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Galerie Adrienne D (Belgium) – who are we and what do we aim to achieve?

My husband and I set up the Adrienne D art gallery in Kortrijk (Belgium) in 3/2020 with a focus on contemporary abstract ceramics (non-figurative, non-functional).
I have been working with ceramics for 8 years, taking courses at the Academy of Fine Arts (Zwevegem, Courtrai, Tielt) and in various international workshops (e.g. Jane Norbury, Brigitte Marionneau and Corinne Guého, Dalloun).
It was while working with clay myself and out of a passion for ceramics that the idea of creating an art gallery focusing on ceramics by professional artists was born.
Since then, we have organised several exhibitions and shown the work of various international ceramists. You can find out more on our website: https://www.adrienne-d.art
In 2021, we also opened a shop on the Place du Marché in Ypres (Belgium) where we permanently exhibit contemporary ceramics.
We are targeting the Belgian, Dutch and northern French markets, and are planning publications in the Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, Klei, De kleine K.
Our focus is international, with an emphasis on superior quality. We believe that ceramic art often receives too little attention compared to other art forms. Yet this art form requires a great deal of knowledge, technique, expertise, patience, perseverance and dedication.

With the artists we work with, our aim is to build a good relationship based on respect, trust and honesty. We want to understand what motivates them and what their concepts and points of view are in the works they present.
The gallery is housed in a town house dating from 1945 and has several exhibition spaces, allowing for a variety of accents in a friendly atmosphere. In early 2024 we extended the exhibition space by converting the car park into an exhibition garden. This makes it possible to show works that can remain outside.
My husband, Guy Gadeyne, is Belgian, 66 years old and has been a vet and cardiologist for small animals for over 40 years.
Myself, Chantal Buyse, 66, Belgian, a law graduate, has worked for 40 years as a human resources manager in various companies. We share a love of art and hope to continue developing it with the gallery in the future.

Exhibitions held at Galerie Adrienne D in Marke :

Expo 1 – 03/2020 – honorary artist JANE NORBURY
Exhibition 2 – 10/2020 – honorary artist BRIGITTE LONG
Exhibition 3 – 06/2021 – honorary artist AKASHI MURAKAMI
Exhibition 4 – 03/2022 – honorary artists BENOIT POUPLARD – SANGWOO KIM – CHLOE PEYTERMANN – DANIELA SCHLAGENHAUF
Expo 5 – 10/2022 – honorary artists MONIKA DEBUS – METTE MAYA GREGERSEN – PETRA BITTL
Expo 6 – 04/2023 – honorary artists CLAUDE CHAMPY – NANI CHAMPY SCHOTT – ANNOUK THYS
Expo 7 – 09/2023 – honorary artists MATTHIEU CASSEAU – KIM SANGWOO – DOROTHEE WENZ – JINHWI LEE – PATTY WOUTERS
Expo 8 – 04/2024 – honorary artists JEAN-FRANCOIS THIERION – FRANCINE MICHEL – MANFRED EMMENEGGER-KANZLER – LUCIE CROUAN – BENEDICTE VALLET
Expo 9 – scheduled for 09/2024 – artists of honour SEUNGHO YANG – DOMINIQUE COENEN – ICARO MAITERENA – MONIKA DEBUS – ANNOUK THYS
Expo 10 – scheduled for 03/2025 – artists of honour ELKE SADA – KARIN BABLOK – JULIA GILLES – ULE EWELT

Other exhibitions :

Expo Ypres – 05/2022 – LUISA MAISEL
Expo Kortemark – ART ROUTE – 06/2022
Expo Poperinge – DE GHEUS MUSEUMHUIS – 06/2022
Gallery days in Ypres (Kunst in Ieper) – 05/2023
Lille Artup 2024 – 02/2024
Art3f Kortrijk – 05/2024
Gallery days in Ypres (Kunst in Ieper) – 05/2024

Artists whose works of art we exhibit/have exhibited :
Petra BITTL
Gisèle BUTHOD-GARCON
Frédéric CAPIEAUX
Mathieu CASSEAU
Claude CHAMPY
Nani CHAMPY-SCOTT
Dominique COENEN
Lucie CROUAN
DALLOUN
Monica DEBUS
Manfred EMMENEGGER-KANZLER
Mette Maya GREGERSEN Corinne GUEGO
Sangwoo KIM
Blayne KNOX
Jacques LAROUSSINIE
Jinhwi LEE
Brigitte LONG
Luisa MAISEL
François MARECHAL
Brigitte MARIONNEAU
Francine MICHEL
Akashi MURAKAMI
Jane NORBURY
Nadia PASQUER
Chloé PEYTERMANN
Benoît POUPLARD
Isabelle RENE
Daniela SCHLAGENHAUF
Karina SCHNEIDERS
Jean-François THIERION
Annouk THYS
Bénédicte VALLET
Sian VAN DRIEL
Horacio VENTURIN
Léna VON BUSSE
Barbara WEIBEL
Dorothée WENZ
David WHITEHEAD
Christiane WILHELM
Patty WOUTERS
Seungho YANG