Matthieu Ronsse

The artist

Born in 1981 in Kortrijk, Belgium, Matthieu Ronsse lives in Ghent and works in Ostend. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent in 2003. From the outset, his practice has been prolific and multifaceted, foregrounding the act of painting over the finished result, and blurring the boundaries between art, process, and memory with poetic radicality.


  • Matthieu Ronsse Grotto, 2025 Huile sur toile Oil on canvas 175 × 120 cm — 69 × 47 1/4 in.

Exhibitions

Biography

Birth Born in 1981, in Kortrijk, Belgium
Residency Lives in Ghent, Belgium
Works in Oudenaarde, Belgium

Solo exhibitions (Selection)

2020 Muurschildering Matthieu Ronsse, Musée Roger Raveel, Zulte, Belgium
2014 Kunstwerk Cologne, Germany
2006 Picture this! – Women and fluids, Musée Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium

Group exhibition (Selection)

2021 Genieve Figgis, Wes Lang & Matthieu Ronsse, Haras National du Pin, Le Pin-au-Haras, France
2019 Coup de départ, Avee Gallery, Courtrai, Belgium
CRY.ME.A.RIVER, Bakermat atelier, Lievegem, Belgium
2018 Charivari, Pamelekerk, Oudenaarde, Belgium
2016 Scaldis - kunstparcours, MOU Museum, Oudenaarde, Belgique
2015 Icône(s), Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
PASS, exposition en plein air, Mullem-Huise-Wannegem-Lede, Belgium

Voir plus

2014 • Passions secrètes, collections privées flamandes, Lille3000, Lille, France
• The Sea - Salut d’Honneur Jan Hoet, Oostende, Belgique
• De verftoets (Biennale de la peinture), Musée Roger Raveel, Machelen-Zulte, Belgique
• Capita Selecta, Broelmuseum, Courtrai, Belgique

Press

Forbes - October 2025

Le mois des galeries et musées de Forbes: octobre 2025

Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj

La Libre - october 2025

Matthieu Ronsse, maître de l'impermanence

Gwennaëlle Gribaumont

l'œil - october 2025

Les historiques


Meer - september 2025

Matthieu Ronsse