Overview

Maxime Van Melkebeke is a digital curator and project manager living in New York. Throughout his career as a digital project manager, Mr. Van Melkebeke has applied his expertise in digital design and user experience on ground breaking initiatives, including the European Commission’s massive anti-tobacco campaign “Ex-smokers are Unstoppable,” which is the European Commission’s most comprehensive and successful health campaign in history. Mr. Van Melkebeke’s passion for the arts drove him to develop a new medium for how the public accesses and experiences works of art, exceeding the gallery model. Together with Tom Van Hove, Mr. Van Melkebeke founded Belgian Art House (“BAH”), which has exhibited the work of renowned artists, such as Luc Tuymans, Raoul De Keyzer, Michaël Borremans, Hans Op de Beeck and Berlinde de Bruyckere, among others, and emerging artists, such as Vadim Vosters and Hilde Overbergh, among others. Having lived and worked in the art scenes in Belgium, London and New York, Mr. Van Melkebeke has experienced promoting the arts on an international level. His latest endeavor, Offspace.xyz, is recognized by renowned artists, curators and critics in New York and abroad for its groundbreaking presentation of art. Mr. Van Melkebeke’s extraordinary knowledge of digital project management, combined with his distinct creative vision, allowed him to transform the way we view and experience art, creating a new art exhibition format that enables the world-wide distribution of an art show in real time. Specifically, Mr. Van Melkebeke has curated exhibitions using Offspace for renowned artists, such as Robin Cameron, Tomaso De Luca, Anouk Kruithof and Vadim Vosters, among others. His recent exhibition, A Stay in the Paphos Loop, is particularly noteworthy because of its combined aspects of the visual arts, audio and literature.