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ABOUT

Winnie Claessens (1989) resides and works in Antwerp, Belgium. She graduated from the Sint Lucas School of Arts and further pursued theater scenography at the Amsterdamse Theaterschool in the Netherlands. Claessens is represented by    Fred&Ferry Gallery in Antwerp, Belgium. Her artistic practice encompasses video art, scale models, and installations. Additionally, she has curated various group shows.

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Upcoming 

 

Anyway the wind Blows & Lets go fly a kite

2024 (Jun) Groupsexhibition co-curated at C-mine, Genk (BE)

 

Ongoing
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Amatorski: Curves and Bends, Things Veer

Stage design in collaboration with Lucas Van Haesbroeck for the tour of Amtorski's new album.

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WINNIE-WORLD-EXPO

2024 (Feb) Solo-exhibition  at Fred&Ferry gallery, Antwerp (BE)

And groupexhibition at Fred&Ferry gallery, Antwerp (BE)

 Anne Beumer, Winnie Claessens, Kasper De Vos, Gilles Dusong, Fabrice Hofmans, Violette Potet, Arash Shahali, Hannelore Vandepoel, Arne Van De Mierop, Arthur Van de Velde, Wannes Verhees 

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Past

 

Inverno

2023 (Dec) Group-exhibition at Deweer gallery curated by ARCHIPEL, Ottegem (BE)

ARCHIPEL is a joint initiative by Barbé , Fred & Ferry , Waldburger Wouters

 

Galerijke Marijke

2023 (Sep) Solo-presentation curated by Marijke Respeel, Antwerp (BE)


Tussen twee wallen

2023 (May) Group-exhibition at ‘Het Steen’ and ‘Het Keizersbastion’ for the AntwerpArt Weekend curated by Winnie Claessens, Antwerp (BE)

Winnie Claessens, Lydia Hannah Debeer, Hannelore Vandepoel and Fran Van Coppenolle

B-Part

2023 (April) Group-exhibition at Fred&Ferry gallery, Antwerp(BE)
Pierre Coric, Tramaine de Senna, Sarah Smolders, Jana Coorevits, Zoro Feigl, Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert, Che Go Eun, Anna Godzina, Tine Guns, Lydia Hannah, Lodewijk Heylen, Max Kesteloot, Mirthe Klück, Toon Leën, Paul Müller, Marc Nagtzaam, Chloé Op de Beeck, Laurence Petrone, Rien Schellemans & Gijs Waterschoot, Stijn ter Braak, Leigh Clarke, Adrien Tirtiaux, Derek Tyman, Tomas Uyttendaele, Thé van Bergen, Anne Van Boxelaere, Maud van den Beuken, Zena Van den Block, Manon van den Eeden, Leen Van Tichelen, Eline Verstegen, Thomas Verstraeten, Antoine Waterkeyn, Andy Webster, Stijn Wybouw, Yi Zhang, Philine Vanrafelghem, Tamara Beheydt, Karina Beumer, Dries Boutsen, Maxime Brigou, Winnie Claessens, Nora De Decker, Indra Devriendt

Finis Terrae
2022-2023 Group-exhibition in collaboration with Geukens&Deville gallery, Antwerp (BE)

Art Antwerp
2022 Group-exhibition at Art Antwerp Fair, in collaboration with Fred&Ferry gallery Antwerp(BE)


Out of order
2022 Groupexhibition Curated by Bjorne Baeten & Maarten Vanermen at PILAR, Brussel (BE)

Annouk Thys, Antoinette d’Ansembourg, Céline Vahsen, Kaïn Walgrave, Lisette De Greeuw, Muesli Collective, Ohme & Frederik Vanhoutte

1:40,5 gallery

September 2020: Karina Beumer, ‘Some, or all, have been a projection of Uhl’s Imagination’
November 2020: Elleke Frijters, ‘I never promised you a rosegarden’
February 2021: Rien Schellemans&Gijs Waterschoot, ‘Fruit and notes’
April 2021: Mathias Mu, ‘Epsilon’
June 2021: Winnie Claessens, ‘The Truth is out there’
September 2021: Winnie Claessens, ‘1:40,5 the pooledition’
October 2021: Gunther Segers, ‘Bottom’s up’
November 2021: Ludivine Thomas-Andersson, ‘Reluctor et emergo’
February 2022: Ben Van Den Broeck, ‘Reprojection 1’
April 2022: Kasper Devos, ‘Beams and Dreams’


Praalzucht
2022 Groupexhibition curated by Winnie Claessens, Isabel Fredeus and Octave Vandeweghe for the AntwerpArt weekend, Antwerp(BE)

Hannelore Vandepoel , Elleke Frijters, Ben Van Den Broeck, Lydia Hannah Debeer, Warre Mulder , Marta Galmozzi, Sarah Van Marcke, Liesbeth Henderickx, Isabel Fredeus, Winnie Claessens en Octave Vandeweghe

"Now on its way to the_______" "Copy, one alpha" " ________enduring laboratory in orbit."
2022 Solo-exhibition at Fred&Ferry Gallery, Antwerp (BE)


Looking Through the window
2021 Groupexhibition at the Jezusstraat with the support of the city of Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)

 With Elleke Frijters, Winnie Claessens and Octave Vandeweghe

De wereld op schaal

2020 Article in (H)art magazine No204 by Pieter Vermeulen

Forbidden city’s home video’s
2020 Group-exhibition at Forbidden city, Antwerp (BE) Online exhibition:

With: Amy Faust, Vincent Van Dijck, Ria Pacquée, Yemo Park, Hannah Giese, Michael Mørkholt, Ian Deweerdt, Koenraad Claes, Chris Gillis, Greg Zifcak, Liselotte Vandaele, Johann Kauth, Winnie Claessens, Yasmin van der Rauwelaert, Natche and Spotters Collectief Verf

‘Tokusatsu’
2019-2020 cinematographic research, Tokyo and Kyoto (JP)
With the support of the Flemish department of culture


‘I’ve done... Questionable things... ‘
2019-2020 Solo-exhibition at Gallery Marion de Canniere, Antwerp (BE)


Growlers, Cracklers & Bursters
2019 Group-exhibition at CIAP kunstverein, Hasselt (BE)

With: Anna Godzina, Christoph De Boeck, Daan Gielis, Ersi Varveri & Lynn Depreeuw, Esther Venrooy, Floris Vanhoof, Imge & Sine Özbilge, Jonathan Paepens, Karina Beumer & Peter Lemmens, Koba De Meutter, Lydia Debeer, Maika Garnica & Willem Coenen, Robert Soroko, Willem Boel

May i have this dance
2018, exhibition in collaboration with Yasmin & Ariane van der Rauwelaert, KOP Antwerp (BE)


Transfer
2018, group-exhibition at Gallery Marion de Canniere, Antwerp (BE)

With: Joachim Beens, Maika Garnica, Olivier Goethals, Ilja Kleinjans, Saori Kuno, Mathias Prenen, Charlotte van Renterghem, Sanne Vaassen

Finalist young dutch talent award
2018, stage-design for trouble in tahiti and Clemency, director Ted Hufmann, the National opera Amsterdam (NL)
In Collaboration with Rosemarie Allaert and Ted Hufmann

The Holiday slideshow
2017, Stage-design in collaboration with ‘Non plus ultra’-collective Antwerp (BE)
In collaboration with Jullianne Noll and Sietske van Aerde


Inter City: Futures Now
2017, groups-exhibition Extra-City, Antwerp (BE)

With Ruben Boeren, Elena Bundurakis, Filip Collin, Rens Cools, Sarah De Wilde, Chloé Dierckx, Liesbeth Doms, Maika Garnica, Alexis Gautier, Nick Geboers, Thomas Grødal, Liesbeth Grupping, Vincent Hagnauer, Sarah Hendrickx, Lien Hüwels, Lindert Paulussen, Bence Rohanszky, Claudia G Sosa, Denitsa Todorova, Ersi Varveri, Puck Vonk, Ben Sledsens

Étalé eh (etalage) ∝Winnie Claessens∝ Contingency blend-under construction
2017, solo-exhibition Antwerp (BE) In collaboration with Étalé eh and the support of burgerbegroting


phonetic Choreography - A project by Winnie Claessens
2017, Solo-exhibition Antwerp (BE) In collaboration with the Co-foundry


BYOB
2016, Group-exhibition Kop VZW, Antwerp (BE)
With thanks to Stad Antwerpen, Antwerp City Drops en Nacht Collectief


www.artistambassadorconvention.com
2016, Internet-exhibition in collaboration with Karina Beumer (GB)
With Maika Garnica, Jenny Clarke, Day Mariam Moibi, Lisa Hoffmann, Chloe Louise, Kristina Ollek, Gijs Velsink,Virginie Gouband, Charlotte Karawi, Anais Leroy, Karl Philips, Tiago Duarte, Jason Dungan, Laura Schippers, Luis Ignacio, Elena Colman, Valerie Vaernewyck, Brecht Hermans, Malou van Doormaal, Alice Sarmiento, Karina Beumer, Catherine Smith, Alison Clare

The great white wild silence
2016, A radio/video presentation in collaboration with Karina Beumer, Antwerp (BE)

Many thanks to Lokaal01 and Huishappaert

Platform,
2016, group-exhibition PlanB Kunstenfestival, Bekegem (BE)

Kenneth Berth, Ailsa Cavers, Sarah Desmet, Reinout Dewulf, Nele Eeckhout, Inne Eysermans, Ciel Grommen, Gitte Hendrikx, Bert Jacobs, Ruben Martinez Orio, Sibran Sampers, Simon Van Schuylenbergh

Final 75
2015, Publication, Sint Lucas Antwerpen (BE)

Nico Dockx, Roeland Tweelinckx Thomas Verstraeten ,Timo van Grinsven, Wannes Lecompte, Warre Mulder, Marc Luyten, Joris Ghekiere, Arpais du bois, Meuris Wesley ,Ephameron ,…

Rhea
2015, Scenography for a dance perfomance, the van gogh museum, Amsterdam (NL)
in collaboration with Joachim Beens and Isadora Tomasi


Lokaal 01-News/ Calls
2015, internetvideo-platform Antwerp (BE)
In collaboration with Yasmin van der Rauwelaert


Correction Lines (part of Secondary Narratives)
2014, groupexhibition, Several locations in Berlin (DE)
In collaboration with RAUMTE collective


Het laatste nieuws
2014, afternoon-presentations, Trampoline artspace, Antwerp (BE)

With Kasper Devos, Kitty Bons, Karina Beumer

Mutatis mutandis (traffic#3)
2014, group-exhibition, Gallery Marion de Canniere , Antwerp (BE)

In collaboration with Lokaal 01 and RAUMTEcollective

Have you seen this exhibition?
2014, group-exhibition Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam (NL)
In collaboration with RAUMTEcollective and Lokaal01


Have you seen this exhibition?
2014,group-exhibition Poppositions, Brussels (BE)
In collaboration with RAUMTEcollective and Lokaal01


Alone i can move a building
2013, Group-exhibition, Amsterdam (NL)

With Hannah Kindler, Sara Molhuyzen, Koen Steger

Futur vintage
2013, Light-installation, performance, Theatrefestival de parade, Den Haag (NL)
in collaboration with Aldo Brinkhoff and Tim Senders


But i’m a lousy conformist, so i put it here (traffic#1)
2013, group-exhibition, Antwerp (BE)
In collaboration with RAUMTEcollective and Lokaal01


Intermedia’s
2012, (H)art magazine artist page (BE)


Le bouef sur le toit
2012, Mimeperformance: Scenography/directing, Amsterdam (NL)
in collaboration with Nikki Hock


Final 11
2011, Book Publication Final 11 (BE)

2011, Group-exhibition, Antwerp (BE)
With Lien Huwels, Thomas Verstraeten, Alison Engels,…

Blind-date
2011, Book Publication Blind date (BE)
2011, Group-exhibition NICC, Antwerp (BE)
In collaboration with Lien Huwels and currated by Nicco Dockx

 

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