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Stefaan Dheedene
Born in Kortrijk-Belgium, 19 07 1975
Lives and works in Ghent - Belgium
education
1993-1994 Fine Arts (Sculpture), Sint-Lucasinstituut Gent
1994-1998 Fine Arts (Sculpture), K.A.S.K. Gent
Erasmus scholarship, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem (NL) (02-02-'98 tot 31-05-'98)
2004- 2005 laureate, Higher Institute for Fine Arts Antwerp - Belgium
solo/duo shows:
2021: 35 SYNONYMS FOR 'HAMMERED INTO' AND A FAMILY PACK OF YOKES, ONE PUDDLE, ONE DRINK, AND A FIRM PROMISE OF FUTURE SCHEMES,
Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (B)
2020:
29 synonyms for 'hammered into' and a family pack of yokes - Yuri-G Gallery, Antwerp (B)
2018
Total support - Krieg, Hasselt (B)
Storm in een glas water (Gerard Herman / Stefaan Dheedene) - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
2017
Mazout - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
Half an optimist, a brand new rockerbox and a blow on broad daylight - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
2016
Stefaan Dheedene / Freddy Van Parys – Galerie EL, Welle (B)
Slapstick – P/////AKT, Amsterdam (NL)
Swing the bat, trow a ball - White out studio, Knokke (B)
Kung fu - Trampoline, Antwerpen (B)
2015
Things for two and things done twice - Poppositions, Brussel (B)
2014
More of the same - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
Summer break - UZ Gent (Trampoline - Les invisibles #2), Gent (B)
2013
I need to protect my family (Carl collective), Lokaal 01, Antwerp (B)
2012
Fade to Gray, Ei-huis, Gent (B)
2011
Done. Finished., Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
2009
The happy end of a univocal metal taste, Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
Ghost shift, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent (B)
2008
Trinker at nine, Comments at five, Gran Paradiso at eight. Art Cologne - New Talents, Cologne (D)
2007
Stefaan Dheedene, KIOSK, Gent (B) backdrop, Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
2006
A model will help you review the attraction, Benedengalerie, Kortrijk (B)
Short history of decay, Arsenal gallery, Poznan (PL)
Stefaan Dheedene – Deweer Gallery, Art Brussels (B)
Billy, SMAK, Gent (B)
HI STORY, BOZAR, Brussel (B)
2005
a manual, croxhapox, Gent (B)
Trompe le monde, Stefaan Dheedene – Arno Roncada, IN/OUT (HISK), Antwerpen (B) An occasion for mistake, Hedah, Maastricht (NL)
Good intentions, Stefaan Dheedene – Pawel Wojtasik, F18, Antwerpen (B)
educación, Francis Denys – Stefaan Dheedene, Galerij Kunst-Zicht, Gent (B)
2003
CROX 108 instalraam, croxhapox, Gent (B)
2002
better better, Espace Doual'art, Douala (CAM) Stefaan Dheedene, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst (B)
Group shows, screenings & festivals
2020
Nu nog de rest - Emergent, Veurne (B) 2019
2019
Biënnale van België - Floraliënhal, Gent (B)
The secret life of materials, Pennings foundation, Eindhoven (NL) SMAK Jubileum, SMAK, Gent (B)
2018
Nomadic Mountains - Schunck museum, Heerlen (NL)
IKEA Hacked, our products, your ideas - Ikea museum, Älmhult (SE)
Workflow, a play with apes and crafts - CC Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas (B)
Da & Da - MLF Gallery, Brussels (B)
2017
’haɪə en (nʊ) - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
ABC Lounge club - ABC klubhuis, Antwerp (B)
A show, inside out. - Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
2016
ATC* - Martin van Blerk Gallery, Antwerpen (B)
Furniture. Sculpture. - Art center Hugo Voeten, Herentals (B)
From the collection / New - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent (B)
Water. War. - BUDA, Kortrijk (B)
Unidentical twins – Izegem (B)
2015
A new spirit in booking - cc strombeek, Brussel (B)
Me, myself and I - Trampoline, Antwerp (B)
