ABOUT
Sybren Vanoverberghe was born in 1996 in Kortrijk, Belgium. He lives and works in Otegem, Belgium. Vanoverberghe mainly works with the photographic medium but also with found materials he collected at scrapyards. The work of Vanoverberghe shows the landscape and its remnants in a constant state of change. The correlation between place and time is shown in works where history, nature and heritage collide. The photographs of Vanoverberghe were taken both at places with historical importance and at industrial or ordinary sites. His work confronts presets of existing structures with what could be seen as artefacts of the future. Vanoverberghe’s works are highly anachronistic, certain images, for example, represent a past that has never existed.
In his books, Vanoverberghe often works around the cyclical aspect of particular sites that are no longer geographically situated. The work poses hypothetical questions going back and forth in time in an equal measure. When, for instance, can an image be considered 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 as documents of the past and denying those which appear to be prophecies for the future.
Vanoverberghe received his master’s degree from KASK, Ghent (BE) in 2019. His works are published in books such as 2099 (2018), Conference of the Birds (2019) and 1099 (2020) by publishing house APE (Art Paper Editions). Vanoverberghe had his first solo exhibtion at Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE) (2018 & 2019) and a third one at Deweer Gallery, Otegem (BE) (2020). His works were shown at the Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL) (2019) and were part of the duo exhibition The Flower and the Vessel with Thomas Vandenberghe at De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL) (2020). Vanoverberghe participated in various group exhibitions including: To Infinity and Beyond at Breda Photo, Breda (NL); ’33 days off’ at Fomu, Antwerp (BE), Staycation at Barbé Urbain, Ghent (BE) and showed his series Conference of the Birds at the Cultural Centre, Yangzhou (CN). He collaborated with Belgian fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester (2018) and Belgian music band Whispering Sons (2020). His works have been published on various platforms such as American Suburb X, Photoworks UK, de Volkskrant, paper Journal, Gup Magazine and the PHmuseum. In addition to his own practice, Vanoverberghe is the co-curater and co-founder of NO/Gallery, Ghent (BE) and in 2021 he will launch Backyard, a new exhibition platform for young artists in collaboration with Deweer Gallery Estate.
In 2021, Vanoverberghe will particpate in Wake Up Call, a show curated by Luk Lambrecht, Lieze Eneman & Gert Robijns with artworks from the collection Tanguy & Bieke Vanquickenborne at Platform6a, Otegem (BE). In December 2021, he will present his first solo exhibition at KETELEER GALLERY.
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
2022 – Group Exhibition – Barbé Urbain with Manor Grunewald & Adriaan Verwée, Ghent, BE (TBA)
2021 – Group Exhibition – Antwerp Art with Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, BE (Dec)
2021 – Solo Exhibition – Sandcastles and Rubbish – Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, BE (Dec)
2021 – Group Exhibition – De Deur op een Kier – Backyard, Otegem, BE (Sept)
2021 – Group Exhibition – In A Landscape – Les Ballets C de la B, Ghent, BE (July)
2021 – Group Exhibition – Bioscopic Books, Kunsthal Ghent, BE
2021 – Group Exhibition – Tarot Editions – 019, Gent, BE
2021 – Group Exhibition – Collection Tanguy Van Quickenborne curated by Luk Lambrecht – Platform 6a, Otegem, BE
2020 – Solo Exhibition – 1099 – Deweer Gallery Estate, Otegem, BE
2020 – Group Exhibition – 33 days of .tiff – FOMU, Antwerp, BE
2020 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2020 – Group Exhibition – Staycation – Barbé Urbain, Ghent, BE
2020 – Group Exhibition – A Tree – Stiegtliz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – 2099 – CCHA, Hasselt, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – MJ Fine Arts, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Cultural Centre of 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, ISBN 9789493146105
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
2020 – Futures – Print (EU)
2020 – Splash and Grab – Print (UK)
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
2021 – 1099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2020 – Conference of the Birds, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
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
2021 – Podcast, Nearest Truth, Brad Feuerhelm, US
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
2021 – Edition for De Vrienden v/h Smak
2020 – Artwork/Video for Whispering Sons
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester, – Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2021 – Founder of ‘Backyard’, Otegem, BE
2018 – Co-Founder of NO/ Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE
Sybren Vanoverberghe was born in 1996 in Kortrijk, Belgium. He lives and works in Otegem, Belgium. Vanoverberghe mainly works with the photographic medium but also with found materials he collected at scrapyards. The work of Vanoverberghe shows the landscape and its remnants in a constant state of change. The correlation between place and time is shown in works where history, nature and heritage collide. The photographs of Vanoverberghe were taken both at places with historical importance and at industrial or ordinary sites. His work confronts presets of existing structures with what could be seen as artefacts of the future. Vanoverberghe’s works are highly anachronistic, certain images, for example, represent a past that has never existed.
