Portrait

‘With pencil strokes – soft and
invisible as silent words – I want to
dismantle the hidden treasures of time and space.’

Sylvie De Meerleer

Vita

1986	born in Bruges, Belgium
2001	Diploma of Secundary Education Second Cycle, Latin – Modern Languages, Maerlant Atheneum, Blankenberge
2004	Diploma of Secundary Education Third Cycle, Visual Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Bruges
2007	Bachelor of Fine Arts, option Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent
2008	Master of Fine Arts, option Graphic Design, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent
2009	Bachelor of Visual Arts, option Fine Arts, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent
2010	Master of Visual Arts, option Fine Arts, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent
2011	Specific Teacher Training of Visual Arts, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent

Currently lives and works in Bruges, Belgium and Cologne, Germany.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2021	Rhythm is a Drawer,Bogardenchapel, Bruges/ BE
	De-Centered Spirals,BIEKORF, Bruges/ BE
2020	The Wall is as Soft as Lace,Solo project AiR Biekorf,Bruges/ BE
2019	Where Movement finds Stillness,Vincent Van Goghhuis, Zundert/ NL
	Quiet truth,Emanuel von Baeyer Cabinet, London/ GB
2016	A distance to° close, Dapiran Art Project Space, Utrecht / NL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2022	Opening Show New Collective Galerie Martin Kudlek – Galerie Patrick Heide – Galerie Eric Mouchet,Galerie Martin Kudlek, Brussels/ B
	,4 × 4,WARP ART PLATFORM,Sint-Niklaas/ B
	Because of Vincent,Van Gogh’s birthplace as inspiration,Museum Breda / NL
2021	Hedendaagse Primitieven,Alex Vanhee,Robert Devriendt,Joke Raes,Sammy Slabbinck, Kamagurka,Sylvie De Meerleer,Marec, … De Tank, Bruges / B
2020	In the Landscape,Galerie El, Welle/ B
	Stimulans 20,BuBox (Paardenstallen),Kortrijk/ B
	Van Gogh naar nu – Aanwinsten,Van Goghhuis,Zundert / NL
2019	Camouflage, Behind the Abstract Pattern. Art – Nature – War,Felixart Museum, Drogenbos / B
	Printmaking CompetitionFoundation of Hilde Demedts, the mudel – Museum of Modern Art, Deinze / B
2018	Abstract Painting, Cultural Center ‘Zwaneberg’, Heist-op-den-Berg / B
	Nora De Decker – Sylvie De Meerleer – Alice De Mont – Jo De Smedt – Niek Hendrix, Galerie El, Welle / B
	SANT, Belfry of Bruges / B
	Gute Bekannte, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London / UK
	I’ve never lied to you, Bogardenkapel, Bruges / B
	Stimulans 18>/i>, BuBox (Paardenstallen), Kortrijk/ B
2017	Sylvie De Meerleer, Gideon Kiefer and Birde Vanheerswynghels, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne /D
2016	Coup de Ville, Curator Stef Van Bellingen, WARP, Sint-Niklaas / B
	Gaverprijs’, Cultuurcentrum De Schakel, Waregem / B
	Symbols, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa/ I, LSAD Gallery, Limerick/ IE / Central Library, Dundee/ GB / Oletta/ FR / Stagliano Cemetery/ IT, CMAE, Avilés/ S / Museo Antón in Candás / E
	Stimulans 16, Broelmuseum (Paardenstallen), Kortrijk / B
2015	Ronse Drawing Prize, CC De Ververij, Ronse / B
2014	Westenwind, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne / D
	Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst Oost-Vlaanderen, Caermersklooster, Ghent / B
	Kunstsalon SANT, Jan Garemijnzaal, Bruges / B
	Stimulans, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk / B
2013	Grote Prijs Actuele Tekenkunst, Cultuurcentrum De Ververij, Ronse / B
2012	Stimulans, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk / B
2010	When the sky touches the earth and the earth, (curator Ronny Delrue), Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen / CHN
	KoMASK portrait art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp / B
2010	Exhibition Masterprojects, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent / B
2009	Exhibition Bachelorprojects, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent B
	Exhibition Bachelorprojects, Croxhapox, Ghent / B
2008	KASK-WEEK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent / B

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2018	SANT 2018 – Contemporary Visual Art Competition, Bruges / B – LAUREATE
	Stimulans 18, Broelmuseum (Paardenstallen), Kortrijk / B – LAUREATE GRAPHICS
2013	Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst Oost-Vlaanderen Nomination Prize
2010	KoMASK: Portrait Art, Honorable Mention
2008	Charles de Leu Prize’ for Graduation Project

PUBLICATIONS

2018	Mariën Ann-Sophie - Baelde Catherine, ‘Stimulans 18’, Museums Kortrijk, Bultheel Press, BE, pp. 44-45
	Coens Johan, ‘SANT 2018’, Culture Centre, Bruges, VCP Graphics, Bruges, BE, D/2018/0546/4, pp. 30-31
2017	Wirth Heidrun, ‘Tasten im Ungewissen’, Kölnische Rundschau, DE, n°20, 24th of January 2017, p. 20
2016	Van Humbeeck Sabine, ‘Coup de Ville’, WARP, Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, BE, ISBN 9789089316592, pp. 10-11, 22-23 & 148-151
	Mariën Ann-Sophie - Baelde Catherine, ‘Stimulans 16’, Museums Kortrijk, Bultheel Press, BE, pp. 12-13
	Rau Daan, ‘Sylvie De Meerleer – Evenwicht tussen raster en vrijheid’, Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen 2016.4, edition August – September 2016 (BE), pp. 2-7
2014	Province of East Flanders,‘Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst 2013’, New Goff nv, BE, ISBN 9789491776-021
	Mariën Ann-Sophie - Baelde Catherine, ‘Stimulans 14’, Museums Kortrijk, Bultheel Press, BE
	De Meyer Sophie, ‘Sylvie De Meerleer over de rijkdom van tekenen’, Brugsch Handelsblad, BE, 30th of May 2014, p. 33
	Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst, provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, drukkerij New Goff nv, BE
2012	Stimulans ‘12’, ed. By Ann-Sophie Mariën and Catherine Baelde, Museums Kortrijk, BE, pp. 22-23
2010	KoMASK ’10 Wedstrijd Portretkunst’, ed. By KoMASK VZW, IMMPACT Publishers Pandora, BE, p. 45