Nick Verhaeghe

Nick Verhaeghe


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Biography



Biography
Artist Statement



Nick Verhaeghe (° 1991) lives and works in Knokke, Belgium, where he has his own atelier.
He attended Luca School of Arts, NARAFI in Brussels and participated in an exchange programme at ESA Le 75 in Brussels.
During this time, he served as an intern for Jimmy Kets.

After graduating in 2016, he established his first solo exhibition at Gallery Berko in Knokke as an independent artist. This led to 3 solo and 27 group exhibitions, including:

International photo festival 'unknown masterpieces', 2018, Belgium;
Format festival, 2020, England & New Zealand;
Photo festival "In side out" 2020, Belgium;
Antwerp Fotobienale 2021, Belgium;
Xe Biennale de Photographie Condroz, 2021, Belgium;
Photoempauta, 2022, Brazil;
Rotterdamphoto, 2022, Netherlands;
Cwart Gallery, 2022, Belgium;
BLANCO Artspace, 2022, Belgium;
…

He received 5 art book publications and numerous magazine and newspaper publications (including two front pages), and seven art awards.
Most recently, he completed a mentorship under Anja Hellebaut (curator at SMAK, Ghent) at MentorMentor in Ghent.
After completing this research, he was selected for the masterclass with Mashid Mohadjarin in Ghent.
His acceptance as artist-in-residence at 'the museum of loss and renewal' in Italy is a recent accomplishment.


Artist Statement


In his work he reflects on the photographic medium and all of its alternative facets.
He investigates the connections between the medium's technical boundaries and how photography shapes memory.
The photographer is interested in alternative photographic techniques to capture and catalog light.
He researches, like an alchemist, how actual light is transformed into an image by utilizing nature and unconventional products in his visual language.

He investigates this by exploiting light with sensitized materials, lens elements, and camera mechanics to fully comprehend the photographic medium.
What matters in his work, is the great adoration for fleeting moments and transient beauty.
He amplifies this by embracing imperfections, because they are truly free from perfect.

Continuing this (de)constructive path in his work is essential,
by transforming and utilizing all the raw materials in his immediate surroundings.
Plants are "free," and raw compounds can be made by transforming household chemicals into his instruments of choice.
This personal light catalog corresponds with the unconscious, visualizing unexpected and striking effects that seem to open up a universe, parallel to the real world.

In this semi-Dionysian way of working, nature gets the chance to partly take over and make the ephemeral bridge between our real world and his doorways towards these parallel universes more tangible.

In his work he reflects on the photographic medium and all of its alternative facets.
He investigates the connections between the medium's technical boundaries and how photography shapes memory.
The photographer is interested in alternative photographic techniques to capture and catalog light.
He researches, like an alchemist, how actual light is transformed into an image by utilizing nature and unconventional products in his visual language.

He investigates this by exploiting light with sensitized materials, lens elements, and camera mechanics to fully comprehend the photographic medium.
What matters in his work, is the great adoration for fleeting moments and transient beauty.
He amplifies this by embracing imperfections, because they are truly free from perfect.

Continuing this (de)constructive path in his work is essential,
by transforming and utilizing all the raw materials in his immediate surroundings.
Plants are "free," and raw compounds can be made by transforming household chemicals into his instruments of choice.
This personal light catalog corresponds with the unconscious, visualizing unexpected and striking effects that seem to open up a universe, parallel to the real world.

In this semi-Dionysian way of working, nature gets the chance to partly take over and make the ephemeral bridge between our real world and his doorways towards these parallel universes more tangible.





