MICHAEL LAIRD (°1963 United States/Belgium) 

 

Press Release 27/11/2009

Press Release 21/01/2009

Press Release 06/06/2007

Press Release 29/11/2006

 

 

Education

1992 The New York Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts, New York City,  United States

1991 - 1990 The Art Students League of New York, New York City, United States

1985 Oberlin College, Bachelor of Art, Art History,  Oberlin, Ohio, United States

Exhibitions/Projects/Residences   (selection)

2009  "Common Hours: Current", group show, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2009 "Plaisir d'Offrir 2", group show, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2009 "NEXT Invitational Art Fair", Chicago, United States (Dagmar De Pooter Gallery)

2009 "Transformer", solo show, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2007 "Yes, Subject MatterS", (group show) Dagmar de Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2007 "FACTOID#2", Happy Ending in Hell, group show, Dusseldorf, Germany

2007 - 2006 "O Que Nos Cerca" (Video and Photo Show), Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2006 Extra(Sic)-Factor, (installation), Antwerp, Belgium

2004 "Strange Projections", Factor 44, (video and installation), Antwerp,  Belgium

2004 "Change Of Policy (C.O.P.)", (video of a performance),Detroit, United States

2004 "Kunst Macht Dik" (Art Makes Fat), Factor 44, (installation) Antwerp, Belgium

2004 "Terrorvision", Exit Art, (video)  New York City, United States

2004 "New Conspiracies", (paintings and performance), The Golden House (Beeldhouwersstraat), Antwerp,  Belgium

2004 !Klap!Dorp! Film Fest (video), Antwerp, Belgium

2003 "The Political Broadcast Unit (PBU) presents: Religion", (paintings and performance)  Factor 44, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 Récyclart, with PBU, (paintings) Brussels, Belgium

2003 "Woestijn '93", with PBU, (paintings and video),  Antwerp, Belgium


2003 "We Love Oil - anti-war happening", (paintings) Hof Ter Lo, with PBU, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 "Het Switch-Project", (multiples) Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium

2002 "Homeland Security", (installations and video)Factor 44, Antwerp, Belgium

2002 "Between Two Chairs",MuHKA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp)/Factor 44, (group performance), Antwerp, Belgium

2002 "9-11" Mode Museum (Fashion Museum), (object), Antwerp, Belgium

2002 "Point Blank: Ecstasy and Surveillance" (installation and paintings) Camping Sanseveria, Kalmthout-Heide,  Belgium

2002 "Safe",  Sokotann,(installation and paintings) Brussels, Belgium

2002 "Dirty" Bordello 3, (installation and paintings), Antwerp, Belgium

2002 "Reactions"  (drawing), Exit Art, New York City, United States


2001 Factor 44, (computer art and sound piece) Antwerp, Belgium

2001 I.P.U.T, (computer art and sound piece) Budapest, Hungary

2001 ILAP (Indoor Land-Art Program), (installation/object), Factor 44/ De Branderij, Antwerp, Belgium

2000 London Biennale 2000 (posters) London, Great Britain

1999 Galerie Benninger, (group exhibition) Cologne, Germany

1998 Pofferd de Nul, (one-man-show) Antwerp, Belgium

1997 La Mama La Galleria, (paintings), New York City, United States

1995 Oever 5, one-man-show, Antwerp, Belgium 

1994 Ruisbroek Cultural Centre, (paintings), Ruisbroek,  Belgium 

1992 The Rivington Group, (paintings)  New York City, United States

1987 Computer animation for Pacific 231, Paris, shown in Germany, Switzerland + France

 

     PERFORMANCES

2004 "Freedom Fries", Factor 44, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 "Inter/act", Victoria Center, Ghent, Belgium

2002 "W", London Biennale, (with a grant from the Flemish Community), London, Great Britain

2001 "Cui Bono?", De Branderij, Antwerp, Belgium

Publications / Bibliography

2006 O que nos Cerca,  <H> Art Magazine,  text by Anne-Marie Poels, 21 December 2006

2006 Chronologie Factor 44: "Les Jours Fixes 1996 - 2006", catalogue,  Antwerp, Belgium

Professional life

2009 Professor  Visual Arts at the  Antwerp International School Belgium and International School of Brussels, Belgium