Karin Hanssen

Biography

°1960, Antwerp
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.

karin-hanssen.be

°1960, Antwerp
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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Selected solo exhibitions

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
'Returning the Gaze', Museum Helmond, NL
'Frames & Fragments,' Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, 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
'Time Structures/Small World', Onetwenty Gallery, Ghent, BE

2004

'Modern Living', Plattform, Berlin, DE
'Modern Living', objectif_exhibitions, Antwerp, BE

1993

'The Image of Reality', Plovdiv, BG
'Shadows', Academiegalerij, Antwerp, BE

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

2024

BRAFA, Brussels, BE
Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
'Don't think twice, it's all right', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, 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
Contemporary Art Biennial ArtAutun II, Curated by Reniere & Depla, Autun, FR
'L’Heure Bleue', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
'A Provisional Legacy - The Apocryphal Cabinet of the Adornes', Bruges, BE

2019

'Highlights for a Future', S.M.A.K, Ghent, BE
'Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses', Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
'Kunst in Puurs', Puurs, BE

2018

'Funny, how art makes you wander….', Morbee Gallery, Knokke, BE
'Lust, Laughter & Liquor', Gallery Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp, BE
'NICC - 20 years', Jubilee Group show at NICC, Antwerp, BE
'Faces', Psychiatric Centre Sint-Amandus in collaboration with PAK and Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, BE
'Ecce Homo', Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2017

'People and Artistic Connections', New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK

2015

'Summer Show', Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, BE
'A Belgian Politician', Marion De Cannière Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2014

'A Story of Absence', NBB Library, Brussels, BE
'Punctum', Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT
'Schone Kunst uit Vlaanderen,' uit de collectie van de Nationale Bank van België, Museum Tongerlohuys, NL
'Re: Painted', S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE

2013

'Happy Birthday Dear Academie,' Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, BE
'Cadavre Exquis', LL387, Antwerp, BE
'Eye can draw, private art salon', Damp Gallery, curator Tijana Miskovic, Copenhagen, DK

2012

'Fat Birds don't Fly', Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, BE

2011

'You & Me', The National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, BE
'Flag Art', Mu.Zee, Oostende, BE
'Von dort aus - Nieuwe kunst uit België/ Art nouveau de la Belgique II', Galerie Christian Nagel Köln, Berlin, DE
'Verzamelen / Collecting', Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
'The Power of Drawing', Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp, BE
'Kanttekeningen', Museum Maagdenhuis, Antwerp, BE

2010

'Mars op Oostende', Mu.Zee, Oostende, BE
'Lady and World', 800 SHOW Art Space, Shanghai, CN
'Aktualität eines Mediums. Nader Ahriman bis Chen Zhen', Galerie Krinzinger, Wien, AT
'Collection presentation', S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE
'Les Choses Perdues', Vegas Gallery, Londen, UK

2009

'Uit het geheugen / From Memory', Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, BE
'Het zelfde en het andere. Humanisme stilstaand verbeeld', Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE
'Fading', Museum van Elsene, Elsene, BE
'Fenomenale feminateek', La Riva, Antwerp, BE
'UN_SRC_1325', Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
'Vip-off Armory Show', New York, USA
'Aspecten van de Belgische Kunst na 1945, deel II', galler Y – VUB opening, Brussels, BE

2008

'De Visuele Compositie van de Plaats', CCHasselt, Hasselt, BE
'L’Après Moderne', Projet Midi, Charles Danby, Brussels, BE
'Over The Hedge', Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, BE
'UN-SCR-1325', Geukens & De Vil Gallery, Antwerp, BE
'Guess who is coming', MK galerie, Rotterdam, NL
'Dry and wet paintings', Crown Gallery, Brussels, BE

2007

'New Collection', Museum Wuyts -Van Campen, Lier, BE
'Over the Hedge', TAFA Gallery, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, CN
'Speeltijd', KAB, Antwerp, BE
'Too near, too far', Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL

2006

'Benefiz', Plattform Berlin, Berlin, DE
'Hundert Küsse sind besser als einer', Editionen / Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT
'Trends 2006', St. Barbaracollege, Ghent, BE

2005

'International Triennale of Contemporary Art', Yokohama, JP
'Capturing Utopia', Fournos, Athens, GR
'Belonging', 7th Sharjah Biennial, UAE
'Heal the World', Third Line Gallery, Dubai, UAE

2004

'Working Ethics', Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT
'Wish you were (t)here', Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Aalst, BE
'Zie Tekening', Project Voorkamer, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier, BE

2003

'Dialogica', Eskimopand, Ghent, BE

2002

'Act, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst 2002', BBL Cultuurcentrum, Brussels, BE

2001

'The Big Show, Healing', NICC, Antwerp, BE
'Kunst en Zwalm', Zwalm, BE

2000

'Trends 2000', St. Barbaracollege, Ghent, BE
'Geen tijd', Voorkamer, Lier, 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
'Building plans and Schemes', C.C. Heusden Zolder, Heusden Zolder, BE

Artworks

Karin Hanssen
Canyon, 2024
Oil on panel
35 x 30 cm

Karin Hanssen
The Distance, 2024
Oil on panel
30 x 40 cm

Karin Hanssen
Legacy, 2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 80 cm

Karin Hanssen
Tent, 2018
oil on canvas
100 x 140 cm

The Decoration, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 120 cm

Harmony, 2022
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm

The Gift, 2022
Oil on canvas
90 x 110 cm

Warriors, 2022
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm

Reconstruction, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 130 cm

Balloons, 2022
Oil on canvas
55 x 45 cm

The Preparation, 2021
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

Green Woods, 2019
Oil on canvas
90 x 70 cm

Wore (Close), 2019
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 cm

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