Aglaé Bassens (b. 1986, Belgium) is a Belgian-born artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA in Fine Art Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2011) and a BA in Fine Art from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University (2007). Her paintings capture intimate, fleeting moments, blending personal memory with a universal sense of nostalgia. Drawing from her personal archive and found imagery, she transforms ordinary scenes into poetic reflections on absence and longing. Her delicate yet expressive brushwork creates a haunting sense of familiarity, inviting viewers into her evocative world. Bassens' work has been exhibited in leading galleries such as Hesse Flatow (New York), 12.26 (Dallas, Los Angeles), and Workplace (London). She was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami in 2023. Her paintings are part of prestigious collections, including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, and Colección SOLO, Madrid.
Éducation
2009 – 2011 MFA Peinture, École des Beaux-Arts Slade, UCL.
2004 – 2007 Licence en Beaux-Arts, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Université d'Oxford
Solo exhibitions
2024 Vanishing Point, 12.26, Los Angeles
2024 Do Not Disturb, 12.26, Dallas, TX
2023 Downtime, Hesse Flatow, NY
2023 Emptiful, ICA Miami, FL
2022 A Light Touch, 12.26 West, Los Angeles
2022 solo booth at Future Fair, Hesse Flatow, NY
2021 The Feeling Is Mutual, Hesse Flatow, NY
2021 Empty Threats, 12.26, Dallas, TX
2020 Sincerely, Hesse Flatow, NY
2018 Surface Tension, Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2018 YOU CAN SEE BETTER FROM HERE, CRUSHCURATORIAL, New York, NY
2016 Front Parting, Cabin Gallery, London
Group shows
2025 Transfigurations of Reality, opa projects, Miami, FL
2024 After Hours, Turn Gallery, NYC
2024 Dallas Art Fair, Hesse Flatow, TX
2024 Felix Art Fair, 12.26 Gallery, LA
2023 Revival I - XVIIIe siècle, co-curated by Laura Gowen and Rachel Cole, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland
2023 Expo Chicago, Hesse Flatow Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 Untitled Miami, Booth C10, Hesse Flatow, Miami, FL
2022 Dallas Art Fair, Gallery 12.26 Booth, Dallas, TX
2022 Intersect Palm Springs Art Fair, Hesse Flatow booth, Palm Springs, CA
2021 Future Art Fair, NY
2020 Fête Galante, curated by Gwendolyn Zabicki, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
2019 Chains, Central Park Gallery, Los Angeles
2018 Layers, Global Committee, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Bearings, Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2017 HEADS, The Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The Other Side, curated by Paul Carey Kent, House of St Barnabas, London
2016 Contemporary British Painting Prize, Richmond Museum, London
2015 Whispers, curated by Adeline De Monseignat, Ronchini Gallery, London
2014 Biennial of Painting: The Painter’s Touch, Museum of Deinze and the Leie Region, Belgium
Awards
2022 Colección Solo Acquisition Prize, awarded during Miami Untitled Art Fair, FL.
2017 Selected for New American Paintings No 134 Northeast Issue
2016 Selected for Finalist Group Show of Contemporary British Painting Prize 2016
2014 Selected for 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames and Hudson
2013 Nominated for the Arts Foundation Award for Painting
Collections
Ray Ellen and Allan Yarkin Private Collection, US
ICA Miami, US
Solo Collection, Madrid, Spain
