Joeri Verbesselt is an artist, researcher, and writer exploring animals-humans relations in ecological imaginaries. He holds master’s degrees in Audiovisual Arts – Film and Art History, and a Doctorate in the Arts from the University of Leuven (2024). His films blend documentary, performance, and experimental storytelling. retreat (2020) was nominated for the NEXT:WAVE award at CPH:DOX, while Only with hunters do we have wild animals (2024), made in collaboration with Indigenous Tao and Truku communities in Taiwan, won a Special Jury Award at the Hualien Film Awards. He collaborates across disciplines, including with dancer Wan-Lun Yu and novelist Syaman Rapongan, with whom he co-authored the book chapter “Interspecies Storytelling for Prudent Predation” (2024). Currently, he lectures in Art History at the University of Leuven and is editing his first book.
