Arno Synaeve (°1994, Ghent) lives and works in Munich. He is a visual artist, set designer and theatre maker.
His practice is build around a fascination for how an environment influences us, as well as what our impact is on our environment. The word 'landscape' is often referred too, although it's definition goes far beyond the genre in art history: it's a place that evokes both orientation and identification. It doesn't only play a crucial role in the physicality but also in the psychology of the person inhabiting them.
His work reflects a deep interest in art history, especially in the domains of visual art and opera. To him the art of the past is not something that lies behind us - it's part of an ongoing and fascinating dialogue.
He currently studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich (DE) under professor Pia Fries. He gained a Master in Visual Arts at KASK Ghent (BE) and a Master in Theatre at the Toneelacademie Maastricht (NL). He is part of the artistic platform Raumteid, together with Steven Prengels, Wolf Govaerts and Sofie Crabbé.
2025
Blaue Stunde (exhibition)
AkademieGalerie, Munich, DE
Praxis of care (exhibition)
Space N.N., Munich, DE
2024
Float with me (exhibition)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE
All we ever wanted (exhibition)
Galerie 18,2, Munich, DE
2023
Three of a Perfect Pair (exhibition)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE
Zwischen Gestern und Morgen (film)
created with Monja Milzner
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, DE
2022
Zwischen Gestern und Morgen - Klasse Pia Fries (exhibition)
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, DE
Jahresausstellung - Klasse Pia Fries (exhibition)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE
2021
In A Landscape (exhibition: curator, artist)
Raumteid, Ghent, BE
Who wants to dance with me (exhibition)
Les Ballets C de la B, Ghent; BE
Woestijn (film: co-director)
Raumteid, Ghent, BE
Zomersalon 2021 (exhibition)
Kunsthal, Ghent, BE
2020
Daidalos (theatre: director, set design)
Raumteid, Ghent, BE
Zomersalon 2020 (exhibition)
Kunsthal, Ghent, BE
2019
Desolation Nation (exhibition)
Curating the Young, Brussels, BE
The Eye of the Beholder (exhibition)
Blanco, Ghent, BE
Ronse Drawing Prize (exhibition)
De Ververij, Ronse, BE
2018
Berg (theatre: director, set design)
Raumteid, NTGent, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, BE/DE
deep sleep (solo exhibition)
Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke, BE
JR (theatre: director extras)
FC Bergman, Toneelhuis, BE
Ronse Drawing Prize (exhibition)
De Ververij, Ronse, BE
Frozen Beauty (exhibition)
Cement festival, ’s Hertogenbosch, NL
Septemberfestival (exhibition)
De School van Gaasbeek, BE
2017
Une Catastrophe Fantastique II (theatre: set design, dramaturgy)
Kopergietery, Ghent, BE
Masters Salon 2017 (exhibition)
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, BE
Septemberfestival (exhibition)
De School van Gaasbeek, BE
Graduation (exhibition)
KASK, Ghent, BE
Sehnsucht (exhibition)
Gouvernement, Ghent, BE
2016
Doppelter Boden (exhibition)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE
Une Catastrophe Fantastique I (theatre: set design, dramaturgy)
Kopergietery, Ghent, BE
2015
Ohne Titel (noch) (exhibition)
Zwarte Zaal, Ghent, BE