
About KIN
KIN is a new commercial gallery in the heart of Brussels, Rue Ravenstein, with a focus on artistic positions that defy easy categorisation. KIN stands for kinship and, as such, the gallery is based on a network of artists that I have been working with for many years. Collaboration with others is part of KIN’s DNA, an interdisciplinary approach is its goal. KIN is both a commercial enterprise and a platform for artistic exchange — it presents exhibitions, develops projects, and programmes events. The gallery space, designed by OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, rethinks what a contemporary gallery space can be today, creating a site that allows for multifaceted presentations by contemporary international artists.
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Founder-Director
Nicolaus has founded and will direct KIN after numerous years at a number of international art institutions.
nicolausschafhausen.com
Micaela Dixon
Director
Micaela Dixon is a writer and curator joining KIN from Fogo Island Arts, a contemporary arts and ideas organization based off the east coast of Newfoundland & Labrador. Previously, she was working on the Artist Liaison team at Hauser & Wirth.
Jef Declercq
Artist Liaison & Sales
Jef Declercq is a Brussels-based curator, writer, and gallery worker. He is a co-founder of Publiek Park, a nomadic art project which reimagines public city parks and gardens as exhibition spaces. He has conducted research on art in public space, and his writings are published by e-flux, Glean magazine, and various galleries. Experienced in working with galleries and art fairs, he holds a master’s degree in Art History from Ghent University and a postgraduate in Curatorial Studies from KASK. He was part of the Young Curators Programme of the Belgian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale.
Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen
OFFICE is an international architectural practice founded in Brussels in 2002. OFFICE designed the new KIN gallery. officekgdvs.com
Boy Vereecken
Boy Vereecken is an Art-Director with a design studio based in Brussels. The studio designed the new KIN identity.
https://boyvereecken.info
KIN’s identity involves a word-logo as an overall structure. It provides a visual basis for the gallery’s content, something both flexible and hermetic. The design embodies the importance of kinship with different aspects/manifestations/iterations such as speech, presentation, production and distribution. Over time, KIN’s identity will help facilitate the varied array of communications distributed by the gallery.
Responsibility for all content: KIN Gallery BV.
Ondernemingsnummer (Company number): 795.970.617