Hans Op de Beeck Author

Hans Op de Beeck attended the Vrije Kunsten program at the Kunsthogeschool Sint-Lukas in Brussels. Afterwards he studied for a year at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts, and then for two years at the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam). In 2002-2003 he was artist in residence for one year at the MoMA PS1 in New York. From 2001, when he became the winner of the Young Belgian Painting Prize, he became widely known for his artistic work in the form of large-scale installations, some of which can be seen in public places, such as Lily Pond (2017) in Tongeren or The Quiet View (2015) on the Herkenrode site in Hasselt, on the site of Abdij van Herkenrode. The work aims to evoke the silence that once prevailed in the church.