ABOUT
2025
Works of Art & Copies, Art & History Museum, section Plaster cast workshop, Brussels, curator-in-residence, 17-25.04.2025
With: Sophie Whettnall, Myrthe van der Mark, Erik & Hilde Van Belleghem, Rune Tuerlinckx, Max Pinckers & Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras, Mariel M. Matute, Simon Masschelein, Anno Dijkstra, Damien De Lepeleire, Louise Delanghe, François de Coninck, Jeanna Criscitiello, Patrick Carpenter, Yannick Carlier, Karina Beumer
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
4D, FRED&FERRY Gallery, Antwerp, 15.06-06.07.2024
2023
Correspondances, Dingen Die Niet Verkopen, Antwerp, 11-26.11.2023
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Motion Matters, Blikfabriek, Antwerp, 2-30.08.2024
With: Zoro Feigl, Arthur Van de Velde, Guy Batten, Niels Van Looveren, Alexandra Puscas, Ruben De Smet, Ignaz Van Der Stighelen, Dalida Georgiou-Achmet, Inge Schoutsen, Noemi Covello, Willem Boel, Hugo Demarco, Nazanin Fakoor
Panta Rhei, former Geukens & De Vil Gallery, 20.07-21.08.2024
With: Aimé Fierens, Anouk Van Offenwert, Arthur Van de Velde, Daan Peeters, Davide Zulli, Fabrice Hofmans, Ine Kools, Jeffe De Brabandere, Nel Maertens, Nina Gross, Nina Marthe Wilson, Ruben De Smet, Rune Tuerlinckx, Witold Vandenbroeck
2023
FAAR & BEYOND, FAAR, Antwerp, 09-10.2023
With: Hamer Körmeling, Kasper De Vos, Ian De Weerdt, Alix Manon, Yen Proesmans, Davide Zulli, Fabrice Hofmans, Michal Luft, Chris Hoeben, Anne Beumer, Floris Van Look, Cel Crabeels, Nina-Joy Thielemans, Moataz Alqaissy, Mulugeta Tafesse, Alexandra Puscas, Luca Dal Vignale, Dries Willems, Denie Put, Witold Vandenbroeck, Anouk Van Offenwert, Nel Maertens, Rune Tuerlinckx, Lucia Mrakovcic, Ine Kools, William Ludwig Lutgens, Romy Streep, Sietske Van Aerde, Valgerdur, Senne Roekens, Ramiro De Backer Mezquida, Sigurrós G. Björnsdóttir, Zoro Feigl, Árni Jónsson, Maria Sawizki, Ruben De Smet, Jeffe De Brabandere, Xander Faes, Stijn Ter Braak, Ellis van Beijserveldt, Lasse Geudens, Marianne Borremans, Nina Marte Wilson, Zena Van Den Block, Daan Peeters, Mathias Mu, Justine Grillet, Lina Ejdaa, Jorik Dzobava, Thor Salden
Forms of Life, Royal Academy Antwerp, Antwerp, 10.2023
With: Kristina Fekete, Maren Rommerskirchen, Rafaela Vieira Figurski, Rune Tuerlinckx, Pit Riewer, Malena Guerrieri, Alexandra Samarova, Paul Müller, Oona Oikkonen, Maria Sawizki, Witold Vandenbroeck, Nina Gross, Pieter Eliëns
FAAR & Barokke Influencers, Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Antwerp, 23.06-23.07.2023
With: Arthur Van de Velde, Rune Tuerlinckx, Daan Peeters, Jeffe De Brabandere, Witold Vandenbroeck, Anouk Van Offenwert, Nel Maertens, Ine Kools, Ruben De Smet
B-SIDES AND RARITIES, FRED&FERRY Gallery, Antwerp, 8-29.04.2023
With: Tamara Beheydt, Karina Beumer, Dries Boutsen, Maxime Brigou, Winnie Claessens, Pierre Coric, Nora De Decker, Tramaine De Senna, Indra Devriendt, Che Go Eun, Leigh Clarke, Jana Coorevits, Zoro Feigtl, Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert, Anna Godzina, Tine Guns, Lydia Hannah, Lodewijk Heylen, Max Kesteloot, Mirthe Klück, Toon Leën, Paul Müller, Marc Nagtzaam, Chloé Op De Beeck, Laurence Petrone, Rien Schellemans & Gijs Waterschoot, Sarah Smolders, Stijn Ter Braak, Adrien Tirtiaux, Derek Teyman, Tomas Uyttendaele, Thé Van Bergen, Anne Van Boxelaere, Maud Van Den Beuken, Zena Van Den Block, Manon Van Den Eeden, Philine Vanrafelghem, Leen Van Tichelen, Eline Verstegen, Thomas Verstraeten, Antoine Waterkeyn, Andy Webster, Stijn Wybouw, Yi Zhang
