page_title: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen
section_title: Exhibitions (selection)
hierarchical_section_title: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen / Exhibitions (selection)
caption_attribution_description: English: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, P5 bis, 2007, Plexiglass and stainless steel, 51 x 23 ft. Copyright 2007: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen.
context_page_description: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, also shortened to Arocha & Schraenen, are an artist duo that collaborates since 2006. Arocha & Schraenen work across media, producing paintings, drawings and prints. Large-scale mirrored and interactive sculptural installations are at the core of their collaborative project. Their abstract installations and sculptures stem from everyday objects. The artists strip such objects from functionality, thus reducing them to their basic essence and form. Engaging with the rich tradition of geometrical abstract and optical art, the artists’ works are often placed in a spatial context where light and reflection play a crucial role.
context_section_description: Arocha and Schraenen had their first solo exhibition in 2007 at the Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago. After participating in the exhibitions such as Reflecting Another Space at The Agency Gallery in London, exhibition curated by Ken Pratt, and their solo exhibition Hier Waak ik at Centro de Arte Los Galpones in Caracas, exhibition curated by Jesus Fuenmayor, they became regulars on the international art scene. In 2008 were included in the Brussels Biennial curated by Barbara Vanderlinden, and in 2009 in The State of Things, and exhibition curated by Ai Wei Wei and Luc Tuymans in the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, and XIV Bienal de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador, Estructuras vivientes. El arte como experiencia plural, curated by Jesús Fuenmayor in 2019.
caption: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, P5bis, 2007.
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