Heidi Voetheidi@heidivoet.net
Lives and works in Taipei and Brussels.

 
The multidisciplinary practice of Heidi Voet is concerned with the place of an individual in contemporary societies, and locating this within cultural, historical and universal narratives. The interconnectivity of these elements is evoked in her practice through the use of everyday objects which are placed in large scale installations, sculptures and performances, creating links between the singular object or individual, and larger entities.

Informed by her transcultural experience of both residing in Europe and Asia, mass produced objects are remade, copied or crafted, as a way to convey the distribution of cultural legacies, value systems and time. With a humorous and playful approach Heidi Voet builds layered images which expose the properties of today’s material culture, while challenging fixed systems of power embedded within.

 
Heidi Voet had recent solo exhibitions in Project Fulfill Art Space Taipei (TW, 2020); Sint-Lukas gallery Brussels (B, 2018); BANK Shanghai (CN, 2015); FLACC Genk (B, 2009).

She participated in group exhibitions as Beaufort21 Triennale (B, 2021); Unfolding: Fabric of our life, CHAT Center for Heritage, Art and Textile Hong Kong (HK, 2019); PLAY, Kortrijk (B, 2018); How beautiful it is and easily it can be broken, S.M.A.K. Ghent (B, 2017); Why not ask again? 11th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai (CN, 2016); The Morality Reflex, CAC Center for Contemporary Art Vilnius (LT, 2016); and Un-Scene, Wiels Brussels (B, 2008).

Solo and Duo Exhibitions / Projects

Am I moving atoms when I wave my hand? Beige, Brussels (B), 2024
Hokus Pokus, duo show with Jurgen Ots, Beige, Brussels (B), 2023
Doublespeak, duo show with Michael Lin, BANK, Shanghai (CN), 2022
06myflipside, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei (TW), 2020
In pieces and parts, Sint-Lukas gallery, Brussels (B), 2018
500 years, Project Fulfill Art Space, Taipei (TW), 2016
500 years, BANK, Shanghai (CN), 2015
As far as I can see, curated by Leo Xu, MCM, Shanghai (CN), 2014
Can the maker repair what he makes, Salon Blanc, Oostende (B), 2013
Is six afraid of seven, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN), 2011
If I was beautiful. If I had the time., Kasteel Beauvoorde (B), 2010
Endless Lightness, curated by Ronald Van de Sompel, FLACC, Genk (B), 2009
Cool, Sweet & drill holes, IT Park, Taipei (TW), 2008
Happy Next Year, OneTwenty Gallery, Ghent (B), 2007
The Joker, Beauty Room, Paris (F), 2006
Present Perfect Tension, Sint-Lukas gallery, Brussels (B), 2005
Islet, CCNOA, Brussels (B), 2001
(levende lijven.), Netwerk, Aalst (B), 1996

Group Exhibitions / Projects

2023

A Madeleine Moment: The Technology of Memories and Emotions, curated by Amy Cheng
with Chia-En Jiao, Tarek Atoui, Lee Kit, Ming Chen Chiu, Hao Ni
Vital Space, Taichung (TW)
But don’t tell anyone, curated by Joanna Warsza
with James Bridle, Susan Philipsz, Angelo Plessas, Yorgos Sapountzis, Vlad Brateanu, Athina Koumparouli, …
Elefsina (GR)
BANK’s 10th Anniversary show ‘Birthday Party’
with Patty Chang, Lu Yang, Hito Steyerl, Lin Ke, Michael Lin, Mit Jan Inn, Heman Chong, Petra Cortright, Sun Yitian,..
BANK, Shanghai (CN)

2021

Beaufort 2021, Triennial in the public space along the Belgian coast (B), curated by Heidi Ballet
with Laure Prouvost, Els Dietvorst, Goshka Macuga, Oliver Laric, Rosa Barba, Marguerite Humeau, Jeremy Deller, Adrián Villar Rojas, Maen Florin, Nicolás Lamas, Michael Rakowitz, Heidi Voet, Timur Si-Qin, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Monokino, Rosella Biscotti, Jimmie Durham, Raphaela Vogel, Sammy Baloji, Nel Aerts
Disfruta, Objective Project, Shanghai (CN)
with Chen Tianzhuo, Chen Yujun, Austin Lee, Geng Yini, Jin Shan, Oliver Herring
Herbal urbanism, margins of the city as method, curated by Manray Hsu, 241 Art Space, Hsinchu (TW)
with Chang Ting Tong, Chen Sera, Chen Yin Yu, Peng Hung Chih, Tou Yun Fei, Yang Shun Fa
Focus China – Works from the Sammlung Wemhöner collection, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar (D)
with Zhang Enli, Isaac Julien, Hu Jieming, Alfredo Jaar, Ouyang Chun, Qui Zhijie, Yang Fudong

