Hans Vandekerckhove

Hans Vandekerckhove (1957, Kortrijk) is a Belgian painter, living and working in Ghent.^[1] From 1975 to 1997 Vandekerckhove studied Art History at University Ghent, where he wrote his graduation thesis on David Hockney.

2020

• Voltaire's Advice, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent (BE)

2018

• Another Portrait of an Artist, Art4Museum, Moscow (RUS)

2017

• The Christina Paintings, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

2015

• Gimme Shelter, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

2013

• Something in the Water does not compute, NK Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

2011

• Tears in Rain, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp (BE)

2009

• Watching the Architects, Galerie Van de Weghe, Antwerp (BE)
• Picture Palace, Zebrastraat, Stichting Liedts-Meesen, Ghent (BE)
• Paintings 1986–2007, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

2008

• Recent Paintings, Galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL)

2007

• La mirada ciega. Un diálogo entre Hans Vandekerckhove y Juan Muñoz, Fundaciòn Carlos de Ambères, Madrid (ES)
• Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)
• My Head is my only Home, bookpresentation with selection of paintings, SMAK, Ghent (BE)

2005

• Recent paintings, Galerie Le Besset, St. Jeure d’Andaure (FR)

2004

• Stalking Hiëronymus, with Anselm Kiefer and Penck, Mu.Zee, Ostend (BE)
• Recent paintings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (BE)

2003

• Recent paintings, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL)
• Stalking Hiëronymus, Mercator Insurance Gallery, Antwerp (BE)

2001

• Een verzamelaar van verdwenen blikken / A Collector of vanished Looks, Elzenveld, Antwerp (BE)
• Vast geluk en vloeibare vreugde / Firm Luck and liquid Joy, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL)
• Schilderijen ter vervolmaking van methoden van onbeweeglijkheid, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

1998

• Hunker Bunker Tuin, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

1996

• Recent Paintings, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

1995

• Mirror, Mirror Me, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)

1993

• Watt / Schloss, Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem (BE)
• Hortus Conclusus / Türhüter, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

1991

• Hetaera Esmeralda, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)

1990

• VMHK, Vereniging Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE)
• Kunst Europa, Museum Xanten, Xanten (DE)

1989

• illumination, Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke / Antwerp (BE)

1988

• Apocalypsis cum Figuris, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)
• Paintings, Galerie Van Esch, Eindhoven (NL)

1987

• Paintings and collages, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
• Paintings, Christine Colmant Art Gallery, Brussels (BE)
• Paintings, Galerie S.&H. De Buck, Ghent (BE)

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 (FR)

2019

• A Provisional Legacy, The Apocryphal Cabinet of the Adornes, curated by Reniere & Depla, Adornes Domain, Bruges (BE)

2018

• FACES, Psychiatrisch Centrum St. Amandus, Beernem, (BE)

2017

• Between Heaven and Earth II, Huis de Lombart Bruges – PAK, Bruges (BE)
• ART in Motion, collection presentation, Phoebus Foundation HeadquARTers, Antwerp (BE)

2016

• Water.War, Budafabriek, Kortrijk (BE)

2014

• De Boom en de Mens, Museum de Mindere, St. Truiden (BE)
• Health – something of value; Lokettenzaal -Nationale Bank België, Brussels (BE)

2013

• Now and Then, Central Bank of Europe CBE, Frankfurt (DE)

2012

• Artists of the gallery, Galerie Dukan Hourdequin, Paris (FR)

2010

• Mars op Oostende / Public Private Paintings, Mu.zee, Ostend (BE)

2009

• Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp (BE)
• Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (NL)

2008

• Der eigene Weg. Perspektiven belgischer Kunst / Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg (DE)
• Stimulans, BROELMUSEUM, Kortrijk (BE)
• Nature: Attitude, Aspekte Internationaler Fotografie und Malerei, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld (DE)

2007

• Passie voor het ongrijpbare, Museum Minderbroeders St.-Truiden (BE)

2005

• Soul, Grootseminarie Bruges (BE)
• Verfraaiing; 12 comments on 12 collection items, Lieven Debrauwer (cineast) comments 'Jarman' (1996, O/C), Stadshallen Bruges (BE)

2004

• Preview, Galerie am Mondsee, Salzburg (AU)
• Eclips, Deweer Art, 25th anniversary show, Transfo Zwevegem (BE)

2003

• Sakrale Kunst, Cultureel Centrum Hasselt (BE)

2001

• De Tuinen van Granada / The Gardens of Granada, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)
• Acquisitions, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)

2000

• Contemporary Art of Belgium, Central Bank of Europe CBE, Frankfurt (DE)
• Multiple Choices, Deweer Art, Otegem (BE)
• Artists of the gallery, Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (BE)

1999

• Art Concern, Kortrijk (BE)

1996

• Beeld-ding, Museum van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (NL)
• Confrontations, Traveling exhibition : Dublin, Johannesburg, Luxemburg, Brussels, Antwerpen, ....
• L’Iconicité de l’Image, Aguas Gallery, Bordeaux (FR)

1991

• Modernism in Painting, Mu.ZEE, Ostend (BE)

• C&A Services Brussels (BE)
• S.M.A.K. Ghent (BE)
• Central Bank of Europe, ECB Frankfurt (DE)
• Belfius Art Collection (BE)
• Province of East Flanders (BE)
• Flemish Government (BE)
• Fortis Bank and Insurances (NL / SP)
• Kaderschool Best (NL)
• The Phoebus Foundation (BE)
• Museum Minden (DE)
• APG (NL)
• Mu.ZEE Ostend (BE)
• Museum Kortrijk (BE)
• Nestlé (DE)
• National Bank of Belgium (BE)
• Nordstern Köln (DE)
• University of Antwerp (BE)
• Foundation Liedts- Meesen (BE)
• FOD, Brussels (BE)
• Dela Art Collection (NL)
• Province of West Flanders (BE)

Several books have been written about Vandekerckhove:

• Roelstraete, Dieter (2007). Hans Vandekerckhove: My Head Is My Only Home. Amsterdam: Ludion. ISBN 978-90-5544-666-7.
• Depondt, Paul (2009). Picture Palace. Centraal Boekhuis. ISBN 978-90-209-8362-3.

The experimental film and videomaker Svend Thomsen, founder of Artcinema OFFOFF, turned Picture Palace into a documentary.

• Hans Vandekerckhove
• Tatjana Pieters – Hans Vandekerckhove