Archive Presentation
Exhibition series (M HKA, Antwerp)
M HKA's archive presentations, a series of rotating displays exhibiting its extensive visual arts archives, in collaboration with CKV and various researchers.
Exhibition series (M HKA, Antwerp)
M HKA's archive presentations, a series of rotating displays exhibiting its extensive visual arts archives, in collaboration with CKV and various researchers.
Extant
Platform for Contemporary Sound Practices
Extant is an Antwerp-based artistic platform founded in 2024 focussing on multidisciplinary and performative practices in the open field of contemporary sonic arts.
Platform for Contemporary Sound Practices
Extant is an Antwerp-based artistic platform founded in 2024 focussing on multidisciplinary and performative practices in the open field of contemporary sonic arts.
Raoul De Keyser
Exhibition (12.09–09.11.24, VANDENHOVE, Ghent)
The exhibition Long Time No See: Raoul De Keyser 1946–1964 focused on De Keyser's early work, consisting of about twenty paintings that were never exhibited before or have not been shown to the public since the 1960s and 1970s. Alongside the paintings, archive materials paid specific attention to his activities as a sports journalist and art critic, his connections with Dutch museums and galleries, his affinities with graphic design, his studio as an exhibition space, and his obstinate interest in the 'objecthood' of his paintings.
Exhibition (12.09–09.11.24, VANDENHOVE, Ghent)
The exhibition Long Time No See: Raoul De Keyser 1946–1964 focused on De Keyser's early work, consisting of about twenty paintings that were never exhibited before or have not been shown to the public since the 1960s and 1970s. Alongside the paintings, archive materials paid specific attention to his activities as a sports journalist and art critic, his connections with Dutch museums and galleries, his affinities with graphic design, his studio as an exhibition space, and his obstinate interest in the 'objecthood' of his paintings.
The Towel, Honoré d’O
Publication (MER Books, 2021)
For The Towel, Ghent-based installation and video artist Honoré d'O drew inspiration from the towel depicted on one of the exterior shutters of the 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) by the Van Eyck brothers. Published on the occasion of Honoré d’O’s installation at Sint-Jacobskerk, Ghent in 2020.
Together with Luc Derycke.
Publication (MER Books, 2021)
For The Towel, Ghent-based installation and video artist Honoré d'O drew inspiration from the towel depicted on one of the exterior shutters of the 15th-century Ghent Altarpiece (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) by the Van Eyck brothers. Published on the occasion of Honoré d’O’s installation at Sint-Jacobskerk, Ghent in 2020.
Together with Luc Derycke.
The City Collection
Exhibition (17.05.24–12.01.25, M HKA)
The City Collection: In/Sight was an exhibition aiming to provide a kaleidoscopic insight into Antwerp’s contemporary art scene, featuring works by local and international artists.
Exhibition (17.05.24–12.01.25, M HKA)
The City Collection: In/Sight was an exhibition aiming to provide a kaleidoscopic insight into Antwerp’s contemporary art scene, featuring works by local and international artists.
Pauline Curnier Jardin
Exhibition (10.10.25–08.02.26, M HKA)
The Associations of Pauline Curnier Jardin was Curnier’s first survey exhibition bringing together twenty years of her exuberant, hybrid art practice, featuring films, drawings, sculptures, installations, and a stage for live events. The title announces a story: a story of the groups formed throughout the artist’s career, of the affinities she has forged over time, and the feminist, civic and creative commitments that have shaped her practice.
Exhibition (10.10.25–08.02.26, M HKA)
The Associations of Pauline Curnier Jardin was Curnier’s first survey exhibition bringing together twenty years of her exuberant, hybrid art practice, featuring films, drawings, sculptures, installations, and a stage for live events. The title announces a story: a story of the groups formed throughout the artist’s career, of the affinities she has forged over time, and the feminist, civic and creative commitments that have shaped her practice.
ZIGO
Publication (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2020)
Silence is not an option is a media platform that broadcasts in-depth interviews about active and engaged citizenship. In January 2020 an ongoing series of publications was launched containing essays about a diverse range of global issues.
Publication (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2020)
Silence is not an option is a media platform that broadcasts in-depth interviews about active and engaged citizenship. In January 2020 an ongoing series of publications was launched containing essays about a diverse range of global issues.
The Lives of Animals
Exhibition (08.06–22.09.24, M HKA)
In The Lives of Animals, artists explored how visual art raised fundamental questions about animality, interspecies friendship, and the human tendency to see itself as exceptional.
Exhibition (08.06–22.09.24, M HKA)
In The Lives of Animals, artists explored how visual art raised fundamental questions about animality, interspecies friendship, and the human tendency to see itself as exceptional.
