Biography

Simon Wald-Lasowski (b. 1980, Paris) teases and subverts the iconography of images, objects, and signs prevalent in contemporary society. His multiform practice reveals a genuine love for tacky gadgets and grotesque curiosities, which he obsessively hoards.
A wanderer at heart, Simon stumbles across his ‘palette’ of objects by chance, observation and conversations. Through d.i.y modifications and assemblages, objects become actors in his satirical subversive installations, films and sculptures. Seducing the viewer with catchy colourful aesthetics, Wald-Lasowski confronts us to absurd issues of the human condition and to the enormous underbelly of our morbid consumerism.

Solo Shows

2025

(forthcoming) ‘Beeldengalerij’ Haarlem, The Netherlands

2023

‘Can’t Face Another Sad Salad!’, Stiching Welcome Stranger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2021

‘He Saved The World From Harmony’, 1646, Den Haag, The Netherlands

2020

‘It is difficult to be an island of perfection in a sea of misery, but please, do not doubt our sincerity’ Part 2, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘To glide in on a shrimp sandwich’, TTHQ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2019

‘It is difficult to be an island of perfection in a sea of misery, but please, do not doubt our sincerity’, PPPP, Beijing, China

2018

‘(s)he was the Picasso of passive agressive karate’, trampoline gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium

2017

‘I think there’s very little likelihood that oysters, mussels and clams have any consciousness so it’s defendable to eat them’, trampoline gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium

2015

‘Do Camels Dream of Snow?’, Foam Mercatorplein Gallerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Group Shows (selected)

2025

Landgoed Anningahof, Zwolle, The Netherlands

2024

‘New Mother Sculptures’, Cobra Museum, The Netherlands

‘Luxury’, Das Leben am Haverkamp, The Hague, The Netherlands

‘tweetakt’, Utrecht, The Netherlands

‘Amarte wonderland’, De Krakeling, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘artBRUUT’, Sexyland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2022

‘Residing, Reviewing, Rendering’, online exhibition, China

‘Alluminous’, Lichtkunst route Almere, The Netherlands

‘Beeld en Storm’, Oosterkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2021

‘Your Playground’, Arti, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘The Architecture of Staged Realities’, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2019

‘Animalia’, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

‘The Fountain Show’, SUNDY, London, U.K

‘Der Rausch’, Arti, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018

‘The Small Museum’, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Beyond the Liquid Horizon’, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, France

‘Sugar Pop Institue’ I.C.W. Bonno van Doorn, Museum het Dolhuys, Haarlem, The Netherlands

‘Get Lost Art Route’, Amsterdam Zuidas, The Netherlands

‘De Dingen’, Stroom, Den Haag, The Netherlands

2017

‘Open Studios’, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2016

‘Circluding and other fluid exchanges’, Van Eyck, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2015

‘Dead Dalings 8’, Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Soirée Graphique’, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switserland

‘Dysfunctional Matters’, Corrosia, Almere, The Netherlands

‘New Window’, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘New Window’, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2014

‘Weekender’, Felix&Foam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘The Time Document’, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘The Set Up’, KK Outlet, London, U.K

‘Your Line or Mine’, I.C.W. studio Moniker, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘Five.6.7.8.’, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

‘De Fotokopie’, Oude Schans, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Residencies

2019

Institute For Provocation, Beijing, China 

2017

Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2015

Tissardmine, Sahara, Morocco

Grants

2021

Publicatie bijdrage (Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Stokroos, Jaap Hartenfonds, De Gijselaar-Hintzenfonds)

2020

Coachingstraject - Stichting Stokroos

2019

Talentontwikkeling/Projectstudio China - Mondriaan Fonds

2018

Financiële ondersteuning - Stichting Stokroos

2016

Praktijkverdieping Jan van Eyck Academie - Mondriaan Fonds

2015

Professionele Kunst of Cultuurparticipatie - AFK

2008

Startstipendium - Fonds BKVB

Teaching

Since

2021: Mixed Media mentor to foundation year students at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam

Since

2017: Teaching ‘Staged conceptual studio photography’ at the KABK in The Hague

2014

until 2016: Teaching ‘Mise en Scene’ to 2nd year photography students at the KABK in The Hague

2013

until 2016: Teaching ‘PlayLab’ to 2nd and 3rd year graphic design students at the KABK in The Hague

2012

Photography in the textile and jewelry departments of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam