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Egoo Dallas is a Georgian artist based in Brussels. He works  across different media such as installation, collage, and mixed media techniques by employing second hand material and found objects from flea markets such as magazines, old tapes, coins, toys or religious items (ex votos, sculptures). 

With his artistic research, Egoo addresses both personal and collective feelings, like the quest for freedom and love, the wish for positive and fluid sexuality (BDSM series), as well as social issues with a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ community rights.

Reminiscent of the Orthodox faith he grew up in, and characterised by the recurring presence of Jesus and other figures of Christianity, Dallas’ recent work mixes spirituality and social issues, specifically addressing struggles and prides of queer people.

This result in his Icons and Crosses series that speak about religious trauma, its impact on childhood and how one can invent new alternatives to religious fanaticism. For these series, Dallas playfully appropriates traditional symbols and items and get them twisted through the unusual proximity with stuffed toys, glitter, tapes and fake pearls.

Strongly ironic, Egoo Dallas works very often with paradoxical juxtapositions of sacred items, genitalia paintings and provocative or humorous statements, a sort of manifesto for the coming of a religion more inclusive and open(minded).

PAST EVENTS

07.12.2024 Tales from the first Floor / Sea is for Story, Tea is for Telling @ Kaaistudios
6-22.06.2024 Goud Zout Boetiek
05.05.2024 Open studio day
01-02.12.2023 Tales from the first floor / See is For Story, Tea is for Telling
10-18.11.2023 Pink Screens,The Queer Exhibition 2023 @Galeries, Brussels
07-10.09.2024 Only the Lord Knows @ Brussels Gallery Weekend 2023