ABOUT
Sybren Vanoverberghe (°1996, Kortrijk) is an artist based in Ghent, Belgium. His work functions as an analysis of the correlation between place and time and the ever recurring cycle of history. He searches for elements of myths, nature and heritage both within ordinary sites as in places of historical importance. By what process do we attach meaning to these locations? His practice deconstructs sites and brings together icons to form a new unity of the present. He is currently working on a new series ‘Birds No Longer Sing’, which is photographed in Iran. Here Vanoverberghe moves in closer on the landscape. The banality of a palm tree in a desolated dessert coincides with the aura of artefacts in cultural heritage sites, thereby exposing the transience of a place. Vanoverberghe his work has been published in books such as ‘¡Pírate!’ (2017) and 2099 (2018) by Art Paper Editions. He has exhibited at RIOT, Stieglitz19 and BredaPhoto. Vanoverberghe has collaborated with Ann Demeulemeester and his work has been published on American Suburb X, Paper Journal, GUP Magazine and De Standaard. Recently he co-founded the artist-run-spaces Pinguin in Brussels, BE and NO/Gallery in Ghent, BE. He is currently finishing the MFA programme in Photography at the School Of Arts / KASK in Ghent, Belgium. This year he will publish Birds No Longer Sing (2019) with Art Paper Editions and will show his work at the UNSEEN Photofair in Amsterdam, NL.
Represented by Stieglitz 19 in 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
2019 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, CCHA, Hasselt, BE [December]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE [November]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL [September]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing , MAP#94, Ghent, BE [March]
2019 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – Antwerp Art Weekend, Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE [May]
2019 – Group Exhibition – Photobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerp, BE [February]
2019 – Group Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Tussen Droom en Daad, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, 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 -1 Plus 1 – Lindenlei Nucleo, Ghent, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – Musée de la Fotografie de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – Turn/Return – Brugge Photo – Bogardenkapel, Bruges, BE
2017 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, JEST Gallery, Turin, IT
2017 – Group Exhibition – Land van Fotografie, Ghent, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – Thread Count, Der Greif, Unseen, Amsterdam, NL
2017 – Duo Exhibition w/ Ilan Weiss – 2099, Pinguin, Brussels, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – See You When The Sun Sets East, Nest, Ghent, BE
BOOKS
2019 – Birds No Longer Sing, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium [September/UNSEEN]
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 – 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 – The Heavy Collective – Online (AUS)
2018 – Phroom – Online (IT)
2018 – Self Publish Be Happy – Online (UK)
2018 – Aint-Bad – Online (USA)
2017 – Lenscratch – Online (USA)
2017 – De Morgen – Online & Print (BE)
AWARDS
2018 – 2099, List of Best Photobooks 2018 , by Brad Feuerhelm & Viory Schellekens
2018 – Nomination, BILL Award, Brussels, BE
2018 – 2099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2016 – Finalist, DDK, C-Mine, Genk, BE
INTERVIEWS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES
2019 – Workshop, Mentor Mentor, Ghent, BE
2018 – Talk, BredaPhoto, Breda, NL
2018 – Talk, Rolling Paper, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2018 – Residency, In Between Shores, Ardesia Projects, Daverio, IT
2018 – Talk, Extra Fort, Tipi Bookshop, Brussels, BE
2018 – Interview, Antwerp Photo, by Stefan Vanthuyne, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Interview, Urbanautica , by Dieter Debruyne, IT
2017 – Interview, The Plantation Journal , by Joanna Crasswell, GB
COLLABORATIONS
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester,, Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2018 – Co-Founder of N/O Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE
Sybren Vanoverberghe (°1996, Kortrijk) is an artist based in Ghent, Belgium. His work functions as an analysis of the correlation between place and time and the ever recurring cycle of history. He searches for elements of myths, nature and heritage both within ordinary sites as in places of historical importance. By what process do we attach meaning to these locations? His practice deconstructs sites and brings together icons to form a new unity of the present. He is currently working on a new series ‘Birds No Longer Sing’, which is photographed in Iran. Here Vanoverberghe moves in closer on the landscape. The banality of a palm tree in a desolated dessert coincides with the aura of artefacts in cultural heritage sites, thereby exposing the transience of a place. Vanoverberghe his work has been published in books such as ‘¡Pírate!’ (2017) and 2099 (2018) by Art Paper Editions. He has exhibited at RIOT, Stieglitz19 and BredaPhoto. Vanoverberghe has collaborated with Ann Demeulemeester and his work has been published on American Suburb X, Paper Journal, GUP Magazine and De Standaard. Recently he co-founded the artist-run-spaces Pinguin in Brussels, BE and NO/Gallery in Ghent, BE. He is currently finishing the MFA programme in Photography at the School Of Arts / KASK in Ghent, Belgium. This year he will publish Birds No Longer Sing (2019) with Art Paper Editions and will show his work at the UNSEEN Photofair in Amsterdam, NL.
Represented by Stieglitz 19 in 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
2019 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, CCHA, Hasselt, BE [December]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE [November]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, NL [September]
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing , MAP#94, Ghent, BE [March]
2019 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – Antwerp Art Weekend, Stieglitz19, Antwerp, BE [May]
2019 – Group Exhibition – Photobook Belge, FOMU, Antwerp, BE [February]
2019 – Group Exhibition – Birds No Longer Sing, Tussen Droom en Daad, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, 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 -1 Plus 1 – Lindenlei Nucleo, Ghent, BE
2018 – Group Exhibition – Musée de la Fotografie de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – Turn/Return – Brugge Photo – Bogardenkapel, Bruges, BE
2017 – Solo Exhibition – 2099, JEST Gallery, Turin, IT
2017 – Group Exhibition – Land van Fotografie, Ghent, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – Thread Count, Der Greif, Unseen, Amsterdam, NL
2017 – Duo Exhibition w/ Ilan Weiss – 2099, Pinguin, Brussels, BE
2017 – Group Exhibition – See You When The Sun Sets East, Nest, Ghent, BE
BOOKS
2019 – Birds No Longer Sing, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Art Paper Editions, Belgium [September/UNSEEN]
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 – 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 – The Heavy Collective – Online (AUS)
2018 – Phroom – Online (IT)
2018 – Self Publish Be Happy – Online (UK)
2018 – Aint-Bad – Online (USA)
2017 – Lenscratch – Online (USA)
2017 – De Morgen – Online & Print (BE)
AWARDS
2018 – 2099, List of Best Photobooks 2018 , by Brad Feuerhelm & Viory Schellekens
2018 – Nomination, BILL Award, Brussels, BE
2018 – 2099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2016 – Finalist, DDK, C-Mine, Genk, BE
INTERVIEWS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES
2019 – Workshop, Mentor Mentor, Ghent, BE
2018 – Talk, BredaPhoto, Breda, NL
2018 – Talk, Rolling Paper, Le Bal, Paris, FR
2018 – Residency, In Between Shores, Ardesia Projects, Daverio, IT
2018 – Talk, Extra Fort, Tipi Bookshop, Brussels, BE
2018 – Interview, Antwerp Photo, by Stefan Vanthuyne, Antwerp, BE
2018 – Interview, Urbanautica , by Dieter Debruyne, IT
2017 – Interview, The Plantation Journal , by Joanna Crasswell, GB
COLLABORATIONS
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester,, Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2018 – Co-Founder of N/O Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE