Frie J. Jacobs

Solo Exhibitions

2022

Stiltenisse, Wouter De Bruycker Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Stiltenisse, Het Atelier, Bruges, Belgium

2019

Hidden harmony, Wouter De Bruycker Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2018

Arboretum, Kalmthout, Belgium

2017

A lesser life, The Collector’s House, Antwerp, Belgium

2015

Brief van een onbekende, A Perfect Corrida Art Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2014

Oude Landen / Jonge Spruiten, (Woot), Antwerp, Belgium

2012

Galerie Link, Ghent, Belgium

2011

Denmark, Galerie Link, Ghent, Belgium

2008

Onverzameld, althans, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2007

Prelude, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2005

Exile, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2003

Symposion/gastmaal, Caesuur, Middelburg, The Netherlands

It is what it is, but what it is, it is, Twenty/Sixty Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

Group exhibitions

2022

M.ARS, Galerie Charlie, Mechelen, Belgium

Lined up, YOC, Galerie Dessers, Hasselt, Belgium

Expo #02, Noir de Noir Concept Gallery, Ostend, Belgium

2021

In touch, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

Drawing Challenge XVII, online project, Jason McCoy Gallery, NY, USA

2020

Suffrage and struggle: feminist art and the 19th Centennial amendment (collaboration Amy Bassin) – Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Rhode Island USA, curated by Jan Howard, chief curator at RISD Museum

Through Walls, YOC, Galerie Dessers, Hasselt, Belgium

2019

1st Feminnale of Cotemporary Art, Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyrgyzstan

…/CC01, Multiplied & In The End Books?, Tique art space, Antwerp, Belgium

2018

‘Encontro de Rios’,Espaço Espelho D’Agua Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, Amy Bassin (USA), Sonia Gil (Brazil), Jana Hunterova (Czech Republic), Frie J. Jacobs (Belgium), Aditi Kulkarni (India), Uma Ray (India), Hidemi Shimura (Japan)

‘Buiten – Land’, cultuurhuis de Bijl, Zoersel, Belgium, Nele Tas, Frie J. Jacobs, Hans Vandekerckhove, Stefan Peters, Greet Van Autgaerden, Bruno Van Dijck en Fik van Gestel

2017

Ellipse, Replika, Chloe Brenan (IE), Freya Copeland (UK/NZ/DE), Karl Dieter Schmid (DE), Rita Gaspar Vieira (PT), Frie J. Jacobs (BE), Taizo Matsuyama (JP), Jacintha Murphy (IE/DE), Ainsley O’Connell (NZ), Ben Pearce (NZ), Nuno Vieira Sousa (PT), Toyah Webb (NZ), Berlin, Germany

2015

#Brusselpoetryfest, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium

Kunstenfestival Watou “In de luwte van de tussentijd”, Watou, Belgium

2014

The First Brussels International Underground Poetry Fest, Brussels, Belgium

2013

… verzamelt werk. Guy Van Bossche, Michaël Borremans, Frie J. Jacobs, Mark Luyten, Roeland Tweelinckx and others. (Woot), Antwerp, Belgium

Anonymous Drawings at the Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Anonymous Drawings – Leipzig Selection @ Galerie Delikatessenhaus Leipzig, Germany

Anonymous Drawings 2013, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany

2012

Dialoog, duo-expo Zazah G. Van den Broeck & Frie J. Jacobs, Berchem, Belgium

2011

The Light Show, Juicyhead, online exhibition

The Boston Biennial Project, 54th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

Differences? Similarities!, Urban Dialogues, De Bijl, Zoersel, Belgium

2010

Fluxface in Space, FluxMuseum, Exhibition in the Space Shuttle Discovery, Space (Fluxface in Space exhibition website)

What Matters Most?”, curated by Amy Lipton, Exit Art Underground, NYC, USA

2009

Anonymous Drawings N°10, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Ladenkastproject, Galerie Phoebus, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2008

Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Dagmar De Pooter Gallery)

2007

Subject matterS, Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2006

Verloren Werkelijkheid, De Bijl, Zoersel, Belgium

2005

Galerie Link, Ghent, Belgium

2004

Soorten van blindheid, Het noodzakelijke zwijgen, St. Lucas Passage, Antwerp, Belgium

2003

Fortstraat 100, Het noodzakelijke zwijgen, Mortsel, Belgium

WCT, art project of Trechter 5, ‘De Kleuren van het Lage Land’, Goes, The Netherlands

