VALERY LIPPENS //////////
PHOTOGRAPHER BASED OUT OF LONDON
The son of a prominent Belgian photographer, Valery Lippens was “born with a camera in his crib.” Photographing his way through a law degree, a Political Science BA, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Photography, Valery Lippens creates work that elegantly surprises, magnifying the unique and subtle qualities of his subjects.
Throughout the years, Valery Lippens has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of shows demonstrating his singular talent for understanding his subjects: ranging from his collection of “ephemeral” photographs about urban decay to his images for a documentary about Vietnam Veterans, and from his collages for Handicap International’s group show to his two recent series: ‘Haecceity’ and ‘Panopticon”. In his last two series, he challenges the tradition of individual picture-making by exploring the potential of multiple frames, and poetically critiques our perceptions of bustling city life. Challenging the idea of a single static viewpoint, Valery Lippens found a way to more accurately reflect our perception of the world – one that is often formed by incessantly scanning people and places around us.
GALLERIES //////////
- PATRICK DE BROCK (BELGIUM)
- TAG FINE ARTS (UK)
- NADAISM (GERMANY)
- BAFA FOTO (SWITZERLAND)
PAST EXHIBITIONS //////////
Past Exhibitions //
2018 – Octobre 21th – 2019 – Jan 21th
Project 365 // @ Rue Blaes 19 – Brussels – Belgium
2017 – Octobre 12th
The New Wandering Eye Series // @ Anne-Catherine & Stephane Liberski – Brussels – Belgium
2017 – Janvier 22th
Group Show Nocturnes For l’Acceuil // Charity @ Hangar Art Center – Brussels – Belgium
2016 – November // Strokar
Strokar is a collaboration between the photographer “Atax” and a hundred artists. – Brussels 2016
2014 – Summer
Elephant Parade – Hong Kong 2014
2014 – May 6th
Charity – Auction for Fonds Erasme 2014 // Cancer Research– Brussels
2014 – January 9th – January 16th
Group Show Nocturnes For l’Acceuil // Charity @ Chatelain – Brussels – Belgium
2013 – March 27th
Donation for Human Right Watch – Auction Brussels 2014
2013 – January 10th – January 14th
Group Show @ Chatelain – Brussels – Belgium
2012 – July 9th
Street Photography Now Exhibition – London – UK – London Street Photography Festival
2012 – October 6th – October 29
Solo Show @ Patrick de Brock Gallery – Knokke – Belgium
2012 – January 11th
Group Show Nocturnes For l’Acceuil @ Sablon – Brussels – Belgium
2011 – October 13th – October 17th
Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Christie’s, London – UK
2011 – July 8th
Group Show @ Can Tixedo Art Café Ibiza – Spain
2011 – January 12 th – January 16th
Solo Show / London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2011 – January 10th – January 15th
Group Show Nocturnes For l’Acceuil @ Sablon – Brussels – Belgium
Special Jury Award
2010 – December 11th – December 18th
Group Show – From The Nipple to the Bottle – Never Satified Berlin Becher Biennale >> curated by Scott Chaseling
2010 – November 13th– January 13th
Solo Show @ New Glass Art Neues Glas Kunst & Photography
Berlin Linienstraße 154 – 10115 – Berlin Germany – www.nadaism.de
2010 – May 30th– July 2nd
Art Windows Canary Wharf >> London Festival of Architecture
2010 – May 3rd – July 4th
Elephant Parade London >> Group “show” with 250 international artists
2010 – January 12th– May 12th
Haecceity Series 2009 – Solo Show @ TAG Fine Arts / London Art Fair, Islington
2009 – November 26th – 29th
Art Barter London – Group Show with 50 international reknowned artists
2009 – October 8th – 12th
Art London @ Royal Hospital – Chelsea SW3
2009 – September 17th to October 26th
Group Show “ILLUSIONS” @ BAFA Gallery – Geneva – Switzerland – www.bafafoto.com
2009 – August 31st to September 11th
Group Show SALON (LONDON) @ 295 Regent Street – London – UK
2009 – June 19th – June 26th
Photography Graduate Group Show @ Central Saint Martin College of Art London – UK
2007
Travelling Group Show “Blue Laces” for Handicap International – Belgium
2006
Photography Exhibition “Sueno de Cuba” Centro Cultural Cumanayagua – Cuba
2002
“The Long Journey Home” Vietnam Veterans Documentary Washington – Miramax – NYC – USA
2001
Photography Exhibition “Viva Cuba !”@ L’Espace Senghor – Brussels – Belgium // Raising Funds
1999
Photography Exhibition “Manos a Manos – Cuba 2000”@ the Oud Huis De Beir Knokke-Heist – Belgium
1998
Cuba Si, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Salle Delvaux, Brussels, Belgium
1996-1998
Experimental Photography @ SWATCH – New York