Joost Pauwaert

Bio | SELECTED WORKS | CV

°1985 Bretzenheim, Deutschland.
Lives and works in Wilrijk, Belgium.

Education
MA IN PHOTOGRAPHY | KASK School of Arts | Ghent, BE

Solo exhibitions

2025
PERFORMANCE APOCALYPTICAL CAROUSEL | ABBY | Kortrijk, BE

2024
THE END IS NEAR | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE

2023
PROBINGS, OBSERVATIONS, ACTIONS & ARTEFACTS | booklaunch | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
HOLD YOUR HORSES | duo with Alice Vanderschoot | Ponti Gallery | Antwerp, BE
DUO SHOW WITH CHARLIE DE VOET | Art Rotterdam | BARBÉ | Rotterdam, NL

2022
DUO SHOW WITH KRIS MARTIN | Gevaertsdreef01 | Oudenaarde, BE
DEAD PARROTS AND FLYING HAMMERS | duo with Guy Slabbinck | Bruthaus Gallery | Waregem, BE
STURM UND DRUNK | duo with Marco de Sanctis | Dauwens & Beernaert | Brussels, BE
HET VLIEGENDE AAMBEELD | Emergent | Veurne, BE

2021
CONCERTO FOR TWO CANNONS, A SAW, AN ANVIL AND SOME HAMMERS | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE

2019
BEATING THE BUSHES | duo with Stanislas Lahaut | In De Ruimte | Ghent, BE

2018
13 YEARS OF HYSTERIA | duo with Stephanie Van De Velde | Blanco | Ghent, BE

2017
SOUTERRAIN | Artist’ Studio | Ghent, BE

Performances

2026
A GOOD HAMMERING | KIOSK | Ghent, BE

2025
CROSSFIRE II | DE RAMPE | Kwaremont, BE
CROSSFIRE | DOEL FESTIVAL | Doel, BE
APOCALYPTIC CAROUSEL | ABBY Museum | Kortrijk, BE

2024
APOCALYPTIC TRIUMPH PARADE | Ghent city centre, BE
NAVAL MUSHROOM CLOUD IN A SMALL FLEMISH TOWN  | Pizza gallery | Sijsele, BE
MUSHROOM CLOUD | De Rampe | Kwaremont, BE

2023
BIG BANG II | Verbeke Foundation | Kemzeke, BE
APOCALYPTIC CAROUSEL | Dudzele, BE
A NEW STUDY FOR AN END OF THE WORLD II | Archipel | Otegem, BE

2022
A NEW STUDY FOR AN END OF THE WORLD, HOMAGE TO JEAN TINGUELY | Pizza Gallery | Beernem, BE

2020
TWEE GROTE HAMERS | permanent installation | Verbeke Foundation | Kemzeke, BE

Group exhibitions

2025
ECHO | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
KUNSTBIENNALE PRINSENHOF | Ghent, BE
DOEL FESTIVAL | Doel, BE
DE RAMPE | Kwaremont, BE
ART BRUSSELS | BARBÉ | Brussels, BE
F**KLORE. REINVENTING TRADITION | ABBY Museum | Kortrijk, BE

2024
ART ANTWERP | BARBÉ | Antwerp, BE
OOIDONK ART FESTIVAL 2024 | Francis Maere Fine Arts | Ooidonk, BE
ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS | C-MINE | Genk, BE
BALLROOM PROJECT | Borgerhub | Antwerp, BE
REMAINS | Coppejans Gallery | Antwerp, BE
ART BRUSSELS | Dauwens & Beernaert | Brussels,
WORKS ON PAPER | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE

2023
WORKS ON PAPER | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
<…> | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
ART ANTWERP | Dauwens & Beernaert Gallery | Antwerp, BE
LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK | Dauwens & Beernaert G
HOF TER SAKSEN | Beveren, BE
ELDORADO | Dudzele, BE
DE GROTE VOGELSHOW | Pizza Gallery | Antwerp, BE
ART BRUSSELS | Dauwens & Beernaert | Brussels, BE
LA PRIMAVERA | Archipel | Otegem, BE
IN MEDIAS RES | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE

2022
ART ON PAPER | Vanderborght Building | Brussels, BE
WORKS ON PAPER | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE

2021
PASS KUNSTROUTE | Lede, BE
XL | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE

2020
STAYCATION | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE

2019
FOUDROYÉ | Barbé-Urbain | Ghent, BE
JETSAM | Avee Gallery | Kortrijk, BE
BIENNALE VAN BELGIE | Floraliënhal | Ghent, BE

2018
NIGHTSHIFT | de Studio | Antwerp, BE
PERFORMANCE ART WEEKEND | P/ROPS | Ghent, BE

Publications

2023
PROBINGS, OBSERVATIONS, ACTIONS & ARTEFACTS | a book by Hans Theys | artist book | Tornado