1990°  Roeselare (B)

2013 - 2014    Graphic Design – K.A.S.K. Antwerp

2014 - 2016    Bachelor in Sculpture / Spacial Art, Sint-Lucas, Antwerp

2016 -  2017    Master in Visual Arts - Sint-Lucas, Antwerp

2020 - 2021   Educational Master in Visual Arts, LUCA, Brussels

Elias Cafmeyer creates site-specific installations often in public space or inspired by the use of public space in the context of the city. He sees the city landscape as a metaphor for social construction and focusses on traces of urban development and forms of signage orchestrating mobility. His interventions deal with strategies such as inversion, juxtaposition and contrast, creating a sense of alienation.

Cafmeyer's site-specific installations result often in absurd illusions questioning the use and the representation of public space and its impact on the social construction in the urban landscape. He hereby investigates the friction between the personal gain of its user and its developer. His goal is to exhibit the differences of interest of policy makers and inhabitants by evoking a sense of surrealistic exaggeration of changes in city planning. These interventions react to urban phenomena such as gentrification, Disneyfication and urbanisation of the rural landscape. Cafmeyer is often inspired by the history of public space and its heritage. He often makes reconstructions of disappeared buildings whilst contemporizing its narrative. 

Elias Cafmeyer had the opportunity to exhibit in Belgian museums such as S.M.A.K. (Ghent) and Extra City (Antwerp). He made temporary installations for the public space in collaboration with the cities of Antwerp and Ghent. He was invited for several solo shows as independent artist by galleries such as Keteleer and mariondecannière (Antwerp) and had the opportunity to show work in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy.