Hildegarde Handsaeme

Hildegarde Handsaeme is a Belgian contemporary artist celebrated for her minimalist female figures, geometric abstraction, and emotionally balanced linework. With over three decades of artistic practice and more than 200 original works, she creates collectible contemporary artworks that unite figurative elegance, modern figurative art, and abstract harmony, establishing her as one of the most recognizable voices in European minimalist art.

Her distinctive style has drawn international curatorial praise:

– “Highly visual, graphically strong, and technically impressive. A coherent visual universe guided by fluid, challenging curves.” – Quentin Métayer, Perrotin Gallery, Paris
– “Your work has a musical rhythm — bridging painting and illustration with rare balance.” – Anastasia Mitrogogou, Podgorny Robinson & Perrotin Gallery

Hildegarde’s work has been featured in major art publications, including Women in Art – Masterpieces of Visual Art (Edition Fuhs), Resident Magazine (New York), DESTIG Magazine, and WBM Luxury Guide (30 Artists to Collect). She has exhibited in New York, London, Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam, and collaborated with Andrew Winch Design (London), a leading name in luxury interior and yacht design.

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Although Hildegarde is a self-taught artist, she studied visual arts for four years, focusing intensively on drawing and proportion. These foundations continue to inform her refined linework. Her unique artistic voice developed outside traditional academies, leading to a distinctive, independent style rooted in minimalism and female abstraction.

2011
• Galerij Geens, Overijse, Belgium
• Sensation Modern Fine Art Gallery, Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London, UK
• Cultural Centre Terlanen, Belgium

2012
• Art Takes Times Square, Broadway (42nd–44th Street), New York, USA
• Kunst in Overijse, Belgium

2013
• Bisart – A City A Life, Antwerp, Belgium
• Galerie De Ontdekking van de Hemel, Halle, Belgium

2014
• Constructive Curves Pop-up Expo, CC De Bosuil, Overijse, Belgium
• Kiwanis Grimbergen Art Event, Belgium
• Global Art Series – Girls, Tongeren, Belgium
• Global Art – People/Animals, Tongeren, Belgium
• Global Art – Nieuwpoort, Belgium
• Global Art – Roermond, Netherlands
• Castle of Brasschaat – Curated Group Exhibition, Belgium
• Artbarrel at Casino Middelkerke, Belgium
• Short Term Gallery, Rue Blaes 150, Brussels, Belgium

2015
• Affordable Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
• ADAF – Annual Dutch Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016
• CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands (March)
• Radisson Blu Hotel, Antwerp, Belgium (April)
• Gallery DADA, Antwerp, Belgium (May)

2017
• Online curated exhibitions

2018
• Gallery Pjez Unik, New York, USA

2019
• Hotel Le Cinq Codet, Paris, France (March & April)
• Art Suspendu, Sanary-sur-Mer, France (by invitation)
• Featured Artist...