Current
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It Girls
Natasja Mabesoone 28 Jun - 24 Aug 2025 New South Ariel sings. Yeah Ursula swallows her voice. Yeah Marilyn walks naked into the metaphor. Yeah A girl draws the curtain. Puts her finger between the spre@ds. Yeah The Plastics pose, then turn. A subtle nod to the parentheses in the back. Yeah (idk check appendix) In her exhibition It Girls... Read more -
Ritsart Gobyn
Ça suffit? 28 Jun - 24 Aug 2025 New South Is it enough? A question that, much like the work of Ritsart Gobyn (°1985), seems to teeter between construction and deconstruction — initiating or omitting, revealing, or concealing, showing, or hiding? — and sticks just as stubbornly as the tape and post-its on his canvases. “Is this art or can... Read more
Forthcoming
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Felix De Clercq
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 30 Aug - 5 Oct 2025 Read more -
Max Pinckers
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 30 Aug - 5 Oct 2025 Read more -
Pieter Jennes
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 11 Oct - 16 Nov 2025 Read more -
Leon Vranken
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 11 Oct - 16 Nov 2025 Read more -
Jesse Tomballe
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 22 Nov 2025 - 4 Jan 2026 Read more -
Willy De Sauter
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 22 Nov 2025 - 4 Jan 2026 Read more -
Karin Hanssen
at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde 14 Feb - 29 Mar 2026 Read more
Past
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Folkert de Jong
In Limbo 10 May - 22 Jun 2025 New South Read more -
Klaas Rommelaere
BLOOD 10 May - 22 Jun 2025 New South Read more -
Kees Goudzwaard
An Optimist's View 29 Mar - 5 May 2025 New South Kees Goudzwaard (b. 1958 in Utrecht, NL) currently resides in Antwerp (BE) and works in Reusel (NL). At first glance, Goudzwaard's artworks appear to be minimalist color studies composed of rectangular pieces of paper and tape. However, upon closer examination, these works reveal themselves as meticulously crafted trompe-l’oeil paintings. He... Read more -
Words are very Unnecessary
Group Exhibition 29 Mar - 4 May 2025 New South Read more -
Heidrun Rathgeb
As we walked 22 Feb - 23 Mar 2025 New South Read more -
The Wall of She
Group Exhibition 22 Feb - 23 Mar 2025 New South Read more -
Ives Maes
TROPES 11 Jan - 2 Feb 2025 New South In Ives Maes' book Recyclable Refugee Camp (2008), Dieter Roelstraete wrote about “the painful association of the refugee with the Deleuzian concept of nomadology as a popular intellectual metaphor for this condition of globalization, a defining trope of our contemporary cultural condition.” Using this thought as a starting point, Ives... Read more -
Eline Rausenberger / Irène Battaille
Les extrêmes se touchent 11 Jan - 16 Feb 2025 New South Read more -
Catharina Dhaen
Metamorphosis 30 Nov 2024 - 5 Jan 2025 New South Catharina Dhaen (b. 1992, Antwerp) approaches painting in a contemporary and innovative way. She graduated from KASK in Ghent and belongs to a generation of artists who play with the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. Her work, rich in color and texture, reflects a playful artistic freedom and a strong... Read more -
Dirk Van Saene
All Good Here 30 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 South (former location) Dirk Van Saene – All Good Here We are delighted to present Dirk Van Saene – All Good Here at our South Gallery, showcasing the artist’s acclaimed presentation as seen at Paris Internationale in October 2024. The exhibition will be on view from November 30, 2024, until January 5, 2025... Read more -
Sarah De Vos
