Feiko Beckers, 2017, A disappointment you can rely on,

Feiko Beckers


Feiko Beckers is a visual artist, working with video, performance, installation and text. 
He graduated from Academie Minerva in Groningen in 2006 and in 2010 and 2011 he was a
resident at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
In 2013 he was an artist in residence at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.

Feiko Beckers lives and works in Brussels (BE).



Feiko Beckers, Glazed ceramics, HD video, A blilliant idea, but a terrrible chair, 2019

A BLILLIANT IDEA, BUT A TERRRIBLE CHAIR, 2019

Glazed ceramics, HD video
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A BLILLIANT IDEA, BUT A TERRRIBLE CHAIR

Glazed ceramics, HD video

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, HD video, A blilliant idea, but a terrrible chair, 2019

A BLILLIANT IDEA, BUT A TERRRIBLE CHAIR, 2019

HD video
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A BLILLIANT IDEA, BUT A TERRRIBLE CHAIR

HD video

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2015, HD Video 12'32, A Conversation Is a Risk To Lose Your Own Opinion, 2015

A CONVERSATION IS A RISK TO LOSE YOUR OWN OPINION, 2015

2015, HD Video 12'32
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A CONVERSATION IS A RISK TO LOSE YOUR OWN OPINION

2015, HD Video 12'32

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2015, HD Video 12'32, A Conversation Is a Risk To Lose Your Own Opinion,

A CONVERSATION IS A RISK TO LOSE YOUR OWN OPINION

2015, HD Video 12'32
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A CONVERSATION IS A RISK TO LOSE YOUR OWN OPINION

2015, HD Video 12'32

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, Wood and varnish, 12x, book, 10 pages, 15 x 15 cm, Doing nothing while other people are doing something,

DOING NOTHING WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING

Wood and varnish, 12x, book, 10 pages, 15 x 15 cm
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DOING NOTHING WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING

Wood and varnish, 12x, book, 10 pages, 15 x 15 cm

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, Wood and varnish, 12x, Doing nothing while other people are doing something,

DOING NOTHING WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING

Wood and varnish, 12x
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DOING NOTHING WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SOMETHING

Wood and varnish, 12x

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet, Making Things Bearable,

MAKING THINGS BEARABLE

2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet
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MAKING THINGS BEARABLE

2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet, Making Things Bearable, 2018

MAKING THINGS BEARABLE, 2018

2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet
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MAKING THINGS BEARABLE

2018, HD Video 5'49, wood, paint and carpet

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2016, HD Video, 8'19, The Inevitable Other,

THE INEVITABLE OTHER

2016, HD Video, 8'19
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THE INEVITABLE OTHER

2016, HD Video, 8'19

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, HD Video, Ink on Carpet , The Inevitable Others, exhibition view at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL,

THE INEVITABLE OTHERS, EXHIBITION VIEW AT STEDELIJK MUSEUM SCHIEDAM, NL

HD Video, Ink on Carpet
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THE INEVITABLE OTHERS, EXHIBITION VIEW AT STEDELIJK MUSEUM SCHIEDAM, NL

HD Video, Ink on Carpet

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, HD video, 10’32”, Maintenant, 2018,

MAINTENANT, 2018

HD video, 10’32”
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MAINTENANT, 2018

HD video, 10’32”

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x, Sticking plaster solution,

STICKING PLASTER SOLUTION

HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x
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STICKING PLASTER SOLUTION

HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x, Sticking plaster solution,

STICKING PLASTER SOLUTION

HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x
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STICKING PLASTER SOLUTION

HD video, metal, paint and scotch tape, 3x

Feiko Beckers

Feiko Beckers, 2017, A disappointment you can rely on,

A DISAPPOINTMENT YOU CAN RELY ON

2017
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A DISAPPOINTMENT YOU CAN RELY ON

2017

Feiko Beckers

Solo Shows:

2019 A brilliant idea, but a terrible chair, Stigter Van Doesburg, Amsterdam
2019 Applesauce, Efremidis Gallery, Berlin
2018 Bearable, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
2017 You might actually learn something,Tenderpixel, London
2017 The Understanding of Nonsense, Beursschouwburg, Brussel
2015 Where everything is safe and sound, Gallery Jeanine Hofland, Amsterdam
2015 A conversation is a risk to lose your own opinion, Le CAP, Lyon
2013 Liste18, Basel, CH (with Gallery Jeanine Hofland, Amsterdam)
2013 Slow and Gradual, Meet Factory, Prague
2013 My Rock is Also Your Thing, Gallery Jeanine Hofland, Amsterdam
2012 The arranging of books by color, deServiceGarage, Amsterdam
2011 Making a birthday cake with my mother, Gallery Jeanine Hofland, Amsterdam

Group Shows:

2021 Des choses vraies qui font semblant d’être des faux-semblants, La Friche, Marseille
2021 When dough flies through your kitchen, 76,4, Brussels
2021 Tweetakt 2021, Fort Ruigenhoek, Utrecht
2020 Hope for Sisyphus, Nieuwe Vide Art Space, Haarlem
2018 Jumping the Shark, Het Resort, Groningen
2018 ALMENDE, The Second Triennial of Beetsterzwaag
2018 Moengo Festival of Visual Arts 2018, Moengo
2018 Doing Things With Words, Kunstverein Braunschweig
2018 Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
2017 Het Zalige Nietsdoen, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen
2017 Digifest 4, Durban
2017 And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, Billytown, Den Haag
2017 The principle of least effort, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim
2017 A Space Called Home, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
2017 Rumors of Glory, basis, Frankfurt
2017 To Cover And Decorate, Feeeling, Brussels
2016 The Inevitable Others, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag
2016 Game People Play, NEST, Den Haag
2016 Cairotronica, Cairo
2016 Welkom Thuis, Villa Zebra, Rotterdam
2015 Paradocs, IDFA, EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
2015 Tenderflix, Tenderpixel, ICA, London
2015 Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel
2015 Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athene
2015 Didn't Know It But Knew It All Along, Onomatopee, Eindhoven
2014 Acting Truthfully Under the Circumstances, Tenderpixel, London

Awards :

2018 Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (Stipendium Established Artists)
2018 Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs, Schiedam (nomination)
2017 Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (Grant International Presentations)
2014 Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (Stipendium Established Artists)
2012 Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam (Artist Project Grant)
2012 Amsterdam Foundation for the Arts, Amsterdam
2011 dr. Hendrik Muller Vaderlandsch Fonds, Den Haag
2010 dr. Hendrik Muller Vaderlandsch Fonds, Den Haag
2008 Foundation BKVB, Amsterdam (Starters Stipend)
2008 International Prize for Performance, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (3rd prize)
2008 Klaas Dijkstra Foundation, Groningen (nomination)