Stief DeSmet

°1973, Deinze, Belgium.
Lives and works in Bachte-Maria-Leerne, Belgium

Stief DeSmet is a multidisciplinary artist examining the often-conflicting relationship between nature and culture. Critical but simultaneously relativizing, with DeSmet’s sculptures, paintings, video works and installations we revisit the juxtaposition of an idyllic and utopian natural world, versus our cultivated but hectic society of consumerism.

 

 

Selected exhibitions:

 

Solo exhibitions

2022, ZWART HUIS, Brussel (B)
2020, GALLERY, Meigem (B) 'SSTT...' (with Stijn Cole)
2019, BE-PART platform actuele kunst, Waregem (B) 'PARADISE, PROTOTYPES & OTHER DECONSTRUCTIONS'
2019, MUSEUM GEVAERT-MINNE, Sint-Martens-Latem (B) 'HOW TO PAINT WATER'
2015, DE GARAGE centrum voor actuele kunst, Mechelen (B) 'IMAGINE AN ISLAND'
2015, MUDEL,  Deinze (B) 'ONCE UPON A GOLDEN RIVER'
2015, WHITE HOUSE GALLERY, Lovenjoel (B)  'L'OUBLIE EXTATIQUE' (with Yves Velter)
2014, C&H GALLERY,  Amsterdam (NL) 'THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF A GENTLE JOURNEY'
2013, FORTLAAN 17 GALLERY, Ghent (B) 'HUNT'
2013, WOLKE, Brussels (B) 'MIGRATOR'
2011, RON MANDOS GALLERY, Amsterdam (NL) (with Pär Stromberg)
2010, FORTLAAN 17 GALLERY, Ghent (B) 'ONCE UPON...'
2009, SPAARNESTAD 37, Haarlem (NL) 'STIEF DESMET'
2007, RAID-PROJECTS, Los Angeles (VS) 'RESIDENCY'
2006, MUDEL, Deinze (B) 'REMIXES'
2005, DE BRAKKE GROND,  Amsterdam (NL)  'EASY RIDER'

Group exhibitions

2022, APOLLOWLANDS, Kunstenhuis, Harelbeke (B)
2022, CERF, CERF! , L’Orangerie, Bastogne (B)
2022, POËZIE & LANDSCHAP, MUDEL, Deinze (B)
2022, THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, WARP, Sint-Niklaas (B)
2022, SCULPTURE, Zwolle (Nl)
2021, PARADISE, cityfestival curated by Patrick Ronse & Hilde Teirlinck, Kortrijk (B.)
2021, MUZEKAT, curated by Sandrin Coorevits, Ypermuseum, Ieper (B.)
2021, PASS, curated by Kris Martin, Flemish Ardennes (B.)
2021, ZWAARTEKRACHT & ZWEEFVLUCHT'curated by Edith Ronse, hof ter Saksen, Beveren-Waas (B.)
2021, LET'S GET OUT , Goed de Reables, Bachte-Maria-Leerne (B.)
2021, EEN BOOM IS MEER DAN ER STAAT, Egelantier, Otegem (B.)
2021, DESMET/SPLITT/ VANLITH, MPV-Gallery, 's Hertogenbosch (Nl.)
2021, APOLLOWLANDS, P-60, Assen (Nl.)2021, TIME & TIDE, Ter Posterie, Roeslare (B)
2020, ART AUTUN, Autun (Fr)   curated by Reniere & Depla
2020, BEESTIG,  Damme (B) curated by Jan Moeyaert
2019, KUNSTENFESTIVAL WATOU, Watou (B) curated by Jan Moeyaert
2019, STADSFESTIVAL, Damme (B)  curated by Jan Moeyaert
2018, BEAUFORT '18  curated by Heidi Ballet with two permanent sculptures for Oostende en De Panne (B)
2018, BIENNALE VAN DE SCHILDERKUNST,  MUDEL, Deinze (B) curated by Wim Lammerijn
2017, BEAUTY OF THE BEAST, Kasteeldomein d'Ursel (B) curated by Koen De Vlieger
2017, PROVENCIALE PRIJS BEELDENDE KUNST 1997-2017,  Raveelmuseum, Machelen a/d Leie (B)
2016, MONUMENTEN VAN DE DOOD,  Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde (B) curated by Els Wuyts
2016, DIE VAN AALST,  Villa de Olmen, Wieze (B) curated by Jan Denys
2016, TRIENNALE DE LA SCULPTURE, Chateau de Jehay (B) a.o. Sofie Muller, DeSmet,...
2015, FLUX, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk (B) curated by Tanguy Eeckhout en Melanie Deboutte
2015, BEELDEN BUITEN, Anningahof, Zwolle (Nl) a.o. Coolen, Colton, Armando, Van Veluw, Visch
2015, FIRST, BowlingBrussels, Brussels (B) curated by Sven Vanderstichelen
2014, EEN ONVERVALSTE LEUGEN, Emergent Gallery, Veurne (B) curated by Frank Maes
2014, ...FAITES QUE JE SOIS UN OISEAUX, C.C. Marchin (B)
2013, WILD THING, Tetem Kunstruimte, Enschede (Nl)
2013, MYTHIQ 27, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris (Fr)
2013, NA(AR) DE NATUUR, Kasteeldomein d'Ursel, Hingene (B)
2012, SELECTIE OOST-VLAANDEREN, Belgische Ambassade, Den Haag (Nl)
2012, BOONPARADE, cityfestival Aalst (B)
2012, EFEMEER, Deinze (B) curated by William Ploegaert
2010, HIS/HER NATURE, Fortlaan 17 Gallery, Ghent (B) curated by Ischa Tallieu
2010, FAKE! Stadspark Aalst (B) curated by Jan Denys
2007, TOUR DES ARTISTES, SMAK, Gent (B) curated by Frank Maes
2007, OVER THE HEDGE, Tafa Gallery, Tianjin (CH) curated by Vaast Colson
2007, PUSHING THE CANVAS, C.C. Mechelen (B) curated by Koen Leemans
2006, TREEHUGGER, Showroommama, Rotterdam (Nl)
2006, LAS PALMAS, Rotterdam (Nl) curated by Leonie Kruizinga
2006, OOST-VLAAMSE PRIJS BEELDENDE KUNST, Caermersklooster, Ghent (B) curated by Philippe Van Cauteren

 
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