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ULRIXA (1984)
After her solo exhibition: Looking for Ulrixa at Kunstpodium T, Ulrixa is getting ready for her first exhibition abroad. With help from Wout Peeters, Karma Hamed, Sixin Zeng and Eva van Ooijen, Ulrixa’s works are wrapped and gathered inside the back of a van bound to Watou, Belgium.
The van embodies a place of change, where the artworks take on ‘fluid’, shifting forms as they move towards a new destination guided by an audio piece. A van full of potential, a transition to the future of an artistic career. It offers a sneak peek into Ulrixa’s packed oeuvre, a self-presentation before institutional recognition, a hidden and out of order showcase tracing her journey from one place to another.
Wout, Karma, Sixin and Eva, made a selection of Ulrixa’s most interesting works representing the ever shifting concept of self, artist identity, and home. Questions explored in these works are: What does memory inscribe in physical spaces, cities, homes? Can the energy of a person be captured and made tangible? In which way does the mother of the artist enlighten and inspire her artistic career? And what is the place of failed works in the artist oeuvre?
Ulrixa’s move to Watou stands as a metaphor for her evolution—from an aspiring artist to one who confidently claims her place in the art world.
With this presentation we ULRIXA won the Jan Naaijkensprijs 2024!
In the words of the Jury:
“𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢’ 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴: 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢!”
“𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢’ 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴: 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘹𝘢!”
- Vincent Uilenbroek, Mirthe Demaerel en Casper Herselman.
Pictured by Margo van de Pas
And Eva van Ooijen