Ark 30 Nov 2024 - 5 Jan 2025 New South 'When you leave, all you take is your memories. And I wanna take mine of you with me” - Lana Del Rey Sarah De Vos (b.1985) is a Belgian artist, known for her visually engaging work, of almost photographic quality, that explore themes of transformation, reflection, and the interplay between... Read more -
Gommaar Gilliams
Awake, Sleep 12 Oct - 17 Nov 2024 New South Read more -
John Stezaker
Strange Love 12 Oct - 24 Nov 2024 South (former location) Read more -
Charline Tyberghein
Unapologetically Sorry 9 Sep - 6 Oct 2024 New South Read more -
Shirley Villavicencio Pizango
À mon regard tu te dérobes 7 Sep - 6 Oct 2024 South (former location) Shirley Villavicencio Pizango (°1988), born in Lima, Peru, was raised both in the vibrant capital and the small village of Santiago De Borja in the Amazon region. At the age of eighteen, she moved to Ghent, where she completed her art studies at KASK and HISK. Her work, characterized by... Read more -
Roger Raveel
Wegdromen in een landschap 22 Jun - 1 Sep 2024 South (former location) 'Wegdromen in een landschap' ['Dreaming away in a landscape'] Curated by Joost Declercq Exhibition 'Wegdromen in een landschap' is dedicated to atypical work on paper from the Belgian artist Roger Raveel. This exhibition wants to provide an intimate look at Raveel's creative process. The works range from the years 1950... Read more -
Stef Driesen
Undertone 22 Jun - 1 Sep 2024 New South Stef Driesen, Ondertoon/Undertone Text by Céline Mathieu Colour patches like a child’s recollection depicted something of a landscape paint applied, scraped, washed dynamic full body shapes an absence body as architect, host patches of light, colours like scarves or more defined in-between spaces, presence as opposed to grey purple voids... Read more -
Don't think twice, it's all right
Group exhibition 16 May - 16 Jun 2024 New South During this edition of Antwerp Art Weekend, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde wants to present two “strands of looking”. While one exhibition will be more focused on narrative in figurative painting, the other one will touch on the momentary, cerebral and conceptual works. Titled after the Bob Dylan song, this... Read more -
'It's all right, don't think twice'
Group exhibition 16 May - 16 Jun 2024 New South, South (former location) Titled after the Bob Dylan song, this double-exhibition which spans the two galleries of Sofie Van de Velde (South and New South), asks us to leave the matter behind us. The exhibition shows abstract works, artists fitting in a more minimal, still, and conceptual thinking; and figurative narrative works on... Read more -
Eucalyptus
Guy Mees / Johanna von Monkiewitsch 30 Mar - 5 May 2024 South (former location) For the occasion of this duo exhibition 'Eucalyptus' with Guy Mees (b.1935, Mechelen – d. 2003, Antwerp), Johanna von Monkiewitsch (b.1979, Rome, lives and works in Cologne) made a selection from Guy Mees' archive. In this exceptional way of relating contemporary with avant-garde history, both practices are re-framed and enlivened.... Read more -
Voice-Calling-Echo-You
Sara Sizer / Bernd Lohaus 3 Mar - 5 May 2024 New South Gallery Sofie Van de Velde at New South presents 'Voice-Calling-Echo-You', a duo- exhibition showcasing paintings by Sara Sizer and the sculptures of Bernd Lohaus. Both Sizer and Lohaus use materials that already have a story to tell, and employ forms as metaphors for human interaction. The azobé wood in Lohaus’s... Read more -
Eline Rausenberger
'Où est Eline' 24 Feb - 24 Mar 2024 New South Read more -
Amber Andrews
Flâneuse 13 Jan - 18 Feb 2024 New South Amber Andrews, Flâneuse 13.01—18.02.2024 Nieuw Zuid For her third solo presentation with gallery Sofie Van De Velde, Amber Andrews has developed a new body of work under the title Flâneuse . Rarely encountered under this female rendition, flâneur is a term first coined in 1585 but popularised in the 19th... Read more -
Christopher Colm Morrin
notes 13 Jan - 18 Feb 2024 South (former location) Read more -
Leon Vranken
