Lodewijk
Heylen

Lodewijk Heylen (1989) lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium. He is a contextual and conceptual artist and a researcher at the University of Hasselt and the PXL-MAD School of Arts. He is also a member of the Belgian Young Academy and founder of the artistic think tank BIN. His work questions the impact of automation on contemporary and future society and the role of the artist in it. He conducts this research through the development of installations, interventions and performances.

Workshops of Lodewijk Heylen
Al-Mahata Gallery, Palestine, coordinated by Els Opsomer, 21-28 june 2009
City One Minutes, Brussels, coordinated by Els Opsomer, october 2009
TOWARDS, Brussels, with Recyclart, 3-7 november 2008
Puttenhausen, Bavaria, coordinated by Wim Cuyvers, 6-11 november 2011
Occupy Reloaded, Berlin, coordinated by Thomas Kilpper, april 2013
Landerij, Hulshout, personally coordinated, september 2013

Exhibitions of Lodewijk Heylen
Canvascollectie, Bozar, Brussels, 2008
Anywhere else but here, Atelier 340, Brussels, 2011
Concrete Evidence: Underground, Avenue Louise 427, Brussels, 2012
Creart, Hulshout, 2012
Unbequemes Denkmal: Ein Kunstprojekt zum Schwerbelastungskörper, Berlin, 2013
Landerij 2013, Hulshout, 2013
PARK + RIDE, Verbeke Foundation, Stekene, 2013
[bækˈsteɪdʒ], Brussels, 2014
E, LIIIM3, Antwerp, 2014
Clay! Print! Space!, Trade Mart, Brussels, 2014

Works In Situ
Concrete Evidence: La Barrière entre ici et Jersey, Interchange of Machelen, Machelen, 2009
Anomalie Invisible, Rue du Congres and Rue de l’Enseignement, Brussels, 2009
Concrete Evidence: Clause 3.1.4.2, Avenue Louise 427, Brussels, 2010
De Visu, Abbaye de La Cambre 24, Brussels, 2011
Concrete Evidence: 1M Rib Model,
Niemandshoek, Herenthout, 2012
Concrete Evidence: West Tangente, Berlin, 2013
Concrete Evidence: 1M, Stekene, 2013
Concrete Evidence: 1M, Berlin, 2014 (planned)

Residencies
Landerij 2013, Hulshout, 2013
Verbeke Foundation, Stekene, 2013 – 2014

Studies
EHB RITS, AUDIOVISUAL ARTS
ACADEMIE BEELDENDE KUNSTEN ANDERLECHT, PHOTOGRAPHY
ENSAV LA CAMBRE, ESPACE URBAIN
UDK BERLIN, INSTITUT FÜR KUNST IM KONTEXT

Contests & Participations
Canvascollectie : exposition in Bozar, 2008
Frappant XPO, 2010
Concrete Design Competition, 2010
Canvascollectie, 2010
Appel à Projet, B-Gallery, 2011