Lydia Hannah Debeer

is a Belgian visual artist and musician. In her search for the liminal, Debeer shifts and re-shifts videos until she obtains aural and moving collages in which the spherical and emotional merge into a subtle wave that draws you in. She meets the images around her and intuitively illuminates them.
Debeer patiently takes her time to create compositions that fall into place, following a suitable rhythm. Through her carefully balanced work, she blurs the boundaries between different media, locations and timelines.


Debeer lets us wander through ambiguous spaces that lie between the present and what is yet to come, between transitions teetering on the edge. Just as the gap between speaking and hearing is bridged by the speaking body, her work mirrors the underlying, insurmountable emotional distance to someone else. It embodies a position of passage as expressed by the artist,

immersing the viewer in specific situations and settings. Her journey embraces the complexity of existence, entwined with the physical and emotional landscape, inviting the viewer to explore their own internal terrains.

- Yasmin Van t’Veld

Lydia Hannah Debeer graduated in Fine Arts in 2014 and obtained a postgraduate at the HISK in 2016. She was selected for two international exhibitions for Young Talent, Marres Currents #2 and New Now 2015 – Europes Emerging Artists, and became a laureate of Art’ Contest 2016. She worked in the artist residencies such as Hangar in Barcelona, Gasworks in London and NART in Narva. In 2020, Debeer released her first album How to Scale a Mountain with the London-based label Bloxham Tapes. She is currently represented by FRED&FERRY gallery and has started a PhD at the University in Hasselt in 2022.