Vincent Meessen

Vincent Meessen (b. Baltimore, USA, 1971; lives and works in Brussels). Through the use of various media, Meessen aims to ‘experience the document and document the experience’. His investigations lead to associations and appropriative gestures that are rewritten into critical narratives, pointing to the colonial matrix of western modernity. Meessen re-animates hidden traces of the colonial in the present and opens up new speculative scenarios.

Both in his work as an artist and in his para-curatorial activities, Meessen likes to use procedures of collaboration that undermine the authority of the author and emphasize the intelligence of collectives. With ten guests artists, Meessen represented Belgium  at the 56th Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include: Sire je suis de l’ôtre pays in WIELS, Brussels 2016 and Patterns for (Re)cognition at the Kunsthalle Basel, 2015.

Recent group shows include the Taipei Biennale in Taiwan and the Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse, France.