Overview
Sybren Vanoverberghe engages with photography, employing diverse printing techniques, installations, structures, and discovered objects in his artistic practice. His creations capture landscapes and their remnants in a perpetual state of transformation, revealing the intricate interplay between place and time. Through his works, Vanoverberghe explores the convergence of history, nature, and heritage, presenting viewers with a visual dialogue that spans both the historical ruins and commonplace locales. His art challenges established notions by juxtaposing present-day structures with what might be interpreted as artifacts from an envisioned future. Vanoverberghe's pieces possess a pronounced anachronistic quality, with certain images portraying a bygone era that never truly existed. Within his monographs, he often delves into the cyclical nature of specific sites, transcending their original geographic context. His work prompts speculative inquiries that traverse time, oscillating between past and future with equal resonance. A perpetual tension permeates Vanoverberghe's oeuvre, inviting contemplation on the dual nature of images - whether to accept them as historical documents or dismiss those that seem to foretell a future yet to unfold.
Works
  • Wall X
    Wall X, 2025
    archival pigment print on cotton paper, acrylic glass and cardboard
    38cm x 44cm (15" x 17")
  • Abstract I
    Abstract I, 2025
    archival pigment print
    140cm x 105cm (55" x 41")
  • Cloth V
    Cloth V, 2025
    archival pigment print on cotton paper, acrylic glass and cardboard
    38cm x 44cm (15"x17")
  • Plant VII (Negative)
    Plant VII (Negative), 2025
    archival pigment print on cotton paper, acrylic glass and cardboard
    38cm x 44cm (15"x17")
  • Ladder
    Ladder, 2023
    archival pigment print in artist frame
    50cm x 41cm x 3cm (20" x 16" x 1.2")
  • Spiral
    Spiral, 2023
    archival pigment print in artist frame
    136cm x 110cm x 3.5cm (54" x 43" x 1.4")
  • Window
    Window, 2023
    archival pigment print in artist frame
    50cm x 41cm x 3cm (20" x 16" x 1.2")
Exhibitions
Studio shots
Biography

Sybren Vanoverberghe (b. 1996, BE) lives and works in Belgium. Vanoverberghe has had recent solo exhibitions at Stieglitz19, Deweer Gallery, Keteleer Gallery (BE) and two-person exhibitions at De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL), Barbé Gallery, Ghent (BE), Ontsteking, Ghent, (BE). Group Exhibitions include Breda Photo, Breda (NL); FoMu, Antwerp (BE); The Cultural Centre of Yangzhou, China (CN); Krasj6, Ninove (BE). His works have been shown at various fairs such as The Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam (NL); Art Antwerp (BE) and Art Brussels (BE). Vanoverberghe's works are published in artist books such as 2099 (2018), Conference of the Birds (2019), 1099 (2020), Sandcastles and Rubbish (2021), Desert Spirals (2023) by Art Paper Editions (BE). He has collaborated with fashion label Ann Demeulemeester and Belgian music band Whispering Sons. Other publications include Photoworks UK, De Tijd, De Volkskrant, the PHMuseum, De Standaard. He has been awarded by the Mathilde Horlait Dapsens Foundation. His works are included in the collection of the Flemish Government - Photomuseum of Antwerp (BE).

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2027

  

BE-PART, Waregem , Belgium. 

2026

  

Parallel Surface, Die Plek, Lost Angeles, USA, 

2024

  

'Desert Spirals', Cadogan Solo, Milan, Italy. 

 

  

MUSA, CC De Factori, Zaventem, Belgium.

 

  

Art Wall, UZ Brussels, Belgium.

 

  

'Degrees of Freedom', Bscene, Antwerp, Belgium.

 

  

'Solo Exhibition' Cadogan Gallery, Milan Italy

2023

  

‘Desert Spirals', Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2021

 

‘Sandcastles and Rubbish', Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2020

 

‘1099', Deweer Gallery Estate, Otegem, Belgium.

2019

 

‘Conference of the Birds', Stieglitz19, Antwerp, Belgium.
 

 

‘Conference of the Birds', MAP#94, KASK, Ghent, Belgium.

2018

 

‘2099', Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2026

  

'Wild Wind', ReRom Sire, Ghent, Belgium.

 

  

'Aqualex', Knokke, Belgium.

 

  

'Group Exhibition', Cadogan Gallery, London, UK. 

 

  

'Oblivion was Unavoidable', Kunstford, Vijfhuzien, Netherlands

2025

  

SAFFCA Sping Salon, La Cambre, Bussels, Belgium

2024

  

'Off the Wall'l, SUPERSTUDIO #3 Stellar, Antwerp, Belgium

2023

  

'Agents of Concern', CCHA, Curated by Dominique Somers, Hasselt, Belgium.

 

 

'10/10', Platform 6A/Keteleer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.

2022

 

‘KRASJ6 Biënnale', Curated by Ante Timmermans, Ninove, Belgium.
 

 

Duo Show w/ Manor Grunewald,  Ontsteking, Ghent, Belgium.

 

 

'Tribute to Panamarenko', Platform6A/Keteleer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.
 

 

Duo Show w/ Manor Grunewald, 'Fortune Displays', Barbé Urbain, Ghent, Belgium.
2021  

'XL', Barbé Urbain Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.

 

  

'In A Landscape', Les Ballets C de la B, Ghent, Belgium.
   

'Bioscopic Books', curated by Tine Guns – Kunsthal Ghent, Belgium.

 

Selected Art Fairs

2024

  

Miart with Cadogan Gallery, Milan, Italy

2022 - 23

  

Art Antwerp w/ Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2022 - 23

 

Art Brussels w/ Keteleer Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2019

 

Unseen Photo Fair w/ Stieglitz19, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Awards

2022 Longslist Prix Fintro, Belgium 

2021 1099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain

2020  Conference of the Birds, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain

2020  Shortlist Landscape, Sony World Photography Awards, UK

2019  Selected for .tiff. , FOMU, Museum of Photography, Belgium

2019  Winner, ‘Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens Foundation’ prize, Belgium
2019  Shortlist, Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant, Italy
2018  2099, Shortlist Best Photobook, PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain

 

Residencies


2025  South African Foundation for Contemporary Art (SAFFCA), Wittklipfontein, South Africa
2024  Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Netherlands 
2018  In-Between Shores, Ardesia Projects at Cascina Ronco, Daverio, Italy

 

Collections 

 Fotomuseum Antwerpen (FOMU), Antwerp, Belgium