Bent Van Looy

Bent Van Looy studied painting at St. Lucas in Ghent. He won the Humo’s Rock Rally in 1998 as a member of Das Pop, after which the band started touring in Europe and Japan. Back home, he focused on both radio and television work and also designed his own fashion label ‘The Jante Law’. He remained active as a drummer with the band Soulwax and released his first solo album ‘Round the Bend’ in 2013. He appeared as a coach on ‘The Voice van Vlaanderen’ (2014, 2016) and in ‘De Wandelaar’ on ‘Café Corsari’ (2014-2015). His second solo album ‘Pyjama Days’ was released in 2016, followed by the album ‘Yours Truly’ in 2018. In 2019, Bent played himself in the Flemish television series ‘Fiskepark’. Bent has exhibited his paintings at S.M.A.K. Ghent, BOZAR Brussels, Gallery Sofie Van De Velde and Plus-One Gallery in Antwerp, as well as at Super Dakota Brussels. In 2021, he released ‘Mijn Parijs’, a personal guidebook about the city where he lived for ten years. Since the fall of ’21, Bent has also been performing with the VRT big band and started hosting the radio program ‘Culture Club’ on Radio 1. In 2022, the Radio 1 program ‘Voorproevers’ was added. In the spring of 2023, following the popularity of the Paris guide, ‘Mijn Amsterdam’ was released. In the same year, Bent’s Canvas program ‘Zingen is Goud’ aired. In this music program, Bent invited interesting Flemish guests to talk about their favorite songs and to sing them (together). The second season is scheduled for this spring.