Partly Cloudy 25 Nov 2023 - 7 Jan 2024 New South Read more -
Felix De Clercq
Apple 14 Oct - 19 Nov 2023 New South Read more -
Pieter Jennes
A number of days lead to nothing 2 Sep - 8 Oct 2023 New South Read more -
Jesse Tomballe
Waiting for Summer 2 Sep - 8 Oct 2023 South (former location) Read more -
Heidi Ukkonen
Forever... and ever... and ever... 24 Jun - 27 Aug 2023 New South Read more -
Willy De Sauter
24 Jun - 27 Aug 2023 South (former location) Read more -
Dirk Van Saene
An angel, kissing spring 13 May - 18 Jun 2023 New South Read more -
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, permanent self-measurement with health and fitness apps relegates life to a function. Life is robbed of any meaningful narrative. It... Read more -
Sarah De Vos
Palindroom 1 Apr - 7 May 2023 South (former location) Read more -
Real Life
Group exhibition 25 Feb - 26 Mar 2023 New South Ilse D’Hollander with Lois Dodd, Christopher Colm Morrin, Jesse Murry, Heidrun Rathgeb, Peter Shear, Trevor Shimizu, Frank Walter. Real Life brings together a group of eight artists of different generations and from different geographies who, like Ilse D’Hollander, use paint to engage with reality in its most porous and capacious... Read more -
Santiago Evans
Voyeuristic intentions 21 Jan - 12 Feb 2023 South (former location) Read more -
Bendt Eyckermans
Beeldmaker 14 Jan - 19 Feb 2023 New South Read more -
Ives Maes
Forbidden Fruits Create Many Jams 26 Nov 2022 - 8 Jan 2023 New South Read more -
Natasja Mabesoone
OMG STACYyyyyyy, that type of thing 22 Oct - 27 Nov 2022 South (former location) Read more -
Neo Matloga, Paula Rego
Equivocations 15 Oct - 20 Nov 2022 New South Read more -
'I Can Live Forever'
Group exhibition 3 Sep - 9 Oct 2022 New South Artworklist Gallery Sofie Van de Velde is happy to announce 'I can live forever', a group exhibition curated by Folkert de Jong. The show will display various works by: Guillaume Bijl Folkert de Jong Kasper De Vos Marcel Duchamp James Ensor Anouk Kruithof Paul McCarthy Bruce Nauman Paula Rego Idris... Read more -
Katarina Janeckova
'Maternity Vacation' 27 Jul - 28 Aug 2022 New South, South (former location) Katarina describes ‘Maternity Vacation’ in the following way: In Slovak language maternity leave is translated as “Maternity Vacation” which is very comical-incredibly rude name for the tough mission of raising a solid human being. My exhibitions (of the past eight years) are about gradually telling my story as a European... Read more -
Milan Kunc
'Timeless' 25 Jun - 21 Aug 2022 New South Read more -
Rik De Boe
'Raamblind' 16 Apr - 15 May 2022 South (former location) Lees eerst dit ! , 'oH jay' ! (tlhIngan toy'wI'vo' tlhIngan) “Ik hou niet van die Gouden-Eeuwse kostuums”, zegt collega Michael, “maar ik hou wel van zijn werk. Ik beheers zijn taal niet maar ik versta ze wel, zoals ik Klingon wel kan lezen maar het niet spreek. Zijn tekeningen... Read more -
Amber Andrews
You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours 14 Apr - 19 Jun 2022 New South Read more -
Guy Mees
Talking back to Ellsworth Kelly and Blinky Palermo: Guy Mees' cut-out horizon 2 Apr - 8 May 2022 New South From 02.04 until 08.05.2022 Guy Mees will be on view together with Ellsworth Kelly and Blinky Palermo in Gallery Sofie van De Velde. This exhibition is curated by Dirk Snauwaert and presents a dialogue of form, colour and their sensitivity. Read more -
Gommaar Gilliams
Sunkissed, Moonlit 26 Feb - 27 Mar 2022 New South Read more -
Max Pinckers
ARRANEMENTS 22 Jan - 6 Mar 2022 South (former location) Max Pinckers’ work contains diverse aspects, usually in the form of documentary series in which stories are told through various image sequences using different photographic approaches. This exhibition highlights a recurring element of metaphorical still lives that he composes or encounters as Arrangements . These images are poetic references to... Read more -
Note to self
