Bart Ramakers (born 1963) is a Belgian artist and art curator. He is known for the staged photographs in which he creates a "mythology for a new world". His works also include video and sculpture.Bart Ramakers, FADDY Magazine, p. 82Staging the Scene: Bart Ramakers’ exuberant dialogue with artistic heritage, Ghent University
Ramakers reworks classic mythological and religious themes in the light of actuality: gender equality, environment, and solidarity, often with a nod to art history.Bart Ramakers : Scream of the Butterfly / Revelations, The Eye of Photography His collaborations include Panamarenko, Tom Herckrck, William Sweetlove, Cecilia Paredes among others.Bart Ramakers , Comiclopedia
Life and work Ramakers was born in 1963, near Maaseik, and was influenced by his father, an art amateur. He studied drawing at the academies of Maaseik and Maasmechelen and history at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. During his studies, he was active as a cartoonist, illustrator and graphical artist in several student publications, such as Veto. After graduating, Ramakers worked in advertising and marketing until he started his artistic career in 2009.
Selected projects The Apotheosis of Flora, for the D'Ursel Castle and De Notelaer in Hingene, 2013Wandelen langs apotheose van Flore, Het Nieuwsblad Strangers in the Night, 2014Photo exhibition Bart Ramakers at hotel Le Berger, BRUZZ A Divine Comedy, 2016Het nieuwe project van Bart Ramakers ‘Devine Comedy’ herziet religieuze en mythologische thema’s, TheArtCouch The Anatomy of Beauty, 2017Les femmes sensuelles de Bart Ramakers, Soirmag Autopia - Automats for a New World, 2018Op de rand van het menselijke. Filosofisch-psychoanalytische impressies, p. 241 Flora and the Water Warriors, with William Sweetlove, 2019L’ « Art contemporain », à la Citadelle de Namur, jusqu’au 14 Juillet, Brussels Star The Bride Unveiled, 2021De bruid ontbloot – een avontuur met reporter Linlin, Hergé Genootschap Sandwiched, 2022‘Sandwiched’, Bart Ramakers brengt hedendaagse boodschap in traditioneel jasje, TheArtCouch Ex Tenebris Lux, 2025, L'Oeil de la Photographie
Selected exhibitions Sweet 18, in the Castle d'Ursel, 2015SWEET 18, Meer Autopia, in Wilford X Temse, 2018Autopia: een unieke expo met zelfverzonnen machines, Het Nieuwsblad Weill ich ein Mädchen bin, Odapark Venray, 2018Weil Ich Ein Mädchen Bin Jubileumexpo bij Odapark, venray.nieuws.nl Anastasia, with William Sweetlove and Roel Stels, Lier, 2020Galerijhouder opent pop-up in Timmermans-Opsomerhuis en droomt tegelijk van meer: “Graag permanent museum voor moderne kunst”, Het Laatste Nieuws
Group exhibitions curated by Bart Ramakers include: One big Family, with Caroline Bouchard, Alden Biesen Castle, 2015‘We zijn allemaal familie van elkaar’, De Standaard Hallelujah!, Triamant Gerkenberg Bree, 2021Hallelujah!, in Bree vieren kunstenaars de ‘verrijzenis’ na een moeilijke tijd, kunst-zetter Paris Photo, November 2024, L'Oeil de la Photographie International Photo Biënnal Ostend, September-November 2025, L'Oeil de la Photographie
Publications
Bart Ramakers' work is published in the books: Trouble in Paradise, 2015 Revelations, 2018 Flora and the Water Warriors, 2019 The Bride Unveiled, 2021 Ex Tenebris Lux, 2026
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