"Kevin Vanwonterghem maakt gebruik van alle fysieke elementen uit de natuur, hij onderwerpt ze aan zijn zoekende blik en laat ze groeien tot een nieuw geheel dat gestalte krijgt in zijn geest. ... Het beeld overstijgt de fysieke natuur, het wordt een mentaal landschap waarin de kijker zich, elk op zijn eigen manier, kan verliezen." (Daan Rau - Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen - 2019 - 57ste jaargang)
NL| In de houtskooltekeningen van Kevin Vanwonterghem is het landschap nooit het landschap an sich, toch niet als zuivere representatie daarvan. Uit-hun-context-gerukte landschapselementen dienen als bouwstenen voor een fictieve wereld waarin objectivering en romantisering elkaar raken.
EN | Kevin Vanwonterghem's drawings evoke an imaginary world in which landscape elements form the building blocks for fictional, sometimes surreal settings. Each landscape lacks human presence and goes beyond the pure representation of a setting. His drawings immerse the beholder into a dark mysterious atmosphere, somewhere between reality and fiction, between objectification and romanticism.
NL| In de houtskooltekeningen van Kevin Vanwonterghem is het landschap nooit het landschap an sich, toch niet als zuivere representatie daarvan. Uit-hun-context-gerukte landschapselementen dienen als bouwstenen voor een fictieve wereld waarin objectivering en romantisering elkaar raken.
EN | Kevin Vanwonterghem's drawings evoke an imaginary world in which landscape elements form the building blocks for fictional, sometimes surreal settings. Each landscape lacks human presence and goes beyond the pure representation of a setting. His drawings immerse the beholder into a dark mysterious atmosphere, somewhere between reality and fiction, between objectification and romanticism.
Exhibitions
2024
- Efemeer: Group show at Gallery Stek together with Julie van der Vaart (Nl) and Sien Godderis (Be) | 10/02 - 16/03/2024
2023
- Fear: Group show at Psychiatrisch Centrum Beernem with PAK (Platform actuele kunsten) and Museum Dr. Guislain
8/10 - 3/12/2023
- Close Encounters: Group show at Hof ter Kwaremont with Raam103 | 15/09 - 24/09/2023
- Saut de Loup: duo show | Galerie Gevaert | together with Sanne Vaassen (Nl) | 2/06 - 2/07/2023
2022
- This is not a Landscape: Group show at PAK (Platform voor Actuele Kunsten) , 18/09 - 16/10/2022
- Rook: Group show in Wervik, 1/7 - 18/9/2022
- Exposure: Group show at Kasteel Borluut Sint Denijs Westrem, 3/6 - 12/06/2022
- Berookt: Group show at Tabaksmuseum Wervik, 2/4 - 6/11/2022
- Mijn Landschap, Mon paysage, Meine landschaft, My landscape: Group show at Morbee Gallery, 26/03 - 19/06/2022
2021
- WANDERING OBSERVATORY: duo exhibition, together with Sabine Oosterlynck, Ghent, 23/07 - 01/08/2021
- Zomersalon 2021: group show at Kunsthal Ghent, 2/07 - 29/08/2021
- OnBoards Biennale Antwerp: group show, billboard project in Antwerp, 28/06 - 25/07/2021
2020
- CAST 2020: Art Route Zottegem, organized by Contemporary Art Space, 26/09 - 04/10/2020
- COMPOSTE: group exhibition curated by Els Wuyts 18/07 - 30/08/2020
- Zomersalon 2020: group show at Kunsthal Ghent, 17/07 - 30/08/2020
- Summer Camp 6: group exhibition at Cecilia Jaime Gallery Ghent 17/07 - 30/08/2020
2019
- BAD 2019 (Belgium Art and Design fair) at Floraliënhal Ghent 10/10 - 13/10/2019
- Group show "The Gulf Between" at De Warande Turnhout 27/01/2019 - 21/04/2019
2018
- Group show at PROPS curated by Sabine Oosterlynck, october 2018
- Group show "Harry and Friends", Oudenaarde, 6/10/2018 - 17/10/2018
- Group show "Solid Solutions" at 44 Gallery in Brugge, 24/06/2018 - 24/07/2018
- Group show "Togetherness" at SABK Zottegem, april 2018
- BAD 2018 (Belgium Art and Design fair) at ICC Ghent from 8 - 11 februari 2018
2017
- Group show at Cecilia Jaime gallery during Gent Revisited 2017
2016
- Solo show at Cecilia Jaime gallery (Ghent) november 2016
- Group show at PAK (platform voor actuele kunst) Gistel: "Drawing Rooms II" september - oktober 2016
- Group show at Museum Dhondt Dhaenens. 20/08/2016 - 03/10/2016 (introduced by Cecilia Jaime Gallery)
- Group show in gallery Cecilia Jaime (Ghent). June - july 2016
- Group show in Art space "Zebrastraat" (Ghent). March 2016
2015
- Group show in gallery Cecilia Jaime (Ghent). december 2015 - februari 2016.
