Pieter Vermeulen is a Belgium-based art critic, curator, and lecturer. He studied Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven. He currently teaches courses on contemporary art and theory, artistic research, cultural sociology, and self-organization at PXL-MAD School of Arts in Hasselt and St. Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp. His writings have appeared in numerous contemporary art magazines, academic journals, and exhibition catalogues. He is the author of The Sleep of Reason: Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Art (MER Books/Owl Press, 2024).

Vermeulen has curated exhibitions and conferences for institutions including Kunsthal Mechelen, La Cambre/HISK/KANAL Centre Pompidou (Brussels), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), Marres (Maastricht), Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp), Europalia.China, BUDA (Kortrijk), and MoCA (Shanghai), among others. He is a graduate of the ICI Curatorial Intensive (New York City) and a former resident at Vessel (Bari).

He served as curator at the HISK (Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Ghent/Brussels) and as artistic director of the university gallery KRIEG? (Hasselt), where he organized solo exhibitions with artists such as Julien Meert, Pilvi Takala, Wesley Meuris, Ryan Gander, Grace Ndiritu, Assaf Gruber, and The Book Lovers. Previously, he worked with Les Nouveaux Commanditaires/The New Patrons (Brussels), facilitating public art commissions; Ghent University (research group S:PAM/Studies in Performing Arts and Media); and KASK & Conservatorium/School of Arts (Ghent).

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