Evelyn Simons 
b. 1989, BE 
portfolio (PDF)

RENDEZVOUS - BRUSSELS ART WEEK 
co-founder
“ a new organisation celebrating the richness and variety of the contemporary Brussels art scene”

EDUCATION

Postgraduate in Curatorial Studies (2014 - 2015) 
School of Arts, Ghent

Masters in Art History (2007 - 2011) 
University Ghent
Università La Sapienza, Rome (2010) 

GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

HICP, Frame Helsinki, Finland 
curator-in-residence, 2024

Villa Lena, Toiano, Italy
curator-in-residence, 2021

Beirut Art Residency, Lebanon
curator-in-residence, 2015

Fondazione Prada & Qatar Museums
laureate Curate Award, 2014

EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS

upcoming / 2025 

     permanent commission by Aline Bouvy for Ancienne Belgique, Brussels (september 2025)

group exhibition at FOMU, Antwerp (june 2025) 

odd numbers, solo exhibtion & album release Le Motel, 254 Forest, Brussels (february 2025) 

2024

Invisible alliances, under the skin of reality, mountaincutters
site-specific permanent commission for Depot Rato, Mechelen, 2024 

2023 

Where the Wild Things Are, Horst Arts & Music, Vilvoorde
with Farah Al Qasimi, Meriem Bennani, Elisa Giardina Papa, Mark Leckey, Marc Leschelier, Maria Muehombo AKA MIMI, Joe Namy, SERAPIS, Sharon Van Overmeiren and DEEWEE

performances by Latefa Wiersch and Emma Murray, Cru Encarnação and DJ-set by Mark Leckey 

2022

The Never Never, Casino Luxemburg
solo show with Jeremy Hutchison

Terre en force, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels
group show with Lola Daels, Lara Ögel and Carlos Irijalba

The Never Never, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof
solo show with Jeremy Hutchison

The Act of Breathing, Horst Arts & Music, Vilvoorde
co-curated with Sorana Munsya
co-produced by KANAL - Centre Pompidou
group show with Michèle Magema, Maika Garnica, mountaincutters, Soraya Bonaventure, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Benjamin Orlow, Laure Prouvost, Leonard Pongo, Kris Lemsalu, Anthony Ngoya, Jean Kabuta, Agnes Lalau and Mega Mingiedi
performances by Reinel Bakole, Fallon Mayanja & Yasmina Tayoub, Michèle Magema

Trouble, Ballon Rouge
Solo show with Carlotta Bailly-Borg

Family Affair, Vitrine Gallery 
Solo show with Carlotta Bailly-Borg

2021

Flying on a raven’s wing, Horst Arts & Music, Vilvoorde
group show with Rashid Johnson, Marinella Senatore, Aline Bouvy, Sonia Gomes, Tarek Lakhrissi and Daan Gielis

Ame de Serre, Brussels Gallery Weekend - Generation Brussels
group show with mountaincutters, Héloise Rival, Jot Fau, Naomi Gilon, Elise Peroi, Tom Hallet, Carlotta Bailly-Borg, Hélène Meyer, Badi Rezzak, Simon Demeuter, Bert Jacobs and Siemen Van Gaubergen

2020

Figures on a Ground, Fondation CAB, Brussels
group show with  Agnes Martin, Carmen Herrera, Claudia Comte, Mary Obering, Gloria Graham, Sonia Kacem, Anna-Maria Bogner, Anne Truitt, Jessica Sanders, Anne Endholm, Julia Mangold, Charlotte Posenenske and  Tauba Auerbach

The Never Never for Fondazione Prada & Qatar Museums, Athens
short-film production with Jeremy Hutchison and theatre collective Nova Melancholia

2019

Fallen empires and refound desires, Horst Arts & Music, Vilvoorde
group show with Emeka Ogboh, Benni Bosetto, Caroline Mesquita, Lito Kattou, Manolis D. Lemos, Maarten Van Roy, Christoph Meier, Philip Janssens. with performances by Michele Rizzo, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence, Nicholas Hoffman and Laura Pudulek and Amber Vanluffelen

as a chance meeting between a cloud and a rubber stamp on a cusp of land, Ballon Rouge
solo show with Merve Iseri

2018

Along the way, Fondation CAB, Brussels
solo show and publication with Richard Long 

No needs an another mountain, Ballon Rouge, Brussels
solo show with Philip Janssens

I spy, I spy a little lie, Marres House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
co-curated with Isabel Van Bos
group show with Henry Andersen, Felix Breidenbach, Alejandro Cerón, Nicholas Hoffman, Aurélie d’Incau, Jesuus, Tim Löhde, José Montealegre, Ektor Ntourakos, Johanna Odersky, OJAI (Gary Farrelly & Chris Dreier), Nadia Perlov, Maria Ulldemolins, Remko Van der Auwera, Roxane Maillet and Parasite 2.0

