Jan-Willem Vandenberghe

Painter, currently living in Ghent, Belgium, using the medium of oil paint as a way to translate my deep interest painting in it's purest form. my process as a path to re-consider the conventions of figurative painting through a continued pursuit toward abstraction.

The goal is to create paintings with a deeper sense of engagement, with matters beyond what is visible, as a mental mirror, questioning the nature of painting itself and the identity as something deconstructed, created, and tangible.

Graduated With Honor at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent, Master Fine Arts – Painting
Mentor: Vincent Geyskens
thesis Mentor: Peter de Smet

– Erasmus programme at Plymouth University UK
Tutors Plymouth: Phil Power, Martin Brooks, Chris Cook

2012 – 2015 Graduated With Honor at Royal Academy of Fine Arts Ghent, Bachelor Fine Arts – Painting
Tutors: Vincent Geyskens, Narcisse Todoir, Paul Casaer, Pieter Mathysen, Raphaël Dua

2015: Minor Autonmous Design
Tutor: Dirk van Gogh
2014: Minor Media Arts
Tutor: Hendrik Leper
2010 – 2012 Howest University College, Digital Arts & Entertainment

IONS
15/02/2017 – 16/02/2017 Withstand – MAP, KASK Ghent

15/12/2016 – 16/12/2016 First Encounter – MAP, KASK Ghent


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
16/11/2017 De Kotroute – 16 November 2017, Ghent, Belgium

13/10/2017 STOFWOLK_Plek_oktober, Plek, Ghent, Belgium

29/06/2017 – 02/07/2017 Graduation 2017, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

10/05/2017 – 12/05/2017 MFA TRY-OUTS –De Zwarte Zaal, KASK Ghent Belgium

21/04/2017 One to Many book launch – CONVENT, Tennisbaanstraat 74 Ghent Belgium

20/04/2017 – 23/04/2017 Masterprojecten #60: PAGE SPACE FOLD PAGE – MAP, KASK Ghent

12/03/2015 Everything will be Alright – Duo Exhibition Artspace 101, Roland Lewinsky Building, Plymouth University UK

12/03/2015 OHNE TITEL (NOCH) – Group Exhibition 3d Bachelor Painting Kask Ghent, Zwarte Zaal, Louis Pasteurlaan 2, 9000 Ghent

27/03/2014 Look Mom I’m An Artist· Group Exhibition 2nd Bachelor Painting Kask Ghent, Kunsttoren Offerlaan 5, 9000 Ghent