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Stef Driesen

Belgian artist (born 1966)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ7605994 ↗
Source-derived summary

Stef Driesen (born 1966, Hasselt, Belgium) is an artist based in Antwerp.

Driesen studied at Academie Voor Schone Kunsten [1] in Hasselt. He has shown work internationally in exhibitions at Art:Concept [2] in Paris, Marc Foxx [3] in Los Angeles, Harris Lieberman in New York City and at MADRE Museum [4] in Naples.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Stef Driesen” is belgian artist (born 1966). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Stef, Driesen and Belgian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-01-01. For this dossier, Stef, Driesen and Belgian is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “belgian artist (born 1966)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7605994. VIAF identifies the subject as 315940373. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stef Driesen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.