Picture by Fleur De roeck- Getting out of the paté, Art Space Interim, Kassel (D), 2017
- Duo expositie met Yuna Lucas, Croxhapox, Gent, 2018
- Risotto, Het Bos, 2020
- Tortilla Flat, M12, Ronse, 2021-2022
- Il faut cultiver notre jardin, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Gent 2022
- Volksfeest, Het Bos, Antwerpen 2022
- Snobs, Onderstroom, Antwerpen 2022
- Lanzarotti Volantari, Z33, Hasselt 2022
- Solo, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Gent 2022
- Ponton, Wilford T, Temse, 2023
- Bostopia, Het bos, Antwerpen 2024
- Wo sich fuchs und hasegute nacht sage, M12, Ronse 2024
- Sculpture Ball, Stuivenbergziekenhuis, Antwerpen, 2024
- Zijspoor, Oud justitiepaleis, Antwerpen, 2025
- Solo, Galerijke Marijke, Antwerpen, 2025
- The Magician, 37PK, Haarlem Nederland, 2025
Residentie
- Lanzarotti Volantari, Hasselt 2022
- Onderzoeksruimte, Hetpaleis 2024
Theater
- Wanderink, Anastassya Stavinsky, coproductie Froefroe en i.s.m. Hetpaleis, 2024 – 2025, 2025-2026
Marlies Vander Straeten (BE, 1993) is a visual artist who creates playfully.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Her paintings and drawings are painted over several times and read like a layered weave of dreamy stories and recurring self-invented symbols. A symbolism that arises through a play of different media.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Pudding cups are transformed into molds for sculptures, there are old board games on the floor of her studio and wires are attached to the ceiling for homemade flags for (as yet) non-existing countries.
Play, feeling and time is the atmosphere in which Vander Straeten creates. Almost everything is made by hand so time is almost tactile in the work. It also adds to its sensitivity. Each flag harks back to a snapshot of a feeling. She wants to convey a feeling and not a story.
Residence in Hetpaleis, 2025
Textile paintings
Liefdesverdriet, 202220,5cm x 30.5cm
Acrylic and tape on textile
Zon, 2019
29cm x 22.5cm
Acrylic on textile
Sterrenstof, 201912 cm x 10 cm
Acrylic on textile
Stralen, 2020
11 cm x 9.5 cm
Acrylic on textile
Het regent, 2022
30 × 42 cm
Acrylic on textile
Wolken zijn wolken en gaan voorbij, 2022
162 cm × 159 cm
Acrylic and cotton on boat tarpaulin
De zon schijnt
200 cm x 300 cm
Acrylic and coton and metal
Bostopia at Het Bos
Stralen I I ,2023
33.5 cm x 38.6 cm
Katoen, acryl, hout
Paintings
Picture by : Dimitri Siokis
2.
2025
Acryl and lacquer on wood
Untitled,
2025,
Acrylic and lacquer
Sculptures
Untitled, 2022
Matress foam hung by a wooden dowel, rope and pulleys
23 × 43.5 cm