Karin Hanssen b. 1960
° Antwerp, BE.
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Karin Hanssen paints primarily with oil on canvas. She draws her inspiration from art history, literature, sociology and public photographic sources from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Using this retrospective, Hanssen reflects on social relations, gender constructions and the voyeuristic gaze of the past and present. The scenes, which focus on human interaction, take place in both the private sphere and in public space.
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Karin Hanssen
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 14 Feb - 29 Mar 2026 -
Karin Hanssen
Secret Escape 1 Apr - 7 May 2023 New South'The hysteria of survival makes life radically transient. Life is reduced to a biological process, which must be optimized. It loses any meta-physical dimension. Self-tracking becomes a cult. Digital hypochondria,...Read more -
Karin Hanssen
EVERYTHING NOW/Variations on Desire 17 Apr - 16 May 2021 South (former location)Solo exhibition of the Belgian artist Karin Hanssen The show ‘EVERYTHING NOW/Variations on Desire’ originated from the theme of desire and loss (in the broader sense). The depicted people in...Read more -
L'Heure Bleue - Part II
Groupshow 1 - 23 Aug 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 - artists/but the night has...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 -
Karin Hanssen
RTG/Frames&Fragments 14 Feb - 2 Mar 2019 Groen Kwartier (former location)Solo exhibition of Karin Hanssen at Groen Kwartier (Lange Leemstraat 262, 2018 Antwerp) Opening: 14/02 from 7 pm Open: Friday & Saturday (and by appointment) 'To gaze implies more than...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
Selected solo exhibitions |
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2023 |
'Secret Escape', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE |
2021 |
'Everything now - Variations on desire', Sofie Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, BE |
2019 |
'Returning the Gaze', De Garage Mechelen, BE |
2018 |
'The Selection', Salon Blanc, One day presentation, Oostend, BE |
2014 |
'A Room of One’s Own', Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2012 |
'The Borrowed Gaze/Variations GTB', Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, AU |
2010 |
'NOW = The Time', Kunstverein Ahlen, DE |
2008 |
'ABC, 1 2 3', Crown Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2007 |
'As You Like It', The Agency Gallery, London, UK |
2006 |
'Beach, Karin Hanssen and Janice Mcnab', The Agency Contemporary, London, UK |
2005 |
'Karin Hanssen and Emily Wolfe', The Agency Contemporary, London, UK |
2004 |
'Modern Living', Plattform, Berlin, DE |
1993 |
'The Image of Reality', Plovdiv, BG |
2003 |
'Time of Your Life', La Pommerie et Mouvance, St.-Setiers, Limousin, FR |
1999 |
'The Thrill of it All / Modern Living', Netwerk, Aalst, BE |
1995 |
'I Have a Dream, Oh!', Brussels, BE |
Selected group exhibitions |
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2025 |
BRAFA Art Fair, Brussels, BE |
2024 |
BRAFA, Brussels, BE |
2022 |
'Portrait of a Lady', Villa Empain, Brussels, BE |
2021 |
'CORPO', Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Toledo, ES |
2020 |
'ARE(N)A', Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2019 |
'Highlights for a Future', S.M.A.K, Ghent, BE |
2018 |
'Funny, how art makes you wander….', Morbee Gallery, Knokke, BE |
2017 |
'People and Artistic Connections', New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK |
2015 |
'Summer Show', Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2014 |
'A Story of Absence', NBB Library, Brussels, BE |
2013 |
'Happy Birthday Dear Academie,' Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, BE |
2012 |
'Fat Birds don't Fly', Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, BE |
2011 |
'You & Me', The National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, BE |
2010 |
'Mars op Oostende', Mu.Zee, Oostende, BE |
2009 |
'Uit het geheugen / From Memory', Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, BE |
2008 |
'De Visuele Compositie van de Plaats', CCHasselt, Hasselt, BE |
2007 |
'New Collection', Museum Wuyts -Van Campen, Lier, BE |
2006 |
'Benefiz', Plattform Berlin, Berlin, DE |
2005 |
'International Triennale of Contemporary Art', Yokohama, JP |
2004 |
'Working Ethics', Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT |
2003 |
'Dialogica', Eskimopand, Ghent, BE |
2002 |
'Act, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst 2002', BBL Cultuurcentrum, Brussels, BE |
2001 |
'The Big Show, Healing', NICC, Antwerp, BE |
2000 |
'Trends 2000', St. Barbaracollege, Ghent, BE |
1997 |
'De Selectie', Let's Find Gallery, Boechout, BE |
1996 |
'Future Communication', Copenhagen, DK |
1995 |
'Reserve', Oh !, Brussels, BE |
1994 |
'Het Lelijke Eendje', St. Jorispand, Antwerp, BE |