Victor Meertens

Biography

Born Seymour, Victoria August 23, 1955

Was born in Australia to Dutch Nationals, so holds both Australian & Dutch passports.

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Exhibitions & Key Actions

1983

The Coloured Fields. First Solo Show. United Artists Gallery, St.Kilda. (Anna Schwartz/Luba Bilu)

1984

Ecclesiastical City. Rhumbarallas, Fitzroy, Melbourne. Solo

1985

Richmond Labyrinth. 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne. Solo

1986

Mary Magdalene, My Sweet. 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne. Solo

1987

Third Australian Sculpture Triennial. Gertrude Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne

Permanent Collection. Monash University, Melbourne

The Angels of Mons. City Gallery, Melbourne. Solo. (Anna Schwartz/Luba Bilu)

1988

The New Generation. Philip Morris Collection. ANG, Canberra

The Sydney (Australian) Biennale. Pier 2/3 Sydney & The NGV, Melbourne

Advance Australian Painting. Auckland City Gallery & NZ Tour

Short-listed for the Venice Biennale (Aperto)

1989

The Katyn Sculptures. Chameleon Artists Space, Hobart, Tasmania. Solo

ICI Contemporary art collection touring exhibition. ACCA & regional galleries

1990

Inner City Sculpture. City Gallery, Melbourne. Solo. (Anna Schwartz)

Adelaide Festival (main program)

Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial. NGV

Short-listed for Venice Biennale (again)

1992

Collaborations. Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne. Curated by Merryn Gates. Duo with Eugene Carchesio

From the Museum of Silence. Peter Bellas Gallery, Brisbane. Duo show with Eugene Carchesio

From The Museum of Silence. Deakin Uni., Geelong. Duo with E. Carchesio

1993

Rythms of Construction. 4 pieces cast in Bronze for ASER, Adelaide. Riverside Building, North Terrace.

Confrontations. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. (Nick Waterlow)

Above the Water, Below the Sky. Self-curated Group show for the Benalla Art Gallery

Selected for Australia Council Fellowship Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1 year)

First release of The Charles Ives Singers:Those Naughty Rays (Victor/Alexis Ensor/David Palliser & Eugene Carchesio

1994

Sweet Dome. Ausstellungsraum Thomas Taubert, Dusseldorf. Solo show with duet opening performance from Werner Durand & Victor Meertens. Music/text with ceremonial mouse introduction & house-warming. Mice placed in scale bread building for 6 week duration of exhibition

Edition Block, Berlin. The Last Fluxus show at 11 Schaperstrasse, Berlin

Performance:Without Bread Everyone is an Orphan. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien festival of Performing Arts:Von Kurzer Dauer. Solo for voice, improvised text, baking Implements/ingredients with freshly baked bread

1995

As Good As Bread. Residency exhibition, Australia Council Fellowship. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Bread & Brandy. Duo with Dan Mihaltianu. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

1996

4 perfromances of Lingua Franca, (Chris Halliwell & Victor Meertens) Performance Space, Sydney & live to air Radio 2SER FM, Sydney. Audio Daze (Feb.97)

L’arte Bianco, The Progressive Dinner. Dowling Centre/Performance Space, Sydney

White Flour Over Romania. (27 minute table) Academia De Arta, University of Bucharest

The Charles Ives Singers at The Museum of Silence. (Eugene Carchesio/Victor) Café De Lane, Sydney

The Charles Ives Singer:Rye Baguette Music, Café De Lane, Sydney

1997

Users’ Guide To The Vanishing. Peter Bellas Gallery, Brisbane. Solo.

Internationales Kuenstforum, Drewen, Germany. Groupshow featuring 3 performances of Hornbread, a collaboration with Werner Durand (Berlin)

Hornbread (again) at Schloss Wiepersdorf

1998

Stazione Topolo, Friuli, Italy. Breadworks & duo/trio performance with W.Durand & Amelia Cuni. Hornbread, part 2

1999

EBW (Experimental Budgerigar Workshop). Tylee Cottage/Sarjeant Gallery Residency Exhibition. Solo. Opening performance featured readings by Gregory O’Brien & Jenny Bornholdt. Ceremonial budgerigar music welcomed the birds to Their new temporary home

2000

Performance Attic Music, Stazione Topolo, Italy

2001

Vogerlerplatz. Exhibition from 1 year residency, Kuenstlerhauser Worpswede, Germany Transferatu/Transcafe. Curated by Dan Mihaltianu. Galerie Noua, Bucharest

Beebread Werner Durand/Victor Meertens. Bergen, Norway Kuenstakademie

2003-2004

Birds of Passage Gallery Onetwentyeight Groupshow 128 Remington St NYC

Performance Hannover Kuenstverein with Werner Durand….Redbread

6 Solo Shows at Factory 5, Brooklyn, West Melbourne

2006

Baked Beetroot drawings. Blindside Gallery, Melbourne City

Cut My Wood. Solo at Kuenstlerhauser Worpswede, Germany

Performance at Australian Night, Ballhaus Kreuzberg, Berlin with Werner Durand

2007

First incarnation of Breadman in Performance at Toff on the Town, Melbourne. You Don’t Have To Call It Music, curated by Marco Fusinato

2008

Backstop Gallery, Erzeugmarkt, Brunnenstrasse, Berlin. November 4

All Frontiers 20th. Anniversary festival edition. Gradisca d’Isonzo, Italy. Saturday 16th. of November. Contemporary music festival, Trio with Werner Durand & guest appearance of Breadman.

Galerie O, Milan. Werner Durand/Victor/Breadman

Hornbread Performance Trio with Werner Durand/Victor/Breadman. Dahlem Museum, Berlin. 1 Nov.

First Breadman Videos appear

2009

NGV Theaterette, 22 March . The Charles Ives Singers. Visual Artists in Sound, curated by John Nixon

A Tribute to Terry Fox. An evening dedicated to Terry Fox (1943-2008) With Akio Suzuki, Arnold Dreylatt, David Moss, Rolf Julius,Hans Peter Kuhn/Juko Wada a.o. Hamburger Bahnhof Aktionsraum, Berlin. 17 January