Upstream Gallery Amsterdam

We are pleased to announce our participation at Art Basel 2026 in Zero 10 with a solo presentation of Jan Robert Leegte @leegte , presented jointly by Upstream Gallery and OFFICE IMPART. Zero 10, Art Basel’s global initiative dedicated to art of the digital era, brings together leading and next-generation artists, galleries, and interdisciplinary practices exploring the relationship between art, technology, and culture. Curated by @eli_schein and @trevorpaglen under the anchor theme The Condition, Zero 10 marks the initiative’s first co-curated edition and largest presentation to date. For Basel, we will present three bodies of work by Jan Robert Leegte — JPEG, Sightings, and Orbits — united by an investigation into compression as one of the hidden infrastructures of digital image culture. @artbasel in Basel runs from 16–21 June 2026, and we would be very happy to welcome you at our booth. Jan Robert Leegte Art Basel | Zero 10 Presented by Office Impart and Upstream Gallery @upstreamgallery @office_impart #artbasel #janrobertleegte #officeimpart #upstreamgallery #zero10

Sculpture The One That Tails (2026) by Kévin Bray IS presented on De Sokkel in Antwerp for four days, during Antwerp Art Weekend. The sculpture will be activated between 9 PM and 10 PM through projection and sound. TANGIBLE DIGITAL REALITY The hybrid sculptures of Kévin Bray, produced through 3D printing, translate figures originating in digital space into tangible forms. These characters move between virtual and physical environments, carrying traces of both worlds within them. A movement, a stillness, yet still a movement. The works suggest that what appears static is in fact part of a continuous circulation between screens, images, bodies, and spaces. In this way, the sculptures reflect the condition in which we live. Digital life is our reality — but how do we engage with it? The works do not offer a single, definitive answer, but instead reveal how the digital and the physical are no longer separate domains. They exist simultaneously, continuously shaping and influencing one another. ACTIVE FOUR EVENINGS During Antwerp Art Weekend (14–17 May 2026), a seated figure will appear on De Sokkel in Antwerp, the site where a new work is presented each year as part of Art in the City. Over the course of four evenings, the sculpture will come to life through projection and sound from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM, unfolding a narrative. Each activation gradually reveals a new layer, making visible the questions the work raises about presence, technology, and perception. Thu 14 May: introduction by Sara Weyns and the artist, followed by the activation (yesterday) Fri 15 May: activation from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Sat 16 May: activation from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Sun 17 May: activation from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM ABOUT THE ARTIST Kévin Bray is a French interdisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam whose practice moves between digital environments and material production. His work explores how the visual languages of software, images, and materials can intersect and transform one another, resulting in hybrid forms that exist across multiple realities. @bray_kevin #kevinbray #antwerpartweekend #upstreamgallery

SAVE THE DATE! Dirk Paesman’s first solo exhibition opens 23 May in our private viewing space! Be welcome from 17.00 - 19.30 hrs. Upstream Gallery is proud to present the first solo exhibition by Dirk Paesmans at the gallery POKE-PLAY-ETC. Simultaneously, on 23 May, exhibitions by Marijke De Roover and Armen Eloyan will open their doors. Stay tuned. POKE-PLAY-ETC | Dirk Paesmans 23 May - 27 June 2026 OPENING: 23 May, 17.00-19.30hrs. Kloveniersburgwal 95, Amsterdam #dirkpaesmans #upstreamgallery

SAVE THE DATE! Armen Eloyan’s new solo exhibition opens 23 May! Be welcome from 17.00 - 19.30hrs. Upstream Gallery is pleased to present city paintings AMSTERDAM, a solo exhibition of new work by Armen Eloyan. Eloyan is known for heavily impastoed canvases that blend cartoon imagery, abstraction, and personal narrative. This exhibition marks his first solo show dedicated entirely to landscape painting, a body of work that emerged from a recent period spent in Amsterdam. Drawing on a visual vocabulary shaped by American and Western European popular culture, from cartoons and comics to the painterly lineage of Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, and Paul McCarthy, Eloyan’s work moves between abstraction and figuration. His practice uses the language of caricature to probe the absurdities of modern life, consumerism, and alienation, while remaining grounded in the physical, gestural pleasures of the medium itself. Armen Eloyan (1966, Armenia) lives and works in Switzerland. He was a resident at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in 2004–2005. Solo exhibitions include Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (CH); Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London (UK); Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (FR); and Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (FR). His work is held in collections including M HKA, Antwerp (BE); Kunstmuseum Den Haag (NL); Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (IT); Deutsche Bank Collection, London (UK); and the Olbricht Collection, Berlin (DE) Simultenously, on 23 May, exhibitions by Marijke De Roover and Dirk Paesmans will also open their Doors. Stay tuned. city paintings AMSTERDAM | Armen Eloyan 23 May - 11 July 2026 OPENING: 23 May, 17.00 - 19.30hrs Kloveniersburgwal 95, Amsterdam @cryboy.66 #armeneloyan #upstreamgallery

