Bio
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp.
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp.
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp.
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp. Her work moves between exhibition-making, artistic coordination, collection guidance, research, writing, and public mediation. Growing up close to contemporary art shaped her eye early on: her family history is connected to Antwerp’s post-war art scene, including G58 at the Hessenhuis. She grew up close to the exhibition space context of LLS387 where she first encountered how artists, audiences, collectors, and institutions meet. She studied Art Sciences at Ghent University and followed film theory in Paris, developing an approach that combines art-historical depth with practical production and a strong sensitivity to context. Across galleries, museums, film festivals, research projects, and cultural events, she has worked on exhibitions, programmes, guided visits, artist support, and public communication. Her practice is driven by the encounter between artwork and its audience, between artists and institutions, and between precise organisation and the artistic form of a project. As an art advisor she helpt to give form to visions and collections.
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp. Her work moves between exhibition-making, artistic coordination, collection guidance, research, writing, and public mediation. Growing up close to contemporary art shaped her eye early on: her family history is connected to Antwerp’s post-war art scene, including G58 at the Hessenhuis. She grew up close to the exhibition space context of LLS387 where she first encountered how artists, audiences, collectors, and institutions meet. She studied Art Sciences at Ghent University and followed film theory in Paris, developing an approach that combines art-historical depth with practical production and a strong sensitivity to context. Across galleries, museums, film festivals, research projects, and cultural events, she has worked on exhibitions, programmes, guided visits, artist support, and public communication. Her practice is driven by the encounter between artwork and its audience, between artists and institutions, and between precise organisation and the artistic form of a project. As an art advisor she helpt to give form to visions and collections.
Yirka De Brucker is a Belgian curator and art advisor based in Antwerp. Her work moves between exhibition-making, artistic coordination, collection guidance, research, writing, and public mediation. Growing up close to contemporary art shaped her eye early on: her family history is connected to Antwerp’s post-war art scene, including G58 at the Hessenhuis. She grew up close to the exhibition space context of LLS387 where she first encountered how artists, audiences, collectors, and institutions meet. She studied Art Sciences at Ghent University and followed film theory in Paris, developing an approach that combines art-historical depth with practical production and a strong sensitivity to context. Across galleries, museums, film festivals, research projects, and cultural events, she has worked on exhibitions, programmes, guided visits, artist support, and public communication. Her practice is driven by the encounter between artwork and its audience, between artists and institutions, and between precise organisation and the artistic form of a project. As an art advisor she helpt to give form to visions and collections.
CV
Professional experience
Professional experience
Professional experience
Project
Organisation
Year
Guided tours @ Axel Vervoordt
for Art by Step & Silo
Axel Vervoordt / Kanaal
Axel Vervoordt / Kanaal
2025–present
2025–present
Curator Intra_Extra
Curator Intra_Extra
Antwerp Art Weekend in A-Space
Antwerp Art Weekend in A-Space
2025–2026
2025–2026
Biennale Plantentuin Meise
Biennale Plantentuin Meise
Plantentuin Meise & Cultuurvuur
2025–2026
2025–2026
Ballroom Project #3
Ballroom Project #3
Ballroom Project / Antwerp Art Weekend
Ballroom Project / Antwerp Art Weekend
2024
2024
Ballroom Project #1
Ballroom Project #1
DMW Gallery / Base-Alpha Gallery
DMW Gallery / Base-Alpha Gallery
2024
2024
Film projects & BREEDBEELD Kortfilmfestival
Film projects & BREEDBEELD Kortfilmfestival
BREEDBEELD
BREEDBEELD
2019–2021
2019–2021
Pukkelpop Art / Art United
Pukkelpop Art / Art United
S.M.A.K. / Pukkelpop
S.M.A.K. / Pukkelpop
2019
2019
Boarding Galleries
Boarding Galleries
Antwerp Art Weekend
Antwerp Art Weekend
2018
2018
Circularity @ Plein Publiek
Circularity @ Plein Publiek
PLUS-ONE Gallery / Gallery Sofie Van De Velde
PLUS-ONE Gallery / Gallery Sofie Van De Velde
2018
2018
Assistant curator
Assistant curator
Argos, Centre for Art and Media
Argos, Centre for Art and Media
2015–2017
2015–2017
Filem’On
Filem’On
International Film Festival for Young Audiences
International Film Festival for Young Audiences
2017
2017
Montreux Jazz Festival
Montreux Jazz Festival
Festival production and hospitality
Festival production and hospitality
2016
2016
Academic research
Academic research
Koen Brams
Koen Brams
2015–2016
2015–2016
Volunteer LLS387
Volunteer LLS387
Exhibition space context and public mediation
Exhibition space context and public mediation
2015–2016
2015–2016
Education
M.A. Art History, Ghent University.
Film theory, Université Nanterre, Paris.
Academic background in art sciences, contemporary art, film, and exhibition history.
Contact
ydb.debrucker@gmail.com · 0032468112234
ydb.debrucker@gmail.com · 0032468112234