Bart Ramakers


Bart Ramakers is a Belgian artist and art curator. He is known for the staged photographs in which he creates a "mythology for a new world". His works also include video and sculpture.
Ramakers reworks classic mythological and religious themes in the light of actuality: gender equality, environment, and solidarity, often with a nod to art history. His collaborations include Panamarenko, Tom Herckrck, William Sweetlove, Cecilia Paredes among others.
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Life and work

Ramakers was born in 1963, near Maaseik, and was influenced by his father, an art amateur. He studied drawing at the academies of Maaseik and Maasmechelen and history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. During his studies, he was active as a cartoonist, illustrator and graphical artist in several student publications, such as Veto. After graduating, Ramakers worked in advertising and marketing until he started his artistic career in 2009.

Selected projects

Selected exhibitions

  • Sweet 18, in the Castle d'Ursel, 2015
  • Autopia, in Wilford X Temse, 2018
  • Weill ich ein Mädchen bin, Odapark Venray, 2018
  • Anastasia, with William Sweetlove and Roel Stels, Lier, 2020
Group exhibitions curated by Bart Ramakers include:

Publications

Bart Ramakers' work is published in the books: