Koenraad Dedobbeleer b.1975, Halle (Belgium), lives in Bruxelles

The sculptures, spatial installations, and architectural interventions of Koenraad Dedobbeleer are riddled with subtle allusions, ironic commentaries, and references to the histories of art, craft and design. The Belgian sculptor changes the structure of common objects, their dimensions, materiality or colors — often by minimal interventions — in order to put the practical use and cultural value they represent to the test.

Dedobbeleer, since 2019 Professor for Sculpture at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, formerly participant at De Ateliers, held institutional exhibitions at Kunst Museum Winterthur (2019), Kunstverein Hannover (2019), CAC (Vilnius, 2019), MMOMA, Moscow (2018), WIELS (Brussels, 2018), Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2016), GAK, Bremen (2015), Extra City, Antwerp (2015), Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2014), De Vleeshal, Middelburg (2013), Credac, Paris (2013), Kunstmuseum St Gallen (2012), Culturgest, Lisbon (2010), Kunsthalle Bern (with Rita McBride, 2009), Haus Esters, Krefeld (2009), and Museum Abteiberg (Mönchengladbach, 2007). In 2009 he won the renowned Mies van der Rohe Award in Krefeld. The artist is represented by C L E A R I N G (Brussels, New York, Los Angeles), Georg Kargl Fine Arts (Vienna), MAI 36 (Zürich), and ProjecteSD (Barcelona).

Portrait by Claude Mannaerts.