No Man’s Art Gallery is thrilled to present a duo presentation at Art Rotterdam 2025, showcasing the works of Benjamin Francis and Tobias Thaens at the Solo/Duo section.
ART ROTTERDAM
Solo/Duo Section
Booth D10
27 - 30 March 2025
Benjamin Francis (b. 1996, SR & NL) graduated from the Fine Arts programme at ArtEZ BEAR, University of the Arts with Base for Experiment, Art, and Research, in Arnhem in 2020. As a multidisciplinary artist, Francis combines installative object-based work with experimental and participatory performances. Within his practice, he reflects on his lived experience of being corrected for spelling mistakes, due to dyslexia. These dissonances or errors are carefully corrected in our current-day society, as anything outside the norm is deemed unproductive and therefore excluded. Since graduating from ArtEZ BEAR, Benjamin has shown at Christine König Galerie, AU; Art Antwerp, BE; Luther Museum, NL; PuntWG, NL; Ballroom Project #6, BE; Hotel Maria Kapel, NL; If I Can’t Dance, Kunsthuis Syb, Het HEM, P/////AKT, NL; W139, NL; MÉLANGE, DE; Rencontres internationales, DE; SECONDroom, BE; and Mutter, NL, amongst others.
Tobias Thaens (b.1999, NL) is a painter who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the AKI Academy for Art & Design, Enschede, the Netherlands, in 2021 and completed his residency at De Ateliers, Amsterdam, in 2023. Thaens’ paintings offer the artist’s reflections on the hard contrasts between form and function, which dissolve into one another uninterrupted, revealing the fluidity of existence and the interconnectedness of distinct energies. In October 2024, Thaens was awarded the Royal Award for Modern Painting 2024, by his Majesty the King of The Netherlands. Since graduating from AKI, Thaens has participated in exhibitions and international art fairs such as Zona Maco 2025, Mexico City, MX, Project Native Informant, London, UK, Ballroom Project #6, Antwerp, BE, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL, Woonhuis, Amsterdam, NL, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL and Gerard Hofland, Amsterdam, NL and is preparing for his first solo exhibition in Shanghai, China.