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KOEN VANMECHELEN

An internationally renowned artist, working across a multitude of disciplines, Koen Vanmechelen (1965) is one of the most versatile thinkers of these times. He is situated at the confluence of art, science, philosophy and community. >> read more

EXHIBITIONS

Les Marionettes trouvées, Het Narrenschip, Ensor 2024, Oostende (BE), 30 Mar - 26 May 2024

Koen Vanmechelen’s artworks 'Les Marionettes trouvées' will be shown in 'Het Narrenschip'’; an exhibition organized next year in Ostend...

Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP), Spacefarming: Future of Food, Eindhoven (NL), 24 Sept - 23 Mar

Next Nature Network invites Koen Vanmechelen and his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (CCP) to the expo "Spacefarming: Future of Food. In the...

Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, Terra Libera: who does the land belong to?, Rijksmuseum Twenthe (NL)

From September 8th until January 28th Rijksmuseum Twenthe organizes a large manifestation concerning the question ‘who does the land...

NEWS

Festive launch of Cosmogolem project in Sri Lanka, 21 Oct 2023

In collaboration with Child Action Lanka and Hogeschool UCLL On the 21st of October, artist Koen Vanmechelen launched a new Cosmogolem...

Open Studio — The Battery, 5 November 2023

Unique access to Koen Vanmechelen's Studio On Sunday 5 November 2023, we will close LABIOMISTA's fifth season. Artist Koen Vanmechelen...

Koen Vanmechelen invited as keynote speaker 100th jubilee Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), 19 Oct

This year the Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen celebrates its 100th jubilee, and the Faculty of Management Sciences its 35th. The...

Koen Vanmechelen gives lecture at The European Forum for New Ideas (EFNI) in Sopot (PL), 13 Oct 2023

Every year, the European Forum for New Ideas (EFNI) gathers over a thousand participants to present and discuss global trends, new ideas...

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PORTFOLIO

Vanmechelen's oeuvre is characterised by diversity: a unique mix of paintings, drawings, photography, innovative 3D-techniques, video, installations and wooden sculptures. Discover a selection of works.

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LABIOMISTA

Visit LABIOMISTA and discover the unique vision of artist Koen Vanmechelen and his life's work in terms of identity, fertility & biocultural diversity. A garden of order and chaos, an arena of culture and nature. Vanmechelen's wonder lab.

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PROJECTS & FOUNDATIONS

Discover some of Vanmechelen's crossbreeding projects and their supporting foundations; intersecting art, science, sociology and culture. It's the artist way of reflecting on the existential questions of individual identity and life, and it touches on contemporary issues regarding human rights, sustainability and multiculturalism.

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