biography
Studies
Information Technology 1976-1978, Lodewijksinsituut, Antwerp
Painting 1978-1982, Royal Academy, Ghent, Belgium
Photography 1984-1987 Royal Academy, Ghent, Belgium
International exhibitions
Preis Fur Junge Europaische Fotografen, Frankfurt, Deutschland, 1985
Le Temps d'un Mouvement, Centre National De La Photograpie, Paris, France, 1987
European Kodak Award, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 1987
Musee de L'elysee, Pavillon de la Photographie, Lausanne, Suisse, 1987
Young European Photographers, Houston Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A., 1988
10e Journees International de la Photographie, Montpellier, France, 1989
Deutsche Leasing Collection
- València, Spanje, Sala Parpallo, 1989
- Prague, Czechoslovakia, Foma Gallery, 1989
- Warsaw,Poland, Stara Galeria, 1989
Le Temps d'un Mouvement, Foto 89, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1989
La Photographie Belge, Centre National De La Photographie, Paris, France, 1991
Polaroid Collection, Centre Europeen De La Photographie, Paris, France, 1998
A Comme Anatomie, Yvetot, France, Galerie Duchamp, 2003
A Comme Anatomie 2 - Le Cabinet De Curiosités, Centre André Malraux, Rouen, France, 2003
Pêche à La Truite, Short film festival, European Open, 2006
The Spacyclist, Short film festival, European Open, 2007
Lens Culture - Fotofest, Paris, Paris, France, 2010
Self, Model, And Self As Other, The Museum Of Fine Arts, Huston, U.S.A., 2014
The artbox project, Basel, Switserland, 2017
Time Machine, Galerie Sehnsucht, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2018
Exhibitions in Belgium
Jeune Peinture, Bozar, Brussel, 1987
Kodak Award, Bruxelles, 1987
Mois De La Photo, Liège, 1987
Jeune Peinture, Bozar, Brussels, 1988
Septieme Prix National Photographie Ouverte, Charleroi, 1988
Assen, Vereniging Van Het Museum Voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, 1990
Netwerk, Aalst, 1990. (Individual exhibition)
Netwerk, Aalst, 1999. (Individual exhibition)
Prometheus, Brugge, 2000
Rozengeur, Academie Voor Schone Kunsten, St. Niklaas, 2000
Cultureel Centrum, Leopoldsburg, 2001 (Individual exhibition)
Cultureel Centrum, Hasselt, 2002 (Individual exhibition)
Art Concern, Kunstenaars Van De Galerie, Kortrijk, 2002
Cultureel Centrum, Leopoldsburg, 2001 (Individual exhibition)
Sterk Water, Kina, Gent, 2004. (Individual Exhibition)
Vlasmarkt, short film, Frontnight Z33,Hasselt, 2007
Een Groteske Schijnwereld, University Gent, 2007. (Individual exhibition)
Kunstsalon, Gent 2008
Een Foto Zegt Meer Dan 1000 Woorden, De Zaal, Gent, 2008
I-Brain, De Bijloke, Gent, 2010 (Individual exhibition)
Wunderkammer 2, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, 2010
Certified Copy, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, 2010
Art(Silence), University Gent, 2011
Urban Rumors, gallery of School of Arts, Hogeschool Gent, 2011. (Individual exhibition)
De Canvascollectie, Bozar, Brussel, 2012
“Ik Wordt”, Voorkamer, Lier, 2013
Land van Fotografie, Gent, 2017
Brussels Street Photography Festival 2018, Brussel, 2018
No More My Space, La Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion Sociale de Molenbeek, Brusssel, 2019
Publications
European Photography magazine, Germany, January 1986
Focus magazine, Netherlands, August, 1986
Le Temps d' Un Mouvement - catalogue. Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France, 1987
European Kodak Award - catalogue, Arles, France, 1987
Houston Fotofest - catalogue, 1987
Photo Metro magazine, U.S.A., April 1988
Monstrueuse Beaute - Vis A Vis International #4 magazine, France, June 1989
Photographies Magazine #33, France, June 1991
Fotografie In Oost-Vlaanderen, Mark Van Gysegem, 1992
Tradition And The Unpredictable, catalogue, Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, U.S.A., 1994
Bizarre magazine, London, England, February 1999
The X -Factor # 63 - magazine, England, 1999
Standaard magazine, Octobre 1999, portfolio, interview, cover
Prometheus catalogue, May 2000
In Limbo, book, published by Mertz, Dutch - English edition, 2003
Petit Format, Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot, France. 2003
The Polaroid Book, Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography, Taschen, 2005
Een Foto Zegt Meer Dan 1000 Woorden, catalogue, 2008
O.K. Periodicals #5 / The Body Issue, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2010
Lens Culture Fotofest, Paris 2010
Arts And Artistis, winter issue, Washington Dc, 2010. Interview.
Urban Rumors, catalogue, 2011
Art Silence, Bibliotheek Kunstwetenschappen, University Gent, 2011
Il Corpo Solitario. L’autoscatto Nella Fotografia Contemporanea (The Solitary Body. The Self Portrait In Contemporary Photography), Giorgio Bonomi, Italy, 2013
Land van Fotografie, Gent, 2017
Curatorial and cooperation
Galerie (de ladder van) Pontormo - Wouter Coolens and me co-founded the gallery of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 1994.
Vexierbilder was an exhibition I curated for the gallery in 1995. The exhibition also travelled to the Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands and to Centre régional de la photographie du Nord Pas-de-Calais, Douchy-les-Mines, France.
Photography and large scale analogue printing for three artistic projects.
Machinae (I): LABRYS by Paul De Vylder, 1997.
Machinae (II): CARGO CULT - The trickeries and ritual cunning of the Western iconological tradition by Paul De Vylder, 1997.
Machinae (III): Sacra Conversationi by Paul De Vylder, 2002.
Curator for the exhibition Paul De Vylder – Dubbelbeelden, at De Zaal, gallery of Hogeschool Gent, 2004.
Editor and photographer for the book Onopgeloste mediaraadsels Dr. Joseph Goebbels by Paul De Vylder, 2004.
Curator for; De god die zijn vrouw had opgegeten, an exhibition at the occasion of the book presentation by Paul De Vylder, De Zwarte Zaal, School of Arts, Hogeschool Gent, 2015.
Prizes
European Photo for Belgium and The Netherlands, 1986 - Winner
Olympus - Belgium, 1987 - Winner
European Kodak Award for Belgium, 1987 - Winner
Provinciale Prijs Oost-Vlaanderen, 1988 - Winner
BSPF 2018 - Singles Brussels Prize