2002

Praktisch niet theoretisch, videoproject, Annex, Antwerp, Belgium

Kunstgrepen, Westende, Belgium

Albert Grisarstraat 19, Het noodzakelijke zwijgen, Antwerp, Belgium

2001

Rudolfstraat 30, Het noodzakelijke zwijgen, Antwerp, Belgium

De Lichtende Ruimte, Fort Napoleon, Oostende, Belgium

De Belgen Komen, Galerie Bij de Boeken, Ulft, The Netherlands

1999

Overbruggen, Boom/Klein-Willebroek, Belgium

Kunst uit Huis, De Bond, Brugge, Belgium

1998

Kunst is niet eetbaar, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

1993

Galerie Annick Ketele, Antwerp, Belgium

1992

Laureaat De Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst/Jeune Peinture Belge (today Belgian Art prize) – PvSK (Bozar), Brussels, Belgium

Galerie Annick Ketele, Antwerp, Belgium

1991

Magentas Art Garden, Kalmthout, Belgium

MOS 91, Galerie Magenta, Kalmthout, Belgium

Sfinks-X, Boechout, Belgium

1990

De Gevolgen, De Krabbedans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

1988

Verdwenen Aarde, Sint-Bernardusabdij, Hemiksem, Belgium

Artists books

2019

Body of Work, artists book, published by Project O, collaboration with Amy Bassin (NY) and Mark Blickley (NY)

2018

Saving Face, artists book, published by Project O, collaboration with Amy Bassin (NY) and Mark Blickley (NY)

Not the Sea, artists book, published by Project O

No Head No Pain, artists book, published by Project O, collaboration with Amy Bassin (NY) and Mark Blickley (NY)

Ideas, artists book, published by Project O

No Soot / No Light, artists book, published by Project O

2017

Slaaplied/Sleeping Song, artist’s book, published by De kleine arbeid

Video screenings

2021

Colophonium, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

Silenced memories, 3th place at Book the Film festival, Prague, Czech Republic , collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

Silenced memories, winner at ARSFilm festival contest, Brno in the category experimental films, Czech Republic – collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

Silenced memories, winner of Czech Vision competition, experimental film section regional round, Prague and Liberec – collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

2020

Day 43 The First Corman Quarantine Film Festival, International online Festival, USA, collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

Day 43 Lift-Off Sessions Film Festival, International online Festival, UK, collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

Day 43 received a 2nd place at the Czech National Film Festival “Czech Vision”  in Category Experimental Film, collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

Den 43/Day 43, winner at ARSfilm in the category Experimental film and Videoart, collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

2019

Awakening, The Form Marienbad Film Festival, collaboration Jana Hunterova (CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B)

2018

Strangers in Motion, winner of Slovak Press Photo, collaboration Jana Hunterova(CZ), Frie J. Jacobs (B), Mary Alter, Jenne Vath, Joe Battista, Mark Blickley (USA)

Strangers in Motion, Marienbad Film Festival – collaboration Jana Hunterova(Cz), Frie J. Jacobs (B), Mary Alter, Jenne Vath, Joe Battista, Mark Blickley (USA)

2017

Remembrance, A lesser life, The Collector’s House, Antwerp, Belgium

Entercity, video festival, Turin, Italy – Somnabulist soaring, collaboration with Jana Hunterova (CZ), Amy Bassin (USA) and No man’s land , collaboration with Jana Hunterova (CZ)

2014

Colophonium, The First Brussels International Underground Poetry Fest, Brussels, Belgium

Published poetry

2020

Poem published in Dichterbij, uitgeverij Epo, ISBN 9789464078954

2017

Poem published in De schaal van Digther, October

Poems published in Zeg het met tekst, May

Eerste Prijs Poëzieprijs C.C. Boontje met het gedicht ‘Hoe haar oude handen’, publicatie

Poem published in Het Gezeefde Gedicht, March, May, October, December

2016

Poems published in Het Gezeefde Gedicht, January, May, Jul, December

Catalogues

2018

Buiten – Land, February, Zoersel, Belgium2014

2017

Ellipse, Replika, Berlin, Germany

2015

Kunstenfestival Watou “In de luwte van de tussentijd”, Watou, Belgium

2014

Oude Landen / Jonge Spruiten, genummerde publicatie op 30 exemplaren

2011

Differences? Similarities! by Urban Dialogues, March, Zoersel, Belgium

2010

Fluxface in Space, The Fluxmuseum, USA

2003

Fortstraat 100, (cd-rom), September, Mortsel, Belgium

2002

Albert Grisarstraat 19, (cd-rom), Antwerp, Belgium

2001

Rudolfstraat 30, Antwerp, Belgium

1999

Overbruggen, Boom/Klein-Willebroek, Belgium

Stil Leven, Belgium

1997

Kunst Uit Huis, Belgium

1992

Sfinks X, Boechout, Belgium

1991

MOS 91, Kalmthout, Belgium

1988

Verdwenen Aarde, Hemiksem, Belgium

Bibliography

2023

‘Unfinished’, een expo vol harmonieuze contrasten tussen Paul Gees en Frie J. Jacobs, TheArtCouch online, 13/04/23 by Marleen Scevenels

