Tomas Vandecasteele (°Antwerp, 1972) is an artist, researcher (FilmEU, Luca School of Arts/KU Leuven) and guest lecturer at Luca School of Arts. After studying philosophy (Ugent) and comparative cultural studies (Ugent) he was a guest lecturer (fashion film) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent/Belgium) and mentor for young photographers for the Antwerp Photo Museum (FoMu).  His work was published in numerous Belgian and international magazines, he had exhibitions at FoMu and MoMu (Fashion Museum Antwerpen), among others.

He is a PhD researcher at KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts, studying how neuroscience, philosophy and portrait photography intersect to explore the evolving meaning of images through the viewer’s perception and emotions.