Villa Spazio Nobile
Frederik Vercruysse, Solo Show
Panoramic, 15 Years of Art Photography
Koningin Fabiolalaan 20, Knokke Le Zoute, Belgium
Open 14-15-16-17 August / 21-22-23-24 August / 28-29-30-31 August ,14:00–20:00
& by appointment, in the presence of the artist photographer
Finissage on Sunday 31 August, 14-18.00
Guided Tour Through the Photographer’s Lens
Viewing Room: the collection of art prints on Artsy
Contact us for more information: [email protected], +32 475 53 19 88
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About the Artist Photographer
Frederik Vercruysse is a celebrated Belgian photographer renowned for his minimalist, atmospheric visual style. Based in Antwerp, he has gained international recognition for his distinctive approach to still lifes, architecture, interiors and landscapes. His serene, meticulously composed images are noted for their clarity, balance and poetic restraint.
Vercruysse broadly defines his work as still life photography, whether he is capturing spaces, objects or natural environments. Regardless of the subject, his aim remains consistent: to reveal things in their purest, most essential form. His photographs are characterised by a refined visual order, muted colour palettes and thoughtful interplay of light and shadow. “I work in a really controlled way,” he explains. “I weigh and balance until my image finds its equilibrium.” This guiding principle informs both his personal and commercial work, blurring the boundaries between fine art and applied photography.
Although he was initially drawn to a career in architecture, Vercruysse soon realised that his true passion lay not in designing buildings, but in capturing their emotional and spatial essence through photography. For him, photography is a pure craft—an act of seeing rather than seeking. “You don’t think of the most beautiful things,” he says. “You have to dare to see them and be able to visualize them.” His architectural sensibility runs deep, informing not only his choice of subject but also the structure, composition, and subtle modulation of light within his images. Photography becomes a way to translate atmosphere, silence, and tension into an immersive and deeply personal visual language. Photographing something he truly connects with gives him a profound sense of peace—offering a meditative state of mind where presence and perception merge.
His commercial portfolio includes collaborations with prestigious international clients such as Hermès, Delvaux, Molteni&C, Zara Home, Vincent Van Duysen, B&B Italia, Diptyque, Axel Vervoordt, Muller Van Severen, Raf Simons, and Tiffany & Co. His editorial work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, WSJ Magazine and Architectural Digest. In 2016, Vercruysse published Index 2006–2016 (Luster), a ten-year retrospective of his photographic journey through the worlds of architecture, design, fashion and art. He is represented by ILA in the Benelux region and by Quadriga Management in Paris and New York.
Since 2017, Spazio Nobile Gallery has exhibited and represented his fine art photography. His personal projects often explore themes of silence, time, materiality and transformation. Created during a residency at Villa Lena in Tuscany, Tempo Polveroso captures the otherworldly stillness of the region’s marble quarries. Windows, exhibited at Spazio Nobile in 2021, examined the relationship between architecture, reflection, and human presence through layered compositions and digital interventions. Other notable works, such as the Atlantic Series and his 2017 collaboration with Belgian ceramicist Piet Stockmans within the gallery’s duo exhibition, Blauw, Ceci n’est pas une couleur, further revealed his enduring interest in texture, mood, and spatial abstraction.
Over the past decades, Frederik Vercruysse has developed a photographic vision grounded in architectural sensitivity and minimalist aesthetics. His work, which is both documentary and artistic, has earned him an esteemed place on the international stage, with a style that bridges the worlds of design, fashion, media, and fine art.
