Education :

Master of Arts in Art History and Archaeology – University Ghent



Career :

• assistant at the Office of Cultural Affairs – City of Ghent

• since 1974 : director-curator of the Design museum Gent – City of Ghent

• since 1977 : general secretary of the Vlaamse Museumvereniging – Association of Flemish Museums; since 1986 president (until February 1989)

• since 1983 : general secretary of the Belgian Comitee of the International Council of Museums; since April 1986 president (until 1989)

• since 1974 : founder and president of the Dienst voor Kunstambachten – Office of Arts and Crafts, provincie Oost-Vlaanderen

• since 1988 : founder en president of the Fonds voor Kunstambachten VZW – Foundation for Arts and Crafts

• 1990 : guest-curator at the Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo

• 1988-1992 : coordinator of the new construction wing of the Design museum Gent (initiator since 1975)



Besides the regular museum tasks, he directs and supervises the exhibitions at the Design museum Gent, in which the 20th-Century and contemporary decorative arts, architecture and design are emphasised.



Recent international references



Exhibition “Henry van de Veldeâ€Â, Weimar, 1999

Exhibition “Piet Stockmansâ€Â, Gera, Helsinki, 1999, 2000

Exhibition “Design from Flandersâ€Â, Ghent, Porto, Helsinki, Prague, Berlin, 2001-2005

Exhibition “Design in Compositesâ€Â, Ghent, 2003

Exhibition “Maarten Van Severen, worksâ€Â, Ghent, Herford, Utrecht, 2004-2005

Exhibition “Ettore Sottsassâ€Â, Ghent, 2007-2008

Exhibition “Christopher Dresser, pioneer of designâ€Â, Ghent, Prague, Herford, 2007-2008