About me
Photo taken at Accessible Art Fair at Bozar Brussels
About
Since I had a creative epiphany at the Burning Man festival in september 2017, I enrolled myself at the Art Academy of Mortsel, Antwerp and started sketching and painting, something I had not done for 30 years. I did make 3D artwork on the computer some 15 years before. I taught myself to draw in 6 months and haven’t stopped drawing and painting since.
I live in Antwerp with my girlfriend and 2 young adult boys. At home I have my atelier where I draw and paint figurative art, mainly portraits. With my art, I try to create something visually striking to convey some sort of strong emotion.
My art is populated with sad, melancholic people with suppressed emotion, often beautiful but damaged woman.
Exhibitions
- Graphique Noir: 5 prints of 3D work featured at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in California USA – May 2013
- Burning Man: one artwork in group exposition in Central Café at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, USA – September 2017
- Gebermte: two paintings on plexiglass in outdoor group installation in Mortsel – april 2018
- Lambermontmartre: participation in the Lambermontmartre open air art market, Antwerp – summer 2018
- Open Huis Expo: exhibition of paintings and drawings in own home in Antwerp – March 2019
- Galerie Art Nomade: exhibition of paintings and drawings in galerie Art Nomade in Brussels – April 2019
- De Kunstenfabriek: 3 works in group exposition organised by the city of Mortsel, Mortsel – May 2019
- Expo 167: several works in group exposition, organised by myself, Kloosterstraat Antwerp – May 2019
- Ambigu: solo exposition in gallery Conscience20, Conscienceplein 20, Antwerp – July 2019
- Lambermontmartre: participation in the Lambermontmartre open air art market – summer 2019
- Open Ateliers Antwerp – september 2019
- ACAF: selected to be part of the Accessible Art Fair at Bozar Brussels – October 2019
- Catawiki: featured as Trending Artist of the week – December 2019, sold 19 works
- EuropArtFair: selected to participate at EuropArtFair in Amsterdam – December 2019
- Gallerij Rivierenhof: group expo with Hildegard Penne in Rivierenhof park Deurne, Antwerp – June 2020
- Le Neuf Gallery: solo expo in gallery in Brussels, September – October 2020
- Sint-Willebrorduskerk: group expo in the Sint-Willebrorduskerk in Antwerp – October 2020
- New Jorg Gallery, group expo in New Jorg Gallery in Kalmthout – April 2021
- Balthasar Brussels, two works in group expo from June 2021 till May 2022
- Monaco Art fair, two works represented by gallery, August 2021
- Conscience20, solo expo in Popup Gallery in Antwerp – September 2021
- Nobody&Friends gallery, group expo in Antwerp – October 2021
- Birth of Super Nova, group expo at Monat Gallery in Madrid – January 2022
- World Art Forum, Cairo, Egypt (January 2022)
- Identity Revolution, group expo in Lecce, Italy (March 2022)
- Intens, solo expo at Galerij Rivierenhof, Antwerp (April 2022)
- Atelier in Beeld, Antwerp (13-15th of May 2022)
- Art Nordic, Copenhague (June 2022)
- Open Ateliers Antwerpen (September 2022)
- Focus Art Fair, group expo at le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris (September 2022)
- Dreamland, group expo at Galeria Azur, Madrid (November 2022)
- Shakespeare en ik, Sint-Denijs-Westrem (december 2022)
- Galeria Azur, Berlin (February 2023)
- Expo Rivierenhof, Antwerp (March 2023)
UPCOMING
- Open Atelier Deurne, Antwerp (April 2023)
- Atelier in Beeld, Antwerp (May 2023)
- Pleased To Meet You!, duo-expo with Hildegard Penne, Antwerp (June 2023)
Check the News page for more info on upcoming and past exhibitions.