CHRONOLOGY
1949 Born in Ghent, Belgium
1969-70 Studied photography at the Nationaal Radio- en Filmtechnisch Instituut (NA.RA.F.I.) in Brussels, Belgium
1973-09 Photographer, Culture Department of the Province of Antwerp, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Jacques Sonck / PORTRAITS 1977 -2019, Fondation A Stichting, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Jacques Sonck. Festival Portrait(s), Vichy, France
2022 People are People | L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY
Portraits | Castilla y Léon International Photography Festival, Palencia, Spain
Portraits | Gallery Fifty One Too, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 Encounters: Part II | Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 Archetypes | L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY
Encounters | The City of Ostend and Gallery Fifty One, Fort Napoleon, Ostend, Belgium
2001 Het gezicht van de KU Leuven | Central Library, Leuven, Belgium
2000 Cultural Centre, Herk-de-Stad, Belgium
1994 Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
1989 Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium
1984 Fotografiecircuit Vlaanderen
Gallery XYZ, Ghent, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2018 Portraits | L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY
Forever Young: Selections from the Joe Baio Collection of Photography | AIPAD, Pier 94, New York, NY
2016 Faces from Places | L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY
2014 AIPAD Photography Show, Park Ave Armory, New York, NY
Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2013 The Other Self | Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Beyond Style | Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 Insight | Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
In de Marge | Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
2009 Sport: fait(es) divers | Sportimonium, Zemst-Hofstade, Belgium
2007 foto/foto | Bank van de Arbeid, Ghent, Belgium
2006 Het archief van de verbeelding: De constructive van de ander | Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2005 13 Women and a Dog – Photographic Intimacy | Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
Belgische Fotografen, 1840 – 2005 | Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
De Lichte Kamer | Gallery Sigried De Buck, Ghent, Belgium
2002-03 Tweelingen | Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
2001-02 Het hoofd ten voeten uit | Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
2001 Het hoofd ten voeten uit | Universal Library, Utrecht, NL
2000 Fotomobiel, Ghent, Belgium
1999 DB-S Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1998 Festival de l’image | Le Mans, France
Beeld vzw, Niel, Belgium
1996 Cultural Centre, Hasselt, Belgium
1992 Cultural Centre, Leuven, Belgium
ICI Photography Awards
National Portrait Gallery, London, England
National Media Museum, Bradford, England
1991 La Photographie Belge | Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
1986 15 Vlaamse Fotografen | Essen, Germany
1984 Photographie Ouverte | Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
15 Vlaamse Fotografen | De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, NL
1983 Fnac Gallery, Brussels, Belgium and Paris, France
1981 Cultural Centre, Hoensbroek, NL
1980 Camera Belgica | Brussels, Belgium
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MONOGRAPHS
2022 Sonck, Jacques. Twice. Hopper & Fuchs, Belgium
2014 Sonck, Jacques. Encounters, Fifty One Publication
2011 Sonck, Jacques. Archetypes, Lannoo Publishers, Tielt, Belgium
2002 Antilope, Lier. Het gezicht van de KU Leuven. Belgium
1996 De Kunstbank, Leuven; Belgium. Fellows of Fate
1995 De Kunstbank, Leuven; Belgium. Lotgenoten
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2023 FishEye magazine. Portfolio
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA
Association Festival de l’image, Le Mans, France
Dr. Guislain Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
Ministry of the Flemish Community, Belgium
Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, England
Province of East Flanders, Belgium
University KU Leuven, Belgium
AWARDS
2014 Culture Prize by the City of Ghent
1992 Nomination for the ICI Photography Awards
1984 Special Mention for the Prize Photographie Ouverte
1980 Laureate of the Prize of Photography of the Province of Antwerp