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2024
Kunstroute Boutersem (fifth edition) - Church of Butsel, Boutersem (Belgium), April 27-28 from 11am - 6pm
Guest photographer @ 'Les Rencontres photographiques' - Centre culturel de Waremme, Belgium, March 8 - 9 -10
Exhibition 'Dance of the Sea' with visual artist Martine Vyvey @ Galerie Anmigo, Oostende (Belgium) , Jan + Feb. / Vernissage: Jan 7
2023
Selected for the 'Light & Shadow Exhibition' @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow (Scotland) from December 2nd - 23th
Selected for the 'Night Photography' Exhibition @ Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (Greece), October 20 - November 1
Selected for the 'Monochrome' Exhibition @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary from October 19 - November 11
Opengeestdagen @ Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Alexianen Tienen (Belgium), Opening expo: October 8 - Expo: from 2023, Oct. 8 - 2024, Jan.24 - Psychiatric patients are inspired by photos by Eddy Verloes to create their own work of art (painting, collage, poem, music composition...)
Selected for the 'Abandoned Exhibition' @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow (Scotland) from October 4th - 29th
Honorable Mention @ International Photography Awards 2023, Los Angeles with 'Let's go for a walk' (Cat. People - Children)
Honorable Mention @ International Photography Awards 2023, Los Angeles with 'Son of the Dust' (Cat. Smartphone Photography)
Selected for the 'Portrait Beyond Faces' Exhibition @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary from Sept. 21 - Oct.14
Grand Prize Winner of the Great Photo Awards 2023/ Black & White World Photo Competition, Athens (Greece) with 'Losing Our Minds'
Solo Exhibition Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds @ CC Hasselt (Belgium), Kunstlaan 5, Sept. 10 - Nov. 12 - Vernissage: Sept. 10 @ 3pm
Selected for 'The Decisive Moment' Exhibition @ PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont (USA), September 7-27
Honorable Mention @ B&W International Photography Awards 2023, Paris (France) with 'Apocalypse Now' (Category Landscape), Sept.
Honorable Mention @ B&W International Photography Awards 2023, Paris (France) with my series 'A moment' , September
'Official Selection' in the 20th International Photography Awards 2023, Los Angeles (USA)
Selected with my work 'No connection' (Honourable mention) and 'Facing the storm' @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery 'Time Exhibition', Budapest (Hungary), August 24 - September 16
Honorable Mention in the 'In-between moments Exhibition' @ Praxis Gallery, St.Paul, Minneapolis (USA), August 19 - September 2
Silver Winner in Portraiture/Culture @ PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2023 with my series Losing Our Minds
Honorable Mention @The refocus World Photo Annual Award 2023 with my photo 'Apocalypse Now' (Category 'Landscapes')
Bronze & The refocus World Photo Annual Award 2023 with my series 'The other side' (Category 'Photojournalism')
Honorable Mention @ The refocus World Photo Annual Award 2023 with my photo 'Don't look back in anger' (Category 'Street')
Selected for the A Smith Gallery 'Landscapes Exhibition', Johnson City, Texas (USA), August 4 - September 14
Selected for the 6th Chania International Photo Festival in Crete, August 3-9
Selected for the Urban Photo Awards 2023 / Trieste Photo Days (Italy) with 3 single photos about NY
Selected for the Portrait Exhibition @ Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (Greece) June 9 - 21
Selected for the Harmony for Humanity: The Global Consciousness Art Prize @ Contemporary Art Collectors
Bronze Award @ International Photo Festival Pelt (Belgium), 4th edition
Selected for International Photo Festival Pelt, "Lens op de Mens",June 4 - October 1 with 10 photos
1ste Place Winner for Artist of the Month May 2023 @ Influx Gallery London with my work 'Losing Our Minds'
Winner Nomination in The 1st Budapest International Art Show artBIAS 2023, organized by Teravarna Art Gallery Los Angeles (USA) and Golden Duck Gallery Budapest (Hungary) - May 20 - July 1
Selected for 'The Shadow Aspect Exhibition' @ Gallery Praxis & Photographic Arts Center Minneapolis (USA), May 20 - June 3
Honorable Mention @ reFocus Awards 'Color Photography Contest 2023' (Street) with 'At the disco'
Honorable Mention @ reFocus Awards 'Color Photography Contest 2023' (Street) with 'Yellow bus'
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2023 (Nature Photography - Seasons) with "Apocalypse Now"
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2023 ( People Photography - Couple) with "Mother, why are we living?"
