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Solo exhibition at Base-Alpha Gallery. Murals, prints on paper, animation + a performance night. 2009 – 2010.

Animation, 720p, colour/sound, 3’59”, 2005.

Master paper for MfA Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam. 2001.

Edition of 10. GPS coordinations, possible descriptions, CD with four songs. 2009.

Graduation paper for the Academy for Arts & Design (now AKV St. Joost), Den Bosch. 1998.

Are prehistoric caves dioramas? And why am I talking about theme park Efteling? Hey, and what in the world is an Eidophusikon?

A fair trade: exchanging artifacts between former colonies and former colonizing nations.

Illusions behind glass: 2D surfaces versus 3D, and the computer screen as a perpetual diorama.

Proposing the idea of experiencing or creating multiple realities as the default human state.

The impressive and disturbing Edward Kienholz installation ‘Five Car Stud‘ (1972) is a life-sized diorama of the castration of a … Lees Meer

Not only humans like shiny things, but some animals take a liking to hyper-reflective objects too, which is why my … Lees Meer

Spacious, clean, white rooms have, throughout the last century, become the standard in both living and gallery spaces. Of course … Lees Meer

Me, and my younger sister and brother grew up on the countryside, surrounded by grasslands, corn, and a small forest. … Lees Meer

  Group exhibition, 10 Years of Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp. December 2017 – February 2018. With Joachim Coucke, Filip Vervaet, Nicolas … Lees Meer

Verschenen in H ART Magazine #176, december 2017 Leestijd: 2 minuten en 10 seconden. Woorden functioneren in kunstteksten al te … Lees Meer

  Karawan is a modern day interpretation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Instead of crossing the Styx with … Lees Meer

Sinds 1975 geeft mediamagnaat Piet Schreuders, ook bekend van de wereldvermaarde Poezenkrant, op onregelmatige basis het kwaliteitsblad Furore uit. Furore … Lees Meer

De professionele roddelbroers Edmond en Jules de Goncourt hebben zichzelf onsterfelijk gemaakt door hun dagboeken, waarin zij de 19e-eeuwse Parijse … Lees Meer

In deze reeks ontrafelt Alexandra Crouwers het kunstjargon. Verschenen in H ART Magazine #175, november 2017 Voor de omslag van … Lees Meer

The moving image has many different genres and sub-genres. Film and television are the most prominent houses, overgrown with commercial … Lees Meer

Alexandra Crouwers legt het kunstjargon onder de loep. Verschenen in H ART Magazine #174, oktober 2017 De nog nahijgende topsporter … Lees Meer

In deze reeks legt Alexandra Crouwers de relatie tussen tekst en beeldende kunst onder de loep. Verschenen in H ART … Lees Meer

Alexandra Crouwers bespreekt het kunstjargon, internationaal beter bekend als ‘art speak’. Verschenen in H ART Magazine #172, augustus 2017 Computers … Lees Meer

Lost_Horizon.backup   Solo show at LhGWR Gallery, The Hague. Opening Saturday afternoon, September 16 2017.   New works on paper, … Lees Meer

Verschenen in H ART Magazine #171, juni 2017 In deze reeks kijkt Alexandra Crouwers kritisch naar het kunstjargon. Eén van … Lees Meer

Verschenen in H ART Magazine #170, mei 2017 Alexandra Crouwers legt het kunstjargon onder de loep. Naast krantenartikelen, romans, gebruiksaanwijzingen, … Lees Meer

Over beeldende kunst wordt heel wat afgeschreven, maar soms lijk de tekst wel erg weinig toe te voegen aan het … Lees Meer

Al tijdens zijn leven werden Hermans’ tekortkomingen beschreven in een stroom publicaties. Tekortkomingen die zich op allerlei vlakken zouden hebben … Lees Meer

The Collector is a multiscreen video installation, combined with a series of prints. The work is linked to works of … Lees Meer

With Fia Cielen, Alexandra Crouwers, Lydia Debeer, Manu Engelen 07.10 – 30.10 Opening: 07.10, 19:00

Exhibition overviews of the installation ‘The White Hide IV‘ at the group show celebrating 30 years of gallery De Ziener … Lees Meer

