Atelier Pica Pica

Atelier Pica Pica is Boris Magotteaux (1978), Manuel Falcata (1979) and Jerome Degive (1980), all born and raised in Liege, Belgium. The collective has a very distinct, personal and yet somehow obvious universe. You will, provided you've kept somewhat of your inner child, be simply marveled by their simple constructions and colors. What seems simple at first, is in fact the result of a collection of multiple references and different techniques. Through photography, sculpture and painting, Atelier Pica Pica develops a very personal alphabet. A shape, subject or color skips from an art work or medium to the next with absolute fluidity and coherence. The sculptures influence the paintings that influence the photography and vice-versa. The 3 artists from Atelier Pica Pica produce all the paintings, drawings, photographs and installations jointly. They have worked together since 1999, first within the ERS collective and as Atelier Pica Pica since 2007.

Pica Pica is Boris Magotteaux (1978), Manuel Falcata (1979) and Jerome Degive (1980), all born and works in Liege, Belgium.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

Atelier Pica Pica. Joyride, Botanique – Galerie Merc-Dim, Brussels, Belgium

Intérieurs. Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Flat Lands, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2012

Formes et Couleurs, collaborative works with children. Curtius Museum, Liège, Belgium

2011

De l’Aube au Crépuscule. Arts Centre of Chênée, Liège, Belgium

Studio View With Michael Swaney and Julien Meert, Belleflamme, Liège, Belgium

Emo Kiss. Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Untitled. Worlder, Brussels, Belgium

2010

Speedy Wash #10. Speedy Wash, Brussels, Belgium

2009

A.R.C. Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Belleflamme Bazar. Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

2008

Project Room. Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium

2007

Bad Boys. 85 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2005

N.Y.F: in a near future. Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium

Bread and Butter. Berlin, Germany

2004

A family. Plin tub’ Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2003

Seven of a Kind .3Déstructure Gallery, Charleroi, Charleroi

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

Just Before Brazil, Group show, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels, Charleroi

Lost in Space, curated by aliceday, A.L.I.C.E. Gallery, Brussels, Charleroi

Atelier Pica Pica et Annick Nölle, Liege, Belgium

2013

Joe Delahaut. Hors Limits, Botanique – Museum, Brussels, Charleroi

Constructions, Emergent Galerie&association, Veurne, Veurne

Industrious Abstraction, V1 Gallery – Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK

2012

Tonight we won’t be bored, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

Prix de la Création 2012, Musée d’Ansembourg, Liège, Belgium

Domesticated Souls. Alice Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Copenhagen Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

2011

Prix de la Creation, les Drapiers, Liege, Belgium

At how many Lux, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, Netherlands

SPACE Collection mit Freunden, Maastricht, Netherlands

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Status. V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2010

Petit Poilu. Les Chiroux Arts Centre, Liège, Belgium

Nothing political. Komplot, Brussels, Belgium

A group show curated by Laurent Impéduglia. Slow Boy Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany

Silex Lexx. Piano Fabriek, Brussels, Belgium

To the road less travelled… V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

2009

Oneshot. Werkstette, Copenhagen, Dk

2008

Pattern. Hallway Bathroom Gallery, San Francisco

Untitled. La Passerelle, St Brieuc, France

Now or die. Hôtel de Ville, Liège, Belgium

2007

Untitled. Nownow webgalley

Artz Attack. Plan B, Brussels, Belgium

2006

Ravelissimo. Liège, Belgium

2005

Talents. Tour et Taxis, Brussels, Belgium

2004

Lux Market. Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France

NuSign 2.4. Art Core Gallery, Paris, France

2003

Zeke Bazaar. Recyclart, Brussels, Belgium

 

PRIZES

Awarded the 1st prize at Prix de la Création 2012, Liège, Belgium

 

PUBLICATIONS

B.N.T., Risotoreverse Illluminati Editions, Brussels, 2012

Swag, Swag Magazine, New York 2011

A.R.C., Risotoreverse Illluminati Editions, Brussels, 2009

Raspberry, Raspberry Magazine, Issue 3, London, 2009

Café Royal, Café Royal, Issue 5, Liverpool, 2009

Like Lipstick Traces, Dokument Forlag, Stockholm, 2009

Gasmask, Gasmask, Issue 6, Helsinki, 2008


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Atelier Pica Pica

Atelier Pica Pica is Boris Magotteaux (1978), Manuel Falcata (1979) and Jerome Degive (1980), all born and raised in Liege, Belgium. The collective has a very distinct, personal and yet somehow obvious universe. You will, provided you've kept somewhat of your inner child, be simply marveled by their simple constructions and colors. What seems simple at first, is in fact the result of a collection of multiple references and different techniques. Through photography, sculpture and painting, Atelier Pica Pica develops a very personal alphabet. A shape, subject or color skips from an art work or medium to the next with absolute fluidity and coherence. The sculptures influence the paintings that influence the photography and vice-versa. The 3 artists from Atelier Pica Pica produce all the paintings, drawings, photographs and installations jointly. They have worked together since 1999, first within the ERS collective and as Atelier Pica Pica since 2007.