Damien & The Love Guru

Sharon Van Overmeiren tunes into the infinite flow of visual information of our collective consciousness. She copies and pastes forms that cross her path, introducing shapes to each other to start a formal conversation and strives to capture and exchange. Translating found forms into ceramics is an important part of Van Overmeiren’s process. It is how she strips shapes from their original context, how she finds their essence and equalises them.

Education

• MA Instiu, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, 2013
• Scenography, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, 2013
• Sculpture, Sint-Lucas, Brussels, 2009

Solo & duo exhibitions

• Art Brussels, 2023
• A Topological Boulevard, curated by Koen Bulckens, in collaboration with Plantin Moretus Museum Antwerp, at Royal Museum of Fine Arts KMSKA, Antwerp, 2023
• Ethereal Trap, with Lotte Meret Effinger, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2022
• Take Out, PLUS-ONE, Antwerp, 2021
• Nothing Is Real, with Guy Slabbinck, Farmhouse, Nazareth, 2021
• Platform: Paris/Brussels, hosted by David Zwirner and Damien & The Love Guru for Platform: Paris/Brussels, online, 2020
• Le Combat de Carnaval et Careme, Rodolphe Janssen Gallery, Brussels, 2020
• I Like The Purpose Of Destiny, GEM Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, 2020
• Pop Cycles, Billboard Series, Ghent, 2020
• Capricious Swirl, with Jef Meyer, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague, 2020
• MiArt, invited by Damien & The Love Guru in collaboration with Parasite 2.0, Milan, 2019
• Another Brick In The Wall, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague, 2019
• Time Curves Like A Pretzel, Neuer Aachen Kunstverein, Aachen, 2018
• Something Like A Phenomenon, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2018
• Ghost Of A Chance, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, 2017
• Origin of Forms, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
• The Happy Inn, hosted by WIELS, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2016
• Shuffle Woe, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, 2016

Selected group exhibitions

• Wonderbaarlijke Wezens, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, 2023
• Sculpture for a public space, curated by Evelyn Simoens, Horst Arts and Music Festival, Asiat Site Vilvoorde, 2023
• INTERSTATE OF MIND, PLUS-ONE, Antwerp, 2023
• Old Wine / New Bags, De Warande, Turnhout, 2022
• Jacuzzi of Despair; As We Grow, SVĚTOVA 1, Prague, 2022
• Open Monumentendagen, Egmontpaleis, Brussels
• Sour Well, Nir Altman, Munich, 2022
• Human After All, Kerameikmuseum Princesshof, Leeuwarden, 2021
• The Great Ivocation, Garage, Rotterdam, 2021
• Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
• Hardcore Impotence, Boerhavenstraat, Antwerp, 2021
• XXL, Barbe Urban, Ghent, 2021
• Rhapsody In Blue, Villa Les Zéphyrs, Middelkerke, 2021
• Page Not Found 404, Kunstenhuis Harelbeke, Harelbeke, 2020
• Reservoir, 019, Ghent, 2020
• Objects In Love With Humans, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru and Waldburger Wouters for FOAF, Lucie Drdova Gallery, Prague, 2019
• Medieval Minded, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam, 2019
• A Closed Mouth Gathers No Feet, DASH Gallery, Kortijk, 2019
• Museum Night, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, 2019
• Institut d’Esthetique, Alt-Cph, Copenhagen, 2018
• Scene & Unseen, Forum Triangulare, Oud-Rekem, 2018
• Vessel in Motion, Kunstverein Leipzig, Leipzig, 2018
• Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp, 2018
• Escpisme, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Maastricht, 2017
• Material Art Fair, invited by Damien & The Love Guru, Mexico City, 2017
• 20 Years, NICC, Antwerp, 2017
• Ten Dans, CC Maasmechelen, Maasmechelen, 2016
• The Translator’s Note, Extra City, Antwerp, 2016
• Art Brussels, invited by Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2015
• Geo Codes, T.A.G. Gallery, Brussels, 2014
• Ignorance Is Strength, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru, Hunting and Collecting, Brussels, 2014
• Openbaar Museum, Antwerp, 2014
• Time Canvas, MuHKA, Antwerp, 2014
• Extra City, Antwerp, 2013
• Van Een Bruisende Campus Waar De Kunsten Welig Tieren, 350 Jaar Academie, Antwerp, 2013
• Champ D’Action, De Singel, Antwerp, 2013
• Villanella, Red Bull Space, Antwerp, 2013
• F.L.U.T. Instrumental, Quartier, Den Hague, 2012
• Who’s Next?, Indian Caps, Antwerp, 2012

Grants and awards

• Vordemberge Gildewart Award 2020, KM21, Den Hague, 2020
• Flemish Government Funding Grant, 2019
• Flemish Government Funding Grant, 2017
• Mark Macken Sculpture Prize, Antwerp, 2016
• Champ D’Action Time Canvas Award, Antwerp, 2013

Residencies

• Residency Grant at EKWC, The International Artist-In-Residence and Centre of Excellence for Ceramics, Oisterwijk, 2023
• WIELS Centre for Contemporary Arts, Brussels, 2016

Related activities

• De Gulle Waard, public sculpture commission for Het Steen, Antwerp, 2021
• Something Like A Phenomenon, publication launch, Saint-Martin Bookshop, Brussels, 2021
• Something Like A Phenomenon, publication launch, PLUS-ONE, Antwerp, 2021

• Something Like A Phenomenon, with contributions by Koen Bulckens, Václav Janoščík and Paul de Lange, designed by Hagen Verleger, published by Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2021

• Special Feature: Art Brussels 2023, Art Viewer, 2023

• Metropolis M, # 6, 2022

• Interview with Stephanie Temma Hier and Sharon Van Overmeirenon during Art Brussels, HART Talks Podcast by HART Magazine, 2023
• Pompidou live op Art Brussels, VRT Podcast, 2023
• Sommige mensen gaan denken: ‘Dat lijkt mij iets uit mijn grootmoeders schuif’, Culture club, Radio 1, 2023
• Ethereal Trap, KubaParis, 2022
• Ethereal Trap, GalleriesNow, 2022
• Ethereal Trap, Agenda Brussels, 2022
• ‘Voortaan staat er op binnenplein van Het Steen een vruchtbaarheidsgod te pronken’, HLN, 2021
• ‘Een boom met hoofdjes: bij dit kunstwerk hoef je niet te zoeken naar de betekenis’, Wieteke van Zeil, De Volkskrant, 2021
• ‘Fragments of Innocence’, Roos Rebergen, De Standaard, 2021
• Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
• ‘David Zwirner Is Opening Up Its Online Viewing Room To 12 Galleries In Brussels And Paris In Its Latest Effort To Boost Smaller Dealers’, Naomi Rea, Artnet, 2020
• ‘Le Combat de Carnaval et Carême in Galerie Rodolphe Janssen’, Sam Steverlynck, Hart Magazine, 2020
• Capricious Swirl, Art Viewer, 2020
• A Closed Mouth Gathers No Feet, Ofluxo, 2019
• ‘Sharon Van Overmeiren’, interview with Veronica Gisondi, Coeval Magazine, 2019
• ‘Urania’, Elyce Rae Helford, Tzvetnik, 2019
• ‘Les Sculptures Bretzels de Sharon Van Overmeiren’, Dominique Legrand, Legrand Est, 2018
• ‘Van Eyck Open Studios’, Guus van Engelshoven, Metropolis M, 2018
• The Happy Inn, Art Viewer, 2016