Ilse D’Hollander
°1968, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
+ 1997, near Ghent, Belgium.
Ilse D’Hollander studied art in Antwerp and Ghent. The influence of French painter Nicolas de Staël can still be discerned in her early work, as evidenced by several large gouaches in which greens and reds dominate. Impressions she absorbed on long walks would provide material for her paintings, which can be seen as after- images of her wanderings. The abstract images record her memories of the rolling hills, the still water of the canal, the fruit trees in the orchard. Sketchy, incomplete, not entirely accurate and with few details – just like memories themselves.
Her work can be found in collections such as FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), Museum M (Leuven), Museum Dhondt Dhaene (Sint-Martens-Latem),and M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art (Antwerp).
Selected exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2021, Ilse D'Hollander: Tension Field, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, US
2020, Land(e)scapes, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2020, Ilse D'Hollander - Early Works, CC Binder Puurs, BE
2019, Private view, Ilse D'Hollander, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2017, Ilse D'Hollander, ADAA, New York, US
2017, Early works, The White House Gallery, Leuven, BE
2016, Ilse D'Hollander, Sean Kelly, New York, US
2016, En mon coeur, l'histoire devient mélancholie, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2014, Works on Paper, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2013, Untitled, Konrad Fisher Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
2013, Untitled, M Museum, Leuven, BE
2010, A bout de Souffle, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, BE
2004, Colour, Light & Space, Lucas De Bruycker Gallery, Gent, BE
1996, In Den Bouw, Kalken, BE
Group Exhibitions
2025, In Dialogue with Ilse D’Hollander, Verduyn Gallery, Moregem, BE
2024, It's all right, don't think twice, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2023, Real life, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2023, Abstract Colour, Marlborough London, Londen, UK
2023, Zandgrond, de Warande, Turnhout, BE
2022, A Taste of Abstraction, La Patinoire Royale | Galerie Valerie Bach, Brussels, BE
2020, L'heure bleue, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde & PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2017, In the picture, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
2017, Artemisia, Gallery Albert Baronian, Brussels, BE
2017, Art Basel: Sean Kelly Booth, together with Joseph Kosuth, Marina Abramovic, Kehinde Wiley and David Claerbout, Basel, CH
2016, En mon coeur, l'histoire devient mélancolie, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2015, Geometric Abstractions, with Ilse D'Hollander, Charlotte Posenenske, and Svenja Deininger, G262 Sofie Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, BE
2014, Frieze London Art Fair, together with a.o. Carl André, Thomas Ruff, Tony Cragg, Hanne Darboven, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Londen, UK
2014, Paintings on Paper, together with a.o. Suzan Frecon, Mary Heilmann, Rebecca Morris, Ad Reinhardt and Raoul De Keyser, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, US
2013, Ilse D'Hollander and Jessica Warboys, Konrad Fisher Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
2009, Ilse D'Hollander, together with a.o. Gerard Richter, Christopher Wool, Lucio Fontana, Ugo Rodinone, MDD, Deurle, BE
2003, Ilse D'Hollander, together with a.o. Mario De Brabandere, Maryam Najd, Caermersklooster, Ghent, BE
2000, Bibbles, Ilse D'Hollander together with o.a. Lisa Beck, David Shaw, Uri Tzaig, CCNOA, Brussels, BE
1994, Ilse D'Hollander, together with a.o. Berlinde De Bruyckere, Leo Copers, Peter Bonde, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Ric Urmel Gallery, Ghent, BE
1992, Aula Art, Ghent, BE