YLÏAM (they/them) is a Brussels-based transdisciplinary artist, working both as an audio-visual artist and creating participative, community-driven experiences.
Known for their poetic and humorous exploration of everyday life, YLÏAM invites participants to engage directly in live performances, interactive installations, and creative workshops.
Through these collaborative projects, YLÏAM fosters a collective discovery of sound, space, and personal narratives, transforming them into universally relatable experiences.
© Ines Bodlovic
upcoming
Selling prints at Contacts, Porto, Portugal (PRT)
Animation and art direction for upcoming documentary — revealing soon! (TW)
Soundtrack for short film — revealing soon! (TW)
Stay tuned <3
Education
2017 • 2020
Fine Arts, Städelschule, Frankfurt Am Main (DE)
Teacher: Willem Derooij
2015 • 2017
Bachelor in Mixed Media, LUCA, Ghent (BE)
Teachers: Esther Venrooy & Roel Kerckhofs
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2024
• Sonic Playground: A Soundwalk Through the Banyan Plaza, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Kaohsiung (TW) – Live sound performance
• Voicemail Blues, COMPLEX BUSINESS Book Launch by Printer Fault Press, WIELS, Brussels (BE) – Live sound performance
2023
•'Reparative Research', Carré, campus Sint-Lucas Gent, LUCA School of Arts, Gent (BE) – Live sound performance
2022
• A Very Theatrical Group Expo, Vroom Space, Brussels (BE) – Visual work
• Ambiguous Skate Nation, Festival SKTWK at Lachmann Gallery, Frankfurt (DE) – Site-specific installation
• MAN MAN CHI, Festival Made In China, Handelsbeurs, Ghent (BE) – Experimental short film
2021
• Room for Improvisation, L’Esprit, Absolventen Group Show, Portikus, Frankfurt Am Main (DE) – Installation and participatory performance
• Entropiano, 404 Page Not Found Groupshow, Harelbeke (BE) – Soundscape installation
2020
• Room For Improvement, Rundgang Städelschule, Frankfurt Am Main (DE) – Soundscape installation
2019
• Menage at GONG, Groupshow at House, Frankfurt Am Main (DE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• McKinzy Groupshow, McKenzie, Frankfurt Am Main (DE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• Translocating To The Immaterial, Pleasure Island, Oostende (BE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• SOMMER, Groupshow at Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf (DE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• Lockers V3, Curated by Dieo Diez, Bozar, Brussels (BE) – Visual work
2018
• Café Solo, Rundgang Städelschule, Frankfurt Am Main (DE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• Black Garden, Groupshow at L21, Mallorca (ES) – Visual work
• #predictivetextsongs, Collaboration with Stine Sampers for Lowtext, Berlin (DE) – Performance
2017
• Souvenirshop, with Portier, Ghent (BE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• Public Place & Pubic Space, Site-Specific Screening, Ghent (BE) – Video installation
• A Serious Artist Residence, 002, Ghent (BE) – Performance, site-specific installation
• Getting Out of The Paté, KMNM, Kassel (DE) – Video installation
Talks, Lectures & Presentations (selected)
2024
• Guest speaker, Breakfast Club, Theaterfestival in De Singel, Antwerp – Discussed children's play as an artistic strategy.
• Lecture on acoustics and spatial engagement, presented during Sonic Playground: A Soundwalk Through the Banyan Plaza, Lecture Hall of National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Kaohsiung (TW)
2022
• Artist talk, Double Minutes, In de Wildernis, Brussels (BE) – Performative presentation on artistic practice.
LOUCHE (sound & performance collaboration with Charlotte Symoens)
2019
• Detox Smoothie, Invited by Buren, Vooruit, Ghent (BE) – Sound performance
• Kwil Nen Bad en Nen Chauffage, Invited by GROTESK, Plek, Ghent (BE) – Sound performance
2018
• Hotel Insomnia, Groupshow, DeFabriek, Eindhoven (NL) – Sound performance
2017
• 12x20', Kunstroute Waregem, Waregem (BE) – Sound performance
• Regels, Tumult Art Festival, Design Museum, Ghent (BE) – Sound performance
• Cheese Is Life, Choir invited by Gerard Herman for BANG! Festival, Brussels (BE) – Sound performance
• De Heilige Drievuldigheid, Invited by Sarah Zeebroek for BANG! Festival, Brussels (BE) – Sound performance
Collaborations & Commissions (selected)
2024
• Sound Design for Egolane by Juliet Carpenter (DE) – Full sound design for the artwork, which was selected for the Auckland Walter Prize.
2015 – 2020
• Video Director, Awkward Moments, London (UK)
Publications & Articles (selected)
2024
• COMPLEX BUSINESS Book Launch, ASS Fair, Palais De Tokyo, Paris (FR)
• "Opgezet Spel", Rekto Verso – Contributed as a panel member, discussing the role of children's play as an artistic strategy during the Breakfast Club session at Theaterfestival in De Singel, Antwerp.
Awards & Honors
2020
• Filigran Preis, Rundgang (Frankfurt)
Jury Work
2024
• External jury member, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent and Brussels for Educational Media & Art (EMA) and Labo-presentations.
2023
• External jury member, Mixed Media Master Jury, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent and Brussels.
2022
• External jury member, Mixed Media Bachelor Jury, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent and Brussels.
References available upon request.