Frédéric Platéus Belgian, b. 1976
A self-taught artist, Frédéric Platéus’ work turns a charismatic balance of high art and pop culture into exquisite design.
In his sculptures, he combines his attraction to sports, speed, technology, and science-fiction with his love of urban culture. Platéus’ work has delicate visual clarity and unified by clean lines, lustrous textures and impeccable design. His signature “Anabolic Panels” are large rectangular reliefs that contain bulging PVC compositions. Carefully designed then cut from wood, stretched and sealed with heat onto custom-made PVC, the works have an immaculate finish that is slick and flawlessly balanced.
Featured in institutions such as WIELS and BOZAR in Brussels, CAPC Bordeaux, MAC's Grand-Hornu or the National Gallery of Art Zacheta in Warsow, the Belgian artist draws us to the speed and dynamism of the urban environment, through futuristic plastic forms reminiscent of star Trek cardboard decorations or Erwin Wurm’s inflatable cars. Inspired by the motorcycle industry and its obsession of smooth finishes, Platéus’s work is inscribed in the tradition of the "Finish Fetish", an artistic movement originating from Los Angeles in the 60s and defined as the Californian counterpart to New York Minimalism.
Platéus’ refreshing artistic vision brings gloss, humour and vintage futurism to the contemporary art world.
Born in 1976 in Belgium.
Lives and works in Liège, Belgium.
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Pop Lock, Ruttkowski ;68, Cologne Germany
2019 Panic Rev, Ruttowski 68, Paris, France
2014 Extravagant Traveler, MAC’s Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand-Hornu,
Belgium
2013 Solo Shows, Docks Art Fair Lyon, Eva Meyer, France
2011 Solid Rock, Project-Room, Baronian_Francey, Bruxelles, Belgium
2010 Phantom Works, Marion Meyer Contemporain, Paris, France
Solo Show, Art Cologne, Eva Meyer, France
2009 Apollo Diagonal, Espace Uhoda, Liège, Belgium
2008 Frédéric Platéus, Galerie Marion Meyer, Paris, France
Documentation Evidence, Galerie Buy-Selff, Marseille, France
2006 Slam Dunk Case, Espace Uhoda, Liège, Belgium
2003 Typoflex, Büro Discount, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 Sculpture Typographique, Ink Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
2019 Frédéric Platéus’ x Johannes Wohnseifer, Bam Berlin supported by König
Galerie and Ruttkowski68, Germany
1-800, Archive 18-20, Paris, France
Mixed Pickles 5, Funkhausberlin, Berlin, Germany
2018 Grand Opening, Ruttkowski 68, Paris
Mixed Pickles 4, Michael Horbach Stifung, Germany
2017 YO, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2016 The Earth Is our radio, Karst, Plymouth, UK
Polygone, Musée en Plair Air du Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium
Available for Reference, Yoko Uhoda, Liège, Belgium
2015 *S*W*I*M* (a day onine irl), In De Ruimte, Gent, Belgium
Anger Management, Komplot, Brussels, Belgium
Ouverture pour inventaire, HAB Galerie, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes,
France
Family Matters, De la Charge, Brussels, Belgium
Archipelago, the region as an art space, Gouvernement aan de Maas,
Maastricht, Netherlands
Heaven and Hell, Boghossian Fondation, Brussels, Belgium
A Belgian Politician, Marion De Cannière contemporary art gallery,
Antwerp, Belgium
2014 Trailers for the Future, Yoko Uhoda Gallery, Liège, Belgium
Art et Métaux, Chateau de Jehay, Jehay, Belgium
Destinations Improbables, Musée Ianchelevici, La Louvière, Belgium
2013 S.F. (Art, science & fiction), Musée des Arts Contemporains de
la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Grand-Hornu, Belgium
2012 POP-UP, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Open Airs, Musée de la vie wallonne, Liège, Belgium
2011 PEARL OF THE NORTH, Palais d'Iena, Paris, France
Art Public Namur, Commission de Arts de Wallonie, Namur, Belgium
Family Plot, Baronian_Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Pole Gry / Le Terrain de Jeu, Zacheta National Galery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2010 Prix de la Création (Lauréat 1st prize 2010), Ville de Liège, Liège, Belgium
BAMBAATAA, curated by François Curlet, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Le sourire du chat (opus 1), Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, France
Out of Control, Espace Uhoda, Liège, Brussels, Belgium
Retour vers le futur, CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2009 No Style No Glory, Musée Ianchelevici, La Louvière, Belgium
2008 Architectures of Survival, Outpost For Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (USA)
Un-Scene, Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bruxelles, Belgium
Curiosität, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 Série Noire, Villa Bernasconi, Genève, Switzerland
Sentiers Rouges, CIGL Schifflange, Luxembourg
Elusive Cities, Witte Zaal, Gent, Belgium
Urban Connections, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France
2006 Family Affairs, Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles, Belgium
Talking cities: The Micropolitics of Urban Space, Zeche Zollverein, Germany
2005 Prix Jeune Artiste (Lauréat 1st prize 2005), Parlement de la communauté
Française de Belgique, Bruxelles, Belgium
The Overlords, Alice Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgium
Magie Blanche, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France
2004 Storage, BPS22 espace de création contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium
Collections
BPS22 espace de création contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium
Parlement de la communauté Française de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires, Paris, France
Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France
Fonds régional d’art contemporain Pays de la Loire, France
Commission de arts de la Région wallonne, Belgium
