Past exhibitions
2018

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Forbidden Collections

Alicia Framis

Amsterdam, 23 Nov '18 - 8 Feb '19
Forbidden Collections

Is My Body Public? is a collection that explores the borders between what is public and private in our everyday lives. The dresses resemble the aesthetics of women’s lingerie but are in fact banners for demonstration. The text 'Is my Body Public' is embroidered on every dress in 15 different...

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JODI

Amsterdam, 13 Oct - 10 Nov '18
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Upstream Gallery proudly presents its first solo show with JODI, the pioneering artist collective formed in 1995 by Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans and one of the most influential artist duos working in the age of the Internet. Their work uses the widest possible variety of media and te...

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PINK SLIME CAESAR SHIFT

Jen Liu

Amsterdam, 1 Sep - 29 Sep '18
PINK SLIME CAESAR SHIFT

Upstream Gallery proudly presents PINK SLIME CAESAR SHIFT, a solo exhibition by Jen Liu. The eponymous and ongoing project proposes to alter the genetic material of cow cells in order to carry secret messages of labor activism for female factory workers in South China, taking the form of video and 3...

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Live and Let Live

various artists

Amsterdam, 2 Jun - 14 Jul '18
Live and Let Live

With Harm van den Dorpel (NL) Manfred Mohr (D/US) Vera Molnar (HR/FR) Tabor Robak (US) Miao Ying (CN) The exhibition Live and Let Live at Upstream Gallery focuses on generative art, seen through a digital lens. Generative art is perceived here as art that derives from systems with some level of a...

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From ZERO to 2018

Various Artists

Amsterdam, 14 Apr - 19 May '18
From ZERO to 2018

Upstream Gallery proudly presents From ZERO to 2018, a group exhibition with work by Ad Dekkers, Constant Dullaart, herman de vries, Jan Robert Leegte, Jan Schoonhoven, Marc Bijl, and Rafaël Rozendaal. The exhibition brings together an extraordinary selection of works by some of the most import...

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Pattern and Presence

Harm van den Dorpel

Amsterdam, 24 Feb - 30 Mar '18
Pattern and Presence

In his first solo exhibition with Upstream Gallery, Harm van den Dorpel features works from multiple series that react to different moments in the history of cybernetics. Pattern and Presence, the title of the show, is taken from the book ‘How we became posthuman’ by N. Katherine H...

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Views

Marinus Boezem

Amsterdam, 13 Jan - 17 Feb '18
Views

Upstream Gallery proudly presents Views, an exhibition by the renowned Dutch artist Marinus Boezem. The exhibition marks his third solo presentation at the gallery. Marinus Boezem is, together with Jan Dibbets and Ger van Elk, one of the most important representatives of the Conceptual Art and Arte...

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