Born in 1965 in Antwerp, Belgium. Lives and works in Antwerp. Bert Danckaertstudied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts and in the National Higher Institute of Fine Arts. He has been working as a photographer since 1995.
He is a member of POC (Piece of Cake), an international network of photographers, and associate professor of photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.With solo and group exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, his photographs can be found in several museums and collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London; the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi and the Fotomuseum in Antwerp (FoMu).Bert Danckaert is a multifaceted artist and he is also a writer, curator and photography art critic. He has published several books of his works: Make sense (2006), SimplePresentBeijing (2008), CapeTownNotes (2009), SimplePresent (2013) and the novel TheExtras (2016).