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2023 ( Mobile Photography) with "I wanna be an astronaut"
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2023 (People Photography - Children) with "A moment with Nick Cave (1)"
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2023 (People Photography - Children) with "A moment with Nick Cave (2)"
5 x Honourable Mentions London Photography Awards 2023
Winner @ The Motif Collectif 'Black and White Photography Contest', Florida (USA) with Losing Our Minds & Along the canal
Selected for the 'Urban Exhibition' @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery Budapest (Hungary), May 4-27
Selected for the Open Call Exhibition @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography CIC, May 3 - 31
Nominated for the reFocus Color Photography Award with my photo "Yellow bus", May 1
Nominated for the reFocus Color Photography Award with my photo "At the disco", May 1
Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds (Photography,Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town ), CC Binder Puurs - St.Amands, Finissage April 30 @ 11.00 am
Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds (Photography,Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town ), CC Diest, April 25 @ 8.00pm
Nominee at the 16th Annual International Color Awards, categories People & Architecture, Beverly Hills (USA)
Selected for the 'Fine Art Exhibition' @ Blank Wall Gallery Athens (Greece), April 21 - May 3
Selected for the 'Reflections Theme' @ The Motif Collective Photography Gallery, Fernandina Beach Florida, April
Solo Exhibition "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" @ CC De Brouckère Torhout (Belgium), Aartrijkestraat 6, April 7 - May 6
International Prize Leonardo da Vinci @ The National Museum of Science and Technology 'Leonardo da Vinci', Milan (Italy), April 5th
Selected for the International Fine Art Amsterdam Whitney Gallery NY with my series 'Losing Our Minds'
3rd place Winner of the Alex Street Photography Awards 2023, Mexico, March 31
Selected for the 'Scene and Meaning Exhibition' @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery Barcelona in collaboration with Valid World Hall Gallery, a renowned centre for Visual Art, March 20-27
Selected for the 'Imagination Group Exhibition' @ Florence Contemporary Gallery
Selected for the Cityscapes Exhibition @ Blank Wall Gallery Athens (Greece), March 17 - 29
Exposé "Losing Our Minds"/"Earthlings", Viewfinders English speaking Photography Club Brussels, March 15
Solo Exhibition "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" , CC Binder Puurs- St.Amands, March 12 - April 30 -- Vernissage Exhibition with Boogie Boy & Hervé Martens, March 12 @ 3pm
Gold Winner Muse Photography Awards 2023 (People Photography - Couple) with my series 'Get connected', USA (NY), March 10
Silver Winner Muse Photography Awards 2023 (Editorial Photography - Religious) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', USA (NY), March 10
Solo Exhibition 'Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds' @ CC 't Schaliken Herentals (Belgium), 2023, March 1 - 2024, March 1
Exhibition as Winner of The Chelsea Intern. Photography Competition 2021/2022, New York (USA), Agora Gallery, 2023, Feb. 23- March 1
Winner of the 1st Salamander International Art Prize Paris (France) + exhibition Monteoliveto Gallery Paris, February 23-28
Annual Photography Awards 2022,4th edition , Honorable Mention (Categorie: People - Street Life), February 19
Winner 15th International Color Awards 2022 (categories Food, Fine Art & Photojournalism) Beverly Hills (USA)
People's Vote Award (Professional) @ reFocus 2022 Black & White Photo Contest NY with Losing Our Minds, February 7
Selected for the 1st B&W Athens Photography Festival (Greece) from February 4th until February 7th, 2023
Selected for the 'Home: Poetics of Place' Exhibition @ Praxis Gallery, St.Paul (Minnesota), USA - Exhibition dates: Jan.21 - Febr.4
Selected for the Street Photography Exhibition @ Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (Greece) from January 13 - January 25
Finalist Life Framer Humans of the World Competition, judged by Amanda Hajjar, Founding Director of Fotografiska NY, 2023, January