2022

Maintenant 16, a journal of contemporary Dada writing & art, publication: Three Room Press, NYC. My contribution:  ‘OUCH’

Chaos, petrichor #8, uitgeverij petrichor, The Netherlands

De gebrande verstilling in het werk van Frie J. Jacobs, Jurjen K. VanderHoek

2021

‘Isolated’ published in Global insides, the second phase by Debra Leea Glasheen, USA,  ISBN-13 : 979-8581607718 – English – 241 pages

Kunstletters, De keuze van Penelope Deltour, January 2021

2020

Soundest 6, a quarterly zine dedicated to celebrating al forms of sounds art and sound in the arts, Helsinki

2019

…/CC01, Multiplied & In The End Books?, Tique art space, leaflet, Antwerp, Belgium

2017

Real Realism: An Art Manifesto for the Disenchanted by Mark Blickley and Frie J. Jacobs, published in Dodging the rain, Ireland, December 1

Maintenant 11, a journal of contemporary Dada writing & art, publication: Three Room Press, NYC. My contribution:  ‘this is not a pair of glasses’

Kunst staat nooit los van de werkelijkheid, review GVA, February by Frank Heirman

‘A lesser life’ Frie J. Jacobs, introduction Mark Blickley, book, ISBN 9789090301600

2016

Futures Trading, anthology three, Caleb Puckett, Editor, USA

2015

Real Realism: An Art Manifesto for the Disenchanted by Mark Blickley and Frie J. Jacobs, Long Exposure Magazine

2014

Fragiel en monumentaal tegelijk, review by Anne-Marie Poels, H ART #127, 5 June

2013

2012-1992, een overzicht met tekstbijdragen van Florent Bex, Heidi Brouckaert, Raf Coenjaerts, Jelle Meander, Philip Meersman, David Ulrichs – Naar video

2008

Het raadsel van de zichtbaarheid, Florent Bex

2007

Prelude by David Ulrichs, April, Berlin, Germany

Gabriela Maciel ‘Presence’, Frie J. Jacobs ‘Prelude’, Anne-Marie Poels, H ART 10 May

2005

Frie J. Jacobs, Lapiz, review by David Ulrichs, October

Frie J. Jacobs in Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Gazet van Antwerpen, review by Pieter Geerts, 24 September, Antwerp, Belgium

Het gevondene dat zich laat zoeken, text by Heidi Broeckaert, 5 June, Ghent, Belgium

Organisch, Gentblogt, review, June, Ghent, Belgium

2003

Het is wat het is: roet, eM-magazine, review by Frank Heirman 2 September, Antwerp, Belgium

Frie Jacobs toont zwarte zichtbaarheid in Caesuur, PZC, review by Ernst Jan Rozendaal, 19 June, Middelburg, The Netherlands

Kunstroute langs spoor gaat wel door, PZC, photo by Willlem Mieras, 19 June, ’s Heer Henderikskinderen, The Netherlands

2001

De Lichtende Ruimte, publication, Belgium

Kunst in België na 1975 by Florent Bex, Mercatorfonds, Antwerp, Belgium – ISBN 9789061534815

1998

Kunst is niet eetbaar – over verzamelingen en verzamelen, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

1994

Frie J. Jacobs observeert de wereld, Gazet van Antwerpen, review by Filip Marsboom, 10 May, Antwerp, Belgium

1992

Organische combinatie, Het Laatste Nieuws, review by Bo Mandevillle, 2 July, Antwerp, Belgium

Verhalen uit het Museum der Gesloten Tuin, Het Volk, by Jo De Ruyck, 26 March, Ghent, Belgium

Het Museum der Gesloten Tuin in het Rivierenhof, Gazet van Antwerpen, review by Patrick Van de Perre, 26 March, Antwerp, Belgium

1990

Gevarieerde solo-exposities zes Belgen, Eindhovens Dagblad, 10 March,, The Netherlands