Karin Hanssen
Biography
°1960, Antwerp
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Karin Hanssen paints primarily with oil on canvas. She draws her inspiration from art history, literature, sociology and public photographic sources from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Using this retrospective, Hanssen reflects on social relations, gender constructions and the voyeuristic gaze of the past and present. The scenes, which focus on human interaction, take place in both the private sphere and in public space.


°1960, Antwerp
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Karin Hanssen paints primarily with oil on canvas. She draws her inspiration from art history, literature, sociology and public photographic sources from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Using this retrospective, Hanssen reflects on social relations, gender constructions and the voyeuristic gaze of the past and present. The scenes, which focus on human interaction, take place in both the private sphere and in public space.
Selected solo exhibitions |
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2021 | 'Everything now - Variations on desire', Sofie Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, BE |
2019 | 'Returning the Gaze', De Garage Mechelen, BE |
2018 | 'The Selection', Salon Blanc, One day presentation, Oostend, BE |
2014 | 'A Room of One’s Own', Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2012 | 'The Borrowed Gaze/Variations GTB', Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, AU |
2010 | 'NOW = The Time', Kunstverein Ahlen, DE |
2008 | 'ABC, 1 2 3', Crown Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2007 | 'As You Like It', The Agency Gallery, London, UK |
2006 | 'Beach, Karin Hanssen and Janice Mcnab', The Agency Contemporary, London, UK |
2005 | 'Karin Hanssen and Emily Wolfe', The Agency Contemporary, London, UK |
2004 | 'Modern Living', Plattform, Berlin, DE |
1993 | 'The Image of Reality', Plovdiv, BG |
2003 | 'Time of Your Life', La Pommerie et Mouvance, St.-Setiers, Limousin, FR |
1999 | 'The Thrill of it All / Modern Living', Netwerk, Aalst, BE |
1995 | 'I Have a Dream, Oh!', Brussels, BE |
Selected group exhibitions |
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2022 | 'Portrait of a Lady', Villa Empain, Brussels, BE |
2021 | 'CORPO', Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art, Toledo, ES |
2020 | 'ARE(N)A', Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2019 | 'Highlights for a Future', S.M.A.K, Ghent, BE |
2018 | 'Funny, how art makes you wander….', Morbee Gallery, Knokke, BE |
2017 | 'People and Artistic Connections', New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK |
2015 | 'Summer Show', Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, BE |
2014 | 'A Story of Absence', NBB Library, Brussels, BE |
2013 | 'Happy Birthday Dear Academie,' Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, BE |
2012 | 'Fat Birds don't Fly', Netwerk Aalst, Aalst, BE |
2011 | 'You & Me', The National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, BE |
2010 | 'Mars op Oostende', Mu.Zee, Oostende, BE |
2009 | 'Uit het geheugen / From Memory', Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, BE |
2008 | 'De Visuele Compositie van de Plaats', CCHasselt, Hasselt, BE |
2007 | 'New Collection', Museum Wuyts -Van Campen, Lier, BE |
2006 | 'Benefiz', Plattform Berlin, Berlin, DE |
2005 | 'International Triennale of Contemporary Art', Yokohama, JP |
2004 | 'Working Ethics', Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, AT |
2003 | 'Dialogica', Eskimopand, Ghent, BE |
2002 | 'Act, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst 2002', BBL Cultuurcentrum, Brussels, BE |
2001 | 'The Big Show, Healing', NICC, Antwerp, BE |
2000 | 'Trends 2000', St. Barbaracollege, Ghent, BE |
1997 | 'De Selectie', Let's Find Gallery, Boechout, BE |
1996 | 'Future Communication', Copenhagen, DK |
1995 | 'Reserve', Oh !, Brussels, BE |
1994 | 'Het Lelijke Eendje', St. Jorispand, Antwerp, BE |
Artworks

The Decoration, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 120 cm

The Gift, 2022
Oil on canvas
90 x 110 cm

Harmony, 2022
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm

The Dance I, 2022
Oil on canvas
90 x 70 cm

Warriors, 2022
Oil on canvas
70 x 100 cm

Reconstruction, 2022
Oil on canvas
190 x 130 cm

Balloons, 2022
Oil on canvas
55 x 45 cm

The Preparation, 2021
Oil on canvas
100 x 70 cm

Green Woods, 2019
Oil on canvas
90 x 70 cm

Wore (Close), 2019
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 cm