Kobe Matthys
Kobe Matthys (23 November 1970, Ghent – 18 May 2023, Tollembeek) was an artist. In 1992, he founded Agency, an agency for quasi-creations. He conducted long-term research on the practices of reappropriation and the public domain. He lived in Brussels.
Kobe Matthys regularly contributed to a community farming project in Brussels and was one of the driving forces behind State of the Arts, an action group that opposed culture cuts in Belgium in 2019. In 2021, Agency received the Flanders’ Ultima Awards for Visual Arts.
EDUCATION
Communication Sciences and Culture, Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Visual Arts and Media, University of Fine Arts
Frankfurt, Germany
JURY
Vito Acconci
Viktor Misiano
Herbert Muschamp
Peter Noever
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
