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Charlotte Vanhoubroeck
Jewellery Artist, Art Historian, Artistic Researcher
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Charlotte Vanhoubroeck (°1991) is a jewellery artist, art historian and artistic researcher who brings gradually fading heritage back to life in the contemporary art scene.
She graduated as an MA in Art History at Ghent University (2013) and subsequently obtained a BA in Fine Arts at LUCA School of Arts, Ghent (2016). Not much later, she got a degree in Jewellery, Gold- and Silversmithing at d’Academie Beeld Sint-Niklaas (2018) and continued her training in Silversmithing and Jewellery in the United Kingdom with the support of the King Baudouin Foundation at Bishopsland Educational Trust, Reading (2019). Once back in Belgium, she completed her MFA in Object & Jewellery at PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (2020).
In October 2024, Vanhoubroeck obtained a PhD in the Arts with the support of FWO Flanders at Hasselt University & PXL-MAD School of Arts. During this research she investigated and reactivated the lost sentimental jewellery of first Belgian Queen Louise-Marie d’Orléans from a contemporary point of view. The newly created objects, which are exhibited all over the world, construct an alternative version of the myth of Louise-Marie d'Orléans. They reintroduce this almost forgotten Queen to the public and demonstrate how artistic practices can be deployed to fight oblivion.
Exhibitions
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Clarenhofkapel, SOLO EXPO: The Sentimental Jewellery of Louise-Marie d'Orléans. An Artistic Reactivation of Material Memories, Hasselt (BE)
Casino Beringen, Tutto Bello, Beringen (BE)
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Legnica Jewellery Festival, Holownia, Legnica (PL)
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​La semaine du bijou contemporain, Destination Bijou, Cagnes-sur-Mer (FR)
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Brussels Jewellery Week, PARTICLE[S], Brussels (BE)
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Munich Jewellery Week, (Un)Avowable Secrets, Munich (DE)
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2023
Gallery Lalabeyou, Missing Memories, Madrid (ES)
Galerie für Schmuck · Kunst · Design, Armschmuck - Eine runde Sache?, Pforzheim (DE)
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Espace Solidor Museum, DNA - Une chaîne de créateurs, Cagnes-sur-Mer (FR)
Melting Point, Arte Y Joya Finalists, Valencia (ES)
Melting Point, Missing Memories, Valencia (ES)
MAD Gallery at PXL-MAD School of Arts, In Absence, Hasselt (BE)
Munich Jewellery Week, Treasures, Trials & Troubles, Munich (DE)
Inhorgenta, Brand New, Munich (DE)
​Gallery Alliages, Missing Memories, Lille (FR)
Museo de Artes Decorativas de Madrid, Arte Y Joya Finalists, Madrid (ES)
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2022
Hannah Gallery, Preziosa Young 2021, Barcelona (ES)
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Galerie Door, Preziosa Young 2021, Veghel (NL)
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Museum of Applied Arts and Design, METALLOphone: Memory of the Place, Vilnius (LT)
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Florence Jewellery Week, Preziosa Young 2021, Florence (IT)
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Inhorgenta Munich 2022, Preziosa Young 2021, Munich (DE)
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Brussels Jewellery Week, BJW Tour - Alliages Gallery, Brussels (BE)
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Brussels Jewellery Week, Be.NEXT, Brussels (BE)
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​Munich Jewellery Week, Until Death Do Us Part, Munich (DE)
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66 Mistral Gallery, Arte Y Joya Finalists,
Barcelona (ES)
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Gallery Alliages, Until Death Do Us Part, Lille (FR)
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2021
Studio Squina, Arte Y Joya Finalists, Madrid (ES)
Galerie Gerritse, Bezield, Middelburg (NL)
Brooklyn Metal Works, Hearts + Flowers, Brooklyn New York (US)
Gallery Hectare, Boîte avec couvercle, Brussels (BE)
Gallery for Applied Arts, BKV-Preis 2021 für Junges Kunsthandwerk, Munich (DE)
Munich Jewellery Week, MAD_(re)walk, Munich (DE)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
Internationale Handwerksmesse at MJW, BKV-Preis 2021 für Junges Kunsthandwerk, Munich (DE)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
Collect Art Fair, BET at Collect 2021, London (UK)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
​Gallery Alliages, Painful Hope, Lille (FR)
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2020
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Broelkaai 6, We Are The Next Generation,
Kortrijk (BE)
Huis Pauwels Spaenjers, Unlocked Extended 2020, Hasselt (BE)
Athens Jewellery Week, Broken Beauty, Athens (GR)
☞ postponed due to Covid-19
Melting Point, Broken Beauty, Valencia (ES)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
Munich Jewellery Week, MADwalk, Munich (DE)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
