Zeger Reyers






Zeger Reyers has occupied himself with a topic more common to Dutch art than Norwegian, namely living art. The life he works with defines space and the life span makes the artist into a slow working sculptor of time. There is also an element of surprise in his work that is embedded in the fusion of form and space. There is also quite a lot of humour and irreverence in his handling of the artworks, as displayed in the gallery on the opening day of the exhibition at TENT. His mussel-chair is prepared, cooked and served. This eating-of-the-artwork has art-historical predecessors, but Zeger Reyers’ work also incorporates aspects of social intervention through the act of eating.
(text by Siv Hofsvang art-historian and curator at Galleri F 15)

C.V.
Zeger Reyers (NL)
Lives and works in Den Haag

Education
1990–1995 Art academy, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Selected exhibitions and projects
2001
Begane Grond, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Duck-baskets, Spoorsingel, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
“Hortus Conclusus”, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
“Who Says Seeing Only Happens With The Eyes?”, F15, Moss, Norway
Galerie 68-elf, Cologne, Germany
“Who Says Seeing Only Happens With The Eyes?”, TENT., Rotterdam, the Netherlands
“A house for the community”, Oud-Beijerland, the Netherlands
“Manuel”, Five years Gallery, London, England

2000
“Changing rooms”, Archipel, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
“Partie 8”, Int. Kunstforum Drewen, Germany
“Jubilee show”, 10 jr. artassosiation, Diepenheim, the Netherlands
Prins van Leeuwarden, Ceramicsmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (solo)

1999

“Spotlighted”, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“New years resolution”, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
“Roomtreasures”, in 11 livinghouses by KW 14, Den Bosch, the Netherlands

1998
“Die holländische Welle”, Gallery Lutz Fiebich, Berlin, Germany
“Satelite program”, Mauritz van de Laar Gallery, Den Haag, the Netherlands

1997
“Spotlighted 2”, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
“Some kind of home-coming”, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Na-blijven”, Kunst-Ruimte, Kampen, the Netherlands (solo)
“Christmas Show”, Stroom HCBK, Den Haag, the Netherlands (solo)

1996
“In-between”,Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (permanent installation)
“Light In The Head”, Art-Is, Den Bosch, the Netherlands

1995
Jerusalem-chapel, Artcenter Burgvliet, Gouda, the Netherlands (solo)
“Donck”, Villa Alckmaer, CBK Rotterdam, the Netherlands