SAVE THE DATE! Marijke De Roover’s new solo exhibition opens 23 May! Be welcome from 17.00 - 19.30hrs. Upstream Gallery is pleased to present Silence, Third Wave Feminist. A Misandrist Is Talking, a new solo exhibition by Marijke De Roover. You walk in and the title is already doing the work. Not subtle, not coy, just sitting there like a dare. Who is supposed to be silent, who gets to speak, and why does it feel so blunt it almost loops back into embarrassment. You try to locate the misandrist, the third wave feminist, and immediately you are caught. No outside position. You are already in it. Read more information #linkinbio. Simultaneously, on 23 May, exhibitions by Armen Eloyan and Dirk Paesmans will also open their doors. Stay tuned. Image: Silence, Third Wave Feminist. A Woman Who Noticed Men Kinda Suck Is About to Speak, 2025 by Marijkde De Roover. Silence, Third Wave Feminist. A Woman Who Noticed Men Kinda Suck Is About to Speak | Marijke De Roover 23 May - 11 July 2026 OPENING: 23 May - 17.00 - 19.30hrs Kloveniersburgwal 95, Amsterdam

We’re pleased to participate in Basel Social Club 2026: 'Office', on view June 14–20 in Basel, presenting works by @bray_kevin , @constantdullaart and @aliciaframis . ARTWORK HIGHLIGHT BullBear Dynamics, 2025 by Kévin Bray - 3D printed PLA, video projection mapping BullBear Dynamics explores the tension between being and becoming, questioning the dominant idea of infinite growth in a finite world. At its center is a Janus-like figure with the face of a bull (growth, ambition) and the face of a bear (restraint, decline), symbolizing both bull and bear markets and the broader opposition between progress and limitation. The work asks why stories of success are almost always framed as upward movement and argues for a more critical view of the assumption that endless growth is inevitable and desirable. BASEL SOCIAL CLUB This year’s edition occupies a vacant office building near Basel SBB, activating its floors through exhibitions, performances, music, gastronomy, and informal encounters. Positioning the office as both subject and scenography, #BaselSocialClub engages with evolving conditions of work, time, and production in the context of digitalization, remote infrastructures, and artificial intelligence. We look forward to contributing to this site-responsive program and to welcoming you in Basel. More information will follow soon. @basel.social.club @bray_kevin #baselsocialclub #bscoffice

TODAY FINAL DAY of group exhibition CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance curated by @constantdull . We're open from 13.00 - 18.00. CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance excavates an ongoing confrontation with automated production, tracing a lineage from cybernetic experiments and automatic art through early network provocations, algorithmic feeds, to today’s generative AI slop. As McKenzie Wark observes, we now labor within “a mode of production based on information that has itself become a commodity.” Featuring works by Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans, Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso, Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart, the exhibition reveals how artists have consistently exposed the infrastructure of content machines, from early web absurdism to contemporary algorithmic critique and AI-generated detritus. Read more detailed information #linkinbio. ARTISTS Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans (JODI), Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso (Clusterduck), Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart CURATOR Constant Dullaart Images: Overview CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance in Upstream Gallery's exhibition spaces. Photography by Gert Jan van Rooij. @constantdullaart @tegabrain @samlavigne @evaandfrancomattes @hawaidolphino @jonaslund @dgs_tr_tl #groupexhibition #contentmachines #ai

WE'VE GOT MAIL FROM THE CURATOR: Final week of group exhibition CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance @constantdull > The exhibition runs until 9 May. CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance excavates an ongoing confrontation with automated production, tracing a lineage from cybernetic experiments and automatic art through early network provocations, algorithmic feeds, to today’s generative AI slop. As McKenzie Wark observes, we now labor within “a mode of production based on information that has itself become a commodity.” Featuring works by Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans, Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso, Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart, the exhibition reveals how artists have consistently exposed the infrastructure of content machines, from early web absurdism to contemporary algorithmic critique and AI-generated detritus. Read more detailed information #linkinbio. ARTISTS Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans (JODI), Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso (Clusterduck), Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart CURATOR Constant Dullaart @constantdullaart @tegabrain @samlavigne @evaandfrancomattes @hawaidolphino @jonaslund @dgs_tr_tl #groupexhibition #contentmachines #ai

