Life & Work

-°De Panne (B) 1960, lives and works in Gent since 1980

- Studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Gent 1980-1984 

KASK / School of Arts / Hogeschool Gent       

- Worked as videomaker in the eighties, photography on assignment in the nineties and early noughties.

- Started teaching photography at the School of Arts / KASK and working on personal projects from 1989 till now.

- Course director of the fine arts department at School of Arts / KASK since 2005 till 2016.

- Likes to swim

Shows

- Gallery262 by Sofie VAn De Velde, 'DIALOOG' group show from June 4th until June 28th 2015

Johan De Wilde  -  Bram Van Stappen  / Max Pinckers - Willem Vermoere / Gauthier Oushoorn -  Sam Weerdmeester / Stanislas Lahaut - Bieke Depuydt / Ilse D'Hollander - Catharina Dhaen

- D R A T E R # edition published june 4th 2015

-  The 'RICOCHET' installation was shown in Land of Photography september 2017

-  'Leçons de Choses' at Pinguin Space, Brussels october /november 2018

-  'DE MAAT DER DINGEN' at NEST, Gent november / december 2019

-  'The Golden ASS ' group show at In De Ruimte, Gent december 2019

Katrin Kamrau (D) Lucas Leffler (B) Dries Segers (B) Markus von Platen (DK) Flor Maesen (B) Simona Michaela Stoia (B/RO) and Willem Vermoere (B)

-  'Cargo CULT' group show at ONTSTEKING, Gent june 2021 curated by Sofie Crabbé and myself.

With Karen Oger, Peter Vermeersch, Fran Van Coppenolle, Simon Masschelein en Willem Vermoere

Solo show ‘CHALK and CHEESE’ in Galerij Tsjeljoeskin, Brasschaat 11 November till 22 December 2022

selfportait as a young man ©wv1988

selfportait as a young man ©wv1988

Curatorial work

# ANGST ESSEN SEELE AUF,

Video, photography and installation works based on themes recurring in the Fassbinder classic film ‘Angst essen Seele auf’ (1973)

a double exhibition both in De Zwarte Zaal Gent B in jan-feb and in the Bielefeld (D) art academy in nov-dec 2014 curated by Axel Grünewald, Jasmin Horozic and Willem Vermoere

 Participating artists included: Liam Singelyn, Yves Kerckhoffs, Tom Callemin, Alexander Saenen, Jan Machinski, Lisa Spilliaert, Lore Horré, Io Cooman and Frank Ostyn.

Graphic design: Saskia Westerduin. Image Michaël Fromme

Graphic design: Saskia Westerduin. Image Michaël Fromme

image: Liam Singelyn

image: Liam Singelyn

 

# LOCUS FABRICA, 

About the changing landscape in the port of Gent, Belgium. 2005 Exhibition in Caermersklooster, Gent. Participating artists: Tjorven Bruyneel, Sarah Bruyninckx, Michel Petré, Kim Pots,   Bastian Fischer a.o.  

 

Installation view

Installation view

Locus Fabrica catalogue

Locus Fabrica catalogue

# Wunderkammer 

an edition about drawing as photography and photography as drawing

by Wouter Coolens and Willem Vermoere 2006, Published by KASK – Hogeschool Gent

http://www.studiolucderycke.be/projects/view/1

http://issuu.com/kaskmag/docs/cahier2

# ENTR’ACTE,

about photography and acting. Exhibition in De ZAAL 30/04 - 16/05/2004

Participating artists included: Fien Muller, Hanne Lamon, Lieven Lefere, Charles Verraest, Katrien Vermeire, Jan Lauwers, Annemie Augustijns, Maarten Vandenabeele and Sylvie Crutelle

Ent'racte catalogue, a cultuurcahier V edition by Hogeschool Gent. front image: Fien Muller

Ent'racte catalogue, a cultuurcahier V edition by Hogeschool Gent. front image: Fien Muller