Iris Van der Borght (1998) is a Brussels-based artist who works from the need to explore and claim queer representation within painting. Against a visual culture saturated with queer pain, they build an inner world that is dreamy, interior, humorous. A world that doesn't need to justify itself to exist.
EXPOSITIONS
- June 2026Master Exhibiton — LUCA School of Arts, Brussels
- June-July 2026Blijf bij me — Pamela, Antwerp
- 18 - 27 September 2025Vruchtbare Grond (collective half4) — Het Bos, Antwerpen
- 29-30 August 2025A Night Called Quest — De Studio, Antwerp
- 6-17 August 2025Antwerp Queer Arts Festival Introduction Exhibition — Arttelex Antwerp
- June 2025No Room For Dealing — Blikfabriek, Hoboken
- March 2025The Show Of The Room — Showroom SLA, Antwerp
- June 2024Graduation Tour — Showroom SLA, Antwerp
- November 202372 93 205 66 232 52 139 32 45 166 38 61 14 99 172 — Showroom SLA, Antwerp
- October 2023, april 2024Kakakaraoke performance — Het Bos Antwerpen
- October 202250 uur Warande, part of collective Van Bree — Warande Turnhout
RESIDENCIES
- Aug-sept 2025Bosacademie residence (part of collective half4) — Het Bos Antwerpen
- August 2025Antwerp Queer Arts Festival residence — De Studio Antwerpen
- 2025 – 2026Master Fine Arts, LUCA School of Arts Brussels
- 2022 – 2025Bachelor Fine Arts, Sint Lucas Antwerpen
- Sept 2024 – Feb 2025Painting (Erasmus), Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee
- 2021 – 2022Certificate Mechanical Woodworking, Encora Antwerp
- 2016 – 2021Master Social-Economic Sciences, University of Antwerp