Work by Eva & Franco Mattes is now on view in Venice in their solo show RAGE BAIT and at Upstream Gallery as part of group show CONTENT MACHINES (ending 9 May)! EVA & FRANCO IN VENICE AUTOTELIC FOUNDATION In Venice, Autotelic Foundation presents RAGE BAIT, an exhibition of new works by Eva & Franco Mattes and curated by Nadim Samman and Luisa Haustein. Staged across two venues in Venice, RAGE BAIT will be on view at the Palazzo Franchetti overlooking the Grand Canal, and Le Cabanon—a private swimming pool on Giudecca. Concurrent to the Venice Biennale 2026, RAGE BAIT is open to the public from May 6. "Rage bait’: content engineered to provoke outrage or extract a visceral emotional response before reason can intervene. Spanning installation, video, and generative AI, the show explores how rage bait is the logical endpoint of platforms optimised for user engagement. Eva & Franco Mattes have spent over twenty years tracking the lacunae of networked life and have been influential on two successive generations of artists exploring the cultural impacts of digital change. Image: Eva & Franco Mattes, Cursed Cat, 2025. Photo: Melania Dalle Grave for DSL Studio. EVA & FRANCO AT UPSTREAM GALLERY In a legendary project shown at the Venice Biennale in 2001, Eva and Franco Mattes released a computer virus and, to protect it from anti-virus companies, encased hundreds of 'captive' copies in hand-assembled computer sculptures that are never connected to the internet, trapped in an endless cycle of infection and disinfection. In this work, created specially for this exhibition, they repurpose the form of computer-as-sculpture, but here the screen displays not viruses but a random sequence of 64 AI-generated "net art" works. The piece can be read as an homage to net art, while simultaneously revealing how AI-generated content cannibalises art-historical movements. Image: Eva & Franco Mattes, Re: Re: Re: Net Art, 2025. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij Eva & Franco Mattes | RAGE BAIT Presented by Autotelic Foundation at Palazzo Franchetti and Le Cabanon, Venice 6 May - 30 June, 2026 CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance Upstream Gallery > 9 May, 2026

Work by Rafaël Rozendaal is included in 'Rainbow Dreams', a new The Monacelli Press publication by Olga Rei and Valentine Uhovski. Not Never No.com (2018) at Centraal Museum Utrecht and Random Fear (with mirrors) (2019) at De Kunsthal Rotterdam are depicted. From Takashi Murakami’s multicolored floral motifs and Yayoi Kusama’s vibrant polka dots to Ugo Rondinone’s neon sculptures and Paola Pivi’s playful feathered bear sculptures, the 200 featured artworks in this book offer a dizzying tour of the color spectrum. Readers will discover art across a variety of mediums - paintings on canvas, monumental sculptures, LED light installations, immersive spaces, and more. Together, the works reveal how famed artists and creators perceive and experiment with color. Featured artists include: @newrafael , Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, Nick Cave, Judy Chicago, Carlos Cruz-Diez, DRIFT, Olafur Eliasson, Katharina Grosse, Jennifer Guidi, Cai Guo-Qiang, Alex Israel, Ellsworth Kelly, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, José Parla, Paola Pivi, Rob Pruitt, Sterling Ruby, Kenny Scharf, Frank Stella, Sarah Sze, and Mickalene Thomas.

We’re pleased to participate in Basel Social Club 2026: 'Office', on view June 14–20 in Basel, presenting works by @bray_kevin , @constantdullaart and @aliciaframis . ARTWORK HIGHLIGHT The Walking Ceiling, 2018 by Alicia Framis The structures of office life produce unequal opportunities for men and women. The term “the glass ceiling” describes the invisible barriers that restrict women’s advancement in professional life. The video work The Walking Ceiling documents a performance staged during a solo exhibition in Madrid. A large glass plate becomes both a l and symbolic image of women’s position in society. Measuring two by three meters, the plate is borne through the exhibition space by a group of professional women from Madrid, invited by Framis to take part in the action. Each woman supports the weight with padded cloth or silicone placed on her head, preventing the glass from slipping while cushioning its vibrations. As they move, the glass advances silently yet forcefully. The gesture is restrained but charged with tension, forming part of the artist’s ongoing search for distinctly feminine modes of protest that avoid adopting traditionally masculine attitudes or symbols of confrontation. BASEL SOCIAL CLUB This year’s edition occupies a vacant office building near Basel SBB, activating its floors through exhibitions, performances, music, gastronomy, and informal encounters. Positioning the office as both subject and scenography, #BaselSocialClub engages with evolving conditions of work, time, and production in the context of digitalization, remote infrastructures, and artificial intelligence. We look forward to contributing to this site-responsive program and to welcoming you in Basel. More information will follow soon. @basel.social.club @aliciaframis #baselsocialclub #bscoffice

FINAL WEEKS of group exhibition CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance, curated by Constant Dullaart > The exhibition runs until 9 May. CONTENT MACHINES – Jouissance excavates an ongoing confrontation with automated production, tracing a lineage from cybernetic experiments and automatic art through early network provocations, algorithmic feeds, to today’s generative AI slop. As McKenzie Wark observes, we now labor within “a mode of production based on information that has itself become a commodity.” Featuring works by Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans, Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso, Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart, the exhibition reveals how artists have consistently exposed the infrastructure of content machines, from early web absurdism to contemporary algorithmic critique and AI-generated detritus. Read more detailed information #linkinbio. ARTISTS Sam Lavigne, Tega Brain, Dirk Paesmans (JODI), Eva and Franco Mattes, Silvia Dal Dosso (Clusterduck), Jonas Lund, Minang Cho and Constant Dullaart CURATOR Constant Dullaart @constantdullaart @tegabrain @samlavigne @evaandfrancomattes @hawaidolphino @jonaslund @dgs_tr_tl #groupexhibition #contentmachines #ai