Eric van Hove

Éric Van Hove (Algeria, 1975) grew up in Yaoundé/Cameroon. He later studied at the École de Recherche Graphique [ERG] in Brussels and received a Master’s degree in Traditional Japanese Calligraphy at the Tokyo Gakugei University in Tokyo in 2005. He went on to obtain an artist PhD degree from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2008.

A metamodernist conceptual artist currently using the craft legacy as a medium to ponder the relevance of local and informal heritage in a highly globalized world economy, he often initiates large multidisciplinary collaborative productions which he refers to as Symphonies Plastiques (plastic symphonies), being both the composer and conductor of sculptural compositions involving dozens of people (craftsmen, engineers, etc).

Van Hove’s work has been acquired by Kanal Pompidou (Belgium), MoMA, New York (USA), and Friesmuseum (New Zealand). Recent and upcoming projects include a solo exhibition Gesamt vs kunstwerk, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke (Belgium), Savoir Faire, Institut Supérieur pour l’Étude du Langage Plastique [ISELP], Brussels (Belgium), The Charbagh Diplomatic Labyrinth, Commission for the New Belgian embassy, Rabat (Morocco), and QRcodes and botany, Commission for the Foundation Jardin Majorelle, Marrakesh, Morocco.