solo exhibitions
2019 'PARADISE, PROTOTYPES & OTHER DECONSTRUCTIONS', Be-Part, platform voor actuele kunst, Waregem/Kortrijk (B)
2018 'ANASTASIS', Kasteel van Borgwal, Vurste (B)
2015
'Imagine, an Island', centrum voor actuele kunst, De Garage, Mechelen (B)
'Once Upon a Golden River', Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze (B)
'L'Oublie Extatique' (with Yves Velter), White House Gallery, Lovenjoel (B)
2014
'The Impossibility of a Gentle Journey', C&H Artspace, Amsterdam (NL)
'Hypostatic', St.Stephanus church, Hingene (B)
2013
'HUNT', Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
'Migrator', WOLKE, Brussels (B)
2011
'Stief Desmet/ Par Stromberg' ,duoshow, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2010
'Once Upon...', Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
2009
'Stief Desmet', Gallery Spaarnestad 37, Haarlem (NL)
'PrivatePublicCollectorsShack',duoshow with Manor Grunewald,C.C.De Schakel, Waregem (B)
2008
'In these woods tonite', Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
2007
'Residency', RAID-projects gallery, Los Angeles (VS)
2006
'REMIXES', Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze (B)
2005
'How to make a 1.000.000 $ painting', De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
Group exhibitions
2020 'Art Autun', Autun (Fr)
2019 'Stadsfestival Damme', Damme (B)
2019 'How to paint Water', Museum Gevaert-Minne, S-M-Latem (B)
2019 'Watou Kunstenfestival', Watou (B)
2018 'Biennale van de Schilderkunst', MUDEL,MDD, Raveelmuseum,(with Raoul De Keyzer, Francis Alys, Wim Delvoye,..) Deinze, Machelen a/d Leie, Sint-Martens-Latem (B)
2018 'Beaufort '18', along the belgian coastline(with Jos De Gruyter & Harald This, Ryan Gander,Kader Attia, Guillaume Bijl, Nina Beier, Xu Zhen,..) with two permanent sculptures of DeSmet in De Panne & Oostende (B)
2017 'Beauty of the Beast', (with Wim Delvoye, Jan Fabre, Koen Van Mechelen, Mark Manders, Johan Creten..) Kasteeldomein d'Ursel, Hingene (B)
2016 'Monumenten van de dood'(with Cindy Wright and Renato Nicolodi), Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde (B)
'Die van Aalst', Villa De Olmen, Wieze(B)
'Triënnale de la Sculpture', Chateau de Jehay, Amay(B)
'La Châtaignerai', Centre d'Art Contemporain, Flemalle (B)
'in love with Beauty', Art-Transfo, Zwevegem(B)
2015
'FLUX', (with Hans op de Beeck, Dolores Bouckaert, Roger Raveel, Raoul De Keyser),Broelmuseum, Kortrijk (B)
'Beelden 2015' (with Caroline Coolen, Adam Colton, Armando, Auke De Vries, Levi van Veluw, Henk Visch,...), Anningahof, Zwolle (NL)
'BOWLING BXL' (with Mathieu Ronse, Stephane Ballieux, Caroline Coolen, Tom Liekens,..)
2014:
'Een Onvervalste Leugen' (with Damien Delepelaire, Joris Ghekiere, Robert Devriendt, Dirk Zoete, Jasper Rigole) , Emergent Gallery, Veurne (B)
'Dites-moi, m'sieur, faites que je sois un oiseau' (with Bieke De poorter, Benoit Felix, Raphael Buedts,...), C.C. Marchin (B)
2013
'Wild Thing', TETEM Kunstruimte, Enschede (NL)
'ONE', Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
'Mythiq 27', Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris (FR)
'Na(ar) de natuur', Kasteeldomein d'Ursel, Hingene (B)
2012
'Selectie Oost-Vlaanderen' (with Michaël Borremans, Dirk Braeckman, Emile Claus, Roger Raveel,Berlinde De Bruyckere,...), Belgische ambassade, Den Haag (NL)
'Boonparade', Aalst (B)
'Efemeer' (with Leo Copers, Honoré d'O, Lawrence Weiner,...),Leiestreek (B)
2011
'Line/Form/Space/Order', Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
'Sculpture',Gallery Fortlaan17, Ghent (B)
2010
'HIS/HER nature' (with Kiki Smith, Eva Schlegel,...), Gallery Fortlaan 17, Ghent (B)
'FAKE!' (with Jan De Cock, Wim Delvoye, Carsten Höller, Gert Robijns,...),Aalst (B)
'V', Be-PART, Waregem (B)
2009
'Wachters voor Bachte' (with Thomas Lerooy, Caroline Coolen, Paul Gees,...),Bachte-Maria-Leerne (B)
'Cabin Fever' (with Manor Grunewald, Tinka Pittoors, Hannes Van Severen,...),Monumental, Bornem (B)
'Zennestraat 17 Rue de la Senne, Brussel, (B)
2008
'Cuesta' (with Vadim Vosters, Michael Aerts,...),Tielt (B)
'Trends', Sint Barbara chapel, Ghent (B)
'Faces', Gallery Fortlaan Ghent (B)
2007
'Pushing the Canvas' (with Matthieu Ronsse, Kati Heck, Helmut Stallaerts, Cindy Wright,..) C.C.Mechelen (B)
'Tour des Artistes' (with Ann Veronica Janssens, Emilio Menchero Lopez, Stijn Cole, Gert Robijns,..)S.M.A.K., Ghent (B)
'Over the Hedge', (Leo Copers, Jef Geys, Vincent Geyskens, Fred Bervoets, Vaast Colson,...) Tafa Gallery, Tianjin (CH)
2006
'Treehugger' , Showroommama, Rotterdam (NL)
'Last Las Palmas', Las Palmas, Rotterdam (NL)
'Oost Vlaamse Prijs voor Beeldende Kunsten', laureate, Caermersklooster, Ghent (B)
2003
'This is Love in 03' with Veerle Beckers, Museum Leon Desmet, Sint-Martens-Latem (B)
Prizes
2004: 1st prize Gaverprijs voor schilderkunst, Waregem (B)
2005: 1st prize Provinciale Prijs voor Beeldende Kunsten, Ghent (B)
2011: 1st prize Laureaat Thuis voor een Beeld, Ghent (B)
2015: 1st prize Cultuurprijs, Deinze (B)
Permanent installations in public space
Waregem (B), Tielt (B), Nevele (B), Valkenburg (NL), Maldegem (B), Aalter (B), Tielt-Winge (B), Deinze (B), Brussels (B), Leuven(B), Zottegem(B), Ghent(B), Oostende (B), De Panne (B), Lille (Fr) ...
Temporary installations in public space
Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris (FR), Moscou/Bernadette/S.M.A.K., Ghent (B)
Artist-in-residence
2006, The Vancouver-Galgary-Vancouver Project (CAN) , with support of East Flanders Province
2007, RAID-Projects,Los Angeles (VS), with support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture
2015, Isola Comacina (IT) with support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture
Studies
Royal Academie for Fine Arts , K.A.S.K., Ghent (B)
Sint Lucas institute for arts & science, Ghent (B)