Gabriel LESTER (b.1972)
Born in 1972 in Amsterdam, Gabriel Lester is a visual artist and director. Now lives and works in Netherlands.
2012 Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2006 ROAD Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005-2006 ISCP, New York, United States
2003-2004 IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
1999-2000 Rijks Akademie (Royal Academy of the Arts), Amsterdam
1995-1996 Hogeschool Sint Lukas, Brussels – experimental film
1994-1995 St.Joost Akademie , Breda – audiovisueel
solo exhibitions
2020 Light Years, Machinery of Me, Arnhem, The Netherlands
2018 Shake A Face, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017 The Return of Lester’s Loops, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
2017 If you happen to be, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, USA
2017 How to Act, De Hallen Haarlem, The Netherlands
2016 Apple Z, De Appel Art center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 The 9 Day Week, CAC museum, Vilnius (LT)
2015 Cosmic Call, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 The Ears Have Walls, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
2014 Follies, Bonner Kunst Verrein, Bonn (D)
2014 Silent Trilogy, 3’14 Bergen (NOR)
2014 Blank Stare, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 The Secret Life of Cities, Galerie Fons Welters, The Netherlands
2013 Highlights & Encounters, Tetem, Enschede, The Netherlands
2012 Roxy, Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, China
2012 The Future that Was, NASA/Smart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Suspension of Disbelief, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Dilzis, Rodea Gallery Istanbul, Turkey
2009 ProMotion, Z33, Hasselt (B)
2008 The Last Smoking Flight, Gallery Fons Welters, The Netherlands
2008 A Man of Action [Returns], Gallery BirteKleeman, Berlin (D)
2008 One Man Band II, Kiosk, Gent (B)
group exhibitions
2021 Chengdu Biennale: Super Fusion, Chengdu, China
2021 Quebec City Biennial (CAN) – curated by Steven Matijcio
2021 Warehouse Story VII, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2018 LekArt Festival, Culemborg, the Netherlands,
2018 Busan Biennal, Busan, South Korea
2018 Paysage – Fiction, Le Tetris, Le Havre, France
2018 Bambaataa, De Beeldengalerij, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2018 Sculpture in the City, City of London, London, the United Kingdom
2018 Another Dimension, Nest, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2017 Radicale Sociale Animale, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2017 Salon Hang, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Heaven, Hell & Earth, Stedeliijk museum Den Bosch
2016 Forming in the pupil of an eye, Kochi Biennale, India
2015 Moscow biennale, Moscow, Russia
2015 Istanbul biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Nice’n Light, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2015 When I Give I Give Myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Sydney biennale, Sydney, Australia
2014 Marrakesh Biennale, Marrakesh (MOR)
2014 CAFA museum, Beijing, China
2014 Folkestone triennial, Folkestone, UK
2014 Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Play Time, Corner House, Manchester, UK
2013 Garden of Diversion, Sifang museum, Nanjing, China
2013 Performa 13, New York, USA
2013 Momentum Biennale, Moss, (NO)
2013 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2013 Sharjah Biennale, Sharjah, UAE
2013 Call of the Mall, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013 Bourgeois Leftovers, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012 DOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany
2012 Blind Cut, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York, USA
2012 Arco Solo, Arco art Fair, Madrid, Spain
2011 Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 Television Commune, Nam June Paik Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2011 I am not a Studio Artist, SALT, Istanbul, Turkey
2011 Walk Through Mudam, Luxembourg
2010 Not Our Cup of Tea, 29th Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
2010 De Nederlandse Identiteit, Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
2010 A Map Bigger Than Its Territory, Valand Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 Performa/The Prompt, TransArt, Bolzano, Italy
2010 Clifford Irving Show, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 The Prompt, Performa 09 Biennial, New York, USA
2009 C.I.S., Kadist Foundation, Paris, France
2009 Secret Ninth Planet, MACCA, San Francisco, USA
2009 Slow Movement, Kunsthalle Bern, China
2009 Lapses, FriArt, Fribourg, China
2009 Paper Exhibition, Artist Space New York, USA
2009 Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux Arts, 2007, Brussel, Belgium