Selected for "Photographic Visions - 2023 Winter" Exhibition @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), Jan 12-Feb.1
Winner Photography Prize @ Artist Space Gallery's 'Landscapes Art Exhibition' (USA)
Inductee to the Influx Gallery's HALL OF FAME (London), Merit of Excellence
2022
Silver Winner NY Photography Awards 2022 - Editorial Photography/Religious with my series 'Losing Our Minds'
Silver Winner NY Photography Awards 2022 - People Photography/Religious with my series 'Losing Our Minds'
Honorable Mention @ NY Photography Awards 2022 - B&W Photography/Religious with my series 'Losing Our Minds'
Selected for the PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery's 'Dis/harmony' Exhibition, Budapest (Hungary), December 15- Jan. 7, 2023
Selected for the Biafarin Awards 2022, Ontario (Canada) and for the Group Exhibition, December 12 - January 12, 2023
Selected for the 'Telling Tales Exhibition' @ SE Center for Photography, Greenville (South Carolina), December 2 - 31
World premiere concert "Aardelingen" with Jef Neve, Eddy Verloes, Geert Jan Beeckman & Maud Vanhauwaert @ Tienen, Dec. 17 @ 8.15 pm
Silver Winner in Portfolio/Fine Art @ Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 with my series 'Losing Our Minds'
Photographer of the Year Winner 2022 (Amateur) @ 17th B&W Spider Awards 2022, Beverly Hills (USA) with an Outstanding Achievement
Outstanding Achievement, Honorable Mentions & Nominee @ 17th Black and White Spider Awards 2022, Beverly Hills (USA)
Selected for the 'Still Life Photography Exhibition' @ Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (Greece), November 25 - December 7
Selected as one of "The 55 Artists to Watch in 2023" by Florence Contemporary Gallery (Italy), November 22
Selected for the PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery's 'Time' Exhibition, Budapest (Hungary), November 17-December 10
Selected for the Blank Wall Gallery 'Night Photography' Exhibition, Athens (Greece), November 4 - 16
Nominee Worldwide Artist Award 2022 @ FIABCN Art Fair in the Museu Maritim de Barcelona , November 4-5
Selected for PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery's Exhibition 'Portrait without faces', Budapest (Hungary), October 20- November 12
Exhibition Winner 17th Pollux Awards 2021 (Open Theme - series) @ FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona (Spain), October 13 - 30
Kunstroute Boutersem (fourth edition) - Church of Butsel, Boutersem (Belgium), October 1-2
Selected for the Blank Wall Gallery 'Travel' Exhibition, Athens (Greece), September 23 - October 5
1st Place (Overall Contest Winner) @ the reFocus 'One Shot Contest' Award, September 13
VIDEO VIEPA Photo Awards 2022 - Honorable Mentions in 'Free Subject' category and in 'Our World' category
Winner/Finalist of the Intern. B&W Photography Awards 2022 with my series 'Losing Our Minds', also awarded with a 'Special Mention' (Paris)
Selected for the Intern. Juried Photography 'Open Theme Exhibition' @ Praxis Gallery + Photo Arts Center Minneapolis (USA), Aug.27-Sept.10
Selected for the PH21 Gallery's Photographic 'Significant Colour' Exhibition, Budapest (Hungary), August 27-September15
Selected for the PhotoPlace Gallery's juried Color Exhibition, Middleburry, Vermont (USA), August 25-September 27
Honourable Mentions @ European Photography Awards 2022 with my series 'Losing Our Minds', August 18
Nominee for the 'One Shot Contest Award' with my photo 'Losing Our Minds' (category "Photojournalism"), August 15
Nominee for the 'One Shot Contest Award' with my photo 'Zen at sea' (category "Photojournalism"), August 15
Nominee for the 'One Shot Contest' Award with my photo 'The sea watcher' (category "Photojournalism), August 15
Selected for the group exhibition 'Buiten Aardse Kunst' (B.A.K.), Langdorp, August 13-15 + 20-21 + 27-28
Selected for the SE Center for Photography 'Color Exhibition' Greenville (South Carolina), 2022, August 5-27
Selected for the International Photography Out of the Frame Exhibition @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, August 4-30, Glasgow
Nominee for the MonoVisions Annual Awards 2022 London, in 'Photojournalism' (Series) with "The sea is the mirror of the soul"
Nominee for the MonoVisions Annual Awards 2022 London in 'Landscapes' (Single) with "Apocalypse Now"
