, Solo, De Verdieping (adjacent de Moeskop), Antwerp
Vol van Genade, Multitude at Kasteel Sterckshof, Deurne
CADIX-route, Antwerp
ALL + 1 = 1, Love, CO Nova Antwerp
ALL + 1 = 1, Giving/Taking, CO Nova, Antwerp
ALL + 1 = 1, Human Colours, CO Nova, Antwerp
2014
2013
2009
2008
2007
Reservoir of enclosed matter, Morbee Galerie, Brussels
Cadix Route, Antwerp
Duo Expo at De Dikke Kat, Antwerp
Cultuurstraat met o.a. Jan Fabre en Panamarenko
Onzea-Expo, Kasteel Rivierenhof, Deurne
Kunst-soldaten, met o.a. Roger Raveel, Sofie Muller, Sint-Denijs-Westrem
L’Avventura dell’ Arte – festival , Kessel
Art Collectives
Returnity 2022 - ...
Letsplayground 2020 - ...
Multitude 2016 - 2020
Hodgkinauten 2015 - 2011
Avventura dell'Arte 2014 - 2004
Media
Outline
Horizon
100m x 4m
Hope
4m x 3m
Sahara
12m x 4m
Retrospectieve Earnest
20 jaar op zoek naar het licht
Boutros Gallery, Provinciestraat 54, Antwerpen
21/09 - 27/10/23
U bevindt zich hier
In de schoonheid van het moment
Met je voeten op de grond
Zoek niet verder
U bevindt zich hier
Een groepstentoonstelling met Nuria Donaire Alliet, Earnest, Ulysses Ost, Elona Saidouleava, Floris Van Opstal, Hugo Vereeck, Serge Vermeersch
Vernissage 10 september om 16 uur met de Stadsdichter Yves Kibi Puati Nelen
Expo van kunstcollektief Returnity
In woon en -zorghuis Arthur
Solvynstraat 80, 2018 Antwerpen
Van 10 september tot 16 oktober 2022
AARDE
expo met hugo vereeck, serge en earnest
houtsculpturen, foto's en schilderijen
in Malpertuis Gallerij - NOH Gallery
I participated with the Powers of Nature, three
paintings on glass and with the Reality of Beauty,
being Baffled by the light, Astonishment and
Happiness.
INTO ETERNITY - Art of Giving
Een collectie van internationale artiesten transformeerde BorGerHub ‘Into Eternity’. Dit project vanuit het hart verbindt verschillende kunstwerelden en laat de bezoeker opgaan in de visie van de kunstenaars.
“The meeting of two eternities, the past and the future … is precisely the present moment”
- Henry David Thoreau
Met kunst in de wereld te zetten, geeft een kunstenaar iets van schoonheid, iets van betekenis. We nemen dit ‘geven’ een stap verder. Met de hulp van kunst liefhebbers en kopers, geven we een deel van onze verkoop aan vijf goede doelen: Mila 4 Africa, Letsplayground, Nikela, Zelfmoordpreventie and Vzw Kiddo’s.
Georganiseerd door Art of Giving i.s.m. Borgerhub Stuyft van 22 tot 29 oktober 2021
kunstenaars: Rachel Agnew, Boy & Erik Stappaerts, Earnest, Christine Clinckx, Sebastien Le Clef, Wendy Krochmal, Flowris, Elona Saidoul, Sebastiaan Vandoninck, Cindy Wright,
Adrian Iurco, John Rausenberger, Marius Ritiu, Marix, Haider Jabbar, Hanneke Vande Kerkhof,
Faryda Moumouh, Kris Henkens, Nuria Donaire Aliet, Ulysses Ost, Frederic Geurts
Sound Performance door Christine Clinckx, Michel Verkempinck and Arthur Pas op de vernissage.
Muziek op performance evening door Taz Von Stone, aimée & Eric De Vos, Gilles Defieuw, Quetzali Hermans en Victor Scheltiens.
Spoken Word verzorgd door Proza-K tijdens de finissage.
Mixing Identities, London, I participated in this event with the work:
Coming to Terms
oil&pigment on canvas, 70cmx50cm
In our inner struggle we encounter both the light as the dark sides of ourself. Finding a balance between the two is challenging. How can we embrace their existence in order to be authentic ? A spiritual connection, shedding light on it, can help as a guideline on the path to acceptance and love.
POWER
at Multitude Signature, Zonnedauwstraat 29, 2610 Wilrijk (Antwerp) this exhibition hosted four lovely events:
24.06.18 Power Sessions
We invited people to book a session of twenty minutes to be with pieces I created.
It was suggested to come alone or to bring one other person at the most so you were free to take your time to sit, stare, listen, to walk around, to sleep, to be.
We were outside to welcome you and offcourse had a drink and a chat. A day of flow.
