Aglaé Bassens

Aglaé Bassens (b. 1986, Belgium) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She has a BA in Fine Art from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University (2007) and an MFA in Fine Art Painting from the Slade School of Fine Art, London (2011). In her paintings, the overlooked becomes both entrancing and precious. Reflecting on life’s constant shift of time, love, and loss, her paintings memorialize what’s been left behind while also anticipating the new. Solo exhibitions include The Feeling is Mutual, HESSE FLATOW, New York (2022), Empty Threats, 12.26, Dallas (2021), Sincerely, HESSE FLATOW, New York (2020), Surface Tension, Nars Foundation, Brooklyn (2018), You Can See Better From Here, CRUSH Curatorial, New York (2018) and Front Parting, Cabin Gallery London (2016). Recent group shows include Shifted Horizons, HESSE FLATOW, New York (2021), This is Water, Workplace, London (2021), Fête Galante, Heaven Gallery, Chicago (2020), Still Here, Newington Gallery, London (2019), and Chains, Central Park Gallery, Los Angeles (2019). Her work is featured in New American Paintings No 134 Northeast Issue, and in 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames and Hudson (2014).

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