Nominee for the MonoVisions Annual Awards 2022 London in 'Fine Art' (Single) with "More than a shadow"
Nominee for the MonoVisions Annual Awards 2022 London in 'Street Photography' (Single) with "May The Light Be With You"
Selected for the PH21 Gallery's Photographic Visions 2022 Summer group exhibition, Budapest (Hungary), July 28-August 20
Selected for the group exhibition 'Buiten Aardse Kunst' (B.A.K.), Herk-de-Stad, July 23-24 + 30-31
Honorable Mention in the Gallery 'Black & White' of the Vienna International Photo Award 2022
Honorable Mention in the Gallery 'Free Subject' of the Vienna International Photo Award 2022
Honorable Mention in the Gallery 'Our World' of the Vienna International Photo Award 2022
Selected for the International Photography Seascape Exhibition @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, July 19-26, Glasgow (Scotland)
Selected for the International Photography B&W Exhibition @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, July 6-16 , Glasgow (Scotland)
Selected for the 5th Chania International Photo Festival in Crete, July 6th - 12th
Winner "Ukraine Moments" Exhibition @ House of Lucie Budapest, Center for Photography (Hungary), June 29 - July 30
ROB-TV visiting exhibition opening 'In omzien' @ Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen (AZT), June 28
Exhibition 'In omzien' with photos of Eddy Verloes, poems of Geert Jan Beeckman & music of De Rivier @ AZT, Tienen, June 28 - December 30
Silver Award @ A Moment in Time 2022 International Juried Photography Awards @ Camelback Gallery, Arizona (USA), June 16
Selected for the International Photography Landscape Exhibition @ The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, June 17-30, Glasgow (Scotland)
Bronze Medal Paris International Street Photo Awards 2021 - Category Black & White with my series "Losing Our Minds", June 2022
Selected for the International A/Symmetrical Photography Exhibition @ PH21 Gallery, Rome (Italy), June 10-20
Finalist LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2022
Selected for the 'Forgotten' Exhibition at The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South-Carolina (USA), June 3- 27
Selected for PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery's Exhibition 'Stories: Narrative Photography', Budapest (Hungary), June 2-25
Selected as finalist @ Florence Contemporary Gallery, Florence (Italy)
Winner Artjobs "Artist of the month May" 2022, London (UK)
Selected for the Rotterdam Photo Festival 2022 (The human blueprint), May 18-22
Artist of Influx Gallery, Nothing Hill London
Finalist Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2022 (Black & White Photography - Religious) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', London (UK)
Gold Winner London Photography Awards 2022 ( People Photography - Religious) with my series 'Losing Our Minds', London (UK)
Selected for the Landscapes Exhibition at The Dallas Center for Photography + Honorable Mention, Texas (USA), May 12 - 27
Selected for the Monochrome Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), May 5-28
"Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" (Photography, Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town), CC De Kruisboog, Tienen (Belgium), April 29 @ 8.15 pm
Selected as "Director's Award" for A Smith Gallery's 'Trees' Exhibition, Johnson City, Texas (USA), April 29 - June 9
Selected for the Photo Place Gallery's Exhibition "Dreams and Imaginings" @ Middlebury, Vermont (USA), April 28 - May 21
"Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" (Photography,Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town ), CC De Grote Post, Oostende (Belgium), April 22 @ 8.00 pm
Gold Winner Muse Photography Awards 2022 (Fine Art Photography - People) with my series "Losing Our Minds", USA (NY), April 14
Winner Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2021/2022, 8th edition (Photojournalism) with my series "Losing Our Minds", April 10, London
Selected for the "Silence Photography exhibition"@ PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), April 7 - 27
Honoree @ 15th International Color Awards - Category Food, Beverly Hills (California), March 27
Honoree @ 15th International Color Awards - Category Fine Art, Beverly Hills (California), March 27
Honoree @ 15th International Color Awards - Category Photojournalism, Beverly Hills (California), March 27
