BIO
Dries Segers (°1990, BE) is a visual artist, photographer, matter bender, publisher and researcher. Segers' material based practice is centered around photographic materialization with a focus on the non-human and contested matters. He collaborates closely with biotic and abiotics as the sun, wind, plant, tree, fungus, light, rain or fire. This results in plant based and mutable inks, self-build camera's, extreme close-up and camera-less photography.
In his interdisciplinary field of work, he explores the value of human and earthly elements to start collaborative processes. In some works, the use of matter is tangible (rain, air, water, trees) in other cases he uses and activates invisibles (radiation, light waves, pollutions). While adapting these biotic and abiotic matters he visualizes the togetherness with other-than-human bodies, ownership, the terrestrial, control, exploitation and protection of our lands. He works with various photographic media and print-techniques and transforms them into light or heat sensitive objects, textiles, publications, photographic prints, and installations. Besides being a matter bender, Segers develops self-made print techniques, inks and camera systems to interact with (in)visibles, more-than-humans and creates a practice of what matter becomes matter.
Dries Segers (°1990, BE) is a visual artist, photographer, matter bender, publisher and researcher. Segers' material based practice is centered around photographic materialization with a focus on the non-human and contested matters. He collaborates closely with biotic and abiotics as the sun, wind, plant, tree, fungus, light, rain or fire. This results in plant based and mutable inks, self-build camera's, extreme close-up and camera-less photography.
In his interdisciplinary field of work, he explores the value of human and earthly elements to start collaborative processes. In some works, the use of matter is tangible (rain, air, water, trees) in other cases he uses and activates invisibles (radiation, light waves, pollutions). While adapting these biotic and abiotic matters he visualizes the togetherness with other-than-human bodies, ownership, the terrestrial, control, exploitation and protection of our lands. He works with various photographic media and print-techniques and transforms them into light or heat sensitive objects, textiles, publications, photographic prints, and installations. Besides being a matter bender, Segers develops self-made print techniques, inks and camera systems to interact with (in)visibles, more-than-humans and creates a practice of what matter becomes matter.
Based in Brussels, Belgium
member of Level Five Artistic Cooporation
BE: 0671.680.062
post@driessegers.com
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EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Solo & Duoshow
2022
KUNST HAUS WIEN / Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna (AT), Hotel Bellevue
A Place In The Woods, Karlsruhe (D), Hotel Bellevue
Ballroom Gallery, Brussels (B), The Bones
2020
DMW gallery, Antwerp (B), No Road to Hotel Bellevue
VITRINE gallery, Basel (CH), Our compagnion, our other, duoshow with Suzanna Zak
2019
CAMERA/Centrul de Interes, Cluij-Napoca (RO), never, nowhere
Hopstreet gallery - window, Brussels (B), When the fire and the rock
CCHA Hasselt (B), a circle, a line, a cross
Pinguin space, Brussels (B), No rain, no stone duoshow w/ Stephanie Roland
2018
Hangar Art Center, Brussels (B), helios
DMW artspace, Antwerp (B), to take leave, duoshow w/ Bram De Jonghe
2017
CC Merksem (B), What is behind that curtain
Galerie Botanique, Brussels (B), Hits of Sunshine
Tique | art space, Antwerp (B), .temp, duoshow w/ Matthias Ysebaert
2015
Tique | art space, Antwerp (B), Seeing a rainbow(...)
Gouvernement, Gent (B), Seeing a rainbow(...)
Solo & Duoshow
2022
KUNST HAUS WIEN / Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna (AT), Hotel Bellevue
A Place In The Woods, Karlsruhe (D), Hotel Bellevue
Ballroom Gallery, Brussels (B), The Bones
2020
DMW gallery, Antwerp (B), No Road to Hotel Bellevue
VITRINE gallery, Basel (CH), Our compagnion, our other, duoshow with Suzanna Zak
2019
CAMERA/Centrul de Interes, Cluij-Napoca (RO), never, nowhere
Hopstreet gallery - window, Brussels (B), When the fire and the rock
CCHA Hasselt (B), a circle, a line, a cross
Pinguin space, Brussels (B), No rain, no stone duoshow w/ Stephanie Roland
2018
Hangar Art Center, Brussels (B), helios
DMW artspace, Antwerp (B), to take leave, duoshow w/ Bram De Jonghe
2017
CC Merksem (B), What is behind that curtain
Galerie Botanique, Brussels (B), Hits of Sunshine
Tique | art space, Antwerp (B), .temp, duoshow w/ Matthias Ysebaert
2015
Tique | art space, Antwerp (B), Seeing a rainbow(...)
Gouvernement, Gent (B), Seeing a rainbow(...)