2014
Heyokas - Stadslimiet, Antwerp (B)
Return to sender - Wiels (project room), Brussel (B)
2013
I think this too shall pass - These things take time, Gent (B)
Up close and personal - Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen (B)
(Re)source - Arboretum Wageningen, Wageningen (NL)
Published by Mer. Paper Kunsthalle - De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL)
Manoeuvres - De Voorkamer, Lier (B)
Im & Explicit - Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent (B)
2012
Watch that sound - Netwerk center for contemporary arts, Aalst (B)
Scherven brengen geluk als je ze lang genoeg koestert - Secondroom, Antwerpen (B)
Façade - Netwerk center for contemporary arts, Aalst (B)
Re-opening - Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
Was ist ist...! - paralel program Manifesta9 by Bel etage projects Berlin, central market, Genk (B)
Bookshowbookshop, Be-part platform for contemporary art, Waregem (B)
Video in the city, video program Art Brussels, Galerie de la Reine, Brussel (B)
The drawing room, Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
2011
Dreams of power, Zamek cultural centre, Poznan (PL)
Tomorrow is the question (presentation collection), S.M.A.K., Gent (B)
ABC - Contemporary Art from Belgium, Fondation Culture et Developement, Sofia, Bulgaria / Musee Bernardo, Lisboa (P)
Light Festival Ghent, vault of the old National Bank 'De Wijngaerd', Gent (B)
Draußen ist feindlich, Bel etage, Rosa-Luxemburg-platz, Berlin (D)
Art Brussels, Brussel (B)
Tender buttons, becoming Gertrude Stein, Resto overpoort, Gent (B)
Art of the Loom, Deweer Gallery, Otegem (B)
2010
Rugged Beauties, Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg, Berlin (D)
ABC, Le fresnoy, Tourcoing (F)
Stardust in a nutshell, Savvy contemporary, Berlin (D)
Contrapunt, kasteel van Berlare, Berlare (B)
What’s the point of giving you anymore artworks?, KOP, Breda (NL)
2009
Change of the century, Kunstlichtmuseum, Eindhoven (NL)
Kunst & Zwalm Biennial, Meilegem - Zwalm (B)
WATOU verzamelde verhalen 01, Watou (B)
À Buster Keaton: Marcel Broodthaers - Stefaan Dheedene - Richard Venlet, Be-part, Platform for Contemporary Art Waregem (B)
Stefaan Dheedene - Deborah Delva - Niclaus Ruëgg - Frederik Van Simaey - Dries Verstraete, croxhapox Gent (B)
ContourLight, Contour, Mechelen (B)
Superstories - 2nd triënale for contemporary art, fashion and design, Hasselt (B)
Something else!!!!, MAN Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro (IT) Brainbox 2 - croxhapox, Gent (B)
2008
Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst - Duisburg (D)
Desire, Artforum, Berlin (D)
Update, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (B)
Hacking Ikea, Plaform 21, Amsterdam (NL)
Belgier, Figge von Rosen Gallery, Cologne (D)
Presentation collection, S.M.A.K., Gent (B)
It’s not fair, le monde est arbitraire, Huis Van Winckel, Dendermonde (B)
2007
My radius, Jihlava International Documentary Fim Festival , Jihlava (CZ)
Zwei straßen weiter zwei, Ateliergemeinschaft, Münster (D)
performing the everyday (1) , Open Archive #1, Argos center for art & media, Brussel (B) Nightcomers - 10th International Istanbul biennial, Istanbul (TUR)
BLACK IS BLACK - selection of recent acquisitions of the S.M.A.K. presented in HISK, Gent (B) Silent Revolutions, Botanical garden – Leuven (B)
Temporary behaviour (cur. Jan Van Woensel), Art Life gallery, Venice (IT)
Mon Parnasse, Parnassus klooster, Gent (B)
Voorstellen voor de integratie van een kunstwerk, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst (B)
e-flux video rental (touring), Canaries Biennial , Centro de Arte “La Regenta” / Art House, Austin, Texas / Centre culturel Suisse, Paris / Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA / Biennale de Lyon, Fondation Bullukian.