2020

Tjimur Arts Festival, Tjumur Dance Theatre, Sandimen (TW)
A hypothetical Neo Constructivism, BANK, Shanghai (CN)
with Craig Easton, Heman Chong, Michael Lin, Xiaobo Shi, Tabor Robak, Joey Xia, Yibei Zhang, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

2019

In between Sculpture Projects Ping Yao, curated by Ulrich Loock and Peng Feng, Ping Yao (CN)
Li Hongwei, Wu Didi, Richard Deacon, Li Mengyuan, Thomas Eller, …
Unfolding: Fabric of our life, curated by Mizuki Takahashi, CHAT, The Mills, Hong Kong 
with Ade Darmawan, Vo Tran Chau, Huang Po-Chih, Contact Gonzo, Reza Afisina, Dayanita Singh, Pangrok Sulap, …
Ceci n’est pas un conte, Galerie Irene Laub, Brussels (B)

2018

20 Years N.I.C.C. – Jubilee, N.I.C.C., Antwerp (B)
California dreaming, Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW)
with Bruce Yonemoto, Yu Cheng Ta, Noritoshi Hirakawa…
PLAY, curated by Hilde Teerlinck and Patrick Ronse, Kortrijk (B)
with Guilaume Bijl, Dane Mitchell, Peter Friedl, Erkan Özgen, Polly Apfelbaum, Navid Nuur, Barbara Davi, Jeppe Hein, Jennifer Rubell, Frederik Van Simaey, …

2017

How beautiful it is and easily it can be broken, S.M.A.K., Ghent (B)
with Nina Canell, Pieter Vermeersch, Kris Martin, Honoré d’O, Cathy Wilkes, Lili Dujourie, …
Now is the summer of our (dis)content, BANK, Shanghai, (CN)
with Patty Chang, Jin Shan, Lao Guohe, Polit-Sheer-Form Office, Geng Yini, …
PARKLIFE, Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW)
with James T. Hong, Tao Hui, Yuan Goang-Ming, Yu Cheng-Ta, Tsui Kuang-Yu, …
Living in Dreams, De Bondt, Bruges (B)
with Nel Aerts, Kendell Geers, Roy Villevoy, Sarah & Charles, Bas Fontein, …

2016

Why not ask again? The 11th Shanghai Biennale, curated by Raqs Media Collective, Power Station of Art, Shanghai (CN)
Olu Oguibe, Taus Makhacheva , Superflex , Ayesha Jatoi, Tomás Saraceno, Lee Mingwei, Georges Adéagbo, Aki Sasamoto, Etel Adnan, Sammy Baloji, Sofya Staune, Azadeh Akhlaghi, …
The Morality Reflex, curated by Heidi Ballet, Contemporary Art Center CAC, Vilnius (LT)
with Brandon Andrew, Judy Chicago, Leon Ferrari, fierce pussy, Andrea Fraser, Rana Hamadeh, Linas Jablonskis, Carlos Motta, Shelly Nadashi, Marianna Simnett, An van Dienderen, …
Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art
, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou (CN)
with Sheila Hicks, Liu Wei, Kimsooja, Willen de Rooij, He Xiangyu, Piotr Uklanski, …
Private tag, Domein Raversyde, Ostend (B)
with Sara Vanagt, Fransje Killaars, Bart Lodewijks, Katrien Vermeire, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, …

2015

7+1, curated by Martina Koppel-Yang, CIGB, Beijing (CN)
Vive le Capital, curated by Christophe Draeger and Xin Wang, BANK, Shanghai (CN)
with Badlands Unlimited, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Chen Tianzhuo, Heman Chong+Marcus Yee, Double Fly Art Center, Rainer Ganahl, Aernout Mik, Gianni Motti, Raqs Media Collective, Hito Steyerl, Wang Sishun, Xu Zhen Produced by MadeIn, O Zhang, Zhao Yao, …
Aandacht! Aandacht!, de Warande, Turnhout (B)
with David Claerbout, Bernhard Leitner, Mark Lewis, Ivan Navarro, Helmut Stallaerts, Filip Vervaet, Yang Yongliang, …
Balance Sheets, curated by Kit Hammonds, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
with Duncan Campbell, Gabriel Kuri, João Vasco Paiva, Lia Forslund & Franek Wardynski, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Han Ishu, Toril Johannessen, Hannes Zebedin
Aandacht! Aandacht!, C-Mine, Genk (B)

