Born 1983 in Roeselare. Lives and works in Ghent.
Education
2006 – 2007
MFA, KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent, Ghent, BE
2002 – 2006
BFA, KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent, Ghent, BE
Exhibitions
2022
Collecting the Alphabet: The Oracle’s Tongue, solo exhibition, Beige, Brussels / BE
2021
Collecting the Alphabet: (Embrace), solo exhibition, De Posterie, Roeselare, BE
Zes permanente kunstwerken, group exhibition, Museum Dhondt- Dhaenens, Deurle, BE
Zomersalon 2021, group exhibition, Kunsthal Gent, Ghent, BE
After all, a collection is only human, group exhibition, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Villa Vandenbussche, Tielt, BE
Potluck, group exhibition, Blauwhaus, Sint-Niklaas, BE
2020
In Vitro, M HKA group exhibition, Antwerp, BE
Zomersalon 2020, group exhibition, Kunsthal Gent, Ghent, BE
Kunst aan je raam, group exhibition, De Spil, Roeselare, BE
Alle rechte lijnen zijn gebogen, group exhibition, CC De Ververij, Ronse, BE
Gekende Woorden, group exhibition, Stedelijke Kunstacademie, Tielt, BE
2019
Abracadabra, solo exhibition, CC Merksem, Merksem, BE
Aurora Interna, group exhibition, Officina della Scrittura, Torino, IT
At the gym, group exhibition, tegenboschvanvreden, Whitehouse Gallery, Lovenjoel, BE
Malta Festival, group exhibition, Poznan, PL
The Production of Space II, group exhibition, Former Blokkerspace, Ghent, BE
Blauwhaus – Where Arts Meet Crafts, group exhibition, Kasteel Blauwendael, Waasmunster, BE
2018
Je me suis souvent demandé, A monument for Bobbejaan Schoepen, permanent integration, Biblioteek Lichtaart, Lichtaart, BE
The Unending Gift, group exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
Nomadic Mountains, group exhibition, SCHUNK*, Heerlen, NL
Worklflow, group exhibition, CC Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas, BE
Art Brussels 2018, Meessen De Clercq, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
2017
Collecting the alphabet: The Inner Ear Chambers (Heartbeat), solo exhibition, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
Celebrations – Part I Let There Be Light, group exhibition, Gallery Sophie van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
Ecce Homo, group exhibition, Geukens & De Vil / Marion de Cannière, Antwerp, BE
The Raft – Art is (not) Lonely, group exhibition, Muzee, Oostende, BE
For Tanguy, group exhibition, SKI, Ghent, BE
Number 46, group exhibition, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
The Walk, group exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
Wordswordswords, group exhibition, Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp, BE
Tien om te zien, group exhibition, Gevaertsdreef 01, Oudenaarde, BE
Art Brussels 2017, Meessen De Clercq, Tour & Taxis, Brussels
Du verbe à la communication, group exhibition, Gensollen collection / Carré d’Art, Nîmes, FR
2016
Collecting the alphabet: The Mapmaker’s Garden (Fig.1), Present Future, Artissima, solo exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Turino, IT
Tous Belges, group exhibition, Abbaye Saint-André/Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, FR
In Love With Beauty, group exhibition, Transfo, Zwevegem, BE
Art Brussels 2016, Meessen De Clercq, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, BE
2015
Collecting the alphabet: Liquid language (Fig.1), solo exhibition, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
Collecting the alphabet: The Prequel (or how I met W), solo exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
Stay Focused, Private Collection R. Part II, group exhibition, Cookie Butcher, Antwerp, BE
A.N.T.R.O.P.O.C.E.N.E, group exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
Was it a car or a cat I saw, group exhibition, Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
Bild, group exhibition, Bildplatform, Bleek, Sint-Niklaas, BE
H of Houdini, Beaufort Beyond Borders, group exhibition, Oostende, BE
Wij zijn handelaars, group exhibition, Beursschouwburg, Brussels, BE
Apprentice / Master Expo #20 From Tokens to Totems: Five Pillars And A Platform: A Conversation:, group exhibition, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
Art Brussels 2015, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels Expo, Brussels, BE
