Catharina Dhaen

Biography

°1992, Antwerp, BE
Lives and works in Sint-Niklaas.

Catharina Dhaen's approach to painting is based on sensitivity.
Her works seem happy and colourful, they invoke a sense of free-spiritedness, of doing whatever she likes. It is exactly this radical way of claiming her freedom that provides her with a framework in which she can create precisely what she wants. It’s a liberty she has created quite carefully. And despite the surface’s playfulness, there lingers this interplay of seducing and betrayal and any questions that might arise.

Catharina Dhaen's works have been on view in institutions such as CC Binder in Puurs; De Witte Rook in Breda; Emergent in Veurne and the Citymuseum in Menen, amongst others.

Catharina Dhaen is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.

www.catharinadhaen.com

°1992, Antwerp, BE
Lives and works in Sint-Niklaas.

Catharina Dhaen's approach to painting is based on sensitivity.
Her works seem happy and colourful, they invoke a sense of free-spiritedness, of doing whatever she likes. It is exactly this radical way of claiming her freedom that provides her with a framework in which she can create precisely what she wants. It’s a liberty she has created quite carefully. And despite the surface’s playfulness, there lingers this interplay of seducing and betrayal and any questions that might arise.

Catharina Dhaen's works have been on view in institutions such as CC Binder in Puurs; De Witte Rook in Breda; Emergent in Veurne and the Citymuseum in Menen, amongst others.

Catharina Dhaen is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.

www.catharinadhaen.com

Solo and duo exhibitions (selection)

2021

The Wunderwall, Brussels (BE)

2020

L'heure bleue, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2019

Identity Liquid, Witte Rook, Breda, NL (UPCOMING)
Momentum, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, BE

2018

Pentimenti, Philippus Nijs, Temse, BE**

2016

40, BLEEK, Sint-Niklaas, BE

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2021

NAFT kunstenfestival, STEM-museum, Sint-Niklaas, BE
'TAROT EDITIONS', 019, Ghent, BE

2019

Tragoudia, Courthouse Oostende, Oostende (BE)
Scenarios of Desire II, Emergent, Veurne (BE)
Booth Art Brussels, with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels (BE)
Booth Art Rotterdam, with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Rotterdam (NL)
Looking at the world through rose colored glasses, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (BE)
Salon de peinture, MUHKA, Antwerp (BE)

2018

Gebroed, CC De Steiger, Menen, BE

2017

In the picture, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
Twins, De Wasserij, Lokeren, BE
Input-output, De Bond, Brugge, BE
Tuinfeest 2017, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, BE
Pop-up exhibition by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Kerkstraat 61 Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
4. vader/ dochter, De Wasserij, Lokeren, BE
De Biënnale van België, In De Ruimte, Ghent, BE
Booth Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Art Rotterdam, NL

2016

ArtContest, ADAM Museum, Brussels, BE
More canvas please, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
Tumult, CAMPO, Ghent, BE
Regards Partagés, Musée Marthe Donas, Ittre, BE
Booth Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Art Rotterdam, NL
The Saint, the Fox and their Dictionary, AP+, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2015

Lucht, Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, BE
Fixatif, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, BE
Dialoog, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE

2014

Don’t steal my moment, Zwarte Zaal, Gent, BE
Une femme est une femme, PAK, Gistel, BE
Tumultingent#2, KASK, Gent, BE
5 squared, Bohunk Institute, Nottingham, UK
Here’s looking at you, kid!, Kunstencentrum België, Hasselt, BE
Vlak Land, Zwarte Zaal, Gent, BE

2013

Winter has me in its grip, PAK, Gistel, Be
Pop-up expo, Ateliers Bonnefanten, Hasselt, BE
Mind the gap, WARP, Sint-Niklaas, BE
Vuurdoop, Kunsttoren KASK, Gent, BE
Singular surroundings, Voorkamer, Lier, BE

Artist in residence

2019

Witte Rook, Breda (NL)

2018

Stadsmuseum 't Schippershof, Menen, BE

2016

Marterproject "The Saint, the fox and their Dictionary", Rio de Janeiro, BR

2020

Through the looking-glass, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE

2013

Bachelorproject "Singular Surroundings", Voorkamer, Lier (BE)

Bibliography

2019

“Onder de vrolijkheid wringt het. Over het werk van Catharina Dhaen” – The Art Couch Magazine

2019

“Catharina Dhaen at the Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels” – Wall Street International Magazine

2017

“Auction catalogue Garden Party Museum Dhondt Dhaenens", catalogue

2017

“The best of both worlds“, The Word Magazine

2017

“Catharina Dhaen“, D!NG magazine (2017)

2017

“Art Rotterdam 2017”, catalogue

2016

“ArtContest”, catalogue

2016

“Catharina Dhaen, Graduation 2016”

2016

“School of Arts KASK - Graduation 2016”, catalogue

2016

“Seven Belgian-based artists to keep on your radar – Catharina Dhaen“, The Word Magazine

2016

“Regards partagés”, catalogue

2015

“Dialoog”, hART magazine

2014

“Une femme est une femme”, publication by PAK Gistel

2014

“Op een dag”, limited edition, privately printed

2014

“Catharina Dhaen", D!NG magazine

Artworks

Catharina Dhaen
Afterimage, 2023
Spray, acrylics on linen
110 x 80 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Painting as an act of freedom, a painting as an act of protest, 2023
Oil on linen
40 x 30 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Long lost memories, 2023
Spray, acrylics on linen
110 x 80 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Herinnering, 1997, 2023
acrylics and coloured pencils on linen
40 x 30 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Onverwachte bochten dwingen, 2023
acryl, acryl-gouache, spray, kleurpotlood op paneel
40 x 30 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Vervel, 2022
Acrylics, spray on linen
110 x 80 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Hide and seek, 2022
Acrylics, spray on linen
170 x 140 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Tremor, 2022
Acrylics, spray on linen
60 x 40 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Lapsus, 2022
Acrylics, spray on linen
170 x 140 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Dementia, 2022
Acrylics, spray on linen
90 x 60 cm

Catharina Dhaen
De universaliteit van het alledaagse, 2021
acryl, spray, vinyl op linnen
70 x 50 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Snakey business, 2021
acryl, spray, vinyl op linnen
170 x 140 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Meer, 2021
acryl, spray, vinyl op linnen
115 x 108 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Pierrot, 2021
acryl, spray, vinyl op linnen
24 x 18 cm

Catharina Dhaen
Het huwelijksverbond, 2021
acryl, spray, vinyl op linnen
150 x 130 cm

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