Geert Koekoeckx ( °1983 Leuven)
Master Visual Arts - Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel
Geert Koekoeckx’ paintings resemble collage-like theatre pieces – with a baroque twist - in which the painter, as the director, plays with the pictorial possibilities. He places odd objects on shaky, stacked pedestals while fluffy animals are jumping through hoops on multicolored stages. Often the depicted animals are deformed or have amputated limbs. Although it's never really grim. These contradictions are part of Koekoeckx' work. Scale differences are kaleidoscopically intertwined and elaborated details alternate with blurry zones, as a result of which the reality will unfold as a spectacular backdrop. The artist is questioning the artist's role. What are his options? How do the artist’s decisions relate to those of the beholder? Are small errors and little ambiguities not the most telling?
Koekoeckx creates a smooth interaction between drawings from his imagination and images from old magazines and books (e.g. Medical encyclopedia), internet, comics ... One drawing is the - often very intuitive - cause for another addition and so on. In this way, his works gradually take shape. One could call it a modern version of the écriture automatique. For the artist the narrative aspect is inferior to the intuitive aspect although language plays a very important role; often a painting starts with the title. In his recent paintings, Roman frescoes are a great source of inspiration like color palette, plants, the many motives and the vulnerability of frescoes Koekoeckx often quotes from art history:This based on themes, composition, visual language ... "
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 - Sir Duck Hat & the owl holes - V/MSP Gallery Brussels
2022 - The Wunderwall - Galerie Sofie Van de Velde / Plus-one Gallery Antwerpen
2020 - In de lochting huist een vledermuis - Cecilia Jaime Gallery Gent
2019 - Lakenhal - Herentals2018 – Light Cube Gallery – Ronse
2018 – Cecilia Jaime Gallery – Gent
2013 – Die Kunstgalerie – Keulen
2011 – Revenge of the King – Leuven
2008 – Cultuurprijs Aarschot – Stedelijk Museum Aarschot
2007 – Sango Art Gallery – Leuven
Group
2025 - Badaff - Tale Art Gallery
2024 - Kaleidoscoop - Tale Art Gallery Vlierzele
2022 - @ the beach - Galerie Sofie Van de Velde / Plus-one Gallery Antwerpen
2022 - Wajo Expo#1 - WAJO Art Space Leuven
2021 - Verduyn Gallery - Moregem
2019 - Reset - Galerie Dessers Hasselt
2016 - Verwand - Galerie D'apostrof Meigem
2015 - D.art - Artenova Mechelen
2015 – Pandaemonium – CC Het Gasthuis Aarschot
2015 – Temple of Maybe – Paviljoen Kask Gent
2014 – Nature is us – Galerie D'apostrof Meigem
2014 - Dites-moi, m'sieur, faites que je sois un oiseau - Marchin
2014 - Everything but simple - Mechelen
2012 – Brisure/artistieke verwantschappen - Dexia Brussel
2012 - Gaverprijs - Waregem
2012 - Summer in the city #3 - Cypres Galerie Leuven
2012 - Ladies & Gentlemen, we're floating in space - KC Nona
2011 – Open M – Museum M Leuven
2011 – Pure Peinture – Montanus Diksmuide
2011 - To-Get-Ther(e) - ASAP hoofdkantoor Genk
2010 - D.art - Mechelen
2010 - Gasthoven - CC Het Gasthuis Aarschot
2010 - Nieuwelingen - CC Westrand Dilbeek
2008 - Binnen de lijntjes - Gevangeniskapel Merksplas
2007 - CC Het Gasthuis Aarschot
2007 - Out of control - VUB Brussel
