Biography
In her video, sculpture, installation, drawing, sound and performance, Dekyndt explores the natural and cultural phenomena of the world through a minimalist lens.
Edith Dekyndt was born in Ypres, Belgium in 1961 and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. In her video, sculpture, installation, drawing, sound and performance, Dekyndt explores the natural and cultural phenomena of the world through a minimalist lens.
Applying physical and chemical processes, Dekyndt brings forth the ephemerality of objects, images and sound to convey the transitory elements of time, light and space. Dekyndt’s body of work is suspended between the tangible and intangible, allowing permeability in the perception of what is real.
Dekyndt’s works are currently on view as part of “Tell Us Something That Nobody Knows” at Kunsthalle Bielefeld, which is on view until 26 October 2025. She was recently a Fogo Island Arts Artist-in-Resident in 2024. She has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Bielefeld (2025), Fondation CAB Saint-Paul-de-Vence (2024), Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, Italy (2024), Bourse de Commerce, Pinault Collection (2023), Wiels, Brussels, Belgium (2016), Musée de l’Abbaye de Sainte Croix, Les sables d’Olonne, France (2016), Le Consortium, Dijon, Belgium (2015), Centre d’art contemporain, Lyon, France (2013). She has participated in the Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporaneo de America del Sur (2019), Taipei Biennial, Taiwan (2021), Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2nd edition, Latvia (2020), Musee de la inmigración, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019), the 57th Venice Biennale, Italy (2017), 5th Moscow Biennale, Russia (2013), 5th Biennal of Moving Image, Mechelen, Belgium (2011), Brussels Biennial, Midi Station, Belgium (2008), and Biennale de la photographie, MAMAC, Liège, France (2008).
In her video, sculpture, installation, drawing, sound and performance, Dekyndt explores the natural and cultural phenomena of the world through a minimalist lens.
