SELECTED WORKS
2011 inkjet on paper 26 5/8 x 21 3/4 in (67.6 x 55.2 cm)
2009 tapestry 101 x 134 1/2 in (256.5 x 341.6 cm)
The Last Emperor of the Wall Street Journal 2008 wool, cotton and thread 94 1/2 x 66 7/8 in (240 x 170 cm)
2011 inkjet on paper 51 1/4 x 42 1/2 in (130.2 x 108 cm)
BIOGRAPHY
Dutch artist Willem Oorebeek studied at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam, was a lecturer at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, at De Ateliers in Amsterdam and the Hochschule der Künste in Hamburg. Reflecting on the representational power of images and information disseminated by mass media, Oorebeek selects printed matter to manipulate and transpose into other media, typically utilizing techniques from the graphic arts to explore themes of repetition, reproduction, seriality, and order. His conceptual works, installations, and book projects have been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions.
2010 - present
2010 - present
VIDEO
The Choreography of Looking
The Little Squares talks with Willem Oorebeek as he prepares his U.S. solo debut american proof AP at Robert Miller Gallery.
© 2012 The Little Squares, New York.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
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1987
Collection Presentation, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Tokonoma, Ludlow 38, New York, NY
A Whole Range of Furtively Titillating Stereotypes, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, Belgium
Xerography, firstsite, Colchester, Essex, UK
Parallax Object, Relief, Blackouts, Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Common Grounds, Common Practices, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
VERTICAL CLUB, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
Specific Collisions, Marianne Boesky Gallery 64th Street, New York, NY
Baw-lal, Galerie Juliètte Jongma, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Van Der Mieden, Brussels, Belgium
MORE of the SAME, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK
American Proof / AP, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Tomorrow Is The Question | Collection presentation, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
THE NICE THING ABOUT CASTILLO/CORRALES..., castillo/corrales, Paris, France
in time- avec le temps, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
MONOLITH, Once or Many, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
DIE LUCKY BUSH, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Being in Brussels, argos, Brussels, Belgium
Bigger, higher, leader, SMAK Gent, Belgium (solo)
Bild, oder, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx) (solo)
BIWAK, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
CANTOS, Casino Luxemburg
Once upon a time, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
Bild oder Mit dem Fuss in der Realität, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx) (solo)
Models & Mavericks, Museum het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
Electric, Solar room with Joelle Tuerlinckx, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
GROUP EFFECT, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
Other than Film, TENT, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Paramount Basics (extended), Richard Venlet, MUHKA Antwerp, Belgium
Rondom Jheronimus Bosch, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
BXL 2000, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium
Adamski Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany (with Edgar Arceneaux) (solo)
Total Blackout totale, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
After Blackout, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Because there was fire in my head, South London Gallery, London, UK
City Pity II, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Free Space, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium (mit Joelle Tuerlinckx)
Tegenvleug, Kunstcentrum Sittard, Netherlands
Verzachtende Omstandigheden, Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
On / Off Screen, WAG, Winnipeg, Kanada (solo)
Biennale Venedig XLVII (with Aernout Mik) (solo)
Lost in Space, Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland
Muren/Walls, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Les limites de tableau, Musee Departemental de Rochechouart, France
MONOLITH, lettered rock, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Negen, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Negen, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Netherlands
9 Artisti Olandesi Contemporanei, Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy
Kunst Europa, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Germany
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Plug-In Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada (solo)
Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands (solo)
Rotterdam-Retrospectief, Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Adrichem, Jan Van. 9 Artisti Olandesi Contemporanei: Philip Akkerman, Rob Birza, Paul Cox, Guido Geelen, Joep Van Lieshout, Willem Oorebeek, Charly Van Rest, Han Schuil, Roos Theuws. Prato: Museo D'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, 1991.
Coelewij, Leontine, A. J. Van. Roosmalen, and Camiel Van. Winkel. Aernout Mik, Willem Oorebeek: XLVII Biennale Di Venezia, Padiglione Olandese. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1997.
Oorebeek, Willem. Monolith: Tussen Echo & Hope = Monolith: Between Echo & Hope. Rotterdam: Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art, 1994.
Oorebeek, Willem, Keren Tsiter, and Eva Meyer. Willem Oorebeek: Bigger, Higher, Leader! Gent: S.M.A.K., 2006.
Oorebeek, Willem. Monolith +++. Lisboa: Fundação Caixa Geral De Depósitos, 2008.
Tuerlinckx, Joëlle, Willem Oorebeek, and Angelika Stepken. Bild, Oder: mit dem fuss in die realitat: ausstellungsmaterial #1 (j.t.w.o.) . Karlsruhe: Badischer Kunstverein, 2004.