STEVE SCHEPENS
°1979
Born in Ghent, Belgium.
Lives and works in Berlin.
EDUCATION
1998–2002 Painting, Master Cum Laude, Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent BE
1995–1998 Fine Arts, Sint-Lucas, Ghent BE
EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS
2011
Donetsk Goes Contemporary, Art Point Donetsk, Donetsk UA
Gegoten Lood / revisited, De Markten, Brussels BE
Blue Mussel Binge Drinking, Marianne Friis Gallery, Copenhagen DK
Artist Residency Copenhagen DK
The Bermuda Triangle is a Fraud, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp BE
Sculpture show, Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp BE
Permanent sculpture for the city of Mechelen 2012 BE
HotSpot Berlin, Georg-Kolbe Museum, Berlin DE
HORROR Book + DVD with performances 2002 – 2010 BE-DE
Elective Affinities, looking for a space DE-UK
HORROR 65, artist and curator, Berlinaire, Ghent BE
HORROR 62, curator: Astrid David BE, Brussels BE
2010
HORROR 55 Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp BE
2009
HORROR 30 BE-Part, Waregem BE
HORROR 14 De Bond, Bruges BE
HORROR 44 Artist Book, design: Jan Mast&Steve Schepens, publisher:
De Bond, the city of Bruges in cooperation with BE-PART, Flemish
Community and West-Flemish Community BE
HORROR 32 brot.undspiele galerie, Berlin DE
2008
HORROR 46 curator: Paco Barragan, ArteLisboa art fair, Lisbon PT
HORROR 04.14.08 Performance Circa art fair, Puerto Rico US
2007
HORROR 27 poster contribution, <H>ART magazine BE
HORROR 16 brot.undspiele galerie, Berlin DE
2006
HORROR 10 Salon, curator: Gery Van Tendeloo, Kortrijk BE
2005
HORROR C21 Colonie 21 residency program, curator:
Philippe Van Cauteren, SMAK, Ghent BE
2003
STRATEGIES – Drongenhofkapel, Ghent BE
2001
Paintings and Drawings – St. Pietersabdij, Ghent BE
The battle for the strategist, Drawings – Mignon, Ghent BE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS
2010
Founder of the curatorial collective APES
VIEHL DOLKERS, curators: APES, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin DE
HORROR #12 LO10, curator: Els Gryspeerdt BE
HORROR 1.3 Sun-Light 2010, curator: Christa Vyvey BE
HORRORCABINET 1 exhibition in Museum Bob Drake collection, Rotterdam NL
Berlin Contemporary Art book by Dr. Ekaterina Rietz-Rakul and Steve Schepens,
ISBN 3941784072
HORROR 56, Galerie Baronian_Francey, Brussels BE
HORROR 14, Schau Fenster, Berlin DE
2009
HORROR 14.2 CPAI, Lisbon PT
HORROR 58 Artstrom, Thyssen-Bornemisza, curators: Mark Gisbourne and
Henrick Sundström, Berlin DE
HORROR 57 curator: Jan Van Woensel, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam NL
HORROR 7 curator: Jan Van Woensel, Scalamata Gallery, Biennale di Venezia IT
THRILLER 1 + HORROR 14 Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp BE
HORROR Works ́03 – ́09 curated by Galerie Van De Weghe, Arte Santander art fair,
section representing Belgium, Santander ES
2008
HORROR paintings Space Other gallery, Boston US
HORROR 29 Hipodromo 610, Puerto Rico US
HORRORCABINET 2 brot.undspiele galerie, Circa Artfair 08, Puerto Rico US
HORROR PublicAppearance Performance, New York City US
2007
HORROR CABINET 1 brot.undspiele galerie, Scope art fair, Miami US
HORROR drawings brot.undspiele galerie, Berlin DE
HORROR 18 brot.undspiele galerie, Scope art fair, Basel CH
2006
HORROR 15 curator: Jan Hoet, MARTa Museum, Herford DE
HORROR 8 curator: Paul Lagring, CC Netwerk, Aalst BE
HORROR 13 Contemporary Art Award Flanders BE
HORROR 9 curator: Philippe Van Cauteren, SMAK, Ghent BE
2005
HORROR 7 ART INFO LOUNGE, Lineart artfair, Ghent BE
HORROR 5 DISORIENTATION Time Festival, St. Baafs plein, Ghent BE
HORROR 2 KRAAK 3 FESTIVAL, CC België, Hasselt BE
HORROR 3 ENTERTAIN_US, curators: Tanguy Eeckhout, Alan Quireyns, et.al.,
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Niklaas (BE)
2004
HORROR 1 FASTFORWARD, curator: Robin Boone, Helix-vzw, Ghent BE
HORROR SCIENCE FICTION RUSH, curator: Angelique Campens
Oudenaarde BE
HORROR #1 + #2 + #3 (the horror-fences) JOY*JOIE*VREUGD, curator:
Angelique Campens, Zingem BE
2003
HORROR#1 + HORRORBANNERS GRAND TOUR, MSK, Ghent BE
2002
Paintings COMING PEOPLE, curator: Jan Hoet, SMAK, Ghent BE
Paintings OUT, St. Amandsberg, Ghent BE
2001
IN POSITION Artifex, Ghent BE
Artist Residencies
2009
HORROR 14.2 Les Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes,
Plataforma Revolver and CPAI, Lisbon PT
2005
HORROR C21 Colonie 21 residency program, curator:
Philippe Van Cauteren, SMAK, Ghent BE
2000
Erasmus, Cuenca ES
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009
Flemish community grant BE
Gyproc grant BE
2008
Nominated Rodenbach foundation Award BE
2005
Nominated Award Contemporary Art Flanders BE
2004
Knauf Grant BE
2003
Flemish community grant BE
2002
Prix Pipyn BE + Prix Horlait – Dapsens BE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
HORROR 56 by Tanguy Eeckhout
DAWIRE Magazine Interview with Steve Schepens by Carla Acevedo
NNE Magazine HORROR 56 by Harlan Levey
<H>ART Magazine, HORROR 59 by David Ulrichs
W Magazine, by Sameer Reddy
Tagespiegel, Granaten by Kolja Reichert
Knack Magazine, Kunst en poezie in de Westhoek by Luk Lambrecht
<H>ART Magazine, HORROR 55, by Anne Marie Poels
HORROR, Text by Stephen Riolo
ArtPulse Magazine, HORROR 14.2 by Carla Acevedo-Yates
2009
El Diario Montanes, Panorama Belgica by Guillermo Balbona
HORROR44, The Exhibition that never was by Thibaut De Ruyter
HORROR44, The Capture of a town at a gallop by Patrick Ronse
HORROR44, Hocus Pocus, the semantics of delusion in times of artistic
upheaval by Paul De Vylder
Knack Magazine, Cardboard, metal and phosphor in Be-Part by Luk Lambrecht
<H>ART Magazine, Images empty and full, Steve Schepens in Be-Part by
Isabelle De Baets
2008
Art.Es Magazine, The dilemma of collecting art in times of dematerialization
Box Score magazine, The Best of CIRCA 2008
Artnet, Puerto Rican Sun by Walter Robinson
2006
<H>ART Magazine, Mental Barrier by Gerrit Vermeiren
Ruis Magazine, Brico will help you accomplish everything by Dave Driesmans
2005
Beeldend JOY Catalogue, Bathhouse for Steve by Paul De Vylder
Press and books in co-authorship
2012
Portrait of Berlin as a young art capital
2011
Art Blog http://explorise.de/gehen-und-sehen/art-berlin-blog
Berlin…Aber Sexy, Grebennikov Verlag
New Contemporary Kunsthalle Guide Germany
2010
Portrait of Berlin as a young art capital, <H>ART Magazine
New Contemporary Art Guide Berlin, Grebennikov Verlag
Augmented Man (about J.G. Ballard’s Crash), TEXT Magazine
Sexuality and transcendence at Pincuk Art Centre, Artpulse Magazine
Diogo Pimentao, Artpulse Magazine
Vargas-Suarez Universal, Artpulse Magazine
2009
Jos De Gruyter and Harald Thys in Lisbon, <H>ART Magazine
Fernanda Gomes, Artpulse Magazine
Rui Toscano, Artpulse Magazine
Matt Mulican, Artpulse Magazine
2008
What an Art-Tourist Should See in Lisbon (Homage to Fernando Pessoa),
ArtWeLove online Magazine
2007
Sophisticated Fetishism, <H>ART Magazine
Curate or Die, Artmagazine CC
Series of artists’ Biographies for Art interview online magazine
COLLECTIONS
Van De Weghe gallery (BE), Hamish Morrison gallery (DE), Altamira gallery (ES), Haydée Venegas, Puerto Rico (US), brot.undspiele galerie (DE), Galeria 356, Puerto Rico (US), Wuyts collection (BE), Van Den Storme collection (BE), Roberto J. Nieves collection, Puerto Rico (US), THE EKARD COLLECTION, Space Other gallery (US), private collection (BE), Serge Hannecart collection (BE), HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art (DK)