Max Pinckers b. 1988
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
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Max Pinckers
2020-MMXX 30 Aug - 5 Oct 2025 New SouthInspired by a heightened experience of time and space with a society in limbo during the pandemic, the scenes in 2020-MMXX depict moments of boredom, introspection and delicate human interaction....Read more -
Max Pinckers
ARRANEMENTS 22 Jan - 6 Mar 2022 South (former location)Max Pinckers’ work contains diverse aspects, usually in the form of documentary series in which stories are told through various image sequences using different photographic approaches. This exhibition highlights a...Read more -
L'heure bleue Part I
Groupshow 9 Jun - 31 Jul 2020 New SouthL’Heure Bleue Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and PLUS - ONE Gallery present ‘L’Heure Bleue’. L’heure bleue is the moment when the sun has set, but the night has not...Read more -
Looking at the world through rose colored glasses
Group exhibition 19 Jan - 3 Mar 2019 New SouthGermaine Kruip Sara Sizer Guy Mees Bendt Eyckermans Pieter Jennes Max Pinckers Charline Tyberghein Willy De Sauter Jacques-Louis Nyst Gommaar Gilliams Perry Roberts Catharina Dhaen Rik De Boe Ives Maes...Read more -
Lust, Laughter, Liquor
Group exhibition 22 Mar - 6 May 2018 New SouthIn May 2017, PLUS-ONE Gallery and Gallery Sofie Van de Velde decided to reinforce their projects in a shared and second gallery space in the Nieuw Zuid area in Antwerp....Read more -
It is difficult/to get the news from poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is ...
Group exhibition 27 Jan - 17 Mar 2018 New SouthIt is difficult/to get the news from poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is found there - William Carlos Williams Nowadays some of the tools of propaganda have...Read more -
Wordswordswords
Group exhibition 14 Oct - 28 Dec 2017 New SouthRein Dufait, Max Pinckers, Rik De Boe, John Stezaker, Navid Nuur, Philippe Vandenberg, Joris Van Moortel, Guillaume Bijl, Bernd Lohaus & Saâdane Afif. “Magritte didn’t mean Les Mots et les...Read more -
Max Pinckers
Two kinds of memory and memory itself 22 Jan - 6 Mar 2016 Groen Kwartier (former location)Max Pinckers invites Japanese photographer Daisuke Yokota for a duo exhibition at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp where Pinckers will be presenting work from the new series Two...Read more -
Dialoog
Group Show 4 - 28 Jun 2015 Groen Kwartier (former location)Vijf kunstenaars vragen om in dialoog te gaan, geeft verschillende manieren van kijken. Sommige samenwerkingen ontstaan bij gratie van toeval of bewondering, en de ene dialoog is al concreter dan...Read more -
Max Pinckers & Gauthier Oushoorn
The only thing you can't get is red ink 27 Apr - 27 Jun 2014 Groen Kwartier (former location)Read more
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MMXX-02, 2020
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MMXX-07, 2020
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MMXX-05, 2020
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MMXX-09, 2020
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Entertainment Lite (from the series of Margins of excess), 2018
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Girls Changing Room at the Pyongyang Orphans' Primary School, Pyongyang, North Korea, 2017 (From the series Red Ink), 2018
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Jay J. Armes (from the series Margins of Excess), 2018
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Make it real (from the series Margins of excess) , 2018
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Margins of Excess, 2018
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People Exiting the Metro at Yonggwang Station, Pyongyang, North Korea, 2017 (from the series of Red ink), 2018
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Performance #1 (From the series Margins of Excess), 2018
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Preaching to the Choir (from the series Margins of Excess), 2018
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State of Affairs, Margins of Excess, 2018
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The Arrest (From the series Margins of excess), 2018
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White Noise (from the series Margins of Excess), 2018
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Felix De Clercq & Max Pinckers
Collaboration July 18, 2025In light of their upcoming solo exhibitions, Max and Felix have each created a piece about the other, forming a special collaboration between the two...Read more -
A Sore Calamity, by Max Pinckers & Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras at Hotel van Eetvelde
25/05/2024A Sore Calamity, by Max Pinckers & Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras More informationRead more
Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2025 |
2020-MMXX, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
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2024 |
State of Emergency, Palazzo Madama, Exposed Festival, Torino, IT |
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2022 |
Double Reward, Asama International Photo Festival, Miyota, JP |
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Double Bind, FOMU – Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, BE |
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2021 |
Arrangements, Gallery Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp, BE |
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2020 |
Margins of Excess, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, DE |
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Margins of Excess, WU Space, Shenyang, CN |
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2019 |
Margins of Excess, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
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2016 |
Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty, Re Gallery, MOCAK, Photomonth Festival, Krakow, PL |
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2015 |
Focus Photography Festival / Motherland, Mumbai, IN |
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RIOT, Ghent, BE |
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Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, Dhaka, BD |
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2014 |
Paraty Em Foco, Paraty, BR |
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2013 |
The Fourth Wall, Flageywood, EUROPALIA, Flagey, Brussels, BE |
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2025 |
Works of Art & Copies, Atelier de moulage, Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels, BE |
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The Gospel, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, BE |
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2024 |
A Sore Calamity (with Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras), Hôtel van Eetvelde, Brussels, BE |
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The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through The Incite Project, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, UK |
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Execute Photography, RMIT Gallery, Photo 2024, Melbourne, AU |
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2023 |