Selected for the A Smith Gallery 'Forgotten' Exhibition, Texas (USA), March 18 - April 28
Selected as Winner of The Chelsea International Photography Competition 2021/2022, New York (USA), Agora Gallery, 2023, Jan 4-17
Selected for the group exhibition 'HAVET' @ Gemeentehuis Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Lemanstraat 63 (Belgium), March 13 - April 3
Solo exhibition @ Space Place Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nizhny Tagil, Ural, Russia, March 11 - March 27
Video Opening Exhibition 'Losing Our Minds' @ Space Place Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, March 11, Russian Television
Selected for the Personality: Contemporary Portraiture Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), March 10 - April 2
"Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" (Photography, Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town), Arenberg, Antwerpen (Belgium), March 9 @ 8.30 pm
Try out "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" (Photography, Poetry & Music - Eddy Verloes, Benno Barnard, Geert van Istendael, The river curls around the town), GC De Linde, Haren (Belgium), March 5 @ 8.00pm
Exhibition 'Butterfly Effect', Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, February 23 - July 23
VIDEO Winner Open Theme Instagram Creative Photo Awards 2022
Selected for the Blank Wall Gallery Exhibition, Portraits - Athens (Greece), Februari 11 - 23
Selected for the "Rotterdam Photo Festival 2022 XL", Febr. 10-13 during the Rotterdam Art Week 2022
Selected for the Photo Place Gallery Exhibition, 'Traces' - Middlebury (Vermont), USA - February 5 - Feb. 25
Selected for THE BODY LANGUAGE 2022 Internat. Exhibition of Photography @ THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice Jan.27- Feb. 18
Selected for the "Light in Darkness" Exhibition in Artdoc Photography Magazine, January 2022
Selected for the Intern. Photography Exhibition "The Shadow Aspect" @ Praxis Gallery - Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Jan 15 - 29
Selected for the Photographic Visions 2022 Winter Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), Jan. 13 - Feb. 5
Selected for the "Open Exhibition" @ SE Center for Photography, Greenville (South Carolina), 2022 Jan 7 - Jan 29
Selected for the "Portals Exhibition" @ The New York Center for Photographic Art (NYC4PA), 2022 Jan 6 - Jan 30
Exhibition "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" Bib. Leuven (Belgium) , Rijschoolstraat 4, Leuven, January 20 - February 12
3rd Place Winner (Photojournalism) Monochrome Photography Awards 2021, London (UK)
2021
Reportage Stadstelevisie Mechelen over expo in Gallery Artmut Mechelen, December 15 - Jan. 23
Exhibition Eddy Verloes & sculptor Edward Vandaele @ ArtMut Gallery, Mechelen (Belgium), December 18 - January 23 (2022)
Selected for the "Don't make me laugh" Intern. Photography Exhibition @ Praxis Gallery, Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Dec.18 - Jan 3
Selected for the "Dis/harmony International Photography exhibition"@ PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), December 16 - January 6 (2022)
Winner of the Union of Lights 2021 World Photography Contest ("Street & Lifestyle") with "Losing Our Minds"
Finalist LensCulture Art PhotographyAwards 2022
Selected for the 6th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography @ FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona (Spain), December
Selected for the "-scapes International Photography exhibition" @ PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), November 18 - December 11
Selected for the 100 best triptychs of 3SHOTS Festival, Milano (Italy), Nov 18 - 20 with 2 series: Losing Our Minds & A moment with Nick Cave
Jurors' Choice Award "Open theme" Intern. Photography Exhibition @Praxis Gallery - Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Nov. 13 -27
Finalist @ The 2021 London Photo Show, The Bargehouse Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London SE1 9PH, November 11-14
Winner 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2021, ("Children of the world" & "People"), Beverly Hills (California)
Video Winner 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2021 (Children of the world & People), Beverly Hills (California)
