Manon De Boer

Biography Manon de Boer (Kodaicanal, India, 1966)
Manon de Boer lives and works in Brussels.

Her work has been screened at Mood Salon, Bios, Athens; Happy New Ears, Kortrijk; MUHKA-Media, Antwerp; KVS, Brussels (all 2007). She won the Prix Marseille Espérance at FID, Marseille (2006) and Best Experimental Film at the 14th Curtas Vila do Condo Film Festival, Portugal (2006), where she was also artist in focus. Recent solo exhibitions include: Jan Mot Gallery, Brussels (2007, 2005 & 2003); SKOR, Amsterdam (2002). Recent group exhibitions include International and National Projects, PS1, NYC; Open Archive, Argos, Brussels; 2 ou 3 choses que j’ignore d’elles, FRAC Lorraine, Metz; Territoires de l’Image, Musée de Beaux-Arts, Lille (all 2007). She featured in the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Biennale de Venezia in 2007 and will participate in the 2008 Berlin Biennale. Her work has previously been shown at Witte de With as part of the Don Quijote exhibition (2006).

Participated in:

Jesper Just, No man is an island II, 2003, 4 mins., DVD

Don Quijote

Witte de With opens its first season under the direction of Nicolaus Schafhausen with two exhibitions: the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Mathias Poledna and the thematic group exhibition Don Quijote. Featuring twenty-two international artists, the exhibition presents artworks …Read more

 
Manon de Boer, Sylvia Kristel – Paris, 2003 Super-8 transferred on video Colour and stereo sound French spoken, English subtitles 40 min. Image: courtesy Jan Mot, Brussels

Manon de Boer

Manon de Boer’s work analyzes the possibilities of film in visual art. She often challenges the conventions and assumptions of the documentary genre. Drawn to individuals with unusual personal histories, she creates intimate portraits that question their own veracity, revealing …Read more