Linda Coppens

I am a Belgian abstract artist living and working in Spain.
I don't begin with an image in mind. I begin with a surface that offers possibilities rather than answers. Each painting develops through a series of decisions in which marks remain, disappear or return in unexpected ways. Instead of working towards a predetermined composition, I allow structure to emerge gradually through attention, revision and response to what is already there.
The most rewarding moment is when a painting begins to resist my intentions. From then on, every decision changes the possibilities for the next one, and I keep responding until the next step becomes inevitable.
My background in psychology continues to shape the way I think about perception. We rarely experience or remember the world as a complete picture; instead, we retain fragments, impressions and connections. That understanding influences my paintings, which unfold gradually rather than revealing themselves all at once.
My current body of work, Rhythms of the Unspoken, asks a simple question: how can structure emerge through the act of painting itself?
My work is held in private collections across Europe, Asia and the United States, and is regularly featured in curated collections on Saatchi...

2004 Drawing certificate - Art Academy-Liedekerke, Belgium
2009 Painting certificate - Art Academy-Liedekerke, Belgium

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 - Linéair, Dilbeek (Belgium)
2016 - A visual Conversation, Asse (Belgium)
2013 - Espace Art Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
2013 - Gallery Artstudio, Knokke (Belgium)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
DISLOCATIONS : GAP Artists Books / FRAG Exchange Project (California USA)

2024
Crossing Borders – Westbeth Gallery, New York, USA
Gender GAP II – San Ramon Art Center, California, USA
Colors' Emotions – Bassano del Grappa, Italy

2023
Distance and Nearness – Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Love Explodes in Red – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Frags and Flarden – Galerij Artisjok, Lier, Belgium
Moclin Arte – Granada, Spain


Earlier exhibitions include exhibitions in New York, Madrid, Dakar, Luxembourg, and Belgium.