De Ziener, Asse I’m very proud to be part of the 30 years celebration exhibition of De Ziener gallery, opening … Lees Meer

17.06.2016 – 19.06.2016 Opening: 17.06 at 19:00 With Manu Engelen, Fia Cielen, Alexandra Crouwers, David Wauters, Timothy Segers, Vincent Vandaele, … Lees Meer

15.05.2016 – 26.06.2016 Opening 15.05.16, 15:00   Group show with Fia Cielen, Elke Van Kerckvoorde, Raphaël Buedts, Vincent de Roder, … Lees Meer

06.02.2016 – 28.02.2016 Opening Pulse 4, 06.02.16, 16:00     Untitled [KAP], slide-installation, Kodak projector, slide-mask, slide from digital file, … Lees Meer

On January 22nd the main film of the 3-channel installation ‘Inertia’ screened at HEDEN: Heelal, an initiative by VHDG in … Lees Meer

22 Jan, VHDG, Leeuwarden, NL: a screening of ‘Inertia’ at an evening on science fiction. I’ll also give a talk. … Lees Meer

13.09 – 11.10.2015 Horst – Arts & Music Festival combines electronic music and in-situ visual arts.   For the second … Lees Meer

‘The Manual‘ premiered at D.ART (Dijlefeesten kunstroute) in Mechelen, and I was awarded a new prize: the Nobelsprijs (named after … Lees Meer

As of today, Saturday July 13, a small object I made can be found at Hidden Art/Dold Kunst in Kungsparken … Lees Meer

The 3-channel video installation INERTIA will be shown at the first edition of the Amsterdam Art Fair (Stadionplein, Amsterdam), from … Lees Meer

Eline Van Der Haak schreef op Mister Motley een tamelijk persoonlijke interpretatie van Inertia, gekleurd door het nieuws van de … Lees Meer

Klik op de afbeelding om deze te vergroten. Tekst: Sandra SmetsNRC, donderdag 18 maart 2015, Cultuurbijlage Hieronder: installatie-overzicht galerie LhGWR, … Lees Meer

21.02.2015 – 11.05.2015 Opening 21.02.15, 15:00  

“Extraordinary!” the doctor exclaimed as the ship approached. The level of detail became sufficient to distinguish vague coastlines and a … Lees Meer

  On view during Art Rotterdam + 3 weeks, February 2015.

The 3-channel hommage to dystopian science fiction ‘Inertia’ is moving up North to the LhGWR gallery in The Hague. Opening … Lees Meer

28.12.2014 – 08.02.2015   From December 28 until February 8 the three channel video installation ‘Inertia‘ can be seen at … Lees Meer

The new three channel video work INERTIA is both a homage to dystopian science fiction and dioramas – as a … Lees Meer

Until october 5 the new videoloop ‘The Poisson’s Equation’, which also has a small part in the new installation ‘Inertia’ … Lees Meer

Van Stof tot Asse. Triannual, Asse, B. 28.09.2014 – 02.11.2014

12.09.2014 – 07.09.2014 Avantgarde ist keine Strömung Two animations (Tamara, 2013 & One Short Story, 2005-2012-2014) screening at the ‘What … Lees Meer

BORG19/09/2014 – 05/10/2014 For the biannual BORG in the Borgerhout area of Antwerp I’m showing one or more animations from … Lees Meer

‘De Kunstenaar als Machine’, artikel over de solotentoonstelling van Suse Weber in de Base-Alpha galerie, Antwerpen. Klik op de foto … Lees Meer

Denkbaar is de naam waaronder sinds kort mijn toegepaste werk valt: websites, animaties en video (trailers, teasers, motion graphics), grafische, … Lees Meer

klik op de afbeelding om hem te vergroten

In 2001, my master paper for the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam was a bit unconventional in the sense that it … Lees Meer

Cosmopolitan photographer/screenwriter/director Fleur Boonman (‘Portable Life‘, 2011) is working on several film projects amongst which a movie short that takes … Lees Meer

Missing Link, a group show, curated by Alexandra Crouwers. 19.10.2013 – 27.10.2013 (During the Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven) 44 Works … Lees Meer

