About Me

Artist of the experience

About Me

Aristo Vopěnka is a multidisciplinary expressionist artist based in Brussels, working across film, photography, sound, installation, sculpture, design and fashion.

“I wandered into unknown lands & leaped forward, as it’s the only way to make sense of change.”
Practice spans
  • 01Film
  • 02Photo
  • 03Audio
  • 04Installation
  • 05Sculpture
  • 06Design
  • 07Fashion

Artist Statement

I lose myself in the depths of my fascination with the untouchable equilibrium of not knowing – a moment captured and then swiftly vanished. Life is, at times, as mystic as it is taunting, seducing us with a lullaby of passing time, all while remaining oblivious to the abnormalities visible in that split second.

A product of the nineties and a blend of Eurasian culture, my current artistic practice centers on the passing of time and the fragmented self, the pieces of my identity. More concretely, it delves into the opaque path to clarity, often lost again in a swift motion. I strive to harness this ambiguous curiosity to create, with an ability to express this depth.

By provoking the audience to question the medium, guiding them deeper into the multilayered elements, I explore the translation of my own intersection with reality and the concept of time.

Through the manipulation of color, movement, and transformation, I create works that have transitioned from an observer's perspective to an internal expression of the experience of time. Transforming the absence of a grip on reality into works that function as time capsules to a later self. As I expand my array of creative digital tools, my field of view broadens, aiding in the search to express my state of floatation.

Anchoring my next leap is the time I’ve invested in developing and understanding my collage technique. This proficiency empowers me to utilize and extract more of the ideas I possess to create installations. Taking the concept of collaging into a physical environment, I bring together conflicting elements, translating my digital creations into reality through exploration of various mediums.

My Artist Statement remains fluid, encompassing a spectrum of interests, ideas, and experiments. I maintain a broad outlook on the many things I engage with, remaining as receptive as possible to both the known and the unknown.

exhibitions

  • Grand Hospice | Fragments IV • Reflections of the Unknown — solo installation, Brussels
  • Loose Art at Millepiani | Ōidḗ for MBA 01 — group exhibition, Rome
  • Mercerie | Fragments III • Ruminating — solo installation, Brussels
  • Artdoc Photography Magazine | Phantom IV — Creative photography
  • MonART III Fox Yard Studio | Limacina — group exhibition, Stowmarket
  • Artdoc Photography Magazine | Arabesque — shapes and colors exhibition
  • UGC Art Box | Fragments I • Silent Memories — solo installation, Brussels
  • The Glasgow Gallery of Photography | Color — Glasgow
  • Artlymix | Limacina — Reflexo Exhibition, São Paulo
  • Museum Night Antwerp | Maagdenhuis — Revival solo exhibition, Antwerp
  • Art Number 23 Gallery | Athens Open Art, Athens
  • DURVYN immersive art | Revival solo exhibition, Brussels
  • PH21 Photography Gallery | The Art of Photography, Barcelona
  • Pragmata Collective | Open Fragment Exhibition
  • CICA | Over the Structures, Seoul
  • DAGAZ Gallery | Early Dawn 02
  • Artdoc Photography Magazine | Japanese Garden
  • Pinewood Studios | The Lift-Off Sessions
  • Away Art Gallery | Summers Shadow Exhibition
  • PARTICLE + WAVE | Media Arts Festival, Calgary
  • VAF Wildcards Showcase
  • Early Bird International Student Film Festival

publications

  • ArtMarket Magazine | Phantom & Figment — The Colorful Issue
  • Artmagazineium | Phantom — Issue 36
  • ColorBloc | On the spot interview
  • Flora Fiction Literary Magazine | Volume 4 Issue 3
  • Collect Art | Figment Artwork series — Autumn edition
  • Flora Fiction | Volume 3 Issue 1
  • Al-Tiba9 | International Collectors’ Art Book
  • The Purposeful Mayonnaise | Vol. 1 Issue 3
  • The Working Artist | III
  • Art Reveal Magazine | Interview
  • Al-Tiba9 | Artists’ Dialogs
  • Milk Bath Art Magazine | Issue 01
  • Art Hole | Issue 07

grants

  • Flanders State of the Art — Cultural Activity Grant

awards

  • Dark Yellow Dot | Artist of the Month
  • Smithsonian Magazine | Photo of the Day
  • Art Jobs | Artist of the Month — Special Awards
  • LUCA School of Arts | Alumni Showcase
  • Kunstbende | Youth Art Festival — Film Award

education

  • LUCA School of Arts | MA — Audiovisual Arts
  • RITCS | BA — Film Directing
  • AKV St. Joost | BA — Audiovisual Design

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