[Guest] curated by Ilke Cop

Tatjana Pieters is honoured to invite you to [Guest] curated by Ilke Cop, a dynamic group exhibition curated by Belgian artist Ilke Cop. Conceived as a dialogue rather than a theme, the exhibition brings together a selection of artists whose works resonate with Cop’s own practice—exploring embodiment, transformation, and the politics of looking. In this curatorial project, Cop extends her ongoing investigation of visual codes and identity into a broader collective framework, creating space for multiple voices to intersect and collide.

In [Guest] curated by Ilke Cop, the act of curation itself becomes a form of artistic expression—an intuitive and conceptual process that mirrors Cop’s sculptural and painterly methods. The participating artists engage with ideas of intimacy, vulnerability, and resistance, often subverting materials or images associated with domesticity and control. Through these gestures, the exhibition questions how aesthetic forms both reflect and shape social structures, particularly around gender and perception.

The exhibition unfolds as a constellation of conversations between works, where irony and sincerity coexist. Subtle shifts in texture, language, and form invite viewers to navigate the porous boundary between personal narrative and shared cultural memory. Each piece operates as both statement and reflection—an echo of Cop’s curatorial sensibility, which embraces contradiction as a site of creative potential.

With [Guest] curated by Ilke Cop, Tatjana Pieters continues its commitment to artist-led projects that expand the definition of curatorial practice. The exhibition proposes an open, dialogical space where artistic voices challenge and transform one another—affirming that collaboration, like art itself, remains a vital force of renewal and reimagination.