Patrick Derom

Director

Patrick Derom studied law at Ghent and Harvard before practicing in New York and Brussels. In 1986, he opened the Patrick Derom Gallery, focused on modern art from c. 1880 to today, from Symbolism to Pop Art and beyond. The gallery has participated in major fairs including Art Basel, the Paris Biennale, and TEFAF (Maastricht and New York).

Patrick has held several cultural roles, including President of the Belgian Royal Chamber of Art Dealers and advisor to both Flemish and French Community heritage bodies. He is co-author of the Frits Van den Berghe catalogue raisonné and editor of publications on Brussels monuments and Pol Bury.

Edouard Derom

After a brief career in law (JD from the KU Leuven and associate at Linklaters), Edouard Derom pursued an MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently worked in various capacities at museums in the United States (The Morgan Library & Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art), France (Centre Pompidou), and China (UCCA Center for Contemporary Art). In 2014, he helped curate ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s–60s at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts (NYU), where his doctoral research focused on the role of the ZERO magazine in the postwar European avant-garde. He is the author and co-author of several essays and catalogues about art.

Sophie Hasaerts

Director

Sophie Hasaerts studied History of Art and Archaeology, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and began her career as a museum lecturer and in art publishing. She has worked in Brussels throughout, frequently for Paris galleries establishing a presence in the city: she launched and directed the Brussels gallery of Nathalie Obadia, created the Hangar H18 art centre, and oversaw the operations of Galerie Flore and its annual participation in TEFAF Maastricht during nearly ten years. She has carried out projects for the King Baudouin Foundation, the ADIAF - Prix Marcel Duchamp at the Centre Pompidou, and the Domaine et Musée royal de Mariemont. At the Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique she conceived and curated Remedies, a cycle of contemporary exhibitions within the Old Master collections that introduced the museum's first female artist and first artist of Congolese origin, both of whose works entered its collections.

Alessio Palmeri

Research Assistant

Alessio Palmeri is a research assistant at the Patrick Derom Gallery, where he supports curatorial and commercial activities by researching artworks, exhibitions, and collections for major international art fairs, including BRAFA and FAB. His expertise spans 20th and 21st-century art, with a focus on Modern, Post-War, and Contemporary art. After completing several internships at KANAL - Centre Pompidou and Bonhams, he gained extensive experience in the Belgian and international art scene, combining academic research with hands-on work in galleries and auction houses. He holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Art History and Archaeology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, with a specialization in the Art World and Visual Culture, focusing on Modern and Contemporary Art. He graduated magna cum laude with his Master’s thesis, “Spatial Exploration and Artistic Expression: An In-Depth Analysis of Lucio Fontana’s ‘Teatrino’ Series,” explored the relationship between space, materiality, and gesture in post-war artistic production.

Daniel De Decker

Gallery Assistant

Art historian and curator Daniel De Decker manages both the day-to-day logistics and the curatorial research at Patrick Derom Gallery. Driven by an interest in the dialogues between modern and contemporary art, Daniel holds a Master’s degree in Curatorial Studies from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. He previously studied Art History at the VUB, during which he completed an academic exchange at the University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM). His professional background spans collection management for the National Bank of Belgium’s contemporary art collection, alongside institutional experience gained during curatorial internships at WIELS and Argos. He is also the co-founder of Castor, a nomadic platform for contemporary art.

Susana Ribeiro Henriques

Administrative Assistant

Susana manages the office's daily operations and administrative tasks and provides support to the directors. Her key responsibilities are administrative support, managing the gallery inventory, coordinating the databases, maintaining records and
documentation, setting up exhibitions at the gallery and coordinating the gallery’s participation to international art fairs. Susana assists with bookkeeping, processing invoices, and tracking office expenses. She plays an essential role in supporting the management’s activities and gallery projects. Her role as first interlocutor towards the Belgian and international clients is essential.