EXHIBITIONS
Current Exhibitions
7th October 2024 > 31st December 2024
Belgian Embassy in Mexico — Documenting Biodiversity and Climate Change- the Belgian Antarctic Expedition and the research vessel BELGICA | Mexico City [MEXICO]
Official opening of the exhibition and lecture in the presence of Belgian Ambassador to Mexico, Johan Verkammen.
18th October 2024 > 4th October 2025
LITHUANIAN SEA MUSEUM — How Much Time Do We Have | Klaipėda [LITHUANIA]
Exhibition and lectures at the Lithuania Sea Museum | Smiltynės g. 3, 93100 Klaipėda, LITHUANIA
8th January 2024 > 8th September 2025
FOTOGRAFIECIRCUIT VLAANDEREN — A world of Ice and Water | 17 different Cultural Centra throughout Flanders [BELGIUM]
During 17 months, I will exhibit in 17 different Cultural Centra throughout Flanders. Here's an overview of the next exhibitions:
• OVERPELT (PELT) Cultuurhuis Palethe (Jeugdlaan 2, 3900 Pelt): 8 November 2024 > 4 December 2024
• SLEIDINGE (EVERGEM) Cultuurhuis Stroming (Weststraat 31, 9940 Evergem-Sleidinge): 9 December 2024 > 9 January 2025
• TIELT Cultuurhuis Gildhof (Sint-Michielstraat 9, 8700 Tielt): 13 January 2025 > 6 February 2025
• HOOGLEDE Cultuurcentrum De Gulden Zonne (Marktplaats 6, 8830 Hooglede): 10 February 2025 > 13 March 2025
• TORHOUT Cultuurcentrum de Brouckere (Aartrijkestraat 6, 8820 Torhout): 17 March 2025 > 3 April 2025
• IEPER Cultuurcentrum Het Perron (Fochlaan 1, 8900 Ieper): 7 April 2025 > 8 May 2025
• MENEN Cultuurcentrum De Steiger (Waalvest 1, 8930 Menen): 12 May 2025 > 5 June 2025
• MERELBEKE Cultuurhuis Merelbeke (Driekoningenplein 15, 9820 Merelbeke): 9 June 2025 > 4 September 2025
More info on https://fotografiecircuit.be/portfolio-items/christianclauwers/#
Future Exhibitions
4 March 2025 > 25 April 2025
CREM (Club des Résidents Etrangers de Monaco) — Using Image to bridge the gap between science, education and policy | CREM [MONACO]
I will give two lectures during the exhibition.
1 July 2025 > 31 August 2025
RIVIERENHOF PARK | Antwerp [BELGIUM]
19 August 2025 > 1 September 2025
RIVIERENHOF KASTAAL | Antwerp [BELGIUM]
4—10th September 2025
Orkney International Science Festival — Using Image to bridge the gap between science, education and policy | Kirkwall, Orkney Islands [UK]
I will give a keynote and will exhibit at the Ship of Fools Gallery in Kirkwall’s Bridge Street.
15th December 2025 > 31st May 2026
Klaipėda City — AWARENESS, a matter of time | Klaipėda [LITHUANIA]
Exhibition in Klaipėda City, LITHUANIA
(dates to be announced soon)
PACIFIC OCEAN PROJECT : Sea Walls & Mangrove Trees – sinking Islands in the Pacific Ocean on the frontline of Global Warming — BLUE EARTH EXPLORERS | Antwerp [BELGIUM]
SOLO EXHIBITION
(more info soon)
(dates to be announced soon)
PROJECT CHERNOBYL : How nature has reclaimed the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — BLUE EARTH EXPLORERS | Antwerp [BELGIUM]
Despite the viscous, silent horror of radiation, 36 years after the reactor meltdown when 350.000 people were evacuated from the region, flora and fauna thrives.
