VERMEIR & HEIREMANS

Profile

Katleen Vermeir (1973) - Ronny Heiremans (1962)
Artist duo VERMEIR & HEIREMANS since 2006

Graduated from
Katleen Vermeir: St-Luke's Institute for Fine Art (painting) (1996)
Ronny Heiremans: University of Louvain (English & Dutch Literature & Linguistics) (1985)

Recent 5 main activities are
1/ 4th DOJIMA RIVER BIENNALE, group exhibition curated by Tom Trevor, Dojima River Forum, Osaka (JP) (2015)
2/ TRIENNALE BRUGES, group exhibition curated by Till-Holger Borchert & Michel Dewilde, Bruges (BE) (2015)
3/ LIFE'S FINEST VALUES, group exhibition curated by Ina Wudke & Florian Wust, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (AT) (2015)
4/ A GLASS DARKLY, group exhibition curated by Nav Haq, Stroom, Den Haag (NL) (2014)
5/ 13th ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, group exhibition curated by Fulya Erdemci, venue Galata Greek Primary School, Istanbul (TR) (2013)

Vermeir & Heiremans have presented their work at the 10th Istanbul Biennial (2007), Arnolfini, Bristol (2009), Kassel Documentary Film Festival (2009), Nam June Paik Art Center in Korea (2010), LOOP, Barcelona (2010), ARGOS, Brussels (2012), EXTRA CITY, Antwerp (2012), 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennial (2012), Manifesta 9, Limburg (2012), Riga Art Space (2013), XX Image symposium CA2M, Madrid (2013), Rotwand Gallery, Zurich (2014)...

They have participated in the artist residency programs of P.S.1, New York (2001-2), Platform Garanti, Istanbul (2006), CEAC, Xiamen (CN) (2009-10) and T.I.M.,Beijing (2010).
For the production of their work the artists regularly receive grants of the Ministry of Culture of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Film Fund (VAF).

About works / performance

The Good Life (a guided tour) 2009, video still
Photo: Michael De Lausnay

The Residence (a wager for the afterlife) 2012, video still
Photo: Kristien Daem

Masquerade 2015, video still
Photo: Michael De Lausnay

Masquerade 2015, installation view
Photo: the artists

In-Residence Magazine # 02 2015, artist publication, 21 x 33 cm,
112pages, full color - edition of 750 copies Photo: the artists