Carla Arocha (also known as: Carla Preiss), Venezuelan, b. 1961, lives in Antwerp
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.F.A., 1994.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, B.F.A., 1991.
St. Xavier University, Chicago, B.S., Biology, 1986.
Stéphane Schraenen, Belgium, b. 1971, lives in Antwerp.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, M.F.A, 1996.
Higher Institute for Communication Management of the Province of Antwerp, B.A., Communication Management, 1992.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
99-24, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt
2023
Interstice, Ballroom Gallery, Brussels
2022
Unvollendet, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main
Floop, Galeria Fermay, Palma de Mallorca
2019
Look Out, Galería Maior, Pollença
The Aftermath, Gallery of Fine Arts, Split
City Scape, Hantrax Vinyl Release Show & Studio Turns 4, De Studio, Antwerp
2018
Tickle, The Suburban, Milwaukee, 2018; traveled as Interval to XIV Bienal de Cuenca, “Estructuras vivientes. El arte como experiencia plural,” Cuenca [catalogue]
C2H6O, curated by Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Pulsar, Antwerp
Walk the Line, Galería Maior, Palma de Mallorca
2017
Carla Arocha, Stéphane Schraenen & Markos Döbeli: Restlessness, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
Marauding in Molenbeek, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels [leaflet]
A Studio Visit, CASSTL, Antwerp
2016
Concrete, Parasol Unit—Foundation for Contemporary Art, London
Angelehnt: Arbeiten von Antonio Calderara + Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, KUNSTPARTERRE, Munich
2015
Landscape, An exhibition by Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Sala Juarez - LARVA, Guadalajara, Mexico
In a Rhythmic Fashion, Gliptoteka HAZU, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 2015; traveled to Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
DOT, 120 Minutes: Arocha-Schraenen, Art Brussels, Brussels
Trace, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
Landscape + Spacing. Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen - Piotr Tolmachov, Pulsar, Antwerp
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Pinta Miami—Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show, Florida. Represented by KaBe Contemporary, Miami.
2014
Persiana: Carla Arocha–Stéphane Schraenen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen [catalogue]
2013
Sunday, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
What Now? Carla Arocha–Stéphane Schraenen, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin [catalogue]
Click, KaBe Contemporary, Miami
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Alex & Ed Studio, Antwerp
2012
After. Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, CAB Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos. [catalogue]
The Discrepancy Between the Pale and the Dark Zone, Ganes Pratt, MALA Galerija, Ljubljana
Caraota von Moules, Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin (with Arturo Herrera) [leaflet]
Looking For Clues, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles
2011
Framed, Vaast Colson: Screwed, BeLa Editions Gallery, Brussels
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen and Peter Pilotto, Circa Tabac at The Wallace Collection, Wallace Collection, London
Five Colors, Edition Copenhagen, Copenhagen
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Cabin, Antwerp (BE)
2010
Sequence #4, Koraalberg, Antwerp
As If, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago
Undertow, KaBe Contemporary, Miami
2009
Artist Project @ the fair, Art Brussels, Brussels, 2009. Represented by Koraalberg, Antwerp [catalogue]
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Chicago Transit Authority, Howard Station, Chicago [catalogue]
Gloria, Vegas Gallery, London
2008
If Only, André Schlechtriem Temporary, New York City
The Man You Love to Hate, Koraalberg, Antwerp
Hier Waak Ik, Periférico Caracas | Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas
2007
Marauders, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, 2007; traveled as Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen: Maraudersto Schlechtriem Brothers, Berlin
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, André Schlechtriem Temporary, Project Space, New York City
Fire Walk With Me, Sigg, Arocha and Schraenen, PETRA, Mexico City, 2007; traveled as Pablo Sigg, Collective Arocha & Schraenen. Fire Walk With Me to Koraalberg, Antwerp
Group Exhibitions
2024
Fairy Tales, CON_Tokyo, Tokyo
Fairy Tales, WWNN, Seoul
2024 Busan Biennale: Seeing In The Dark, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Busan
Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity, KMSKA, Antwerp
2022
Here We Go, Galería Fermay, Palma, Baleares, 2022
2021
Everything Is Illuminated. Filip Collin, Carl Krasberg, Carla Arocha - Stéphane Schraenen, Zeit, Antwerp
Een blik achter de muur, Blikfabriek, Antwerp
Watou 21, Kunstenfestival Watou, Poperinge
2020
TOGETHER, curated by Philip Huyghe, Tom Sanders, Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, Marijke De Roover, Stef Van Looveren, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
2019
2014–2019, Espacio Monitor, Caracas
Ik Zie Ik Zie Ik Zie WatJijNietZiet, PXL-MAD School of Arts; De Serre/De Vitrine, Hasselt
Affiniteiten#2 with Carla Arocha + Luc Tuymans // Lucia Bru ⌘ Angel Vergara, LLS Paleis, Antwerp
Nick Lodgers: Uit Beleefdheid, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
Condo Shanghai 2019, Vacany Gallery, Shangai
Topian Gardens, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles
XIV Bienal de Cuenca: Estructuras vivientes. El arte como experiencia plural, Cuenca [catalogue]
