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 Mechelen (BE), Kunsthal Gent (BE), Vleeshal (NL), celador (BE), The Green Corridor (BE) and Het Paviljoen (BE). In addition, he takes part in advisory and assessment commissions, specifically for the Flemish Community. Alongside his role as curator and writer, he is co-founder of the Brussels-based curatorial collective CASTOR.
Joy Ride
20.06-23.08.2026
- Curator
- at Jester, Genk
Artist: Alessandro Cugola
Joy Ride by Alessandro Cugola is an exhibition developed at Jester in dialogue with the institution’s archive. Through site-specific installations and a durational performance, Cugola reactivates fifty years of artistic production. The exhibition triggers a chain reaction in which the archive is moved, exposed, contaminated, conserved and eventually packed away again. The archive enters a temporary traffic system, a joy ride.
With this exhibition, Jester celebrates its fifth anniversary, alongside the fortieth anniversary of FLACC and fiftieth anniversary of CIAP, the organisations that merged to form Jester.
- Graphic design by Septian Priyatna
Made possible by the Flemish Community and the City of Genk.
- Becoming Otherwise
- 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
- Curator
- at Jester, Genk
Artists: Kenny Dunkan and Anthony Ngoya
- Views by Silvia Cappellari
Made possible by the Flemish Community, 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
- Curator
- at Jester, Genk
with Koi Persyn
Artists: Junghun Kim and Ada Van Hoorebeke
- Views by vandenbussche - vandenbossche
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- Assistant curator
- at Jester, Genk
Curator: Koi Persyn
Artists: Aaron Amar Bhamra and Céline Mathieu
- Views by vandenbussche - vandenbossche
2024
- Co-curator
- at Het Paviljoen, Ghent
- Artist: Paola Siri Renard
- Views by Isaac Ponseele
- Grains of Sand Like Mountains
- 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