In his books, Vanoverberghe often works around the cyclical aspect of particular sites that are no longer geographically situated. The work poses hypothetical questions going back and forth in time in an equal measure. When, for instance, can an image be considered 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 as documents of the past and denying those which appear to be prophecies for the future.
Vanoverberghe received his master’s degree from KASK, Ghent (BE) in 2019. His works are published in books such as 2099 (2018), Conference of the Birds (2019) and 1099 (2020) by publishing house APE (Art Paper Editions). Vanoverberghe had his first solo exhibtion at Stieglitz19, Antwerp (BE) (2018 & 2019) and a third one at Deweer Gallery, Otegem (BE) (2020). His works were shown at the Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL) (2019) and were part of the duo exhibition The Flower and the Vessel with Thomas Vandenberghe at De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL) (2020). Vanoverberghe participated in various group exhibitions including: To Infinity and Beyond at Breda Photo, Breda (NL); ’33 days off’ at Fomu, Antwerp (BE), Staycation at Barbé Urbain, Ghent (BE) and showed his series Conference of the Birds at the Cultural Centre, Yangzhou (CN). He collaborated with Belgian fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester (2018) and Belgian music band Whispering Sons (2020). His works have been published on various platforms such as American Suburb X, Photoworks UK, de Volkskrant, paper Journal, Gup Magazine and the PHmuseum. In addition to his own practice, Vanoverberghe is the co-curater and co-founder of NO/Gallery, Ghent (BE) and in 2021 he will launch Backyard, a new exhibition platform for young artists in collaboration with Deweer Gallery Estate.
In 2021, Vanoverberghe will particpate in Wake Up Call, a show curated by Luk Lambrecht, Lieze Eneman & Gert Robijns with artworks from the collection Tanguy & Bieke Vanquickenborne at Platform6a, Otegem (BE). In December 2021, he will present his first solo exhibition at KETELEER GALLERY.
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
2022 – Group Exhibition – Barbé Urbain with Manor Grunewald & Adriaan Verwée, Ghent, BE (TBA)
2021 – Group Exhibition – Antwerp Art with Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, BE (Dec)
2021 – Solo Exhibition – Sandcastles and Rubbish – Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, BE (Dec)
2021 – Group Exhibition – De Deur op een Kier – Backyard, Otegem, BE (Sept)
2021 – Group Exhibition – In A Landscape – Les Ballets C de la B, Ghent, BE (July)
2021 – Group Exhibition – Bioscopic Books, Kunsthal Ghent, BE
2021 – Group Exhibition – Tarot Editions – 019, Gent, BE
2021 – Group Exhibition – Collection Tanguy Van Quickenborne curated by Luk Lambrecht – Platform 6a, Otegem, BE
2020 – Solo Exhibition – 1099 – Deweer Gallery Estate, Otegem, BE
2020 – Group Exhibition – 33 days of .tiff – FOMU, Antwerp, BE
2020 – Duo Exhibition w/ Thomas Vandenberghe – De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
2020 – Group Exhibition – Staycation – Barbé Urbain, Ghent, BE
2020 – Group Exhibition – A Tree – Stiegtliz19, Antwerp, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – 2099 – CCHA, Hasselt, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – MJ Fine Arts, Ghent, BE
2019 – Group Exhibition – Conference of the Birds – Cultural Centre of 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, ISBN 9789493146105
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
2020 – Futures – Print (EU)
2020 – Splash and Grab – Print (UK)
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
2021 – 1099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
2020 – Conference of the Birds, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, ES
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
2021 – Podcast, Nearest Truth, Brad Feuerhelm, US
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
2021 – Edition for De Vrienden v/h Smak
2020 – Artwork/Video for Whispering Sons
2019 – Ann Demeulemeester, – Collection Grise, FW19 Men, Paris Fashion Week
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
2021 – Founder of ‘Backyard’, Otegem, BE
2018 – Co-Founder of NO/ Gallery , Ghent, BE
2017 – 2019 Co-Founder of Pinguin Project Space , Brussels, BE