Groupshows
2024
Galerie Les Filles Du Calvaire, Paris (FR), Dans tes brumes
Thinking Tools, Antwerp (B), Moving the Photogram
ISELP, Brussels (B), Critical Matter curated by Marie Papazoglou
B32, Maastricht (NL), Assisting eyes w/ Tanja Engelberts & Mio Fujimaki
2023
Lange Zaal, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp (B), Ecosystems
Fotomuseum Antwerp (B), Grace Ndiritu, Reimagines The FOMU Collection
2022
De Warande (B), Oude Wijn/Nieuwe Zakken
DMW Gallery (B), Titre:Sans Titre
Willem Twee Kunstruimte, ‘s Hertogenbosch (NL), Beyond Printed Matter
Antwerp Art Weekend (B), Ballroom Project represented by DMW Gallery
Atelier Augarten/FOTO WIEN, Vienna (AT), Focus Photobook
King Pistolet, Oostende (B)
2021
Échappées Belles, Brussels (B), curator Lise Bruyneel
Biennale de Photographie en Condroz (B)
Art Rotterdam, Booth 20, DMW Gallery + Base Alpha Gallery
019, Ghent (B), 6 Flags
Tarot Editions (78 cards, 78 artists), Ghent, curator Adriënne van der Werf
CCHA, Hasselt (B), Ondersporen, curator Emmanuel d'Autreppe
2019
A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam (NL), Mycelium as Lingua Franca curator Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk
Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles (FR), Belgian Night
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel Dudelange (LUX), Portfolio Days
In de Ruimte, Gent (B), The Golden Ass
Fotomuseum, Antwerp (B), Photobook Belge
POPPOSITIONS, Brussels (B), Capital of Woke
2018
The Weekend Room, Gwangju (KOR)
DMW Gallery, Antwerp (B), together with Denitsa Todorova and Caroline Van den Eynde
019, Ghent (B), SUNDAYS, together with Martin Belou, Kåre Leander Frang, Santiago Taccetti,...
De Warande, Turnhout (B), Het Gouden Paviljoen together with Daisuke Yokota, Marco Tirelli, Geert Goiris, Ori Gherst, Edith Dekyndt,...
2017
Brugge Foto (B), together with Michel Mazzoni, Sybren Vanoverberghe, Jeroen De Wandel, ...
Musée Botanique, Brussels (B), Fabulous Failures,curated by Erik Kessels
Fusée de la Motographie by Recyclart (Le Bal, FR), (C/O, Berlin), (PL), ...
2016
Fotomuseum Antwerp (B), BRAAKLAND
Turkish Photography Festival, Fotoğraf Vakfı Foundation, Istanbul (TR)
Antwerp Art Weekend, represented by de Warande & Frans Masereel Centrum
CAMPO + NEIN, ON ICE, Gent
2015
stilll gallery, Antwerp (B) The Gods Must Be Crazy - Part Photography
Unseen Festival Program, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
2014
Neue Galerie, Augsburg (D), A Process, Der Greif Magazine
Denkmal 37, Brussels, Dear Image, why are you so jaded?
KMSKA, Koningin Fabioalazaal Antwerp, Duo’s - de Modernen
TRAINING
Affiliated researcher at the Royal Acadamy of Antwerp,
researchgroup Thinking Tools (2022-2024)
Master Visual Arts, LUCA School of Arts Brussels (2013)
Bachelor Visual Arts, Photography department, LUCA School of Arts Brussels (2011)
Fine Arts, Listahaskoli Islands; Reykjavik/Iceland (2010)
researchgroup Thinking Tools (2022-2024)
Master Visual Arts, LUCA School of Arts Brussels (2013)
Bachelor Visual Arts, Photography department, LUCA School of Arts Brussels (2011)
Fine Arts, Listahaskoli Islands; Reykjavik/Iceland (2010)
BOOKS
Hotel Bellevue, Dries Segers, 2021
published by prospress
168 pages, 11 x 18cm, pocket book, 500 copies
design: Chloé D'hauwe & Ine Meganck
ISBN: 9789464337600
15€
FUNGI, Dries Segers, 2019
self-published, 36 pages, 28,2 x 42cm, 200 copies, paperback
design: Chloé D'hauwe & Ine Meganck
text: Hannah De Meyer
ISBN: 9789463883092
29€
Seeing a rainbow (through a window that isn’t there), Dries Segers, 2015
published by De Warande, 20 × 27,5 cm, paperback, 350 copies
design: Ties Goos
ISBN: 978909028957(sold out)
COLLECTIONS
Collection of the Flemish Gouvernment (B)
Collection of the Fotomuseum Antwerp (B)
Collection of Frans Masereel Centrum (B)
& different private collections
Collection of the Fotomuseum Antwerp (B)
Collection of Frans Masereel Centrum (B)
& different private collections
RESIDENCIES/GRANTS
Fellowship of the Flemish Government (2024 - 2027)
