Hans Vandekerckhove

Hans Vandekerckhove (1957, Kortrijk) is a Belgian painter, living and working in Ghent. From 1975 to 1997 Vandekerckhove studied Art History at University Ghent, where he wrote his graduation thesis on David Hockney.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions 2020 Voltaire's Advice, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent (BE) 2018 Another Portrait of an Artist, Art4Museum, Moscow (RUS) 2017 The Christina Paintings, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 2015 Gimme Shelter, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 2013 Something in the Water does not compute, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 2011 Tears in Rain, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp (BE) 2009 Watching the Architects, Galerie Van de Weghe, Antwerp (BE) Picture Palace, Zebrastraat, Stichting Liedts-Meesen, Ghent (BE) Paintings 1986–2007, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 2008 Recent Paintings, Galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL) 2007 La mirada ciega. Un diálogo entre Hans Vandekerckhove y Juan Muñoz, Fundaciòn Carlos de Ambères, Madrid (ES) Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) My Head is my only Home, bookpresentation with selection of paintings, SMAK, Ghent (BE) 2005 Recent paintings, Galerie Le Besset, St. Jeure d’Andaure (FR) 2004 Stalking Hiëronymus, with Anselm Kiefer and Penck, Mu.Zee, Ostend (BE) Recent paintings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (BE) 2003 Recent paintings, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL) Stalking Hiëronymus, Mercator Insurance Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 2001 Een verzamelaar van verdwenen blikken / A Collector of vanished Looks, Elzenveld, Antwerp (BE) Vast geluk en vloeibare vreugde / Firm Luck and liquid Joy, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL) Schilderijen ter vervolmaking van methoden van onbeweeglijkheid, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 1998 Hunker Bunker Tuin, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 1996 Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 1995 Mirror, Mirror Me, De Warande, Turnhout (BE) 1993 Watt / Schloss, Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem (BE) Hortus Conclusus / Türhüter, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 1991 Hetaera Esmeralda, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) 1990 VMHK, Vereniging Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE) Kunst Europa, Museum Xanten, Xanten (DE) 1989 illumination, Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke / Antwerp (BE) 1988 Apocalypsis cum Figuris, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) Paintings, Galerie Van Esch, Eindhoven (NL) 1987 Paintings and collages, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL) Paintings, Christine Colmant Art Gallery, Brussels (BE) Paintings, Galerie S.&H. De Buck, Ghent (BE)

Group exhibitions 2020 Art Autun#2020, Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme, curated by Reniere & Depla, Musée Rolin and Panopticum, Autun, Bourgogne (FR) 2019 A Provisional Legacy, The Apocryphal Cabinet of the Adornes, curated by Reniere & Depla, Adornes Domain, Bruges (BE) 2018 FACES, Psychiatrisch Centrum St. Amandus, Beernem, (BE) 2017 Between Heaven and Earth II, Huis de Lombart Bruges – PAK, Bruges (BE) ART in Motion, collection presentation, Phoebus Foundation HeadquARTers, Antwerp (BE) 2016 Water.War, Budafabriek, Kortrijk (BE) 2014 De Boom en de Mens, Museum de Mindere, St. Truiden (BE) Health – something of value; Lokettenzaal -Nationale Bank België, Brussels (BE) 2013 Now and Then, Central Bank of Europe CBE, Frankfurt (DE) 2012 Artists of the gallery, Galerie Dukan Hourdequin, Paris (FR) 2010 Mars op Oostende / Public Private Paintings, Mu.zee, Ostend (BE) 2009 Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp (BE) Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL) 2008 Der eigene Weg. Perspektiven belgischer Kunst / Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg (DE) Stimulans, BROELMUSEUM, Kortrijk (BE) Nature: Attitude, Aspekte Internationaler Fotografie und Malerei, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld (DE) 2007 Passie voor het ongrijpbare, Museum Minderbroeders St.-Truiden (BE) 2005 Soul, Grootseminarie Bruges (BE) Verfraaiing; 12 comments on 12 collection items, Lieven Debrauwer (cineast) comments 'Jarman' (1996, O/C), Stadshallen Bruges (BE) 2004 Preview, Galerie am Mondsee, Salzburg (AU) Eclips, Deweer Art, 25th anniversary show, Transfo Zwevegem (BE) 2003 Sakrale Kunst, Cultureel Centrum Hasselt (BE) 2001 De Tuinen van Granada / The Gardens of Granada, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE) Acquisitions, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE) 2000 Contemporary Art of Belgium, Central Bank of Europe CBE, Frankfurt (DE) Multiple Choices, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE) Artists of the gallery, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (BE) 1999 Art Concern, Kortrijk (BE) 1996 Beeld-ding, Museum van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (NL) Confrontations, Traveling exhibition : Dublin, Johannesburg, Luxemburg, Brussels, Antwerpen.... L’Iconicité de l’Image, Aguas Gallery, Bordeaux (FR) 1991 Modernism in Painting, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)

Collections

C&A Services Brussels (BE) S.M.A.K. Ghent (BE) Central Bank of Europe, ECB Frankfurt (DE) Belfius Art Collection (BE) Province of East Flanders (BE) Flemish Government (BE) Fortis Bank and Insurances (NL / SP) Kaderschool Best (NL) The Phoebus Foundation (BE) Museum Minden (DE) APG (NL) Mu.ZEE Ostend (BE) Museum Kortrijk (BE) Nestlé (DE) National Bank of Belgium (BE) Nordstern Köln (DE) University of Antwerp (BE) Foundation Liedts- Meesen (BE) FOD, Brussels (BE) Dela Art Collection (NL) Province of West Flanders (BE)

Publications Several books have been written about Vandekerckhove:

The experimental film and videomaker Svend Thomsen, founder of Artcinema OFFOFF, turned Picture Palace into a documentary.