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Proof of Work, What's at Stake? Installation view

26.05—26.06.2022 Group show @ PLUS-ONE GALLERY (SOUTH) More information here

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sunny flow x 2021 mixed media

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Wet Cookie Floor at Private Viewing December 16, 2020 – February 5, 2021 Full documentation and text at O Fluxo. (This project is part of an on-going series of staged documentation of virtual exhibitions.)

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smol meditation room (self-portrait) 2020 digital

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removed still there (juggling), bear (blinded drawing), We Are Born Perfect 2020 mixed media, mural

Awakened Beargguy X (enigma)  2019 mixed media, print on paper Part of The Monstrous Bouquet, a group exhibition curated by Mireille Tap at Omstand, Arnhem (NL). press release

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Imperfect Butterflies September 13, 2019 – October 12, 2019 Solo show at CINNNAMON, Rotterdam. wayfast Feel the fucking system, be brave, present complicated kiss non integratie 2019 acrylic on canvas 120 x 160 cm “Val Gesto’s work has always been characterized by both information overload, and a desire for simplicity. The net’s rich content has a dark side: digital obesity. FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), too much of a good thing. A Digital Detox is required: dealing with the overwhelming flood of visual information sometimes requires a radical intervention.

Val Gesto is increasingly focusing on this line in his work. In his words: “Away from FOMO, away from fixations, away from information overload.” Also: away from the internet-based source material. The drawings that form the basis of his new work –paintings!– were made on a whiteboard in a homely environment – in Val Gesto’s own home. It doesn’t get much more personal.

Val Gesto drew simple doodles on his whiteboard, unpretentious, at random moments during the day or evening. Made in the moment, ready to be wiped out as easily as they came to be. The charm of a clumsy, quasi-amateurish “outsider” aesthetic that we know from Val Gesto’s deviant art appropriations is still present, albeit coupled with a much more personal touch.

‘Meditation, Love’. ‘Fixated mind creates a prison box’. There is a therapeutic theme running through these works as if the artist invites us to join him in a meditation group session. Or laughing therapy. There is a sense of reconnecting to the ‘real’, but it is not without friction. the wilfully naive happiness that Val Gesto seeks to express seems to disintegrate on the canvas. The figures are happy, but unsophisticated, tough and fragile at the same time. Val Gesto paints humanity’s current state: playground on the remnants of a digital disaster. The personal is, sometimes, very universal indeed.”

excerpt from the exhibition text written by PD Full press release here

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Idol (idle) 2019 8 minutes 5s 1920 x 1080p A video piece about virtual characters entering a state of awareness. Shown at De Biënnale Van België, 21/06 - 30/06/2019, Floraliënhal, Gent. Concept and production by Yannick Val Gesto Soundtrack by 0comeups Full video here

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Complicated Clown

Zine, published by Nieves.

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CLOSE BOTH EYES TO SEE is an artbook that brings together a large collection of drawings, sketches and collages I’ve made in the past few years. It also includes a new series of virtual photography and a six page interview by Leon Sadler. CLOSE BOTH EYES TO SEE 21 x 30 cm 170 pages Blue fore-edge Edition of 100 Published by Chambre Charbon, Boris Détraz © 2019 Yannick Val Gesto Sold out, few copies still available at stockists, f.e. Battcoop Press Release and feature on O Fluxo here

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Excerpt from Mould Map 7: Pantropy 2018 A digital collection of graphic novels, drawings and comics, made by various artists for Mould Map. I created 24 images using algorithms, found material and drawings.  Full PDF version here.

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18 (YES series) digital drawing 2017 A series of numbered digital drawing experiments. More YES drawings here.

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Broken face 2016 digital drawing, inkjet print 82 x 51 cm

Red Face 2016 digital drawing, inkjet print 82 x 51 cm

exhibited during 5, group show at Hole of The Fox press release + feature on Art Viewer

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Warrior Pose 2016 video Video and artist book in collaboration with Leon Sadler, commissioned for NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (DE). Feature on O-Fluxo

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Hiele - Mode D’Hiele 2016 video Official music video for Mode D’Hiele - Ritmische Bezinning. Feature on ARTnews

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wii are one, eternal, mii, yogimii, lil sprout 2015 inkjet print on gatorfoam, matte finish, aluminum 120 x 70 cm

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Booming November 28, 2015 – January 9, 2016 Solo show at CINNNAMON, Rotterdam. press release + documentation

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Babyborn 2015 90 x 50 cm print on dibond, matte coating, wooden frame Nightmare 2015 82 x 50 cm print on dibond, matte coating, wooden frame Close Both Eyes To See mural Levy.Delval booth at Sunday Art Fair, London. Part of a duo-presentation with Hayal Pozanti.