Past exhibitions
2021

Past exhibition

Mechanical Paintings

Rafaël Rozendaal

Amsterdam, 30 Oct - 18 Dec '21
Mechanical Paintings

Upstream Gallery is proud to present Mechanical Paintings, Rafaël Rozendaal’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Rozendaal has made a name with his artworks in the form of websites, and more recently NFTs, and throughout his career has been investigating ways to translate these di...

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Reading a Wave

Marinus Boezem & Noor Nuyten

Amsterdam, 28 Aug - 16 Oct '21
Reading a Wave

Reading a Wave takes its title from the opening chapter of Italo Calvino’s novella Mr Palomar. The novel opens with the protagonist sitting at the beach intent upon looking at just a single wave. When this succeeds, he expects to have a better grip on the overwhelming complexity of the world a...

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Is it art or is it internet? Vol. 1: Ways of Seeing

Online exhibition curated by Tilman Baumgärtel

Online, 21 May - 27 Jun '21
Is it art or is it internet? Vol. 1: Ways of Seeing

Online platform upstream.gallery proudly presents its new exhibition, curated by author, theorist and critic Tilman Baumgärtel. The exhibition is designed with common.garden, an exhibition platform developed by artist Constant Dullaart (read more below). Curator's statement: In his book/tv ...

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Mutant Garden

Harm van den Dorpel

Amsterdam, 23 Apr - 27 Jun '21
Mutant Garden

Upstream Gallery proudly presents Harm van den Dorpel's second exhibition with the gallery, dedicated to his Mutant Garden software, its various material outputs and research. Where traditional artistic mediums require the artist to create the work with their own hand, Van den Dorpel prefers to pro...

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Fronting Motion

PolakvanBekkum

Amsterdam, 23 Apr - 8 May '21
Fronting Motion

From 23 April - 8 May Upstream Gallery presents in it's private viewing space Fronting Motion, an online installation by PolakvanBekkum. The artist couple Esther Polak and Ivar van Bekkum have built an extensive oeuvre around their research of movement in time and space. In their work the use and...

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Upstream Focus: Tabor Robak

Lights Out

Amsterdam, 31 Mar - 9 Apr '21
Upstream Focus: Tabor Robak

Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus. In this series of short exhibitions in our private viewing space, we highlight one (series of) work by one of our artists, both online as well as offline. Between 31 March — 9 April 2021 we present Tabor Robak&rsquo...

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Upstream Focus: Rafaël Rozendaal

Abstract Browsing

Amsterdam, 17 Mar - 27 Mar '21
Upstream Focus: Rafaël Rozendaal

Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus exhibitions in its private viewing space. In this series of short exhibitions, we highlight a single (series of) work by one of our artists. Between 17 — 27 March 2021 we present two new tapestry works from Rafaël Rozendaal’s ...

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Upstream Focus: Dennis Rudolph

Artificial_Gods

Amsterdam, 3 Mar - 14 Mar '21
Upstream Focus: Dennis Rudolph

Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus. In this series of short exhibitions in our private viewing space, we highlight one (series of) work by one of our artists, both online as well as offline. From March 3 - 14 we present new paintings by Dennis Rudolph, simultaneously with the ...

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Upstream Focus

JODI & Jeroen Jongeleen

Amsterdam, 24 Feb - 2 Mar '21
Upstream Focus

During the lockdown, while the gallery is closed, Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus. In this series of short exhibitions in our private viewing space, we highlight one or two works by our artists. Until the gallery reopens this will only take place online. From 24 February &n...

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Upstream Focus: Frank Ammerlaan

New work

Amsterdam, 17 Feb - 23 Feb '21
Upstream Focus: Frank Ammerlaan

During the lockdown, while the gallery is closed, Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus. In this series of short exhibitions in our private viewing space, we highlight one (series of) work by one of our artists. Until the gallery reopens this will only take place online. From Feb...

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Upstream Focus: Alicia Framis

The Glass Ceiling

Amsterdam, 9 Feb - 16 Feb '21
Upstream Focus: Alicia Framis

During the lockdown, while the gallery is closed, Upstream Gallery presents a new series of Upstream Focus. In this series of short exhibitions in our private viewing space, we highlight one (series of) work by one of our artists. Until the gallery reopens this will only take place online. From Feb...

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