Chaim van Luit
1985
Lives and works in Brussels
Chaim van Luit’s work has a strong performative character. Everyday experiences and observations form the basis of a process in which intuition plays an important role. The use of unexpected materials and elements from his immediate environment links his work directly to the tradition that stretches from Duchamp to Dadaism.
Van Luit’s work not only refers to the traditions and history of modernism, but is also strongly linked to the context of current events and his personal interpretation. He always resonates with the link between artistic production, the socio-political context and the contingency of creating new meanings. Van Luit’s approach to current issues is modest.
Without taking any particular moral stance, the artist plays seductively with relevant and sometimes controversial subjects.
Chaim van Luit was born in 1985 in Heerlen, the Netherlands. He graduated from the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design in 2011 and was resident at the Jan van Eyck Academy from 2013 to 2015.
Van Luit has had solo exhibitions at Kasteel Wijlre, Wijlre (2020, NL); Meessen de Clercq, Brussels (2022, 2018, BE); P////////AKT, Amsterdam (2014, NL); Workshop Gallery, Beirut (2014, LB); Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (2013, NL), among others, and has been nominated for several awards. His work has been included in group exhibitions a.o. A Tale of A TUB, Rotterdam (2022, NL); Into Nature Bargerveen, Emmen (2021, NL); Kasteel Oud Rekem, Oud Rekem (2020, 2018, BE); Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (2020, 2018, NL); GEM, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hague (2019, NL); Schunck, Heerlen (2019, NL); Bureau Europa, Maastricht (2019, NL); Whitehouse Gym, Lovenjoel (2019, BE); Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam (2019, 2018, NL); Les Brasseurs, Liège (2018, BE); Kunstenfestival Watou, Watou (2018, BE); Schunck, Heerlen (2018, 2017, 2015, 2011, NL); Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (2017, 2015, 2014, NL); Van Eyck – Marres – Bureau Europa, Maastricht (2017, NL); Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles (2017, FR); NAP, Amsterdam (2017, NL); Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam (2016, NL); Nest, The Hague (2015, NL); Centraal Museum, Utrecht (2015, NL); P/////AKT, Amsterdam (2014, NL); Marres, Maastricht (2014, NL); Manifesta International Foundation, Amsterdam (2013, NL). Chaim van Luit’s work can be found in public and private collections in the Netherlands and abroad.