about
Louise Degraeve (°1992) is a photographer and book designer living and working in Ghent. In her artistic practise, she captures fractions of everyday life in which sensitivity prevails. In those humble moments she searches for stillness and honesty.
Exploring the power of suggestion through photography, her work is a play of approaching and taking distance. At times touched and sometimes confused, viewers can recognise personal memories in a visual language of postures and human actions. In search of the fragility of relationships, it celebrates the poetic in the personal.
Besides her artistic practice, she is at your service as a freelance portrait photographer and book designer.
Interested in collaborations? Let’s talk!
louisedegraeve@hotmail.com
+32 (0)479544898
Exploring the power of suggestion through photography, her work is a play of approaching and taking distance. At times touched and sometimes confused, viewers can recognise personal memories in a visual language of postures and human actions. In search of the fragility of relationships, it celebrates the poetic in the personal.
Besides her artistic practice, she is at your service as a freelance portrait photographer and book designer.
Interested in collaborations? Let’s talk!
louisedegraeve@hotmail.com
+32 (0)479544898
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2025: Full house, group show, Elmo, Gent
2025: Estafette, group show, Het Objectief, Gent
2025: Zomersalon, group show, Kunsthal, Gent
2025: ‘homegrown’, solo show, Initial Labo, Paris
2025: show show, Gent, group show
2024: Out Of Office, Gooik, group show
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
2025: Full house, group show, Elmo, Gent
2025: Estafette, group show, Het Objectief, Gent
2025: Zomersalon, group show, Kunsthal, Gent
2025: ‘homegrown’, solo show, Initial Labo, Paris
2025: show show, Gent, group show
2024: Out Of Office, Gooik, group show
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