Info

I am a visual artist from Belgium. I make a variety of work ranging from videos to installations. Most of my work stems from the desire to capture the forever unattainable and to crystallize the ephemeral. In the pursuit of that seeming impossibility, I mostly work with digital media. I am captivated by the melancholic poetry and illusionary nature of computer simulations. Chromakeys are also a recurring element in my work. Chromakeys (blue screens and green screens) are used on film sets as a placeholder for a specific imaginary scene or object that is filled in afterwards during post-production. The finished film shows no trace of these placeholders. In my work however, they are never actually filled in or erased. They stand on their own, as carriers for an infinite number of imaginary possibilities.

Contact

info@yonasseyoum.com

Education

Master of Arts in Fine Arts
LUCA School of Arts - 2018

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts
LUCA School of Arts - 2017

Exhibitions

2019

After Summer Residence
Group show
LUCA School of Arts
Ghent, Belgium

The Gift Of Surrender - Album Exhibition
Group show
Barbé Urbain gallery
Ghent, Belgium

Tumult in Gent #7 (*)
Filip Anthonissen presented by Atelier OFFoff
De Krook
Ghent, Belgium

A Sunday Afternoon with Atelier OFFoff (**)
Screenings and performances
Kunsthal
Ghent, Belgium

2018

Plakboek Booklaunch
Publication in collaboration with Javier Indesteege
LUCA School of Arts
Ghent, Belgium

LUX LUCA Showcase 2018
Group show
Cas-co
Leuven, Belgium

These Resources Are Renewable
Group show
WARP
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Out of the Studio #3 (**)
Group show
SANTO
Gentbrugge, Belgium

Mayday Mayday festival 2018
Group show
Campo Victoria
Ghent, Belgium

Thans of nooit in de ruimte
Group show
In de ruimte
Gentbrugge, Belgium

A Spectacular view
Collaboration with Zeno Peeters
Lichtfestival Gent 2018
Ghent, Belgium

Het is roodgeelblauw en het klinkt als wauw!
Commissioned visuals for a family concert of the Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw (Bruges), Desingel (Antwerp), De Bijloke (Ghent)
Belgium

2017

Etcetera V
Group show
S.M.A.K.
Ghent, Belgium

Get Out of the Paté
Residency and group show during Documenta 14
KMMN Art Space Interim
Kassel, Germany

Stofwolk in Chinastraat
Group show
Bar Bricolage
Ghent, Belgium

Mayday Mayday festival 2017
Group show
Campo Victoria
Ghent, Belgium

Out of the Studio #1 (**)
Group show
Waas
Ghent, Belgium

KASK meets LUCA
Group show – video screenings
Sphinx cinema
Ghent, Belgium

2016

TUMULTINGENT #4
Group show
LUCA School of Arts
Ghent, Belgium

A Performative Exhibition
Group show
Vooruit
Ghent, Belgium

2015

Sint-Implex
Group show
Electron
Breda, The Netherlands

Mayday Mayday festival 2015
Group show
Campo Victoria
Ghent, Belgium

(*) shows I produced
(**) shows I produced and participated in

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