GALLERIES

Koen van den Broek is represented by

BRUSSELS

Galerie Greta Meert
Vaartstraat 13 Rue du Canal
1000 Brussels, Belgium
+32 2 219 14 22
info@galeriegretameert.com
Artist page

COLOGNE

Philipp von Rosen Galerie
Gertrudenstraße 24-28
50667 Cologne, Germany
+49 221 4233 7123
info@philippvonrosen.com
Artist page

SEOUL

Gallery Baton
116, Dokseodang-ro, Yongsan-gu,
04420 Seoul, Korea
+82 2 597 5701
info@gallerybaton.com
Artist page

BIO

Born in 1973 in the Belgian town of Bree, Van den Broek first studied architecture and subsequently painting, initially at the Royal Academy of Antwerp and then at the Academy of Visual Arts of Breda. In his opinion, despite his painting studies, he has always remained an architect at heart. Ever since his student days, van den Broek has travelled constantly: around Europe, to the USA, Mexico and even to Japan. Always with his camera close to hand. He takes photos, a lot of photos, which all depict the same subject: the architectural interventions of man on the landscape.

Early in his career, Koen van den Broek developed a fascination for desolate landscapes in which man rarely appears, but always makes his presence felt. He depicts the traces left behind on roads, streets and houses that have been abandoned. The artist’s perception of roads and borders in barren lands has provided the painter with impulses that enable him to make his specific statement on landscape painting. Van den Broek operates by turning his face downwards and zooming in on the irregularities of the pavement, on curb stones and shadows. It is this very search for a subject of representation that led the artist on a journey closer to abstraction.

Works by Koen van den Broek are part of major public collections, including the LACMA, Los Angeles; SMAK, Ghent; M HKA, Antwerp; Busan Museum of Art, Busan; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, and Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle. His work has been presented at the Venice Biennial (2015 & 2017); White Cube, London; Kunstmuseum, Bonn; Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Antwerp and Brussels; Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul; Kunsthalle, Mannheim; Royal Academy, London; MAS, Antwerp, and Kunsthal, Rotterdam; His work can also be found in numerous public spaces in Belgium, such as the Hofkamer, Antwerp; ‘t Zilte, MAS, Antwerp; AZSM Hospital, Mechelen, and the Provinciehuis, Hasselt.

CONTACT

Studio Koen van den Broek

For more information:
david@koenvandenbroek.org

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

‘What’s the Story’
August 16 – November 17, 2024
OPENING Thursday August 15, 7–10 pm
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)

‘Blue Highway’
August 24 – October 12, 2024
OPENING Saturday August 24, 6–9 pm
de boer Gallery, Los Angeles (US)

‘Streetspace Banger’
August 24 – November 10, 2024
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen (DE)

‘Near and Far - Local Perspectives, Global Visions’
Herman Gommé and Jef Van Eynde
curated by Koen van den Broek
September 20–22, 2024
OPENING Thursday 19 September, 7–9 pm
Studio Koen van den Broek, Antwerp (BE)

Solo exhibition
Greta Meert, Brussels (BE)
November 2024

COMPLETE ARCHIVE OF WORK

synthesis.pdf