Gideon Kiefer

bio | selected works | cv

°1970 Neerpelt, Belgium.
Lives and works in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium.

Solo exhibitions

2025
THE FRAGILE EXCAVATION | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
BURN MOTHERFUCKER BURN | Martin Kudlek Galerie | Cologne, DE

2024
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE | MAD Gallery | Poznań, PL

2023
I’M LOST IN A FOREST | De Paardenstallen | Be-Part | Kortrijk, BE

2022
GIDEON KIEFER | De Halle | Geel, BE

2021
ART ANTWERP | Geukens & De Vil booth | Antwerp, BE

2020
THE ROOM IS LIT BY ELECTRIC LIGHT | Museum Gevaert-Minne | Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
ART ANTWERP | Geukens & De Vil booth | Antwerp, BE

2019
WORK | De Markthallen | Herk-de-Stad, BE
A THROWBACK TO ANCIENT TIMES, IT’S NO COINCIDENCE | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Knokke, BE

2018
SEQUENCE | UNC Gallery | Seoul, KR
FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS | Galerie Martin Kudlek | Cologne, DE

2016
ART ON PAPER | BOZAR | Brussels, BE
X MARKS THE SPOT511244824242421 | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Antwerp, BE

2015
DRAWING NOW | Carreau Du Temple | Paris, FR
GIDEON KIEFER | C-Mine Cultuur Centrum | Genk, BE
GIDEON KIEFER | UNC Gallery | Seoul, KR

2014
Book presentation | Bozar | Brussels, BE
Presentation DER DARSTELLER | Artist in Residence | Be-Part | Waregem, BE

2013
THE ENQUIRECTANGULAR PROJECT SITE 002 | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Antwerp, BE
THE END OF DREAMS | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Knokke, BE
GIDEON KIEFER - TEKENINGEN, WETENSCHAP VERBERGT WAANZIN | Museum Dr. Guislain | Ghent, BE

2011
THE WORLD ABOVE THE GROUND IS UNSTALE | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Antwerp, BE

2010
VAULTS AND THE SYNESTHESIA OF DYAS AND NUMBERS | Gallery Geukens & De Vil | Knokke, BE
DIONISS FESTIVAL | St.-Denijs-Westrem, BE
BLUEPRINT OF A 3 DAY NIGHTMARE - THE PLAN | Gallery S&H De Buck | Ghent, BE

2009
VVB 82 GALLERY | Antwerp, BE
SETTEMBRINI BOOKSHOP | Leiden, NL
UNDERCOVER BOOKSTORE | Ghent, BE

Group exhibitions

2026
ART ANTWERP | BARBÉ | Antwerp, BE
ART COLOGNE | Kudlek Gallery | Cologne, DE
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO | Gallery Maïa Muller | Paris, FR
THIS PARTY IS OVER | BARBÉ | Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
WAARHEID, KUNST VAN DE TWIJFEL | Rijksmuseum Boerhaave | Leiden, NL
DRAWING NOW PARIS | Martin Kudlek Galerie | Paris, FR
ART BRUSSELS | BARBÉ | Brussels, BE
MEMORIES OF THE UNKNOWN | Museumhuis Lucien de Gheus | Poperinge, BE
TALKING HEADS | Kasteel d’Ursel | Bornem, BE
KRUISPUNTEN | Museum Gevaert-Minne | Sint-Martens-Latem, BE

2025
RUDOLF ZWIRNER INVITES MARTIN KUDLEK GALERIE | Berlin, DE
ECHO | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
KUNSTBIENNALE PRINSENHOF GENT | Gent, BE
WORKS ON PAPER | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
18TH PRIX DE DESSIN DANIEL & FLORENCE GUERLAIN | Salon du Dessin | Paris, FR
DRAWING NOW PARIS | Kudlek Gallery | Paris, FR
ART DÜSSELDORF | MAD Gallery Poznań | Düsseldorf, DE
ART BRUSSELS | Brussels Expo with BARBÉ | Brussels, BE
SAINT-SEBASTIËNNE | MAD Gallery | Warzaw, PL
CREATION OF NATURE | Stedelijk Museum Aarschot | Aarschot, BE
ART ANTWERP | Antwerp Expo with BARBÉ | Antwerp, BE

2024
ART ANTWERP | BARBÉ | Antwerp, BE
LA PASSION DU SESSIN | Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch | Issoudun, FR
WORKS ON PAPER | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
GIDEON INVITES | Cube Gallery | Genk, BE
CHESTNUT GRENADES & SHOOTING STICKS | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
WAARHEID | Ghents Universiteitsmuseum | Ghent, BE

2023
over_BLIJVEN | De Markthallen | Herk-De-Stad, BE
ZANDGOND | De Warande | Turnhout, BE
ROAD TO NOWHERE | Kunstbiënnale Prinsenhof Ghent | Ghent, BE
ART ANTWERP | Kudlek Gallery | Antwerp, BE

2022
EDEN KUNSTENFESTIVAL | Roeselare, BE
HERINNERINGEN EN SEQUENTIES | Cultuurhuis De Bijl | Zoersel, BE
UITGESTALD -1 | Uitstalling Art Gallery | Genk, BE
KUNST-LICHT | Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens | Sint-Martens-Latem, BE
FINIS TERRAE | Conscience Bibliotheek | Antwerp, BE

