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About Me
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About Me

I am a conceptual artist exploring the ways in which ideas can be translated into tangible form. My practice is driven by an ongoing curiosity about how we construct meaning, assign value, and navigate our existence. Through a combination of personal reflection and broader societal observations, I investigate themes such as transformation, impermanence, identity, belief, time, and perception.
 

My work often begins with a simple question or observation that gradually unfolds into a larger conceptual framework. Rather than committing to a single medium, I allow the concept itself to dictate the form it takes. This has led me to work across sculpture, installation, photography, performance, printmaking, and mixed media. Each material, process, and presentation choice serves a purpose within the narrative of the work.

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My Work

My Work

My work translates reflections, experiences, and conceptual ideas into tangible artworks. Each series explores a single concept through exactly 11 works, a structure that has become both a personal signature and a creative constraint. Working within this fixed framework forces me to condense an idea to its essence while exploring its different dimensions without redundancy.
 

The concepts I investigate range from personal observations to societal and existential themes, including time, death, life, ego, value, belief, and transformation. Rather than presenting a direct statement, I construct layers of meaning that invite discovery. Many works reveal themselves gradually, encouraging the viewer to move beyond the immediate image and engage with the underlying concept.
 

Every decision within a series serves the idea being explored. Titles, materials, processes, presentation strategies, and even pricing can function as conceptual elements alongside the visual work itself. I am particularly interested in creating moments where appearance and meaning diverge, allowing tension to emerge between what is seen and what is understood.
 

Because the concept always comes first, I move freely between different media and techniques. Sculpture, installation, photography, performance, printmaking, and mixed media are not separate disciplines within my practice, but tools selected according to the needs of the idea. The medium is never the starting point; it is the result of the concept.

My work aims to create a pause. A moment in which viewers are encouraged to question their assumptions, reconsider familiar perspectives, and engage in a deeper dialogue with the ideas embedded within the work.

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Why 11?

Why 11

The number 11 is the only constant throughout my practice.
 

Long before it became part of my work, it repeatedly appeared throughout my life. It was my class number throughout much of my school years, my jersey number in sports, and even my name consists of exactly eleven letters. Whenever I was given the choice of a number, I instinctively chose 11. Over time, what began as a coincidence evolved into a personal symbol and eventually into a defining element of my artistic practice.
 

Today, every series consists of exactly eleven works. The number functions as a self-imposed framework that shapes the development of each concept. By limiting myself to a fixed set, I am challenged to identify the essence of an idea and explore its different facets without excess or repetition. The constraint demands focus, discipline, and intentionality, while allowing enough space for complexity and nuance.
 

Beyond its practical role, 11 has become a signature that connects otherwise diverse bodies of work. Concepts, materials, and visual outcomes may differ significantly from one series to another, yet the recurring structure creates continuity throughout the practice. It acts as a thread running through the work, linking personal history with artistic methodology.
 

What started as a meaningful number became a rule. That rule became a framework. And that framework became an integral part of how I think, create, and communicate through art.

Selected Exhibitions & Projects

2026

solo | TIMELINE - Rik Rosseels Gallery - Antwerp (BE)
group | Ooidonk Art Festival 2026 - Deinze (BE)

group | Compassion - St. Jacobs Church - Ghent (BE)
solo | IMPACT - Hoet.gallery - Ghent (BE)

 

2025

org | Ooidonk Art Festival 2025 - Deinze (BE)
group | Tide - Knokke (BE)
group | The Clown Spirit cur. Joanna De Vos - 21 Gallery - Treviso (IT)

2024


group | Exploring Destiny - Stray Gallery - Bruges (BE)
org | Ooidonk Art Festival 2024 - Deinze (BE)
 

2023

group | Buy Local - Kunsthal Gent - Ghent (BE)
org | Art For Sale - Deinze (BE)

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