MARYAM NAJD
Lives and works in Antwerp (Belgium)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 — Seven Shades of Blood, Micki Chomicki Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2019 — Botanic – National Amalgamation Project, Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art & Archaeology, Beijing, China
2018 — The Aesthetics of Sin, re(D). Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 — Eight Volumes of Fantasy, Groeningemuseum Brugge, Bruges, Belgium
2016 — Wanderlust, Gallery Van De Weghe, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 — Non-Existence Flag Project, Panache Towers, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 — Accuracy & Balance / West, Gallery Van De Weghe, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 — Non-Existence Flag Project, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2010 — Masquerade, Tatjana Pieters Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2007 — Get Girl, Kill Baddies, Save Plant, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2004 — Nirvana, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2002 — Night & Day, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 — Inordinate Desire, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
1999 — Garden, Van Laere Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Ontomateria, Verduyn Gallery, Ottegem, Belgium
2025 — Er Was Eens, Expo Ruimte De Halle, CC De Werft, Geel, Belgium
2025 — This Is Not a Flag (from the Non-Existence Flag Project), Uz Kunstmuur, Brussels, Belgium
2024 — Passio / Il Camino 2024 (5th edition Biennale of Kortrijk), Sint-Maartenskerk, Kortrijk, Belgium
2024 — Don’t Go to Strangers, CURRENT Artspace, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 — Zan, Zendeghi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom), Pedrami Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 — The Clown-Spirit, Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome, Italy
2023 — Dromen – Denken – Doen, De Mijlpaal Gallery, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
2022 — Hot Spot #1 – Painting, curated by Narcisse Tordoir, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2022 — Silent Rush, Stormloop Kunstenfestival, Herentals, Belgium
2022 — The Circus We Are, Le Delta – Musée Félicien Rops – Musée des Arts Anciens – Belgian Gallery, Namur, Belgium
2021 — Noir Désir – Verlangen naar zwart, De Mijlpaal Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2021 — Spuitwater, Museum of Contemporary Art (M HKA), Antwerp, Belgium
2020 — Monoculture – A Recent History, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
2020 — The Clown Spirit, De Rossaert Gallery, Antwerp & Ronny Van de Velde Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2020 — Nu noch de Rest, Emergent Gallery, Veurne, Belgium
2019 — Kontrapunt #2, Antwerp Art Weekend, Platform Bernaerts, Antwerp, Belgium
2019 — 8th Beijing International Art Biennale, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
2019 — The Human Condition II, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 — Lost in Translation, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2018 — Intersection, 25th anniversary of Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Beijing, China
2018 — Middle Gate II, collaboration between M HKA & CC De Werft
2017 — Lost Ideas, Cultuurcentrum De Steiger, Menen, Belgium
2017 — Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
2017 — Célibataire Divas, Refugehuis van de Abdij van Herkenrode, Hasselt, Belgium
2017 — Transit, Parcours Humain – Atelier Mondial, Basel, Switzerland
2015 — Uitverkoren, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 — De Stad als Performance, Triennale Brugge – Bogardenkapel, Bruges, Belgium
2015 — 30 Years of Troubleyn, Troubleyn/Jan Fabre, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 — De Modernen – Duo’s 2, Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 — The End of History and The Return of History Painting, travelling exhibition:
Domus Artium DA2 (Salamanca, Spain), and Museum voor Moderne Kunsten Arnhem, Netherlands
2010 — No Flag Is Large Enough, ISCP, New York, USA
2010 — Non-Existence Flag Project, ISCP, New York, USA
2010 — Mars op Oostende, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
2009 — Fading, Museum van Elsene/Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
2009 — The Choice of Jan Fabre, Indian Caps, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 — Dry and Wet Paintings, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2008 — POPEYE, Oude Gevangenis, Hasselt, Belgium
