Jesse Willems

Biography
Jesse Willems
Jesse Willems (1984) is a Belgian contemporary artist. He uses his street photography as a base for complex collages, often provoking contemplation and silence. By wrapping photographic prints in the most wonderful paper (often scored from forgotten archives and old stationery shops), he draws our attention to what is often overlooked. By eliminating any superfluous elements, and consciously leaving out all too recognizable items such as letters and symbols, Jesse frees the composition from a limited reading. In recent years, he has evolved towards a restrained style, deriving abstraction from reality.
Jesse’s work is in the collections of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Verbeke foundation, private collections in Europe, Asia and the US, and has appeared in publications such as Billboard magazine (US), The New York Times (US), The Times (UK), De volkskrant (NL),...
 

EXHIBITIONS

2017 The future – and other jet age inventions – Solo show, Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery, Knokke

2017 MAS Museum – Antwerpen à la carte - Antwerp

2017 Barak Friture – Belgian Embassy, Kinshasa, Congo

2018 Chresis ton Phantasion – BAD - Solo show, Gent

2018 Fallen Idols – Native – Solo show, Brussels

2019 919 – Artelli Gallery – Antwerp

2019 Luxembourg Art Week, Schönfeld Gallery, Luxemburg

2019 Paper Positions, Schönfeld Gallery, Munich

2019 Eden, Artelli Gallery, Antwerp

2019 Belgian Contemporary collage, Verbeke Foundation

2020 Paper Stories, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels

2020 Collage, Museum Dr Guislain, Ghent

2020 Renaissance I, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels

2020 Renaissance II, Schönfeld Projects, Antwerp

2021 7x70 That was then, this is now, Zeit Gallery, Antwerp

2021 Order disorder, ZS Art, Vienna, Austria

2022 Lido, Zeit Gallery, Antwerp

2022 Sketch for a summer, Schönfeld Projects, Antwerp

2022 Kairos, Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels

2022 Luxembourg Art Week, Schönfeld Gallery, Luxemburg

2023 Raumdeutung, ZS art, Vienna

2023 Silence. Pregnant with Promise, groupshow Schönfeld Gallery, Brussels

2023 Luxembourg Art Week, Schönfeld gallery, Luxemburg

2023 Art Antwerp, Schönfeld gallery, Antwerp

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