Caroline Van den Eynden 1982 - 2022
Represented by:
DMW Gallery
''I am interested in places brimming with memories. Not to hold them, but to experiment with the tangible and the intangible. I encourage dreams and desires, use them as a starting point for my own work, and challenge the viewer to face their own fears, needs and thoughts. There are no existing objects in my work. The staged spaces, the suggestion of a loss of control, is presented as a sculpture made to scale. My working method consists of a certain loss of control; the lack of a precise location, the attempt to escape the urban equality.
My sculptures and installations are created with meticulous dexterity. I work by hand using raw and precious materials. The formal result is similar to a model in an architectural context. It seems to meet the architectural rules, but differs at crucial points. I build a tension field that links transparency to emptiness; I create a perfectly finished whole that is still inconclusive; I combine precious metals with raw materials.
Meanings and psychology form the starting point, bordering on surrealism, but with the desire to return to reality rather than to escape from it. My work does not aim to convince or charm the spectator, but to destabilize and deceive them. I emphasize what others have failed to notice. People focus on their immediate vicinity or distant future; I stress passages, evolutions and unspoken possibilities, both in the future and the past. For many, a staircase is functional, for me, however, it is fundamental. Without stairs, doors or passageways, one can never achieve a different or higher level.
By pushing the boundaries of perception, through visualizing memories and desires, these models function as a spy hole from one reality to another...
"... Caroline Van den Eynden's work presents a spectrum of strained perceptions. Every model has something that attracts someone in search of reflection. The void is not a ghastly emptiness, the transparent small spaces evoke no social phobia, the absence of figures, movement or sound only resonates a pleasing form of silence.
Maybe this is because Caroline Van den Eynden does not pursue a literal representation of the building that served as inspiration for the object, but rather works from her memory, ensuring that the smaller scale copy is charged with those memories and feelings? Creating an almost surreal object, but a pure version of it ..."
> part of the text Artstory 9, by Jeroen Laureyns, 2015
My sculptures and installations are created with meticulous dexterity. I work by hand using raw and precious materials. The formal result is similar to a model in an architectural context. It seems to meet the architectural rules, but differs at crucial points. I build a tension field that links transparency to emptiness; I create a perfectly finished whole that is still inconclusive; I combine precious metals with raw materials.
Meanings and psychology form the starting point, bordering on surrealism, but with the desire to return to reality rather than to escape from it. My work does not aim to convince or charm the spectator, but to destabilize and deceive them. I emphasize what others have failed to notice. People focus on their immediate vicinity or distant future; I stress passages, evolutions and unspoken possibilities, both in the future and the past. For many, a staircase is functional, for me, however, it is fundamental. Without stairs, doors or passageways, one can never achieve a different or higher level.
By pushing the boundaries of perception, through visualizing memories and desires, these models function as a spy hole from one reality to another...
"... Caroline Van den Eynden's work presents a spectrum of strained perceptions. Every model has something that attracts someone in search of reflection. The void is not a ghastly emptiness, the transparent small spaces evoke no social phobia, the absence of figures, movement or sound only resonates a pleasing form of silence.
Maybe this is because Caroline Van den Eynden does not pursue a literal representation of the building that served as inspiration for the object, but rather works from her memory, ensuring that the smaller scale copy is charged with those memories and feelings? Creating an almost surreal object, but a pure version of it ..."
> part of the text Artstory 9, by Jeroen Laureyns, 2015
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1982, Antwerp
lives and works in Antwerp
Studies
2005 - 2009 Master in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, InSitu3
2001 - 2004 Bachelor in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent, Interior-design
1996 - 2001 Secondary art school, Sint-Lucas Antwerp
EXHIBITIONS
solo and group exhibitions (selection)
2020
- Lomak, solo show, Tessenderlo
- 38cc, duo show Delft
- Cache Cache, solo show, DMW Gallery, Antwerpen
2019
- Absoluut, duo show, Gallery Fontana, Amsterdam 2019 Home Sweet Home, group exhibition, Harelbeke
- Elemental Entropy, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2018
- Munich Art Paper Position, Art fair 18/10 - 21/10, Munich
- 1+1+1=3, group exhibition, DMW Art Space, 14/09 - 15/10, Antwerp
2017
- Tussen muren, group exhibition, Stedelijke Kunstacademie Tielt, 30/11 - 27/01, Tielt
- Le Papillon de L' Architecture, Caroline Van den Eynden invites Thomas Raat, DMW art space, 20/10 - 03/12, Antwerp
- Art Brussels, Kusseneers Gallery, 20/04-23/04, Brussels
- You don't need an app to experience the real thing - nothing can beat standing in front of the real work, group exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 05/04 - 29/04, Brussels
2016
- Summer Soireé, group exhibition, Salon Blanc, 20/08, Ostend
- It's a small world after all, solo exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 08/09 - 15/10, Brussels
2015
- Atlas Rebound, solo exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 5/11 - 19/12, Brussels
- Input-Output, group exhibition, 29/10 – 13/11, Brugge, curator Mieke Mels van Mu.zee Oostende.
- Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful), group exhibition, Loods 12 with Jan Colle Galerie, 19/09 - 27/10, Ghent
- The solo project, group exhibition, art fair Basel with Kusseneers Gallery, 17/06 - 21/06, Switzerland
- D.ART, group exhibition, 01/06 - 05/06, Mechelen
2014
- Galerij SASK, solo exhibition, 7/11 - 13/12, Turnhout
- Kusseneers Gallery, solo exhibition, 6/11 - 20/12, Brussels
- Park at Borg, group exhibition, 19/09 - 05/10, Borgerhout
- All my friends are scientists, group exhibition, 30/05 - 29/06, Kontich
- Magma, group exhibition, 03/05 - 04/05, Antwerp
- Park at Poppositions #3, Off-art fair, 24/04 - 27/04, Brussels
- Workplace, group exhibition, Schuttershofstraat 45, 19/01 - 02/03, Antwerp
2013
- Magma #4, group exhibition, 26/09, Antwerp
- Airy Yamanashi, group exhibition, 01/05 - 01/06, Japan
2012 - 2009
- Park 6, in coöperation with Bhart, group exhibition, Borgerhout, 2012
- Park 5, Temporary Limits, group exhibition, Ekeren, 2011
- Torino/Anversa andata e ritorno, Arteco, group exhibition, Borgerhout/Turin, 2010
- Park 4, Das appartement, group exhibition, Berlin, 2010
- Park 3, Memories of glass, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2009
- Mastermaquette, group exhibition, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, 2009
- Park 2, What already has been written, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2009
- Park 1, End of autumn, brighter than sunshine, Antwerp, 2009
lives and works in Antwerp
Studies
2005 - 2009 Master in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, InSitu3
2001 - 2004 Bachelor in Fine Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent, Interior-design
1996 - 2001 Secondary art school, Sint-Lucas Antwerp
EXHIBITIONS
solo and group exhibitions (selection)
2020
- Lomak, solo show, Tessenderlo
- 38cc, duo show Delft
- Cache Cache, solo show, DMW Gallery, Antwerpen
2019
- Absoluut, duo show, Gallery Fontana, Amsterdam 2019 Home Sweet Home, group exhibition, Harelbeke
- Elemental Entropy, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam
2018
- Munich Art Paper Position, Art fair 18/10 - 21/10, Munich
- 1+1+1=3, group exhibition, DMW Art Space, 14/09 - 15/10, Antwerp
2017
- Tussen muren, group exhibition, Stedelijke Kunstacademie Tielt, 30/11 - 27/01, Tielt
- Le Papillon de L' Architecture, Caroline Van den Eynden invites Thomas Raat, DMW art space, 20/10 - 03/12, Antwerp
- Art Brussels, Kusseneers Gallery, 20/04-23/04, Brussels
- You don't need an app to experience the real thing - nothing can beat standing in front of the real work, group exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 05/04 - 29/04, Brussels
2016
- Summer Soireé, group exhibition, Salon Blanc, 20/08, Ostend
- It's a small world after all, solo exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 08/09 - 15/10, Brussels
2015
- Atlas Rebound, solo exhibition, Kusseneers Gallery, 5/11 - 19/12, Brussels
- Input-Output, group exhibition, 29/10 – 13/11, Brugge, curator Mieke Mels van Mu.zee Oostende.
- Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful), group exhibition, Loods 12 with Jan Colle Galerie, 19/09 - 27/10, Ghent
- The solo project, group exhibition, art fair Basel with Kusseneers Gallery, 17/06 - 21/06, Switzerland
- D.ART, group exhibition, 01/06 - 05/06, Mechelen
2014
- Galerij SASK, solo exhibition, 7/11 - 13/12, Turnhout
- Kusseneers Gallery, solo exhibition, 6/11 - 20/12, Brussels
- Park at Borg, group exhibition, 19/09 - 05/10, Borgerhout
- All my friends are scientists, group exhibition, 30/05 - 29/06, Kontich
- Magma, group exhibition, 03/05 - 04/05, Antwerp
- Park at Poppositions #3, Off-art fair, 24/04 - 27/04, Brussels
- Workplace, group exhibition, Schuttershofstraat 45, 19/01 - 02/03, Antwerp
2013
- Magma #4, group exhibition, 26/09, Antwerp
- Airy Yamanashi, group exhibition, 01/05 - 01/06, Japan
2012 - 2009
- Park 6, in coöperation with Bhart, group exhibition, Borgerhout, 2012
- Park 5, Temporary Limits, group exhibition, Ekeren, 2011
- Torino/Anversa andata e ritorno, Arteco, group exhibition, Borgerhout/Turin, 2010
- Park 4, Das appartement, group exhibition, Berlin, 2010
- Park 3, Memories of glass, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2009
- Mastermaquette, group exhibition, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, 2009
- Park 2, What already has been written, group exhibition, Antwerp, 2009
- Park 1, End of autumn, brighter than sunshine, Antwerp, 2009
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