PRESS TEXT [NL] ‘Missing Link’ is als groepstentoonstelling in kunstenaarsinitiatief Artspace Flipside een onderdeel van het Dutch Design Week programma … Lees Meer

In 2013 the three-channel video installation ‘The White Hide III‘ was part of the ‘On the Precipice’ programme of ISIS … Lees Meer

The White Hide [III] at Isis Arts’ Big M:Sat 14 – Sun 15 September 11am – 5pmWoodhorn Museum and Northumberland … Lees Meer

De onderstaande tekst is de volledige begeleidende tekst voor de tentoonstelling ‘Golden Power’ van Filip Vervaet. Deze is nog tot … Lees Meer

On saturday the 29th of june the open air exhibition ‘Golden Power’ by Filip Vervaet opens at Park ter Beuken, … Lees Meer

Alexandra Crouwers The Atelier II 60 x 80 cm 2013 oplage 12 exemplaren / edition of 12 piëzografie / piezography … Lees Meer

On Saturday May 11 Perte Totale Operations is performing at the Maelström Festival in Espace Sengor, Etterbeek (Brussels), with Antoine … Lees Meer

Deze pagina wordt telkens aangevuld. ‘Werelden op losse schroeven’Sandra Smetsh ART #110 Lees hier of hieronder de bespreking ‘I.M. Dog, … Lees Meer

17.03.2013 – 12.03.2013 The title ‘I.M. Dog, Star’ refers to the star Sirius, the brightest star in our Earthly sky, … Lees Meer

I.M. Dog, StarAlexandra Crouwers Opening tentoonstelling Zondag 17 maart 2013 van 15:00 – 19:00 uur Openingsperformance Perte Totale Operations Tentoonstelling t/m … Lees Meer

I’m currently working on a new solo-show at LhGWR gallery in The Hague, which opens march 17. More info will … Lees Meer

I’m modifying the animation ‘The White Hide II’ for a three-screen projection, which will be shown in the inflatable multimedia-space … Lees Meer

  ‘Urban Gothic’, een overzichtstentoonstelling van Marc Bijl in het Groninger Museum DE MONUMENTALE KRACHT VAN HET ZWART Op 6 … Lees Meer

I’m currently working on two video/animation installations, which should be ready within a couple of months. One is a flexible … Lees Meer

         Mijn beste Geoffrey,         je was al vroeg bedorven. De meeste kunstenaars raken gaandeweg hun carrière pas doordrongen van het … Lees Meer

Perte Totale Operations will perform for a full 8 minutes (yes, eight) at the Introspection TEDxFlanders event the 20th of … Lees Meer

‘2 White Boyz’ in galerij Hectoliter in Brussel Pop Art: The next level Nog tot 13 oktober is de duo-tentoonstelling … Lees Meer

Slowly starting on a two-channel panoramic HD video/animation installation, based on two stories I wrote (2009 and 2012). This will … Lees Meer

Music video for the song ‘Triangulation’ of the album ‘A Body and Birthmark’ by Götterdämmerung ©19943D-animation/post-production/editing by Alexandra Crouwers ©2012An … Lees Meer

Donderdag/thursday 14/06/2012 FELIX POETRY FESTIVAL  14 en 15 juni 2012FelixPakhuis Antwerpen (Godefriduskaai 30, 2000 Antwerpen, toon op kaart)tickets:5 euro (+ 1 … Lees Meer

click on image to enlarge From now on my portfolios can be accessed through:https://www.alexandracrouwers.com/ (general portal)https://www.alexandracrouwers.com/home.htm (visual arts portal)

From now on my portfolios can be accessed through:https://www.alexandracrouwers.com/ (general portal)https://www.alexandracrouwers.com/home.htm (visual arts portal)

13.04.2012 – 13.05.2012 Opening Friday The 13th, 2012 Ra, Antwerp     6-9 PM: Opening: Friday, April 13, 2012 6 … Lees Meer

    Easter sunday special with an experimental live video mixing try-out: ZONDAG / DIMANCHE / SUNDAY • 8 APRIL … Lees Meer

Until the 25th of march the modest ‘Rio-show’ with Jelle Kindt, Cesar Raes and myself can be visited at the … Lees Meer

Overview of the installation at F44 (sic), Antwerp. 3 Slide-projections, videoloop, 2’18”, no sound/colour, 2012.  