02.12.17 & 16.12.17 two evening diners, exhibition in the spirit of Plato's Dialogue
exploring the theme 'Power'
surrounded by the new work of Earnest
Monday Agbonzee Jr. coloured the room with his guitar
30.12.17 a lazy afternoon, early evening with tea, coffee, cake & wine
endulging in company, thoughts and feelings around the theme 'POWER'
surrounded by the work of Earnest
Mathias Van Den Bosch generously shared his music on guitar
For this exhibition I also was invited by Leo Reijnders, de Wolkenbreiers, in his program at Radio Centraal, Antwerp on the 5th of February 2018. (www.thecloudknitters.be)
PLATO's CAVE
Through an expo of paintings Earnest brings the allogory of Plato's Cave in three parts:
ThankGodforTrauma!
the Cosmic Connection
the Reality of Beauty
At what used to be a Vredegerecht, now BorGerHub, Borgerhout.
29.09.19 - 16.02.20
Het fragment vertelt het verhaal van de Grot van Plato bij de expo en duurt slechts 5 à 7 minuten.
Silent Conversations
In creating these works I have extensive conversations in silence. Be it with my soul, my inner truth, the universe, my subconscious, my heart, … each work explores a different emotion or subject. I enjoy having these exchanges and seeing them becoming visualised. I invite you to have your own conversation with any work that speaks to you. I consider these works as food for the soul. As everyone doesn’t love the same dishes, this might as well be the case with some of this work for you. Not everyone is equally hungry. Be my guest to take a bite, a degustation menu or to eat à la carte.
Vol van genade 25.03.16 - 25.04.16
De wondere wereld.
Als derde project van MULTITUDE vulden we
het kasteel Sterckshof te Deurne met schoonheid en liefde.
de tentoonstelling Vol van Genade met werk van:
Carolina Tafalla
Kris Burm
Alessandra Ruyten
Tom Liekens
Tineke Thys
Mireille Robbe
Dries Segers
Matti Degueldre en Jaimy Smink
Boy Erik Stappaerts
Renard
Guus van den Hout
Mathieu V. Staelens
Sarah Ann Cousein
Els Vanden Meersch
E a r n e s t
Joris van Arkel
Suzanne Venema
Dichtkunst Moja de Feyter, Gust Peeters
Guy Van de Casteele (de Poesje van Sint Andries)
Nose to nose; Jan Somers
- muziek door Helios Quartet, Cowboys in Space, Ewout Lehoucq, Tegen Beter Weten In
Het kasteel Sterckshof is eigendom van de Provincie Antwerpen en in leegstandsbeheer van FMT Belgie.
Sterckshof - Hooftvunderlei 160, 2100 Antwerpen, Belgium
In 2015 Earnest was invited by CO NOVA to organise a tryptych of expositions.
I called it ALL + 1 = 1.
credits to Lieve Petit for coordinating NOVA and to Griet Minnebach for presenting the art works.
Final part of the ALL + 1 = 1 series, was, where the universal and the individual fuse into one, being
L O V E (=1)
“…very simple: an expo about love. Can you capture that in an image?
What does it look like ? … “
ALL + 1 = 1
ALL = 1 & LOVE = 1
LOVE = ALL
7 artists showed love.
Rachel AGNEW, Hn Marco COOLS, EARNEST, Jorge MENDES, e-MOTION² en Carolina TAFALLA
“Graag zien is onweerstaanbaar DNA” - Hn Marco Cools
CO NOVA, Schijfstraat 105, 2020 Antwerpen
HUMAN COLOURS (ALL)
First out of 3 exhibitions of the ALL + 1 = 1 series this year.
Vinni Arrendell and Earnest invite you to explore HUMAN COLOURS.
Ten artists have shown their interpretation of the Human Colours philosophy. Christine CLINCKX, Hn Marco Cools, Anne DE VYLDER,
EARNEST, FDT, Robin GOETHALS, Faryda MOUMOUH, OJOMO, SOLO SICK ART and Carolina TAFFALLA engaged to communicate
this message through sculptures, photography, paintings, installations and drawings.
I took part in this exhibition with 2 works:
TRAPPED (IN)DIFFERENCE
a 3D piece of art, consisting of 5 hourglasses, filled with sand from 5 outskirts of the world, containing and representing the 5 human colours. The hourglasses are trapped in a wooden box. At the end of the draw are 5 small mirrors, inviting the viewer to see himself.
FOR ALL IS ONE
a group of 5 paintings, 5 self-portraits, with each of them of another skin colour. Each portrait wears a sweater woven of the DNA-structure of a human being, as we all wear the same DNA.
gIVING/TAKINg (+1)
Second out of 3 exhibitions of the ALL + 1 = 1 series this year.
You could contribute as a visitor to the work 'Shelter' of Christine Clinkcx by bringing a personal object and adding it to the installation and taking one object in return.
6 artists gave their interpretation and took you along with this theme. Rachel AGNEW, Christine CLINCKX, Hn Marco Cools, EARNEST, Waldrada ONZEA & Carolina TAFALLA.
In this expo I took part with 5 paintings and one 3D piece:
NO MORE MRS. PERFECT
THE MORE YOU TAKE THE MORE YOU BRAKE
THE HAND THAT BEATS, HURTS THE MOST
I WILL HOLD YOU DOWN
TOO MUCH LIFE
PUSH MY BUTTON, an interactive installation, where the visitor can push an emotional button, resulting in an re-action of the piece.
