Karel Op ‘t Eynde


Karel Op ‘t Eynde is a curator, writer and art worker based in Brussels (BE). His work mainly focuses on practices of gathering, situated knowledges and learning through doing. Often working collaboratively, his projects intersect curating, writing and publishing. 
    He currently holds the position of curator at Jester (BE) and has initiated several curatorial projects with a focus on artistic development and cross-disciplinary methods. He obtained a master’s degree in Design (2023) from LUCA School of Arts, followed by a postgraduate degree in Curatorial Studies (2024) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent. In the past, he (co-)curated for Kunsthal Gent (BE), Vleeshal (NL) and Het Paviljoen (BE). In addition to his role as curator and writer, he is co-founder of Brussels based art collective CASTOR.

















  • Becoming Otherwise
2026
  • Co-curator as part of CASTOR Collective
  • at Kunsthal Mechelen and IKA Mechelen

Artists: Juli Bierich and mountaincutters

  • Views by Lavinia Wouters

Made possible by Kunsthal Mechelen and Vlaamse Gemeenschapscomissie

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  • Ghostly Matters
2025
  • Curator
  • at Jester, Genk

Artists: Kenny Dunkan and Anthony Ngoya

  • Views by Silvia Cappellari

Made possible by the Flemish Government, the City of Genk, Het nieuwstedelijk and Mondriaan Fonds. With the support of the French Embassy in Belgium and the Institut français, as part of EXTRA, a program that supports French contemporary creation in Belgium.

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  • it will come from below
2025
  • Curator
  • at Jester, Genk

with Koi Persyn

Artists: Junghun Kim and Ada Van Hoorebeke

  • Views by vandenbussche - vandenbossche

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  • Fugue
2025
  • Assistant curator
  • at Jester, Genk

Artists: Aaron Amar Bhamra and Céline Mathieu

  • Views by vandenbussche - vandenbossche







  • Jumping Fences
2024
  • Co-curator
  • at Vleeshal, Middelburg

  • Views by We Document Art








Jumping Fences
2024
  • Co-curator
  • at Het Paviljoen, Ghent

  • Artist: Paola Siri Renard

  • Views by Isaac Ponseele












  • Grains of Sand Like Mountains
2024
  • Co-curator
  • at Kunsthal, Gent

Artists: Noor Abed, Dis­ar­ming Design, Ali­ce Diop, Nina Jaya­su­riya, Sep­pe-Hazel Lae­re­mans, Seul­gi Lee, Renée Lorie, Miche­li­ne Nah­ra, Ben de Raes, Hus­sein Shik­ha, Stef Van Looveren

Special thanks to Lau­ra Her­man, Valen­tijn Goet­hals, Isa­bel Van Bos, Sonia D’Alto, Marij­ke Van Eeck­haut, Gale­rie Jous­se Entre­pri­se, argos cen­tre for audio­vi­su­al arts, Totem Films, Kunst­hal Gent Team, Design Muse­um Gent, S.M.A.K., Ghent Uni­ver­si­ty, KASK & Conservatorium.

  • Views by Michiel De Cleene




A Horse WIth An Attitude: 
Queer Kinship As Methodology

2023
  • Writer and editor
  • Contributions by Guillaume Jannes, Seppe-Hazel Laeremans, Lore Janssens

  • On view at Dutch Design Week 2023