Agents of Concern: Images and Empathy, PXL-MAD Gallery, Hasselt, BE |
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Fotografìa: Collezione Roma, Mattatoio, Rome, IT |
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2022 |
Margins of Excess, RAW Photo Festival, Worpswede, DE |
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Just for Today I Will Be Unafraid, Galerie b (cur. Hans Theys), Durbuy, BE |
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Give and Take. Bilder über Bilder, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, DE |
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2021 |
The Real and the Record, Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale, Thessaloniki, GR |
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How to Win at Photography – Image-Making as Play, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH |
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Not Standing Still: New Approaches in Documentary Photography,PHOTO2021, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, AU |
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Maybe Tomorrow – Joris Ghekiere, Emergent, Veurne, BE |
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Re-Collect, FOMU – Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, BE |
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2020 |
The Lives and Loves of Images, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim, DE |
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2019 |
Joint Memory: Photographic Fragments, FOTODOK, Utrecht, NL |
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2018 |
Tea Ceremony and Flower Arrangement, IBASHO Gallery, Antwerp, BE |
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It is difficult / to get the news …, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
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Photo Friction, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, BE |
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2017 |
Mixing / Memory and Desire, BredaPhoto, Breda, NL |
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Controversy (with Sam Weerdmeester), M HKA: Inbox, Antwerp, BE |
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Trophy Camera v0.9 (with Dries Depoorter), Braakland, FOMU, Antwerp, BE |
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2016 |
Floating Worlds (with Daisuke Yokota), Foto-Forum, Bozen/Bolzano, IT |
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Max Pinckers & Daisuke Yokota, Gallery Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
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2015 |
Picture This, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA |
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Will They Sing Like Raindrops …, Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, BE |
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Young Belgian Art Prize Exhibition, Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE |
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2014 |
Verf na Van Eyck, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, BE |
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Coming People 2014, S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE |
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The Belgian Six, Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE |
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The Conclusion of A Movement in A Neutral Direction, Botanique, Brussels, BE |
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Icones, BIP | Pixels of Paradise, BAL – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Liège, BE |
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2013 |
Indomania, EUROPALIA, Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE |
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City of Levallois Photography Award, L’Escale Gallery, Levallois, FR |
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Young Belgian Photography, FOMU – Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, BE |
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foundfootage.be: Private Investigations, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE |
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2012 |
Mamihlapinatapai, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL |
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Between the Lines, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, BE |
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.tiff, Young Belgian Talent, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL |
Books
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2021 |
Controversy. Leuven University Press |
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2018 |
Margins of Excess. Self-published, distributed by The Eriskay Connection. |
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2015 |
Two Kinds of Memory and Memory Itself. Self-published, distributed by The Eriskay Connection. |
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2013 |
Will They Sing Like Raindrops or Leave Me Thirsty. Self-published. |
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2012 |
The Fourth Wall. Self-published. |
Awards
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2023 |
Prix Elysée, Nominee, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, CH |
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2020 |
National Artist Award, Belgian Art Prize, Nominee, Brussels, BE |
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2019 |
Prix Levallois, Finalist, Levallois, FR |
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2018 |
Paul Huf Award, Finalist, FOAM, Amsterdam, NL |
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2017 |
Prix Elysée, Nominee, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, CH |
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2016 |
Young Belgian Art Prize, Finalist, Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, BE |
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2015 |
Photo Folio Review, Les Rencontres d’Arles, FR |
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2014 |
City of Levallois Photography Award, Finalist, Levallois, FR |
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2013 |
Edward Steichen Award, Nominee, Luxembourg, LU |
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2012 |
The Photography Prize, Fondation culturelle européenne de la photographie, FR |
Education
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2015 |
PhD in Arts, KU Leuven, BE |
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2012 |
Master in Visual Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, BE |
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2010 |
Bachelor in Visual Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, BE |
Exhibition Catalogues
2017 Controversy, Max Pinckers & Sam Weerdmeester, Lyre Press, Belgium
2016 Floating Worlds, Max Pinckers & Daisuke Yokota, Lyre Press & Rorhof, Italy/Belgium
2013 Rheum, De Bedoeling & foundfootage.be, Belgium
2012 Mamihlapinatapai, Max Pinckers & Michiel Burger, self-published, The Netherlands
Collective Projects
2018 Founding member of The School of Speculative Documentary
2015 - 2017 Nominee at Magnum Photos
2015 Founder of the independent publishing imprint Lyre Press
2014 Founder of the Brussels based artist collective De Bedoeling vzw