HANNAH DE CORTE Belgium, b. 1988

In Hannah De Corte's work, the canvas is no longer just a base; it is elevated to the status of medium and becomes a mode of expression. The organic aspect appears in the foreground. It is a way to compose and a source of optical effects. From the fabric, Hannah De Corte questions the material constitution of an image.

De Corte completed her doctoral thesis in art and art sciences (supported by the FRS-FNRS) on raw, unfinished canvas as an aesthetic and iconological means. She is the recipient of a Getty Scholar Grant from the Getty Research Foundation. She has lectured at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York, the INHA in Paris, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the STUK Museum in Leuven. Her work has been exhibited at SMAK, CENTRALE,  Centre d'art contemporain la Châtaigneraie, Abattoirs de Bomel, BAC Art Lab, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Turin, and others. She is also a member of the Muesli artists' collective, alongside Louis Darcel and João Freitas.

"With their organic feel, small imperfections and alluring honesty, the works by Hannah De Corte - be they subtle and small, or encapsulatingly large-scaled - nearly appear like skins that gently stroke the outside world. A comforting invitation, to do painting." - Evelyn Simons, December 2020