2021
THAT’S ALL FOLKS | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Knokke, BE
POES. HOE DE KAT DE MENS VANGT | Yper Museum | Ieper, BE

2020
ICTAF | Geukens & De Vil booth | Cape Town, SA
BEESTIG | Stadsfestival Damme | Damme, BE

2019
DOUVEN VS KIEFER – ZO VER HET OOG ZIEN KAN | Pelt, BE
TEKENING (DISEGNO) | SASK | Sint-Niklaas, BE

2018
KUNSTENFESTIVAL WATOU | Watou, BE

2017
DE OPWARMING | Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp | Antwerp, BE
ECCE HOMO | Maagdenhuis | Antwerp, BE
VIENNA CONTEMPORARY | Geukens & De Vil Booth | Vienna, AT
BLACK | C-Mine | Genk, BE
VOLTA 13 | Galerie Martin Kudlek | Basel, CH
MUSEUM TO SCALE 1|7 | Fondazione Ghisla Art Collection | Locarno, IT
DRAWING NOW PARIS 11 | Galerie Martin Kudlek | Le Carreau du Temple | Paris, FR
SYLVIE DE MEERLEER, GIDEON KIEFER & BIRDE VANHEERSWINGHELS | Galerie Martin Kudlek | Cologne, DE
THE BEAUTY OF THE BEAST | Kasteel d’Ursel | Bornem, BE

2016
GROTE PRIJS ERNEST ALBERT | De Garage | Mechelen, BE
DRAWING FRONT | Kunstvereniging & Drawing Centre Diepenheim | Diepenheim, NL
10 JAAR KUNSTENAAR VAN DE MAAND | Zebrastraat | Ghent, BE
TUMULTINGHENT | Watt Event Space | Ghent, BE

2015
ART TORONTO | Rosenfeld-Porcini Gallery booth | Toronto, CAN
GOODBYE POURBUS, HELLO LEOPOLD | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Antwerp, BE
AANDACHT! AANDACHT! | C-Mine | Genk, BE
VIENNA CONTEMPORARY | Geukens & De Vil Booth | Vienna, AT
AANDACHT! AANDACHT! | De Warande | Turnhout, BE
KUNSTENFESTIVAL WATOU | Watou, BE

2014
PROVINCIALE PRIJS BEELDENDE KUNST OOST-VLAANDEREN 2013 | Caermersklooster | Ghent, BE
VIENNA CONTEMPORARY | Geukens & De Vil Booth | Vienna, AT
DRAWING NOW PARIS | Carreau Du Temple | Paris, FR
SOMETHING OF VALUE | Lokettenzaal Bank van België en Belgische Senaat | Brussels, BE

2013
MUSEUM TO SCALE 1|7 | Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten | Brussels, BE
ART BRUSSELS | Geukens & De Vil Gallery booth | Brussels, BE
ART 13 LONDON | Geukens & De Vil Gallery booth | London, UK
KATHO DEPARTMENT IPSOC KORTRIJK I.S.M. MUSEUM DR. GUISLAIN | Ghent, BE
MUSEUM OP SCHAAL 1|7 | Ronny Van De Velde Gallery | BE
THE BIRTH OF CINEMA & BEYOND | Rosenfeld-Porcini Gallery | London, UK

2012
ARE THE LIMITS OF MY LANGUAGE, THE LIMITS OF MY WORLD? | Maskara Gallery | Mumbai, IN
WENN DER LÖWE SPRECHEN KÖNNTE, WIR WERDEN IHN NICHT VERSTEHEN | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Knokke, BE
WISH YOU WERE HERE | Ana Cristea Gallery | New York, USA
ART BRUSSELS | Geukens & De Vil Gallery booth | Brussels, BE

2011
FLANDERS HOUSE | New York, USA
A PAPER TRAIL | De Halle – De Warande | Geel, BE
ART BRUSSELS | Geukens & De Vil Gallery booth | Brussels, BE
SALON | Pianomuseum Maene | Ruiselede, BE
THE WEIGHTY BODY | Museum Dr. Guislain | Ghent, BE
(WHEN WILL THEY FINALLY SEE) THE POWER OF DRAWING | Geukens & De Vil Gallery | Antwerp, BE

2010
PREVIEW BERLIN | Geukens & De Vil Gallery Booth | Berlin, DE
GIDEON KIEFER & BART SLANGEN | Cultuurcentrum Dommelhof | Neerpelt, BE
CANVASCOLLECTIE 2010 | BOZAR Museum | Brussels, BE

2009
B&C GROUP ART GALLERY | Mont-Saint-Guibert, BE

2008
MODERNISM | De Markgraaf | Hove, BE

Public collections

Museum Dr. Guislain | Ghent, BE Metzler Collection | Luxembourg, LU Bank Delen | BE
Museum Voorlinden | NL
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken | BE Collection Guerlin | FR
Centre Pompidou | FR

Prizes

2025
18th CONTEMPORARY DRAWING PRIZE | Daniel & Florence Guerlain Foundation