Group exhibition 15 Jan - 20 Feb 2022 New South The exhibition 'Note to self' shows various works on paper by: Neo Matloga Evelyn Taocheng Wang Cris Brodahl Chantal Joffe Natasja Mabesoone Bent Van Looy. Read more -
Felix De Clercq
Blackbird on a shoulder 27 Nov 2021 - 9 Jan 2022 New South We had been outside that time, our heads sunk deep into our collars. We had not spoken, or in any case not in the way we used to do: ingesting scaffolding with which to support ourselves, prop ourselves up when needed. Now we were worlds away from that. Our hands... Read more -
Sara Sizer
Gestalten 23 Oct - 28 Nov 2021 South (former location) Gestalten Gallery Sofie Van de Velde proudly announces ‘Gestalten ', the second solo exhibition by American artist Sara Sizer (°1967, Dallas, US) in the gallery. The exhibition shows a body of new painted velvet works. Sara Sizer lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Sara Sizer continues to use velvet as... Read more -
Willy De Sauter
De perfecte afstand 16 Oct - 21 Nov 2021 New South Willy De Sauter (°1938, Bruges) After many months of enforced separation between us, Willy De Sauter reminds us of the possibility of the perfect distance. This distance lies between the work and the viewer, and between the works and the space in which they are shown. When the works are... Read more -
Charline Tyberghein
Worrier princess 4 Sep - 10 Oct 2021 New South Gallery Sofie Van de Velde presents 'Worrier princess', the second solo exhibition of Charline Tyberghein in the gallery. (...) Worry has been a prevalent emotion these last eighteen months, for pretty much everyone I know. A constant, low-level worry at times, at others, a drilling, pounding concern, like the throb... Read more -
Gommaar Gilliams
What do you want? 21 Aug - 12 Sep 2021 South (former location) Gallery Sofie Van de Velde proudly announces 'What do you want?', the third solo exhibition by Gommaar Gilliams in the gallery. The exhibition shows a body of new work and presents Gommaar Gilliams' first artist book, published by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. 'Gommaar Gilliams’ relationship to art history is... Read more -
Pieter Jennes
‘Gezelligheid op een druilerige dag’, Book Launch 22 Jul 2021 South (former location) Gallery Sofie Van de Velde proudly presents the book launch of 'Warm copany on a dreary day', an artist book by Pieter Jennes, in collaboration with Posture Editions. The book presentation will take place in our gallery on the Vlaamsekaai 74. You are very welcome to join us on July... Read more -
Pieter Jennes
I can tell you stories 26 Jun - 15 Aug 2021 South (former location) Read more -
Folkert de Jong
The Game 19 Jun - 22 Aug 2021 New South Born in 1972 in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands Lives and works in Amsterdam Gallery Sofie Van de Velde proudly presents the first solo exhibition 'The Game' by Folkert de Jong in the gallery. The Dutch artist Folkert de Jong has made an international name with life size sculptures made... Read more -
Stef Driesen & Leon Vranken
'BEND, STRETCH, RELAX' 13 May - 13 Jun 2021 New South ‘BEND STRETCH RELAX’ shows the first duo exhibition of Stef Driesen (°1966, Hasselt) and Leon Vranken (°1975, Maaseik). ‘BEND STRETCH RELAX’ is about tension: building tension, stretching it and finally letting go. The rhythm of this exhibition is determined by a sequence of images, sculptures and interactions. Together they create... 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 this exhibition are almost all women. The picture of the female body and how it was/is ‘constructed’ (shame and shamelessness,... Read more -
Over ritme, motief en ruimte
Group exhibition 10 Apr - 9 May 2021 New South Daniel Buren, Willy De Sauter, Guy Mees, Charlotte Posenenske & Perry Roberts. Art is a story about encounters, a combination of specific qualities: head and heart, thoughts and feelings. Although a translation remains necessary to indicate this feeling. ‘Over ritme, motief en ruimte’ (About rhythm, motif and space) brings together... Read more -