Selected for the "Fine Art Exhibition" @ Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (Greece), October 29 - November 10
Winner Siena International Creative Photo Award (Italy) @ the historical Teatro dei Rinnovati di Siena - October 24 - December 5
Selected for the "Significant Colour" International Photography exhibition @ PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), October 21- Nov. 13
Exhibition "Zeezuchten" Bib. Canticleer De Haan (Belgian coast), Grotestraat 10, Opening October 16 @ 11am - Exhib. till November 30
Winner/"Remarkable Artwork" @ Siena International Photo Awards 2021 ("Fascinating faces and characters), Oct. 23 - Dec. 5
Exposé "Zeezuchten"/ "Losing Our Minds" - Breedbeeld & Fotokring Argos Zwevezele, CC De Wissel, Tramstraat 8 - October 15 @ 8pm
Selected for the "World in Motion" exhibition @ The SE Center for Photography, Greenville (South Carolina), October 1 - 30
Selected for the "Portraits without faces" International Photography exhibition @ PH21 Gallery, Budapest, (Hungary), Sept. 23 - October 16
Selected for the Photo Place Gallery's exhibition 'Essential Water' in Middlebury, Vermont (USA), Sept.17 - October 8
Selected as Top 20 Finalist for the Summer 2021 edition/exhibition of FOCUS Photo L.A., Los Angeles (USA), September 17-19
Director's Honorable Mention @ "Water" Exhibtion @ A Smith Gallery, Texas (USA), September 10 - October 31
Selected as one of the Contest Finalists for an exhibition @ Spectrum Brooklyn Art Fair, Brooklyn's ExpoCenter (USA), September 10-12
Selected for the "Portals exhibition" @ The SE Center for Photography, Greenville (South Carolina), September 3-30
Selected for the International Photography Exhibition "Motion" @ PH21 Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), August 26 - September 18
Exhibition "We'll meet again" in concert with Bart Watté, Carlo Willems & Koen Wilmaers Percussion- Church of Butsel, 3370 Boutersem, Pastoriestraat 81 - August 22 @ 1pm-5pm with support of Flanders Department of Culture, Youth & Media
Exhibition "We'll meet again" in concert with Bart Watté, Carlo Willems & Koen Wilmaers Percussion- Church of Butsel, 3370 Boutersem, Pastoriestraat 81 - August 21 @ 1pm-5pm with support of Flanders Department of Culture, Youth & Media July 2021:
Selected for the PH21 Gallery's Photographic Visions 2021 exhibition, Budapest (Hungary), July 29 - August 18
2nd Place in Photojournalism with my series "Losing Our Minds" @ MonoVisions Awards 2021, London
2 Honorable Mentions in "Landscapes" with "Foggy Flemish Landscape" & "Only birds are free" @ MonoVisions Awards Contest 2021, London
Exhibition Rotterdam Photo Festival 2021, The Netherlands, June 30 - July 4 (Theme: Planet Human)
Exhibition "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" with Benno Barnard & The river curls around the town - Maagdenhuismuseum, Lange Gasthuisstraat 33, Antwerp (Belgium) - June 28 - August 15
Book + cd presentation "Buiten zinnen/Losing Our Minds" - with Benno Barnard , Geert van Istendael & The river curls around the town - Maagdenhuismuseum, Lange Gasthuisstraat 33, Antwerp (Belgium) - June 27 @ 2 pm
Video - MIPA Travel Award 2020/21
Malta International Photo Award 2020/2021 - Award Winner
Winner 'Art for Peace 2021', International Cultural Management, Barcelona (Spain) with 'Give peace a chance'
Exhibition Photo Place Gallery, ("In celebration of trees") - Middlebury (Vermont), USA - June 25 - July 16
Photographer in Focus with my series "Losing Our Minds" @ International Photo Festival Pelt (Belgium), "Lens op de mens" - June 6 - Sept. 30
Exhibition PhotoPlace Gallery ("Composed") - Middlebury (Vermont) - USA - May 28 - June 18
Selected for the "Stories: Narrative Photography" exhibition @ PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest (Hungary), May 6 - 26
Selected for the 4th Annual Intern. 'New Horizons: Landscapes 2021' exhibition in 3 Square Art, Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)- April 23-May 21
On the Shortlist Siena International Photo Awards 2021 - Winners to be announced April 23
Nominee for the 7th Fine Art Photography Awards Competition (People) with my series "Losing Our Minds" - April 2021
Selected for International Art Fair Venice (Italy) - April 1 - May 7
"Nieuwe Gaanderijen Oostende" - The best 27 photos for "Stadsfotograaf Oostende", judged by S. Vanfleteren & J. Kets - March 15 - May 10
Solo Exhibition in "All-About-Photo" (California) curated by Sandrine Hermand Grisel - March 1 to March 31
"Memory exhibition" @ SE Center for Photography Greenville (South Carolina) - USA - March
Director's Award for the "Life" exhibition @ A Smith Gallery, Texas, Feb. 26 - April 11
Exhibition PhotoPlace Gallery ("Photo Noir") - Middlebury (Vermont) - USA - Feb. 26 - March 19
Exhibition "Nature art show" @ Grey Cube Gallery Berlin - February
IPA (International Photography Awards), Honorable Mention with "The sea watcher" (Losing Our Minds), Los Angeles
APA (Annual Photography Awards) Winner (Category: Street) with "Losing Our Minds", London
"Black & White Art Exhibition" @ Art Room Gallery (Berlin), Germany - January/February
Exhibition "Shades of Black & White" @ SE Center for Photography, Greenville (USA) - Feb. 5 - Feb. 21
Exhibition A Smith Gallery, Texas - "Chair" - Jan. 8 - Feb. 21
"Faces Art Exhibition" @ Art Room Gallery (Berlin), Germany - January
Exhibition Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury (Vermont) - "Finding the light" - 2020, Dec.31 - 2021, Jan.21
2020
"Travel Photographer of the Year 2020", Best Single Image (category: People of the World)
Selected for the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards (UK)
Selected for The International Art Fair Venice 2021, April 1 - May 7, 2021 - "The Body Language"
Finalist "Shades of Black & White exhibition @ The SE Center for Photography, Greenville (South Carolina) - USA
Finalist A Smith Gallery's "chair" exhibition (Texas) - 2021 Jan.4 - Feb.21
Juror's Award for "Foggy Flemish Landscape" in the exhibition 'Finding the Light', Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Selected for the Life Framer Collection
Finalist @ Neutral Density Photography Awards (Photojournalism/Story) 2020, United Kingdom, with my series "Losing Our Minds"
Finalist @ ND Photography Awards (Street photography) 2020, United Kingdom, with my series "Dreams behind bars"
Finalist "Photo of the Day" (November 2) @ Don't Take Pictures magazine, New York with my series "Losing Our Minds"
Finalist for "Portals: Windows, Mirrors,Doors" - exhibition in the PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury (Vermont) - Nov. 26 - Dec.26
Finalist "A Picture Show" (Image & Identity) @ the Black Box Gallery (Portland) with my series "Losing Our Minds"
Selected with "Rider on a horse"@ Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica (California)
Exhibition Zinkae Fotofest "In-Between" - Borluut Castle, Sint-Denijs-Westrem (Belgium) - Sept. 25-27 + Oct. 2-4
Project "Perdu/Retrouvé - Rectory Meldert /Hoegaarden (Belgium), exhibition 05+06/09 - 12+13/09 - 19+20/09
Book presentation "Zeezuchten" (Sea sighs), Meldert/Hoegaarden (Belgium), 05+06 +12+13+19+20/09
Winner Life Framer Photo Contest 2020 (Theme: "Civilization") with my series "Losing our minds", judged by Tate Modern's Curator of International Art and Photography Emma Lewis
Winner @ 3. Fotowettbewerb des Museums Synagoge Gröbzig/ Germany (Thema: Jüdisch-Christliche Verbindungen in unserem Umfeld)
Finalist Atlanta Photography Group in the Tula Art Center ("Strange time") with "Losing our minds" (Atlanta) - Sept 17 - Oct 10
Finalist A Smith Gallery's "light" exhibition (Texas) - Oct 31 - Nov. 15
"Losing our minds" published in "EYE-Photo Magazine" # September 2020 (Austria)
Winner Antwerp International Photography Festival - exhibition @ FOMU + Handelsbeurs Antwerpen (Belgium) - Sept. 1 - 27
Selected as one of the best contemporary photographers worldwide at the American site All-About-Photo
Selected as one of the 25 Winners at the All-About-Photo Contest B&W - Published in AAP Magazine #12 (California)
Winner Open Call 2020 ("Fine Art") Lucie Foundation (Los Angeles) - printed in the Musée Magazine + exhibition Fall 2020
Shortlist Athens Photo Festival 2020 (Greece) - exhibition @ Benaki Museum - Pireos 138 (Athen) - Sept.16 - Nov.15
Finalist PhotoPlace Gallery ("Landscape") - exhibition in Middlebury (Vermont) - 2020 August 20 - Sept. 18
2.Prize Vienna International Photo Awards 2020 ("Free subject") - exhibition @ Galerie LIK (Vienna) - 2020 Sep.6 - Dec.20
Finalist New York Center for Photographic Art - exhibition in NY - "Luminosity -The beauty of light" 2020
