ABOUT
Sybren Vanoverberghe (°1996, Kortrijk) is an artist based in Ghent, Belgium. The work of Vanoverberghe shows the landscape in a constant state of change. The correlation between place and time is shown in images where history, nature and heritage collide into each other. The photographs of Vanoverberghe have been made at places with historical importance as well as at ordinary sites. In his work questions are raised regarding the importance of icons. His work is showing presets of existing structures confronted with what can be seen as artefacts of the future. There’s no chronological order in the work of Vanoverberghe, certain images represent a past that has never existed. In his books, Vanoverberghe often works around the cyclical aspect of certain sites that are no longer geographically situated. The work provides hypothetical questions that go back and forth in time in an equal measure. When can an image be seen as a document of the past and when can it be seen as a prophecy for the future? There is a constant tension between accepting images that are seen as documents of the past and denying images that are seen as prophecies for the future. Vanoverberghe his work has been published in books such as ‘2099’ (2018) and ‘Conference of the Birds’ (2019) by APE (Art Paper Editions). He has received the ‘Prix Horlait Dapsens’ and is part of the ‘.tiff’ selection by FOMU Antwerp. He had exhibitions at Stieglitz19 (Antwerp, Belgium), the Unseen Photo Fair (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), the Cultural Centre of Yangzhou (China) and collaborated with fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester. His work has been published on American Suburb X, Photoworks UK, De Standaard, Paper Journal, De Volkskrant, GUP Magazine and the PHmuseum. He co-founded artist run spaces Pinguin (Brussels, Belgium) and NO/Gallery (Ghent, Belgium).
Vanoverberghe is represented by Stieglitz 19 in the Benelux.
Available for collaborations.
EDUCATION
2018 – 2019 School of Arts / KASK, MFA in Visual Arts, Ghent, BE
2014 – 2017 School of Arts / KASK, BA in Visual Arts, Ghent, BE
2018 – Intern at Akina Books, Istanbul, TR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL [September]
2020 – Group Exhibition – .tiff – FOMU, Antwerp, BE [May]
2019 – Group Exhibition – 2099 – CCHA, Hasselt, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – MJ Fine Arts, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Yangzhou, CH
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2019 – Group Exhibition – 1099 – Biennale of Belgium, Floraliën, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Odisseus – Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds , MAP#94, KASK, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Photobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099 – BredaPhoto – Botanique, Breda, NL
2018 – Group Exhibition – Iconobelge, Antwerp Photo – Antwerp, BE
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – The Sky Opens Twice, JEST, Turin, IT
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, Riot Gallery, Ghent, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – Musée de la Fotografie de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, BE
2017 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, JEST Gallery, Turin, IT
2017 – Duo Exhibition w/ Ilan Weiss – 2099, Pinguin, Brussels, BE
BOOKS
2020 – 1099, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium [TBA]
2019 – Conference of the Birds, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium, ISBN 9789493146099
2018 – 2099, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium, ISBN 9789490800758
2017 – ¡Pírate!, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Self Published in Co-Lab w/ TopoCopy, Belgium
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
2019 – American Suburb X – Web (USA)
2019 – HART – Print & Web (BE)
2019 – Volkskrant – Print & Web (NL)
2019 – Unseen Platform – Web (NL)
2019 – Photoworks – Web (UK)
2019 – GUP Magazine – Print & Web (NL)
2019 – Kluger Hans #37 – Print (BE)
2019 – .tiff – Print (BE)
2019 – De Standaard – Online & Print (BE)
2019 – The Heavy Collective – Web (AUS)
2019 – Paper Journal – Online (UK)
2019 – PHmuseum – Online (US)
2018 – American Suburb X – Online (USA)
2018 – De Standaard – Online & Print (BE)
2018 – Paper Journal – Online (UK)
2018 – GUP Magazine – Online (NL)
2018 – Urbanautica – Online (IT)
2018 – Subbacultcha – Online & Print (BE)
2018 – Aint-Bad – Online (USA)
2017 – Lenscratch – Online (USA)
2017 – De Morgen – Online & Print (BE)
2017 – The Plantation Journal – Online (UK)
AWARDS
2020 – Shortlist Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards, UK
2019 – Selected for Tiff. , FOMU, Museum of Photography, BE
2019 – Winner, ‘Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Foundation’ prize, BE
2019 – Shortlist, Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant, IT
2018 – 2099, List of Best Photobooks 2018 , by Brad Feuerhelm
2018 – 2099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2016 – Finalist Pitch, DDK, C-Mine, Genk, BE
INTERVIEWS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES
2019 – Talk, DDK, Concertgebouw, Brugge, BE
2018 – Artist-in-Residence, In-between Shores, Ardesia Projects, Daverio, IT
2018 – Talk, BredaPhoto, Breda, NL
2018 – Talk, Rolling Paper, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2018 – Talk, Extra Fort, Tipi Bookshop, Brussels, BE
2018 – Interview, Antwerp Photo, by Stefan Vanthuyne, Antwerp, BE
COLLABORATIONS
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester, – Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2018 – Co-Founder of NO/ Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE
