Photography Exchange

During your studies you will be coached by a diverse and enthusiastic team of lecturers. Their strength is that they themselves are photographers, visual artists, writers or curators active in the field of contemporary art and photography. For example, Ana Torfs is participating in group exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Bonn (April 11 – May 18, 2025) and Le Forum, Hermès Foundation in Tokyo (opening July 17, 2025). Additionally, she is working on a solo exhibition at the Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, opening on October 2, 2025. Aglaia Konrad has a solo exhibition at Secession in Vienna (March 8 – May 18, 2025). Her most recent publications include Alina, Barbara, Halina, Helena, Zofia (CCA Singles, 2024) and Japan Works (Roma Publications, 2021). In recent years, Els Opsomer has completed residencies in Thiès and Dakar (Senegal), Elfonissos (Greece), Bucharest (Romania), Amsterdam Noord (Netherlands), Berlin (Germany), Hospice Brussels, and the Frans Masereel Center in Kasterlee, where she is working on her doctoral project titled I See, I See What You Don’t See – On the Visible Invisible in Times of ‘Global’ Terror. In April 2025, she will participate in the symposium Does Security Have a Future? Speculation and Belonging in the Age of Catastrophes, organized by Deradicalizing the City (Brussels). Recently, her work was shown in Fort Beau (Cinematek, Brussels, 2024) and Choking Flames: Els Opsomer & Ermias Kifleyesus (Kusseneers Gallery, Molenbeek, 2023). In his current artistic practice, Danny Veys uses a canoe to photograph remote and untouched landscapes in a slow and experimental manner. His publication The Flaxcanoe Floats on the Golden River (2024) is the result of his research into the stories and history of the Leie River—a project he is now continuing in the regions of the Yser, Aa, Somme, and Meuse rivers. Additionally, he is creating new work at the archaeological site of Pergamon (Turkey), which will culminate in a 2027 exhibition marking 150 years of German excavations. Sarah Van Marcke started a PhD project in 2024 on the history and representation of nature reserves, for which she is undertaking an extended artist residency in the UK, near Leeds. She is also preparing a solo exhibition at Botanique in Brussels (2025). Sine Van Menxel created the artist’s book A Table under a Tree (Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Hopper & Fuchs, 2023). A selection of photograms from this series was exhibited at the Raveel Museum (Machelen-aan-de-Leie) and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Between 2020 and 2024, Liesbeth Decan led a research project on the Polish-Belgian artist Tapta, resulting in three exhibitions (at Arton Foundation, Warsaw; WIELS, Brussels; and Muzeum Susch, Switzerland) and three books published by Arton Foundation, Mousse Publishing, and Hatje Cantz. In March 2025, Eva Van Tongeren will present her new film Les mains qui travaillent (2024) at Art Cinema OFFoff in Ghent.

In addition to lecturers such as Liesbeth Decan, Jan Theo de Jager, Aglaia Konrad, Melanie Matthieu, Wendy Morris, Els Opsomer, Ronny Smedts, Ana Torfs, Mitja Tušek, Kris Van Beek, Sarah Van Marcke, Sine Van Menxel, Eva Van Tongeren, Maarten Vanvolsem, and Danny Veys, you will also have the opportunity to engage with external artists and curators through guest lectures, talks, and workshops.