aline verstraten
Limburg, painter
biography
Born and raised in Limburg (Belgium), Aline Verstraten first studied psychology before turning to painting. Her interest in the human psyche keeps resonating through her works, as she is fascinated by the psychological interactions between the painter, the viewer and the painting itself. This is also apparent in the choice of her subject matter. She uses her everyday surroundings as a starting point for her work, but takes a distance from these in her paintings through changing the light, partly abstracting the spaces and/or using her partner without revealing any specific details about their relationship. In this way, she uses her daily life to create an intimate relationship between the painting and the viewer. This is enhanced by the small size of her works, which encourage the spectator to view the paintings up close. However, the paintings never grant the viewer complete access, no matter how close he or she gets. This dynamic relationship of attraction and withdrawal of images has been a lifelong fascination and is since February 2022 the subject of her PhD research in painting at UHasselt and PXL-MAD.
exhibitions
Education
2020-2021
MA Painting, PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (BE)
2017-2020
BA Painting, PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (BE)
2014-2017
BA Psychology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven (BE)
Awards
Arolsen Award 2023
Laureate of Wanatoe 2021
Work in private collections
Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Aline Verstraten in de Knalerij (5 September 2020 - 6 October 2020), De Knalerij, Geraardsbergen (BE)
Group Exhibitions
2023
Agents of Concern (26 November 2023 - 28 January 2024), Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE)
SMOLL (11 May 2023 - 4 June 2023), Kalf Space, Hasselt (BE)
#StolenMemory (17 April 2023 - 4 May 2023), PXL-MAD, Hasselt (BE)
Mesmerized (3 December 2022 - 10 January 2023), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
De Kunstwedstrijd (26 November 2022 - 7 January 2023), CC Zwaneberg, Heist-Op-Den-Berg (BE)
2022
Juveniles (16 September 2022 - 17 February 2023), Brousse, Hasselt (BE)
Past, Present, Future (6 November 2022 - 20 November 2022), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
Palimpsest #3 (10 July 2022 - 1 August 2022), Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
SLOPER (12 May 2022 - 8 June 2022), PXL-MAD, Hasselt (BE)
Frame invites #5 (14 January 2022 - 13 February 2022), Dommelhof, Pelt (BE)
2021
A collective Collective (2 August 2021 - 15 August 2021), BorGerhub, Antwerp (BE)
Oh Contraire (9 July 2021 - 31 July 2021), De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
KABINET (2 July 2021 - 11 July 2021), studio of Aaron-Victor Peeters, Genk (BE)
Flux (1 July 2021 - 18 July 2021), Studio Stad, Hasselt (BE)
Liberation (8 June 2021 - 13 June 2021), Vrienden v/h S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
Going Through the Motions (9 April 2021 - 25 April 2021), Campo & Campo, Antwerp (BE)
Going Through the Motions (4 March 2021 - 15 March 2021), De Gym (PXL-MAD), Hasselt (BE)
Peepshow (14 January 2021 - 24 January 2021), Z33, Hasselt (BE)
Curating the city (11 January 2021 - 13 February 2021), Curating the Young, Leuven (BE)
2020
Limburg Biënnale (5 September 2020 - 15 November 2020), Marres, Maastricht (NL)
Spaces From Other Places (18 May 2020 - 1 June 2020), online via kunstmatrix
Moving Backwards (14 January 2020), Maison Florida, Hasselt (BE)
2019
Antwerp Artistic Awards (27 May 2019), Jean Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Dionysos (3 May 2019 - 26 May 2019), De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
2018
Tʃ•ɑntkøt•ʏjʏŋ (17 April 2018 - 20 April 2019), De Kooi (PXL-MAD), Hasselt (BE)
