Chantal van Rijt is a Brussels-based artist working across sculpture, installation, photography, and moving image. With her work, she examines the complex and often contradictory ways in which humans relate to the natural world. She is intrigued by anomalies, the out-of-order and the in-betweens: those spaces where categories blur and familiar structures begin to dissolve.
mail contact@chantalvanrijt.com
exhibitions
2025 A moth ate words, Poort 8, Gent
2024 ¡Hola!, Zwarte Zaal, Gent
2024 Paved Flowers, Fred & Ferry, Antwerpen
2024 Biennale de l’Image Possible, Liège
2023 Agents of Concern, CCHA, Hasselt
2023 on and on and on and on, Off the Grid, Cas-Co Leuven
2023 Sea Foundation, Tilburg
2023 Hydromancy, Rhizome x Avee Gallery, Kortrijk
2023 A Plea for the Unpleasant, SB34 The Pool, Brussels
2022 Art Au Centre #10, Liège
2022 Sugar for the Pill, Antwerp Art, Antwerpen
2021 The Council of Infestations, PG & M, Brussels
2021 s u r p l a c e, Gent
2021 Prospects, Art Rotterdam
2021 Resten, CC de steiger, Menen
2020 Therolinguistic Tale; a verse of wormdots and seedlines, Cas-Co, Leuven
2019 Domestic Echo, Museum M, Leuven
2019 Harbinger, Botanical Gardens, Gent
2019 That-Has-Been / Traces as Evidence, In De Ruimte, Gent
2018 Sundays, 019, Gent
2018 ADAF Singularity Now, Athens
2018 Curtain Call, International Film Festival Rotterdam
2017 Land van Fotografie, Gent
2017 La Vie Mode D’Emploi, KASK,Gent
2016 Winterwolven, Rotterdam
2016 Adrift, Bredaphoto, Breda
2015 Radicals #1, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
publications
2020 Une Quarantaine, published by Kasper de Vos, William Lutwig Lutgens and Jeroen Los
2019 Harbinger, Imperfect Agreements by Curational Studies Ghent
2017 Analemma, self-published - link
awards & grants
2019 Mondriaanfonds Stipendium for Emerging Artists
2017 Winner Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens
residencies
2019 M-Ruimte, Cas-Co, Leuven
2019 Blauwhaus residentie, Waasmunster
2018 Stock residency, Gent
2016 Atlas residency Bredaphoto, Breda
texts
2023 The Treshold, Michaela Davidova - article
2023 Satellites of Evil, Timmy van Zoelen - exhibition text
2023 Le Nature Invisible de Chantal van Rijt, Gilles Bechet - article
2023 on and on and on and on, Celine de Geest - article
2019 Domestic Echo, Koi Persyn - exhibition text
2017 High Tech Vanitas, Régis Dragonetti - article
2017 Metropolis M, Sophie Crabbé - article
education
2017 Master of Fine Arts Photography, School of Arts Gent
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography, School of Arts Gent
2025 A moth ate words, Poort 8, Gent
2024 ¡Hola!, Zwarte Zaal, Gent
2024 Paved Flowers, Fred & Ferry, Antwerpen
2024 Biennale de l’Image Possible, Liège
2023 Agents of Concern, CCHA, Hasselt
2023 on and on and on and on, Off the Grid, Cas-Co Leuven
2023 Sea Foundation, Tilburg
2023 Hydromancy, Rhizome x Avee Gallery, Kortrijk
2023 A Plea for the Unpleasant, SB34 The Pool, Brussels
2022 Art Au Centre #10, Liège
2022 Sugar for the Pill, Antwerp Art, Antwerpen
2021 The Council of Infestations, PG & M, Brussels
2021 s u r p l a c e, Gent
2021 Prospects, Art Rotterdam
2021 Resten, CC de steiger, Menen
2020 Therolinguistic Tale; a verse of wormdots and seedlines, Cas-Co, Leuven
2019 Domestic Echo, Museum M, Leuven
2019 Harbinger, Botanical Gardens, Gent
2019 That-Has-Been / Traces as Evidence, In De Ruimte, Gent
2018 Sundays, 019, Gent
2018 ADAF Singularity Now, Athens
2018 Curtain Call, International Film Festival Rotterdam
2017 Land van Fotografie, Gent
2017 La Vie Mode D’Emploi, KASK,Gent
2016 Winterwolven, Rotterdam
2016 Adrift, Bredaphoto, Breda
2015 Radicals #1, Roodkapje, Rotterdam
publications
2020 Une Quarantaine, published by Kasper de Vos, William Lutwig Lutgens and Jeroen Los
2019 Harbinger, Imperfect Agreements by Curational Studies Ghent
2017 Analemma, self-published - link
awards & grants
2019 Mondriaanfonds Stipendium for Emerging Artists
2017 Winner Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens
residencies
2019 M-Ruimte, Cas-Co, Leuven
2019 Blauwhaus residentie, Waasmunster
2018 Stock residency, Gent
2016 Atlas residency Bredaphoto, Breda
texts
2023 The Treshold, Michaela Davidova - article
2023 Satellites of Evil, Timmy van Zoelen - exhibition text
2023 Le Nature Invisible de Chantal van Rijt, Gilles Bechet - article
2023 on and on and on and on, Celine de Geest - article
2019 Domestic Echo, Koi Persyn - exhibition text
2017 High Tech Vanitas, Régis Dragonetti - article
2017 Metropolis M, Sophie Crabbé - article
education
2017 Master of Fine Arts Photography, School of Arts Gent
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography, School of Arts Gent