Wesley Meuris (b. 1977) is a visual artist mainly working with installations, sculptures and drawings. During the last decade, Meuris investigated different forms of cultural classification systems, their linguistic, social, political and architectural translations. Since 2009 he is researcher at Sint Lucas Antwerp. In 2017 he published his PhD in the format of ‘The Foundation for Exhibiting Art & Knowledge’. He is also tutor at the Advanced Master program of Sint Lucas Antwerp.
Wesley Meuris' work has been exhibited in several important exhibitions and individual installations at the Centre Pompidou (2018), the Musée des Arts Contemporains du Grand Hornu (2017), the Kunsthalle in Vienna (2016), the Confort Moderne in Poitiers (2016), the ISCP in Brooklyn (2016), the Mu Zee in Oostende (2015), the Espace JeudiJeudi in Geneva (2015), the BF15 in Lyon (2014), the Kunsthalle Rotterdam (2014), the Casino Luxembourg forum d’art Contemporain (2012), the SMAK in Ghent (2005, 2019), M HKA in Antwerp (2010), the De Bond in Bruges (2010), the Fresnoy in Tourcoing (2010), the MAMAC in Liège (2010), the Art & Essai Gallery in Rennes (2010).
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