Hannelore Van Dijck

Hannelore Van Dijck is a Belgian artist renowned for her meticulous and textured drawings that cover diverse surfaces, encompassing walls, floors, paper sheets, and textiles.

Biography of Hannelore Van Dijck

Hannelore Van Dijck was born in 1986. She studied Visual Arts at Sint Lucas Beeldende Kunst Gent from 2004 to 2008. Currently, the artist lives and works in Geel, Belgium.

Exhibitions showcasing her artistry have graced esteemed venues, including the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten in Brussels, Fundación Joan Miró in Barcelona, and Kunsthaus NRW - Aachen in Aachen. Notably, her creations have also found a home in the collection of S.M.A.K. in Ghent.

Van Dijck's solo exhibitions include "The lasting one, that didn't last, that still lasts" at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE in 2018; "It is midnight. Rain is beating against the window. It was not midnight. It was not raining" at Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE in 2016; "Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal" at L40 Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V., Berlin, DE, and "Only the wind's home" at Drawing Centre, Diepenheim, NL in 2014, among others.

Hannelore Van Dijck's Art Style

Hannelore Van Dijck creates intricate and textured drawings that frequently cover entire surfaces — walls, floors, sheets of paper, or textiles. When she delves into drawing, she scrutinizes the exterior layer of objects and materials to uncover their tactile qualities, the underlying structures that determine light reflection, and the spatial nature of the surface. She explores the interplay between intricate details and the larger whole within silenced compositions.

Within her charcoal drawings, Hannelore Van Dijck immerses herself in exploring surfaces. The profound black of charcoal exudes delicacy and fragility. The transient nature of the drawing reveals the poetic aspects of this delicate medium. By forgoing preservation, the drawing becomes infused with ultimate vulnerability.

Van Dijck tries to create a new type of space through drawings that occupy the entire space, thereby offering a fresh interpretation of the site's original architecture. The image assimilates the inherent qualities of the existing environment. Van Dijck uses this to generate something novel—a space within a space with its own distinct experience.