2014
Homo Ludens, group exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
Return To Sender, group exhibition, Wiels, Brussels, BE
Z (as in Zigzag), group exhibition, A tale of the tub, Rotterdam, NL
Re art, group exhibition, Oudenaarde, BE
Art-O-Rama, Meessen De Clercq, Marseille
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças, group exhibition, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, FR
Art Brussels 2014, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels Expo, Brussels, BE
2013
It seems economical to make use of a character already in play, solo exhibition, KIOSK, Ghent, BE
The Smuggler’s Outfit, solo exhibition, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, BE
The Imprint, permanent integration, Vlaamse Gemeenschapcommissie / Gemeenschapscentrum De Kroon, Brussels, BE
Brainbox 3 Unit 3, group exhibition, Croxhapox vzw, Ghent, BE
Private Collection R Part 1, group exhibition, Cultuur Club Jean de la Moutarde, Zele, BE
Museum to scale 1 / 7, group exhibition, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels, BE
Published By Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, group exhibition, De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
Diffractions of destroyed design, group exhibition, Netwerk – Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Aalst, BE
Bosch Young Talent Show, group exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
Solid enough to be inhabited, group exhibition, Schloss Ringeberg, Hamminkeln, DE
Dreaming of the south, group exhibition, Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, BE
Art Brussels 2013, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels Expo, Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam 2013, Meessen De Clercq, Rotterdam, NL
2012
Lost in Translation?, group exhibition, tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL
Gwangju Biennale, group exhibition, Gwangju, KR
The meaning of colour, group exhibition, Valerie Traan, Antwerp, BE
ManifestAanwezig, group exhibition, Forum Tri, Oud-Rekem, BE
Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale, group exhibition, Shenzhen, CN
Food and Tools for Food, The Maarten Van Severen Foundation, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
S.H.O.W.T.I.M.E, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
BRAFA, group exhibition, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Brussels, BE
In de wind, group exhibition, CCS – Strombeek, Grimbergen), BE
Arco Madrid 2012, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Madrid, ES
Art Rotterdam 2012, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
20 1 1
One voice makes two perspectives, solo exhibition, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL
Charlie & Sabrina, qui l’eût cru ?, Audrey Cottin and collaborators, group exhibition, Jeu de Paume, Paris, FR
Pearls of the North, group exhibition group, Paris, FR
Hoet Bekaert depot, group exhibition, Ghent, BE
Sleeping Beauties, group exhibition, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Lennik, BE
Characters Make Stories, group exhibition, Residentieproject Frans Masereel Centrum, NICC, Antwerp, BE
Villa II, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Knokke, BE
Out of Storage, group exhibition, collection FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Maastricht, NL
Laureate Young Belgian Painters Award 2011, group exhibition, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – BOZAR, Brussels, BE
Joris Van de Moortel and Kelly Schacht, exhibition group, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Art in Belgium after 2010, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Performatik Festival, group exhibition, Kaaitheater, Brussel (Belgium) / Kaaistudio’s, Brussels, BE
Art Brussels 2011, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels, BE
2010
The Traveller’s Scrapbook, solo exhibition, Brugge, BE
For the record, I’m only the voice-over, solo exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Perform what you remember, Archive Blinky Palermo and Kelly Schacht, solo exhibition, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, BE
Tour Detour / The Guide, permanent integration, Bilzen, BE
Critical Complexity: Chartreuse jeune by Olaf Nicolai, group exhibition, Villa Tabarelli, Bolzano, IT
