De Weerdt’s work is an outburst of explosive energy, which transcends the context of mediums and
disciplines to act as an erratic multi-disciplinary,
multi-mediumal way of being.
It is political but not merely; critical but not merely, reflexive but not merely.
It holds both an antagonistic expressive mode of action, without letting go of playfulness and personal experimentation.
It juxtaposes a conceptual exploration of semantics and materiality with an anarchic attitude ridiculing the construction of meaning as such.
Ory Dessau
Selection of works
Solo exhibitions
2022 Hearth wave hole/hard way home - 'Call us Company', Vlaamse Kaai 47, Antwerpen (BE)
2021 Love and Power, Life art project, Antwerp, (BE)
2021 Mane Motif, Kunstenlab, Deventer, (NL)
2020 A tribute for the daughter of river 58, Forbidden city, Antwerp (BE)
2019 "And the name of the star was wormwood.", Factor 44 Antwerp (BE)
2018 Video screening Oh Great Kings Of Moulding, Atelier Arthur Rogiers Brussels (BE)
Group exhibitions
2023 'Burcht Malpertuus', CC Sint Niklaas, Sint Niklaas (BE)
2023 Lady Rain, Faar, Antwerp (BE)
2022 Ulterieur, Broeltorens, Kortrijk, (BE)
2022 A glittering ruin sucked upwards, HISK laureates exhibition, Gosset site, Brussels (BE)
2021 PONTIPONTIPONTI, Pontispace, Antwerp (BE)
2021 NowBelgiumNow, Antwerp (BE)
2021 The HISK Affair, Gosset site, Brussels (BE)
2021 A beggars banquet, Gallery Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2021 Beste kunstwereld, ... Lichtekooi Artspace, Antwerp (BE)
2020 Arttelex, Antwerp (BE)
2020 een blik achter de muur, blikfabriek Antwerp (BE)
2019 Zonder kunstenaars geen kunst, NICC, Mhuka Antwerp (BE)
2019 TOBE Antwerpen, Tersago/Dedecker, Antwerp (BE)
2019 De wilde expo, bar Letour, Antwerp (BE)
2019 OMG Is Pink the new Black? Antwerp (BE)
2019 Anaconda Group Show Antwerp (BE)
2018 Freedom explained logically Group Exhibition Antwerp (BE)
2018 Freedom explained logically Group Exhibition Düsseldorf (GER)
2017 WOEST: Group Exhibitions, Antwerp (BE)
2015 720HOURS: Group Exhibitions Antwerp (BE)
2015 Pumas Van Quitatrue: Group Exhibition Antwerp (BE)
Publications
2021 Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunstboek, NICC, Antwerp (BE)
Studies
2021-2023 HISK: Advanced Studies & Practice-based Research in Visual Arts
2018-2019 Master sculpture, Royal Academy, Antwerp
2015-2018 Fine arts, Sint Lucas Antwerpen