Renée Pevernagie

BIOGRAPHY

The way images are created using analogue film and photography is a source of inspiration for my work. The images I make loom from the background like a photo as it is being developed in the dark room or like in a darkened cinema where the form of the subject springs from the silver screen. The filmic character of my work is also accentuated by its scale and the way light is depicted.

I scratch out the image with drawing tools I have fashioned from bits of steel wool. This provides a very effective means of achieving the desired gradations of shading. It creates minuscule lines in the charcoal, which can create a soft and muted effect but which can also provide a great deal of light. The underlying grid pattern – consisting of minuscule, notched lines – interacts with the parts scratched away by the steel wool. A sense of friction arises from this interplay, which is emphasised by the layer of pigment in between the layers. This foundation layer also gives the drawing texture, making it reminiscent of a painting on canvas.

 

Education

2013 – 2014 Curatorial Studies – KASK School of Arts, Ghent
2012 – 2013 Specific Teacher Training – LUCA School of Arts, Ghent
2011 – 2012 Master Visual Arts (Printmaking and Drawing) – LUCA School of Arts, Ghent

 
 

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EXHIBITIONS

Selected artistic exhibitions / projects

2022 Kabinet Vlaanderen, Kabinet #10, Ghent
2022 Werkplaats Walter, Open Studios, Brussels
2021 Het Entrepot, Konvooi 2021 – Arts festival, Bruges
2021 de Koer, De ontmanteling, book relaese, Ghent
2021 Kunsthal Gent, Zomersalon 2021: BUY LOCAL #2, Ghent
2021 CAS (Contemporary Art Space), Mirrors don’t lie, Ostend
2021 019 Gent, Tarot Editions, Ghent
2021 Blanco, Things, tricks, truths, toys, tales, traps, trends, Ghent
2020 Jan Dhaese Gallery, Zonder N°1, Ghent
2020 Kunsthal Gent, Zomersalon 2020: BUY LOCAL #1, Ghent
2019 Federal Public Service Employment, solo He shouts silently into the void, Brussels
2019 Nucleo, Priorité au sourire, Ghent
2019 Floraliënhal (SMAK), Biënniale van België III, Ghent
2019 SABK–Zottegem, LOSS – Arts Festival, Zottegem
2018 CC De Ververij, Ronse Drawing Prize, Ronse
2018 Croxhapox, Food Matters, Ghent
2018 Blanco, solo Outside of Time, Ghent
2018 Nucleo, Open Studios #12, Ghent
2017 CC De Ververij, Ronse Drawing Prize, Ronse
2017 LeoXIII, Nova Et Vetera – Open Monuments Day, Leuven
2017 Blanco, solo The Blue Hour, Ghent
2016 Kabinet Vlaanderen, Kabinet #4, Ghent
2016 SecondRoom, Kill your Darlings, Ghent
2016 MAP space – KASK School of Arts, Dit is ons Domein, Ghent
2015 In de Ruimte, Van Horen Zeggen, Ghent
2015 Zwart Wild, Now, go back into the dark woods, Ghent
2014 Zwart Wild, INT/EXT, Tumult in Gent #2, Ghent
2013 Zwart Wild, You Are Not What You Seem, Ghent
2012 In De Frigo, Look At We, Ghent
2012 Het Entrepot, TANK #09, Bruges
2012 LUCA School of Arts, New Masters – Graduation show, Ghent
2012 Museum M, Charles & Me, Leuven
2012 Edinburgh College of Art, Art Fair & Exhibition, Edinburg, UK
2012 HUSET, To The Point, Ghent
2011 Het Entrepot, TANK #07, Bruges
2011 Het On(ver)draaglijke, curated by Wim Lambrecht, Leuven

Curated Projects

2017 de Koer, In Order Of Appearance, curated by Zwart Wild, Ghent
2016 Nucleo, The Act of Staring at the Sun, curated by Zwart Wild, Ghent
2014 Zwart Wild, I Can Live in a Living Room, curated by Zwart Wild, Ghent
2014 Zwart Wild, Inventory of the Premises, curated by Zwart Wild, Ghent
2014 Collective Gardens, Komplot Brussels & KASK School of Arts Ghent

Texts / Publications

2022 Mister Motley, De Kleur van het Onbestemde, essay written by Barbara Collé, Amsterdam, NL
2021 De Ontmanteling, publication made by Infinitif, Brussels
2019 This short film was made by The Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue in response to my solo He shouts silently into the void, Brussels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTpx-fylcwI
2019 Crox 584 FOOD MATTERS publication made by Croxhapox, Ghent
2015 ZW/W PAS, risoprinted book made by Topocopy, Ghent