Art on Paper: The Brussels Contemporary Drawing Fair at BOZAR

New edition, new scale, new space, new side projects!

The Brussels fair for contemporary drawing Art on Paper will be held for the fourth time in BOZAR this year, from 6 to 9 September 2018. The big principle of the event has remained unchanged since the beginning in 2015: one stand, one gallery, one artist. Thus, for 5 days, 50 Belgian and international galleries are investing BOZAR exhibition spaces to offer, in the heart of Brussels, 50 SOLO SHOWS from established and emerging artists: the best of contemporary drawing. Building on the success of its latest editions, Art on Paper is setting itself up this year in the prestigious "Ravenstein Circuit", always in collaboration with BOZAR, and has new parallel projects to reflect the most current creation and the most experimental practices in terms of drawing.

New this year is that there will be a seperate room for young talent. The Project Space will present 6 young artists but also the 6 structures presenting them: these will be very young galleries (under 2 years of existence) or "non-profit spaces" or "artist-run spaces" that make contemporary creation. This space will be dedicated to the rubbing of the eye and drawing, contrasting them.

Michel Culot, founder of the "Art on Paper in collaboration with BOZAR" formula appreciates for this new edition to have left the basement to go out in the open air and be integrated into the official circuit. The show has opened up more to foreign gallery owners. It brings together today, around Brussels’ gallerists, a balance between gallerists of the north and the south of the country.

"Growing an event of this quality in Brussels is an asset for the image of the City and the Region". The Belgian scene is very active and the positioning of Art on Paper on the international scene is a driving force for the entire contemporary art sector: "drawing is one of the bubbling niches of contemporary art and we are considered as one of the major fairs in the world devoted to drawing ". This greatly benefits Brussels, the capital of Europe, as well as all the stakeholders involved in this unique event by proposing solo shows, just solo shows!
— Michel Culot, founder

The 50 solo shows have been painstakingly selected from a hundred entries around the world. After the development of Japan and Korea last year, this year the doors opened to Latin America with the participation of exhibitors from Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.

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ORGANISATION

Michel Culot / Founder
Adeline d’Ursel / Fair Director Art On Paper
Marie Cantos / Artistic Director Art On Paper

JURY 2018

Joost Declercq / Director - Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum
Denis De Rudder / Head of the drawing department - La Cambre
Florence and Daniel Guerlain / Art Collectors
Pauline Hatzigeorgiou / Curator
Sophie Lauwers / Head of exhibitions BOZAR
Yves Lecointre / Director - Frac Picardie l des mondes dessinés
Kate Mc Farlane / Co-director - Drawing Room (London)
Reyn van der Lugt / Art Collector

SOLO SHOWS

A Gallery Named Sue (THE HAGUE/NL) & JORRIT PAAIJMANS
A-Lounge (SEOUL/SKR) & SEN CHUNG
Adrián Ibáñez Galeria (TABIO/CO) & FELIPE BEDOYA
Albert Baronian (BRUSSELS/BE) & ACHRAF TOULOUB
Archiraar Gallery (BRUSSELS/BE) & CLAUDE CATTELAIN
Artitude (BRUSSELS/BE) & GABRIEL FOLLI
ATM (GIJÓN/ES) & GAMALIEL RODRÍGUEZ
Bernal Espacio (MADRID/ES) & JOSE ANTONIO SUAREZ LONDOÑO
Betts Project (LONDON/GB) & LARS LERUP
CAPS (ERPS-KWERPS/BE) LISA WILKENS
DAM Gallery (BERLIN/DE) & VERA MOLNAR
Dauwens & Beernaert Gallery (BRUSSELS/BE) & MARCO DE SANCTIS
Galerie C (NAUCHÂTEL/CH) & SOPHIE JODOIN
Galerie Catherine Putman (PARIS/FR) & KEITA MORI
Galerie Dix9 (PARIS/FR) & SLOBODAN STOSIC
Galerie Iragui (MOSCOW/RU) & PAVEL PEPPERSTEIN
Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand (AIX-EN-PROVENCE/FR) & HELENE MUHEIM
Galerie Mauritz van de Laar (THE HAGUE/NL) & KIM HOSPERS
Galerie Zink (WALDKIRCHEN IN DER OBERPFALZ/DE) & MUNTEAN/ROSENBLUM
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde (ANTWERP/BE) & REIN DUFAIT
Gerhard Hofland (AMSTERDAM/NL) & JOOST KRIJNEN
Hopstreet Gallery (BRUSSELS/BE) & JONATHAN CALLAN
Irène Laub Gallery (BRUSSELS/BE) & CHARLES LAIB BITTON
JJ Heckenhauer (MUNICH/DE) & DANJA AKULIN
KETELEER Gallery (ANTWERP/BE) & ANTOINE ROEGIERS
Kristof De Clercq Gallery (GHENT/BE) & MARIO DE BRABANDERE
La Forest Divonne (BRUSSELS/BE) & BERNADETTE CHENE
Laurence Bernard (BRUSSELS/BE) & CAROLINE CORBASSON
Levy.Delval (BRUSSELS/BE) & STEVEN BAELEN
Livingstone Gallery (THE HAGUE/NL) & RAQUEL MAULWURF
LMNO (BRUSSELS/BE) & COLLECTIF VOID
Michel Rein Brussels (BRUSSELS/BE) & ANNE-MARIE SCHNEIDER
Montoro12 Contemporary Art (ROMA/IT) & SERENA FINESCHI
Mulier Mulier (KNOKKE-HEIST/BE) & TADASHI KAWAMATA
Narrative Projects (LONDON/GB) & HARM VAN DEN DORPEL
Patrick Heide (LONDON/GB) & MARTIN ASSIG
PLUS-ONE Gallery (ANTWERP/BE) & ANTWAN HORFEE
Quai4 Galerie (LIEGE/BE) & GAËLLE CHOTARD
Quimera (BUENOS AIRES/AR) & NACHA CANVAS
Rossi Contemporary (BRUSSELS/BE) & FRANCOIS JACOB
Spazio Nobile (BRUSSELS/BE) & AMY HILTON
Stems Gallery (BRUSSELS/BE) & WALTER ROBINSON
Tajtana Pieters (GHENT/BE) & ANNEKE EUSSEN
Tom Christoffersen (COPENHAGEN/DK) & ANDREAS ALBRECTSEN

PROJECT SPACES

ALG. Contemporary Art (AIX-EN-PROVENCE/FR) & LEÏLA BRETT
URDLA (VILLEURBANNE/FR) & ALEX CHEVALIER
Thankyouforcoming (NICE/FR) & MARIANNE MISPELAËRE
Galerie Pauline Pavec (PARIS/FR) & MARA FORTUNATOVIC
The HOPE (BRUSSELS/BE) & PHILIP VORMWALD
Galeria Mascota (MEXICO CITY/MX) & CHRISTIAN CAMACHO