CARLA AROCHA
Venezuelan, born Caracas, 1961, lives Antwerp, Belgium
STEPHANE SCHRAENEN
Belgian, born Antwerp, 1971, lives Antwerp, Belgium
EDUCATION
Arocha
1994 MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
1991 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1986 BS, St. Xavier University, Chicago
Schraenen
1996 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
1992 Communication Management at the Higher Institute for Communication Management of the Province of Antwerp
Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen work in collaboration since 2006. They have had noumerous Solo exhibitions at galeries such as Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago), Koraalberg (Antwerp), Isabella Czarnowska (Berlin), KaBe Contemporary (Miami), Galeria Maior (Palma de Mayorca). They have exhibited at various museums, mostly curated group shows at BOZAR (Brussels), Prada Foundation (Milan), CAB (Burgos), Parasol Unit (London), Wallace Collection (London), CAM, (St. Louis), and most resently the Cuenca XIV Bienal.
Along with Luc Tuymans, Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen run a non for proffit exhibition in Antwerp called CASSTL since 2017.
At the moment, the are fully focused on their archives.