Louise Degraeve (°1992) is a photographer and graphic designer living and working in Ghent. She captures fractions of everyday life in which sensitivity prevails. In those humble moments she searches for stillness and honesty.
After photographing, she cuts out the essence of her images. This generates a play of looking, approaching, touching, suggesting and confusing. The viewer recognises personal memories in her visual language of postures and human actions. She invites one to step into this intimate world, a search for the fragility of relationships, propelled by the power of suggestion.
Besides her artistic practice, she is at your service as a freelance portrait photographer and graphic designer, mainly focussing on bookdesign.
Interested in collaborations? Let’s talk!
louisedegraeve@hotmail.com
+32 (0)479544898
After photographing, she cuts out the essence of her images. This generates a play of looking, approaching, touching, suggesting and confusing. The viewer recognises personal memories in her visual language of postures and human actions. She invites one to step into this intimate world, a search for the fragility of relationships, propelled by the power of suggestion.
Besides her artistic practice, she is at your service as a freelance portrait photographer and graphic designer, mainly focussing on bookdesign.
Interested in collaborations? Let’s talk!
louisedegraeve@hotmail.com
+32 (0)479544898
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2024: LUX, Ghent, group show
2024: Cirque, Knokke, group show
2024: 254 Forest, Brussels, group show ‘PEP x PHOTO BRUSSELS FESTIVAL’
2023: Jolien Develtere, Gent, solo ‘Grid’
2023: Convent, Ghent, group show ‘Les Mouchoirs de Poche’
2023: Blanco, Ghent, solo ‘while the baby sleeps’
2023: Tractor, Waarschoot, group show ‘MOTHERING’
2023: Poortersloge, Bruges, group show ‘Air Biekorf 7.0’
2022: residency Blanco, Ghent
2021: Konvooi Kunstenfestival, Bruges, group, artist-curator
2021: Langerbrugge, Konnektor by Gouvernement, group show ‘PYLON WALKS’
2020: Langerbrugge, Konnektor, residency
2020: Residency Ypermuseum, DDGG, Ypres
2020: Arthoard Hoarderlife, online expo
2019: Sint-Jansgodshuis, Ypres, group show ‘Grens’
2019: Residency Sint-Jansgodshuis Ypres w/ collective Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten
2019: Brugsesteenweg, Ghent, group show ‘Taart in de brievenbus’
2018: SMAK Ghent, group show ‘S.M.A.C.K.H.A.C.K.’
2018: Schaarbeek, Brussels, solo ‘Een huis’
2018: In de Ruimte, Ghent, group show ‘Thans of nooit in de ruimte’
EDUCATION
2016 - 2018: teacher training visual arts, LUCA School of Arts Gent, BE
2015 - 2016: master visual arts: graphic design, LUCA School of Arts, BE
2014 - 2015: transition year graphic design, LUCA School of Arts Gent, BE
2023 - 2014: erasmus visual arts, école d’enseignement des beaux arts de Bordeaux, FR
2011 - 2014: bachelor visual arts: autonomous arts, KASK School of Arts, Gent, BE
EXHIBITIONS
2024: LUX, Ghent, group show
2024: Cirque, Knokke, group show
2024: 254 Forest, Brussels, group show ‘PEP x PHOTO BRUSSELS FESTIVAL’
2023: Jolien Develtere, Gent, solo ‘Grid’
2023: Convent, Ghent, group show ‘Les Mouchoirs de Poche’
2023: Blanco, Ghent, solo ‘while the baby sleeps’
2023: Tractor, Waarschoot, group show ‘MOTHERING’
2023: Poortersloge, Bruges, group show ‘Air Biekorf 7.0’
2022: residency Blanco, Ghent
2021: Konvooi Kunstenfestival, Bruges, group, artist-curator
2021: Langerbrugge, Konnektor by Gouvernement, group show ‘PYLON WALKS’
2020: Langerbrugge, Konnektor, residency
2020: Residency Ypermuseum, DDGG, Ypres
2020: Arthoard Hoarderlife, online expo
2019: Sint-Jansgodshuis, Ypres, group show ‘Grens’
2019: Residency Sint-Jansgodshuis Ypres w/ collective Dienst der Gedroomde Gewesten
2019: Brugsesteenweg, Ghent, group show ‘Taart in de brievenbus’
2018: SMAK Ghent, group show ‘S.M.A.C.K.H.A.C.K.’
2018: Schaarbeek, Brussels, solo ‘Een huis’
2018: In de Ruimte, Ghent, group show ‘Thans of nooit in de ruimte’
EDUCATION
2016 - 2018: teacher training visual arts, LUCA School of Arts Gent, BE
2015 - 2016: master visual arts: graphic design, LUCA School of Arts, BE
2014 - 2015: transition year graphic design, LUCA School of Arts Gent, BE
2023 - 2014: erasmus visual arts, école d’enseignement des beaux arts de Bordeaux, FR
2011 - 2014: bachelor visual arts: autonomous arts, KASK School of Arts, Gent, BE