John Stezaker
Double Shadow 27 Feb - 4 Apr 2021 New South Solo exhibition of the British artist John Stezaker. The Double Shadow collages are the latest in a series of collages involving silhouette cut-outs which began in the late 1970s. Cut from cinema annuals of the 1940s and 50s, the inspiration for the Double Shadows comes from much earlier - the... Read more -
Amber Andrews
Tohubohu 20 Jan - 28 Feb 2021 South (former location) Solo exhibition of the Belgian artist Amber Andrews. 'I don’t think you can ignore art history. As a contemporary artist it’s impossible to shield yourself from your contemporaries, let alone your predecessors. Everything starts with a love for painting, it’s history and key players, but simultaneously it’s also a technical... Read more -
Dirk Van Saene
Stories of hope and despair 16 Jan - 21 Feb 2021 New South Dirk Van Saene, the Belgian fashion designer and artist, will present his solo exhibition with ceramic sculptures on 16.01.2021 in Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. The artworld has always been rather suspicious of any form that is purely visual, a form where beauty or emotion prevails. A form that is... Read more -
Catharina Dhaen (extended)
Through the looking-glass 29 Oct - 13 Dec 2020 South (former location) Solo exhibition of the Belgian artist Catharina Dhaen Catharina Dhaen – ‘Through the looking-glass’ ‘My approach to painting is based on sensitivity’, says Catharina when I ask her about her artistic practice. 'The way I paint comes from an insecurity. Painting is a slow process, one where you make many... Read more -
Ilse D'Hollander (extended)
Land(e)scapes 17 Oct 2020 - 3 Jan 2021 New South Gallery Sofie Van de Velde in collaboration with The Estate of Ilse D’Hollander presents a selection of paintings and gouaches by the Belgian painter Ilse D’Hollander (1968-1997). Though the works have the character of landscapes, they do not depict any specific location, but rather a mental space that is sometimes... Read more -
Bendt Eyckermans, Book launch
' A dream of thirst' 24 - 27 Sep 2020 South (former location) Gallery Sofie Van de Velde proudly presents the book launch of 'A dream of thirst', an artist book by Bendt Eyckermans, in collaboration with Posture Editions Update: Due to the current travel restrictions the conversation and live broadcast between Dominic van den Boogerd and Bendt Eyckermans will not take place.... Read more -
Guy Mees
5 Sep - 11 Oct 2020 New South, South (former location) Solo exhibition of the Belgian artist Guy Mees Though slower than in the United States, the visual arts in Europe post-1945 were also fundamentally changing in terms of both status and character. The boundaries between artistic disciplines, between high and low culture, became blurred or were boldly overstepped. The generation... Read more -
Felix De Clercq
Jongensgeheimen 3 - 27 Sep 2020 South (former location) Tuesday - Sunday 13 - 18h New second location Vlaamse Kaai 74-75 2000, Antwerp In ons huidige internettijdperk lijkt het geen vanzelfsprekende keuze om vandaag de dag voor schilderkunst te kiezen. Maar als jonge kunstenaar neemt Felix De Clercq de vrijheid om elk thema te benaderen, hij schildert en tekent... Read more -
L'Heure Bleue - Part II
Groupshow 1 - 23 Aug 2020 New South L’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 not fallen yet. The phenomenon of the blue hour happens right before sunrise or sunset when a state of natural... Read more -
L'heure bleue Part I
Groupshow 9 Jun - 31 Jul 2020 New South L’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 fallen yet. The phenomenon of the blue hour happens right before sunrise or sunset when a state of natural lighting... Read more -
Gommaar Gilliams