Latest in an ongoing series of articles regarding interesting and difficult-to-place artists that are still somewhat ‘under the radar’, below … Lees Meer

I’ve made a video for the 23 minute audio recording of a performance by Brussels writer Antoine Boute and guitarist … Lees Meer

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Quartair, The Hague, NL Saturday january 21st from 20.00 hrs until late there’ll be an in situ Fluxus event of … Lees Meer

Translation from the original Dutch article. Jan Dietvorst and Roy Villevoye in Johan Grimonprez-exhibition S.M.A.K. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Much has been … Lees Meer

My article on the works of Lisa Jeannin and Rolf Schuurmans, published in hART #89. English translation (with some contextual … Lees Meer

December 1st, in art magazine hART #89, my article on the Fantastic works of Lisa Jeannin and Rolf Schuurmans will … Lees Meer

Overview ‘DaHiL’ [Dig a Hole into Light] at the Paradise Lost Paradise exhibition/Roelant Savery tribute in the Broeltoren in Kortrijk. … Lees Meer

From 02.07.2011 – 28.08.2011 the exhibition ‘Paradise Lost Paradise’ will take place in several public locations throughout the city of … Lees Meer

Hm. As far as the Phd proposal regarding my work and the archaeological/antropological research that goes with it, my admission … Lees Meer

Below, a very nice text by John Berger on the cave paintings of the Chauvet cave. This beautiful book is … Lees Meer

And the view from my studio, about a year ago:

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The installation ‘The Order of Volume I‘ has disappeared without a trace from the just freshly white painted cube of … Lees Meer

Every year the Felix Poetry Festival invites an artist to make visuals/graphics/drawings for the programme paper and the posters. This … Lees Meer

Please note: next week will already be the last week you can visit the installation ‘The Order of Volume I’ … Lees Meer

For the exhibition project on several locations throughout the small city of Kortrijk, Belgium, I went with Nadia Naveau to … Lees Meer

Installation overview/excerpt of ‘The Order of Volume I’ at LhGWR, The Hague Mural, black paint & reflective black paint on … Lees Meer

16.04.2011 – 14.05.2011 at LhGWR, Stationsweg 55, The Hague, NL Mural, acrylic paint & reflective black paint on wall, 3m80 … Lees Meer

NEXT: 16.04.2011 – 14.05.2011  A new installation: “The Order of Volume I” at LhGWR, Stationsweg 55, The Hague. Opening saturday … Lees Meer

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25/03/2011       Bookpresentation of ‘The Cover Mountain‘ from 17.00 hrs, boekhandel Demian, Hendrik Conscienceplein 16-18, 2000 Antwerp16/04/2011 – 14/05/2011Solo exhibition/installation at … Lees Meer

All info HERE.Yesterday I visited ‘Mind The Book‘, an alternative book fair. There was a special small fair for bibliophile … Lees Meer

Almost done: this handmade, inktjetprinted, hand-stitched limited edition (50 copies only) boekje will be presented at the end of march … Lees Meer

Due to a sudden hole in Time, I’ve finally started printing a small book with contributions of Ad de Jong … Lees Meer

Group show ‘What you’ve saved during the Sales you can spend extra at Base-Alpha’ Rachel Agnew, Alexandra Crouwers, Geoffrey De … Lees Meer

  BOAT, Indian ink & acrylic marker on paper, 1m50 x 2m22, 2011 http://www.devierdewand.blogspot.com/

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TRICK, Indian ink & acrylic paint on paper, 1m50 x 2m30, 2010 http://www.devierdewand.blogspot.com/ http://www.devierdewand.blogspot.com/

A more or less revised website is now online. It might look kind of crazy at first, but it’s hopefully … Lees Meer

UNTITLED [full moon], 1m50 x 2m20, Indian ink & acrylic paint on paper, 2010 http://www.devierdewand.blogspot.com/

  UNTITLED [still life], 1m50 x 2m27, Indian ink & acrylic paint on paper, 2010 GATE, 1m50 x 2m22, Indian … Lees Meer

