26 Jun 2025 → 26 Aug 2025 (by appointment only)
courtesy Michèle Schoonjans Gallery

courtesy Michèle Schoonjans Gallery

ArtContest and Michèle Schoonjans Gallery are pleased to invite you to discover the installation “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly”, created by Belgian artist Ellen Dhondt, 2024 laureate. An active member of ArtContest since 2007, Michèle Schoonjans is offering her gallery as a window display for ArtContest during the summer of 2025. In this series, Dhondt draws inspiration from the visual logic of compartmentalised plates designed for picky eaters, evoking a psychology of order, control, and emotional fragmentation. With “Picky Eating”, the artist explores the subject of food refusal—often one of the first expressions of autonomy in children, a quiet yet significant act of resistance conveyed through rejection. Ellen Dhondt’s artistic practice stands out for its bold visual style and...

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26 Jun 2025 → 26 Aug 2025 (by appointment only)
courtesy Michèle Schoonjans Gallery

courtesy Michèle Schoonjans Gallery

ArtContest and Michèle Schoonjans Gallery are pleased to invite you to discover the installation “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly”, created by Belgian artist Ellen Dhondt, 2024 laureate. An active member of ArtContest since 2007, Michèle Schoonjans is offering her gallery as a window display for ArtContest during the summer of 2025. In this series, Dhondt draws inspiration from the visual logic of compartmentalised plates designed for picky eaters, evoking a psychology of order, control, and emotional fragmentation. With “Picky Eating”, the artist explores the subject of food refusal—often one of the first expressions of autonomy in children, a quiet yet significant act of resistance conveyed through rejection. Ellen Dhondt’s artistic practice stands out for its bold visual style and...

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