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Katrien Vermeire

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Katrien Vermeire
Born
Katrien A. A. Vermeire

(1979-11-15) 15 November 1979 (age 44)
OccupationArtist
Known forDer Kreislauf (A Handful), Godspeed
Websitehttp://www.katrienvermeire.com

Katrien Vermeire (born Ostend, 1979) is a Belgian artist.

Career

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Katrien Vermeire studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent and art history at Ghent University. She won the quadrennial Fine Arts Award of the Province of West Flanders in 2002.[1] Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries both in Belgium and abroad, including the FOAM photography museum in Amsterdam[2] and the new Museum M in Leuven.[3]

In 2011, Vermeire's photo series Godspeed,[4] in which she followed swarms of fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains photographing male fireflies flashing in large groups at night as a mating ritual, was selected for Foam Magazine's No. 28 Talent.[5] The Wave, a photo and film project co-directed with Sarah Vanagt, premiered at the 18th Biennale of Sydney[6] 2012 and was selected for international festivals including Locarno,[7] IDFA Amsterdam[8] and IFFR Rotterdam.[9] Her first documentary short film Der Kreislauf (A Handful) won the Kidseye Grand Prize at the 2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Beeldende Kunst West-Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Exhibition Talent 2011". photography-now.com. 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Katrien Vermeire – Solo – M Leuven". 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Light my fire? Male fireflies flash together for sex". New Scientist. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Foam Talent Issue #28". Foam Magazine. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ^ "18th Biennale of Sydney (2012) Exhibition Guide". 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Locarno 2012: Short and shorter". pardolive.ch. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ^ "IDFA 2012: The Wave". idfa.nl. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  9. ^ "IFFR 2012: The Wave". iffr.com. 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  10. ^ "2014 RIIFF Awards". 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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