Tom van malderen
The multifaceted practice of Malta-based architect Tom Van Malderen probes the intersections between art, design, and architecture. His works reflect on the manifold ways we utilize environments and objects ; approaching their physical appearance as a complex universe of overlapping cultural references, and with a keen interest in raising questions about usefulness, value, ambiguity, and accessibility. Van Malderen invites visitors and users to imagine and experience the fictions and frictions of our inhabited space, its politics, its history, its materiality, and other real and unreal constructs.
After earning a Master in Architecture at the Sint-Lucas in Brussels, he worked with the Atelier Lucien Kroll in Brussels and with the Architecture Project in London and Valletta. He is part of the Contemporary Art Platform FRAGMENTA Malta and the International Short Film Festival KINEMASTIK and regularly contributes to international magazines.
Biography
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Belgium
Bachelor and Master degree in Architecture at the (KU Leuven) campus Sint-Lucas, Belgium
Lives and works in Malta
2023
2021
2019
2018
2017
Best Conditions, duo show, Malta, Oct.
Because every House tells a Story, Duffel, Belgium, Sept.
Far Reach, collective show, Berlin, Germany, Sept.
Walk the Seeds, public artwork, Malta, Sept.
Oikos Logia, collective exhibition, R Gallery, Malta
Das-Dingenen, collective exhibition, CC Zwaneberg, Belgium
Debatable land(s), collective exhibition, Casa Stivala, Malta
Blink, duo show at Valletta Contemporary, Malta
No Ordinary Terrain, MUZA, Malta
Fuse, Valletta Design Cluster, Malta
Hackable Animals, Unfinished Art Space, Casino Notabile, Malta
Contemporary Istanbul, Blitz, art fair, Turkey
Good Conditions, duo show at DMW Art Space, Belgium
Zabbar’s Calling Citta Hompesch, Mahala Festival, collective exhibition, Malta
Except for Access Only, solo show, Malta Contemporary Art, Malta
Conditions and Opportunities, duo show at DMW Art Space, Belgium,
