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Joris Ghekiere
Born in 1955 in Kortrijk, Belgium.
Lived and worked in Klein Willebroek, Belgium | † 2016
Belgian artist Joris Ghekiere took up a unique and ambiguous position as a painter. He did not stick to one metho- dology, but explored various painting techniques and styles. In his work, internet images or his own photographs often serve as a starting point. This leads to an oeuvre in which gurative images and abstract images interact.
Joris Ghekiere lived and worked in Klein Willebroek, where his artistic legacy is now managed by the Joris Ghekiere Foundation.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2023
Dancing with Nietzsche, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2022
Travels on Paper, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
Ruw Materiaal (Raw Material), Atelier Tomorrow, Klein Willebroek, Belgium
2020
Journey, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2016
Tekeningen op papier, Salon Blanc, Ostend, Belgium
2015
TOMORROW, S.M.AK. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (curated by Ulrich Loock)
2014
Black don’t Like Yellow Dots, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, Belgium
2012
SEQUENCE, Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium
A CHOICE, CypresGalerie, Leuven, Belgium
2011
California, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
2010
Sequence #1: New Paintings, Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2009
De Bond Contemporary Art Space, Bruges, Belgium
2008
Patterns, Pocket Room, Antwerp, Belgium
Joris Ghekiere & Philip Willem Badenhorst, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007
Cam Portraits, Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
Ravenstein galleries, represented by Koraalberg, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Lokaal 01, Breda, the Netherlands
Cakewalk. Joris Ghekiere, Lucie Renneboog, Steve Van Den Bosch, CC Strombeek, Strombeek, Belgium
Joris Ghekiere & Herman De Cuyper, Landscapes, Kasteel Bel-Air, Willebroek, Belgium
2004
Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium
Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, USA (with Philip Willem Badenhorst)
2002
Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2001
Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2000
Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
1998
Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, USA (with Philip Willem Badenhorst)
1995
Art Box, Waregem, Belgium (with Philip Aguirre y Otegui)
1994
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1993
A.D. gallery, Ostend, Belgium
1990
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
1984
Cintrik Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Zeildoekschilderingen, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, the Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2022
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Every Collection Hides Another Collection by Nico Dockx, New Province House of Antwerp, Belgium
2020
Maybe Tomorrow, Emergent, Veurne, Belgium
De Nacht, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2019
The Collection (1) | Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2018
Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
Trust, Les Brasseurs Art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium
Sanguine. Luc Tuymans on Baroque, M HKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
2016
Coup de Ville 2016, WARP, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Painting after Postmodernism Belgium-USA, Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Barbara Rose)
Recent Paintings, Roberto Polo gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2015
A Belgian Politician, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
An Undulterated Lie, Emergent, Veurne, Belgium
2012
Collection XXXII - Personality Test, M HKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
2010
Les Choses Perdues, Vegas gallery, London, UK (curated by Ken Pratt)
2009
Setting the Pattern, Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
Fading, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Paulo Post Futurum, Breda’s Museum, Breda, the Netherlands
2006
Wall Paintings, Koraalberg, Antwerp, Belgium
2005
The Final Floor Show, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium
2004
Eclips. Tentoonstelling rond het verdwijnen, Bornem-Puurs-Willebroek, Wilebroek, Belgium (curated by Stef Van Bellingen)
De Landverhuizers, CC De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2003
Fonkeling, CC Strombeek, Strombeek, Belgium
1999
Trouble Spot. Painting, M HKA Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
1995
La Condition Humaine, De Witte Zaal, Sint-Lucasinstituut, Ghent, Belgium
1992
Modernism in Painting: 10 jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
1988
Vierentwintig Westvlaamse kunstenaars uit het PMMK, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1985
Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Genk, Belgium
Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1984
Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium
1982
Actuele Beelding, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium