Lisse Declercq Belgian, b. 1993
Lisse Declercq is a Belgian artist born in Lüdenscheid (DE). She has an MFA in Painting from the MAD-FAC School of Arts in Hasselt (BE). Her work has been shown at de Warande in Turnhout and was exhibited in the 2021 Triennial of Bruges.
Declercq elaborated her painting techniques and foundations by watching makeup tutorials on Youtube. She bends this language to stage social selfies, an awareness of a certain reality, and its effects on ways of looking. In this culture of the copy, this millennial painter moves between fantasy and reality while calling into question authenticity. Declercq questions the longing for
perfection, the copy-paste Instagram/ media aesthetics as an impossible, endless battle of unwillingly and unknowingly playing a part in a “reality show” in a virtual media reality.
Lisse Declercq (1993) born in Lüdenscheid (Germany), lives and works in Belgium.
SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2022
CAN Ibiza 2022 - Booth A3, Presented by Everyday Gallery
Roomies - Brussels
Dertig onder Dertig - Kunstenhuis, Harelbeke
De Voortuin - Antwerp
Hands up - Beursschouwburg, Brussel
2021
First Date, Bernaerts, Antwerp (Solo show)
TraumA - Triennal Bruges
Kabinet - Studio Aaron Peeters, Genk
Private Collection Selected by - Tatjana Pieters, Ghent
2020
Ride or Die - De Warande, Turnhout (Solo show)
Complex - De Ruimte, Turnhout (Solo show)
Nectar - Hasselt
Een blik achter de Muur - Blikfabriek, Antwerp
2019
Belgium Art & Design - Floraliënhal, Ghent
Nuit Blanche - De Kooi, Hasselt
Modern Masters - Bernaerts, Antwerp
2018
Remix - Amuseevous, Ghent
Open Studio’s 2018 - NICC & Studio Start, Antwerp
Antwerp Art Weekend - Bernaerts gallery, Antwerp
20 Years NICC – Jubilee - NICC, Antwerp
2017
Bittersweet - L22, Antwerp (Solo show)
Your Eyes Burn Like Wild Fire - Vonk, Genk
Unblinking Devotion - Z33, Hasselt
2016
INSTANT - GYM, Hasselt
Art Borgloon - Borgloon
STARMAP,EPIC/ENTER - AcademieGalerie, Utrecht
2015
100001 (NYCKEL) - The Palace, Hasselt
Centerfolds - Chocoladefabriek, Tongeren
BLISS - BIN, Turnhout
Some Velvet Morning - GYM, Hasselt
2014
Campus Bokrijk - Genk
Education
2014-2016 Master Visual Arts, Painting - PXL Hasselt (BE)
2011-2014 Bachelor Visual Arts, Painting - PXL Hasselt (BE)
2006-2011 Visual Arts, Heilig Graf, Turnhout (BE)
2014 Master internship at Studio Edelweiss, Gent (BE)