Artist CV

Artist's statement

(b 1979FR. Lives and works in Paris)

‘It is in his ability to combine the graphic project with the chosen image that Valentin van der Meulen reveals his mastery of drawing: the same force that emerges from the drawing is in the gesture and the look. Often the drawings of sculptors testify how they will use stone, wood, we think here about Baselitz or Dodeigne. The same weight of the hand is printed in the material. Valentin van der Meulen is not a sculptor, but his drawing manages to give a real presence in space to the image.’ - Paul Hervé Parsy Curator, ex Director of Château d’Oiron and the collections of Centre Georges Pompidou

Solo exhibitions

2020: Strip Cities, BeersLondon Gallery, London, UnitedKingdom
2019: Piédestal, LeSocle, Nuit Blanche 2019, Paris, France
2018: Not like this…?, Allouche Gallery, NewYork, United States; Drawing Lab Art Center, Paris, France; Deep Blue,curator Isabelle de Maison Rouge, Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Paris, France
2017: Failure , Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich, Switzerland
2016: Signs , Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium; RE/member , Galerie HengevossDürkop, Hamburg, Germany
2015: Starting point , Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Paris, France 2014 / 2015 Untitled , Château de Bussy Rabutin, France
2014: Mémories , Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Paris, France
2013: En état , Galerie ALB, Paris, France; Einzelausstellung , Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürcih, Switzerland
2012: Nuit Blanche 2012, Rosemary Project, Galerie ALB, Paris
2010: Sans titre Arty, Espace confluence, Lyon, France; Bribes , Galerie RX, Paris, France; Exposition Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Malakoff, France; Dérive , Galerie RX, Paris, France
2006: Assemblage , Galerie RX, Paris, France

Group exhibitions

2020: Le soleil se lève aussi , Unspaced Gallery, Manifesta Lyon, Lyon, France; Einsichten VII , Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany; Mouvements , Galerie Bacqueville, Lille, France
2019: Mutatio , curator : Franck James Marlot, Paris, France; Envisioning America , curator : John Czaplicka, Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany; D’un surgissement, l’autre… , curator : Julien Carbone, 10bastille, Paris, France; Black and white , Mazel Galerie Singapour, Singapore
2018: Carte Blanche Part.2 , curator : Valentin van der Meulen, Institut Français, Hamburg, Germany; Carte Blanche Part. 1, curator : Valentin van der Meulen, Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany
2017: From Belgium with love , Mazel Galerie, Singapore, Singapore
2016: Neue werke , Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany 2015 Creations belges , Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium; Black out , Mazel Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2015: Expression 2.0 , Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Paris, France
2014: Scène Parisienne , curator : Adeline Pilon, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montréal, Canada; Chill out , Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany
2013: Zeichnung pur , Galerie Hengevoss Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany; Les Nouvelles Folies Françaises , curator : Patrick Amine, Musée des antiquités nationales, Saint GermainenLaye, France; Ils étaient, ils sont, ils seront , Galerie ALB,Paris, France
2012: Aufgefallen Drein neue Positionen , Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Zürich, Switzerland
2010: Newera , Galerie RX, Paris, France
2009: Novembre à Vitry, Galerie Municipale, Vitry, France

Press & publications

2021: Not like this ?, Hestetika Vol 37, Angela Ghezzi February 2021
2020: #Horst und Edeltraut Avril 2020
2019: Envisioning America, America Vorstellen , Kultur magazine, Isabelle Hofmann October 2019 Le Bonbon, July 2019
2018: Télérama January 2018; Point Contemporain January 2018; Connaissance des Arts March 2018; Le Point February 2018; Home is where the art is , The business Times July 2018; Kultur magazine September 2018; An homage to the female portrait , Vladimir Bjelicic December 2018
2015: Starting Point , Agathe Chéron, Art/ctualité June 2015; Artistik Rezo February 2015; Grazia, Pauline Pellissier Octobre 2015; 2014 Lui magazine October 2014 Art actualité; La Vignette , Aude Lavigne, France Culture, March 2014
2013: Neue Zurcher Zeitung December 2013 Artentsion Novembre 2013; Draw different, Tracks, Arte July 2013; Widewalls, Jasmine Lark February 2013; Juxtapose January 2013; Fubiz January 2013
2012: Lady Caprice October 2012
2011: Art’s vice Juillet 2011
2010: La critique , Florence Valérie Alonso
2009: Beaux Arts magazine, BAM 298 April 2009 Connaissance des arts photo, MarsMai N°19