In her work Bie Michels (b. 1960, Kimwenza, Congo, lives and works in Antwerp) centers on observing, registering, and questioning the representation of the ‘other’. Her paintings, installations and films not only question her own position with regard to the subject, but in the process of her creation she allows others to collaborate or comment on them. These may be artists, experts or people closely involved. Furthermore, she explores the complex relations (culturally, historically, interpersonal,...) of people with objects, the performative act and the possibilities of an object to act as an interactive performer. Since her two last projects she is also working on (post)colonial questions and decolonisation. Her work has been shown in Contour Biennale 9 (B), Magasin des Horizons (F), Argos (B), M HKA (Museum for contemporary art, B), Netwerk Aalst (B), Fei Contemporary Art Centre (CH), Dunkerque2013 (F and GB), and Lokaal 01 (Breda, NL).