Boris Deben
b. 2002, Brussels (BE)
lives and works in Amsterdam (NL)
boris.deben@outlook.com
www.instagram.com/borisdeben/
Education
2023 - 2025
→ Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, Master Fine Art
and Design Dirty Art (NL)
2021
→ Internship Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Berlin,
21.06 – 1.09 (DE)
2020 - 2023
→ Koninklijke Academie Schone Kunsten (KASK), Ghent,
BA Media Art (BE)
Teaching
2025
→ Guest teacher and lecturer, Bachlor and Master of
Fine Art KASK, Ghent (BE)
Residencies
2026
→ PADA Studios, Lisbon, 6.10 - 31.11 (PT)
→ Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, 29.06 - 7.08 (BE)
→ De Arcade, Steyl, 07.06 - 14.06 (NL)
2024
→ Projecto Buh!, Montemor-o-velho, 13.03 - 27 .03 (PT)
2022
→ P.A.R.T.S, Brussels, 8.08– 16.08 (BE)
Exhibitons
2026
→ Toren van Babel, Stedelijk Museum Breda, Breda,
21.11 - 17.05 (NL)
→ Bobby’s summer school 38CC, Delft
18.07 - 13.09 (NL)
→ The BITE, Tramhouse, Amsterdam
20.07 - 21.07 (NL) (duo)
→ De Arcade exhibition, Flujas Collectief, Steyl,
14.06 (NL)
→ Booklaunch Voiture Sauvage, Studio Jim Fontana,
Paris - 2.05 - 3.05 (FR)
→ A debris variable, Paris - 18.04 (FR)
2025
→ SCREENING: FAKENESS, Das Leben Am Haverkamp,
The Hague, 15.12 - 28.12 (NL)
→ My Crayon Made Me Do This, Kassé Collective,
Brussels, 14.11 -16.11 (BE) (solo)
→ Acid Reflux, Graduationshow Dirty Art Department,
Studio Wieman, 13.06 - 15.06 (NL)
→ I dream... Message, Begane Grond Amsterdam,
30.05 - 1.06 (NL)
→ Frame by frame, Vroomspace Brussels, 9.05 (BE)
→ Gross Encounters, OT301, 27.03 (NL)
→ ITHAKA 33, Leuven, 3.03 - 9.03 (BE)
→ A.I. Invites The Platform, Amsterdam Radion, 10.01 (NL)
2024
→ Palet, Lofi Amsterdam, 31.12 (NL)
→ Styx and Stones, Amsterdam Slotervaart,
22.11 - 24.11 (NL)
→ Stairwell Expo Finished Tasks, Amsterdam South
5.07 (NL)
→ SEXY CASTLE MINI ART FAIR, Amsterdam-Art Week
Sexyland, 1.06 (NL)
→ Limburg Biënnale 2024, Marres, House for
contemporary art, Maastricht, 29.06- 25.08 (NL)
→ Poignant quotes about new beginnings, Bookie
Woekie Amsterdam, 16.02 (NL)
2023
→ We Warm The Species, KASK Media Art, VierNulVier
Gent, 22.06 - 24.06 (BE)
→ Datura Undergrouds, Minus One, 17.05 (BE)
→ NIGHTWATCH, FOMU Antwerp, 31.04 (BE)
2022
→ WIJK 8, Ghent, 2.12 – 4.12 (BE)
→ MAST, Kortrijk, 16.10 – 27.10 (BE) (duo)
→ SHELTR, Stelplaats, Leuven, 8.10 (BE)
→ BAR BILDUNG, Oude Tramstelplaats, Merelbeke
24.09 – 1.10 (BE)
2021
→ Kunsthal Gent, Buy Local, 2.07-29.08 (BE)
→ Subbacultcha’s Community Exposition, Antwerp Art
Week 13.05 - 16.05 (BE)
Jobs
2025
→ Art Assistant Venus Jasper for Amsterdam Museum
20.10-25.10 (NL)
→ Arti et Amiticiae Production Arti Shuffles, 01.09-
present (NL)
2024
→ Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam front desk and
bookstore 01.03.2024 - 01.07-2026 (NL)
Publishing
2026
→ Voiture Sauvage - Boris Deben