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Marc De Blieck

°1958, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Lives and works in Ghent

EDUCATION

1999

1984

1984

1981

1977

Master degree “Photography” KASKA, Antwerp, BE

Pedagogical certificate (art)

Degree: advanced high education in the arts (painting), NHISK, Antwerp, BE

Degree: high education in the arts (painting), KASKA, Antwerp, BE

Degree: high school “Human Sciences”, Sint-Niklaas, BE

TEACHING

2011 - present

2007 - present

1999 - present

2010

2008

2007

2003

1999

Founding, teaching and coordinating the studio “Photography”

Coaching master students (individually and in group)

LUCA School of Arts, Campus Gent, BE

Teaching a course in Philosophy for master students (in collaboration with philosopher Volkmar Mühleis) on “An Epistemology of the Concrete” (Hans-Jörg Rheinberger.

Teaching a course in Philosophy for master students (in collaboration with philosopher Volkmar Mühleis) on “The ignorant Schoolmaster” (Jacques Rancière)

Teaching elective studio “Photography”

Start-up, teaching and coordinating the “Experimental Studio”. Working with a mixed group of students active in diverse fields: performance, sound art, photography, installation art, painting...

Teaching drawing courses and courses in “Image Research”

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

2014

2013

2010

2008

2003

2000

Pentecost Counterpoint, Galery EL, Welle, BE

Standards, Netwerk, Aalst, BE.

The Mapping of Institutional Legitimation onto a zigzag Trail, Loods 12, Wetteren, BE.

Red – Blue, Experimental Intermedia, Gent, BE.

The Meydenbauer Legacy, Sint-Lukasgalerie, Brussel, BE

Home - One man show, De markten, Brussel, BE

File under Ricochet - One man show, Galerie Mercator, Antwerp, BE

The mapping of psychoanalytical onto historical legitimation #2 - One man show, Het Kabinet, Gent, BE

Besites, Muhka, Antwerp, BE

Chapter 0, Galerie db–s, Antwerp, BE.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2000

Frame, Play, Pause, SASK, De Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, BE

Land van Fotografie - 120 photographers in 120 houses in Land van Waaslaan Gent, BE

The Photographic I, SMAK, Museum of contemporary Art, Gent, BE.

Spurensicherung, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, NL

Robert De keersmaecker & …, Oud-Gemeentehuis, Willebroek, BE.

One more Take, Abtenhuis, Geraardsbergen, BE.

The Perfect Shot - Ricochet II, Screening and Artists’ Talk, Off-Off cinema, Gent, BE

Scotomata, Galery Joey Ramone, Rotterdam, NL

Enlightened Fountains (reasons to be cheerful), Loods12, Gent, BE

Tabula Rasa, Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, BE

The Divided Body, Predikherenkerk, Leuven, BE

Punctum, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, AT

If only When… - Marc De Blieck & Kurt Du Tré - Work in Progress, Orpheus Institute, Gent, BE

The Prélude Pathétique, University Library, Leuven, BE

Ik wordt”Voorkamer, Lier, BE

Sans Gène, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, BE

Edmond Sacré, Portrait of a City, STAM, Gent, BE

De Saedeleer revisited / Landscape in contemporay art, Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Aalst, BE.

Collected Stories, Kunstenfestival, Watou, BE

Pittoresk, Marta Herford, Herford , DE

Best General View, Kunsthaus Essen, DE

Beyond the Picturesque, SMAK, Gent, BE

The Mountain Show, Wilfried Lentz Gallery, Rotterdam, NL

Screen Worlds, Vlaams Parlement, Brussel, BE

The Projection Project, Curators Mark Kremer and Edwin Carels, Budapest, HU

Fotocollectie, (C-print), Gent, BE

Collection Allemande, KikIRPA, Brussel, BE

Heilige Geest, Voorkamer, Lier, BE

The Projection Project, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE

Wrong exposure’ Error#2, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE

From Shady Grove’ Error#1, ErrorOne, Antwerp, BE

The Naked City, Archilab, Orléans, FR

Onufri, The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, AL

Belgrado-den Haag, de onmogelijkheid van het plannen, Stroom, Den Haag, NL

Beeld in het park, Curators Rik De Boe and Peter Morrens, Etterbeek, BE

Fototheek, Galerie db-s, Antwerp, BE

Short Circuit, Flemish photography, Curator Pool Andries, Tallinn, EE.

PUBLICATIONS / LECTURES / SEMINARS

2019

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2009

2008

2006

2004

2003

2002

Photobook Belge - A selection of most important photobooks in Belgium, "Z.T." Wim Cuyvers / Marc De Blieck. Yves Gevaert Publisher, Brussels, 2002

Fotomuseum Antwerp, BE

Compact Discours , “Image” LUCA, De Singel, Antwerp, BE

About Looking, SMAK and Thinking Tools (Antwerp), SMAK, Museum of contemporary Art, Gent, BE.

The Photographic I - exhibition magazine published by Roma Publications Amsterdam

Turning Photography - website: http://www.turningphotography.be

Optic Nerve - symposium, Curated by Edwin CarelsPiet Zwart Institute and The International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL

Afterschool – Images, Education and Research, EDS Nancy Vansieleghem, Joris Vlieghe, Pieter Vertstraete, Leuven University Press (ISBN 978 94 6270 049 9)

Prix Fernand Baudin 2013, Book with Text describing the publication “SWIM”

Shame! (Hide & Show), Errorone, Publisher, Antwerp, BE

Zien, Doen, Denken / Jacques Rançières en de kunstpraktijk, AR Mer, Publisher, Gent, BE (ISBN 9789490693770)

Radicale Gemeenplaatsen – Europese architectuur uit Vlaanderen, Publisher: VAI. (Flemish Institute for Architecture)

Photography in Times of Progress, Organised by Univerity of Gent en University of Leuven, Cinematek, Brussel, BE

BookShowBookShop, Curators Johan Pas and Vaast Colson, Be-Part, Waregem, BE

'Cahier #3, Openbaarheid' Vlaams Bouwmeester, portfolio and text “Photography in Times of Progress”, Published by Vlaams Bouwmeester

Best General View, Curator Dirk Braeckman, Published by Kunsthaus Essen, DE

Save as Image, Lecture, Seminart #4 “Researching Space”, Brussel, BE

Nerveuze pixels, Photography after 1999, Johan De Vos, uitgegeven Mets en Schilt, NL.

Pittoresk - Catalogue of exposition, Marta Herford, DE

Beyond the Picturesque - Catalogue of exposition, SMAK, Gent, BE

Proposities #1 – Book, ACCO publisher, Leuven, BE, with support from Ivok

Home – Book, Photos Marc De Blieck, text Ger Groot, Inge Henneman, Jan Knops, Book design Joris Kritis en Julie Peeters, Mens en Cultuur uitgevers

Projection - Book and catalogue, Edwin Carels, Mark Kremer, Dieter Roelstraete, NAI publishers, Rotterdam

Archilab 2004, The Naked City – catalogue, Concept Bart Lootsma, Editions HYX, Orléans, FR

File under Ricochet, Book, 3D photos Marc De Blieck

Beograd-Den Haag – Book, Concept Wim Cuyvers, Filiep Tack, Book design Michael Bussaer and Andrea Martins, Stroom, Den Haag

Zonder titel – Book, Yves Gevaert, publisher, Brussel, Booklaunch, v

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Active participant in several advisory committees

Board of exhibitions (De Witte Zaal)

Board for “Research in the Arts”

Committee for revising the curriculum.

Committee for “Permanent educational developments”

Participant in research group “Liberty inviting Artists to take part..” (Art, Space, Context)

Member of research group “Art and Education”

Research:

"En regardeant quelques villes qui etaient attaquées récemment". In collaboration with Wim Cuyvers.

 

"The Important & the Interesting". Departing from the "Collection Allemande", a collection of historical photos of cultural heritage in Belgium made for the Messbildanstalt during the German occupation of WW I. In collaboration with Dirk Lauwaert. (Funded by OPAK)

 

"Save as Image". A proposal for a new approach to so-called research and doctorat 'in the arts'.

(Funded by LUCA)

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