EDUCATION

2006
Master diploma in Visual Arts, 3D-Multimedia, KASK

2008
Laureate of HISK postgraduate program


EXHIBITIONS

2011
Uncommon Places
Reinventing the Everyday, Group exhibition ICI, New York
Curated by: Pieter Vermeulen, in collaboration with Anselm Franke, Extra City.
Artists: Lode Geens, Leon Vranken, Elena Bajo, Filip Gilissen, David Maroto, Warren Neidich,
Ariel Schlesinger, Naama Tsabar.

2010
Hareng Saur
Group exhibition, Ensor and Contemporary Art, SMAK & MSK Ghent
Curated by: Ronald Vandesompel, Philippe Van Cauteren.
Artists: Thomas Hirschhorn, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Jan Vercruysse, Fia Cielen, Vincent
Geyskens, Enrique Marty, Marlene Dumas, Philippe Vandenberg, Cindy Sherman, Thierry De
Cordier...

Realms of the Unstable
Group exhibition, Super deluxe Galery, Tokyo
Second show at Forest Limit Galery, Tokyo
Curated by: Wouter Vanhaelemeesch & Ryo Kuramoto.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Philip Metten, Eva De Leener, Gen Hiraki, Manor Grunewald, Gerard
Herman, Jan Opdebeeck, Ryo Kuramoto.

Dark Decades
Exhibition Faris Badwan, Fia Cielen, Damien Rankovic, K+K galery Brussels
Curated by Matthias Wille.
Artists: Faris Badwan, Fia Cielen, Damien Rankovic.

The Perseids
Group exhibition, The Custer Observatory, New York
Curated by Kari Adelaide & Sörine Anderson.
Artists: Max Razdow, Vanessa Albury, Fia Cielen, Ronnie Bass, Kadar Brock...

BAT 10
Group exhibition Anti-tankkanaal Antwerp
Curated by Flor Bex.
Artists: Philippe Van Wolputte, Filip Gilissen, Wouter Feyaerts, Loreta Visic, Sofie Muller, Lode
Geens, Fia Cielen, Joris Vandemoortel, Filip Vervaet...

Bad Moon Rising 5
Group exhibition, Unge Kunstneres Samfund, Oslo
Curated by Jan Van Woensel.
Artists: Vanessa Albury, Fia Cielen, Martha Colburn, Steinar Haga Kristensen, Prussian Blue,
Lee Ranaldo, Joaquin Segura, Philippe Vandenberg, Bart Van Dijck, Richard Kern...

Pen to Paper
Exhibition and booklaunch Pen to Paper, Pictoplasma.
March 25 - April 2010, Concrete Hermit Gallery, London.
April 8 - 24 2010, artSPACE Berlin.
May 1 - 26 2010, Galerie LJ, Paris.
Artists: Andrew James Jones, Eric Shaw, Ian Stevenson, Fia Cielen, Ola Vasiljeva, Yu Matsuoka,
Frédéric Fleury, Arnaud Loumeau...

Kaoz Lily
Group exhibition organized and curated by Fia Cielen, VVB82 Gallery,
Antwerp.
Artists: Nel Aerts, Danai Anesiadou, Fia Cielen, Eva De Leener, Sophie Nys, Philip Metten,
Michèle Matyn, Niklaus Rüegg, Lieven Segers, Harald Thys & Jos De Gruyter, Bart Van Dijck,
Michael Vandenabeele, Yannick Val Gesto.

Jenny Watson/ Fia Cielen
Duo show at CIAP, Hasselt
Curated by Ciap.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Jenny Watson.

New Kids on the Block
Upcoming Artists from Belgium, The Netherlands and Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Proposed by Katharina Fritsch, Manuel Klappe, Carina Plath, Philippe Vancauteren
and Henk Visch.
Nicc/Extra City Antwerp
Curated by Guillaume Bijl.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Theresa Frölich, Benjamin Greber, Frank Koolen, Adrien Lucca,
Renee Van Trier.

2009
Hetzelfde en het Andere
Group exhibition, Zebrastraat Ghent.
Curated by Willem Elias.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Wim Delvoye, Werner Mannaers, Marie-Jo Lafontaine,
Jan Van Imschoot...