Sybren Vanoverberghe (°1996, Kortrijk) is an artist based in Ghent, Belgium. The work of Vanoverberghe shows the landscape in a constant state of change. The correlation between place and time is shown in images where history, nature and heritage collide into each other. The photographs of Vanoverberghe have been made at places with historical importance as well as at ordinary sites. In his work questions are raised regarding the importance of icons. His work is showing presets of existing structures confronted with what can be seen as artefacts of the future. There’s no chronological order in the work of Vanoverberghe, certain images represent a past that has never existed. In his books, Vanoverberghe often works around the cyclical aspect of certain sites that are no longer geographically situated. The work provides hypothetical questions that go back and forth in time in an equal measure. When can an image be seen as a document of the past and when can it be seen as a prophecy for the future? There is a constant tension between accepting images that are seen as documents of the past and denying images that are seen as prophecies for the future. Vanoverberghe his work has been published in books such as ‘2099’ (2018) and ‘Conference of the Birds’ (2019) by APE (Art Paper Editions). He has received the ‘Prix Horlait Dapsens’ and is part of the ‘.tiff’ selection by FOMU Antwerp. He had exhibitions at Stieglitz19 (Antwerp, Belgium), the Unseen Photo Fair (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), the Cultural Centre of Yangzhou (China) and collaborated with fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester. His work has been published on American Suburb X, Photoworks UK, De Standaard, Paper Journal, De Volkskrant, GUP Magazine and the PHmuseum. He co-founded artist run spaces Pinguin (Brussels, Belgium) and NO/Gallery (Ghent, Belgium).
Vanoverberghe is represented by Stieglitz 19 in the Benelux.
Available for collaborations.
EDUCATION
2018 – 2019 School of Arts / KASK, MFA in Visual Arts, Ghent, BE
2014 – 2017 School of Arts / KASK, BA in Visual Arts, Ghent, BE
2018 – Intern at Akina Books, Istanbul, TR
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL [September]
2020 – Group Exhibition – .tiff – FOMU, Antwerp, BE [May]
2019 – Group Exhibition – 2099 – CCHA, Hasselt, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – MJ Fine Arts, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Yangzhou, CH
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2019 – Group Exhibition – 1099 – Biennale of Belgium, Floraliën, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Odisseus – Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Conference of the Birds , MAP#94, KASK, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Photobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099 – BredaPhoto – Botanique, Breda, NL
2018 – Group Exhibition – Iconobelge, Antwerp Photo – Antwerp, BE
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – The Sky Opens Twice, JEST, Turin, IT
2018 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, Riot Gallery, Ghent, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – Musée de la Fotografie de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, BE
2017 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, JEST Gallery, Turin, IT
2017 – Duo Exhibition w/ Ilan Weiss – 2099, Pinguin, Brussels, BE
BOOKS
2020 – 1099, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium [TBA]
2019 – Conference of the Birds, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium, ISBN 9789493146099
2018 – 2099, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium, ISBN 9789490800758
2017 – ¡Pírate!, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Self Published in Co-Lab w/ TopoCopy, Belgium
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
2019 – American Suburb X – Web (USA)
2019 – HART – Print & Web (BE)
2019 – Volkskrant – Print & Web (NL)
2019 – Unseen Platform – Web (NL)
2019 – Photoworks – Web (UK)
2019 – GUP Magazine – Print & Web (NL)
2019 – Kluger Hans #37 – Print (BE)
2019 – .tiff – Print (BE)
2019 – De Standaard – Online & Print (BE)
2019 – The Heavy Collective – Web (AUS)
2019 – Paper Journal – Online (UK)
2019 – PHmuseum – Online (US)
2018 – American Suburb X – Online (USA)
2018 – De Standaard – Online & Print (BE)
2018 – Paper Journal – Online (UK)
2018 – GUP Magazine – Online (NL)
2018 – Urbanautica – Online (IT)
2018 – Subbacultcha – Online & Print (BE)
2018 – Aint-Bad – Online (USA)
2017 – Lenscratch – Online (USA)
2017 – De Morgen – Online & Print (BE)
2017 – The Plantation Journal – Online (UK)
AWARDS
2020 – Shortlist Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards, UK
2019 – Selected for Tiff. , FOMU, Museum of Photography, BE
2019 – Winner, ‘Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Foundation’ prize, BE
2019 – Shortlist, Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant, IT
2018 – 2099, List of Best Photobooks 2018 , by Brad Feuerhelm
2018 – 2099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2016 – Finalist Pitch, DDK, C-Mine, Genk, BE
INTERVIEWS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES
2019 – Talk, DDK, Concertgebouw, Brugge, BE
2018 – Artist-in-Residence, In-between Shores, Ardesia Projects, Daverio, IT
2018 – Talk, BredaPhoto, Breda, NL
2018 – Talk, Rolling Paper, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2018 – Talk, Extra Fort, Tipi Bookshop, Brussels, BE
2018 – Interview, Antwerp Photo, by Stefan Vanthuyne, Antwerp, BE
COLLABORATIONS
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester, – Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2018 – Co-Founder of NO/ Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE