ABOUT

Stef Van Looveren (they/them) is an Antwerp based multidisciplinary artist.

CONTACT

+32 478 77 02 71
stef@stefvanlooveren.com
www.instagram.com/stefvanlooveren

A new constellation is forming I 𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 - 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 This Saturday, January 17th at 19:00, the 𝙊𝙋𝙐𝙎 series continues with 𝙊𝙋𝙐𝙎 𝙄𝙄 at @mhkamuseum, as part of the IN SITU programme and during Art’s Birthday.

A site-specific installation and performance treating the museum as a hybrid of temple, body, and alchemical laboratory where metamorphosis, sound, light, and material transformation unfold as ritual and embodied experience.

The work opens with a performance, constructing the space in real time through movement, objects, and voice; establishing an environment in constant flux, shaped by cycles of becoming.

Here a glimpse back to the first intervention 𝙊𝙋𝙐𝙎 𝙄 at @desingelartscentre during their magical opening weekend last September thanks to @vandevelde.michiel

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Together with an incredible team,
without whom none of this would be possible

Assistants: Aukje De Coen @aukjedecoen, Bruno Heselmans @brunoheselmans, Carmela Michailidis @carmela.mchlp, Céline Yetter @celizabethize, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu @incigulcivelekoglu, Quinten Ornelis @quintenornelis, Tamara Sam Garcia @tamyguirao @tuchila_toulouse @yaaaaaaaaaasinthehouse
Dramaturgy Assistant: Yanni Loenders @yanniloenders
Light Design: Anne Meeussen

Performers: Adelita Baks @m.eervoud_ , Adrien Souchet @adrien_s0uchet, Anca Paninopol @ancapani, Arya K/Nell @arya_nova.channel, Inci Gül Civelekoğlu @incigulcivelekoglu, Lavinia Tabar @lavitabs, Manuel Joaquin Gutierrez Ruiz @manologutierrezruiz, Michiko Lii @michikolii, Mira Biermans @mirabiermans, Roel Lambert @roel_lambert, Sam Hawkes @samhwks, Sam Van Goethem @violentlyhappy.mp3, Stef Van Looveren, Stephen De Smet @yaaaaaaaaaasinthehouse, Tamara Sam Garcia @tamyguirao, Tuchila Jamees @tuchila_toulouse

M HKA team
Curator: Joanna Zielińska @curatorjoanka
Production Coordinator: Argyri Platsa
Production Performance: Lode Geens
Technical Team: Jurgen Addiers, Leen Bosch
Mediation: Sofie Gregoor @sofie.hazel
Graphic Design: Pauline Scharmann
Communication: Bert De Vlegelaer, Katrien Maes, Luna Yer

images by
@deborah_uber
@bernard.dpdt
@boranovich
@bybrittrichwood

UNTITLED, CLIT 2025 Grateful to be part of ASHIM

UNTITLED, CLIT
2025

Grateful to be part of ASHIMOTO AND THE GIANT LEAP on view @aaimachine during @antwerpart weekend and until June 15, in collaboration with @grounds.official +
With: Johanna Trudzinski (GER), Johan Rham (BE), Lieven Segers (BE), Liliane Vertessen (BE), Mikio Sakabe (JAP), Pelican Avenue (AU), Stef Van Looveren (BE), Water Blue (JAP), Yusuke Hotchi (JAP) & Mara Grigoriu (PRT), Xavier Noiret-Thomé (FR).

AAIMACHINE
Statiestraat 74, Antwerpen - Berchem

Very grateful and honored to be on the cover of @o

Very grateful and honored to be on the cover of @okvtijdschrift and featured between so many great artists. Thank you @tamara.beheydt for the invitation, beautiful conversation and words.

All performance images by the best @pramoediya
Portrait by @saskiavanderstichele
Sound by Gizem Karaosmanoglu a.k.a. KOO @koogizem
Special thanks: @desingelartscentre

You can get your copy at OKV.be
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ꜱᴇᴇᴅ ʙʏ ꜱᴇᴇᴅ

(𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔷 𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔡)

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 will be performed in Amsterdam tomorrow October 31 & November 1st @debrakkegrond & during @museumnacht.Amsterdam

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ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇᴅ

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 is coming to Amsterdam,
next month October 31 @brakkegrond

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This live performance is part of COME CLOSER, a collaboration between @middelheimmuseum , DE SINGEL @desingelartscentre , and the City of Antwerp. Exploring the intersection of sculpture and performance art.

Concept, performance: Stef Van Looveren
Sound design: Gizem Karaosmanoglu a.k.a. KOO @koogizem
Light design: Anne Meeussen
Co-production: DE SINGEL
Presentation: ihkv Come Closer. Encounters in Sculpture and Performance.
Production : Rachel Alvarez Rodriguez @rachel.alv

Many thanks to: Petra Van Brabandt, Astrid Bonte @bonteastrid ,Rosa Vermeulen @rosyoverdosy ,Yanni Loenders @yanniloenders, Chloé Fernandes @sxkio , Seppe Claerbout @claerboutseppe , Emma Crombé @emma.crombe.artist , Gayaneh De Coster @gayanehdecoster , Janne Coonen, Gonca Dilcan @goncadilcan , Pieter Vandenhoudt @p.vandenhoudt , Julia Tröscher @juliatr.o.scher , Oriana Mangala Ikomo Wanga @iambadgalriri__ , Sofie Velghe @sofie.anny.nicea

Video by @bernard.dpdt

Will be performing 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 in Amsterdam, coming month October 31 @brakkegrond

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This live performance is part of COME CLOSER, a collaboration between @middelheimmuseum , @desingelartscentre , and the City of Antwerp. Exploring the intersection of sculpture and performance art.

Concept, performance: Stef Van Looveren
Sound design: Gizem Karaosmanoglu a.k.a. KOO @koogizem
Light design: Anne Meeussen
Co-production: DE SINGEL @desingelartscentre
Presentation: ihkv Come Closer. Encounters in Sculpture and Performance.
Production : Rachel Alvarez Rodriguez @rachel.alv

Many thanks to: Petra Van Brabandt, Astrid Bonte @bonteastrid , Rosa Vermeulen @rosyoverdosy , Yanni Loenders @yanniloenders , Chloé Fernandes @sxkio , Seppe Claerbout @claerboutseppe , Emma Crombé @emma.crombe.artist , Gayaneh De Coster @gayanehdecoster, Janne Coonen, Gonca Dilcan @goncadilcan, Pieter Vandenhoudt @p.vandenhoudt, Julia Tröscher @juliatr.o.scher, Oriana Mangala Ikomo Wanga @iambadgalriri__ , Sofie Velghe @sofie.anny.nicea

All images by @pramoediya

SEEDS

for

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 ✝︎ New live performance -> premiere next week: August 29, 30, 31 @desingelartscentre

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Last preparations with dreamteam:
@yanniloenders, @claerboutseppe, @emma.crombe.artist, @gayanehdecoster, @yentlv_ , @rachel.alv, @evetkoo, @bonteastrid, @goncadilcan, @rosyoverdosy, @sxkio,
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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 ✝︎ New live performance - Premiering August 29, 30, 31 @desingelartscentre TICKETS IN BIO
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𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 is still on view at @ngprague as

𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 is still on view at @ngprague as part of the group exhibition HYPERTENSION23 until February 11th, 2024.

During the opening night on September 21th, 2023 my performance 𝗦𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 accompanied 𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦.

𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
Size: W: 120 cm x H: 180 cm x D: 80 cm Material: Aluminium, Epoxy, Wax + Digital photo print on paper.

Curated by @Monika_Cejkova for @fotograf.zone
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Reminiscing last performance in April ❀ I’m i

Reminiscing last performance in April ❀ I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who came by and for the opportunity to share this journey with the people I love. THANK YOU ♥︎ ♥︎ ♥︎ ♥︎ ♥︎ Excited to share more images captured by @pramoediya soon. ★

Radical Hope - EYE TO EYE @desingelartscentre
APRIL 2022 🌱

“For their first live performance, the Antwerp-based artist Stef Van Looveren goes back to their video work RADICAL HOPE from 2018. In it they portray various stages of society, or simply life. Van Looveren tries to comprehend and lay bare the performativity of being human. Van Looveren’s work cannot be defined under a single heading. They pull out all the stops: intriguing objects, exuberant make-up, tactile clothing, driving music and imploring movements. Van Looveren explores a variety of emotional and social stages: grief, rage, desire, happiness, resentment and terror. In their work, they do not so much criticise existing orders, but rather challenge them with exuberant alternatives. And intensive explosion of energy!” - DE SINGEL

WITH
@mustaf_ahmetii , @iambadgalriri__ , @juliatr.o.scher, @charlotte.dewaegenaere , @rachel.alv , @herrenscheide , Inge grognard,Rosie Sommers

