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Shani Leseman (Curaçao, 1996)
Living and working in The Hague
contact/sales:
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info@shanileseman.nl
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I explore the role of magic in everyday life. Central themes in my work are witchcraft, rituals, and the object as bearer of meaning. I explore these subjects and (revived) wisdom I stumble upon during my training to become a witch, a practitioner of magic. The use of intuition and intention are, like in magic, important elements of my working method.
Exhibitions
Upcoming
05.2024 Festival Analog, Grafische Werkplaats, The Hague
06.2024 TBA, Seelab, The Hague
07.2024 TBA, No Limits! Art Castle, Amsterdam
Current
until 09/06/2024 Symbiosis Series, duo with Isabel Cavenecia, POST Nijmegen
until 09/06/2024 16UP, 38CC, Delft
Selection
2024 Prospects, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2024 Do for love | Offers, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein
2023 The wings, the ground, its feet,
solo exhibition, Ateliers ‘89, Oranjestad, Aruba
2023 Performance Piyoyo & My Guides and Me, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein
2023
Atemporal Hiccup, De Apotheek, Amsterdam
2023 De Grote Keramiekshow 3, No Limits! Art Castle, Amsterdam
2023 The Grand Palace of Everyone, Nest,The Hague
2022 When Things are Beings, Municipal Art Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2022 Royal Award for Modern Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam
2022 *Magie*, duo show with Gijsje Heemskerk, Nieuw en Meer / Projectspace Kate, Amsterdam
2022 Sterrentuin III / Garden of Stars III, The Hague, curated/organized
2022 Performance Ambre Solaire, Dizzy, Rotterdam
2022 Fundraiser/exhibition for cow sanctuary de Leemweg, W139, Amsterdam. In collaboration with Gijsje Heemskerk & Trees Heil
2022 Performance Ambre Solaire, W139, Amsterdam
2022 Playing house, The Hague
2022 SteC-NeXT, Melkfabriek, Den Bosch
2022 Performance Ambre Solaire, Submarine Festival, The Hague
2021 The Party, De Blauwe Dwaas, Tilburg
2021 Sterrentuin II / Garden of Stars II, The Hague, curated and organized with Caroline Straver
2021 Home Fountain Special, Rotterdam
2021 De Koninginnedag Tentoonstelling, Hgtomi Rosa, The Hague
2021 De man die twee mannen werd, duo show with Caroline Straver, Atelier Oh Nee, The Hague
2021 Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague
2020
Rhythms of the Evergreen, DYAD, Amsterdam
2020 Tiny Art Gallery, The Hague
2020
Sterrentuin / Garden of Stars,
The Hague, curated and organized with Brigitte Louter and Caroline Straver
2019
A good work will work, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2019 Performance Ambre Solaire, Itchy Tongue, Besturing, The Hague
2019 Mural for Elephant in the room, Thessaloniki
2018 Graduation Festival, Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague
2017 The thing must fit under the seat in front of you, RÝMD, Reykjavik, in collaboration with Nikki Selser and Brigitte Louter
2017
Nokia’s Tagline, MOOOF, The Hague, curated by Samiha Awad
2017
Get Serious!, Oslo National Academy of Arts, Oslo, curated by Erla Audunsdottir
2017
Mothers’ Garage, various locations across Reykjavik
2016 The Shark's Pretty Teeth, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2016
Walk this way, please, sir/madam, Gallery P, Vilnius, in collaboration with Saulė Noreikaitė
2016
To play in a loop, video screening, Kavinė Kultūra, Kaunas
2015
OTSEFINAM (MANIFESTO) or how to activate a fanzine,TENT, Rotterdam
2015
Performative Research screening and live performances, Stroom,The Hague
2014 Easy Show, EXO, The Hague
Publications / texts
2024 11 hands 11, in collaboration with Shanna M. Casey (self published
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2024 Prospects: de magie van Shani Leseman, for Avrotros
by Robin Bosch
2024 Wat niet gezien kan worden, maar wel gevoeld, interview for Art Rotterdam by Wouter van den Eijkel
2023 Piseógs, talismannen en gefluister – ‘When Things Are Beings’ in het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Mister Motley
2023 Pleidooi voor de spelende mens, Museumtijdschrift
2022 When Things Are Beings, publication by Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2022 Tubelight #122 Het ritueel is belangrijker dan de hogere macht, dialogue with Gijsje Heemskerk
2022
Milk is Murder, in collaboration with Gijsje Heemskerk and Trees Heil (self published)
2022 Art as an exercise for gratefulness, interview for Jegens & Tevens by Petra Boonstra
2022 Hooops collective, Plant Magic: Poison and Remedy
2021 Correspondence, in collaboration with Saulė Noreikaitė (self published)
2021 De man die twee mannen werd / The Man Who Became Two Men, in collaboration with Caroline Straver, translated in English by Natasha Rijkhoff (self published)
2018 The Ritual of Art (self published)
Education
2014 - 2018 Bachelor Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2017 Erasmus exchange semester at Listahaskoli Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland
Stipends / Nominations
2023 Stroom Pro Onderzoek
2023 Contribution Jaap Harten Fonds
2023 Contribution Stichting Stokroos
2022 Artist Start Mondriaan Fonds
2022 Nomination Royal Award for Modern Painting
2021 Stroom Pro Invest
2021 Contribution Mondriaan Fonds