Finalist Passepartout Photography Prize 2020 - Rome (Italy) - exhibition @ Piazza di Pietra Gallery (Rome) - January 2021
Finalist Photo Festival InCadaqués 2020 - Cadaqués (Spain) - exhibition in Cadaqués 2020 - Oct 15 - Oct 25
Laureate "Grote Prijs Sociale Fotografie" (Theme: "You can't cancel Spring") - exhibition Ghent
Belgian Winner @ EISA Maestro Photo Contest (Theme: Movement) - Published in "Focus Magazine" 7/8 - 2020 (The Netherlands)
Selected with "Losing our minds" @ Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica (California)
Prix du Jury du 11ième Concours de Photographie (theme: "The third age"), France (Toulouse)
2019
Finalist "Fotonale Brugge" (thema: Feesten), exhibition 15/12 - 15/01/2020
Finalist "Een wereld vol spreuken en gezegden", Breugel year, exhibition FedOS Brussel, 06/12 - 21/02/2020
Exhibition Foto Gamma Leuven, "Different views", 15/11 - 01/12
Exhibition Zinkae Fotofest - Palmarium of the Botanical Garden, Ghent, 14 - 22/09
4th prize (3634 entries) CEWE Photo Challenge 2019 "Made in Belgium"
Fotogroep Antwerpen Vzw - presentation of own work, 10/09
Breedbeeld exhibition "Lens op de Mens", Dommelhof Pelt, 06/07 - 15/09 . Curator: Yirka De Brucker
Finalist International Photo Festival Pelt, exhibition "Lens op de Mens", 02/06 - 30/09, selected with 10 photos in the streets of Pelt
Kunstroute Boutersem (third edition) - Church of Butsel, 21 - 22/09
Benefit exhibition "One team against cancer", Dalemhof Bierbeek, 31/08
Exhibition "Kunst in de kerk", Attenrode, 8-10/06
Exhibition "Kunstroute Werchter", 4-5/05
Exhibition "Amateurama Leuven", Tweebronnen Louvain, 24-28/04
Exhibition "Zeezucht" , CC Bredene. With L.P. Crombé ( painter of the Latem School) and poet Anne Meerbergen, 27/04 - 02/06
Exhibition GC De Bosuil Overijse, 14-17/03
3th prize (4658 entries) , NRC Handelsblad, (theme: "Your best photo of 2018")
2018
Prize winner @ NRC Handelsblad, Photo contest (theme "Old")
Selected for LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards 2019
Exhibition Fotonale Brugge (theme: Landscape), selected among the 120 best photos (2650 entries), 15/12 - 15/01/2019
Exhibition Foto Gamma Leuven, Different views, 23/11 - 02/12
Guest photographer @ FotoMagazine APL 26
Exhibition "A moment", Tongeren, St. Ursula chapel, with Lieve Blancquaert, Michiel Hendrickx a.o., 06-30/09
Prize winner Photo Festival Vilvoorde (theme: Het gelaat van de straat), exhibition 15/09 - 15/10
Photo and poetry book "Als de klaprozen..." about World War I
Prize winner Photo contest Linx+ (theme: My vision of the future) , October
"Photographer of the week" @ 1x.com
Exhibition Stephan Bar Art Gallery, Knokke, Zeedijk 629, July-October
Exhibition Gallery Marco Titucci, De Haan, Zeedijk 5, May - September
Kunstroute Boutersem (second edition) , Church of Butsel, 27-29/04
Permanent exhibition Art Gallery Herent, from 09/03/2018 until 01/2020
2017
Prize winner Photo contest Linx+ ( theme: De bewogen mens), November
Foto Gamma Leuven, Different views, 24/11 - 03/12
International Photo Festival Overpelt, "Lens op de Mens" (Spotlight on people), 18/06 - 30/09
Exhibition "Cuba libre" @ AST77, Tienen, 06/05-08/06 with poems of Anita Buvens & Gui Nijs, city poet of Tienen
Kunstroute Tienen, 06/05
Amateurama Leuven, 30 CC, Cultuurcentrum Louvain, 20-23/04
2016
Member of 1x.com
Prize winner Photo contest Linx+ (theme: Protest)
Exposé Photo book "Cuba libre" in association with "Breedbeeld", Leuven, 16/11
Kunstroute Boutersem (First edition) , CC Boutersem, 11+18+24/09
Exhibition "Cuba libre", Gallery Expotempo, Knokke, Zeedijk 670, introduced by the Minister of Culture, Sven Gatz, 03/09-01/12
2015
Prize Winner Photo contest Linx+ (theme: Children of hope), October
Exhibition "No time to Verloes", Gallery Marco Titucci, De Haan, Zeedijk 5, 01/09 - 01/12
Exhibition"No time to Verloes", Gallery Expotempo, Knokke, Zeedijk 670, introduced by the Minister of Culture Sven Gatz, 01/05-31/08
Exposé "No time to Verloes", Viewfinders English speaking Photography Club Brussels, 20/05
Fotonale Brugge (theme: Human being) , 15/12/2014- 15/01/2015
Itinerant exhibition "Groen-Grijs" on 10 locations in Flanders. Organisation: Breedbeeld, 15/08/2014 - 30/12/2015
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