Joachim Naudts (°1982, Belgium) started working in the field of contemporary art and photography in 2008. He recently joined Kunsthal Extra City as the artistic coordinator for which he is setting up an intense exhibition program at its new location, a former Dominican church and chapel.
He has curated over 30 exhibitions, most of them for FOMU (museum of photography, Antwerp, Belgium), and has been involved with different organizations in various capacities. Starting from the challenges posed by our current human condition, his focus has been on political and engaged work, always aiming to provoke and touch a wider public (debate). He worked on solo exhibitions with artists such as Boris Mikhailov, Andrea Stultiens, Patrick Waterhouse, Bieke Depoorter and Broomberg & Chanarin. Large thematic shows and book publications include The Still Point of the Turning World (co-curated by David Campany), Maan/Moon and Mijn vlakke land (both co-curated by Maarten Dings) and Power! Photos! Freedom! (in collaboration with Human Rights Watch). He used to be editor for the FOMU magazines .tiff and Extra and is currently still involved with their magazine Trigger. Collaborations with artists, curators, institutions, academies, and other cultural and non-cultural partners have been key to this practice. He holds MAs in Software Analysis and Visual Arts and is now regularly invited as a jury member, speaker, curator, writer, advisor, and guest teacher in the field of contemporary art and photography.
- Site-specific installation work
- Relationship between immaterial and material visual work
- Artistic work that takes up socio-political positions
- Polyphony and alternative narratives
- Work that questions institutional frameworks