Roger Remaut

Rogier (Roger) Remaut (Ostend, 17 August 1942) is a Belgian painter (material art). He is represented by Xochi Art Gallery in Vale de Amoreira, Manteigas, Portugal. Using mixed media (acrylic), his works are constructions of material incorporating objects found, texture, layers of paint and graffiti. The paintings are built up slowly with many layers of matter and paint.

Remaut was born in Oostende in 1942. After studying art at Academie Oostende his first major exhibition was in 1982 with his brother Pierre. Selections in international competitions followed with shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Germany and the United Kingdom. In a career spanning thirty years Remaut has achieved huge success with works hanging in many public and private collections including those of the Belgian national and local governments and Ostend's Museum of Fine Art.


Distinctions
1982 Prize for painting, Harelbeke Belgium
1983 Hoppe Prize, Poperinge Belgium
1983 Work in the collection of Tuinbouwschool, Puurs, Belgium
1984 Gaver Prize, Waregem Belgium
1985 Prize for painting, Aarschot Belgium
1986 Work in the national collection of Belgium
1986 Work in the office of the Minister for Internal Affairs, Belgium
1990 Work in the Museu...

Studied art at the Ostend Academy in Belgium under artists Gustaaf Sorel, Maurice Boel and Willy Bosschem. He studied further at the Westhoek Academy, Belgium. As a painter he is an autodidact.

Solo exhibitions
1982 Galerie ‘De Peperbusse’ Ostend Belgium
1982 Galerie ‘Onder de Toren’ Veurne Belgium
1983 Galerie ‘Den Artiest’ Ostend Belgium
1985 Galerie S & H De Buck’ Gent Belgium
1987 Galerie ‘De Peperbusse’ Ostend Belgium
1987 Galerie “ ’t Oog” Leffinge Belgium
1988 Galerie ‘The Windows’ Brussels Belgium
1988 Galerie ‘Two B’ Ostend Belgium
1990 Galerie ‘Co-Art’ Ostend Belgium
1991 Galerie ‘45’ Brussels Belgium
1992 Galerie ‘Taboe’ Oudenburg Belgium
1992 Galerie ‘De Monte’ Mechelen Belgium
1993 Laken ‘Cultureel Centrum’ Brussels Belgium
1994 Museum of Fine Art, Ostend Belgium
1994 Galerie ‘Dialoog’ Ostend Belgium
1994 Galerie ‘Tres’ Kortrijk Belgium
1995 Galerie ‘Taboe’ Oudenburg Belgium
1996 Galerie ‘Dialoog’ Ostend Belgium
1997 Galerie ‘Tres’ Kortrijk Belgium
1997 Galerie ‘Collage’ Quimper France
1998 Galerie ’t Vagevuur Amsterdam Nederland
1998 Galerie ‘Dialoog’ Ostend Belgium
1998 BP Arts Knightswick Centre Canvey Is GB
1999 Chelmsford GB
1999 Chambers Gallery Ipswich GB
1999 Artezium Arts and Media Centre Luton GB
2000 Galerij ‘Declerk’ Gistel België
2002 Gallerie De Peperbusse, Ostend, Belgium 2002 3-D Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
2003 Galerie Alinea, Poperinge, Belgium
2004 Anton Diaz Cul...