°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)
The Wunderwall, Brussels (BE)
L'heure bleue, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Identity Liquid, Witte Rook, Breda, NL (UPCOMING) Momentum, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, BE
Pentimenti, Philippus Nijs, Temse, BE**
40, BLEEK, Sint-Niklaas, BE
Group Exhibitions (selection)
NAFT kunstenfestival, STEM-museum, Sint-Niklaas, BE 'TAROT EDITIONS', 019, Ghent, BE
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)
Gebroed, CC De Steiger, Menen, BE
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
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
Lucht, Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, BE Fixatif, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, BE Dialoog, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
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
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
Witte Rook, Breda (NL)
Stadsmuseum 't Schippershof, Menen, BE
Marterproject "The Saint, the fox and their Dictionary", Rio de Janeiro, BR
Through the looking-glass, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
Bachelorproject "Singular Surroundings", Voorkamer, Lier (BE)
“Onder de vrolijkheid wringt het. Over het werk van Catharina Dhaen” – The Art Couch Magazine
“Catharina Dhaen at the Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels” – Wall Street International Magazine
“Auction catalogue Garden Party Museum Dhondt Dhaenens", catalogue
“The best of both worlds“, The Word Magazine
“Catharina Dhaen“, D!NG magazine (2017)
“Art Rotterdam 2017”, catalogue
“ArtContest”, catalogue
“Catharina Dhaen, Graduation 2016”
“School of Arts KASK - Graduation 2016”, catalogue
“Seven Belgian-based artists to keep on your radar – Catharina Dhaen“, The Word Magazine
“Regards partagés”, catalogue
“Dialoog”, hART magazine
“Une femme est une femme”, publication by PAK Gistel
“Op een dag”, limited edition, privately printed
“Catharina Dhaen", D!NG magazine
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