https://pontispace.com PONTI Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:08:48 +0000 https://pontispace.com en https://pontispace.com/From-Here-to-There Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:08:48 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/From-Here-to-There From Here to There 12.11.25 - 28.12.25 DUO SHOW <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c64ce7f927dd38421ad0fefb5ba879cb6f98d8c91fed54d297f19ef11e007f60/_MG_8643.jpeg" data-mid="240701075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c64ce7f927dd38421ad0fefb5ba879cb6f98d8c91fed54d297f19ef11e007f60/_MG_8643.jpeg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a03222d0ffd8fdd0341622fb8ad5abd635f94d3e26c5192eac03a10fb66d7527/_MG_8650.jpeg" data-mid="240701076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a03222d0ffd8fdd0341622fb8ad5abd635f94d3e26c5192eac03a10fb66d7527/_MG_8650.jpeg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ec7e9b3f793df4b225d90118e11be878525e9b8cd295c98a5fafa00738cad13/_MG_8641.jpeg" data-mid="240701074" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ec7e9b3f793df4b225d90118e11be878525e9b8cd295c98a5fafa00738cad13/_MG_8641.jpeg" /> © Lennert Berx Seppe Vancraywinkel Jens Milonton From Here to There brings together two emerging Belgian artists whose practices trace the movement between distance and closeness, reality and reflection, presence and memory. Seppe Vancraywinkel (1998, Hoegaarden) captures the pulse of life on the move. Working exclusively in analogue black-and-white, he photographs his circle of friends and the fleeting moments that define them. The grain of film and the absence of color create a poetic distance — a dreamlike filter through which life becomes memory, and motion turns into emotion. Jens Milonton (1990, Antwerpen), educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, works with graphite and charcoal to build meditative, introspective landscapes. His drawings unfold slowly, revealing a world that hovers between observation and imagination - places where silence, texture, and light become ways of thinking. Together, Vancraywinkel and Milonton chart a journey from here to there: from the tangible to the remembered, from the outer landscape to the inner one. A dialogue in black, white, and gray - about movement, stillness, and everything that lingers in between. https://pontispace.com/Map-and-Territory Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:46:38 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Map-and-Territory Witold Vandenbroeck 12.09.25 - 26.10.25 SOLO SHOW <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33a230da6840cdeb104c93de4608b16e7f8ffad26eea972f19dd546349ab08c2/_MG_8365.jpeg" data-mid="238191598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33a230da6840cdeb104c93de4608b16e7f8ffad26eea972f19dd546349ab08c2/_MG_8365.jpeg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00f8d4c23e9e349959c0b8bacda704e06878f5a010b029355582cce30fda71bf/_MG_8385.jpeg" data-mid="238191590" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00f8d4c23e9e349959c0b8bacda704e06878f5a010b029355582cce30fda71bf/_MG_8385.jpeg" /> <img width="5806" height="3871" width_o="5806" height_o="3871" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aea4229bbd2d9862201d617b3ea68d9620560e313036782d90570037fc7d542f/_MG_8391.jpeg" data-mid="238191599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aea4229bbd2d9862201d617b3ea68d9620560e313036782d90570037fc7d542f/_MG_8391.jpeg" /> © Lennert Berx Map and Territory In the paintings of Witold Vandenbroeck, forms emerge that feel both familiar and elusive: tubes, vessels, smooth contours that hint at networks, routes, and flows. They evoke the visible and invisible infrastructures through which people and matter move. Water through pipes, blood through veins, trains through tunnels. Vandenbroeck doesn’t depict maps as representations of the world, but rather explores how abstraction can overwhelm reality itself. His works are not ‘cartographic’, but compact visual systems — snapshots that speak of the power of representation, of seeking control but instead being controlled, of the freedom that lies beyond the map. Vandenbroeck paints with distemper: pigment mixed with skin glue; a medium that demands speed and focus. His colours are dense, opaque, and tactile. Each painting becomes an exercise in timing, in restraint, in commitment. Together they chart a transient reality which is always able to elude the maps made of it. https://pontispace.com/Early-Morning-in-the-Universe Tue, 20 May 2025 08:40:21 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Early-Morning-in-the-Universe Daems van Remoortere 29.05.25 - 05.07.25 SOLO SHOW <img width="6237" height="4158" width_o="6237" height_o="4158" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab0d2fe514187eff7b75c1aacb3e8a5ca31609ad8a69fd3363cc2ba3b638064e/_MG_3328.jpeg" data-mid="233956499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab0d2fe514187eff7b75c1aacb3e8a5ca31609ad8a69fd3363cc2ba3b638064e/_MG_3328.jpeg" /> <img width="6204" height="4136" width_o="6204" height_o="4136" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d726059b165a826df79d9256413f912facdd9f949b9f6f7f268a29fcdc09ef8/_MG_3271.jpeg" data-mid="233956498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d726059b165a826df79d9256413f912facdd9f949b9f6f7f268a29fcdc09ef8/_MG_3271.jpeg" /> <img width="6183" height="4122" width_o="6183" height_o="4122" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58ccb0ac4f13977ee14248994c3374a6302250482262e3ff06a56022511af95e/_MG_3411.jpeg" data-mid="233956500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58ccb0ac4f13977ee14248994c3374a6302250482262e3ff06a56022511af95e/_MG_3411.jpeg" /> © Lennert Berx Early Morning in the Universe After completing their permanent installation Meetingpoint at the new prison in Brussels and Sundance, presented at M HKA during Museum Games—where they explored the cycles of the sun and the seasons—Daems van Remoortere now turn their focus to the solar maximum with their new solo exhibition Early Morning in the Universe. This eleven-year turning point, during which solar activity will reach its peak in July 2025, serves as a central theme. This peak marks the flip of the sun’s magnetic field and functions as an astronomical zero point for the exhibition.From this ‘cosmic zero point’, they raise questions about how power and narratives shape, distort, and leave traces in history—and what might remain of these in the future.Like a cosmic Groundhog Day, they explore the possibility of a reset—while retaining all accumulated knowledge. Early Morning in the Universe runs from May 29 (Antwerp Art Weekend) to July 5, 2025 at PONTI, Antwerp, and aligns both scientifically and chronologically with this astronomical turning point. https://pontispace.com/Sunny-side-up Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:21:46 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Sunny-side-up Ewoud Viane 04.04.25 - 17.05.25 SOLO SHOW <img width="6229" height="4153" width_o="6229" height_o="4153" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0514c86a5f664e8c5f5b435cf6feae36007c269eef968ebc58f0ba087246fb0e/_MG_1869.jpeg" data-mid="232909022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0514c86a5f664e8c5f5b435cf6feae36007c269eef968ebc58f0ba087246fb0e/_MG_1869.jpeg" /> <img width="6150" height="4100" width_o="6150" height_o="4100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fc9e8f4d9b4de7d2f36257377c1ec3cbc5932adbce6318a40f7dcc3247a2ddb/_MG_1882.jpeg" data-mid="232909890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fc9e8f4d9b4de7d2f36257377c1ec3cbc5932adbce6318a40f7dcc3247a2ddb/_MG_1882.jpeg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fd83a24d13d23ec72b8dc45da2a3af6225378309856b2825245b749c055dc2d/_MG_1954.jpeg" data-mid="232909892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fd83a24d13d23ec72b8dc45da2a3af6225378309856b2825245b749c055dc2d/_MG_1954.jpeg" /> © Lennert Berx Sunny-side-up During this exhibition, the artist will show &nbsp;a series of fifteen&nbsp; paintings, showcasing his continued exploration of textiles, wood, and epoxy resin as integral elements of his artistic practice. Ewoud Viane (b. 1996 - Izegem) is known for his distinctive approach to painting, where he blends bold colors, layered textures, and unconventional materials to create striking visual compositions. His work often explores themes of transformation and perception, challenging the boundaries between abstraction and figuration. https://pontispace.com/Spiralling-Outward Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:08:27 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Spiralling-Outward Mashid Mohadjerin 06.03.25 - 29.03.25 SOLO SHOW <img width="2078" height="3120" width_o="2078" height_o="3120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba435ea1860775110499d330802b649b1304c7d8e6071af261a0049efc0df2b7/IMG_6663.jpg" data-mid="228979464" border="0" data-scale="66" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba435ea1860775110499d330802b649b1304c7d8e6071af261a0049efc0df2b7/IMG_6663.jpg" /> Spiralling Outward "Spiraling Outward" marks the latest intervention by Mashid Mohadjerin, offering a dynamic exploration of her artistic vision. At the same time, Mohadjerin has a solo exhibition at FOMU Antwerp, further expanding on her thought-provoking work.&nbsp;During the show, Mohadjerin showcases photography, collages, and a video installation that reinforce her narrative around the themes of her latest book, Riding In Silence &amp; The Crying Dervish. The book will also be available for viewing and purchase in our space. Mashid Mohadjerin (b. 1976, Tehran, Iran) is a multidisciplinary artist who obtained her&nbsp;Doctorate in the Arts&nbsp;from the&nbsp;Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp&nbsp;in 2021. Her work has been exhibited internationally and has received multiple awards, including the&nbsp;Les Rencontres d’Arles Author’s Book Award&nbsp;for&nbsp;Freedom is Not Free&nbsp;(2021) and&nbsp;first prize in the Contemporary Issues category&nbsp;of&nbsp;World Press Photo 2009. https://pontispace.com/No-one-else-can-feel-it-for-you Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:57:14 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/No-one-else-can-feel-it-for-you Max Kesteloot 07.11.24 - 25.01.25 SOLO SHOW <img width="5315" height="3543" width_o="5315" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/358985b9cb621ba8eb6a7b2fd060990174f2867770851a9ee5b2962089cd5f0b/_DSF0951.jpg" data-mid="232909665" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/358985b9cb621ba8eb6a7b2fd060990174f2867770851a9ee5b2962089cd5f0b/_DSF0951.jpg" /> <img width="5315" height="3543" width_o="5315" height_o="3543" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d28b60b4f8b363e21fc03c563469ef8312bf8472e24d3bef09491c08c4a4e1d/_DSF0882.jpg" data-mid="228980366" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d28b60b4f8b363e21fc03c563469ef8312bf8472e24d3bef09491c08c4a4e1d/_DSF0882.jpg" /> © Lennert Berx No one else can feel it for you PONTI pleased to invite you to 'No one else can feel it for you', the latest exhibition by Max Kesteloot, opening on Thursday, November 7, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at PONTI. Belgian artist Max Kesteloot (1990) draws inspiration from road trips and walks, from his hometown of Ostend to the Spanish Costa Brava. During these journeys, he captures images that he prints immediately with a compact mini-printer to preserve each moment. He then translates these snapshots into paintings on canvas. For this exhibition at PONTI, Kesteloot has created a new series of works in which he will also present some of his original snapshots. https://pontispace.com/Jef-Meyer-Solo Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:54:58 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Jef-Meyer-Solo Jef Meyer 19.09.24 - 26.10.24 SOLO SHOW <img width="427" height="640" width_o="427" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ab96e2ea248029ea69e07522437695f0a96a31372fb513e045090596d055131/Jef-Meyer-Untitled-8.jpeg" data-mid="221531452" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/427/i/6ab96e2ea248029ea69e07522437695f0a96a31372fb513e045090596d055131/Jef-Meyer-Untitled-8.jpeg" /> Solo PONTI is pleased to invite you to the opening of Jef Meyer’s solo exhibition on Thursday, September 19, from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. This exhibition will present a selection of both old and new works by Meyer, including pieces specifically related to his sculpture for the Beaufort art triennial in Middelkerke. Jef Meyer is known for his minimalist sculptures, primarily working with concrete. His works engage in a compelling dialogue with space and architecture, merging robust materiality with subtle geometric forms. This exhibition showcases his artistic evolution and highlights how his recent works, including those featured at Beaufort, build on his earlier explorations of form and spatial interaction. https://pontispace.com/Apoptosis Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:49:00 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Apoptosis Summer Residency by &nbsp;Eady van Acker and Jeltje Schuurmans 07.09.24 - 15.09.24 RESIDENCY PROGRAM <img width="640" height="436" width_o="640" height_o="436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfc58dc75f33885e50dbf234bfa813de3eb62c08d504589a370db4b7ad7fcd6c/jmwqic6xkagfurr0tu5j.jpeg" data-mid="221531427" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/cfc58dc75f33885e50dbf234bfa813de3eb62c08d504589a370db4b7ad7fcd6c/jmwqic6xkagfurr0tu5j.jpeg" /> Apoptosis Since 2023, PONTI has organised a yearly summer residency program for artists, a response to the chronic shortage of affordable studio space in the city. In February, a large-scale protest in Antwerp highlighted this issue. Through its residency program, PONTI offers artists the opportunity to create new work without limitations. They also get a chance to exhibit their work at the gallery afterward. Jeltje Schuurmans and Eady van Acker were selected from twenty applicants for this residency. The central theme of the resulting exhibition 'Apoptosis' is memory and the ways in which our body and mind engage with the past. What does it mean to remember, and what do we store within our bodies? Schuurmans and Van Acker have each approached this theme in their own way, resulting in a mix of wall sculptures and an installation that explores the transformation of body, mind and memory. They have worked with materials such as metal, ceramics, epoxy and latex. The title of the exhibition refers to apoptosis, the biological process in which old cells die to make room for new ones, serving as a metaphor for letting go of memories and creating space for new experiences. &nbsp; https://pontispace.com/Ultra-Tale-of-Marine Sat, 11 May 2024 17:30:09 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Ultra-Tale-of-Marine Anouk Van Offenwert / Fleur De Roeck 16.05.24 - 30.06.24 DUO SHOW <img width="6214" height="4143" width_o="6214" height_o="4143" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f35fbe822598c9304b6e8e477390c543041d78d5a255bbd2f5d00e6838eb566c/_MG_5392.jpeg" data-mid="229314195" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f35fbe822598c9304b6e8e477390c543041d78d5a255bbd2f5d00e6838eb566c/_MG_5392.jpeg" /> <img width="6225" height="4150" width_o="6225" height_o="4150" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3130ac7215fa620d70ddb681b09aa81e5d89d0fee2d89626aab4212c899ef42/_MG_5434.jpeg" data-mid="229314196" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3130ac7215fa620d70ddb681b09aa81e5d89d0fee2d89626aab4212c899ef42/_MG_5434.jpeg" /> Ultra Tale of Marine Opening: Thursday May 16, 12h00-22h00 During the Antwerp Art weekend, PONTI is pleased to present a duo exhibition by Fleur De Roeck and Anouk Van Offenwert. The central theme of “Ultra Tale of Marine” is both the maritime world, in the form of an installation by Fleur De Roeck and the versatility of the colour ultramarine blue. Canvasses and drawings by the artists often feel fluid, a little watercolour-like. Many colours of blue and green will fill the space through the canvasses by Van Offenwerk and the oil drawings by De Roeck, who merge their work by transforming a 17th-century basement into an underwater cave, into which visitors can descend. Something else that connects the two artists is their enjoyment of painting and their curiosity about how materials interact with paper and canvas. “Ultra Tale of Marine” can be seen as a “joie de peintre” exhibition, which we hope viewers will experience and every visitor can go home with a square meter of Fleur De Roeck's water cave. During the festive opening on Thursday 16 May, there will be a musical performance "Bubble Gum Escape" by Fleur De Roeck / Sinaas starting at 8pm. https://pontispace.com/Hair-of-the-dog Sat, 11 May 2024 17:04:42 +0000 PONTI https://pontispace.com/Hair-of-the-dog Ellen Meers / Maxim Renard&nbsp; 21.03.24 - 04.05.24 DUO SHOW <img width="6169" height="4113" width_o="6169" height_o="4113" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a08026e954ef3658e2558fcca69578ee80242b421f9af873410ff8fc83bb226/_MG_4812.jpeg" data-mid="229314244" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a08026e954ef3658e2558fcca69578ee80242b421f9af873410ff8fc83bb226/_MG_4812.jpeg" /> Hair of the dog Ponti is pleased to invite you to the duo exhibition of Ellen Meers and Maxim Renard. Ellen Meers (°1996, Maastricht, lives and works in Brussels) graduated from KASK in Ghent in the summer of 2021 with several series of works balancing on the borderland between graphics and painting. Ellen starts her works as classical, analogue graphics: namely monotypes. She prints sheets of paper in different sizes with colour areas and line structures in vibrant colours. On these monotypes, she draws and paints enigmatic symbols that fluctuate between recognizable shapes and unfamiliar silhouettes. Maxim Renard (°1994, Tongeren - lives and works in Antwerp) starts out from found scraps of paper which he transforms into colourful collages. These miniature works are quick and direct studies that form the basis for his painting practice. With glitter and paint, sometimes very pasty, sometimes very sparsely applied, Renard seeks and finds the painting. In his search for a strong composition, he uses both figurative elements and abstract forms, creating a lively visual language that balances on the border between painting and collage. Artists: Ellen Meers, Maxim Renard