Made by Hand
Building things with my hands is perhaps what I love the most.
In my process, things have to be built before they can be fully thought through. I start making, and while a set or an object slowly takes shape, the idea keeps growing with it. The making and the thinking happen at the same time. The photograph comes at the very end: it records everything that was built before it.
That is why I make my own sets, together with my team. For me, a set determines ninety percent of an image: the atmosphere, the light, the world it belongs to. It is also where most of the time goes, and where most of the trying, failing and trying again happens.
Now and then, something made for a set takes on a life of its own and becomes an autonomous work: a sculpture, a piece of furniture, sometimes an entire interior.
Frozen Vanitas
Lightboxes
Two lightboxes in folded aluminium, designed and built to present works from my Frozen Vanitas series: still lifes of frozen fruit, lit from within.
The Hall, 12Antwerp, 2026design & makingAthos Burez
materialfolded aluminium (2 and 3 mm) on a wooden case with LED lighting
dimensions69 × 50 cm
exhibitedPLAYGROUNDS: DEUCE, curated by Sam Timmerman, PLUS-ONE Projects, Antwerp Art Weekend, 14–17.05.2026
exhibitedThe Hall, curated by AIM & Yoko Choy, 12Antwerp, Antwerp Design Week, 30.05–07.06.2026
Cinema De Studio
The Palmer Room
A new life for the foyer of Cinema De Studio in Antwerp: an in situ installation of textiles and sculptures, with furniture I designed for the space.
concept & designAthos Burez
locationCinema De Studio, Antwerp