BORIS DEBEN
Bio
Boris Deben (2002, Brussels, BE) is a multidisciplinary artist working across kinetic sculpture, drawing, installation and animation.
Using automatic drawing as a basis, he creates immersive imaginaries, presenting a multifaceted queer perspective of self-reflection and human-object relations.
Pulling reference from cartoons and found imagery, he liberates signs and symbols from their common understanding, and produces a vibrant and spontaneous visual language.
With a confrontational yet playful energy, the viewer is caught in a world where new social logics apply, “normal” human behavior and technological “advancement” is challenged.
Boris Deben holds a BFA from KASK in Ghent (BE) and is currently completing his MFA at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (NL).
CV
Education
2023 - 2025 Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam - Master Fine Art and Design Dirty Art (NL)
2021 Internship Anne Duk Hee Jordan – Berlin – 21 june – 1 september (DE)
2020 - 2023 Koninklijke Academie Schone Kunsten (KASK), Ghent - BA Media Art (BE)
Exhibitons
2025 SCREENING: FAKENESS - Das Leben Am Haverkamp - The Hague - 15 december - 28 december (NL)
2025 My Crayon Made Me Do This - Kassé Collective - Brussels - 14 november -16 november (BE) (solo)
2025 Acid Reflux - Graduationshow Dirty Art Department - Studio Wieman - 13 june - 15 june (NL)
2025 I dream... Message - Begane Grond Amsterdam - 30 may - 1 june (NL)
2025 Frame by frame - Vroomspace Brussels - 9 may (BE)
2025 Gross Encounters - OT301 - 27 march (NL)
2025 ITHAKA 33 - Leuven - 3 March - 9 March (BE)
2025 A.I. Invites The Platform - Amsterdam Radion - 10 janary (NL)
2024 Palet - Lofi Amsterdam - 31 december (NL)
2024 Styx and Stones.- Amsterdam Slotervaart - 22 November - 24 November (NL)
2024 Stairwell Expo Finished Tasks - Amsterdam South - 5 July (NL)
2024 SEXY CASTLE MINI ART FAIR - Amsterdam-Art Week - Sexyland - 1 june (NL)
2024 Limburg Biënnale 2024 - Marres, House for contemporary art, Maastricht - 29 June - 25 August (NL)
2024 Poignant quotes about new beginnings - Bookie Woekie Amsterdam - 16 feburary (NL)
2023 We Warm The Species, KASK Media Art - VierNulVier Gent - 22-24 June (BE)
2023 Datura Undergrouds - Minus One - 17 May (BE)
2023 NIGHTWATCH - FOMU Antwerp - 31 April (BE)
2022 WIJK 8 – Ghent – 2 December – 4 December (BE)
2022 MAST – Kortrijk – 16 Oktober – 27 November (BE) (duo)
2022 SHELTR – Stelplaats, Leuven – 8 October (BE)
2022 BAR BILDUNG – Oude Tramstelplaats, Merelbeke 24 September – 1 October (BE)
2021 Kunsthal Gent - Buy Local - 2 July-29 August (BE)
2021 Subbacultcha’s Community Exposition – Antwerp Art Week 13-16 May (BE)
Residencies
Future;
2026
PADA Studios - Lisbon - 6 october - 31 november (PT)
2024 Projecto Buh! - Montemor-o-velho - 13 march - 27 march (PT)
2022 P.A.R.T.S – Brussels – 8 August – 16 August (BE)
Teaching
2025 Guest teacher and lecturer, Bachlor and Master of Fine Art KASK, Ghent (BE)