Biography

°1959, Leuven, BE.
Lives and works in Zandhoven, Belgium.

The art world has always been rather suspicious of any form that is purely visual, a form where beauty or emotion prevails. These forms are often labeled as ‘design’ or ‘decoration,’ but Van Saene’s work moves beyond such categorizations. His sculptures focus on conveying emotions, often depicting the human body not in a direct context, but as abstract notions of the human figure. The emotions they represent are as vital as their visual form. His sculptures are the stage-managers of their own story. Not only with regard to their material, colours and shapes but also in the historic value that they carry and that he assigns to them.

His work is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL), MoMU - Fashion Musuem Antwerp (BE) and the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL).

Dirk Van Saene is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.

°1959, Leuven, BE.
Lives and works in Zandhoven, Belgium.

The art world has always been rather suspicious of any form that is purely visual, a form where beauty or emotion prevails. These forms are often labeled as ‘design’ or ‘decoration,’ but Van Saene’s work moves beyond such categorizations. His sculptures focus on conveying emotions, often depicting the human body not in a direct context, but as abstract notions of the human figure. The emotions they represent are as vital as their visual form. His sculptures are the stage-managers of their own story. Not only with regard to their material, colours and shapes but also in the historic value that they carry and that he assigns to them.

His work is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL), MoMU - Fashion Musuem Antwerp (BE) and the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL).

Dirk Van Saene is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.

	Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024	'All Good Here', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2023	'An angel, kissing spring', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE Art Brussels Art Fair, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels, BE
2021	'Stories of hope and despair', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2017	'Ceramics', Song Song Gallery, Vienna, AT
2011	'Dirk Van Saene for Studio Delvaux', Showroom Delvaux, Brussels, BE
2009	'Ceramics', Song Song Gallery, Vienna, AT
	Selected Group Exhibitions
2024	'Don't think twice, it's all right', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2023	'MIRROR MIRROR - Fashion & the psyche', MoMu, Antwerp, BE
2016	'Rik Wouters & het huiselijk utopia', MoMu, Antwerp, BE
	Residences
2011	'Artist in residence', 'Workshop in residence', San Francisco, USA