Frederik De Wilde

BIO

Frederik De Wilde °1975

lives in Brussels (BE) Frederik De Wilde studied fine arts (MA), audio-visual arts(MA) & followed a pre-education in architecture, studied one year of philosophy and concluded his studies with a post-graduate degree in new media, arts & design at TRANSMEDIA (Post Graduate) where he was initiated in software programming.

Furthermore, Frederik studied & worked abroad. For instance at the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture (USA) or as an artist and workshopleader for the Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art. He collaborated with (Groep-T, new media engineers) at the University Leuven (KUL), the University Brussels (VUB) and the University Hasselt (UH).

This scientific touch is blending in his artistic practice. For example; the project 'Still Things,' a multidisciplinary three-part project in the interstice between installation, performance and visual art. Cryogenic applications where used to stop or at least challenge biological processes and therefore, time itself. Together with art historian Ils Huygens he researched the process of freezing time.

Frederik is regularly commissioned for making video-clips, trailers, soundscapes (The Kaaitheater -NRK, Argos vzw, Radio Klara, ...). Frederik is currently collaborating with the University Hasselt researching material physics & biology. In 2008 he received a research grant by the VGC to explore the relationships between the arts, biotechnology and genetics. Currently he's collaborating with LAb[au], Q-02, The University Hasselt (BE), Carnegie Mellon University (USA), Rice University (USA), Karlsruhe University (DE), University Leiden (NE) and Rochester University (USA)

(Selection)
His work was exhibited at FutureSonic/Soundnetwork (United Kingdom), HiperSonica (Brazil), Foundation Vasarely (France), Roger Tator Gallery (France), Bergère Auction House (Designersweek -Belgium), Soundwalk (USA), iDAT (Singapore-Ars Electronica, Creative Corea, Interactive Tokyo), iMAL (Belgium), Okno (Brussels), La Salle University (USA), Beursschouwburg (Belgium), Courtisane Festival (Belgium), University Hasselt (Belgium), NIME08 (Italy), Théâtre de l'Agora (France), Actionfields Gallery (Belgium), Center for Contemporary Art NETWERK (Belgium),  Mediaruimte - LAb[au] (Belgium), Liedts-Meessen New Media Award (ZKM-Peter Weibel),  New Media Fest 2007 Valencia (Spain), Q-o2 (Belgium), European Sound Delta (France (CNAM - Musée des Arts et Métiers), Hungary (Szentendre Art Center), Slovenia, ...),Palais des Beaux Arts (Belgium), Verbeke Foundation (Belgium), World Creativity Forum (Belgium - Flanders DC), CitySonics (Belgium), Order and Chaos Gallery (Belgium), Scopitone Festival (France), 2days Art festival (Netherlands), Pluto Festival (Belgium), SecondRoom Gallery (Belgium), Science Gallery Dublin (Ireland), Streaming Media (Worldwide-Online), New York Hall of Sciences - Digital Mysteries in the Arts & Sciences (USA), Sankt Peter Köln Church (Germany), STRP (Netherlands), Ars Electronica (Austria), Stroom (Netherlands), (...)


Winner of the Prix Médiatine 2007 with EOD02, the price of the French Community in Belgium. 
Winner of ARS ELECTRONICA 2010 [THE NEXT IDEA] Voetalpine Art and Technology Grant

SMARTBe Grant 2009-2010


( [THE NEXT IDEA] Voetalpine Art and Technology Grant: The aim of this art & technology grant bestowed annually by voestalpine and Ars Electronica is to honor new and extraordinarily promising ideas and to support the process of developing them further. Artistic and social innovations are what we’re looking for; technological and scientific approaches too! Whatever it is, the accent should definitely be on striving to conceptualize something in a totally fresh way, advancing it to the next level and significantly enhancing it thereby. Taking the next big step forward.)