Jolien Van Goethem (1996°) is a mixed-media artist living in Ghent, Belgium. Her work has an autobiographical nature and creates a safe space for exploring pain, grief, and healing. It is a continuous search for meaning, connection, and a new body to carry her. This body manifests in forms that allow her to translate experiences and emotions, strongly influenced by a 'cripped' perspective that centers on the fragility and strength of the body.
Characterized by layering, rawness, photographic elements, the presence or absence of language, and a poetic nature, her practice is constantly evolving. Materials and techniques serve as a direct extension of this search, emphasizing the interaction between body and creation. Moving with an inner journey, the work seeks connection—between self and others, between body and medium. This ongoing dialogue explores the boundaries of expression and communication, uncovering new ways to connect.
EDUCATION
Textile Art, Academy of visual arts Ghent (DKO), Gent 2024
Graphic arts, Academy of visual arts Ghent (DKO) 2021- 2024
Photography, Syntra-Midden Vlaanderen Ghent, 2017-2018
Bachelor of Interior Design, Ku-Leuven Sint-Lucas School of Arts Gent, 2014-2017
Textile Art, Academy of visual arts Ghent (DKO), Gent 2024
Graphic arts, Academy of visual arts Ghent (DKO) 2021- 2024
Photography, Syntra-Midden Vlaanderen Ghent, 2017-2018
Bachelor of Interior Design, Ku-Leuven Sint-Lucas School of Arts Gent, 2014-2017
RESIDENCES
Artist in residence, Weder(eco flowerfarm), in collaboration with Gouvernement, Gent, 2024-2025
Artist in residence, Back to Basics program, Arteles Creative Centre, Finland, June 2024
Participant learning network ‘Wortelen/Rooting’, Kunstenpunt Brussels, September 2023- August 2024
Artist in residence with Werktitel Collectief, Decoratelier, Brussels 2021
Artist in residence, Weder(eco flowerfarm), in collaboration with Gouvernement, Gent, 2024-2025
Artist in residence, Back to Basics program, Arteles Creative Centre, Finland, June 2024
Participant learning network ‘Wortelen/Rooting’, Kunstenpunt Brussels, September 2023- August 2024
Artist in residence with Werktitel Collectief, Decoratelier, Brussels 2021
PUBLICATIONS
Publication “How do you feel?”, Poetry, Healing justice Londen, Londen 2025
Publication textilework ‘Bone to bone’, Kingfisher Magazine, Issue 5, California 2024
Zine “Summer sour love story” for Les VoisZines, Kunsthal Ghent 2023
Book “(In)Visible”, Ink drawings, Ghent 2022-2023
Cover thesis Marie Jacobs, Design and layout in screen printing, Ghent 2022
Series of drawings “gekentende gedachten”, second edition of Estrademagazine, Brussels 2021
Publication “How do you feel?”, Poetry, Healing justice Londen, Londen 2025
Publication textilework ‘Bone to bone’, Kingfisher Magazine, Issue 5, California 2024
Zine “Summer sour love story” for Les VoisZines, Kunsthal Ghent 2023
Book “(In)Visible”, Ink drawings, Ghent 2022-2023
Cover thesis Marie Jacobs, Design and layout in screen printing, Ghent 2022
Series of drawings “gekentende gedachten”, second edition of Estrademagazine, Brussels 2021
VISUAL ARTS
Billboard, Photocollage and poem, Billboard installation, Bruges 2025
ongoing work, a collective language for grief-research into floriography&textiles, Gent, 2024-present
ongoing work, bedroomstories, archive, Gent 2024- present
Textile installation “Soms kijk ik naar de lucht en vraag ik af of het echt is/ Sometimes I look at the sky and ask myself if it’s real”, Ghent, 2023
Screenprint Collage “homesick for a home I never had,” Academy of Visual Arts Ghent, 2022-2023
Serie of Lino prints, Academy of visual arts Ghent 2022
Mural for international womens day, Meubelfabriek Gent 2022
Mural for Barvizart, Antwerpen 2022
Billboard, Photocollage and poem, Billboard installation, Bruges 2025
ongoing work, a collective language for grief-research into floriography&textiles, Gent, 2024-present
ongoing work, bedroomstories, archive, Gent 2024- present
Textile installation “Soms kijk ik naar de lucht en vraag ik af of het echt is/ Sometimes I look at the sky and ask myself if it’s real”, Ghent, 2023
Screenprint Collage “homesick for a home I never had,” Academy of Visual Arts Ghent, 2022-2023
Serie of Lino prints, Academy of visual arts Ghent 2022
Mural for international womens day, Meubelfabriek Gent 2022
Mural for Barvizart, Antwerpen 2022
EXHIBITIONS
Billboard, BillyboardBilly, Brugge, 2025
Billboard exhibition, organized by Artcrushgallery and made possible by clearchannel Belgium, November 2024
Group exhibition, organized by Dwaalzin under the project “Blikkenwerpers”, BROEI, Ghent October 2023
Billboard, BillyboardBilly, Brugge, 2025
Billboard exhibition, organized by Artcrushgallery and made possible by clearchannel Belgium, November 2024
Group exhibition, organized by Dwaalzin under the project “Blikkenwerpers”, BROEI, Ghent October 2023