Thrilled to announce my solo exhibition War Paint at SECONDroom Antwerp - Marialei 33
Opening Friday, March 1 6-9pm and open one more day on Saturday March 2 from 2-6pm
On February 3, an interview was published in DS Magazine. About my expressive and intuitive way of working. Interview and photo’s by Ringo Gomez.
In 2024 , I am being represented by Gallery Ben Bennaouisse in Gent - Baudelokaai 18
This installation is on view til Feb 25 and each piece is available separately - contact Ben or me for inquiries
December 2023: Thrilled to have my concept on how to create more chances for artists, selected for a publication by NICC. My concept will be put into action at the reception at the SMAK.
July 2023: happy to present a small fraction of my Life is Good series at CAS Ostend in a group exhibition called Beyond the Fold. Don’t miss it!
Focusing on inviting curators, gallerists and artists to my studio to engage in dialog. Working hard on a new series of paintings called Life is Good, as part of my original concept of working around existential questions and daily challenges. What started as a weekly cartoon created for the newspaper the SF Chronicle, has now expanded to paint and canvas.
September 2022
Together with Kristof Morel I am organizing an arts festival with 34 artists on the largest roof garden in Flanders, het PAKT, in Antwerp
May 2022
Ho’s and Horses is my first solo show in Antwerp in three years! It is taking place during Antwerp Art Weekend and I proudly present a series of new works on canvas.
July 2021
HUBBAHUBBA _ Solo exhibition opening at galerie van caelenberg in Aalst, July 29 - 3-9pm An exhibitoin of paintings from the past 7 years - all about Desire. The exhibition runs til September
Stay tuned for more news on group exhibtions at CC Menen and CC Mechelen this Fall!
December 2020
Art Feeds. Art feeds the soul, but art also feeds mouths. Proud and grateful to be participating in this initiative by Plus-One Gallery and Gallery Sofie Van de Velde. 20% of sales goes to the Food Bank. Every 2 euros that comes in provides a meal for someone in need.
https://www.thewunderwall.com/viewing-room/2-art-feeds-winter-edition/
November 2020
Time has not stood still, neither has COVID. But neither have I.
During these past months I’ve been doing some pretty exciting things:
Together with artist Kristof Morel, I started, during our first lockdown, working on a monumental art installation for the Flemish Government. Not quite finished, but as soon as it is, I will share pictures of the work publicly.
I was invited by Croxhapox, a (nomadic) arts organization located in Gent, to celebrate their 30 years of existence. Five artists with whom they have worked closely with, were invited to curate an exhibition with an external partner. The museum I have been linked to is the SMAK in Gent. Together with Croxhapox we have been immersed in Teams conversations which are starting to shape the concept of the project. It has been very exciting and inspiring
A while back Marie Peeters had a conversation with me for her upcoming book SPUITWATER - Marie had conversations with 27 artists and we will all be exhibiting work along side her pictures and notes at the MUHKA in June!
More recently, I was invited by Kunstwerkt to be curator for the day for their Instagram project #apaperaday
I had planned a one-night exhibition, Reclining Nude, in a pop-up space, but due to you know what, I had to cancel. But you can find pictures of the work here
I continue to teach at the Academy of Mechelen and at Studio Borgerstein (a studio for artists with disabilities)
A couple of other projects are in the making - more info soon
And as always - my work is for sale - so if anything catches your fancy, please let me know!
The RCW rigging crew, Kristof and myself on the roof of the Herman Teirlinck building in Brussels. For De Vlaamse Overheid - #bouwprojecten vlaamseoverheid
January 2020
Love Island was a huge success. Now onto more possibilities and exhibitions! Will keep you posted!
NOVEMBER 2019
Opening Saturday November 30, 2-7pm - Shoobil Gallery, Antwerp
Love Island
Smile! You’re on camera…
For her second solo show at Shoobil Gallery, Sacha Eckes created a new series of works inspired by the growing number of reality TV shows. Captivated by the formats in which people are eager to volunteer and sometimes literally expose themselves. She examined series such as "Naked Attraction", "Adam Seeks Eve", "Botched", "Monaco women" and "Love Island". Sacha took screenshots of characterisitc scenes with explicit comments and had these printed on both paper and aluminimum sheets. She reworked these images in her trademark direct, impulsive and humoristic style. But there’s more there than just a laugh. Beneath the humor lies a rich layer of social commentary on the screen that does not provide a real window on the world but on the tristesse of superfluous silicone and botox. This series is therefore the logical continuation of her central theme, which boldly questions the predictability and triviality of existing conventions and behavioral patterns.
JULY 2019
Group exhibtion in Ostend!
JUNE 2019
Driftwood, solo exhibition!
MARCH 2019
Salon de Peinture, group exhibition at Muhka in Antwerp extended til March 30
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Food Matters
FOOD MATTERS
crox 580 ALL YOU NEED IS THE LAVATORY
30 november - 29 december 2018
MAY 2018
25 Years Of Pure Misery, a Retrospective - Gallery M146, Antwerp
Sacha Eckes, solo exhibition
18/05/2018 - 27/05/2018
MAY 2018
How Do You Like it
Sacha Eckes & Patrick Wokmeni, curated by Ben Benaouisse
06/05/2018 - 17/06/2018
Letters to Artists by Philippe van Cauteren
Letter to : Sacha Eckes
There is little room for humor or scabrous jokes in art. We rarely get beyond a restrained laugh. As if it’s not allowed to make art that roars. Of course there are exceptions: Honoré Daumier, Grandville, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Filou, Philip Guston, Martin Kippenberger, Paul McCarthy, James Ensor, Peter Land, Richard Prince,
Walter Swennen, Gelitin, Jacques Lizène... It’s a small selection of artists in which humor, witty or not, has a place in the work. Satire, parody, caricatures, slapstick and absurd humor can be found in dribs and drabs in art history. However, it is just a thin layer in an art world overwhelmingly characterized by seriousness and distinction. It’s an observation, no more, no less. Maybe it’s because it isn’t evident to be able to crack a good joke, but neither is this the case with making (good) art. In any case, I have to admit that I am amused whenever I see one of your reworked posters from some cultural center. The elegantly designed poster or ad is reconstructed into a Sacha Eckes. Somewhere I feel an artist’s struggle for acknowledgement, but I mostly sense an artist who lets her work balance on the art world’s carefully built house of cards. Clumsily written letters, nervous crossings-out and caricature drawings are your tools to tone down the art world with an apparent playfulness. Because it doesn’t feel like critique, but more like an off-screen commentary that moves between admiration and judgment. It’s surprising that not one woman can be found in the list of artists I summed up. As if the domain of humor exclusively belongs to male artists. Or does it have to do with my own one-sided perspective? In any case, it’s here where your work feels like a sledgehammer blow. With your ‘Ads of Art’, ‘Imposters’ and ‘Kill Your Darlings’ series, you infiltrate an area that can be called ‘male’. Scabrous jokes are made with a self- consciousness that belongs to you alone and not to some kind of feminist or institutional critique. For many, the lightness and playfulness are unmanageable, not to be taken seriously. From now on, the seriousness with which you handle playfulness to create your work allows me to add you to the list of exceptions.
Philippe van Cauteren, Liège, May 1st, 2017