BIOGRAPHY
Erwin Van den Brande is a Belgian visual artist working across photography, digital image construction and artificial intelligence. His practice examines how images shape perception, memory and our understanding of reality in an increasingly technological culture.
Photography remains the foundation of his work, but the photographic image is often transformed, reconstructed or combined with computational processes. Recurring themes include memory, absence, identity, artificial intimacy and the tension between the real and the synthetic.
Van den Brande began photographing at an early age and returned intensively to photography after a career in business and technology. His work has since been exhibited in Belgium and internationally, including Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Milan, Barcelona and Hong Kong.
In recent years, his practice has increasingly explored the changing status of photography in the age of artificial intelligence. Rather than treating AI as a separate medium, he investigates it as part of a broader evolution in image making, from analogue photography to digital manipulation and synthetic imagery.
He lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
EXHIBITIONS
Gallery Axel Pairon Knokke, Belgium Summer 2011
Black Lamb Expo Mechelen, Belgium September 2011
Gallery Axel Pairon Antwerp, Belgium November 2011
Eurantica Brussels, Belgium March 2012
Gallery Laraven Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 2012
Art Expo KBC Bank Antwerp, Belgium July 2012
Gallery Laraven Zandvoort, The Netherlands August 2012
Gallery Axel Pairon Knokke, Belgium July-August 2012
Antica Namur Namur, Belgium November 2012
Hong Kong Art Fair Hong Kong Marc 2013
Vogelsang Art Gallery Brussel, Belgium June 2013
Gallery Azur Spa, Belgium 2012-13
Hotel Radisson Blu Spa, Belgium Summer 2013
Noah Kasterlee, Belgium 2012-13
Onsitegallery Brasschaat, Belgium September 2013
Art Fair Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands October 2013
Bricklane Gallery London, UK February 2014
Art-beI BNP Paribas Fortis Kortrijk, Belgium March 2014
Royal Academy Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium June 2014
Vogelsang Art Gallery Brussels, Belgium September 2014
NOAH goes Art Kasterlee, Belgium Nov-Dec 2014
Perspectives by Abbvie Vienna, Austria February 2015
Jelmoni Gallery Milan, Italy February 2015
Different Perspectives ‘15 Antwerp, Belgium June 2015
Process by Multitude Antwerp, Belgium Sep-Oct 2015
Perspectives by Abbvie Barcelona, Spain December 2015
Cunina Expo Antwerp, Belgium January 2016
Different Perspectives ‘16 Antwerp, Belgium June 2016
PhotoEvent16 Mechelen, Belgium June-August 2016
Aston Martin Antwerp, Belgium October 2016
In Residence Knokke, Belgium December 2016
Art School Gent Gent, Belgium December 2016
Think Jazzy Art Gallery Antwerp, Belgium June - August 2017
Summer of Wechel Wechelerzande, Belgium August 2017
Think Jazzy Art Gallery Antwerp, Belgium May 2018
REBILD Yugen Art Ghent, Belgium June 2018
Epoke Design Studio Antwerp, Belgium November 2019
Gallery Jean Antwerp, Belgium July-August 2019
KunstxBunch Brasschaat 2022
R-Photography Fenzou, China 2022
Beyond Gallery Antwerpen Belgium 2023
Atelier/studio of artist Antwerp, Belgium Permanent