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Vandekerckhove occupies a unique place in contemporary painting. Free of any tendency towards extravagance, he creates – in a purely pictorial way and with an unusual palette – a whole world of his own consisting of invented landscapes and scarce figures. Seekers, exiles, pilgrims. They stare in front of them, wrapped up in their own thoughts, frozen in longing and melancholy, yearning for paradise. Behind the deceptive simplicity of the scenes lurks the elusive, the mysterious and the miraculous.
Dieter Roelstraete, art philosopher, in ‘My head is my only home’, Ludion, 2007 .

1957 Born in Ingelmunster, Belgium
Lives and works in Gent, Belgium
1975 - 1979 History, University Gent

exhibitions
2011
Untitled, Galerie Van de Weghe, Antwerp
2010
Mars op Oostende / Public Private Paintings Groupshow at Mu.zee, Oostende (9 Oct 2010 - 9 Jan 2011)
Wielrennen, Hermand Teirlinckhuis, Beersel (17 Oct -20 Nov 2010)
2009
Watching the Architects, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp (solo)
Hans Vandekerckhove - Picture Palace, Zebrastraat, Stichting Liedts-Meesen, Gent (solo)
Picture Palace, Lannoo editors, Tielt (solo)
Paintings 1986-2007, Deweer Galery, Otegem (solo)
Art Amsterdam @ Galerie Hof&Huyser (solo)
Arte Santander @ Galerie Van De Weghe
Contemporary prints, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp
2008
Hans Vandekerckhove, galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (solo)
2007
La mirada ciega. Un diálogo entre Hans Vandekerckhove y Juan Muñoz, Fundaciòn Carlos de Ambères, Madrid (solo)
Recent Paintings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (solo)
Magdalenakerk , Brugge (solo)
Book presentation with selection of paintings, SMAK, Gent (solo)
Paintings 1998-2006, publication Ludion (Gent/Amsterdam) (solo)
Der eigene Weg. Perspektiven Belgischer Kunst (Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art). MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg. Curator Lorenzo Benedetti. Catalogue: Lorenzo Benedetti, Lieven Van Den Abeele and Jan Hoet
Stimulans, BROELMUSEUM, Kortrijk
Art Köln @ Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld
Art Amsterdam @ Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam
Nature: Attitude, Aspekte Internationaler Fotografie und Malerei. Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld
Arco Madrid @ Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
Trends '08, St.-Barbara, Gent
Passie voor het ongrijpbare, Museum Minderbroeders, Sint-Truiden
2006
IAC, Hasselt (solo)
2005
Belgian Calling at Paule De Boeck Fine Art, Lineart 2005 (solo)
Recent paintings, Galerie Le Besset, St. Jeure d'Andaure (solo)
Soul, Grootseminarie Brugge (catalogue)
Verfraaiing, Brugge, 12 comments on 12 collection items. Lieven Debrauwer (cineast) comments 'Jarman' (1996, O/C) (catalogue)
Forward Painting, Galerie Montanus
Szymon Gallery, Antwerpen
Deweer Art Gallery at Art Brussels
2004
Stalking Hiëronymus, Museum for Modern Art PMMK, Ostend (solo)
Recent paintings, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (solo)
Preview, Galerie am Mondsee, Salzburg
Eclips, Transfo Zwevegem, 25th anniversary show Deweer Art Gallery
Hal 23, Gent, curator Christa Vyvey (catalogue) (BE)
Trends04, Kunstbiënnale, Gent (catalogue)
Sakrale Kunst, CC Hasselt (catalogue)
2003
Recent paintings, galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (solo)
Stalking Hiëronymus, Galerie Mercator, Antwerp (solo)
Zelfportretten, De Queeste, Abeele
Sakrale Kunst, CC Hasselt (catalogue)
2002
Paintings, R53, Ostend (solo)
Een verzamelaar van verdwenen blikken, Elzenveld, Antwerp (solo)
2001
Vast geluk en vloeibare vreugde, galerie Hof&Huyser, Amsterdam (solo)
Schilderijen ter vervolmaking van methoden van onbeweeglijkheid, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (catalogue) (solo)
De Tuinen van Granada, PMMK Museum for Modern Art, Ostend (catalogue)
Acquisitions, PMMK, Ostend
Shoes or no shoes, Caermersklooster, Gent (catalogue)
100 coups de cour, Generali-Fondation Wielemans, Brussels
2000
Een tuin met paden die zich splitsen, Galerie R53, Ostend (solo)
Contemporary Art of Belgium, CBE-Frankfurt
Europoint, BBL Brussel, KB Antwerpen, CBE Frankfurt, ...
Tegendraads, Fabriek Mortier, Avelgem (catalogue)
Multiple Choices, Deweer Art Gallery Otegem
Hof&Huyser, artists of the gallery, Amsterdam
1999
De Hof van Heden, Paule De Boeck Fine Arts, Gent (catalogue) (solo)
Lineart, Deweer Art Gallery (with Jozef Felix Müller) (solo)
De Warande, Brussel (solo)
Art Concern, Kortrijk
1998
Een schilder is een tuinman Paule De Boeck Fine Arts, Gent (solo)
Hunker Bunker Tuin, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (catalogue) (solo)
1996
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem (catalogue) (solo)
Beeld-ding, Museum van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo
Confrontations (Dublin, Johannesburg, Luxemburg, Brussel, Antwerpen,...) (catalogue)
L'Iconicité de l'Image, Aguas Gallery, Bordeaux
1995
Mirror, Mirror Me, De Warande, Turnhout (catalogue) (solo)
1993
Watt/Schloss, Stichting Veranneman, Kruishoutem solo)
Hortus Conclusus/Türhüter, Deweer Art Gallery (catalogue) (solo)
1991
Hetaera Esmeralda, Deweer Art Gallery (catalogue) (solo)
Modernism in Painting, P.M.M.K., Ostend (catalogue)
Belgische Kontraste, Transart Gallery, Köln
1990
Vereniging Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent (catalogue) (solo)
Kunst Europa, Museum Xanten (catalogue) (solo)
1989
Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke /Antwerp (catalogue) (solo)
1988
Apocalypsis cum Figuris, Deweer Art Gallery (catalogue) (solo)
Galerie Van Esch, Eindhoven (solo)
1987
Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (solo)
Christine Colmant Art Gallery, Brussels (solo)
Galerie S.&H. De Buck, Gent (solo)
Made in Belgium, Musée d'Art Moderne Liège
Dialogue d'Art, Le Botanique, Brussels
1986
Belgian 20th Century Art, Washington (catalogue)
Young Belgian Talent, Denise Cade Art Gallery New York (US)
Europaprijs, Museum Schone kunsten, Ostend
1985
Prix Godecharle, Galerie Bortier , Brussels
Jeune Peinture Belge, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
Gents Kunstsalon, Stedelijk Museum Hedendaagse Kunst SMAK, Gent
Haags Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, Den Haag

