Artists

Aeneas Wilder

Biography

1967: Born in Edinburgh. Scotland
1993: B.A. in Sculpture, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee
1994: Postgraduate Diploma in Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

Solo Exhibition

2020: ACG Window Gallery: Aeneas Wilder, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2018: "Until the End of Time", ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2016: "Origin", Chateau de Seneffe, Belgium
2013: "Transformer", Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Aeneas Wilder", Villa Guastavillani, Alma Graduate School, University of Bologna, Italy
2012: "Untitled #162", Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, UK
"Void", August Art, London, UK
2011: "Aeneas Wilder", Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK
2010: "Untitled # 150", Bewaerschole, Burgh Haamstede, The Netherlands
"Untitled # 147/148", Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2009: "Construct/Deconstruct", DeKunstsuper Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2008: "Collider", ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, Japan
"Collapse", August Art, London, UK
“Stasis”, LaBF15, Lyon, France
2007: "Is There Space Between Art and Design", De Fabriek, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
"On The Edge Of Falling", Seeing Gallery, Exploratorium, San Francisco
"Aeneas Wilder: Chōjūryoku, Mugensaisei Jāni" (Supergravity, Journey of Infinite Regeneration), INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
2006: Solo exhibition, Musee de Gajac, Villeneuve sur Lot, France
2005: "Empirical Association", Silpakorn University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
"Empirical Association", Artcourt Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Solo exhibition, Association Pollen, Monflanquin, France
2004: "Videodokumentarisk", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
"New Projects", Gallery C Square, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan
Solo exhibition, Gallery La Vie, Morioka, Japan ['99, '01]
"Aeneas Wilder: Hibiki no Mori (Forest of Echoes)", Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
2003: "One Day Everywhere Will Look Like This", Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
"Aeneas Wilder's Seven Day Program", Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan
2002: "In Geval van Nood", Gallery de Aanschouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"The Ministry of Truth", Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, USA
2001: Solo exhibition, Gallery Sowaka, Kyoto, Japan ['00]
"Aeneas Wilder: Chōjūryoku, Mugensaisei no Katachi" (Supergravity, the Shape of Infinite Regeneration), INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
Solo exhibition, trans-art, Trondheim, Norway.
Solo exhibition, Gallery La Vie. Morioka, Japan.
2000: Solo exhibition, Sykkelfabrikken, Sandnes, Norway
"Aeneas Wilder: Rittai Domino, Hakai to Saisei no Katachi" (Sculptural Dominos, the Shape of Destruction & Regeneration), INAX Gallery 2, Tokyo, Japan
"Riks Ustillinger". (National Touring Exhibitions) Bekkjarvik, Norway
1999: Solo exhibition, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
1995: "Transient Works", Pisa/Carrara/Florence, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018: "Summer Snow", Belmonte Arboretum, Wageningen, The Netherlands
"KadS 2018: When the Notion of Time Disappears", Soledad Senlle Art Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2017: "IJsselbiënnale", Olst-Wijhe, The Netherlands
"SUMMA", The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2016: "In Quarantaine", Stichting Kunsteiland, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015: Museum Collection Exhibition, Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan
2014: Art @ Tsuchizawa, Tannaisan Shrine, Hanamaki, Japan [’06, ’09 (venues vary)]
2013: "Infecting The City", Cape Town, South Africa
"Arte Sella", Borgo Valsugana, Italy
2012: "Subjective Involvement in Physical Spacial Entities", Oredaria Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
"Lademoen Art Nomads", LKV, Trondheim, Norway
"Pit", Abdij Mariënlof, Borgloon, Belgium
"RSA Annual Exhibition: Including the Artist's Studio", Edinburgh, UK
"Wood, Paper & Fibers", The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, USA
2011: "Visions of Our Moment - Seven Artists from Iwate", Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka, Japan
"Reflection", City Art Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Frank Asnes begroet Aeneas Wilder", De Ketel Factory, Schiedam, The Netherlands
"Cabanes", Chateatu de Seneffe, Seneffe, Belgium
"Wearetheartists - Portraits", Kunsthalle Winterhur, Winterhur, Switzerland
"Thuis", Grote Kerkplien 28b, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010: "Kōkaidō Art Show +(plus)", Kyū-Ishii Kenreitei, Morioka, Japan
"Appetite for Destruction", NEST, The Hague, The Netherlands.
"Stop & Go", various venues, (touring exhibition), The Netherlands/ Germany/ Slovakia
2009: Beaufort 03, Middelkerke, Belgium
2008: "Rotterdam VHS Festival", Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Stop & Go", Various Venues, (touring exhibition), USA
2007: "Hors Cadres", Association Pollen, Monflanquin, France
"RELAY", Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Leiden, The Netherlands
"Follydock", Heijplaat, Rotterdam , The Netherlands ['06]
"Wrong Time Wrong Place", TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Camera Japan", Gallery de Aanschouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Ist Tehran International Sculpture Symposium", Tehran, Iran
"After Urban - Video Art and Architecture", University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA
2006: "Mixed Pickles - Overloaded", K3 Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland ['05]
"Edinburgh Mela", Pilrig Park, Edinburgh, Scotland
Magazine, Edinburgh Arts Festival, ESW, Edinburgh, Scotland
"To see ourselves...", Society of Scottish Artists, RSA Edinburgh, Scotland
"Six Sculptors", Gallery Oishi, Fukuoka, Japan
"Thread", Artspace, Newhaven, CT, USA
2005: "Simple(s) & Elementaire(s) 3/6 Vol.2", Association Pollen, Monflanquin, France.
"Witte de With Festival", Salon d'Anvers, Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2004: "Gilgul", Wasps Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Urban Legends", City / Space, Berkeley, California, USA
"Publish and be Damned", Cubitt, London, UK
Gallery Odete, Morioka, Japan
2003: "KHOJ International Artists' Exhibition", Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore, India
"NKD", The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
"Explorations", National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthen, UK
2002: "Spring Artist-in-Residence Exhibition", Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
"Contributions to Society", Kunst en Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001: "Vorviegend Heiter", Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Switzerland
"Transmission", Las Palmas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2000: "Arca d'Arte", Porto, Portugal
"Salong", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
1998: "Celtic Connections-Iwate Art Festival UK98", Yorozu Tetsugoro Memorial Museum of Art, Hanamaki, Japan
1997: "Scottish Sculpture Open 9", toured various venues in Scotland, UK
1996: "Outside Art", Central Queen Street Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland

Recent Selected Awards

2011: The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artists Award ['01]
2007: Woonstichting Etten-Leur Commission
Scottish Arts Council Artists Grant
2006: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Creative Initiative Award

Selected Residencies

2006: Sculpture Space Residency, Utica, USA
2005: Pollen Artists-in-Residence in [Monflanquin, Monflanquin, France
2003: Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto, Japan
2000: Curator, "iimawashi" Merz Gallery, Edinburgh Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2002: Kunst en Complex, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan

Collections and Installations

2013: Iwate Museum of Art, Morioka Japan
Association Arte Sella, Borgo Valsugana, Italy
2010: Psychiatric Centre, Duffel, Belgium
2008: Verbeke Foundation, Stekene, Belgium