Exhibitions

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

John Stezaker

Strange Love 12 Oct - 24 Nov 2024 South (former location) 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

'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

Christopher Colm Morrin

notes 13 Jan - 18 Feb 2024 South (former location) Read more

Jesse Tomballe

Waiting for Summer 2 Sep - 8 Oct 2023 South (former location) Read more

Willy De Sauter

24 Jun - 27 Aug 2023 South (former location) Read more

Sarah De Vos

Palindroom 1 Apr - 7 May 2023 South (former location) Read more

Santiago Evans

Voyeuristic intentions 21 Jan - 12 Feb 2023 South (former location) Read more

Natasja Mabesoone

OMG STACYyyyyyy, that type of thing 22 Oct - 27 Nov 2022 South (former location) 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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