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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

Cosmopolitan Fossil, Glasstress: Unveiled Realities, State Gallery of Art in Sopot (PL), 9/07-22/10

This summer, ‘Glasstress: Unveiled Realities’ will symbolically connect the Venetian lagoon, one of the most important and frequently...

Ubuntu, 30 years De Mijlpaal, Dreaming - Thinking - Doing, Heusden-Zolder (BE), 28 May - 30 July '23

On the occasion of their 30th anniversary, art gallery De Mijlpaal is organising the unique participatory project...

Golden Cord, Amàre, Damme-Brugge (BE), 1 July – 31 Oct 2023

Koen Vanmechelen is, among other international artists, invited for a unique open air exhibition called ‘Amàre’ in Damme-Brugge: a...

Socrates Temptation, IMAGO IUSTITIAE, Venice (IT), 10 June – 3 Sept 2023

Koen Vanmechelen’s work Socrates Temptation is featured in the exhibition ‘IMAGO IUSTITIAE’, at the famous Museo Correr in Piazza San...

NEWS

Koen Vanmechelen needs your help in creating an artwork

For the creation of the artwork 'DECODE', Studio Koen Vanmechelen is looking for different nationalities to participate in a video. We...

Koen Vanmechelen is looking for 24 inspired young people for 3rd ed. of The Unthinkable Experiment

Artist Koen Vanmechelen proudly launches an open call for the third edition of The Unthinkable Experiment. This year, Chapter Movement is...

Koen Vanmechelen celebrated the power of children with ‘Day of the Cosmogolem’ on May 28, 2023

On 28 May, LABIOMISTA celebrated the power of children and young people with the ‘Day of the Cosmogolem’ – an international children’s...

In LABIOMISTA’s new season, Koen Vanmechelen boldly goes for Movement

LABIOMISTA, Genk – The new season at LABIOMISTA, the evolving work of art by Koen Vanmechelen in collaboration with the city of Genk,...

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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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