BASTIAAN ARLER

BASTIAAN ARLER
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BASTIAAN ARLER (1972, THE NETHERLANDS / ITALY)
bastiaan arler works with visual arts, and on occasion, performances. he grew up between the
netherlands, japan, sweden and italy. he studied industrial design at the istituto europeo di
design and at futurarium in milano. he has worked as concept designer for numerous studios
and his own design atelier britefuture, where his designs were distributed in milano, berlin, tokyo,
and by the moma in new york. he lives and works in torino, italy.
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
since 2003 he works exclusively with art. his work revolves around the mechanisms and systems
that make up our societies. he studies contemporary man as a natural element in an artificial
context. his interests have taken him to explore traffic, infrastructure, relationary mapping,
behavioural loops, and social dynamics. he has a systematic approach to art and theory and
employs various media in his ongoing research.
2006 - accademia albertina, torino. ‘proposte xxi’ workshop conducted by vedovamazzei.
he has shown at nopx gallery in torino and the online gallery hoc/ (2013), gallery vbm 20.10 in
berlin (2011), the studi aperti arts festival in ameno and neon campobase, bologna (2009) at the
vanabbe museum in eindhoven during the ‘becoming dutch’ symposium and ‘natura naturans 12’
in trieste (2007), ‘o, youth and beauty’ (2006) at the accademia albertina in torino, in milano at o’
artoteca with ‘my name is gilgamesh’ (2005), in amsterdam, luxemburg and paris with the nomadic project ‘songliner’ (2004), at the diesel stylelab in milano with the performance ‘metroscope’
(2003), and at the biennale international de design in st. etienne (2002).
www.arler.net
2012 - raid projects, los angeles. (residency, 3 months). director jason ramos.
2008 - van abbemuseum, eindhoven. ‘be(com)ing dutch’ (caucus, 1 month). director charles esche.
- via farini, milano. workshop with kim jones. director milovan faronato.
2004 - pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes (mobile residency, 1 month).
- turin polytechnic. ‘arch/art’ workshop in bardonecchia, italy.
2003 - istitut d’arts visuels, orléans (residency, 2 months). promoted by pépinières européennes
pour jeunes artistes. director patrice bonnaffé
- kunstlerhaus graz, austria. european forum for emerging creation. organized by pépinières
européennes pour jeunes artistes and culture 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
- ‘timepiece for recurrent economic phenonmena’. nopx gallery, torino.
- ‘constructs’. gallery hoc/, italy. curated by riccardo bonini.
2012
- ‘habitat’. palazzo birago. on show ‘timepiece for recurrent economic phenomena’.
curated by federica tammarazio.
2012
- ‘past, present and future works’. open studio at raid projects, los angeles.
2011
- ‘studio aperti arts festival’. ameno (no). on show installation and studies for ‘lifelines of the
electric collective’.
2011
- ‘autobahn’. gallery vbm 20.10, berlin. curated by valentina benedetta marinone.
2010
- ‘superstuctures’. adelinquere arte contemporanea project room, berlin.
curated by alessandro quaregna.
2009
- ‘shadowplay’. adelinquere arte contemporanea project room, torino.
curated by alessandro quaregna.
2008
- ‘big endless bang’. at artissima 15 fair, torino. curated by a.titolo.
- ‘the big picture’. ols, torino. curated by donatella galasso.
2007
- ‘bomb threat generator’. audio project at vanabbe museum, eindhoven, the netherlands.
curated by charles esche.
- ‘multiplayer’. performance at ‘natura naturans 12’ festival, trieste. curated by maria campitelli.
2006
- ‘you are here’. wall-drawing at adelinquere arte contemporanea project room, torino.
curated by alessandro quaregna.
2005
- ‘my name is gilgamesh’. performance, video and installation. o’ artoteca art space, milano and
socrates sculpure park, new york. curated by sara serighelli.
2003
- ‘metroscope’. diesel stylelab. installation at diesel stylelab store, milano.
curated by raffaella guidobono.
- ‘syntax error’. kunstlerhaus graz. performance on occasion of the european forum for emerging
creation in graz, austria.
2009
- ‘roaming: cantieri’. neon campobase, bologna. on show installation with ‘the end of duality’.
neon campobase, bologna. curated by alessandro castiglione.
- ‘studio aperti arts festival’. ameno (no), on show ‘as an origin unfolds’. curated by giorgio caione.
2008
- ‘public art a trieste e dintorni’. neon campobase, (bo) and art in town (to). on show ‘syntax error’
video and stills. curated by maria campitelli.
2007
- ‘public art a trieste e dintorni’. palazzo costanzi, trieste. on show ‘syntax error’ video and stills.
curated by maria campitelli.
2006
- ‘in sede - qui si sta bene’. assessorato alla cultura, torino. on show ‘everybody, everything,
everywhere’ photos and ‘the end of duality tape’. curated by francesco poli.
- ‘o, youth and beauty’. accademia albertina di belle arti, torino. on show ‘nowhere fast’ mobile
installation. curated by vedovamazzei.
‘video: suono e tempo’. centro sardo studi e ricerche, cagliari. on show ‘my name is gilgamesh’ and
‘syntax error’ videos. curated by franco torriani.
2004
- ‘songliner – audio visual expedition’. galerie outline (amsterdam), kultur fabrik (luxemburg), and
espace en cours (paris). on show chronotopograhic photos and travel logues.
2002
- biennale international de design. st. etienne.

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