Preferred themes in Gerda Van Damme's work are the human condition, death, the past, memory and the broken promises of life. She declines these themes into figurative paintings, video art works and installations. Storytelling is always a major component in...
Read MorePreferred themes in Gerda Van Damme's work are the human condition, death, the past, memory and the broken promises of life. She declines these themes into figurative paintings, video art works and installations. Storytelling is always a major component in her work.
Gerda lives and works in Charleroi (Belgium). In 2020 she co-founded the artist collective GROSSES LACUNES. She also operates under the name of THE MUYBRIDGE COLLECTIVE, together with Guido Janssens.
Gerda Van Damme has organized and participated in exhibitions on multiple occasions. In 2022, she is the curator for a contemporary art festival in historical venues, in partnership with the music Festival de l'Eté Mosan, "GRAND ECART".
In 2023 she was finalist in the Arte Laguna Prize (Venice), in the Uncool Artists contest from Do! Arts (New York), in the Biennale de l'Art Pierre Paulus (Belgium), in the Prix des Arts Plastiques et Visuels du Waux-hall (Belgium) and in the Prix des Arts in Antoing. In 2024 Gerda is again a finalist in the Arte Laguna Prize.
Some exhibitions of the last 3 year included group shows in Brooklyn NY (planned for Dec 2023), Berlin and Venice (Arsenale), and several solo and group shows in her home country Belgium.
Gerda received several grants for her work (from the Brussels-Walloon region, from the cultural center “Eden”, from the city of Charleroi and from the Province of Hainaut).
Gerda obtained the certificate in painting with great distinction from the Academy Alphonse Darville of Charleroi. She has the official status of "Worker in the Arts".
