In his work, Johan Van Oeckel starts from the pure form, which he then loads with information. Color is an important signifier here, because it automatically refers to a certain zeitgeist. Every work by Johan Van Oeckel says “I am” instead of “I become”, because he remains faithful to the pure idea and there is no progression in it. He provides the viewer with a visual enjoyment that exists outside of any specific place or time, a universal experience. Each work is a dose of sacral geometry, a personal icon that the viewer may appropriate in all sovereignty. In his practice, Johan Van Oeckel opens up the playing field of abstraction in a broad and fascinating way. The result is a visual language that refreshes, surprises and produces new types of energizing symbols.
Annelies Vanbelle, 2021
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Education 1990 - ’94 Master Of Fine Arts, Sint-Lukas Brussels
CURRENT SHOW: 20.05 - 25.06.2023
'UNFOLDING' GROUP SHOW
JOHAN VAN OECKEL - ANN GRILLET - REINHILDE VAN GRIEKEN - KATI LAFORCE
CECILIA JAIME GALLERY - KRAANLEI 55 9000 GENT
group shows
2022 Tout est nouveau sous la lune, Gallery Van Caelenberg, Aalst
2022 PANAL, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2022 Palau de Casavells / Alzueta Gallery Barcelona
2022 Abstraction in Action, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2022 ART MATTERS 5, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne
2021 SHIFT, Rivoli Gallery, Brussels
2021 Art Basel Group Exhibition, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2021 Splash!, ZEIT Gallery, Antwerp
2021 V, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2021 Be Happy, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2020 XS, Alfa Gallery, Miami
2020 EXPO VIER, Gallery KEEN, Antwerp
2020 Booth 07, Online viewing rooms
2019 3-D, Alfa Gallery, Miami
solo & duo exhibitions 2020
Voor de vorm, Rivoli Gallery, Brussels
2019 Under Pressure, De Drukkerij, Kessel-Lo
2018 Graphic work, BarStan, Leuven
residencies 2022
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee
