An image is a moment of balance, balance between concept and matter
Alexander Ketele was born in Etterbeek, Belgium in 1954 and
currently lives and works in Ternat, near Brussels in Belgium.
Since 1980, he is fascinated by the changing interaction
between space, matter and motion. He mostly combines different materials,
thereby eliminating the dominance of the base material within his works. Tension
takes shape, the play of reflection and absorption appears. This quest leads him
to a number of themes:
The Strength of the matter, the matters' dialogue makes the
image powerful
The Dynamics of shape, the dynamics of the form beyond the
inertia of matter
Water as a connection between matter and life, water is the
dynamic force between matter and life.
An investigation into the intriguing aspects of water,
surpassing the matter
The memory of form, we are surrounded by interesting images.
It is up to us to see them.
He researches the boundary between form and image.
The Tactile exploration as the tactile extra dimension
Alexander Ketele did a Master in de beeldende Kunsten
Beeldhouwen St. Lukas in Brussel, een Finaliteitscursus steenhouwen,
koperdrijven, litho, etsen, glas, cursussen glastechniek at the Université d’été
Sars-Poteries Pâte de verre, glassfusing, color/ fusing en Pedagogische
activiteiten aan de Hogere Rijksschool voor Beeldende Kunsten Anderlecht in
Belgium
Alexander Ketele received numerous awards and stipends over
the years like: Marc Mackenprijs, Vermeylenprijs, prijs van Staatssecretaris
Neyts, reisbeurs Vlaamse Gemeenschap (USA), werkbeurs Vlaamse Gemeenschap and
laureaat koning Boudewijnstichting
He did a large array of solo exhibitions, a selection:
Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek-Bever, Cultureel Centrum Westrand, Dilbeek, Faculty
Club, Leuven, Les Septs Fontaines, Braine-l’Alleud, Yokohama Museum of modern
Art, Hojo garden Honen-in tempel, Kyoto, Tokushima City, Japan,
Ittersbach-Karsruke, Duitsland Gallery Yugen-Ginza, Tokyo, Miwaku no
Sato-Hiroshima, Hoshigaoka Art Village Gallery-Kochi (Shikoku) , Museum of
stone-Mure (Hikoku), Hikone,, Flanders Exchange Center, Osaka, Japan, Gallery
ARGO knokke, Felix De Boeck Museum, Drogenbos, Europees Parlement Brussel,
Gallery ‘Werfkade’, Hoogezand Nederland, , Cap d’art Galerie, Genval , Galerie
2016, Brussel ‘Berlaymont’ – Europese Commissie Brussel, Capa Gallery Brussel,
Wettolsheim – Elzas– Galerie Radial Strasbourg as well as numerous
groupexhibitions in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Finland, Czech
republic, Japan, UK and USA.
www.alexander-ketele.be