Annick Geenen (b. 1970, Leopoldsburg, Belgium) is a fine art photographer, visual artist and lecturer at LUCA School of Arts, whose multidisciplinary practice interweaves photography, archival material, collage, text and installation. Her work navigates the space between visual arts and staged, cinematic photography, often focusing on identity, perception and memory.
She has collaborated with creatives such as Raf Simons, Veronique Branquinho, Heaven Tanudiredja, Revital Avidar, Hideki Seo, Ilia Eckardt, Hilde Frunt, Essential Antwerp, Wouter Hoste, Harvey Bouterse, Scabal, Luciano Benetton, Eastpak, Kim Peers, Walter Van Beirendonck, Modenatie Antwerp, Anke Loh, Kathleen Missotten, Kyoko Baertsoen, master students of the Fashion academy from Antwerp and La Cambre Brussels, Yu Fukumoto, Gunyo Kim, Christopher De Vos, Anthony Vaccarello, Josephus Thimister, Sandrina Fasoli, Sabine Hahn, Britta Kurth, Alex Schrijvers, Judith Clark, Marko Galovic, Peter Pilotto, Wim Vandekeybus, Casimir, Anne Pastré, Veronique Leroy, among many others, across fashion, design and performance. Her work has been exhibited at Colette Paris, Vooruitzicht Antwerp, the Fashion Museum Hasselt, De Warande Turnhout, Gallery S & H De Buck, Campo & Campo Art gallery, the Flemish Parliament and various cultural centres in Flanders. Her work has appeared in publications including Vision magazine, Kwintessens, ISEL art and culture magazine, dS Magazine, Goed Gevoel, Feeling, Knack Weekend, Blend, AAA art magazine, Moi Veronique Branquinho Toute Nue (MoMu) , Delvaux (Lannoo), Contradictions: 350 Years Antwerp Academy, The Fashion Book (Phaidon), De Lichte Kamer (Garant), Designers Against Aids (Ludion) and The Rage of Staging (Lannoo).
Annick Geenen graduated in 1992 from the Higher Institute for Visual Communication & Industrial Design (Genk, BE) with an MFA in Photography. During the first two years as an independent arts professional, she discovered a passion for collaborations in the field with other creatives and teaching practices in an Institute of Higher Arts Education, encouraging a fearless and curious approach to thinking and making. Therefore, she went on to get a Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Media and Design Academie and a certificate of pedagogical competence from the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training (BE).
Since 2004, Annick Geenen teaches at the academic Bachelor and Master’s degree programs in Visual Arts Photography at LUCA School of Arts campus C-Mine (BE), while continuing her artistic practice.
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