Elias Van Orshaegen
Ben

In my practice as a designer, I push materials to their boundaries, often questioning common notions. Does marble always have to look heavy? Can steel look soft? By creating shapes that verge on the impossible, I confuse the viewers, make them lose their balance briefly, and stimulate them to look at familiar materials with a fresh eye.

Like the materiality that is the result, the transformational techniques in my practice are paradoxical: both centuries-old, e.g. the laborious sanding and polishing of marble, and ultramodern, e.g. 3D scanning or CNC milling. It is in this meeting of extremes that my works are nestled.”

“By creating shapes that verge on the impossible, I confuse the viewers, make them lose their balance briefly, and stimulate them to look at familiar materials with a fresh eye.”

“In my design process, I always start from raw materials. I like to work with solid materials that have been used for centuries, such as marble or steel. After all, I am the son of a stonemason. I love these materials for their natural beauty and strength.
Exhibitions
2026
La Ren
2025
STRATA - Milan Design Week - Linde Freya Tangelder, Tim Vrancken, Middernacht & Alexander. Italy.
Unique Design - Soleille Gallery, Mexico city.
BRAFA  - Objects With Narratives Group Show. Brussels, Belgium
2024
Amelie Maison d’art x Galerie Gosserez Group show ‘Des Histoires’ in Paris, France.
WECANDANCE x Middernacht & Alexander, Artist lounge and Art Installation at Zeebrugge, Belgium.

Duo Show Arno Declercq x  Middernacht & Alexander. Antwerp, Belgium

Milan Design Week - Baranzate Ateliers - Solo Show. Milan  Italy
2023
Design Miami - Art Basel - Atelier Ecru Gallery - Miami, Florida USA.
Group Show Molière curated by Stéphanie Frederickx, Brussels Belgium.
WECANDANCE x Middernacht & Alexander, Artist installation at Zeebrugge, Belgium.
PAD Paris with Boon Room, Paris France.
Group show ‘In My Garden’ at Atelier Ecru Gallery, Ghent Belgium.

Group Show ‘Select:Deflect at Ontsteking, Ghent Belgium.

Duo Show ‘Substitute Love’ with Jens Kothe, Barbe Urbain Gallery, Ghent Belgium

Group Show ‘In Medias Res’ at BARBÉ Gallery, Ghent Belgium.

2022
Group show ‘WKA Penthouse’ Bruno Spaas x Atelier Ecru Gallery

`Group show ‘Everybody has a plan Until they Get Punched in The Mouth’ - Barbe Urbain Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.

Paris Design Week at Boon Room, Paris, France.

Solo show at Magelan by Barbe Urbain Gallery at Knokke, Belgium.

Groupshow ‘Magelan’ summer project initiated by Atelier Ecru Gallery and Barbé Urbain at Knokke, Belgium.
Groupshow ‘Moving Traces’ Atelier Ecru Gallery presents work by 22 national and international designer-artists in a former ballet school in Antwerp
2021

Groupshow ‘Bienvenue Independent Art Fair’ Hotel La Louisiana with Katrien Doms, Pierre Devalck, Laurids Gallee at Paris, France.

Groupshow ‘XXL’ at Barbé-Urbain Gallery

ART ROTTERDAM - Duo show with Stan Van Steendam, Rotterdam The Netherlands - Barbe Urbain Gallery

Group show ‘Santé Forever’ Brussels Belgium

Group show ‘Moving Traces 05’ with Justin Morin, Roxane Lahidji, Wendy Andreu at Atelier Ecru, Ghent, Belgium

Belgian Art & Design Fair Prelude
2020
Group show ‘Staycation’ - Ghent, Belgium.

Solo ‘Am I Ready Now?’ at Barbé-Urbain Gallery, Ghent Belgium.
2019

Duo show ‘Between You And Me’ with Leo Gabin at Special Art unit, Victoria London, UK

Biennale Van België III. Ghent, Belgium. 

Group show; ‘ZWRT’ at Barbe-Urbain Gallery, Ghent, Belgium. 

‘Open Studio’ with Colin Dodgson. London, United Kingdom.

Group show ; ‘Cry Me A River' - Lievegem, Belgium.

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