Coup de Ville, vzw WARP, parcours in Sint-Niklaas, BE
Gustav, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Knokke, BE
Mini Market, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Magazijn 153, Amsterdam, NL
‘Changez’ een belgenshow, group exhibition, Enschede, NL
A Show 2010, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Art Brussels 2010, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Brussels Expo, Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam 2010, Hoet-Bekaert Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
The Armory Show 2010, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, New York, USA
2009
It was like a déjà-vu, performance, Tertzweildreef, Merelbeke, BE
Versus_V: Destiny without destination, exhibition, Oudenaarde, BE
Ename Actueel, group exhibition, parcours in Ename, Ename, BE
Kunst & Zwalm, vzw Boem, parcours in Meilegem / Zwalm, group exhibition, Meilegem, BE
The Biënnale Knokke, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Knokke, BE
The final opening at Hogeweg, group exhibition, vzw Logement, Borgerhout, BE
Today is OK, group exhibition, Gallery Klerkx, Milan, IT
ReAct! Reinventing past performances, group exhibition, Gynaika vzw, Antwerp, BE
Brainbox 2 Unit 9, group exhibition, Croxhapox vzw, Ghent, BE
Art Brussels, Private Public, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam 2009, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2008
RE: thinking the story by Kelly Schacht, solo exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
C’était un rendez-vous, permanent installation, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, BE
Playground festival, group exhibition, STUK, Leuven, BE
Difference, what difference?, Art Forum Berlin 2008, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Messe Berlin Gmbh, Berlin, DE
Cabinet of Imagination, group exhibition, Netwerk, Aalst, BE
Nostalgia. L’istante e la durata del tempo, group exhibition, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Di Villa Croce, Genova, IT
Jez Riley French & Co, group exhibition, Logos, Ghent, BE
10 PM, group exhibition, Culture Club, Ghent, BE
Christie’s for Museum Dhondt-Dhaenes, group exhibition, Museum
Dhondt-Dhaenens vzw, Deurle, BE
Fragile, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Sfeer, Design CH4010 of Hans J. Waegner by Kelly Schacht, group exhibition, Flanders Expo, Ghent, BE
Kids in the gallery, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
I am your private dancer, group exhibition, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, BE
Buy Now – Art Brussels, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Brussels, BE
Art Rotterdam, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2007
A4: Intervalles door Kelly Schacht en Fabrice Samyn, solo exhibition, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – BOZAR, Brussels, BE
C-08S SOLO SHOW, Art Brussels 2007, solo exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Brussels, BE
APERTO, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Torino, IT
OPEN, group exhibition, Hoet Bekaert Gallery, Ghent BE
Made in Gent, group exhibition, Ghent, BE
Summercamp, Jonge zwanen, vzw Tapis Plein, group exhibition, Entrepot, Brugge, BE
Instalraam Croxaphox, group exhibition, Ghent, BE
Een lek in het zwijgen: NOISE, Poëziezomer Watou, BE
Error #6, group exhibition, King Kong, Antwerp, BE
2006
#5, Het Kabinet, solo exhibition, Het Kabinet, Ghent, BE
#2 bis, Acaciapark in situ, solo exhibition, Acaciapark, Ghent, BE
Youngst*rs2, group exhibition, Hoet-Bekaert Gallery, Ghent, BE
Solitude, group exhibition, De Bond, Brugge, BE
Coming People, group exhibition, SMAK, Ghent, BE
9th ELIA Conference, Parcour(s) Art & Design, group exhibition, Kunstencentrum Vooruit vzw, Gent, BE
#6, Afstudeerproject, group exhibition, De Zaal, Ghent, BE
#2, group exhibition, GITO, Ghent, BE
#1, group exhibition, Landgoed ‘De Campagne’, Drongen, BE
Moving, group exhibition, Gent, BE
2005
Input / Output, group exhibition, Guido Gezellemuseum, Brugge, BE
Klitmultimediafestival, group exhibition, Klit-Site, Ghent, BE
De Hele Zaal, group exhibition, De Zaal Hogeschool Gent, Ghent, BE
2003
Atelier Beeldhouwkunst, group exhibition, KASK, Ghent, BE