Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 1975.

Lives and works in Sint-Denijs-Westrem, Belgium.

Curriculum

Education

1990-1993
Fine Arts, T.I.H.F. Brugge, Belgium

1993-1994
Fine Arts (Sculpture), Sint-Lucas Institute, Ghent, Belgium

1994-1998
Fine Arts (Sculpture), K.A.S.K., Ghent, Belgium
Erasmus Scholarship, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem, The Netherlands (02-02-’98 tot 31-05-’98)

2004- 2005
laureate, Higher Institute for Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

Grants and prizes

2005
Barry Covats Award, HISK, Belgium

2004
Selection Provincial prize for Fine Arts East- Flanders, Belgium

1999
Selection Provincial prize for Fine Arts East- Flanders, Belgium

1998
1st prize 'Horlait-Dapsens', Belgium
1st prize 'prijs Paul De Vigne', Belgium

Lectures & guestprofessorship

since 2006
resident guestprofessor at KASK - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

2007
HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

2006
NAC - National Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
KASK - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Gent, Belgium
ASP - Academy of Fine Arts Poznan, Intermedia department, Poznan, Poland

Solo shows

2020
29 Synonyms for 'hammered into' and a family pack of jokes, Yuri G. Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium

2017
Half an optimist, a brand new rockerbox and a blow on broad daylight, Trampoline, Antwerpen, Belgium

2016
Stefaan Dheedene / Freddy Van Parys, Galerie EL, Welle, Belgium
P/////AKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kung Fu, Trampoline Gallery, Anwerpen, Belgium
Swing the bat, Throw a ball, White Out Studio, Knokke, Belgium

2015
Things for Two and Things done Twice, Poppositions, Brussel, Belgium

2014
More of the same, Trampoline, Antwerp, Belgium

2013
I need to protect my family (Carl collective), Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium

2012
Fade to Gray, Eperimental intermedia, Gent, Belgium

2011
Done. Finished, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Bel étage, Berlin, Germany

2009
The happy end of a univocal metal taste, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Ghost Shift, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium

2008
Trinker at nine, Comments at five, Gran Paradiso at eight, New Talents, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany

2007
Kiosk, Gent, Belgium
backdrop, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2006
A model will help you review the attraction (cur. Gery Van Tendeloo), Benedengalerie, Kortrijk, Belgium
Short history of decay (cur. Monika Bakke), Arsenal gallery, Poznan, Poland
One man show – Deweer Art Gallery, Art Brussels Fair, Belgium
Billy, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
HI STORY, BOZAR, Brussel, Belgium

2005
a manual, croxhapox, Gent, Belgium
Trompe le monde, Stefaan Dheedene – Arno Roncada, IN/OUT (HISK), Antwerp, Belgium
An occasion for mistake, Hedah, Maastricht, The Netherlands,
Good intentions, Stefaan Dheedene – Pawel Wojtasik, F18, Antwerp, Belgium
educación, Francis Denys – Stefaan Dheedene, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Gent, Belgium

2003
CROX 108 instalraam, croxhapox, Gent, Belgium

2002
better better, Espace Doual’art, Douala, Cameroon
Netwerkgalerij, Aalst, Belgium

Group Shows

2019
Biënnale van België, Floraliënhal, Gent, Belgium
The Secret life of materials, Pennings Foundation, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2018
Nomadic Mountains, Schunck Museum, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Collector's Room # 19: Belgium Calling - Part I, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Da & Da, MLF Gallery, Brussel, Belgium

2017
ABC Lounge Club, ABC Klubhuis, Antwerpen, Belgium
Collector's Room # 15: A Show, Inside Out (Buitensculpturen / Outdoor Sculptures), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2016
ATC*, Martin Van Blerk Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
Water. War, Buda Kortrijk, Belgium
From The Collection / New, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
The Moving image, De Studio Large, Antwerpen, Belgium
Furniture. Sculpture, Hugo Voeten Art Centre, Herentals, Belgium
Collector's Room # 11: Graphic Chic, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2015
ME, Myself and I, Trampoline, Antwerpen, Belgium
A new spirit in Booking, CC Strombeek, Brussel, Belgium

