Carole Vanderlinden
Carole Vanderlinden (b. 1973, Brussels) paints improvisational works that are at once elemental—form, line, gesture—and dense with spectral layers. Working since the mid-1990s, she pares the world around her down to its essentials: shelter, sustenance, nature. In her canvases and works on paper, she is unhampered by the constraints of a single style, instead reacting to the provocations of each composition and the possibilities of her medium. Abstraction and figuration coalesce, while collage, drawing, and planes of thick, hand-mixed oil paint harmonize. Though they are informed by myriad art-historical movements, particularly the Dutch masters, the European avant-garde (especially Dada), folk art, and the aleatory strategies of John Cage, her paintings nimbly elude the trappings of categorization, equally animated by music, quotidian life, and philosophy. Vanderlinden likens her painting practice to a shield that protects her from, and helps her grapple with, the world around her. Vanderlinden lives in Brussels.
Her recent solo exhibitions include Karma (New York and Los Angeles, 2024); PLUS-ONE Gallery (2022, 2020); de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium (2019); Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp (2019); Zwart Huis, Brussels (2018); and De GARAGE, Mechelen, Belgium, (2016). In 2017, she participated in the Kathmandu Triennale. Vanderlinden’s work is included in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K), Ghent, Belgium; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp; National Bank of Belgium, Brussels; and Flemish Community Collection.
Born 1973, Brussels, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels
EDUCATION
1996
MFA, BFA, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Karma, New York
Karma, Los Angeles, A slipping glance
2022
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, A slipping glance
2020
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, À Double Face
2019
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, One Piece at a Time
de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium, UPPERCUT
WILFORD X, Temse, Belgium, Les peintures de Kathmandu, 360° KUNST: Chapter 1, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren
2018
Zwart Huis, Brussels, Eight paintings
Garage Neven, Ninove, Belgium, Out of the blue
2017
Édition Populaire, Antwerp, Totem
Zwart Huis, Brussels, Mon seul désir
2016
De GARAGE, Mechelen, Belgium, La salle à manger de l’Hôtel Leys, portraits et autres paysages imaginaires
2015
Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2013
Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium, Nocturne, curated by Hans Theys
2012
Pocketroom, Antwerp, Play with the Peacock
2009
croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium, crox 316
2004
croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium, crox 128
SELECTED Group Exhibitions
2024
70 Main Street, Thomaston, Maine, A Particular Kind of Heaven
OV Project, Brussels, Disorder, Transmission, Love in Silence, with Goro Kakei
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Disabstraction Sunrise, curated by Xavier Noiret-Thomé
Contemporary Art Projects (CAPS), Oostende, Belgium, Ensor en Sortie
2023
LLS Paleis, Antwerp, Décroissance-Erntedankfest
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium, Grace Ndiritu: Healing The Museum
Hopstreet Gallery, Deurle, Belgium, Alles van waarde is weerloos
LLS Paleis, Antwerp, Affiniteiten #5
2022
de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium, OUDE WIJN / NIEUWE ZAKKEN
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Infinite Flowers, Part 4
2021
Wannegem-Lede, Belgium, Pass 2021, curated by Jan Hoet Jr. and Kris Martin
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Carole Vanderlinden & Carlos Caballero
2020
Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium, Murals
2019
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (M HKA), Antwerp, Salon de Peinture
tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, THE PAINTING SHOW
2018
Van Buuren Museum & Gardens, Brussels, PRESENT
Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium, Biënnale van de Schilderkunst
Gallery Sofie Van de Velde and PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Lust, Laughter, Liquor
Salon4mains, Autun, France, Voyage autour d’un lapin posé, curated by Hans Theys
2017
Kathmandu Triennale, Nepal, The City, My Studio / The City, My Life, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren
Design Museum Gent, Ghent, Belgium, Rechts / Averechts, curated by Els Huygelen
2016
CC De Werft, Geel, Belgium, UNGENAU, een selectie uit collectie van het S.M.A.K., curated by Philippe Van Cauteren
Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium, Biënnale van de schilderkunst: Yoknapatawpha
croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium, SX MT VRF #1
Galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem, Belgium, Omber, Odradek & Octaëder, curated by Hans Theys
2015
Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium, TRACKS – IN 4 project, Kiwanis, curated by Gino Debruyne
2014
Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium, Biënnale van de schilderkunst
croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium, Verf Na Van Eyck
2013
Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, The Gunshot, curated by Hans Theys
Galerie Rasche Ripken, Berlin, 4 Aus Belgien
Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium, ik wordt, curated by Johan De Wilde
2013–12
Belfius Bank, Brussels, Brisure. Artistieke verwantschappen, curated by Stef Van Bellingen
2011
Pocketroom, Antwerp, Nietsvermoedend in het park
Villa De Olmen, Wieze, Belgium, La part des anges
2010–11
Brabants Kenniscentrum Kunst en Cultuur (Kunstloc Brabant), Tilburg, Netherlands, Buiten, curated by G. De Pooter
2010
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, De Collectie NUCLEO, curated by Philippe Van Cauteren and Sjoerd Paridaen
Museum van Elsene, Brussels, FADING, curated by Sven Vanderstichelen
2008
Bozar, Brussels, Canvascollectie
2007–08
Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, SLOW, curated by Marina Yee
2007
croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium, crox 239
2003
Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, Ghent, Belgium, Grand Tour
1997
Art Box, Waregem, Belgium, curated by Marc Maet
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Flemish Community Collection
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
National Bank of Belgium
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