K.I.P. Kunst in Puurs-Sint-Amands, Puurs
2018
Club Conscious, Observatorium, Antwerp
“20 Years NICC—Jubilee” A4 Works, NICC New International Cultural Center, Antwerp
The Gathering, Panthera Today, Brussels
A Whole Variety, LWM18, Antwerp
Sanguine: Luc Tuymans on Baroque, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, 2018; traveled to Fondazione Prada, Milano [catalogue]
Eclectic, Galería Maior, Pollença
2017
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Komono flagshipstore, Antwerp
Pulsar #1: edition, Pulsar, Antwerp
infiniteflowersplusone #3, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp
Manoeuvres, Campus Coppens, Braschaat [commissioned work]
9ème Biennale de Louvain-La-Neuve, “OH LES BEAUX JOURS,” Louvain-la-Neuve
ABC LOUNGE KLUB, ABC Klubhuis, Antwerp [catalogue]
2016
Lógica difusa, Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Caracas
Hollandaise, New Art Projects (in association with Dutch Embassy), London
Wake Up and Dream, ETAGE 22, Antwerp
Mixed Emotions, Antwerp Tower, Antwerp
Untitled Booth D5, curated by Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, KaBe Contemporary, Miami
Flujo Disperso / Blurry Flux. Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen Colección Mercantil, curated by Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Espacio Mercantil, Caracas [leaflet]
2015
Landscape, Café Benito / Sala Juárez, Guadalajara
A Belgian Politician, Marion De Cannière, Antwerp
International Laundry 2, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt
My Lonely Days Are Gone / Part 2, Arratia Beer, Berlin
Recent acquisitions, MuHKA Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
2014
En blanco y negro, KaBe Contemporary, Miami
How Six Men Got on in the World, Fresh Eggs Gallery, Berlin
Contra/señas de los 90, Fundación Sala Mendoza, Caracas [catalogue]
Limited Visibility, CAM Raleigh—Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC [catalogue]
Threshold, curated by Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen – De Garage, Mechelen[catalogue]
2013
Lo parcial como significativo. Colección Caja de Burgos-CaixaBank, El Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid [catalogue]
Place Is the Space: A Building, A Decade, An Exhibition, CAM Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, St Louis[catalogue]
Museum to Scale 1/7, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, 2014; traveled to The Baker Museum (formerly the Naples Museum of Art), Naples, 2014; Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 2014; Fondazione Ghisla, Locarno, 2018; Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, permanent installation since 2018 [catalogue]
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Louis Lawler, Markus Döbeli, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
2012
Spectral Metropole, Vžigalica Gallery—MGML City Museum of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Bus-Tops, 2012 Summer Olympics, London
2011
Artefact festival voor kunst en media: Yoha, STUK Kunstencentrum, Leuven
Antwerp Visits Portland: You’ll Never Walk Alone, Worksound Gallery, Portland
2010
POP-ART/NICC Scheld’apen, NICC New International Cultural Center, Antwerp [catalogue]
Nieuwe Kunst uit België / Art Nouveau de la Belgique, Galerie Christian Nagel, Antwerp, 2010; traveled as Von Dort Aus - Nieuwe Kunst uit België II to Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, 2011; Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin; as New Art From Belgium III, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin
The Raw and the Cooked, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York City
Error #17 Into The Light, KMSK Koninklijk Museum van Schone Kunsten, organized by ERROR ONE, Antwerp
2009
5 x 5 Castelló 09, EACC Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló, Castellón de la Plana [catalogue]
The State of Things: Brussels–Beijing, BOZAR—Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2010; traveled to NAMOC National Art Museum of China, Beijing [catalogue]
Setting the Pattern, Koraalberg, Antwerp, 2009
2008
Prospect 58, Hessenhuis, Antwerp
De Narcisse à Alice: miroirs et reflets en question, ISELP Institut supérieur pour l’étude du langage plastique, Brussels [catalogue]
The Urban Tendency, London Festival of Architecture 2008, Embassies Project, London
Wall Paintings 1+9 / 9+1, bkSM Beeldende kunst Strombeek/Mechelen, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen—De Garage, Mechelen [catalogue]
Brussels Biennial I, “Re-used Modernity,” Brussels Biennial VZW, Brussels [catalogue]
2007
Metamorphosis III, L.A.C. Lieu d’Art Contemporain, Sigean, 2007; traveled to Museu Abelló, Barcelona
Reflecting Another Space, The Agency Contemporary, London
Public commissions
Aboutart, Brasschaat Campus Coppens, Brasschaat, Belgium, MANOEUVRES, Wolk, organized by Annick Ketele, 2017.
Woonzorgcentrum Ter Leenen, Nevele, Belgium, 5-HT2A, 2012.
2012 Summer Olympics, London, UK, All The Umbrellas In London Can’t Stop This Pain, curated by Ken Pratt, July 27–August 12, 2012.
Chicago Transit Authority, Howard Station, Chicago, IL, US, 24/7, 2009.
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium, Station Brussel-Centraal, curated by Barbara Vanderlinden, October 19, 2008–January 4, 2009.
Public collections
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Chicago, IL, US.
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL, US.
Fonds régional d'art contemporain Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Fundación Banco Mercantil, Caracas, Venezuela.
Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Nationale Bank Van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, US.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Caja de Burgos (CAB), Burgos, Spain.