SOLO EXHIBITION
(more info soon)
Past Solo Exhibitions
2024
• Museum MARKIEZENHOF — AWARENESS, a matter of time | Bergen op Zoom [THE NETHERLANDS]
• Embassy of Belgium in Switzerland — AWARENESS, a matter of time | Bern [SWITZERLAND]
• European Maritime Day, organised by the European Commission; in collaboration with the Danish Maritime Authority and the Municipality of Svendborg — AWARENESS, a matter of time | Svendborg International Maritime Academy, Svendborg [DENMARK]
• Open Day - Europe Day 2024, exhibiting at the headquarters of the European Commission | Berlaymont, Brussels [BELGIUM]
• The Mid-Norway European Office in collaboration with the City of Trondheim (Norway) — AWARENESS, a matter of time | Europadagene Conference, Trondheim [NORWAY]
2023
• Embassy of Belgium in Argentina — Climate Change and the RV BELGICA, in the context of 125 years Belgica expedition | Buenos Aires [ARGENTINA]
• Embassy of Belgium in Switzerland — Raising Climate Change awareness through image | Bern [SWITZERLAND]
• GSJ Advocaten — Awareness, a matter of time | Antwerp [BELGIUM]
• FIATA World Congress 2023, The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) — Exhibition: Awareness, a matter of time| SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre, Brussels [BELGIUM]
• Oostende: outdoor exhibition at the Nieuwe Gaanderijen, in collaboration with the City of Oostende — In the frontline of Global Warming: the Research Vessel BELGICA | Oostende [BELGIUM]
• Italian Institute for Marine Science (CNR ISMAR) — Science at Sea: 100 years CNR — solo exhibition of the R/V BELGICA and the R/V DALLAPORTA | CNR ISMAR HQ, Venice [ITALY]
• Belgian Senate, six-month follow-up exhibition at the Federal Parliament of Belgium, introduced by the President of the Belgian Senate, Ms. Stephanie D'Hose — Awareness, a matter of time | Belgian Senate, Federal Parliament of Belgium, Brussels [BELGIUM]
• De Abdij van Bornem — Awareness, a matter of time | Bornem [BELGIUM]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — Awareness, a matter of time | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Copenhagen & European Environment Agency (E.E.A.), outdoor solo exhibition at Kongens Nytorv, in collaboration with the City of Copenhagen and the European Environment Agency — Awareness, a matter of time | Copenhagen [DENMARK]
• Belgian Embassy in Denmark, exhibition in the presence of Ambassador Michiel Maertens and Prof. Dr. Hans Bruyninckx, executive director of the European Environment Agency — Awareness, a matter of time | Belgian Embassy, Copenhagen [DENMARK]
• Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, official opening of my exhibition at the Federal Parliament of Belgium by Ms. Eliane Tillieux, Chairman of the House of Representatives; Federal Minister of Climate Zakia Khattabi and Prof. Dr. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Climate scientist at UCLouvain, former IPCC Vice-Chair — Awareness, a matter of time | Federal Parliament of Belgium, Brussels [BELGIUM]
2022
• NAUSICAÁ, solo exhibition of 1,5 years at NAUSICAÁ – Centre National de la Mer — Les pôles Nord et Sud, Témoins du réchauffement climatique (North and South Pole, witnesses of global warming) | Boulogne-sur-Mer [FRANCE]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — Awareness, a matter of time | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Vrijzinnig Antwerps Trefpunt (VAT), Out of a Box — A Voyage around the Blue World | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Arctic Futures Symposium 2022, organised by the International Polar Foundation — A world of Ice and Water | Brussels [BELGIUM]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — A world of Ice and Water: an overview of the ocean & polar explorations, revealing a bewildering world of ice and water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• DOMITYS — A world of Ice and Water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Huis van de Mens — A world of Ice and Water | Brussels [BELGIUM]
• Polar Symposium: dedicated to Belgian polar research and role on the international scene, organised by The Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Belgian National Committee of (Ant)Arctic Research (BNCAR) | Museum of Natural Sciences, Brussels [BELGIUM]
• Lofoten: the Green Islands 2030: Official presentation of my photo assignment for the Regional Council Lofoten, in the presence of the Norwegian Ambassador to Belgium, Mr. Per Sjaastad; the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, Prof. Dr. Hans Bruyninckx; and the Honorary Consul-General of Norway Baudouin Lagrange | Zeberg Fine Art, Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Lille 3000: Utopia Festival in 2022, outdoor exhibition on the Grand Boulevard connecting Mouvaux to Lille — Les Terres gelées et les Océans infinis | Mouvaux [FRANCE]