2014
Return to sender, Wiels Project Room, Brussel, Belgium
Heyokas - Stadslimiet, Antwerpen, Belgium

2013
Up close and personal, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
(Re)source, Arboretum Wageningen, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Published by Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
I think this too shall pass, These things take time, Gent, Belgium
IM&EX PLICIT (cur. Luc Derycke), Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium (until 9 February 2014)
[Manœuvres], Voorkamer | kunstenaarsinitiatief, Lier, Belgium
Coup de Ville 2013, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Beelden op de berg, (re)source - over authenticiteit en manipulatie, Belmonte arboretum, Wageningen, The Netherlands

2012
Bookshowbookshop, Be-part platform for contemporary art, Waregem, Belgium
Up Close and Personal, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium (until 16 June 2013)
Watch that sound, Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium (until 10 March 2013)
Scherven brengen geluk als je ze lang genoeg koestert, Secondroom, Antwerpen
Re-Opening, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
BEL ETAGE - WAS IST IST ..!!, Manifesta 9 Parallell Events, Genk, Belgium
Video in the City, Art Brussels - DEWEER gallery, Brussels, Belgium
The third sculpture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Drawing Room, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Façade, Netwerk – Center for contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium

2011
Tomorrow is the question, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Tender buttons, becoming Gertrude Stein., Resto Overpoort, Gent, Belgium
Draussen ist Feindlich, Bel étage, Berlin Mitte, Germany
ABC - Contemporary Art from Belgium, Fondation Culture et Developement, Sofia, Bulgaria / Musee Bernardo, Lisboa, Portugal
Dreams of power - Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland
Art Brussels - DEWEER Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Art of the Loom - 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory, Otegem, Belgium, 1985-2010, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Light Festival Ghent, vault of the old National Bank 'De Wijngaerd', Ghent, Belgium

2010
ABC - Contemporary Art from Belgium - Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France
Rugged Beauties, Verein am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany
What's the point of giving you more artworks?, KOP, Breda, The Netherlands
Contrapunt , Kasteel van Berlare, Berlare, Belgium
Stardust in a nutshell , Savvy contemporary , Berlin, Germany

2009
Change of the century, Lichtmuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
ArtBrussels 09, DEWEER gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Something else!!!! / A selection of works from the SMAK, MAN_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
SuperStories - 2nd Triennial of Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hasselt, Belgium
ContourLight, Mechelen (B)
Stefaan Dheedene - Deborah Delva - Niklaus Ruëgg - Frederik Van Simaey - Dries Verstraete, Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium
A Buster Keaton - Marcel Broodthaers, Stefaan Dheedene, Richard Venlet, Bepart - Platform for Contemporary Arts, Waregem, Belgium
Watou - verzamelde verhalen, Watou, Belgium
Kunst&Zwalm Biennial, Zwalm, Belgium
Brainbox 2, Croxhapox, Gent, Belgium

2008
Desire, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
UPDATE, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Hacking IKEA, Platform 21, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Belgier, Figge von Rosen Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Presentation Collection, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
It’s not fair, le monde est arbitraire, Huis Van Winckel, Dendermonde, Belgium
Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian art, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany

2007
My radius, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech Republic
Zwei Strassen weiter zwei, Ateliergemeinschaft, Münster, Germany
Performing the everyday (1), Open Archive #1, Argos center for art & media, Brussel, Belgium
Nightcomers – 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
BLACK IS BLACK – selection of recent acquisitions of the SMAK presented in HISK, Gent, Belgium
Silent Revolutions, Botanical Garden, Leuven, Belgium
Temporary behaviour (cur. Jan Van Woensel), Art Life Gallery, Venice, Italy
Mon Parnasse, Parnassus klooster, Gent, Belgium
Voorstellen voor de integratie van een kunstwerk, Netwerk, Aalst
e-flux video rental (touring), Canaries Biennial, Centro de Arte “La Regenta” / Art House, Austin, Texas / Centre culturel Suisse, Paris, France / Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA, Great-Britain / Biennale de Lyon, Fondation Bullukkian, France

