Kenan Hasimbegovic 1963

Lives in Merksem, Antwerpen. Works in Merksem, Antwerpen.

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Shoobil

Kenan Hasimbegovic makes associative-abstract paintings. For ten years he has been developing a visual which he uses to describe fragments of internal landscape. Each one of his paintings represents one aspect of that world. They are snapshots, documents, postcards sent to the audience and himself. Through his paintings, Kenan is presenting us with places and states he visited during a continuing process of purification which motivates his creative work. Kenan’s works are remains or traces of daily rituals. They are souvenirs of moments, maps of experiences and testimony to the journey.’

Damir Niksic, Professor of Art, Northwestern University Ewanston, Chicago

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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

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IN THE MORNING, LAUGHING, HAPPY FISH HEADS IN THE

Jef Gysen, Yann Bronder, Catharina Hell, Kenan Hasimbegovic

3 oct - 9 nov 2025, Antwerp, Belgium

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Art Education

-1978 -1982 Secondary School of Fine Arts, Sarajevo
-1985 -1990 Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo

Solo exhibitions

-1989. Gallery “Austrijska kuca”, Sarajevo
-1996. Gallery “L’asbl Mode Est-Quest”, Brussel

-1999. Jeugdzorg Den Haag /ZHN/
-1999. Gemeenscapcentrum “De Linde”, Haren – Brussel
-2002. “Multimedijalni Centar”, Rijeka, Croatia
-2004. Gallery “Accento”, Antwerpen
-2007. “Espace Paragon Gallery”, Luxembourg
-2016. Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp “Full Empty Empty Full
-2018. Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp
-2018. Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery, Antwerp
-2020. Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery, Antwerp
-2021. Frédérick Mouraux Gallery, Brussles
-2021. Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery, Antwerp
-2023. Wouter De Bruycker Fine Arts & Gallery, Antwerp

Group exhibitions

-1995. “Salon d’artistes”, Mechelen
-1995. “Stil in leven”, Vredescentrum Deurne
-1995. “Kunst zonder grenzen”, Antwerpen
-1997. “Mijn God”, Schroder Galerij, Den Haag
-1997. “White Picture Gallery”, European Comission, Brussel
-1998. “Swiss Casino Gallery”, Den Haag
-2000. “Atelier 21”, Aachen
-2001. “Boa Connection Artisti”, Hoboken – Antwerpen
-2002. “Espace Paragon Gallery”, Luxembourg
-2006. “Tautologija i utjeha”, Radobolja, Mostar
-2021. “Le Pluriel”, Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp

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