News - upcoming exhibitions & lectures
Artefact 2026: Grind grind grind, release. An exhibition as a massage.
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Exposition: Thu, Feb 12, 9:00 AM - Sun, Mar 1, 2026, 6:00 PM
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Artist Talk: Wed, Feb 25, 7:00 PM (Dutch)
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Workshop Rising Trees: Sat, Feb 28, 2:00 PM
STUK Huis voor Dans, Beeld en Geluid, Leuven - Belgium
The 2026 edition of Artefact departs from the question: how can an exhibition function as a massage? Bringing together the work of more than 20 national and international visual artists, the exhibition explores concepts such as the desiring body, longing and belonging. And just like a good massage, this exhibition seeks out the tension points. Not to dance around it, but to gently yet firmly acknowledge their existence, and work through it. What does it mean to long for? What does it mean to belong; to feel at home in your body, a community, a (self-chosen) family, a landscape? How do highly personal questions touch the political and social? What needs to be said? Where is the tension? What can offer release?
An open-hearted exhibition that welcomes you, challenges you, and invites you to find the release to your grind: may you wake up refreshed!
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​The Boomwaden (see Rising Trees), which I have created over the past years together with different groups of people, are part of this exhibition. Coming together around a tree, stroking its bark, saying farewell, in the silence of the forest — each time it creates a special sense of connection. With one another, and with nature.
About the Lecture / Artist Talk
About the Workshop Rising Trees
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We all belong to our mother, Earth.
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Resilience & Voice.
Women Telling Stories. -
international women's day 2026
Exposition: Sat, Mar 07 - Sun, Mar 22, 2026
Event: Sun, Mar 08, 2026 - Dutch spoken
Stadsschouwburg Genk, Foyer (during opening hours)
Resilience & Voice.
Women Telling Stories.
This is what the event organized by Mabel Theunissen on March 8 is about. For a full day, she will, like a Limburgian Oprah Winfrey, engage in conversations with women, offering opportunities to meet and connect. I have been invited to represent the voice of the artist — and will also be present as a woman, as a (grand)mother, as a citizen, as an inhabitant of the Earth…
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In connection with this event, a solo exhibition of my work will be held from March 7 to 22, featuring a broad overview of creations from different periods, in the Foyer of the Stadsschouwburg Genk, Stadsplein 1.
The exhibition can be visited during the city hall’s opening hours.
Resilience & Voice.
Women Telling Stories. -
international women's day 2026
Event: Tue, Jun 2, 2026, 19:00 - 22:00 PM - Dutch spoken
La Verna - De Pinte
Resilience & Voice.
Women Telling Stories.
This is what the event organized by Mabel Theunissen on March 8 is about. For a full day, she will, like a Limburgian Oprah Winfrey, engage in conversations with women, offering opportunities to meet and connect. I have been invited to represent the voice of the artist — and will also be present as a woman, as a (grand)mother, as a citizen, as an inhabitant of the Earth…
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In connection with this event, a solo exhibition of my work will be held from March 7 to 22, featuring a broad overview of creations from different periods, in the Foyer of the Stadsschouwburg Genk, Stadsplein 1.
The exhibition can be visited during the city hall’s opening hours.