Loan Verbanck’s work engages the raw energy of urban life and the deeply personal through an evocative exploration of materiality and form. Drawing on his background in graffiti and a profound connection to neglected urban spaces, Verbanck incorporates industrial materials—roofing, drywall, metal studs—transforming them into layered, sculptural compositions that bridge the boundaries between painting and sculpture.

Rooted in personal history and the charged environments of cities like Brussels and New York, his practice explores themes of resilience, loss, and the quiet heroism embedded in everyday existence. Infused with emotional depth and an urban sensibility, Verbanck’s works confront the interplay between creation and destruction, permanence and impermanence, offering a nuanced meditation on the fragility and strength of human experience.