- Group show in PROPS (Performance/art.Research.Open.Space) Ghent, 06/12/2015
- Group show with auction "Gin(d)s". nov 14 2015 - nov 21 2015
- Group show "Land van Garage" on 20/09/2015
- Group show "CONVERSATION ROOMS": The 4th exhibition organized by our arts collective BEELDRUIM. This show was in collaboration with Artwall in Zebrastraat Gent. 13/05/2015 - 18/05/2015
- Group show in Zebrastraat Gent "Ondergronds". 02/04/2015 - 05/04/2015
- Group show "TUMULTINGENT #3" in HUSET during the art festival kunstfestival TIG#3 on 25/03/2015
- Group show / Contest "International Prize for Printmaking" in SteM - march 2015
- Solo show in Zebrastraat Ghent ("kunstenaar van de maand" march) 5/03/2015 - 30/03/2015
2014
- Group show / Contest (special mention) "Prize for Printmaking Hilde Demedts" in Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek 13/12/2014 - 28/12/2014
- Group show / Contest "Prize for printmaking" in CC Zwaneberg 23/11/2014 - 15/12/2014
- Group show "LNKS" The 3th exhibition organized by our collective BEELDRUIM in Nucleo (KTA Lindenlei) Gent. 28/05/2014 - 01/06/2014
- Group show / Contest: "Prijs voor het Landschap Michel De Pypere", 24/05/2014 - 01/06/2014
- Group show / Contest: "prijs voor de grafiek 2014" in CC Het Spoor, Harelbeke. 14/03/2014 - 23/03/2014
- Efemeer: Group show at Gallery Stek together with Julie van der Vaart (Nl) and Sien Godderis (Be) | 10/02 - 16/03/2024
2023
- Fear: Group show at Psychiatrisch Centrum Beernem with PAK (Platform actuele kunsten) and Museum Dr. Guislain
8/10 - 3/12/2023
- Close Encounters: Group show at Hof ter Kwaremont with Raam103 | 15/09 - 24/09/2023
- Saut de Loup: duo show | Galerie Gevaert | together with Sanne Vaassen (Nl) | 2/06 - 2/07/2023
2022
- This is not a Landscape: Group show at PAK (Platform voor Actuele Kunsten) , 18/09 - 16/10/2022
- Rook: Group show in Wervik, 1/7 - 18/9/2022
- Exposure: Group show at Kasteel Borluut Sint Denijs Westrem, 3/6 - 12/06/2022
- Berookt: Group show at Tabaksmuseum Wervik, 2/4 - 6/11/2022
- Mijn Landschap, Mon paysage, Meine landschaft, My landscape: Group show at Morbee Gallery, 26/03 - 19/06/2022
2021
- WANDERING OBSERVATORY: duo exhibition, together with Sabine Oosterlynck, Ghent, 23/07 - 01/08/2021
- Zomersalon 2021: group show at Kunsthal Ghent, 2/07 - 29/08/2021
- OnBoards Biennale Antwerp: group show, billboard project in Antwerp, 28/06 - 25/07/2021
2020
- CAST 2020: Art Route Zottegem, organized by Contemporary Art Space, 26/09 - 04/10/2020
- COMPOSTE: group exhibition curated by Els Wuyts 18/07 - 30/08/2020
- Zomersalon 2020: group show at Kunsthal Ghent, 17/07 - 30/08/2020
- Summer Camp 6: group exhibition at Cecilia Jaime Gallery Ghent 17/07 - 30/08/2020
2019
- BAD 2019 (Belgium Art and Design fair) at Floraliënhal Ghent 10/10 - 13/10/2019
- Group show "The Gulf Between" at De Warande Turnhout 27/01/2019 - 21/04/2019
2018
- Group show at PROPS curated by Sabine Oosterlynck, october 2018
- Group show "Harry and Friends", Oudenaarde, 6/10/2018 - 17/10/2018
- Group show "Solid Solutions" at 44 Gallery in Brugge, 24/06/2018 - 24/07/2018
- Group show "Togetherness" at SABK Zottegem, april 2018
- BAD 2018 (Belgium Art and Design fair) at ICC Ghent from 8 - 11 februari 2018
2017
- Group show at Cecilia Jaime gallery during Gent Revisited 2017
2016
- Solo show at Cecilia Jaime gallery (Ghent) november 2016
- Group show at PAK (platform voor actuele kunst) Gistel: "Drawing Rooms II" september - oktober 2016
- Group show at Museum Dhondt Dhaenens. 20/08/2016 - 03/10/2016 (introduced by Cecilia Jaime Gallery)
- Group show in gallery Cecilia Jaime (Ghent). June - july 2016
- Group show in Art space "Zebrastraat" (Ghent). March 2016
2015
- Group show in gallery Cecilia Jaime (Ghent). december 2015 - februari 2016.
- Group show in PROPS (Performance/art.Research.Open.Space) Ghent, 06/12/2015
- Group show with auction "Gin(d)s". nov 14 2015 - nov 21 2015
- Group show "Land van Garage" on 20/09/2015
- Group show "CONVERSATION ROOMS": The 4th exhibition organized by our arts collective BEELDRUIM. This show was in collaboration with Artwall in Zebrastraat Gent. 13/05/2015 - 18/05/2015
- Group show in Zebrastraat Gent "Ondergronds". 02/04/2015 - 05/04/2015
- Group show "TUMULTINGENT #3" in HUSET during the art festival kunstfestival TIG#3 on 25/03/2015
- Group show / Contest "International Prize for Printmaking" in SteM - march 2015
- Solo show in Zebrastraat Ghent ("kunstenaar van de maand" march) 5/03/2015 - 30/03/2015
2014
- Group show / Contest (special mention) "Prize for Printmaking Hilde Demedts" in Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek 13/12/2014 - 28/12/2014
- Group show / Contest "Prize for printmaking" in CC Zwaneberg 23/11/2014 - 15/12/2014
- Group show "LNKS" The 3th exhibition organized by our collective BEELDRUIM in Nucleo (KTA Lindenlei) Gent. 28/05/2014 - 01/06/2014
- Group show / Contest: "Prijs voor het Landschap Michel De Pypere", 24/05/2014 - 01/06/2014
- Group show / Contest: "prijs voor de grafiek 2014" in CC Het Spoor, Harelbeke. 14/03/2014 - 23/03/2014