ARTIST BIO

Femke Vindevogel, born in 1978 in Ghent, Belgium, is a queer contemporary artist & writer residing and working in Jabbeke, Belgium. She works primarily in acrylics and colored pencil and she paints as she writes: from the perspective of a detached observer, drawing her inspiration from the grand themes in her own life: the divorce she went through, the chronic migraines that made her a homebody, the escape she therefore finds in domestic and other banal things of little beauty that surround her in her daily life.

Vindevogel studied Fine Arts at Luca, School of Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 1995 to 2007. Since 2008, the artist has lived and worked nearby Bruges, Belgium. The artist had her debut exhibition at Galerie Link (Now De Bruycker Fine Art Gallery in Antwerp) in Ghent in 2004. Since then, the artist had several exhibitions with De Bruycker.

Vindevogels work first came to prominence through powerful fresco’s on wood panel, experimenting with Japanese paper and organic materials. By the early 2010s, Vindevogel’s work became more subtile, exploring the possibilities of heavy bodied acrylic brushstrokes, oilpaint, thin washes and collage. Currently she’s working on her renewing Chair series that is leaning more towards realism then her previous work, using acrylics and colored pencil to create work that celebrates the beauty of domestic objects. She paints on pleated paper to emphasize the importance of imperfection. A constant in her work is the workability of the surface and the constantly scraping off and adding layers, a phase that stretches itself for weeks and months on end and that it very similar on how she writes novels and poetry.

Contact Information:

Femke Vindevogel

Studio:
Jabbeke, Belgium
www.femkevindevogel.com
femkevindevogel@yahoo.com
+32 (0)474329965

ARTIST CV

Femke Vindevogel
Born in 1978 in Ghent, Belgium.
Resides and works in Jabbeke, Belgium.

Education/Training:

1992-1996     Luca, School of Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
2001-2004     Academy of Fine Arts, Painting, Ghent, Belgium.
2005-2009     Academy of Fine Arts, Photography, Bruges, Belgium.
2023-Today   Academy of Fine Arts, Linocut & Etching, Bruges, Belgium.

Selected Exhibitions:

2002, ‘Kronkels in het gras’, Gallery Willemfonds, Ghent, Belgium.
2003, ‘7 New Masters’, Galerie Link, Ghent, Belgium.
2004, ‘Fluke Luke, Raf Lauriks, Johan Houthoofd en Femke Vindevogel,’ Galerie Link,  Ghent, Belgium.
2004, ‘Eindejaarstentoonstelling,’ Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
2005, ‘Image3,’ Exhibition Halls Bruges. Belgium.
2005, ‘Eindejaarstentoonstelling,’ Academy of Fine Arts, Bruges, Belgium.
2006, ‘Geknipt,’ museum Volkskunde, Bruges, Belgium.
2006, ‘Arnoevoo,’ Bredene, Belgium.
2007,  ‘Fear’, Departure hall Airport, Zaventem, Belgium
2007, ‘Arnoevoo,’ cultural centre, Bredene, Belgium.
2007, ‘Input/Output, Culturehouse Bruges, Belgium.
2007, ‘Eindejaarstentoonstelling,’ Academy of Fine Arts, Bruges, Belgium.
2008,  ‘Sage comme une image II, 4 jonge vrouwen, Gallery Link, Gent,
2008, ‘Eindejaarstentoonstelling,’ Academy of Fine Arts, Bruges, Belgium.
2009, ‘O.S.D. 1’, Bruges, Belgium
2009, ‘Eindejaarstentoonstelling,’ Academy of Fine Arts, CC Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium.
2010, ‘Expositie in Galerie T,’ Middelburg
2011, ‘Expo 40 years Destelheide,’ Dworp, Belgium
2012-2014, ‘O.S.D.’, Oosterzele, Belgium
2015, ‘O.S.D’, Balegem, Belgium
2016-2018, ‘O.S.D.’, Ghent, Belgium
2019-2022, O.S.D.’, Jabbeke, Belgium

Selected Collections:

Femke Vindevogel is collected by various private collectors in Belgium, Spain, the United States, Germany and The Netherlands.

Selected Press & Publications:

Femke Vindevogel, “Daintree” in National Geographic, 2007
Femke Vindevogel, “Collage” in Cultuurkrant Exit, 2008