Biography
Adriaan Van Leuven (b. 1992, Leuven) is an independent graphic designer living and working in Brussels. He was trained at La Cambre (Brussels) and Werkplaats Typografie (Arnhem), and developed his practice at publishing house Spector Books (Leipzig). Alongside his studio work, he teaches at La Cambre.
Design Residencies
- Stiftung Sitterwerk, St. Gallen (CH), 2018
- Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography, Los Angeles (USA), 2017
Public Presentations and Academic Activities
- Cransac (FR), 2025 (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
- Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE), 2025 (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
- WIELS, Brussels (BE), 2025 (with Joris Kritis et al.)
- Sint Lucas, Antwerp (BE), 2024
- WIELS Art Book Fair, Brussels (BE), 2024 (with Maxime Le Bon and Jelle Martens)
- The Green Corridor, Brussels (BE), 2024
- Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR), 2024 (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
- La Cambre, Brussels (BE), 2024
- Let’s Talk Design, Design Museum Brussels, Brussels (BE), 2024
- WIELS, Brussels (BE), 2024 (with Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
- Cas-co, Leuven (BE), 2023 (with Chantal van Rijt)
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp (BE), 2022
- Ghent Art Book Fair, Kunsthal Gent, Ghent (BE), 2019
- Erg, Brussels (BE), 2019
- Erg, Brussels (BE), 2018
- ARCHIV & UC Books, Zurich (CH), 2018 (with Malin Gewinner)
- LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles (USA), 2017
- NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York (USA), 2017 (with Jin Kwang Kim)
Awards
- forms of publication, 2026 (shortlisted)
- forms of publication, 2026 (longlisted)
- Bob Calle Book Prize, 2025 (nominated)
- Henry van de Velde Awards, 2025 (Gold Award)
- Henry van de Velde Awards, 2024 (Silver Award)
Features and Reviews
- ‘Musée de la Mémoire ‘PROPRIÉTÉ UNIVERSELLE’ ®, Henry van de Velde Awards, November 2024
- ‘Collages & assemblages’, Henry van de Velde Awards, November 2023
- Claudia Gerdes, ‘Clubkultur, Subkultur – und Buchdesign’, PAGE, 21 January 2021
- Ayla Angelos, ‘This book tells the story of club music across ten cities in Africa and Europe’, It’s Nice That, 2 December 2020
- Lieselotte Egtberts, Elisa Maupas, ‘Activating Space’ in A. Hudek et al., Weekend at Charlie’s (Ghent, KASK School of Arts, 2019)
- Étapes: 228, Paris, 5 November 2015, p.117
- ‘Student “steekt zichzelf in brand”’, Het Laatste Nieuws, 6 November 2014