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Berlinde De Bruyckere (Ghent, b. 1964) is a Belgian artist who creates sculptures that reveal the human body and human life in all its frailty. Her installations of equine and human bodies evoke feelings of terror, but also of love and consolation. The work is both emotionally immersive and provocative, regularly creating controversy. De Brucykere’s bitter-sweet images unite pain and suffering with a strong aesthetic appeal. Her Cripplewood presentation attracted great public attention at the 55th Venice Biennale. The SMAK Museum in Ghent and the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague held a major retrospective of her work in 2015. Watch a video about her work here.
