Hans Vandekerckhove


Hans Vandekerckhove is a Belgian painter, living and working in Ghent. From 1975 to 1997 Vandekerckhove studied Art History at University Ghent, where he wrote his graduation thesis on David Hockney.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2020
  • Voltaire's Advice, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent
2018
2017
  • The Christina Paintings, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2015
  • Gimme Shelter, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2013
2011
2009
  • Watching the Architects, Galerie Van de Weghe, Antwerp
  • Picture Palace, Zebrastraat, Stichting Liedts-Meesen, Ghent
  • Paintings 1986–2007, Deweer Art, Otegem
2008
  • Recent Paintings, Galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam
2007
  • La mirada ciega. Un diálogo entre Hans Vandekerckhove y Juan Muñoz, Fundaciòn Carlos de Ambères, Madrid
  • Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem
  • My Head is my only Home, bookpresentation with selection of paintings, SMAK, Ghent
2005
  • Recent paintings, Galerie Le Besset, St. Jeure d’Andaure
2004
  • Stalking Hiëronymus, with Anselm Kiefer and Penck, Mu.Zee, Ostend
  • Recent paintings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
2003
  • Recent paintings, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam
  • Stalking Hiëronymus, Mercator Insurance Gallery, Antwerp
2001
  • Een verzamelaar van verdwenen blikken / A Collector of vanished Looks, Elzenveld, Antwerp
  • Vast geluk en vloeibare vreugde / Firm Luck and liquid Joy, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam
  • Schilderijen ter vervolmaking van methoden van onbeweeglijkheid, Deweer Art, Otegem
1998
  • Hunker Bunker Tuin, Deweer Art, Otegem
1996
  • Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem
1995
  • Mirror, Mirror Me, De Warande, Turnhout
1993
  • Watt / Schloss, Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem
  • Hortus Conclusus / Türhüter, Deweer Art, Otegem
1991
  • Hetaera Esmeralda, Deweer Art, Otegem
1990
  • VMHK, Vereniging Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
  • Kunst Europa, Museum Xanten, Xanten
1989
  • illumination, Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke / Antwerp
1988
  • Apocalypsis cum Figuris, Deweer Art, Otegem
  • Paintings, Galerie Van Esch, Eindhoven
1987
  • Paintings and collages, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
  • Paintings, Christine Colmant Art Gallery, Brussels
  • Paintings, Galerie S.&H. De Buck, Ghent

Group exhibitions

2020
  • Art Autun#2020, Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme, curated by Reniere & Depla, Musée Rolin and Panopticum, Autun, Bourgogne
2019
  • A Provisional Legacy, The Apocryphal Cabinet of the Adornes, curated by Reniere & Depla, Adornes Domain, Bruges
2018
  • FACES, Psychiatrisch Centrum St. Amandus, Beernem,
2017
  • Between Heaven and Earth II, Huis de Lombart Bruges – PAK, Bruges
  • ART in Motion, collection presentation, Phoebus Foundation HeadquARTers, Antwerp
2016
2014
  • De Boom en de Mens, Museum de Mindere, St. Truiden
  • Health – something of value; Lokettenzaal -Nationale Bank België, Brussels
2013
2012
  • Artists of the gallery, Galerie Dukan Hourdequin, Paris
2010
  • Mars op Oostende / Public Private Paintings, Mu.zee, Ostend
2009
  • Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp
  • Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam
2008
  • Der eigene Weg. Perspektiven belgischer Kunst / Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
  • Stimulans, BROELMUSEUM, Kortrijk
  • Nature: Attitude, Aspekte Internationaler Fotografie und Malerei, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld
2007
  • Passie voor het ongrijpbare, Museum Minderbroeders St.-Truiden
2005
  • Soul, Grootseminarie Bruges
  • Verfraaiing; 12 comments on 12 collection items, Lieven Debrauwer comments 'Jarman', Stadshallen Bruges
2004
  • Preview, Galerie am Mondsee, Salzburg
  • Eclips, Deweer Art, 25th anniversary show, Transfo Zwevegem
2003
  • Sakrale Kunst, Cultureel Centrum Hasselt
2001
  • De Tuinen van Granada / The Gardens of Granada, Mu.ZEE, Ostend
  • Acquisitions, Mu.ZEE, Ostend
2000
  • Contemporary Art of Belgium, Central Bank of Europe CBE, Frankfurt
  • Multiple Choices, Deweer Art, Otegem
  • Artists of the gallery, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam
1999
  • Art Concern, Kortrijk
1996
  • Beeld-ding, Museum van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo
  • Confrontations, Traveling exhibition : Dublin, Johannesburg, Luxemburg, Brussels, Antwerpen,....
  • L’Iconicité de l’Image, Aguas Gallery, Bordeaux
1991
  • Modernism in Painting, Mu.ZEE, Ostend

Collections

Publications

Several books have been written about Vandekerckhove:
The experimental film and videomaker Svend Thomsen, founder of Artcinema OFFOFF, turned Picture Palace into a documentary.