Mirjam Devriendt (b. 1961, Kortrijk) lives and works in Brussels.
Photographer and video artist Mirjam Devriendt studied photography at Luca School of Arts, Brussels. She is a photography tutor at the RHok in Etterbeek.
Devriendt has been working for some time with numerous performing artists, both as a photographer and as a cineast: Muziektheater Transparant (Where is my soul? - directed by Caroline Petrick - 2008), Vincent Dunoyer (Vanity, The princess Project, Solos for others, etc.) B-Rock Orchestra (And you must suffer - directed by Pierre Audi), Collegium Vocale, Ictus, etc.
In 2017, as part of the project De Alzheimer Code, Devriendt presented a series of photos and a video installation in the Dr Guislain Museum in Ghent.
Since 2000, Mirjam Devriendt has been collaborating intensely with visual artist Berlinde De Bruyckere. As a permanent photographer of her work, she has made numerous contributions to artist publications such as En alles is aanéén-genaaid, Poten, In Flanders Fields, Schmerzensmann, In the Woods there were Chainsaws and Romeu, my deer.
She has also co-created numerous video installations with De Bruyckere: the Théâtre de la Monnaie (Penthesilea - directed by Pierre Audi - 2015), Holland Festival (Mariavespers - directed by Pierre Audi - 2017), Het Vlot - Ostend (Penthesilea, 2015-2017 - curated by Jan Fabre).
Together with Alain Platel she directed the 2021 film Why We Fight?
For Arte, she directed the series Deep Thought - interviews by Yves Kugelmans with Lea Ypi, Slavoy Zizek, Wolf Biermann, Philip Blom and Lech Walensa about Europe (2023-2024).
Photo: Anna Oost
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