2006
An act of presence (cur. Hans Martens), Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium
The unhumane society (cur. Eric Heist), Momenta Art, Brooklyn – New York, United States
3×3 design, Buda Kunstencentrum, Kortrijk, Belgium
Error #4, Brialmontlei / error one, Antwerp, Belgium
ZOO logical garden (cur. Angelique Campens), Harry Malter park / beeldend vzw, Heusden (Gent), Belgium
Freestate (cur. Hendrik Tratsaert & Lieven Vandenabeele), Militair hospitaal, Oostende, Belgium
Société des nations (cur. Christian Mayer), Circuit, Lausanne, Switserland
Borderline video art festival (cur. Pauline Doutreluingne), Theatre in motion / Platform China, Beijing, China
e-flux video rental (touring), Extra City, Antwerp / Pist, Istanbul / Mücsarnok-Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary
EXACT (cur. Vincent Meessen), UTIL, Brussels, Belgium
Leere X Vision (cur. Dr. Maïté Vissault), MARTa Museum, Herford, Germany
HISK: Eva De Leener / Stefaan Dheedene / Vincent Meessen / Cedric Noel / Arno Roncada / Tom Woestenborgs, Ravenstein Galleries, Brussels, Belgium
Enough Room for Space: ‘Georgia, here we come’, NAC, Tbilisi, Georgia

2005
... and Lucie liked it! (cur. Ann Demeester), HISK, Antwerp, Belgium
Stefaan Dheedene, Jens Nippert, Reinaart Van Hoe, Freek Wambacq, Artis, ’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Artificial landscape (cur. Angelique Campens), beeldend vzw, Maria-Aalter, Belgium
T142, Deweer Art Gallery, Transfo Zwevegem, Belgium
Basics#2, croxhapox, Gent, Belgium
Open Studios, Hisk, Antwerp, Belgium
Movie cycle, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow, Poland
Missies, Wij weten wat u wilt. (cur. Stef Van Bellingen), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2004
Angle°, 1st International short film & video festival, Xiamen, China
Meeting point festiwal 2004: “PRAWIE NIC”, Galeria Kronika, Poland
RUSH (cur. Angelique Campens), Oudenaarde, Belgium
Oogst / Récolte / Harvest, Caermersklooster, Gent, Belgium
Nachtpodium, VPRO television broadcasting, The Netherlands / Belgium
De Alpen, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst, Belgium
Open Studios, HISK, Antwerp, Belgium
Heterogonie der Zwecke, De Zaal, Gent, Belgium
Lost & Found part II, Banco Popular, Los Angeles, United States

2003
Stock-still at NEW, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst, Belgium
Nuits Métis, La Ciotat / Marseille, France
Grand Tour, MSK Gent, Belgium
Next five minutes 4, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
De Avonden, Lost & Found, De Waag, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001
VLAM, Netwerkgalerij, Aalst, Belgium
Youthquake II), W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2000
Provinciale prijs Beeldende Kunsten Oost- Vlaanderen 1999, Caermerklooster, Gent, Belgium
Died Brijs, Stefaan Dheedene, Alexander Lieck, Steve Van Den Bosch, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

1999
PARVIS, De Pianofabriek, St.Gillis –Brussels, Belgium
S.M.A.KA.S.K (project pasteurlaan), Bijlokecampus, Gent, Belgium
TURN OUT CITY night 4, De Warande, Turnbout, Belgium

1998
De stad Nu, Amhem, The Netherlands
project VeeArtsenij, vroegere veeartsenijcampus, Gent , Belgium
Belofte, CJK Lousbergs, Gent, Belgium

1997
ITHAKA Excité, Leuven, Belgium
Symposium 'designgespräche', Bauhausuniversiteit, Weimar, Germany
projekt EVERBEEK, Everbeek, Belgium

1996
ITHAKA 366, Leuven, Belgium
Het Nieuwe Eetpaleis, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Public & Private Collections (Selected)

S.M.A.K. (Museum of Contemporary Art), Ghent, Belgium
Collection Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy, USA