Catharina Hell 1968

Lives in Antwerpen. Works in Antwerpen.

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Shoobil

Catharina Hell is a post-conceptual artist based in Antwerp, Belgium.
She considers herself an exuberant minimalist.
Her oeuvre explores such themes as the obscure, invisibility,
the nuanced use and abuse of language, and the painful miscommunication that plagues human interaction.
With a fascination with myths and fairy tales, she reveals the truth that resides in the realm of the untrue.
inteligencia artificial

What I tend to do is see something, then remake it and remake it and remake it and try every possible way of remaking it.
If I’m persistent enough, I get back to where I started....

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Last chance to see these 5 exhibitions

This weekend is your last chance to see these five exhibitions in Amsterdam, Brussels and Antwerp. On GalleryViewer you will find the works on view, their price tags (or price ranges) and artist information for each exhibition. The magazine offers more context and interviews, and the exhibition calendar shows which exhibitions are coming up next.

Flor Linckens

In the Morning Laughing Happy Fish Heads: Groupshow in Shoobil

In the morning, laughing happy fish heads, In the evening, floating in the soup. — Barnes & Barnes, 1978 I’m not familiar with the song, but thanks to YouTube, was able to journey to the naive, cheerful tunes of the seventies — Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da — songs that begin lightheartedly, but always carry a trace of melancholy. That’s also how this fragment from Fish Heads sounds, hovering somewhere between satire and a children’s song. An absurd refrain about fish heads that laugh in the morning and float in the soup by evening. At first, you smile; then something odd lingers — a feeling of finality that cannot be waved away.

Yves Joris

On the desire for images to disappear

In the Daytripper exhibition, Shoobil presents four artists, each of whom travels through images, memories and meanings in a different way. What does it mean to be on a journey without a destination as a day tripper, wanderer, flaneur of fleeting impressions? Tracing the path of their work entails searching, drifting and listening.

Yves Joris

Shows

IN THE MORNING, LAUGHING, HAPPY FISH HEADS IN THE

Jef Gysen, Yann Bronder, Catharina Hell, Kenan Hasimbegovic

3 oct - 9 nov 2025, Antwerp, Belgium

Daytripper

Bart Vandevijvere, Elvis Borrey, Catharina Hell, Frank JMA Castelyns

17 may - 15 jun 2025, Antwerp, Belgium

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Catharina Hell, °1968

Experimenteel Atelier, St. Lucas Brussel
Beeldhouwen, Academie Antwerpen

Expo SOLO

2021 Expo PLUTÔ LA VIE - Kunstruimte Elisabeth Lemahieu, Antwerpen
2022 Expo BROUHAHA - Artelex, Antwerpen
2023 Expo LEIBZUCHT - Gert Voorjans, Antwerpen

Expo GROEP

2021 ONBOARD Biennale 2021, Antwerpen
2021 TRUST / Salon SI & La , Antwerpen
2023 Expo ERCOLA - Galerie Verbeeck
2024 International ANTI VIOLENCE Exhibition , Kyoto, JAPAN
2024 Expo MAISON D'ÊTRE / Ercola-Antwerpen

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