Pieter Vermeersch (°1973, Kortrijk, Belgium) lives and works in Turin and Brussels. Since he exhibited at the S.M.A.K. in Ghent 15 years ago, Pieter Vermeersch’s work has been featured in 30 solo exhibitions at, among others, the STUK Arts Centre, Leuven (2006); White Box, New York (2009); Londonewcastle Project Space, London (2011), and recently the Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona (2016).
His work has been part of the following group exhibitions: S.M.A.K., Ghent (2017), the Fondation Etrillard, Paris (2016); the Kenopoku Festival, Japan (2016); MSK, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent (2015); Parasol Unit, London (2015); L’Espace de l’Art Contret, Mouans-Sartoux (2015); Redcat, Los Angeles (2014); MAC’s, Grand-Hornu (2014); Logan Center Gallery, Chicago (2013); Urdaibai Arte (2012); Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg (2011); S.M.A.K., Ghent (2010); Mu.ZEE, Oostende (2010); Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz (2009); South London Gallery, London (2009); Bozar, Brussels (2007); M HKA, Antwerp (2006).
Over the past two years, he has created monumental frescoes at Schuman Station in Brussels and the Galeries Lafayette in Biarritz, as well as major site-specific works for the Solo House Office KGDVS in Matarraña, Spain and for Silos a sel, site de la Voirie, Geneva, Switzerland. The works of Pieter Vermeersch are part of the collections of Dexia Art Collection, Brussels; the European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main; the Art Collection of the Flemish Community, Brussels; the Flemish Parliament, Brussels; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; ING Art Collection, Brussels; M HKA, Antwerp; the National Bank of Belgium, Brussels; S.M.A.K., Ghent.
Photo: Claire Dorn