The Last Session
Group Exhibition around Endism, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam.
Curated by Jan Van Woensel.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Helmut Stallaerts, Filip Vervaet, Hadassah Emmerich,
Steve Schepens, Stephan Balleux, Dennis Typhus...

Landscaping
Group exhibition, Galerie De Meerse, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands.
Curated by Enough Room for Space (Maarten Vandeneynde)
Artists: Fia Cielen, Panamarenko, Peter Fend, Edward Burtynsky...
www.galeriedemeerse.nl

Matchbox project
Mobile exhibition project, Z33, Flacc, SMAK, Muhka, Belgium.
Curated by Jan Boelen (Z33) & Ronald Vandesompel (FLACC)
Artists: Fia Cielen & Cathérine Pétré...
www.matchboxontour.be

Error #13
Error one at Cultuurcentrum Brugge.
Curated by Ria Van Landeghem.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Tinka Pittoors, Kate Mayne, Stijn Vandorpe, Anne Schiffer...
www.errorone.be

Last Day Of Magic
Videoscreening & exhibition Scalamata Galery, 2009-
Venice Biennial Satelite Program, Venice.
Curated by Jan Van Woensel in collaboration with Doron Polak
Artists: Fia Cielen, Lee Ranaldo, Stephan Balleux, Ruth Oppenheim, Vanessa Albury...
www.art-agenda.com/shows/view/648

Artist Project Art Brussels
Exhibition Project Art Brussels Art Fair, Belgium
Curated by Karen Renders, in collaboration with HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts
Artists: Fia Cielen, Kelly Schacht, Carla Arocha, Sophie Nys & Richard Venlet, Berlinde
Debruyckere...
www.artbrussels.be

Menhir
Solo exhibition, in collaboration with Joost Schouppe, Second Room at Recyclart,
Brussels ,Belgium.
Curated by Christophe Floré.
www.secondroom.be

Pictopia
Exhibition and Conference Pictoplasma at Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
Berlin, Germany.
Curated by Lars Denicke & Peter Thaler.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Dennis Tyfus, Ian Stevenson, Gary Baseman, Hideaki Kawashima...
http://exhibition.pictoplasma.com/

Isomopolis
Exhibition in a concept of Danai Anesiadou, Eablissement d’en Face Projects, Brussels, Belgium.
Curated by Danai Anesiadou.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Leen Voet, Sarah&Charles, Richard Venlet, Sophie Nys, HAP, Harald Thys...
www.etablissementdenfaceprojects.org

Pencil Towers, Stone Fish, Rising Suns, Ghosts, Auras and Other Deliciously Emerging
Entities.
Exhibition at Rossi Contemporary Galery, Brussels
Curated by: Hans Theys & Frank Maes
Artists: Fia Cielen, Lieven Segers, Bart Lodewijks, Stijn Vandorpe, Tamara Van San.
www.rossicontemporary.be

2008
Pen to Paper
Exhibition Pictoplasma’s new publication Pen to Paper, festival for theater and visual arts ‘Les
Grandes Traversées’, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporaine,
Bordeaux, France.
Curated by Jared Gradinger & Pictoplasma.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Dennis Tyfus, Ian Stevenson, Gary Baseman, Hideaki Kawashima...
www.pictoplasma.com

To Be Confirmed...
Private exhibition by collector Frederik Swennen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Curated by Frederik Swennen.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Philip Metten, Ivo Provoost&Simona Denicolai, Michael Vandenabeele...

Perché Reallizare un’Opera Quandi e Cosi Bello Sognarla Soltanto?
Final Exhibition Show, Hisk Higher Institute for Fine Arts postgraduate program, Ghent, Belgium.
In collaboration with SMAK, Ghent
Curated by Philippe Vancauteren & Thomas Caron.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Simon Gush, Reiko Kanazawa, Jasper Rigole, Hans Wuyts, Oleg Yushko...
www.hisk.edu

Hisk at Art Brussels
Exhibition Hisk Laureates at Art Brussels Art Fair April 2008, Brussels, Belgium.
Curated by Hans Martens.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Joris Vandemoortel, Jasper Rigole, Ruth Sacks, Judith Hettema...

Onbegonnen Zoektocht naar het Feminiene
Exhibition VUB GalerY, Brussels, Belgium.
Curated by Willem Elias.
Artists: Fia Cielen, Tinka Pittoors, Kelly Dewilde, Loreta Visic, Sofie Muller...