Klaas Rommelaere b. 1986
° Roeselare, BE
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Graduated as a fashion student from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 2013.
Klaas Rommelaere interned with Henrik Vibskov and Raf Simons, but realized that the fashion world was not the world where his ideas could come to life. Inspired by films, comics, books and personal experiences, Rommelaere began to translate his ideas into visual work, but still using the material he knew: needle, thread, wool and yarn. Rommelaere's visual language is rooted both in the everyday of his life and in pop culture: quotes from movies or animations are mixed with interpersonal observations and experiences. Larger scenes and whole images are embroidered. The results are layered, strange visual stories. In the beginning, Rommelaere embroidered his works onto canvas entirely by himself, which often took weeks and months. At some point, he began working with a group of elderly ladies in Merksem, Roeselare and Ingelmunster, who to this day assist him in cross-stitching, crocheting or knitting.
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| 2023 |
MEMORIE, Ter Posterie, Roeselare, Belgium |
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| 2022 |
Johnny, Solopresentation at Art Brussels with Galerie Zink, Brussels, Belgium Dark Uncles |
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38CC, Delft, Netherlands |
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Cultural Center, Merksen, Belgium |
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| 2023 |
Permanent Installation for Museum Sint Jans Hospitaal, Brugge, Belgium Craft! Now, Coda, Apeldoorn, Netherlands |
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Release of Johnny book with Art Paper Editions |
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Johnny, Madé Van Krimpen galery, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Protest Processie Parade, Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Netherlands Memorie |
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| 2022 |
Brecht as part of permanent collection, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium |
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Parlementstoelen, art project for Vlaams Parlement, Brussel, Belgium |
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| 2021 |
Colors etc., lille3000, Lille, France |
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Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Great Britain |
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Cadavre exquis, DMW Art Space, Antwerp, Belgium |
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This is the sound of C, curated by Kris Campo, Zwaneberg Cultural Center, Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium |
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| 2020 |
Dark Uncles, Texture Museum Kortrijk, Belgium |
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Dark Uncles, Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen, Germany |
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| 2019 |
Textus Ex Machina, aqbprojectspace Budapest, Hungary |
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Club 2: Handwerk/brocade, De Mastplanters, Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / SMAK Ghent, Belgium |
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Thinking With My Hands, Galerie Zink Waldkirchen, Germany |
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| 2018 |
Everything happens at once, Galerie Zink, Brussels, Belgium |
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Clues (a speculative present), DMW Art Space, Antwerp, Belgium |
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Soft? Tactile Dialogues, MoMu Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 2017 |
Adele, Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen, Germany |
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Plain/Purl, Designmuseum Gent, Ghent, Belgium |
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MadArt Fair, Madrid, Spain (with Eko and Moore Gallery) |
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| 2016 |
Mask in Maskerade, Aalst, Belgium |
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Brut All, Ladodo Gallery, Milan, Italy |
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Basecamp at Artenova, Mechelen, Belgium |
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Club 1: Hunter/Jager, Stone Soup, Ghent, Belgium |
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On Ice, Campo, Ghent, Belgium |
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Atlantis After Plato, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium |
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| 2015 |
BASECAMP Installation, Musée du Costume et de la Dentelle, Brussels, Belgium |
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HUMAN, Mechelsepleinfeesten, Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 2014 |
Verbeke Foundation, Antwerp, Belgium |
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HUMAN Installation, Bouckenborghcastle, Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 2012 |
Nvt Gallery, Gent, Belgium |
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Expo, Breda, The Netherlands (Collaboration with Brecht Vandenbroucke) |