If I could escape… The concept of escapism is full of contradictions and yet, because of that, it gives us so much insight into what it means to be human. We get bored, curious, are hopeful or full of despair. Sometimes we just want to get away, and sometimes we want to get even clos...
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2025
Upstream Gallery is proud to present bronze works by Amol K Patil (IN, 1987) in the gallery's private viewing space. Amol K Patil is a performance and visual artist. His body of work is based on the hierarchical Indian caste system. He focuses on social inequality within this system, particul...
Read moreEverybody Wants to be a Rolling Stone
Joseph Thabang Palframan

Upstream Gallery proudly presents its first solo exhibition with Joseph Thabang Palframan (1997, Namibia) in the main exhibition space. Palframan was raised in England and Botswana. He studied Fine Art at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in the Netherlands and Art History at Leiden U...
Read moreUpstream Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Ghosts. This exhibition, curated by Anne de Jong, brings together artists who work with artificial intelligence or critically reflect on it. The rapid developments in AI are bringing major changes to society and creative processes. The ar...
Read moreGrey Zone Tactics: Black Ops, White Noise
Jeroen Jongeleen

Upstream Gallery proudly presents Jeroen Jongeleen's new solo exhibition, Grey Zone Tactics: Black Ops, White Noise. The works in this exhibition build on his earlier running-based projects but are more than ever imbued with a political layer. The crises of our time, such as war conflicts and the ...
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