People, Places and Things, Kleine Goddaard 5, Antwerp, 4.03-30.05.2023
With: Bernadette Zdrazil, Dieter Ingels, Flexboj & LA, Flor Maesen, Fran Van Coppenolle, Hazel Ver Moesen, Jef De Coster, Jorik Dzobava, Marie-Sophie Beinke, Mikhail Rogachev, Nienke Baeckelandt, Pieter-Jan Peeters, Quinten Stimm, Rune Tuerlinckx, Simon Masschelein, Victoria Parvanova, Yi Zhang
Just for today I will be unafraid, Galerie B by Sabrina & Isy Brachot, Durbuy, 16.02-14.05.2023
With: Berend Hoekstra, Felix De Clercq, Flexboj & LA, Fran Van Coppenolle, Idris Sevenans, Jonas Van der Haegen, Joost Pauwaert, Jorik Dzobava, Kasper Bosmans, Kasper De Vos, Laurence Petrone, Marie-Sophie Beinke, Max Pinckers, Ronald Ophuis, Simon Masschelein, Simona Mihaela Stoia, Victoria Parvanova and Walter Swennen
2022
Zwischen meinen Ichs, ZEIT: Post-war & contemporary abstract art, Antwerp, 15.09-6.11.2022
With: Bernd Lohaus and Erik Haemers
Larey G.’s Living Room (Coppejans Gallery + FAAR invite), Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, 15.09-15.10.2022
With: Stijn ter Braak, Mariel Matute, Alexandra Philips, Rune Tuerlinckx, Arthur Van de Velde, Daan Peeters, Nel Maertens, Moataz Alqaissy
This Is What You Came For – the BARRA MOVEMENT (ft. Els Dietvorst), Bozar and CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, Brusselss, 28.04-18.09.2022
With: Els Dietvorst, Aurelie Di Marino, ACM, Sadrie Alves, Angela Alsouliman, Alex Akuete aka Xray, Simon Arazi, Stefania Assandri, Daria Likhovitckaia, Flor Maesen, Asia Nyembo Mireille, Philippe Vandenberg, Y, Yi Zhang, Honey Zinzs, Laoise Garvey, Maria Cahill, Annette Doran, Sandra Whelan, Aine O’Grady, Mary Verling, Fiona Power, Ingrid Schumacher
Wonderland Amsterdam, Galerie A / Harry Ruhé, Amsterdam, 13.08-20.08.2022
With: Guy Rombouts, Idris Sevenans, Jonas Van der Haegen, Luc Deleu, Pauline Niks, Tomas Beaujean, Zena Van den Block
Wonderland Gent, KIOSK, Ghent, 11.09-29.11.2022
With: Guy Rombouts, Idris Sevenans, Jonas Van der Haegen, Luc Deleu, Pauline Niks, Tomas Beaujean, Zena Van den Block
Avant la lettre, K.L.8. exhibition space, Brussels, 29.10-6.11.2022
With: Algolit, Daniel Arthuus, Laurent Fiorentino, Leda Woloshyn, Maarten Inghels, Marija Rinkeviciute, Martina Stella, Oliver Doe, Teresa Weiβert, Jing Wang, hoyonboc, Gabriel René Franjou, Eanna Mac Cana, Daniëlle Raspé, Christine van Poucke, Christina Mitrentse, Ash Bowland, Andrey Rylov and Maxim Mezentsev
Still Life, Landscape, Ecosystem, Academy Open Air, Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp, 05.05-10.06.2022
With: Dalida GA, Wang Tianjiao, Niel de Vries, Emilia Schupp, Odem Leibovich, Rafaela Figurski Vieira, Odelya Atlasovitch, Tim Rosenbaum
Let’s talk about sex, Educatieve Academie, Antwerp, 2.10-26.11.2022
With: Rune Tuerlinckx, Yentl Gijbels, Theodoor Dirkx, Ilse Glorie, Gert Kruitbosch, Moïra Nauwens, Joran Tuerlinckx, Katja Wouters, Nina Marte Wilson
Sur un parquet bien ciré, Antwerp, 24.02-05.03.2022
With: Arthur Van de Velde, Jeffe De Brabandere, Nico Dockx, Lucia Mrakovcic, Moataz Alqaissy
2021
