Dirk Braeckman
Dirk Braeckman (born 1958 in Eeklo, Belgium) is a Belgian photographer who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. The artist studied photography and film at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 1977 until 1981.
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- Name
- Dirk Braeckman
- Born
- 1958
- Birthplace
- Eeklo, Belgium
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent
- Honours
- Vlaamse Cultuurprijs voor Beeldende Kunst · honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Dirk Braeckman (born 1958 in Eeklo, Belgium) is a Belgian photographer who lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. The artist studied photography and film at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent from 1977 until 1981.
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Dirk Braeckman (born 1958) is an artist, creator and photographer, among other activities, of Belgian nationality. The artist was born in Eeklo. Dirk Braeckman was educated at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent.
Works are held at De Pont, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, among others. Honours include honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Vlaamse Cultuurprijs voor Beeldende Kunst.
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Dirk Braeckman studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent. Work by Dirk Braeckman is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Mu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee, Wallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts, De Pont and Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Distinctions recorded are Vlaamse Cultuurprijs voor Beeldende Kunst and honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
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• Name — Dirk Braeckman • Born — 1958 • Birthplace — Eeklo, Belgium • Occupation — Photographer
Photography career
Photography career
In addition to his photographic body of work, Braeckman creates site specific installations, for varying projects such as Beaufort in Ostend or Watou's art and poetry festival. Recently a permanent installation of a monumental photowork (of which a facsimile is now presented at Robert Miller's Gallery) has been inaugurated at the new Concert Hall of Bruges. In 2002 he was granted the cultural award of the University of Louvain and received the Cultural Prize of the Flemish Community, Section Fine Arts in 2005. Braeckman's images have appeared in numerous magazines, books and catalogues. Most recently in the Photo Art book, published by Dumont, Thames & Hudson and Aperture. In 2017 Braeckman represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale.
Publications
Braeckman has published two artist's books, z.Z(t). I and z.Z(t) II. The abbreviation in the title stands for the German expression zur Zeit, which means "for now", "at this very moment". On his commission for the Belgian Royal Palace he published the book Chiaroscuro.
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- 1.Grosenick, Uta. Photo art: photography in the 21st century. Aperture. 74. 2007. 978-1-59711-062-4.
- 2.Moldan, Tessa. Dirk Braeckman: Capturing Quietness. Ocula. 10 March 2021.
- 3.Depont.nl. Museum De Pont: information :: Dirk Braeckman. 2004-05-16.
- 4.Braeckman, Dirk. Chiaroscuro. Palais royal de Bruxelles / Toohcsmi, Uitgevers. 2003. 978-90-77362-02-0.
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- Dirk Braeckman, Dirk Braeckman, Roma Publications, Amsterdam 2011,
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