Sound
@herrenscheide a.k.a. MCMLXXXV

Light technician
Anne Meeussen

Makeup artist
@ingegrognard

Many thanks to
@vandevelde.michiel , @duudaite , @anthe.hermans , @thekillphil , @juliatr.o.scher , @deborah_uber , @marloes.dadswell , @ninajoymans , @inesbodlovic

Video performers
@karinazharmu , @shainemahaux , @iambadgalriri__ , @absasissoko , @sheex____ , @jud.yiy , @ma.wi.xx , @nathandelaet , @emmuran , @nathalienijs_ , @flowfloo , @rachel.alv , @marionmdenne , @i_am_inti , @deve1000 , @sjeema , @frutti_di_nare , Julia Tröscher, @summerliio , @nixienixienixie , @eddylouisia.jpg , Bobby Rocco, @fleurvandemerlen , Marc Van Looveren, Emilija Dūdaitė, @kaidangaydan , @desmedtcharl0tte , @helblauw96

Video MUA
@mariaovejero.mua

Commission & Co-production
@desingelartscentre

With the support of
The City of Antwerp, The Flemish government

𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽

𝒜𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁 𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒽 @rosalia.vt

’THERE IS NO SEX IN SOULS, CAN YOU HEAR IT?' ★

’THERE IS NO SEX IN SOULS, CAN YOU HEAR IT?' ★

Back to zero, here we go again

LOVE IS SELFLESS
LOVE IS HOPEFUL
LOVE IS KIND

The Sculpture Bags are moulded on a diverse range of real body types and depicting various types of genitalia, the sculptures are meant to be as inclusive as possible and celebrate the distinction between ‘sex’, ’gender’ and ’sexuality’.

PUSSY sculpture bag @mhkamuseum 🌿 >>> TOGETHER.

PUSSY sculpture bag @mhkamuseum 🌿
>>> TOGETHER. is an exhibition in partnership with @antwerppride and @pride_of_color, open until the 6th of September.

Unlearn, what you’ve been told @mhkamuseum 🌿

Unlearn, what you’ve been told @mhkamuseum 🌿
>>> TOGETHER. is an exhibition in partnership with @antwerppride and @pride_of_color, open until the 6th of September. Many thanks to @tomsanders55, @sqwazizal, @stephaneschraenen & @marionmdenne ❣️

‘HYALINE' - DICK bag sculpture _ Celebrating the

‘HYALINE' - DICK bag sculpture
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Celebrating the distinction between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. The ‘Hyaline’ sculpture bags are handmade and should be treated as a sculpture. W: 16 cm x H: 15 cm x D: 10 cm / Edition 1/5 + 1AP

New INTERSEX sculpture bag in good company @mhkamu

New INTERSEX sculpture bag in good company @mhkamuseum 🌿
>>> TOGETHER. is an exhibition in partnership with @antwerppride and @pride_of_color, open until the 6th of September. Many thanks to @tomsanders55 & @marionmdenne ❣️
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List of participating artists:
ARCA @arca1000000
CARLA AROCHA & STÉPHANE SCHRAENEN @arocha.schraenen
KASPER BOSMANS @kasperbosmans
JACK DAVEY @jack.davey.co.uk
MARIJKE DE ROOVER @mrkdrvr
NAN GOLDIN @nangoldinstudio
FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES @felixgonzaleztorres.foundation
MARTINE GUTIERREZ @martine.tv
MEGAN-LEIGH HEILIG @just_shopwindows
DONNA HUANCA @ruaminx
PHILIP HUYGHE @philip.huyghetelenet.be
AAY LIPAROTO
JACK PIERSON
JACOLBY SATTERWHITE. @jacolbysatt
CINDY SHERMAN @cindysherman
VICTORIA SIN @sinforvictory
JACK SMITH
STEF VAN LOOVEREN
#mhka #together #endintersexsurgery

PUSSY bag sculpture on NADA @newartdealers 🧚🏻‍♀️❤️ @stems_gallery and I made a selection of 3 unique sculptures that will be online during #pridemonth. 🌸
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Moulded on a diverse range of body types and depicting various types of genitalia, the DPA Bags are meant to be as inclusive as possible. Celebrating the distinction between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. .•
The bags support their vision that ‘sex’ should be seen as an interchangeable, wearable accessory, something that the wearer can play around with. .•
They are handmade and should be treated as a sculpture. It’s a unique piece that comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Video installation for yesterday's MoNu expo 🧚‍♂️

LET IT BURN 🔥 Made an anti-monument for ‘imag

LET IT BURN 🔥 Made an anti-monument for ‘imagining monuments’ starting tonight at 19:30 @extra_city, @middelheimmuseum, about female (under)representation in the city today.