Presentations on Art Fairs

Arte Santander, Galerie Van De Weghe ('09)
Art Amsterdam, Galerie Hof&Huyser ('09)
Art Brussels ('93, '95, '98, '99, '02,'03,'04, '05, '06, '07)
ARCO Madrid ('08), Deweer Art Gallery
FIAC Paris ('91)
Art Amsterdam ('88, '90, '00, '01, '02, '08)
Art Rotterdam ('00, '01, '06)
Art Cologne ('96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '02, '04, '06, '08)
Art Cologne@Palma de Mallorca ('07), Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie
Art Basel ('95)
Kunst Messe Frankfurt ('91, '92, '93)
Lineart Gent ('97, '98, '99, '00, '01,'02,'03,'04,'05, '06, '07)

Paintings in public and private collections
Public collections: Brussels International Airport (BE), C&A Services Brussel (BE), Central Bank of Europe (DE), Dexia Bank (BE), Flemish Government (BE), Fortis Bank and Insurances (NL), Kaderschool Best (NL), Katoennatie (BE), Museum Minden (DE), Museum of Modern Art Ostend (BE), Museum Kortrijk (BE), Nestlé (GE), National Bank of Belgium, Nordstern Köln (DE), Universiteit Antwerpen(BE)
Private collections: Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, USA