The work of alumna Hedwig Brouckaert (M.F.A., art studio, ‘05) is featured in “Speekkamer,” a two-person exhibition, at Poort 8 in Ghent, Belgium. Also featuring work by Alexandra Leyre Mein, the show opens on June 30 and runs July 1-3 and 8-10 and by appointment.  

A native of Ghent Belgium, Brouckaert received her master’s in sculpture at the Sint-Lukas Hogeschool in Brussels and a postgraduate at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Belgium. She received numerous grants from the Flemish Government in Belgium, and fellowships of the Rockefeller Foundation – Bellagio (IT), Liguria Study Center Bogliasco (IT), Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Hafnarborg Museum of Iceland, Yaddo (NY), Anderson Ranch (CO), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and FLACC (BE). Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions throughout the US and internationally, including “Re/pro/ducing Complexity” with work by Jorinde Voigt and Nelleke Beltjens at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (BE), Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders (DE), VOLTA NY, Kentler International Drawing Space (NY), Kunstraum (NY), Bangkok Art and Culture Center (TH), Pallazo Vendramin Costa (Venice IT). Brouckaert is currently living and working in Queens, NY, and Ghent (BE).

For details, visit the Poort 8 website.