2006
An act of presence (cur. Hans Martens), Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gent (B) The unhumane society (cur. Eric Heist), Momenta Art, Brooklyn – New York (USA) 3x3 design, Buda Kunstencentrum, Kortrijk (B)
Error #4, Brialmontlei / error one, Antwerpen (B)
ZOO logical garden (cur. Angelique Campens), Harry Malter park / beeldend vzw, Heusden (B) Freestate (cur. Hendrik Tratsaert & Lieven Vandenabeele), Militair hospitaal, Oostende (B) Société des nations (cur. Christian Mayer), Circuit, Lausanne (S)
Borderline video art festival, Theatre in motion / Platform China, Beijing (China Rep.)
e-flux video rental (touring), Extra City, Antwerp / Pist, Istanbul / Mücsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest EXACT (cur. Vincent Meessen), UTIL, Brussels (B)
Leere X Vision (cur. Dr. Maïté Vissault), MARTa Museum, Herford (D)
HISK: Eva De Leener / Stefaan Dheedene / Vincent Meessen / Cedric Noel / Arno Roncada / Tom Woestenborgs, Ravenstein Galleries, Brussels (B)
Enough Room for Space: ‘Georgia, here we come’, NAC, Tbilisi (GEO) 2005
... and Lucie liked it! (cur. Ann Demeester), HISK, Antwerpen (B)
Stefaan Dheedene, Jens Nippert, Reinaart Van Hoe, Freek Wambacq, Artis, ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL) Artificial landscape (cur. Angelique Campens), beeldend vzw, Maria-Aalter (B)
T142, Deweer Art Gallery, Transfo Zwevegem (B)
Basics#2, croxhapox, Gent (B)
Open Studios, Hisk, Antwerpen (B)
Movie cycle, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow (PL)
Missies, Wij weten wat u wilt. (cur. Stef Van Bellingen), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
2004
Angle°, 1st International short film & video festival, Xiamen (China Rep.) Meeting point festiwal 2004: “PRAWIE NIC”, Galeria Kronika, Poland (PL) RUSH (cur. Angelique Campens), Oudenaarde (B)
Oogst / Récolte / Harvest, Caermersklooster, Gent (B)
Nachtpodium, VPRO television broadcasting, The Netherlands / Belgium De Alpen, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst (B)
Open Studios, HISK, Antwerpen (B)
Heterogonie der Zwecke, De Zaal, Gent (B)
Lost & Found part II, Banco Popular, Los Angeles (USA)
2003
Stock-still at NEW, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst (B) Nuits Métis, La Ciotat / Marseille (F)
Grand Tour, MSK Gent (B)
Next five minutes 4, Amsterdam (NL)
De Avonden, Lost & Found, De Waag, Amsterdam (NL)
2001
VLAM, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst (B) Youthquake II), W139, Amsterdam (NL)
2000
Provinciale prijs Beeldende Kunsten Oost- Vlaanderen 1999, Caermerklooster, Gent (B)
Died Brijs, Stefaan Dheedene, Alexander Lieck, Steve Van Den Bosch, De Warande, Turnhout (B)
1999
PARVIS, De Pianofabriek, St.Gillis –Brussel (B)
S.M.A.KA.S.K (project pasteurlaan), Bijlokecampus, Gent (B)
1998
TURN OUT CITY night 4, De Warande, Tumbout (B)
De stad Nu, Amhem (NL)
project VeeArtsenij, vroegere veeartsenijcampus, Gent (B)
Grants and Prizes
1st prize 'Horlait-Dapsens'1998
1st prize 'prijs Paul De Vigne'1998
grant of the flemish community, 1999
Selection Provincial prize for Fine Arts East- Flanders 1999
grant of the flemish community, 2000
grant of the flemish community, 2001
grant of the flemish community, 2003
Selection Provincial prize for Fine Arts East- Flanders 2004
grant of the flemish community, 2004
Barry Covats Award, HISK, 2005
grant of the flemish community, 2006
grant of the flemish community, 2007
grant of the flemish community, 2008
grant of the flemish community, 2009
project grant of the flemish community, 2013
Lectures & guestprofessorship
Since 2006 visiting professor at KASK - School of Arts, Gent - Belgium
2006 NAC - National Art Center, Tbilisi – Georgia
2006 ASP - Academy of Fine Arts Poznan, Intermedia department, Poznan - Poland
2007 HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerpen - Belgium
2008 Luca Brussels – Belgium
2014 Sint-Lucas Antwerpen - Belgium
2016 Sint-Lucas Antwerpen - Belgium