Pépé Smit

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Pépé Smit lives and works in Amsterdam.
She is represented by Wizenhausen Gallery
and Aeroplastics.

Education:

Circusschool
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam

Filmography:

The Opening, 2014, video loop installation, co-production with Harm van den Berg
Exhibition, 2014, video loop installation, co-production with Harm van den Berg
Composition in Black and White, video loop installation, 2014, 5'54, co-production with Harm van den Berg
Composition in Color, 2014, video installation, co-production with Harm van den Berg
music composed by Vincent van Warmerdam
Composition in Color, 2013, film , 4’22”, co-production with Harm van den Berg, nominated for the Jan Hanlo Essay price
music composed by Vincent van Warmerdam
Endless Love, 2012, video loopinstallation / available as film , producer SNG film, 8’50”, HD video
Tea/Time, 2011, video loop installation / available as film , producer SNG film, 3’ 53”. HD video
Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: life is a picnic, 2010, 8’ 31”, video
In The Woods, 2009, video, 4’ 43”, video loop / available as film
Forever ever after, 2009, video loop installation / available as film, 3’7”, co-production with Harm van den Berg
Popdolls, 2007, 6’, video loop installation / available as film
Home Go Home, 2006, 3', video loop installation
5 December, 2005, 3 minutes, video
Flip won’t answer, 1995, 60’, assigned by Park 3d TV
De Bloeiende Betuwe, 1994, 5’, producer: SNG Film
The Living, installation of four 8mm film loops, 1994
Co-Scenario, co-choreography, dance performance for
Reservaat by Clara van Gool, 1988

Exhibitions:

2016:
Composition in Color (film) shown at Jahorina Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Black Box, Amsterdam

2015
Composition in Color (film) shown at 3rd Motion Festival Cyprus
Composition in Color (film) shown at XX Internationalni TV festival Bar, Montenegro

2014
Composition in Color (film) shown at 7-Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Alternativo y Comunitario Ojo al Sancocho, Colombia
The Opening, video installation in co-production with Harm van den Berg, Witzenhausen gallery Amsterdam (solo)
The Exhibition, video installation, KunstRAI, Witzenhausen gallery Amsterdam
Composition in Color, video installation in collaboration with Harm van den Berg, music composed by Vincent van Warmerdam, Punt WG, Amsterdam(solo)
Art Wynwood Miami, videoinstallatie bij Artspace Witzenhausen, Miami, U.S.A.

2013          
Ohlala, filmprogram curated by EYE for The Dutch Filmfestival in Utrecht,
11 artfilms on the theme "naked" showing Tea/Time and Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: life is a picnic.
Landscapes, Buitenplaats Beeckenstein, groupshow mixing 18th century works and new work
showing Forever ever after, co-production with Harm van den Berg, Haarlem, NL
Incubate Festival, Tilburg, Composition in Color, co-production with Harm van den Berg.
Art Southhampton, New York, U.S.A. videowork in co-production with Harm van den Berg, Artspace Witzenhausen.
Scope Basel, new videowork in co-production with Harm van den Berg, Artspace Witzenhausen.
Nomination Jan Hanlo Essay price with video Composition in Color, co-production with Harm van den Berg.
Bookpresentation "Fred het (heel erg eigenwijze) hert", published by De Harmonie,
first print march 2013, second print september 2013.
Revisited, small retrospective at Publisher De Harmonie, Amsterdam.
Portraits, Buitenplaats Beeckenstein, groupshow mixing 18 century works and new work, Haarlem, NL.
Rijke/Mandje collectie, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.
Repeatclub 03, Amsterdam, new videowork.
Art Wynwood, Miami, U.S.A. videowork, in co-production with Harm van den Berg, Artspace Witzenhausen.
Art Warehouse videowork, in co-production with Harm van den Berg, Artspace Witzenhausen.

2012          
All Together Now, retrospective of (new) video works at Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam(solo).
Tentazione di Natale #2, video and photos at Metis-NL Gallery, Amsterdam.
Pan Amsterdam, Witzenhausen Gallery showing Dejeuner sur L'Herbe: life is a picnic
Raw Art Fair Rotterdam, Witzenhausen Gallery showing Tea/Time
Shortly speaking…Dutch, Tour of short experimental Dutch films in 5 Museums in Poland
ASU Art Museum, Performing for the Camera, group show, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A

2011
BAC festival, showing Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: life is a picnic, Barcelona, Spain
Summer Show, showing Tea/Time, Witzenhausen gallery, New York City, USA (group show)

2010
Open end, Witzenhausen gallery, New York City, USA (group show)
Salon des amis, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group show)

2009
In The Woods, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) - with catalogue -
Forever ever After, CASZuidas filmfestival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008
De bloeiende Betuwe, film, Dutch filmfestival Utrecht, The Netherland
Holy Smoke! A Farewell Show, Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam,The Netherlands
Popdolls, including live performance, Studio Josip Racic, Zagreb, Croatia (solo)
Popdolls, Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) - with catalogue -
In my solitude, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Ziek/ Sick, Tussen Lichaam en Geest, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, Belgium

2007
Rückblende, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria (group show)
Home is where the heart is, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Installations O&O (Dutch Film Fund), De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Popdolls, Art Rotterdam, Aeroplastics/ Witzenhausen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2006
Artfair Berlin, Witzenhausen Gallery, Berlin, Germany,
Starting from Scratch, De Balie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2005
Palmbeach3, Miami Artfair, Witzenhausen Gallery, Miami, USA
Selfportrait.nl, Museum of Modern Art, Galerija Klovicevi Dvori, Zagreb, Croatia
Boost in the Shell (The Pursued), curated by AEROPLASTICS, Brugge, Belgium
Unspeakable, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussel, Belgium

2004
Support: Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Identity, Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pretty World, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussel, Belgium
Art Rotterdam, Artspace Witzenhausen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2003
Luxurious, Claire-Fontaine, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Female Turbulence, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussel, Belgium
Phantom der Lust, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
State of mind, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - with catalogue

2002
Christmas Show, Galerie Sollertis – Toulouse, France
De steen in de vijver, AFC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MAF artfair, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Strip & Tease, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussel, Belgium
Wonderland, AEROPLASTICS Contemporary, Brussel, Belgium

2001
Zooscoop , Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Haarwerken, Art space Witzenhausen, Amsterdam

2000
Was Rubens een dribbelaar?, Cultureel Centrum Berchem, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Wally, slide show in streets of Amsterdam (solo)

1999
The Guestroom, Hotel Winston, Amsterdam

1998
Private Landscapes, group show at AFC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SOLO, Solomon projects, Atlanta, U.S.A.
Die Hollandische wellegroup, show, Kunstruimte, Berlin, Germany
IDentiteit, Museum for photography, Antwerpen, Belgium

1997
SOLO, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, U.S.A.

1996
SOLO, Artspace Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fertile ground, Gynaika, Antwerpen, Belgium (group show)
Beyond their sex, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group show)

1995
De bloeiende Betuwe, film, Dutch filmfestival Utrecht, The Netherland
Solo, Art space Witzenhausen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstrai (art fair), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The red connection, duo show, Montevideo/Time Based Arts, Amsterdam
The making of painted strokes, video initiated by Tiong Ang and Carter Kustera
Art de Cologne, Germany, represented by Torch Gallery

1994
Making Mischief, The Basement, curated by Milo Garcia, London, UK
La Beauté Inexacte, gallery O.Z., Paris, France
Video “Flip won’t answer”, Park t.v. classic, Dutch TV