TRANSMIT
Publication series
TRANSMIT is a platform for creative audio works that disclose investigations, collaborations and methodologies of artistic research. Comprising experimental narrativeworks in the form of radio essays, sonic stories or audio dispatches, each workis created by a LUCA researcher in collaboration with radio makers,sound artists and writers.
Volume n°1: Wendy Morris, What Trixie Could Not Tell The Inquisitor, 2025 / Volume n°2: Nele Möller, Spruce Speaks Before it Breaks, 2026
Publication series
TRANSMIT is a platform for creative audio works that disclose investigations, collaborations and methodologies of artistic research. Comprising experimental narrativeworks in the form of radio essays, sonic stories or audio dispatches, each workis created by a LUCA researcher in collaboration with radio makers,sound artists and writers.
Volume n°1: Wendy Morris, What Trixie Could Not Tell The Inquisitor, 2025 / Volume n°2: Nele Möller, Spruce Speaks Before it Breaks, 2026
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure
Exhibition (13.06–21.09.2025
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure brought together artists who explored the enchantment and power relations of infrastructure. It also considered the possibilities of artistic imagination in conceptualising new and alternative infrastructural models.
Exhibition (13.06–21.09.2025
The Geopolitics of Infrastructure brought together artists who explored the enchantment and power relations of infrastructure. It also considered the possibilities of artistic imagination in conceptualising new and alternative infrastructural models.
Anger's Family Tree
LP Record (W.E.R.F. records, 2024)
Anger’s Family Tree is an immersive and intimate listening experience that combines Astrid Haerens' poetry with music by Mariske Broeckmeyer (MARIS) and Jasmijn Lootens.
LP Record (W.E.R.F. records, 2024)
Anger’s Family Tree is an immersive and intimate listening experience that combines Astrid Haerens' poetry with music by Mariske Broeckmeyer (MARIS) and Jasmijn Lootens.
we refuse_d
Exhibition (13.03–07.06.2026, M HKA)
we refuse_d brought together fifteen artists whosepractices explore refusal, endurance, and action—asking what it means topersist, resist, and create under conditions of silencing, censorship, anddisplacement.
Exhibition (13.03–07.06.2026, M HKA)
we refuse_d brought together fifteen artists whosepractices explore refusal, endurance, and action—asking what it means topersist, resist, and create under conditions of silencing, censorship, anddisplacement.
S.M.A.K. Catalogue
Publication (MER Books, 2020)
The Little Catalogue of the S.M.A.K. Collection brings together 150 works from the museum's collection, chosen by visitors aged 4 to 14, and arranged alphabethically, from A(bramovic) to Z(orio).
Together with Luc Derycke.
Publication (MER Books, 2020)
The Little Catalogue of the S.M.A.K. Collection brings together 150 works from the museum's collection, chosen by visitors aged 4 to 14, and arranged alphabethically, from A(bramovic) to Z(orio).
Together with Luc Derycke.
Front Row
Artist Talks (M HKA)
FRONT ROW is a monthly series of artist’s talks jointly organised by M HKA and NICC. Serving as an open format to artists—whether a talk, a presentation of an idea, a lecture performance—the programme offers the opportunity to reflect on art, culture and society by some of the most thought-provoking artists practising today.
Photo: M HKA
Artist Talks (M HKA)
FRONT ROW is a monthly series of artist’s talks jointly organised by M HKA and NICC. Serving as an open format to artists—whether a talk, a presentation of an idea, a lecture performance—the programme offers the opportunity to reflect on art, culture and society by some of the most thought-provoking artists practising today.
Photo: M HKA
Jim Shaw, The Ties That Bind
Exhibition (09.02–19.03.2024, M HKA)
The Ties That Bind was a major solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jim Shaw. His idiosyncratic imagery is infused with references from popular American culture, and the tension between conservative and progressive ideologies.
Exhibition (09.02–19.03.2024, M HKA)
The Ties That Bind was a major solo exhibition featuring the work of American artist Jim Shaw. His idiosyncratic imagery is infused with references from popular American culture, and the tension between conservative and progressive ideologies.
The Situation is Fluid
Exhibition (25.01.2025–03.01.2027, M HKA)
The Situation is Fluid is a permanent collection display that starts from the post-war avant-garde in Antwerp and uses the past as a platform for understanding the multipolar world of today and the future, with the three collection perspectives – image, action and society – as its guide.
Photo: M HKA
Exhibition (25.01.2025–03.01.2027, M HKA)
The Situation is Fluid is a permanent collection display that starts from the post-war avant-garde in Antwerp and uses the past as a platform for understanding the multipolar world of today and the future, with the three collection perspectives – image, action and society – as its guide.
Photo: M HKA
Convent
Space for Contemporary Art Antwerp (2016–2020)
Convent is a non-profit space for contemporary art in Ghent (Belgium), founded in September 2016 by Wouter De Vleeschouwer and Jeroen Staes.
Space for Contemporary Art Antwerp (2016–2020)
Convent is a non-profit space for contemporary art in Ghent (Belgium), founded in September 2016 by Wouter De Vleeschouwer and Jeroen Staes.
Lenin Was a Mushroom
Exhibition (03.06–21.08.2022, M HKA)
Lenin Was a Mushroom presented a selection of moving images that offered reflections on the 1990s, a key period in the development and proliferation of film and video art.
Exhibition (03.06–21.08.2022, M HKA)
Lenin Was a Mushroom presented a selection of moving images that offered reflections on the 1990s, a key period in the development and proliferation of film and video art.
M HKA
Brochures (2025–26)
Brochures (2025–26)
Dispatches
Postcard project (05.10–31.12.2023, M HKA)
On the occasion of the Kyiv Biennial 2023, M HKA presented Dispatches, a postcard project in collaboration with the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv. Twelve artists were invited to design a postcard that circulated as an artistic message of solidarity, both within and beyond the biennial. In a time of conflict, Dispatches offered a tangible and poetic form of connection.
Postcard project (05.10–31.12.2023, M HKA)
On the occasion of the Kyiv Biennial 2023, M HKA presented Dispatches, a postcard project in collaboration with the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv. Twelve artists were invited to design a postcard that circulated as an artistic message of solidarity, both within and beyond the biennial. In a time of conflict, Dispatches offered a tangible and poetic form of connection.
Panamarenko 85
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In 2025, the Panamarenko Foundation paid tribute to the pioneering artist, inventor, and engineer Panamarenko. The celebratory year featured a series of events and exhibitions in collaboration with M HKA, KMSKA, S.M.A.K., Port of Antwerp-Bruges, and Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord Knokke-Heist, alongside the publication Panamarenko Fundamentals.
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In 2025, the Panamarenko Foundation paid tribute to the pioneering artist, inventor, and engineer Panamarenko. The celebratory year featured a series of events and exhibitions in collaboration with M HKA, KMSKA, S.M.A.K., Port of Antwerp-Bruges, and Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord Knokke-Heist, alongside the publication Panamarenko Fundamentals.
Nicola L.
Exhibition (26.06–18.10.2026, M HKA)
When the Earth Turned the Other Way presents one of the most comprehensive surveys to date of the work of Nicola L., a French-born artist whose multidisciplinary practice occupies a singular position within the post-war avant-garde.
Exhibition (26.06–18.10.2026, M HKA)
When the Earth Turned the Other Way presents one of the most comprehensive surveys to date of the work of Nicola L., a French-born artist whose multidisciplinary practice occupies a singular position within the post-war avant-garde.
Unvoicing Migraine
Publication (2022)
In Unvoicing Migraine, singer and researcher Mariske Broeckmeyer turns to concepts provided by voice theory, disability studies, psychoanalysis, queer theory and philosophy to create a framework that studies the relation between migraine and voice.
Publication (2022)
In Unvoicing Migraine, singer and researcher Mariske Broeckmeyer turns to concepts provided by voice theory, disability studies, psychoanalysis, queer theory and philosophy to create a framework that studies the relation between migraine and voice.
Frans Masereel Centre
Publication (2021)
Spreadsheets for a publication, riso-printed during a residency at Frans Masereel Centre.
6 sets of 32 pages — click to flip.
Together with Annelies Legein.
Publication (2021)
Spreadsheets for a publication, riso-printed during a residency at Frans Masereel Centre.
6 sets of 32 pages — click to flip.
Together with Annelies Legein.
Pauline Scharmann
Wetstraat 36, BE–2018 Antwerp
mail(at)paulinescharmann.com
+32 (0)476 06 47 07
Wetstraat 36, BE–2018 Antwerp
mail(at)paulinescharmann.com
+32 (0)476 06 47 07
2021–current: Graphic designer at MHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp
2019–2021: Graphic designer at Studio Luc Derycke, Ghent
2017–2019: Coördinator at MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent
2019–2021: Graphic designer at Studio Luc Derycke, Ghent
2017–2019: Coördinator at MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent
2016: Curatorial Studies (KASK, Ghent)
2014: MA Fine Arts, Graphic Design (KASK, Ghent)
2010: Fashion (KASK, Ghent)
2014: MA Fine Arts, Graphic Design (KASK, Ghent)
2010: Fashion (KASK, Ghent)