Exhibitions



Exhibitions



Mentor Mentor: Verzameld Werk 3 - Gent
Portals Of Displacement - 2022

Oostkustkunst - Knokke
Interminably waiting - 2022

CWART Gallery - Knokke
Portals of Displacement - 2022

Rotterdam Photo - Rotterdam - Netherlands
Portals of discplacement - 2022

LUCA 4 - Leuven
Seashaped - 2022

Photoempauta - Tirandentes,Brazil
Interminably Waiting - 2022

ID Gallery - Knokke
Seashaped - 2021

Bunkerzoom - Ostend
Sleeper - 2021Onboards Bienal - Antwerp
Interminably Waiting - 2021

Catching waves - Knokke
Seashaped - 2021

Photography Bienal: Nouvelle Vague - Marchin
Sleeper - 2021

Format festival of photography - New Zealand/Derby
Interminably waiting - 2021

Impact - Oudenburg
Interminably Waiting - 2021

Breedbeeld: in side Out - Bosland
Displacement - 2020

Cc Ondersporen - Hasselt
Sleeper - 2021

Open air expo KAF - Royal Zoute tennisclub
Interminably waiting - 2020

Co-founded KAF gallery - Knokke
Seashaped - 2019

Open air expo KAF - Countryclub - Damme
Seashaped - 2018

Open air expo KAF - Countryclub - Damme
Seashaped - 2018

Open air expo KAF - Royal Zoute tennisclub - Knokke
Seashaped - 2018

Splinters - Cultural organisation Can'art - Kuurne
Sleeper - 2018

Foodfest - Cadzand-Bad - Netherlands
Seashaped - 2018 & 2019

Different shapes of water Gallery Hirez - Oostkamp
Seashaped - 2018

Unknown masterpieces - Cc Scharpoord - Knokke
Seashaped - 2018

Shangxia - Gallery Berko - Knokke
Mist - 2017

Surfing the cult of cool - Cc Scharpoord - Knokke
Seashaped - 2017

Cc Internationaal fotofestival - Knokke
Seashaped - 2016

Gallery Maenhoudt - Knokke
Seashaped - 2016

Solo expo SeaShaped - Gallery Berko - Knokke
Seashaped - 2016

Expo Alumni - Tour&Taxi - Brussels
interminably waiting - 2015
Seashaped - 2016

Close UP - Cultural Centrum - Brussels
Booklaunch P.A.R.T.S - 2015





Publications



'Portals of Displacement';
'Valentine editions (ENG), Dino-Zine (ESP), L'Oeil De la Photographie (FR), Rotterdam art week (NL) Dito-publishing & Yoghurt magazine (IT)

'Seashaped';
'Art of living, De morgen, zoute talks, KH magazine, KW Weekend, L'Officiel hommes

'Sleeper '
RTC Tele Liege, De standaard

Seashaped'
Strandhotel magazine' (NL)'

'Art-i-fax' & 'Sleeper'
Art platform KLAP

'Seashaped'
Cityzine summer edition
Collective Exhibition Scharpoord 'Unknown Masterpieces' TamTam

Exhibition Cc Scharpoord 'Seashaped';
Metro Weekend (front page), Flair,
KH Magazine, De Morgen, Libelle, De Zondag, KW Weekend Knack, Steps

Publication 'Love Marks'; Zoute Paper

Collective Exhibition 'Mist';
Zoute People, Zoute Paper, Art nocturne

Exhibition 'Seashaped';
Zoute People, Zoute Paper, Knokke Actueel, L'eventail (FR)

'Seashaped'
Competition finalist De Morgen

Skate magazine 'Stoked'





Prices & Experience



Masterclass:
Mashid Mohadjerin
2022

Mentorship:
MentorMentor - Anja Hellebaut
2022 - 2023

Internship:
Jimmy Kets
2016-2017

Exchange:
Ecole superieur des arts des l'image, Le75
2016-2017

Education:
Bachelor audiovisual techniques: Photography Narafi, Luca-shool of Arts, Vorst
2013 - 2016

Publication Price, Dito-publishing - Italy
Publication Price, Valentine editions - England
Jurors favorite photofestival Incadaques - France
Finalist Film photo awards - America
Finalist Bredaphoto - Netherlands
Organisation - RUIS - Klap, Gent
Graduation price - De Morgen
Imprenta - Best artistic work.
SOFAM price - protection for life
Teacher Lomography, shop Antwerp



© Nick Verhaeghe




2014 - 2023