Karen Hendrickx

Statement

Karen Hendrickx is a visual artist who lives and works in Antwerp/Belgium. Since 2017 she has been working on a series on dance and movement for which she has created the performance Sketches of Emotion together with the Belgian choreographer and dancer Justine Copette of JC Choreography. This performance aims to be a mix between dance and visual art, inviting the audience to come and see how a dance performance is transformed into a timeless work of art.

Expression is always central to her work. She always try to intensify her subject, instead of literally mirroring it. While working Karen always try to look for the boundary between the abstract and the figurative. Her choice of materials is very diverse, ranging from charcoal, chalk, Chinese ink, bistre, acrylic to oil paint. While working, the work is constantly changing and every previous track contributes to the end result. In this way Karen try to search for the story that can be told through a line, composition, color shade, atmosphere, …Karen also like to work in an investigative, experimental way, where she like to try out other disciplines.

GlogauAIR Project

During my residency, I will work on my dance and movement series, where I will look for the dance movement in the city of Berlin. I want to be inspired by the rhythm of the city and the traces left behind through its history. Among other things I want to look for the rhythm, in the architectural lines and surfaces, in the movements of the people who comes and go, in the sound that the city produce,… I want to translate all this into lyrical abstract works.

In addition to my studio work, I will also collaborate with the Belgian choreographer and dancer Justine Copette on an adapted version of our performance Sketches of Emotion. The intention is to integrate this performance into the project that I want to develop.

CV Summary

Education

• June 2017 : Graduated in the specialization degree drawing of the part-time art education at the Royal Academy of Antwerp.
• June 2011 : Graduated in the higher degree of painting from the part-time art education at the Sint Lucas academy in Kapellen.
• June 2006 : Graduated in art history at the art historical institute of Antwerp

Exhibitions

• August 2022 Exhibition. and performance at Tour à Plomb, Brussels
• July 2022 Exhibition an Performance in Bruges
• May 2022 Exhibition and performance at VZW Fameus, Antwerp.
• April 2022 Exhibition and performance at VZW Ensemble, Ghent.
• November 2021 Exhibition and performance at Bal D’Art gallery, Brussels
• September 2021 : Exhibition and performance at ’t Werkhuys, Antwerp
• Exhibition during We.Art.XL, Elsene
• July – September 2021 : Exhibition in Maison La Poste / Tour and Taxis and Gare Maritime, Brussels
• March 2021 : Selected for Act-Exhibition, Brussels
• January 2020 : Group exhibition in galerie Verbeeck-Van Dyck , Antwerp
• September 2018 : Open studio days: Studio Start, Antwerp
• April 2015 : Solo exhibition in Tracé culture station, Ekeren/Antwerp

Art competitions

• August 2021 : Shortlist of the Visual Art Open 2021 UK & International Emerging Artists Awards
• January 2021 finalist of the 10th “All women” Art Exhibition
• All Women Art Exhibition
• August 2020 : finalist of the Starvd Art Competition 2020
• May 2020 : Selected with the movie ‘Sketches of Emotion’ for the Wake UP! Memorial : Wake Up!
• May 2020: Selected with the movie ‘Sketches of Emotion’ for the positive energy art festival : Positive Energy Art Festival
• April 2020 : Selected with the movie ‘Sketches of Emotion’ for the socialdistancingfestival 2020 Social Distancing Festival

Performances

• April 2023 : performance and workshop during the day of dance, Geraardsbergen
• August 2022 : Performance at Tour à Plomb, Brussels
• July 2022 : Performance, Ghent
• June 2022 : Performance, Brussels
• May 2022 : Performance at VZW Fameus, Antwerp
• April 2022 : Performance at VZW Ensemble, Gent
• September 2021 : Performance during the exhibition ‘Terrain Vague’, Antwerp
• Performance during Dap festival, Rotterdam
• Performance and exhibition in ‘See U’ during We.ART.XL, Elsene
• Performance at ‘t Werkhuys, Antwerp
• August 2021 : Exhibition and performance at Gare Maritim in Tour and Taxis, Brussels
• August 2021 : performance and exhibition at Allee du Kaai, Brussels
• June 2021 Performance at La Vallée, Brussels
• April 2021 : Performance during Act Exhibition, Brussels
• December 2020 : creation of an online performance : Online Performance
• August 2020 : Try out of the performance ‘Sketches of Emotion’ at Van Buuren Solidaire at the gardens of the museum van Buuren, Ukkel/Brussels
• April 2020 : participation at the online edition of the day of dance with the movie ‘Sketches of Emotion’ : Day of Dance

Publications

• Publication of work in Art Hole magazine : Art Hole Magazine
• Publication of work in Bruxelles Art Vue Volumes of Darkness 2021

Art residencies

• July – September 2023 : artist in residence at Glogauair, Berlin
• May 2023 : artist in residence at C-Tackt, Neerpelt
• August 2022 : artist in reisdence at Tour à Plomb, Brussels
• March – April 2022 : artist in residence at VZW ensemble, Ghent
• January – june 2022 : artist in residence at Fameus, Antwerp
• June – august 2020 : residence in Archipel 19 in Brussels

Gallery