Maxime Hons (born 2002, Bree) is a young female artist creating visual arts with topics that focus on the experience of being a young woman today and the societal struggles surrounding this experience. As a queer woman, most of the themes she adresses involve inclusivity, feminism, identity and self exploration. Her fascination with nature and the human body is a running theme throughout her work. Most of her projects are centered around philosophical questions, intertwined with art history and mythology.
Her self-expression mainly comes through dance and theatre arts, therefore she loves working with other creators, like dancers. She finds inspiration in other media, like film. In her work ‘Threading the skin’ she critiques the beauty industry for putting pressure on women to stay young and pretty, which was highly influenced by ‘The Substance’ from Corralie Fargeat. By staging scenes, she seeks to create a more poetic and cinematic style.
CV
EDUCATION
2023 - present BA Visual Arts: Photography, LUCA School of Arts, Genk (BE)
2020 - 2023 BA Secondary education in art education, UCLL, Diepenbeek (BE)
2023 - present BA Visual Arts: Photography, LUCA School of Arts, Genk (BE)
2020 - 2023 BA Secondary education in art education, UCLL, Diepenbeek (BE)
2024 – present Academy of Fine Arts, Creative writing, Genk (BE)
2020 - 2023 Academy of Fine Arts, Words Arts and Drama, Hasselt (BE)
2020 - 2023 Academy of Fine Arts, Words Arts and Drama, Hasselt (BE)
EXPERIENCE
2022-2023 Internship C-mine, Genk (BE)
2024-2026 Create and guide my own workshops, C-mine, Genk (BE)
2025 Bookmaking workshop with Anton Kusters and Teun Van der Heijden, Genk
(BE)
2025 Screendance workshop with Julian Gypens, Genk (BE)
2026 The Body is The message workshop with Joery Erna, Genk (BE)
2026 Cinematic photography workshop with Annick Geenen, Genk (BE)
2022-2023 Internship C-mine, Genk (BE)
2024-2026 Create and guide my own workshops, C-mine, Genk (BE)
2025 Bookmaking workshop with Anton Kusters and Teun Van der Heijden, Genk
(BE)
2025 Screendance workshop with Julian Gypens, Genk (BE)
2026 The Body is The message workshop with Joery Erna, Genk (BE)
2026 Cinematic photography workshop with Annick Geenen, Genk (BE)
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Fashion Week, Library Genk
work included: Icarian
In collaboration with Tine Makowski and Bo Geerts
2026 Fashion Week, Library Genk
work included: Icarian
In collaboration with Tine Makowski and Bo Geerts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Magazine: Revive
In collaboration with Tine Makowski and Bo Geerts
(self-published)