About
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Karin Borghouts is a professional Belgian art and documentary photographer. She photographs places, preferably architectural environments and interiors. She also photographs still lifes, either on location or in her studio. Recently she has also started photographing people in special places. She also makes videos to document places and people.
Her personal work occupies a position between photography and visual art, and is rich in references to painting. Her photographs can be found in the collections of the Photographic Museums of Antwerp and Charleroi (Belgium), the KMSKA, the University of Antwerp, the Proximus Art Collection in Brussels, the Delen Private Bank, etc. Her work has been shown in many individual and group exhibitions in Belgium and abroad. Karin Borghouts works on her own projects (art and documentary photography). She likes to work in site-specific projects and has extensive experience in printing, publishing and exhibiting. She also works on commissions for art, cultural and heritage organisations, museums, publishers, architects and city councils. Karin Borghouts studied painting, sculpture and photography and has also worked as a graphic designer. Starting with a Linhof large format camera, she now works with the latest digital equipment.
Karin Borghouts has had several solo exhibitions in museums, such as the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi Belgium and Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden The Netherlands. Karin has been supported by Gallery Ronny Van de Velde and regularly participates in group exhibitions at Gallery De Mijlpaal.
Most of the photographs are available as high quality archival pigment prints in a limited edition with a signed certificate.The personal series THE HOUSE, VINCENT WAS HERE, INTERLUDIUM, PARIS IMPASSE and AU BORINAGE are framed and available for exhibition. New series are in progress.
Clients in the last 20 years:KMSKA, KU Leuven, MAS Antwerp, STAM Ghent, Museum Dr. Guislain, GUM Gents Universiteitsmuseum, Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Middelheim Museum, KMSKB, Roger Raveelmuseum, EU-Japan Fest Tokyo, Cities of Antwerp, Ghent, Mechelen, Brugge, Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Gallery Ronny Van de Velde, Van Gogh Brabant, Proximus, Delen Private Bank, Royal Palace Belgium, BAI publishers, Vooruit Kunstencentrum, CCHA Hasselt, Hizkia, Spectra, Die Plek, Rasa, Initia, Zoo Antwerpen, Vlaams Architectuur Instituut, AR-TUR, Vlaamse Bouwmeester, Antwerps Bouwmeester Borret, HCVA Architecten, Sergison Bates Architects, Korteknie-Stuhlmacher Architecten, DRDH Architects, Kaan Architecten, HAMA Architecten, noA architecten, Bovenbouw, Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten, Pieter Bedaux, Studio Linse, Houben/Van Mierlo, Dedrie Architecten, Fugzia, visual artists...
Karin Borghouts works alone and in recent years with her assistant Wouter Bollaerts.
Karin lives in Kalmthout close to Antwerp in Belgium and is married with Dirk Veulemans, composer electroacoustic music.
Copyright is retained on all images by Karin Borghouts. No reproduction of any kind is allowed without written permission.
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Video by Dieter Demey on VIMEO (8/2023)
PODCAST by DonkereKamer.com/podcasts (1/2024)
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°Kapellen, Belgium 1959Education
1977-1980: Painting - bachelor - Artistiek Hoger Onderwijs Sint-Maria Antwerp (BE) (now Karel de Grote-Hogeschool)
1975-1983: Painting Academie Noord (BE)
1984-1992: Sculpture Academie Noord (BE)
1998-2002: Photography Academie Noord (BE)
Working experience
1981 - 1992: Graphic designer at communication agencies
1993 - 2011: Independent graphic designer
2003 - present: Independent artist photographerFiles