Ralph Collier (° 1990, BE) makes film installations, sculptures, photographs and exhibitions.
In his artistic practice, Collier explores the nature of the image, the exhibition and reality by disrupting their constitutive components. He carefully manipulates their fundamental or formal characteristics, plays with their parameters. Hence, he raises questions about the value and meaning of images; how they are read and understood in a time of 'image overload'
EDUCATION
2020 - 2021
BATAC,
Thomas More, Mechelen, BE
2016 - 2017
Postgraduate Curatorial Studies,
School of Arts KASK, Ghent, BE
2012 - 2016
Bachelor and Master Fine Arts,
St. Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp, BE
INTERNSHIP
2021
Diplodokus, BE
2017
Studio Anri Sala, Berlin, GER
AWARDS & GRANTS
2023
Scenariosteun documentaire 'Empire Of Lies', ism Diplodokus
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF)
2023
Productiesteun docureeks 'Aanwinst', ism Borgerhoff & Lamberigts TV
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF)
2022
Ontwikkelingsteun docureeks 'Aanwinst',
Sabam for culture
2013
1st place
Concordia Concours,
PAK Gistel, BE
He undermines the time- and place-bound conventions of exhibitions, so that it is not always clear what exactly could be seen or happened. In a similar way, he explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, thereby evoking doubts between what is true and what is not, by playing on the perception. These considerations and remarks often materialize in a single visual gesture, a succinct spatial intervention, an exceptional process residue.
Written by Eline Verstegen
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Tique Art Space, Antwerp, BE
2016
Testifying of a real random encounter,
Van Der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2015
The Shakespeare Mystery, Antwerp, BE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
C-Mine Genk, BE
2022
curated by Melanie Bühler
M Leuven, BE
2021
curated by Clarisse Bruynbroeck,
Eline Verstegen & Veerle Wenes
Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019 - 2020
Nature Morte - Nature Vivante,
co-curated with Veerle Wenes & Françoise Foulon,
2019
Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019
Het Entrepot, Bruges, BE
2019
co-curated with Clarisse Bruynbroeck,
Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019
(...) - Alternating Narratives (curator),
St. Lucas School of Arts, Antwerp, BE
2018
with co-curated with Clarisse Bruynbroeck,
Damiano Curschellas & Karen Amanda Moser,
BIKINI, Basel, CH
2017
co-curated with Clarisse Bruynbroeck,
Valerie Traan, Rivoli, Brussels, BE
2017
co-curated with May Lie Basyn, Phyllis Dierick,
Marta Janakakisz, Maud Oonk & Olivier Van D'huynslager,
KASK, Ghent, BE
2016 - 2017
Marres Currents #4: Running Time,
curated by Barbara Cueto & Bas Hendrikx
Marres, Maastricht, NL
2014
Jeu, Factor 44, Antwerp, BE
2013
Concordia Concours, PAK, Gistel, BE