    Practicle Applied Hermetics II acrylic paint on wall, projected 5′ animationloop [soundtrack courtesy Tim Vanhamel], safelights 6m x … Lees Meer

                    INVITATION opening 30.10.2010  14.00 – 18.00 Hareng Saur: Ensor and contemporary … Lees Meer

Like I mentioned earlier some people who made photos on hip parties in Antwerp organised some sort of exhibition in … Lees Meer

This semi-autobiographical comic book revolves around the platonic friendship between visual artist Alexandra Crouwers (1974) and poet/videomaker Jess de Gruyter … Lees Meer

As far as I can tell, today I’ve finished the last drawing for the, still title-less, comic book. Jess and … Lees Meer

Meanwhile, some 2.694 kilometers away, percussionist/musical improvisor/shaman/pelgrim/troubadour Eric Thielemans is on a true Odyssey across Europe. At this moment he’s … Lees Meer

25/09/10 – 03/10/10 EGOan exhibition curated by Ikonoklasttakes place at Gory’s Residence KissingerBoomgaardstraat 143Antwerp, Belgiumopening 25/09/10 at 20.00 hrs, free … Lees Meer

The image above is page 5 & 6 of the comic book Jess de Gruyter (left) and I (right) are … Lees Meer

Above: left wall of the space. Black paint on wall, safelight, projection of 3D-animationloop with Antwerp-based musician Tim Vanhamel’s soundtrack. … Lees Meer

Below two overviews of the installation I finally made in room #103 of Hotel Bloom! in Brussels as part of … Lees Meer

My work can be seen live at the Base-Alpha gallery stand on Art Brussels and in room 103 of Hotel … Lees Meer

I’m participating in the Trajector Art Fair, an alternative fair during Art Brussels in Hotel Bloom!, Rue Royale 250, Brussels … Lees Meer

RETRACING STEPS Images tend to pop up in my head instantly when playing certain songs. Luckily this doesn’t happen with … Lees Meer

“Ik wilde altijd al zo’n hondje hebben, jeweetwel, zo een van die zwarte compacte hondjes die er uit zien alsof … Lees Meer

There’s a love/hate relationship going on between me and my left hand, or to be more specific, the style of … Lees Meer

As I mentioned in an earlier post I was a guest teacher at the academy of Den Bosch in the … Lees Meer

On the lovely evening of the 6th of february all these artists performed live in my exhibition at the Base-Alpha … Lees Meer

On friday the 29th of january and friday the 5th of february I’ll be a guest teacher at the art … Lees Meer

The exhibition at the Base-Alpha gallery in Antwerp has been prolonged from the original 6th of february untill the 27th … Lees Meer

Artist Geoffrey de Beer is working on a continuous project, ‘Avant Garde below zero’. Next to numerous other artists I’ve … Lees Meer

The Torrance Art Museum shows a travelling exhibition project in co-operation with Independent Curators International, NYC the FAX-project, which is … Lees Meer

Hans Theys wrote a review on DUNSMUIR in Belgian art magazine hART, for which I used to write columns. We … Lees Meer

Together with Johan Gustavsson I’m showing drawings at Liefhertje & de Grote Witte Reus, Stationsweg 55, 2515 BJ, The Hague. … Lees Meer

17.12.2009 – 27.02.2010 Dunsmuir, solo show at Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp Dunsmuir is a small town in the mountains of northern … Lees Meer

In de tentoonstellingsruimte van de Nieuwe Brabantse Kunst Stichting (NBKS) is tijdens Breda Photo 2005 werk te zien van drie … Lees Meer

01.05.2005 – 04.06.2005 Alexandra Crouwers, Evert Defrancq, Nick Ervinck, Christophe Floré, Peter Morrens, Rebecca Sakoun, Leopold van de Ven, Anne … Lees Meer

A working period of a month resulted in two exhibition projects. The front space showed an installation researching my family’s … Lees Meer

Per (1 of begin) juni te huur voor handige types: Op te frissen appartement in de Sint-Laureisstraat (Antwerpen-Zuid). Huurprijs € … Lees Meer