• Emeraude Littoral Festival in Brittany — Les Terres gelées et les Océans infinis | Dinard & Saint-Lunaire [FRANCE]
• Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen Broeders van Liefde — Bevroren Land & Grenzeloos Water | Tienen [BELGIUM]
2021
• United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 (Blue Zone), presenting my work at the ministerial roundtable event BLUE LEADERS 30x30 on building climate resilience in the ocean, committed to protect 30% by 2030 (“30x30”) and the successful negotiation of a strong new UN High Seas Treaty | Glasgow [UK]
• Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen Broeders van Liefde — Bevroren Land & Grenzeloos Water | Tienen [BELGIUM]
• KUNSTGEZIND: Art meets the sustainable development goals — Entering the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the world's largest collection of agricultural biodiversity | Plein Publiek, Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Fit For 55 Conference (emission reduction of at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990), organized by the climate change cell of the Public Health Departement of the Belgian Federal Government | Tour & Taxis, Brussels [BELGIUM]
• Schilde, WERF 44, in collaboration with the municipality of Schilde — Ocean Stories & Polar Experiences | Schilde [BELGIUM]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — WHITEOUT | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Brasschaat: exhibition at the Sint-Jozefskapel, in collaboration with the municipality of Brasschaat — Frozen Lands & Infinite Sea | Brasschaat [BELGIUM]
• NAUSICAÁ, solo exhibition of 1,5 years at NAUSICAÁ – Centre National de la Mer — Les pôles Nord et Sud, Témoins du réchauffement climatique (North and South Pole, witnesses of global warming) | Boulogne-sur-Mer [FRANCE]
2020
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — Wild and Untouched, a journey to the end of the world: the French Southern and Antarctic Lands | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Centre Hospitalier Boulogne-sur-Mer — Les océans et les régions polaires | Boulogne-sur-Mer [FRANCE]
• YUST — A world of Ice and Water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Huis Hellemans, in collaboration with the municipality of Edegem — Ocean Stories & Polar Experiences | Edegem [BELGIUM]
• Kasteel van Schoten, in collaboration with the municipality of Schoten — Ocean Stories & Polar Experiences | Schoten [BELGIUM]
2019
• United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25 (Blue Zone), presenting my work in the public area during the entire conference, on the official social media channels of the UN, as well as in the Benelux Pavilion during the ministerial roundtable event BLUE LEADERS 30x30 on building climate resilience in the ocean, committed to protect 30% by 2030 (“30x30”) and the successful negotiation of a strong new UN High Seas Treaty | Madrid [SPAIN]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art, exhibition in collaboration with Dixie Dansercoer (R.I.P.), Antoon Van den Braembussche and Richard Foqué — WAVES | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Hotel Banks — A world of Ice and Water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Sint-Anne-Ten-Drieën-Kerk, Introduction by Vlaams Bouwmeester Leo Van Broeck — Bevroren Land & Grenzeloos Water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• De Rosenobel — Bevroren Land & Grenzeloos Water | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
2018
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — A South Atlantic Odyssey | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Projectruimte Hoofdstraat 17 — Gates of the (Ant)Arctic | Beetsterswaag [THE NETHERLANDS]
2017
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art — Gates of the (Ant)Arctic | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
Past Group Exhibitions
2024
• Talk Créateur d'Expériences Cultureles (Gallery Talk CEC, with the support of IOC UNESCO) — 'Seas and Oceans' ('Mers et Océans') | Brussels [BELGIUM]
2022
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art, duo exhibition Christian Clauwers & Els Vos — MOON | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
2021
• Kasteel van Hoen — Soirée des étoiles | Geetbets [BELGIUM]
• Gallery Zeberg Fine Art, duo exhibition Christian Clauwers & David Speybrouck — SENSES | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
2020
• Kasteel van Hoen — Soirée des étoiles | Geetbets [BELGIUM]
2019
• Art In Nature — Kasteel van Schoten + Arboretum | Schoten & Kalmthout [BELGIUM]
• Early Bird Gallery | Knokke [BELGIUM]
2018
• Galerie Woussen | Knokke [BELGIUM]
2017
• Early Bird Gallery | Brasschaat [BELGIUM]
• Winter Wezel Culinair, 's Gravenwezel | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
• Galerie Schoots + Van Duyse | Antwerpen [BELGIUM]
STAY CONNECTED – FOLLOW THE JOURNEY