Munich Jewellery Week, Broken Beauty, Munich (DE)
☞ cancelled due to Covid-19
Gallery Alliages, Broken Beauty, Lille (FR)
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2019
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d’Academie Beeld, Legaat Hulstaert,
Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Bishopsland Educational Trust, Retro, Reading (UK)
Henley Festival of Music & the Arts, Bishopsland Educational Trust, Henley-on-Thames (UK)
​Jacobs the Jewellers, Young Designer Exhibition, Reading (UK)
Goldsmith’s Centre, Getting Started 2019,
London (UK)
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2018
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Bishopsland Educational Trust, Christmas at Bishopsland, Reading (UK)
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2017
d’Academie Beeld, Laureates Wim Ibens Prize,
Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Common Ground, Mechelen (BE)
Awards
​Wim Ibens Prize 2023 - Jewellery Design (BE)​
Wim Ibens Prize 2023 - Silversmithing (BE)​
Inhorgenta Special Prize 2022, Munich (GE)​
LAO Special Prize 2022, Florence (IT)​
Preziosa Young Award 2021, Florence (IT)​
BKV-Preis 2021 für Junges Kunsthandwerk (commendation), Munich (DE)
Young Designer Competition 2019 - Best Jewellery Design (runner-up), Reading (UK)​
Legaat Hulstaert Prize 2018, Sint-Niklaas (BE)
Grants
FWO Fundamental Research Fellowship to conduct a PhD research in the arts at Hasselt University & PXL-MAD School of Arts (11A5323N) (2020 - 2024)​
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VOCATIO 2020 - Ambachten Laureaat
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Gustave Boël-Sofina Grant for Handicraft 2017, awarded by the King Baudouin Foundation
Prizes & Nominations
Publications
As author
Upcoming: Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. The Sentimen-tal Jewellery of Louise-Marie d’Orléans. An Artistic Reactivation of Material Memories. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2025 (under review).
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Upcoming: Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. "De sentimen-tele juwelen van Louise-Marie van Orléans, eerste koningin der Belgen." Tijdschrift voor Interieurge-schiedenis en Design 47 (2025).
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Upcoming: De Winde, Arne and Charlotte Vanhoubroeck. "Rabezon. Leestips voor volwassen kinderen." Stijn Streuvels Jaarboek (2025).
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. “On Literary Objects. A Conversation with Sarah Wasserman.”COLLATERAL Conversation 2 (November 2024).
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. “Pictorial Echoes of Love, Grief and Status. The Iconographical Importance of the Ever-Present Bracelet of Queen Louise-Marie d’Orléans.” COLLATERAL Cluster 37 (June 2023).
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. "De sentimentele juwelen van Louise-Marie van Orléans. Een artistieke reacti-vatie van materiële herinneringen." FORUM+ 29, no. 3 (Oktober 2022): 22-29.
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. "Confabulation as Artistic Method." COLLATERAL Cluster 34 (April 2021).
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. "Binnenkijken bij L'Argent van Félix Vallotton." COLLATERAL Cluster 4 (2016).
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Vanhoubroeck, Charlotte. "Een romantische garde-robe: De kleding van Louise-Marie van Orléans, eer-ste koningin der Belgen." Tijdschrift voor Interieur-geschiedenis en Design 41 (2019): 59-82.
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Press
"Culture Club - Charlotte Vanhoubroeck voert onderzoek naar de verdwenen sentimentele juwelen van de eerste koningin van België" Radio 1 (20/09/2024).
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"Macht en praal. Een koninklijk portretjuweel" rekto:verso 103 (03/09/2024).
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"Interview Charlotte Vanhoubroeck" ONTroerd 6 (01/03/2023).
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"Artist in residence Charlotte Vanhoubroeck PREZIOSA YOUNG 2021" Le Arti Orafe (01/07/2022).
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"Laureaten Legaat Hulstaert stellen tentoon." Het Nieuwsblad (21/10/2019).
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"Record number of jewellery and silversmithing graduates." Henley Standard (09/ 08/2019).
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"The Art of Silversmithing." TRT World (04/07/2019).
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"Sparkling winners at record breaking awards presentation." The National Association of Jewellers (04/07/2019).
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"Jacobs the Jewellers crowns young design winners following record-breaking vote." Professional Jeweller (01/07/2019).
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"Jacobs the Jewellers' young jewellery designer competition launches." National Association of Jewellers (18/06/2019).
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"Silversmith students stage jewellery exhibition and sale​." Henley Standard (31/12/ 2018).