About
German-born, Belgian artist Lisse Declercq is known for the visual pleasure within her artistic practice and for the specific methods in which she works.
Declercq elaborated her painting techniques and foundations by watching makeup tutorials on Youtube. She bends this language to stage social selfies, an awareness of a certain reality, and its effects on ways of looking.
In this culture of the copy, this millennial painter moves between fantasy and reality while calling into question authenticity. Declercq questions the longing for perfection, the copy-paste Instagram/ media aesthetics as an impossible, endless battle of unwillingly and unknowingly playing a part in a “reality show” in a virtual media reality.
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2023 ‘I don’t shine if you don’t shine’, Veta Gallery, Madrid (ESP)
2021 ‘First Date’, Cinema Tokio - Bernaerts, Antwerp (BE)
2020 ‘Ride or Die’, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)
2020 ‘Complex’, De Ruimte, Turnhout (BE)
2017 ‘Bittersweet’, L22, Antwerp (BE)
Group Exhibitions
2026 ‘What’s love got to do with it’, Kunsthuis Harelbeke (BE)
2025 ‘Masters of Realism’, Art Borgloon
2024 ‘Kiaf Seoul’, Seoul (KR)
2024 ‘Ooidonk Art Festival’, Ooidonk (BE)
2024 ‘Pintores de Pintores’, Madrid (ESP)
2024 ‘Art Busan’, Busan (KR)
2024 ‘Art Brussels’, Brussels (BE)
2024 ‘Expo Chicago’, Chicago (US)
2024 ‘Dallas Art Fair’, Dallas (US)
2024 ‘Vloedlijn’, MAD-gallery, Hasselt (BE)
2023 ‘La Isla Bonita’, Villa les Zéphyrs, Middelkerke (BE)
2022 ‘Breaking News’, Another Gallery, Paris (FR)
2022 ‘50 jaar Frans Masereel Centrum’, Kasterlee (BE)
2022 ‘CanArt’, Ibiza (ESP)
2022 ‘Roomies’, Brussels (BE)
2022 ‘Dertig onder Dertig’, Kunstenhuis, Harelbeke (BE)
2022 ‘It’s time to meet them’, Tongeren (BE)
2022 ‘Festival de Trop’, Halle (BE)
2022 ‘De Voortuin’, Antwerpen (BE)
2022 ‘Hands up’, Beursschouwburg, Brussel (BE)
2021 ‘TraumA’, Triënnale Brugge (BE)
2021 ‘Kabinet’, Studio Aaron Peeters, Genk (BE)
2021 ‘Private Collection Selected by’, Tatjana Pieters, Gent (BE)
2020 ‘Nectar’, Hasselt (BE)
2020 ‘Een blik achter de Muur’, Blikfabriek, Antwerpen (BE)
2019 ‘Belgium Art & Design’, Floraliënhal, Gent (BE)
2019 ‘Nuit Blanche’, De Kooi, Hasselt (BE)
2019 ‘Modern Masters’, Bernaerts, Antwerp (BE)
2018 ‘Remix’, Amuseevous, Gent (BE)
2018 ‘Open Studio’s 2018’, NICC & Studio Start, Antwerp (BE)
2018 ‘Antwerp Art Weekend’, Bernaerts gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2018 ’20 Years NICC – Jubilee’, NICC, Antwerp (BE)
2017 ‘Your Eyes Burn Like Wild Fire’, Vonk, Genk (BE)
2016 ‘Unblinking Devotion’, Z33, Hasselt (BE)
2016 ‘INSTANT’, GYM, Hasselt (BE)
2016 ‘Art Borgloon’, Borgloon (BE)
2016 ‘STARMAP,EPIC/ENTER’, AcademieGalerie, Utrecht (NL)
2015 ‘100001 (NYCKEL)’, The Palace, Hasselt (BE)
2015 ‘Centerfolds’, Chocoladefabriek, Tongeren (BE)
2015 ‘BLISS’, BIN, Turnhout (BE)