Gommaar Gilliams

Biography

°1982 Lier, BE
Lives and works in Hasselt, Belgium.

Gommaar Gilliams’ relationship to art history is highly personal. His work is bursting with
duality, both in terms of its contents and its techniques. The great power of this lies in his
knack for bringing contrasting elements together in a natural way. This is only possible through an understanding of both the light and the dark. With the painterly prowess of Georg Baselitz or Cy Twombly, he creates works whose gentle magic is reminiscent of the paintings of Paul Klee and whose naturalism and imagination call to mind the work of the symbolist.

Gilliams' works have been on view in institutions such as MUDEL (Deinze), de Domijnen Sittard (NL) and Aardenburg Kunstfestival (NL).

Gommaar Gilliams is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and The Buck Gallery (NYC).

gommaargilliams.com

°1982 Lier, BE
Lives and works in Hasselt, Belgium.

Gilliams' works have been on view in institutions such as MUDEL (Deinze), de Domijnen Sittard (NL) and Aardenburg Kunstfestival (NL).

Gommaar Gilliams is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and The Buck Gallery (NYC).

gommaargilliams.com

	Selected Exhibitions
2024	'Awake, Sleep, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE 'Retracing Walkways', De Buck Gallery, Saint-Paul de Vence, France, FR 'Celestial Garden', SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA 'The Ballad of my Lover's Boat', Arusha Gallery, London, UK
2023	The Cabin LA Presents: A Curated Flashback, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX.
2022	Residency with SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, SA Gommaar Gilliams: Under Cassiopeia, De Buck Gallery, New York, NY Biennale Van de Schilderkunst, MUDEL Museum Aan de Leie en de Stroom, BE Kunstenfestival Aardenburg, Aardenburg, NL 'Sunkissed, Moonlit', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2021	'If you were dreaming', De Buck Gallery, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR 'What do you want?', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Be 'Fly me to the moon', NIL Gallery, Paris, FR
2020	'Only for you', ArtBorgloon, Borgloon, BE 'L'heure bleue', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE 'In the ballpark', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Be 'Always been told', De Buck Gallery, New York, US
2018	'Romeo's tune', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE 'Jenny kissed me', De Buck Gallery, New York, US
2017	'In the Picture', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2016	'Unblinking Devotion', Z33 Hasselt, BE 'ATC', Galerie Martin Van Blerk, Antwerp, BE 'Gardening In The Night', Michiel Bandenzavel Gommaar Gilliams, PXL Gym, BE
2015	100001(Nyckel)- Masters MAD- faculty PXL Hasselt, Havermarkt Hasselt, BE 'Trash', curated by Koen Van Den Broek, Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, BE 'Works On Paper+1', Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, BE
2014	'Art The Hague', Eastmen Gallery, The Hague, NL 'The Summer Collection', Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, BE 'Destination Unknown: paintings & drawings', Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt, BE
2013	'Impulse, Multitude', Amerikalei 169, Antwerp, BE Selection BNP Fortis Paribas Young Talent Award, Cannes, FR 'The joy of painting', Voka provincie Limburg, Hasselt, BE 'New Paintings', Gallery Dessers-Beeck, Keerbergen, BE
2012	'Gommaar Gilliams', Gallery Dessers-Beeck, Keerbergen, BE
2009	'Brooklyn dwaasheid', Gallery Dessers-Beeck, Keerbergen, Belgium
	Prizes
	Grote Prijs Ernest Albert, Mechelen, BE De zee, CC Keerbergen, Keerbergen, BE Prijs van de stad Harelbeke, Harelbeke, BE Dexiaprijs, Brussels, BE Grote Prijs voor schilderkunst A.Blomme, Dendermonde, BE