Felix De Clercq b. 1997

Biography
Felix De Clercq

° Antwerp, BE
Lives and works in Brussel, Belgium.
Graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp in 2020.
De Clercq participated in the WIELS Residency program of 2022-2023.

 

The work revolves around two thoughts. On the one hand, he fishes in the pool of (art)history: De Clercq is inspired by folklore art, sees the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani as one of his masters and recognizes himself in the stories of Gerard Reve. On the other hand, he responds to our everyday reality, he paints the landscape of his life. He interweaves autobiographical elements with images from the popular visual culture of Netflix. He pays a different kind of attention to everyday images and stages things as he sees them, in books or on TV.

 Felix De Clercq is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and Greengrassi (London).
Exhibitions
Works
News
Art Fairs
Bibliography
Felix De Clercq

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025

'Friends and Lovers', C L E A R I N G, New York City, USA
Forthcoming, solo exhibition, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2024

Greengrassi, London, UK
2023

‘Apple’, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2022

'The Inn's Attic or The apprentice', Greengrassi Gallery, London, UK
2021

'Blackbird on a shoulder', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
'Jusqu'au Rhin', Greengrassi Gallery, London, UK
2020

'Jongensgeheimen', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
The Wunderwall, Gallery Sofie Van De Velde, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Selected Group Exhibitions

 
2025

BRAFA Art Fair, Brussels, BE
'Painting after Painting: A Contemporary Survey from Belgium', group exhibition, S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE
Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
2024

'Don't think twice, it's all right', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2023

Miart, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Milan, IT
Art Brussels, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels, BE
'the last thing you see is the first', greengrassi, London, UK
2022

'Perspectives minimales en Belgique', Namur, BE
2021

'Equal Affections', GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2020

'L'heure bleue', Gallery Sofie Van De Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Art Rotterdam, Gallery Sofie Van De Velde, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2019

'To Be Antwerp', Geukens & de Vil, Antwerp, BE
Kop vzw, Antwerpen, BE
'No Sweat', Showhouse Jay Jay, Antwerp, BE
'Thank you, come again', KASKA, Antwerp, BE
'DRDRSTTRPTKN IEIEEIIEE !', Café Den Triptiek, Antwerp, BE
'DRDRSTTRPTKN IEIEEIIEE !', Haecken en Ooghen, Antwerp, BE
'DRDRSTTRPTKN IEIEEIIEE !', Salon Si & La, Antwerp, BE
2018

'Not In My Good Christian Suburbs', KASK, Ghent, BE
 

Bibliography

2020

Felix De Clercq
Published by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, 2020