Tom Bogaert

* 1966 in Brugge (B)

TOM BOGAERT was born in 1966 in Bruges, the capital of West Flanders (Belgium) and pursued a career as a refugee lawyer at the United Nations and for Amnesty International before settling as an artist in New York at the age of 38, rapidly gaining international notoriety. His works have since been shown in numerous prestigious museums and art institutions. Most recently, he exhibited as one half of the artist duo Lafleur & Bogaert with the Haitian artist Michel Lafleur at documenta fifteen in Kassel. Tom Bogaert won the international art competition of the Rotary Eupen -Malmedy in 2002 and was previously exhibited at IKOB in this context.

Link to the IKOB exhibition

Vendelzwaaier – Flaggenwerfer, 2023

Vendelzwaaier – Flaggenwerfer, 2023