Bram Kinsbergen
‘The Hidden Act’
11.06.2026 — 18.07.2026
Bram Kinsbergen (°1984) lives and works in Boechout, Belgium.
Bram Kinsbergen works intuitively, painting what comes to his mind, which reflects his exploration of themes such as memory and dreams. His work delves into the layered, often fragmented nature of memories and the influence of digital culture on how we perceive and interpret moments. Blending abstraction and figuration, he places indistinct silhouettes and isolated objects in dark, empty landscapes, evoking a dreamlike quality as if drawn from distant or half-forgotten memories. This approach allows his work to evoke feelings of nostalgia and loss, capturing scenes that seem familiar yet elusive. His themes underscore the fragility of digital memories and raise questions about how our virtual experiences shape and sometimes distort our understanding of the world. Kinsbergen expresses a deep concern with the transient and delicate nature of digital interactions, illustrating how these moments can seem simultaneously impactful yet hollow, transforming our sense of reality and memory.
Bram Kinsbergen, born in 1984 lives and works in Boechout, Belgium. Kinsbergen creates work that explores the complexities of both individual and collective human experiences. His creations often navigate the interplay between the familiar and the mysterious, using metaphors such as mirrors and walls to examine themes of self-reflection and the challenges of understanding others. Guided by an intuitive approach, Kinsbergen selects subjects that deeply resonate with him, driven by a commitment to originality. His practice engages with both tangible and enigmatic themes, reflecting his desire to deepen his insight into the human condition. Kinsbergen has recently exhibited at Pact Gallery Paris, Pal Project Paris, PLUS-ONE Gallery Antwerp, BLANK Gallery Shanghai, Gallery Oxholm Copenhagen and Schunck Heerlen.
Exhibition view: Bram Kinsbergen ‘The Hidden Act’, PLUS-ONE Projects
The Hidden Act
11.06.’26 - 18.07.’26
Opening: Thursday 11.06.’26 from 5 to 8 pm
Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 1-6 pm
Gallery space by PLUS-ONE Projects
Vlaamsekaai 73, 2000 Antwerp - BE
www.plus-one.be / info@plus-one.be / @plus_one_projects
Contact
Jason Poirier dit Caulier / jason@plus-one.be / +32 (0) 495 24 82 99
Thomas De Ben / thomas@plus-one.be / +32 (0) 498 26 50 44
About the exhibition
The hidden is not separate from what we see, it is part of how seeing is constructed.
What we encounter as an image, a performance, or an exhibition is never the beginning. It is the end point of a long, often invisible process. What interests me is that accumulation, the duration that disappears once something becomes visible.
In the context of the circus, the show is only a fragment. What remains unseen are the endless repetitions, the discipline, the training, the failures, the adjustments. The body is shaped over time until the act appears effortless. What we read as spontaneity is in fact constructed through control and repetition.
I think of an exhibition in the same way. What is presented feels immediate, resolved, almost self-evident. But it is built on layers of decisions, revisions, hesitations, and labor that remain absent from the final image. The work exists long before it is seen, yet that existence is rarely acknowledged.
There is a similar logic in architecture. A façade presents itself as the house, but it is only a surface, a constructed front that stands in for something far more complex. It frames perception, it offers an entry point, but it also conceals structure, history, and process. We tend to accept the façade as the whole, because that is what is made visible to us.
In my work, I try to hold onto that tension between surface and construction. The image functions as a façade, but one that resists full coherence. It suggests that something precedes it, something continues beyond it, something cannot be fully contained within what is shown.
This is where the hidden operates most strongly for me. Not as something behind the image, but as everything that made the image possible. The time, the repetition, the control, the decisions. All of it compressed into a surface that appears immediate, but is anything but.
What we see is never just what is there. It is the residue of a process that has been carefully shaped, edited, and ultimately concealed in order to appear complete.
Personal text by Bram Kinsbergen