Finn Theuws is GlogauAIR resident
from July, 2022 to September, 2022
Finn Theuws (b. Amsterdam 1997) is a multidisciplinary artist whose artistic practice consists of the various media of sculpture, installation and writing. His work presents a visual language of personal memories and figures of speech.
Meet the Artist
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Statement
Finn Theuws’ practice is driven by a profound fascination with the potential of the inanimate to convey meaning and reciprocally affect the human subject.
The interest fuels his efforts to meticulously deconstruct inherent value systems embedded in both man-made and natural objects, to fragment and dismantle their objecthood, reverting them to things and material components.
While preserving echoes of their original identity during the processes of fragmentation, Theuws’ sculptures come into being, consisting of a reconstruction and juxtaposition of the disassembled components.
Imbued with a new language, frequently incorporating figures of speech and hints of the surreal, he reimagines narratives and semiotics associated with objects, particularly in relation to concepts of masculinity, gender, labour, leisure, sports performance and the domestic.
GlogauAIR Project
During the GlogauAIR residency period I want to expand my research on primal forms of hegemonic masculinity and interpretations of social roles dating back as far as hunter-gatherer societies; and embody the research into new tangible work.
I’m planning to combine this historical research with contemporary conditions; such as the social dynamics in video game culture and employ both visual narratives and references within the embodiment. Discussing how these historical and fictional worlds (which rely on the first) merge and how in both realities forms of masculinity take on a questionable dominant role. I believe Berlin and its (queer) history will act as a major information hub and influential source and the perfect motivation for me to enlarge my research perspectives.
CV Summary
Education
- 2024 – 2025 De Ateliers, Amsterdam (NL)
- 2020 – 2021 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE) – MFA Sculpture
- 2016 – 2020 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL) – BA Fine Arts
Selected exhibitions
- 2024 Big Fortune, Woonhuis (De Ateliers) – Amsterdam (NL)
- 2024 Muscle Memory, Willie (initiated by Joppe Venema) – Amsterdam (NL)
- 2023 Shedder Shredder, SpazioA – Pistoia (IT)
- 2022 Sunglasses at night, Nighttimestory (LA.) – Online
- 2022 June Thickens, Kvarnviken Mill – Stockholm (SE)
- 2022 Retrotopia, SPARC* – Venice (IT)
- 2021 To Be Antwerp, Sint-Joriskerk – Antwerp (BE)
- 2021 Opening exhibition, Atelier FAAR – Deurne (BE)
- 2021 MASTERS EXPO 2021, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp – Antwerp (BE)
- 2021 Gather Like Dust, Studio K.Vinck (by Medusa & BOX22) – Antwerp (BE)
- 2021 All Inn, Het Hem – Amsterdam (NL)
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