2017

Perpetual Construction, Fondation CAB, Brussels
co-curated with Eleonore De Sadeleer
group show with Jean Prouvé, Katinka Bock, Simon Callery, Nina Canell, James Capper, Jordi Colomer, Jose Davila, Thea Djordjadze, Gabriel Kuri, mountaincutters, Driss Ouadahi, Oscar Tuazon, Lena Verijke, Philippe Van Wolputte and Christoph Weber

Driftwood, or how we surfaced through currents
Fondazione Prada, Athens (Curate Award)
group show with Larry Achiampong, Meriç Algün, James Bridle, Hera Büyüktasçiyan, Jeremy Hutchison, KERNEL (Theodoros Giannakis, Pegy Zali, Petros Morris), Chrysanthi Koumianaki, Persefoni Myrtsou & Eva Giannakopoulou, Lara Ögel, Maria Papadimitriou and Lloyd Corporation

Notes on our equilibrium, Fondation CAB, Brussels
co-curated with Eleonore De Sadeleer
group show with Jean Prouvé, Isabelle Andriessen, Vaughn Bell, Julian Charrière, Edith Dekyndt, Stijn Demeulenaere, Bea Fremderman, Tue Greenfort, Carlos Irijalba, Nicolas Lamas, Richard Long, Adrien Tirtiaux, Alvaro Urbano and Maarten Vanden Eynde

Onder Ons, CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt
co-curated with Isabel Van Bos
group show with Billie Zangewa, Atelier Van Lieshout, Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Marina Pinsky, Wermke & Leinkauf, Jef Geys, Lara Ögel, Apparatus 22, Kasia Fudakowski, Martijn Hendriks, Mika Rottenberg, Raffaella Crispino, Henrique Nascimento, Olivier Goethals, The Army of Love & Casco, Gerard Herman and Monica Bonvicini

Inhabited by objects, Fondation CAB, Brussels
co-curated with Eleonore De Sadeleer
group show with Jean Prouvé, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Ode de Kort, Erika Hock, Judith Hopf, A Kassen, Alicja Kwade, Tony Matelli, Peter Regli, Rosa Sijben and Timo van Grinsven

2016

The Language We Use, D.ART Mechelen
group show with Philip Janssens, CMMC, Griet Moors, Tom Hallet, Remko Van der Auwera and Polien Boons

DISCURSIVE PROJECTS

2023

Notes on fugitivity, KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels
conference and performances co-curated with Sorana Munsya
with Nkisi, MIMI, Nick Coutsier, Veronique Clette-Gakuba, Sofia Dati, Magali Elali, Hamedine Kane, Valérie Kanza, Kenny Mala Ngombe, Rachael Moore and Laura Nsengiyumva

Horst Festival talks, Asiat-site, Vilvoorde 

On the necessity for disobedience in communal spaces

with Joe Namy, Marc Leschelier and Serapis, moderated by Evelyn Simons

2021

HORST Art Lab, Asiat-site, Vilvoorde

week-long summer school on social cohesion and community-building through contemporary art, with guest lectures, workshops, performances and group discussions with Diana Campbell Betancourt, Marinella Senatore, Aude Christel Mgba, Britta Peters, Heidi Ballet, Jeremy Hutchison, Jessica Gysel, Fiona Hallinan, Sorana Munsya, Michelange Quay, Ella De Burca and others.

2020 

Almost together, Horst Arts & Music, Asiat-Vilvoorde 
programme of performances with Marijke De Roover, Le Motel + Nick Coutsier, Serine Ayari, Sarah Caillard, Gary Farelly, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence, Amber Vanluffelen, Fred Mutombo, Roel Heremans 

2019

HORST Art Lab #1, Asiat-site, Vilvoorde

Conference: on club culture and contemporary art
With Mario Mainetti (Fondazione Prada), Deborah Griffith (Spiral Tribe), Bogomir Doringer (Urgency to dance) 

HORST Art Lab #2, Asiat-site, Vilvoorde
Conference: alliances for repurposing vacant urban areas
With Antonia Alampi, Dieter Leyssen (51N4E), Urs Kumberger & Verena Schmidt (Teleinternetcafé)

HORST Art Lab #3, Asiat-site, Vilvoorde
Conference: socially engaged art: good intentions and worst practices
With Sveva D’Antonio (Galleria Laveronica, IT) and Jozef Wouters (Decoratelier) 

2017

Independent Film Festival, Cinema Galeries, Brussels
art movie screening for the Independent Art Fair, Brussels, March
with Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Yael Bertana, Lili Reynaud Dewar, Kati Heck, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Gillian Wearing, Luiz Roque, Brice Dellsperger, Friedrich Kunath, Jonathan meese, Aaron Garber-Maikovska, Pieter Schoolwerth and Gerard Herman

2016

Audio Guide, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
mediation intervention with no performance please (collective), The Image Generator II