[EN] Forty years after his graduation exhibition in KASK Ghent and fourteen years after his sudden death in Drubrovnic, Belgian artist Trudo Engels (1962–2009) receives homage from Various Artists.
The group exhibition ACADEMIA is a compilation of new works that look back at key moments in Engels’ career and life but also reflect more generally on art education, the art world, and the position of the artist in society.
Using all kinds of materials and forms, Various Artists invites visitors to have hypersensory experiences through artworks that raise questions about pressing survival-related desires, the viral competitive drive between makers, and the growing impact of artificial intelligence in creative processes.

[NL] De groepstentoonstelling ACADEMIA brengt een hommage aan Belgische kunstenaar wijlen Trudo Engels aan de hand van nieuwe werken die terugblikken naar sleutelmomenten uit de carrière en het leven van Engels. Ze reflecteert ook over kunsteducatie, de kunstwereld en de positie van de kunstenaar in de maatschappij.

[FR] L’exposition collective ACADEMIA est une compilation de nouvelles œuvres qui reviennent sur des moments clés de la carrière et de la vie de Trudo Engels, mais qui réfléchissent aussi plus généralement à l’enseignement artistique, au monde de l’art et à la position de l’artiste dans la société.