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Hilde NIJS

Multidisciplinary Visual Artist

Artist-Curator

              Foto: "Der KaninchenMann, mein name ist Joseph", Tribut zu Joseph Beuys - Installation 2025

 

                                 “The key is on the spot where it is located.”                                         

                                 — Hilde NIJS

 

HILDE NIJS — Artistic Evolution

The artistic calling of Hilde NIJS revealed itself at an early age. As an eleven-year-old, she received an early form of national recognition when she won the First Prize in Ostend, in a prestigious competition organized by the Ministry of Education that was open to all of Belgium around the theme of 'Leisure Time'. This early, independent validation marked the beginning of a profound artistic trajectory that continues to unfold and renew itself to this day.

As a visionary and forerunner within the Flemish art scene, NIJS stood at the baseline of the shift towards contemporary and conceptual art in the region. Driven by a necessity for artistic independence and the creation of an unconditional sanctuary for art, she took matters into her own hands during a decisive phase of her career. She leased the historic passementerie factory in Ninove, which she named DeKANTFABRIEK.

NIJS single-handedly transformed this raw, industrial space into a high-profile artist-run space. Here, she generously shared her own creative workspace with other visual artists, bringing her personal, free painting and monumental installations into an intense, multidisciplinary dialogue with contemporary music, literature, poetry, and in-depth lectures by leading academics. Under her direction, DeKANTFABRIEK became a nationally respected beacon of artistic integrity and pure craftsmanship, free from institutional constraints

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Building upon this autonomous strength, NIJS later founded the Actueel Art Platform (A.A.P.). Her oeuvre — characterized by layered painting and profound conceptual research into human identity and universal structures — testifies to an unyielding resilience. Her work as a multidisciplinary artist is an aesthetic and societal wake-up call, which today, on its own strength, claims its legitimate place within the contemporary institutional art world.

 

Kunstendatabank

https://databank.kunsten.be/audiovisuele-en-beeldende-kunsten/kunstenaars-curatoren-essayisten-critici/ent:kwb:age:Q1385240/hilde-nijs/

 'Curatoren met focus op Belgische Hedendaagse Kunst 2022-2023 -2026'

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