Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2012 | Border Crashing | Al-Hoash Gallery | Jerusalem |
| 2011 | Cracked | Zico House | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2010 | Impression, proche orient II | Le Pont Gallery | Aleppo, Syria |
| What's a cucumber | Makan Art Space | Amman, Jordan | |
| 2008 | Amahoro | Jack The Pelican Presents | New York, NY |
| 2007 | Elizabeth | ART 27 @ Coalface Gallery | Genk, Belgium |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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| 2012 | Spring Exhibition | Charlottenborg | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Piso Mojado para Gaza | Eltiqa Gallery | Gaza, Palestine | |
| 2011 | Radio Arts Space | radioCona & ŠKUC gallery | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Great Expectations | ART27 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |
| Double Portraits 3 | Art in Odd Places | New York, NY | |
| Between Ebal & Gerzim | BZU Museum | Birzeit-Nablus, Palestine | |
| IPO | the registry @ White Columns | New York, NY | |
| idols & heroes | Studio Gallery | Amman, Jordan | |
| 2010 | Na Krancu | Bec Zmiana Foundation | Warsaw, Poland |
| Open Day | Triangle Arts & Al-Mahatta Gallery | Birzeit, Palestine | |
| Sweetness and Light | Umass Hampden Gallery | Amherst, MA | |
| The Back Room Biennial | LZ project space | New York, NY | |
| Ode to a Local Hero | Beit Aneeseh | Ramallah, Palestine | |
| Companion | EFA project space | New York, NY | |
| 2009 | Until My Darkness Goes | LMAKprojects | New York, NY |
| Parcels for the Promised Land | KunstBüro | Berlin, Germany | |
| Form Laboratory | Chashama Performance Space | New York, NY | |
| Responding to Cuba | Maloney Gallery | Morristown, NJ | |
| Old School | Jack The Pelican Presents | Brooklyn, NY | |
| thirtysomethings | ART 27 | Antwerpen, Belgium | |
| 2008 | Archaeology of Wonder | Real Art Ways | Hartford, CT |
| Group 58 | Verbeke Foundation | Kemzeke, Belgium | |
| Live and active | Bronx River Arts Center | Bronx, NY | |
| Hardware Art Show | Crest True Value | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Room 103 | Art by the Ferry | Staten Island, NY | |
| outside-inside | Gallery De Stijl CC Muze | Zolder, Belgium | |
| 2007 | Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe | Apexart | New York, NY |
| Piso Mojado Para Dumbo | Art under the Bridge | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Canaries at the Art Parade | Deitch Projects | New York, NY | |
| TRANS_ | Queens Library Gallery | Jamaica, NY | |
| The Space Between | Daryl Roth Theater | New York, NY | |
| 2006 | Flat Files | Pierogi 2000 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Onderdak | ART 27 | Zolder, Belgium | |
| Half Moon | Floating Sculpture Park | Diest, Belgium | |
| Double | Gilded Pony Performance Festival | Troy, NY | |
| 2005 | Politics as Usual | Foreman Gallery Hartwick | Oneonta, NY |
| Dorkbot | Location 01 | New York, NY | |
| Double Portraits | Dumbo Arts Festival | Brooklyn, NY | |
| KIS | Art in the Park | Antwerp, Belgium | |
| Tour # 8: Toys | Filmbank NL | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Panorama | Némo Film Festival | Paris, France | |
| 2004 | Beeldenstorm | MuHKA Filmmuseum | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Face/Off: Belgium | Cinematexas | Austin, TX | |
| Art 27 | CC Muze | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |
| Janus is | Janus Art Magazine | Antwerp, Belgium | |
| Power:Play | IFFR | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | |
| Have you seen my childhood? | UFO | Oostende, Belgium | |
Personal history |
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| 2009-present | Studio 904 | Amman, Jordan |
| 2004-2009 | Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts | New York, NY |
| 2000-2004 | Amnesty International | Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1997-1999 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1996-1997 | UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Kinshasa, Congo |
| 1990-1995 | Government Refugee Agency | Brussels, Belgium |
Education |
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| 1987-1990 | Masters Degree in International Law | University Leuven | Belgium |
| 1985-1987 | Bachelors Degree in Philosophy | University Brussels | Belgium |
Before dedicating his life to art, Belgian artist Tom Bogaert documented genocide and human rights abuses in Africa, Europe and Asia. He worked as a lawyer for Amnesty International and the UN refugee agency. The artist does not see his artwork as an extension of his refugee work, although it does directly confront the intersection of human rights, entertainment and propaganda.
Tom Bogaert stopped practicing law in 2004 and participated in the Elizabeth Foundation Studio Center in New York City. He had his first solo exhibition in NYC in 2008 with the legendary Jack the Pelican Presents gallery and he has widely exhibited in Europe, the Middle East and the US. Bogaert’s work has been written about in publications such as The New York Times, Al-Akhbar, JO-magazine, NY Arts Magazine, Baladna, Artist for Artist and The Miami Herald.
Tom Bogaert lives and works in Amman, Jordan.
tombogaert.studio904@gmail.com
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