ABOUT


Iana Eliane De Rop (°2000, BE) is a visual artist based in Brussels. Her research-based practice moves between sculpture, installation and spatial intervention. She often starts from a specific place, object or material, looking at its history, function and use.

De Rop works with existing structures and everyday objects, changing or reusing them to create new situations. Her work explores how objects and spaces influence the way we move, look and interact with our surroundings. She is interested in the traces that places and materials carry, and in how these can change when their context or function shifts.

Her practice is grounded in an interest in space, material and use, often finding new possibilities in things that are already there.
EXHIBITIONS


solo

Steel Orbit (2025)
at CC Westrand, Dilbeek (BE)
hosted  by FRIS

group

UPCOMING: dead salt sea (2026)
at St. Souci, Brussels (BE)
in collaboration with Adele Sweetlove, Julie Vanlook and Iana De Rop;
curated by Lorenzo Csontos;
as part of RendezVous during Brussels Art Week 2026

Fields of Vision (2026)
at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem (BE)
curated by MDD’s youth collective;
in collaboration with Iana De Rop, Adèle Sweetlove, Niel Schuerman, Eline Vertommen and Eva De Vilder;
as part of Kassé Collective

Solid Air (2026)
at Kassé Collective, Quai du Commerce 26, Brussels (BE)
curated by Karel Op ‘t Eynde;
in collaboration with Adèle Sweetlove, Leto Keunen and Iana De Rop

Altering Functions, Altering Spaces, Altering Meanings (2026)
as part of Return to Sender at Kassé Collective, Quai du Commerce 26, Brussels (BE), 
curated by Kassé Collective;
in collaboration with Iana De Rop, Adèle Sweetlove, Niel Schuerman, Eline Vertommen and Eva De Vilder

How Many Edges Has A Place? (2025)
at Agnes Offshore Gallery, Quai du Commerce 26, Brussels (BE)
curated by W.I.P. Collective and Agnes Offshore Gallery

Portes Ouvertes  (2025)

at Kassé Collective, Quai du Commerce 26, Brussels (BE)
curated by Kassé Collective

Verha/olen (2024)
at Zsenne Art Lab, Brussels (BE)
curated by Kobe Aerts, Birgit Lesage, Victor Almeida;
activation of Server Rack, in collaboration with Adèle Sweetlove

From Tower to Townhouse (2024)
at Rue de l’ Autonomie 2, Brussels (BE)

Coming Soon to Botanic Tower (2024)
at Glico Center, Brussels (BE)
organised by Laurent Dupont-Garitte;
activation of Server Rack, in collaboration with Adèle Sweetlove

Le Matin (2023)
at LaVallée, Brussels (BE)








EDUCATION


BA - Fine Arts (2021-24)
LUCA School of Arts, Brussels (BE)

Erasmus+ Programme - Art (2023)
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, Lyon (FR)

BA - Social and Cultural Work (2018-21)
Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Brussels (BE)
ARTISTIC PRACTICE


Co-founder - Kassé Collective (2025-pres.)
    “Kassé is a collective of artists and designers based in Brussels (BE). 
The collective was given the opportunity to transform a townhouse into a space for creativity and artistic freedom. Through this building, Kassé offers artists and other creatives a place to present their work while contributing to the vitality of Brussels’ cultural landscape.”

Teacher in Visual Arts (2025-pres.)
Brussels (BE)

Exhibition Setup Assistant - Pilar (2024)
Brussels (BE)