Archief 2022, Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, 11.12.2021-12.02.2022
With: Denmark, Nico Dockx, Jan Henderikse, Wim Nival
FAAR Launches itself, FAAR, Antwerp, 29.10-15.12.2021
With: Anouk Van Offenwert, Lina Ejdaa, Arthur Van de Velde, Daan Peeters, Rune Tuerlinckx, Nel Maertens, Finn Theuws, Ine Kools, Justine Grillet, Witold Vandenbroeck, Lucia Mrakovcic, Jeffe De Brabandere, Emily Kelly, Mathias Mu, Moataz Alqaissy, Quinten De Cuyper, Ruben De Smet
WOORD, Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, 28.08-25.09.2021
With: Guy Rombouts, Peter Fengler, Gerard Herman, Marie-Sophie Beinke, Evelin Brosi, Mekhitar Garabedian, Fien Maris
The Dame The Chair The Hair, Antwerp, 15.05-30.05.2021
With: Yi Zhang, Anastasiya Iardaneska
PERFORMANCES
Laurence Petrone invite à la lecture à haute voix des écrits d’ Alberto Giacometti, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, 13.10.2023
Laurence Petrone invite à la lecture à haute voix des écrits d’ Alberto Giacometti, Bridderhaus, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, 28.09.2023
People, Places and Things, Kleine Goddaard 5, Antwerp, ‘Geb Ich Dir – Laurence Petrone liest Bernd Lohaus’, 01.04.2023
NICC to meet you, Antwerp – Ghent - Brussels, ‘Writing studio with Karina Beumer’, 20.02.2023
Zwischen meinen Ichs, ZEIT: Post-war & contemporary abstract art, Antwerp, ‘Reading marathon Weerloos’, 16.10.2022
WOORD, Coppejans Gallery, Antwerp, ‘Aan het woord’, 05.09.2021
Laurence Petrone (1987) is a Belgian-Italian sculptor, historian and writer. In 2021, she co-founded FAAR, a collective of artists based in Antwerp.
Her artistic work explores the sensory qualities of materials and their spatial interventions. She views her studio as a place to think in both words and matter, aiming to bring people from different domains together.
She has participated in solo and group exhibitions in a.o. CENTRALE for contemporary art (Brussels), Havenhuis (Port of Antwerp-Bruges), KIOSK (Ghent), FRED&FERRY Gallery (Antwerp), Galerie Brachot by Sabrina & Isy Brachot (Durbuy), Coppejans Gallery (Antwerp), ZEIT: Post-war & contemporary abstract art (Antwerp), Dingen die niet verkopen (Antwerp), Galery A (Amsterdam).
In 2025 she organises the group exhibition Works of Art & Copies as curator-in-residence in the Royal Museums of Art & History, section Plaster cast workshop.
In her academic research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Antwerp University she raises the question whether a work of art can have a testimonial character with regard to political events. When does one acquire a legitimate authority to reflect upon lifechanging events? How autonomous can an artist or his, her, their work be?
EDUCATION
2018-22
Master and Bachelor in Sculpture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
2009-10
European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, European Inter-University Centre, Venice, Irish Centre of Human Rights, Galway
2005-9
Master and Bachelor in History, Ghent University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
André Schaepdrijver Award for best thesis in History (Ghent University, 2009)
Thesis: ‘Sind das Alles Nazis?’ Eggert Reeder (1894-1959). Biographical study of the head of the military administration in occupied Belgium (1940-1944). Promotor: prof. dr. Bruno De Wever