Harold De Buck

Harold De Buck
°27/02/1969, Bruges, Belgium.
lives and works in Ghent, Belgium.
hdebuck@me.com
+32/475/58.96.90
https://www.faceoff.space/harold
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Fine Art Photographer.
Member of Fine art photo-collective “FaceOff”. www.faceoff.space

Education:
June 2019: Graduated Sint-Lucasacademy DKO, 2 years of specialization (Ultimate distinction), visual arts option fine art photography, Ghent.
June 2016: Graduated Sint-Lucasacademy DKO (distinction), visual arts option fine art photography, Ghent.

My photography is abstract but nonetheless I photograph reality. Despite the fact that the medium of photography lends itself to capture reality in a very realistic way I use it in a manner that is quite the opposite. Reality is being captured in such a way that the viewer looses every tangible recognition, every sense of reality. By doing this I am asking the spectator to let go and to take a step back from what is being perceived as reality, to become aware of their very own reality.
The invisible is being made visible. It is my way of capturing reality because I believe that “what you see is not reality.”.

Exhibitions:
October 2019: “Serendipity.”. Group exhibition by Fine Art Photo-Collective “FaceOff”. Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium.
20-24/07/2019: “Daydream, a giant leap for mankind.” Group exhibition curated by Ron Chiers. Ghent, Belgium.
09/05-01/06 2019: “Small artist group exhibition: Abstract." Honorable mention (online portfolio) by PH21 Gallery, Boedapest, Hungary.
February/March 2019: “Royale Belge”. Group exhibition with Fine Art Photo-Collective “FaceOff”.  `Ghent, Belgium.
February 2019: “Vitrines d’Amour”. Group exhibition organized by “Linkeroever”. Ghent, Belgium.
September 2018: “Dark Mirror”. Group exhibition with Fine Art Photo-Collective “FaceOff”. Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium.
June 2018: “Underground VI”. Group exhibition curated by Mathieu Snauwaert. Sint-Maartens-Latem, Belgium.
June 2018: “Hang-Art”. Group exhibition curated by myself with 2 colleagues. Ghent, Belgium.
February 2018: “Untitled”. Group exhibition curated by Dr. J. Burm. Gallery Resonans, Ghent, Belgium.
September 2017: “Sehnsucht”. Group exhibition curated by Kunzthuiz. Drongen, Belgium.
June 2017: “Underground V”. Group exhibition curated by M. Snauwaert. Drongen, Belgium.
Mai 2017: “Sehnsucht”. Group exhibition curated by Kunzthuiz. Hasselt, Belgium.
August 2016: “Underground IV”. Group exhibition curated by M. Snauwaert. Drongen, Belgium.
June 2016: “Graduation”. Group exhibition curated by Sint-Lucasacademy DKO, visual arts option Fine Art Photography. Ghent, Belgium.

Publications:
June 2016: “What you see is not reality.”
June 2019: “What you see is not reality II."