Zoro Feigl

About

Zoro Feigl (b. 1983) is a Dutch kinetic artist who makes artworks that appear to move by themselves. Liquids ripple, surfaces rotate, and materials shift, as if driven by an internal force rather than an external hand. His installations often appear simple at first glance, yet reveal complex behaviors over time.

Feigl works with materials such as water, oil, metal, and industrial components. He builds precise systems, but once activated, they are no longer fully under his control. Movement becomes irregular, rhythms change, and outcomes remain uncertain. A rotating surface might suddenly destabilize, a liquid might gather, scatter, or take on unexpected forms. The work unfolds with time and never settles into a fixed image.

In his installations, separate elements often come together to form a larger environment. What may begin as an individual object becomes part of a broader choreography of motion, where scale, sound, and repetition shape the experience. Some works feel forceful and mechanical, others slow and almost fragile, as if they could stop at any moment.

Feigl’s practice is not about producing static objects, but about setting conditions. He creates situations in which materials can behave, react, and transform. The work does not point to a single meaning, but invites close looking, in order to draw attention to subtle shifts, patterns, and moments that might otherwise go unnoticed.

His work has been shown in institutions including the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and is included in collections such as Museum Voorlinden and Rijksmuseum Twenthe.

Zoro Feigl, Lentekriebel, 2025, steel, stainless steel, motor, powerbank, 32 x 32 x 2 cm

Left: Zoro Feigl, Doodle Swirl, 2026, steel, motor, aluminium, ribbon, 60 x 40 x 120 cm

Right: Zoro Feigl, Phosphenes, 2021, steel mirror motors lights, 107.5 x 107.5 x 20 cm

Left: Zoro Feigl, Fluid Fingers (stand), 2025, steel, tempered glass, silicone oil, epdm, ptfe hose, air pump, 88 x 58 cm

Right: Zoro Feigl, Fluid Fingers, 2025, steel, tempered glass, silicone oil, epdm, ptfe hose, air pump, 128 x 43 cm

Curriculum Vitae

Zoro Feigl (b. 1983, NL) / artist website

Education

2010 - 2011
Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten (HISK), Ghent, BE - Laureate

2004 - 2007
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL - BA Fine Arts (Audiovisual)

2005
European Exchange Academy, Beelitz-Heilstätten, DE

2002 - 2004
Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), NL - Design (Vrije Vormgeving)

Solo Exhibitions

2026 
How Water Grows, Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Amsterdam, NL

2022 
Zonvonkengesproei, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL

2020 
Sea-change, Fred&Ferry, Antwerp, BE

2018 
Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Prize, Bergkerk, Deventer, NL
Infinity, NEST / Electriciteitsfabriek, The Hague, NL
Scapes, C&H Gallery (Art Rotterdam), Rotterdam, NL

2017 
Ongoing, C&H Gallery (Art Rotterdam), Rotterdam, NL

Duo Exhibitions

2025 
SAIL 2025, with Esther Kokmeijer, Gallery Vriend van Bavink Project Space, Amsterdam, NL

Group Exhibitions

2025 
Wit boek, Fred&Ferry, Antwerp, BE

2023 
B-Sides & Rarities, Fred&Ferry, Antwerp, BE

2021 
Bovenkamer, Fred&Ferry, Antwerp, BE

2018 
ZERO: Please Turn, ZERO Foundation, Düsseldorf, DE
Machine Culture, Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, US
Robot Love, Campinafabriek, Eindhoven, NL

2017 
Ik speel dus ik ben, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
Cities of Glass, Asperen, NL

Fairs

2026 
Art Rotterdam, with Gallery Vriend van Bavink, Rotterdam, NL

2022 
Art Rotterdam, with Fred&Ferry, Rotterdam, NL

2021 
Art Rotterdam, Van Nellefabriek, Rotterdam, NL

2020 
Art Rotterdam (Intersections), Rotterdam, NL

Commissions & Public Works

2018 
Monolith, NDSM-werf, Amsterdam, NL

2017 
Echo, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Hague, NL
Hydra, HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, DK

2016 
Kolk, De Nieuwe Kolk, Assen, NL

2014 - 2017 
Beneath the surface, De Unie Hasselt-Genk, BE

2013 
Floating Fields, ING Belgium, BE

Residencies

2010 – 2011 
Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten (HISK), Ghent, BE

Collections

Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, NL
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, NL
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam, NL
Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, NL
HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, DK
ABN AMRO Art Collection, NL
AkzoNobel Art Foundation, NL
Verbeke Foundation, BE

Prizes & Nominations

2021 
Nominated for Dutch Artist of the Year

2018 
Winner, Witteveen+Bos Art+Technology Award

2017 
Nominated for NN Group Art Award

2015 
Longlisted for Prix de Rome
Winner, Beste Buren Public Award (Art Rotterdam Intersections)

2013 
Winner, Public Award, Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs