Gerda works in various artistic disciplines such as installations, video art and sculpture. She has exhibited her work in curatorial exhibitions in world-renowned cities such as Venice (Arsenal) - Italy, Berlin - Germany, Brooklyn NY - USA, Dordrecht - Netherlands, Almeria, Cordoba and Granada - Spain, as well as in several cities across Belgium.
In addition, she has received multiple grants from the Brussels-Walloon Federation for exhibition projects, including for the curatorship of the "Grand Ecart" contemporary art festival with Grosses Lacunes and the Festival de l'Eté Mosan.
Below are some of her achievements (awards, grants & selections):
2026
Finalist in the Prix des Arts - peinture de Woluwe Saint-Pierre.
2025
Audience Prize and Mention of the Jury in the Prix des Arts Plastiques et Visuels du Waux-Hall, Nivelles.
Finalist in the Prix des Arts - peinture de Woluwe Saint-Pierre.
2024
Finalist in the international MiniARTures contest of FiKVa (Figuratieve Kunst Vandaag, Belgium) and WG Galerie (Dordrecht, Netherlands).
Finalist in the painting category in the international contest "ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE", with exhibition in the Arsenale of Venice.
2023
Finalist in the 2023 Prix des Arts d'Antoing.
Finalist in the 2023 international Un-cool Artists contest (Do!-Arts).
Finalist in the Biennale de l'Art Pierre Paulus de Châtelet.
Finalist in the Prix des Arts Plastiques et Visuels du Waux-Hall, Nivelles.
Finalist in the painting category in the international contest "ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE", with exhibition in the Arsenale of Venice.
2022
Grant of the City of Charleroi for the artists collective Grosses Lacunes for the curation of La Cellule, contemporary art gallery in Charleroi.
2021
Grant of the Province of Hainaut and the Eden (cultural centre) for the artists collective Grosses Lacunes.
Grant of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles for the curation of "Grand Ecart" (contemporary art festival in collaboration with the Festival de l'Eté Mosan).
Envision Arts online – BLACK + WHITE IV: A Contemporary Collective (Honorable Mention).
2020
Grant of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles for the creation of the artists collective Grosses Lacunes.
1988
International short video festival in Arnhem, Netherlands, in official selection with the movie "The Bee".
Gerda Van Damme’s work investigates how memory, daily routines, and the passage of time shape human experience. In her paintings, she constructs narrative, almost cinematographic scenes that isolate small, familiar actions. These staged moments reveal the quiet absurdity embedded in everyday life and expose how time advances without drama yet leaves unmistakable traces.
