SUPER A (1981, THE NETHERLANDS)

Dutch artist Stefan Thelen, better known by his moniker Super A,never falls short of baffling the spectator with his highlymetaphoric scenarios, rendered in a supreme (hyper)realisticstyle. He blends urban methods, graphic design and traditionalpainting techniques, to give life to work that evolves out of hispersonal experiences and thoughts. His pictorial stories seem toexist in a balance between fiction and non-fiction as Thelen’stopics are a result of his amazement with rarities in our world,filtered through the view of the mysterious Super A. Often hisworks resemble a Pandora’s box, giving rise to an endlesslydetailed flood of visual references. While most of his paintings areof a dreamy-surreal atmosphere, they may also communicate asubtle, but nevertheless harsh critique of world politics.

Homepage: http://super-a.nl

(SELECTED) SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Domestication, curated by Thinkspace Gallery at Brand Library & Art Center Glendale, Glendale, US

2012 UNTITLED, Willem3, Vlissingen, NL

(SELECTED) GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 DAILY NEWS, A4LW gallery, Soest, DEart is where the heart is Vol. 2, A4LW Gallery, Paris, FRPowWow, curated by Thinkspace Gallery at Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, USLAX / PDX, curated by Thinkspace Gallery at Antler Gallery, Portland, USVitality and Verve III, curated by Thinkspace Gallery at Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, USThe New Vanguard II, curated by Thinkspace Gallery at Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, US

2017 ART ON PAPER, O.D. Gallery, Amsterdam, NLVERSATILE, O.D. Gallery, Amsterdam, NLPortrait, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, US

2016 Annual Groupshow, OD Gallery, Amsterdam, NL2015 WONDER WORLD, A4LW gallery, Soest, DE2014 KUNSTRAI, St. Art Gallery, Amstertdam, NL

LAYERED BEHAVIOUR, Partisan/A4LW gallery, Soest, DEAFFORDABLE ART FAIR BRUSSELS, St. Art Gallery, Brussel, BE

2013 BLOOOM ART FAIR, presented by A4LW gallery, Cologne, DETHREE, DQE, Cologne, DEALLES GOES!, Van Berkel Art, NL

2012 WALLSTREET 25, Vlissingen, NLBACKSPACE, Gallery Majke Husstege, Den Bosch, NL

2011 CITY OF DREAMS 2, Deventer, NLHUMANSTER, Willem3, Vlissingen, NLTINY VICES, Alley Gallery, Hasselt, BE

2010 IT’S A STRANGE WORLD AFTER ALL, Opperclaes, Rotterdam, NLIT’S A STRANGE WORLD AFTER ALL, NIU: Espai Artisti, Barcelona, ES

ART AMSTERDAM, St. Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NLSCULPTURE RIZE, Salon Versailles, Paris, FR

2009 GOUDEN BERGEN, Dek22, Rotterdam, NLHYPERMARKET, Go Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2008 PRINTS AND REVOLUTION, Amsterdam, NLINSTALLATION, Namesfest, Prague, CZ

2007 No7, Roodkapje, Rotterdam, NL2006 ALIAS, Bomhuis, Breda, NL

COLLABSE, Zware plaatwerkerij, Vlissingen, NLDUTCH MASTERS, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, NLREDBULL ARTBEAT, Club 11, Amsterdam, NL

2004 PUNCT, Tilburg, NL

OUTDOOR PROJECTS

« A protest against the control which is out of control »Pinata, 2014, Heerlen, The Netherlands

Fallen Rider, 2014, Wittenberg, Germany

Collaboration with Collin van der Sluijs, 2016, Berlin, Germany