ULTRAMARINE

Opening night: 23 October · 17:00
Exhibition: 9 days · 24 Oktober to 1 November 2026 · 11:00-18:00

Ultramarine is my investigation into the submarine and all the awesomeness it evokes: human technology and the mystery of those underwater spaceships. The submarine drives the work, both visually and conceptually. It is a steel tube with a nuclear reactor. It disappears underwater for months, then surfaces again as if nothing had happened. It is impressive, strange and dark.

After five years of working with this theme, I am bringing most of my works about submarines together for the first time: sculptures, drawings and installations, including the submarine bunker installation shown in Terneuzen in summer 2026. Until now, I have made each work on its own. Here, I want to see what happens when they stand side by side and face each other in one space. I also want to see how that world reaches the viewer. BLANCO is where the worldbuilding of *Ultramarine* takes full shape.

Not every work shows a submarine. Some show only the landscapes, bunkers and spaces that belong to this world. Together, they build a world around the submarine: a place that exists partly above and partly below the surface, and that is revealed piece by piece.

The display may shift and change during the exhibition. New work develops within this context too: newly modelled submarines and large, monumental landscape drawings, with and without submarines. Visitors are part of that process. The way they look and move through the space influences how I continue to build this world.

I invite you to visit Ultramarine at BLANCO, Ghent.

ULTRAMARINE

Opening Night: 23 October from 17:00
Exhibition: 24 October – 1 November 2026
Open every day, 11:00 – 18:00


BLANCO Groot Begijnhof 15
Groot Begijnhof 15, 9040 Ghent (Dampoort Neighborhood)