2008 — The Aerials of Sublime Transcape, Lokaal 01, Breda, Netherlands
2008 — See Who’s Coming, MK Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2007 — Welcome Home – Hommage to Fred Bervoets, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 — Darkness, Open Air, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 — Waaruit Bestaat een Kus, Monumental, Bornem, Belgium
2007 — Dry and Wet Paintings, Crown Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2006 — Gorge(l), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium
2006 — Phantasmagoria, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2005 — (My Private) HEROES, Museum Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
2005 — Metamorphosis II, Museum San Gimignano, San Gimignano, Italy
2004 — Solo Quint II, Sint-Blasius Hospital, Dendermonde, Belgium
2004 — Metamorphosis II, Abelló Museum, Mollet del Vallès (Barcelona), Spain
2003 — Fonkeling, CC Strombeek, Strombeek, Belgium
2003 — Stille Schilders, Caermersklooster, Ghent, Belgium
2002 — C’est Beau, C’est Belge, Barbara Farber / La Serre, Trets, France
2001 — An Empty Place to Stay, Summer of Poetry & Art, Watou, Belgium
PERMANENT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art & Archaeology, Beijing, China
M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
Mu.ZEE – Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Ostend, Belgium
Troubleyn – Laboratorium Jan Fabre, Antwerp, Belgium
Collection Of The Belgian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, New York
Collection of the Flemish Community, Belgium
Collection of the Province of Antwerp, Belgium
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
2024 — Er Was Een, Hopper & Fuchs
2020 — Monoculture – A Recent History, Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp
2017 — Célibataire Divas, Kunstgalerij De Mijlpaal
2016 — Eight Volumes of Fantasy, Musea Brugge — catalogue & artist talk at De Bond, Bruges
2016 — Laboratorium, Jan Fabre / Troubleyn
2015 — Painting Now, Thames & Hudson Publishing
2010 — Phantasmagoria, VDH Publishing — catalogue & artist talk at S.M.A.K., Ghent
2010 — Vrouwenstreken, Lannoo Publishing
2009 — Fading, Museum van Elsene/Ixelles, Brussels
2006 — Gorge(l), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (KMSKA)
2001 — Watou – Poëziezomer
2000 — Stille Schilders, Caermersklooster
1999 — Garden, Van Laere Contemporary Art
1997 — Art-Script, Mark Verstockt
ARTICLES & INTERVIEUWS
2025
DNG Magazine, Issue 8 — Rebellie
2024
Glean Magazine, Issue 6 — Layers of the Self, interview by Kathleen Weyts
2023
HART, Nr. 234 — #Woman #Life #Freedom
2019
Botanic – National Amalgamation Project, Studio International review, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Beijing: https://www.studiointernational.com/maryam-najd-botanic-national-amalgamation-project-review-arthur-m-sackler-museum-art-archaeology-peking-beijing
2017
MK Palomar — Interview Maryam Najd, Studio International: https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/maryam-najd-non-existence-flag-project-video-interview
2016
Jozefien Van Beek — “Romantiek vs. Gruwel”, ELLE België
Tom Peeters — “Iranian artist strips away mass media's illusion of reality”, Flanders Today
Maryam Najd daagt het Groeningemuseum uit, Exit Magazine
Indra Devriend — Maryam Najd in het Groeningemuseum Brugge, H ART #159
Iran–België, Humo
Indra Devriend — “Rauwe Realiteit”, H ART #155
Else Maes — De kunst van het vluchten, De Morgen
2014
Jan Braet — “Zelfbewuste vrouwenlijven”, De Morgen
Anna McNay — “Accuracy & Balance”, Studio International
Chantal Pattyn — Artist Talk Maryam Najd, MuHKA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgPjDgGGAo
Indra Devriend — “Westerse Vrouwen Denken Dat Ze Vrij Zijn…”, HART #130
2012
Ulrich David — World’s Nations United, HART Magazine
Caroline Menezes — “Taking a transnational picture”, Studio International
2011
Malycha Christian — In the Wind the Colours Glance, (BE) Magazine, Berlin
Abraham Orsolya — Wechselbad der Farben, Artnet
2010
Ulrich David — The Odyssey of Maryam Najd, HART Magazine
B-SIDE AND RARITIES, Lokaal 01 Breda
2008
Jos Van den Bergh — Review & Preview, Artforum
2006
Mark Ruyters — Phantasmagoria, HART
Sofie Van Loo — Gorgle, KMSKA Antwerp
2005
Schilderkunst in Vlaanderen na 1980, OKV
2004
Luk Lambrecht — Non-Existence Flag Project, Metamorphosis II
2003
Mark Ruyters — Stille Schilders, Caermersklooster
2001
Ann Demeester — Watou Poëziezomer, Christoph Fink Atlas
1999
Borka Max — Garden, Van Laere Contemporary Art