On 25-26 October, 2014, I participated in a collective exhibition of the “Amazone à croquer” project, in Wavre, Belgium. Every artist associated to the project exhibited one piece, which he/she had created during the past months. “Sous le regard des artistes, Nathalie pose et dévoile ses blessures. L’exposition reflète la féminité, la beauté et donne …
Since the summer of 2014, I am working on a collective project about life after breast cancer. More than 20 artists are associated to this project around Nathalie, who lets us see, feel and express in our own ways her personal experience. A collective exhibition has been put together and is being displayed at various …
When a friend gave birth to her baby at 24 weeks and 4 days, many of her family and friends followed her news anxiously, hoping that everything would go alright for the baby girl. That was when I started this series of watercolour paintings. Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object …
From 30 June till 11 August 2013, I exhibited 26 paintings at the Kopermolen Vaals (NL). My works – which included a new monumental painting about the Arab Spring, a series of paintings about plastic waste in the oceans, and some new and older works about Palestine – were accompanied by wooden and bronze sculptures …
My most monumental painting to date, a triptych of 200cm heigth and nearly 600cm length, displays the developments in Kairo, Egypt of 2011. A deadly Islamist attack against a Copt church in January 2011 – Muslims protecting Christians on their way to church by standing around them – Christians protecting Muslims during their time of …
Just before the summer holidays, the Académie des Arts de Watermael-Boitsfort opened its doors to the public from 31 May till 7 June 2013. For the first time, I exhibited my tryptic inspired by events of the Arab Spring, along with many art works by fellow students.
I started to explore water as a topic of my paintings, first because I found it challenging due to its many reflections and shades of blue. A first painting focused on fisheries – exploring the realities of life in a maritime environment. In 2012 I started to portray the environmental degradation mankind causes to the …
On 16 March, I displayed some of my Palestine paintings during a debate and musical evening with Reuven Moskowitz, an Israeli peace activist who has received the Aachen Peace Prize in 2003. The exhibition was a joint one with artist Gerd Lebjedzinski. The event was organised by Euregioprojekt Frieden e.V. as part of the Aachen …
In December 2012, one of my paintings was presented to the Jury of the Prix Louis Schmidt 2012. I didn’t win the prize, but participated in the 10-day exhibition at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
From 18 November till January 2013, six paintings of mine featuring impressions of my trips to the Westbank are exhibited at ‘La Gougoutte à Pépé’, a charming pub in Ixelles, Brussels. It is a joint exhibition with two photographers. Feel invited to drop by!