This spring, Frans Masereel Centrum launches the first edition of RHIZOMA – biennial for contemporary art.

Spread across five indoor and outdoor venues within walking distance of each other, and happening every two years from 2025 on, the inaugural edition of the international biennial of contemporary art RHIZOMA will showcase video, sculpture, printmaking, painting, and words, and more.

As an artist-centred initiative, RHIZOMA focuses on innovative and experimental artistic practices that offer insight into the essence of art and the world around us. This results in the presentation of several new creations, combined with recent and historical works never before seen in Belgium.

Participating Artists: Amalia Ulman, Amar Kanwar, Andrea Büttner, Clara Spilliaert, Corita Kent, Eva & Franco Mattes, Jeremy Deller, Michel François, Otobong Nkanga, Pei-Hsuan Wang, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Vaast Colson, Wim Cuyvers

MASEREEL is a contemporary arts centre that combines an artist-oriented artistic programme with an international residency programme for artists and critics, with a special focus on printed matter at large.

As part of its artistic activity, MASEREEL produces and presents contemporary visual art, publishes artist publications and editions, and organizes events such as artist talks and an arts festival.

Equally fundamental is its international residency programme, which over the past decades has grown into one of the most challenging and inspiring environments for artists and critics to explore printed matter in all its facets or to integrate it within a broader practice. Located in a wooded area and equipped with a dynamic printmaking studio, the emphasis is on development, creation, and dialogue.