About

Belgian photographer Sebastian Schutyser was born in Bruges in 1968, and grew up in Congo. He took a degree in political science at the University of Ghent in Belgium, and a master degree photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the same town.

The relation between our natural environment and the spiritual footprint of humankind is an important element in his work. He received the support of the Belgian Vocation Foundation, the Flemish Government and The Aga Khan Trust for Culture. He has been photographing in Africa, Europe, Central Asia, South Korea, Japan and the USA.

Several of his projects have been published, and his photographs have been exhibited at the Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Royal Africa Museum in Tervuren, Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, Deutsches Architektur Museum in Frankfurt, Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine de Bamako, BOZAR in Brussels, Antwerp Photography Museum, Clayarch Gimhae Museum in South-Korea, and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris.

Solo exhibitions:

  • Bae Bien-U Artist Residency, Korea – 2018
  • CC De Warande, Turnhout – 2015            
  • Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul – 2010
  • CC Hasselt – 2009
  • Terra 2008, Bamako – 2008
  • FotoMuseum Antwerpen – 2007
  • Gimhae Clayarch Museum, Korea – 2007
  • Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp – 2005
  • European Parliament, Brussels – 2005
  • BOZAR, Brussels – 2004
  • Fondazione Mudima, Milan – 2004
  • Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali – 2003
  • Rencontres de la photographie africaine de Bamako, Mali – 2003
  • Belfry of Bruges – 2003
  • Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt – 2003
  • Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris – 2002
  • Royal Africa Museum, Tervuren – 2000

Group exhibitions:

  • Galerie Bab El Kebir, Rabat – 2019
  • Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent – 2018
  • Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris – 2017
  • Gimhae Clayarch Museum, Korea – 2016
  • Musée Grand Curtius, Liège – 2013
  • Flanders House New York – 2012
  • Pavillon du Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Mali – 2011
  • Korea International Art Fair, Seoul – 2010
  • Gante-Yuste, various locations in Extremadura – 2008 & 2009
  • Sonsbeek Festival, CBK Arnhem – 2008
  • Espace EDF Electra, Paris – 2006
  • FotoMuseum Antwerp – 2005
  • Mediapark Köln – 2004
  • Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp – 2003
  • Noorderlicht Photo Festival, The Netherlands – 2000
  • Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi – 1998 & 2000
  • Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Ghent – 1998

Publications:

  • Miró Rivera Architects – Building a New Arcadia, University of Texas Press, 2020
  • Goindol, Dolmen in South Korea, Chaeg, 2016
  • The Music of Central Asia, Indiana University Press, 2016
  • Matador, La Fabrica, 2014
  • Belgian Design Travel, An Graphics, 2013
  • Music in Central Asia Vol. 1-9, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / The Aga Khan Music Initiative, 2006-2010
  • Gante-Yuste, Fundación Cajasol, 2008
  • Flowers of the Moon, Afroalpine vegetation of the Rwenzori Mountains, 5 Continents Editions, 2007
  • Spirit of Africa, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, 2007
  • En français sous l’image, Paris Musées, 2006
  • Kurzdavordanach, Revolver/Photographische Sammlung, 2004
  • Banco, Adobe Mosques of the Inner Niger Delta, 5 Continents Editions, 2003
  • Lehmmoscheen in Mali, Junius Verlag, 2003
  • Caceres, Mercatorfonds, 2003
  • Blauw, Documentaire Fotografie Opdrachten Vlaanderen, 2002
  • Les Mosquées En Terre Du Mali, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 2002
  • Bruges, Mercatorfonds, 2001
  • Africa Inside, Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht, 2000