2014

DECORUM, carpets and tapestries from artists, curated by Anne Dressen and Gong Yan, Powerstation of Art, Shanghai (CN)
with Leonor Antunes, Cheng Ran, Pae White, Claude Closky, Tauba Auerbach, Daniel Dewar & Gregory Gicquel, Ding Yi, …
Art of living, curated by Zhou Tiehai and MABsociety, Jing An Kerry Center, Shanghai (CN)
Spoor 9, curated by SecondRoom and Lokaal01, Central Station, Antwerp (B)
Art in the city, K11, Shanghai (CN)
Another dream, Another sense, Another Mind, Law faculty Library, KULeuven, Leuven (B)
PO(r)TION, L’Avenue, Shanghai (CN)

2013

Revel, MOCA, Shanghai (CN)
with Zhang Enli, BirdHead , Liu Jianhua, Ding Yi, Geng Yini, Hu Yun, Michael Lin, Zhou Tiehai , Jiang Pengyi, Jin Shan, Ma Daha, Tang Dixin, Yang Zhenzhong, Thomas Fuesser, Fang Wei, Zhang Ding
Laowai Allegorist/Antagonist, BANK, Shanghai (CN)
with Isaac Julien , Girolamo Marri , Marc Lafia, Maya Kramer, Rainer Ganahl
Neo Povera, L&M Arts, curated by Harmony Murphy, Los Angeles (USA)
with Karla Black, Erik Lindman, Luca Frei, Tara Donovan, Jiri Kovanda, Cordy Ryman, Virginia Overton, Brendan Fowler, Ester Partegas
Lounge #2, Le Clougoff, curated by Philippe Bream, Private house, Brussels (B)
Does Europe matter, a project by Jun Yang, Vitamin creative space/The Pavillion, Beijing (CN)
Found in translation, curated by Emmanuel Lambion, Fondation Thalie, Brussels (B)
with Charlotte Beaudry,  Lucia Bru,  Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Edith Dekyndt, Denicolai & Provoost, Karl Holmqvist, Ann Veronica Janssens,  Erwan Mahéo, Valérie Mannaerts, Jimmy Robert, Maarten Vanden Eynde
The Critical Fundamentals of Europe, Goethe Institut, Brussels (B)
with Ariel Schlesinger, Hannes Schmid, Anne-Marie Schneider, Nedko Solakov, Tony Matelli, Olaf Breuning, Reza Aramesh,…

2012

What is it about the end of the world that makes it so appealing?, V Art Center, Shanghai (CN)
Very Fun Park, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei (TW)
Everyday, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN)

2011

Nachtauslage, Galerie Lena Bruening, curated by Susanne Prinz, Berlin (DE)
with Sonja Gerdes, Rosella Biscotti, Johannes Weiss, …
The Couple Show, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Shanghai (CN)
No Government No Cry, curated by Kendell Geers, c.i.a.p., Hasselt (B)

2010

This Modern World? An art as billboard project, curated by Mathieu Borysevicz, Cool Docks, Shanghai (CN)
Shifting definitions, OV Gallery, Shanghai (CN)

2009

Fantastic Illusions, Buda Art Center, Kortrijk (B)
Time to destination, curated by Ronald Vanden Sompel, Komplot at Zennestraat 17, Brussels (B)
Jeugdzonde, over opus een en min een, Hedah Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht (NL)
Fantastic Illusions, curated by Diana Freundl, MOCA, Shanghai (CN)
International Photo Festival 2009, Knokke-Heist (B)

2008

Un-Scene, Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels (B)
with Agentschap/Agence/Agency, Stephan Balleux, Aline Bouvy & John Gillis, Vaast Colson, François CurletMichael Dans, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Lucile Desamory, Vincent Geyskens, Tina Gillen, Geert Goiris, Valérie Mannaerts, Xavier Mary, Benoît Platéus, Frédéric Platéus, Jimmy Robert, Gert Robijns, Ivo Provoost & Simona Denicolai, Harald Thys  & Jos De Gruyter
Artlab/ Artificial Nature, curated by Alicia Framis, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai (CN)
Cuesta, Contemporary Art in Tielt, Tielt (B)
Markiezin zkt. Kunst, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek (B)
Intrude: Art & Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai (CN)

2007

Multi/Plier, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, curated by Edith Doove, Brussels (B)
Versus IV, Maegdendaele, Oudenaarde (B)
SecondRoom @ W139, Amsterdam (NL)
Storm op Komst, de Warande, Turnhout (B)
Remote/ Control, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai (CN)

2006

hereisthere, Budafest, Kortrijk (B)
Freestate, Old Military Hospital, Ostend (B)
Borderline Video Festival, Beijing (CN)

Photography

Kristien Daem
Steven Decroos
Larcher Zhao
Pazu Chan
Dirk Pauwels

Texts

Kit Hammonds
Esther Lu
Filip Luyckx
Aaron Schuster
Ronald Van de Sompel
Maya Kramer
Alice Evermore
Isabelle De Baets

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