In the ballpark 7 Mar - 30 May 2020 New South Gommaar Gilliams – In the ballpark Monumental paintings occupy the space. All works are communal, as if they belong together. Every painting builds on the previous one. They hold ground between a conscious manipulation of meaning and an almost physical desire for expression. This merger of serious research and spontaneous... Read more -
Felix De Clercq
@thewunderwall 11 Jan - 1 Mar 2020 New South In our current digital age it doesn’t seem like an obvious choice to choose painting today. But as a young artist, Felix De Clercq takes the freedom to approach every theme, he composes his surroundings by drawing and painting. The work hops on two thoughts. On the one hand he... Read more -
Implicit Movement
Group exhibition 11 Jan - 1 Mar 2020 New South Group exhibition with: William Anastasi Kirstin Arndt, John Beech, Monika Grzymala, Jochem Hendricks, Ann Veronica Janssens, Sandra Kranich, Axel Malik, Guy Mees, Hiroko Nakajima, Charlotte Posenenske, Franziska Reinbothe, Michael Reiter, Willy De Sauter, Herbert Warmuth, Martina Wolf Curator: Burkhard Brunn About the implicit movement. Movement is the quintessence of vitality.... Read more -
Bendt Eyckermans
Blue Shadow 30 Nov 2019 - 5 Jan 2020 New South On the work of Bendt Eyckermans, provisionally In an era without great artistic currents, Bendt Eyckermans works consistently in a characteristic, near-realistic visual language. Whereas during the last decades many artists have taken all pains to produce “global” images, Eyckermans explicitly strives for an anchorage that is local and historical:... Read more -
Raoul Van den Boom
@thewunderwall 30 Nov 2019 - 5 Jan 2020 New South Read more -
Charlotte Posenenske / Ilse D'Hollander
Private view 22 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 Groen Kwartier (former location) Private view of Charlotte Posenenske and Ilse D'Hollander. Gallery Sofie Van de Velde Lange Leemstraat 262 Please make an appointment to visit +32486 79 19 93 For more information: sofie@sofievandevelde.be Read more -
Ilse D'Hollander
Private view 22 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 New South In this private view we show a selection of works on canvas by Ilse D'Hollander. This exhibition can be visited by appointment. Read more -
Navid Nuur
Fight Light Fight 19 Oct - 24 Nov 2019 New South In titling his exhibition Fight I Light I Fight Navid Nuur (°1976, Teheran) offers a clear indication of the stakes. What we are about to see, are the assorted results of the artist’s relentless struggle with light. With Nuur that battle is at once personal and universal. In Arabic the... Read more -
Carline Tyberghein
BORN TO BE MILD 7 Sep - 13 Oct 2019 New South Modesty First a talk with Charline Tyberghein Charline Tyberghein has recently had successful gallery and institutional exhibitions, and seems cut out for a perfectly brilliant artistic career. In 2018, she received the KoMASK Masters Salon Painting Award – a prize for best master student in the arts, which offered her... Read more -
Carole Vanderlinden
One Piece at a Time 5 - 28 Sep 2019 Groen Kwartier (former location) Opening 05/09/2019: 18- 21u Until 28/09/2019 Friday-saturday 14-18u Carole Vanderlinden - One Piece at a Time Carole Vanderlinden doesn’t make it easy for the viewer. Her paintings and drawings often look playful and colourful but at the same time they are self-willed and self-absorbed. They are seductive and yet they... Read more -
Maaike Schoorel
Residency - Woning Van Wassenhove, MDD 1 Sep 2019 - 8 Mar 2020 Maaike Schoorel at House Van Wassenhove Maaike Schoorel’s work is informed by her research into the human mind’s ability to perceive and understand the visual world. The subjects of her paintings seem at once recognisable and elusive. Using photographic source material of people, places and objects, her compositions simultaneously appear... Read more