Residency at Jester, Genk (2023)
House Van Wassenhove, supported by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (2019)
Fellowship of the Flemish Government (2019)
Isola Comacina, Italy, supported by the Flemish Government (2017)
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (2016)
Artist in Residence, De Warande, Turnhout (2014)
Residency at Jester, Genk (2023)
House Van Wassenhove, supported by Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (2019)
Fellowship of the Flemish Government (2019)
Isola Comacina, Italy, supported by the Flemish Government (2017)
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (2016)
Artist in Residence, De Warande, Turnhout (2014)
LECTURES
ISELP, Towards a generative photography (2024)
Nomadic School of Arts, Talk with Filip Van Dingenen at Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (2023)
Soup Session with Sanne Vaassen at Royal Academy Fine Arts Antwerp (2023)
KAOS talks with Evelien Cammaerts & Eva Bazaer in Museum Dr. Guislain (2022)
Artist talk with rubber boots on with Els Roelandt, 019, Ghent (2021)
On Invisibility, University Cluj-Napoca (RO) (2019)Open Academy: Resistance, Centrale For Contemporary Art Brussels (2018)
De Donkere Kamer with Stephan Vanfleteren, Teju Cole and Filip Dujardin (2018)
DIP Lecture, Department Photography LUCA Brussels (2018)
Lecture Shoot, Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam (NL) (2017)
EXTRA FORT presenation with Christian Vium, Recyclart Brussels (2015)
TIFF-talks, Fotomuseum Antwerp (2015)
Nomadic School of Arts, Talk with Filip Van Dingenen at Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (2023)
Soup Session with Sanne Vaassen at Royal Academy Fine Arts Antwerp (2023)
KAOS talks with Evelien Cammaerts & Eva Bazaer in Museum Dr. Guislain (2022)
Artist talk with rubber boots on with Els Roelandt, 019, Ghent (2021)
On Invisibility, University Cluj-Napoca (RO) (2019)Open Academy: Resistance, Centrale For Contemporary Art Brussels (2018)
De Donkere Kamer with Stephan Vanfleteren, Teju Cole and Filip Dujardin (2018)
DIP Lecture, Department Photography LUCA Brussels (2018)
Lecture Shoot, Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam (NL) (2017)
EXTRA FORT presenation with Christian Vium, Recyclart Brussels (2015)
TIFF-talks, Fotomuseum Antwerp (2015)
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
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(selection)
- Kontaminierte Erde, Tagebuch, Margit Neuhold (2024)
- Collateral Journal, Collisions 94, Multispecies Mourning in Contemporary Aesthetic Practices, Nele Buyst (2024)
- Trigger #4: Together, Salutary Alienation: On the Photography of Dries Segers and the Art of Noticing Things, Bas Blaasse; guest-editor: Susan Meiselas, Published by :FWBooks & FOMU (2023)
- Rekto:Verso, Heilzame vervreemding: over de fotografie van Dries Segers, Bas Blaasse (2023)
- Subbacultcha, “You do not need to know a language to make a drawing for a storm” (2022)
- HART 217, Dear God and The Red Cat, Els Roelandt (2022)
- Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles; Belgian Night, (ed.) Marie Papazoglou & Vincen Beeckman (2019)
- Hannah De Meyer, New Skin / Levitations with a photo-essay by Dries Segers, ISBN: 9789076734330 (2019)
- Art Paper Editions & Smoke & Dust, S&D#024 / APE#117: Sabotage and Complicity (2018)
- IMA Magazine Tokyo, vol. 24, 'The Young Photographers of the Next Generation' (2018)
- Maarten Inghels, CONTACT with photo essay by Dries Segers, de Bezige Bij, ISBN: 9789023454779 (2018)
- Six Questions, Tique l art paper ISSN: 2468-0907 (2016)
- uncovered Daklozenkrant, Newspaper to support homeless as founder/editor with Pierre & Maarten Mertens (2016)
- .TIFF Magazine, FOMU Antwerp, ISBN: 9789066251854 (2015)
- Kasper Bosmans & Dries Segers, Cunning Surroundings, Heilig Graf Turnhout / Anastasis (2014)
- De Canvascollectie, Lannoo, ISBN: 9789020978629 (2008)
- KLARA, Pompidou Conversation with Nicky Aerts (NL)
- TV broadcast interview ORF Austria on Hotel Bellevue at FOTO WIEN
