Gabriel LESTER (b.1972)
Born in 1972 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Now lives and works in Netherlands
Selected Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2023 “Dig it”, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2020 “Holes in the Sky”, Machinery of Me, Arnhem, the Netherlands
2018 “Shake A Face”, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2017 “The Return of Lester’s Loops”, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
2017 “If you happen to be”, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, America
2017 “How to Act”, De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2016 “Unresolved”, De Appel Art center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2016 “The Nine Day Week”, CAC museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 “Cosmic Call”, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2015 “Cleromancy”, Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, America
2014 “The Ears Have Walls”, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai, China
2014 “Habitat Sequences”, El Museo De Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 “Follies”, Bonner Kunst Verrein, Bonn, Germany
2014 “The Silent Trilogy”, Stiftelsen 3’14, Bergen, Norway
2014 “Blank Stare”, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2013 “The Secret Life of Cities”, Galerie Fons Welters, the Netherlands
2013 “Highlights & Chance Encounters”, Tetem Kunstruimte, Enschede, the Netherlands
2012 “Roxy”, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2012 “The Future that Was”, Smart Project Space icw NIMk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Biennale, Triennial, Quinquennial
2021 Quebec Biennale, Canadian – curated by Steven Matijcio
2019 Ural biennale, Russian – curated by Xiaoyu Weng
2018 Busan biennale, Korea – curated by Cristina Ricupero / Jorg Heiser
2017 Kochi biennale, India – curated by Sudarshan Shetty
2016 Moscow biennale, Russian – curated by Defne Ayas / Bart De Baere
2015 Istanbul biennale, Turkish – curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
2014 Marakech biennale, Morocco – curated by Hicham Khalidi
2014 Sydney biennale, Australia– curated by Juliana Engberg
2014 Folkestone triennial – curated by Lewis Biggs
2014 CAFAM bejing biennale, China – curated by Xiaoyu Weng
2013 Momentum biennale Oslo, Norway – curated by Power Ekroth
2013 Performa biennale, America– curated by Defne Ayas
2013 Sharjah biennale, Sharjah– curated by Yuki Kamiya
2013 Venice biennale, Italy – curated by Raimundas Malasauskas
2012 Documenta (D) – curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Public commissions
2023 Dank Teken, NHM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 Tree of Souls, NHM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 NDSM GIANTS, Stichting NDSM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 PostNL HQ, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2022 Peel Plaza, Capital C, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2021 Mural, Busterminal Utrecht CS, the Netherlands
2020 AirMail, Headquarters PostNL, The Hague, the Netherlands
2020 Water Mirrors, Headquarters Arhend, Sint Oedenrode, the Netherlands
2020 Promenade, Tunnel design, Oegstgeest, the Netherlands
2019 CS Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
2019 Voor de Wind, Zeist, the Netherlands
2019 Beemster Ereboog, Zuidoostbeemster, the Netherlands
2018 Void-Non-Void, NDSM-Terrein, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2018 Delta – Design for a city icon, Den Helder, the Netherlands
2017 Corridor, Horst Festival, Belgium
2017 Locomotion, University of Sports Science, Oslo, Norway
2017 Pitstop, Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands
2017 The Ripple, TAAK/Hortus Haren, the Netherlands
2016 Aura Utrecht, Public Works, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2016 The Moveables, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands
2015 Arcadia Grandview Pavilion, Southbank London, England
2014 Peel #2 Twisted, Museo de Art Moderno Medellin, Columbia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 “A Filed Guide to Getting Lost”, Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands
2022 “Ridiculously Yours!”, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
2021 “Ω, Om, Ohm, Omega”, Elektriciteitsfabriek, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2021 “Within Space—Time, We Walk Through Images, Glow Shenzhen 2021” – Futian, Shenzhen, China
2021 “Warehouse Story VII”, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2020 “We Never Sleep”, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, German
2019 “Chapter I”, Het Hem, Zaandam, the Netherlands
2019 “Weg en Water”, Burgerweeshuis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2018 LekArt Festival, Culemborg, the Netherlands
2018 “Paysage—Fiction”, Le Tetris, Le Havre, France
2018 “Bambaataa”, De Beeldengalerij, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2018 “Sculpture in the City”, City of London, London, England
2018 “Another Dimension”, Nest, Den Haag, the Netherlands
2017 “Radicale Sociale Animale”, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, the Netherlands
2016 “Heaven”, Hell & Earth, Stedeliijk museum Den Bosch
2015 “Nice’n Light”, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2015 “Lustwarande 15”, Park De Oude Warande, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2015 “When I Give I Give Myself”, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2015 “The School of Nature and Principle”, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts,New York, America
2014 “ (In)constancy of Space”, Ring Gallery, Zagreb, Hrvatska
2014 “The Promise”, Arnolfini Center for Contemporary Arts, Bristol, England
2014 “Crime Was Almost Perfect”, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2014 “Play Time”, Corner House, Manchester, England
2013 “Suspicious Minds”, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazilian
2013 “The Garden of Diversion”, Sifang museum, Nanjing, China
2013 “Call of the Mall”, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013 “Shanghai Surprise”, chi K11 Art Space, Shanghai, China
2013 “Bourgeois Leftovers”, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012 “Blind Cut”, Marlborough Chelsea Gallery, New York, America
2012 Jardin de Esculturas, NuMu, Guatemala-City, Guatemala
