Christiaan Van Heest

1959, Amsterdam.
Christiaan van Heest lived for 21 years in 'Vlaanderen' Belgium. In 1985-1986 he returned to the Netherlands. To make a living he worked as art teacher, graphic designer, creative director and art director besides his Studio work.

Paintings, drawings and digital artworks. Subjects are re-translations of environments and situations in daily life and the Unknown Zone.

Education
1979-1983 Royal Academy of Fine Arts(Gent, Belgium)
1984 Hogeschool Gent (HOGENT), Art Teacher
1985 Computergraphics, Genigraphics

Past exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions

1985
- Paintings, Sheraton Hotel, Djibouti

1988
- Paintings & Computer Drawings, HCS technology, Rotterdam

1990
- Paintings & Computer Drawings, Visual Communications Amsterdam, Amsterdam

1996
- Paintings & Digital Compositions, Galerie Kunst & Kunst, Eindhoven

1997
- Painted Pianos, van Urk, Chernikow, Ukraine

Group Exhibitions

1983
- 4 Years Pictural Climate, Paintings and Drawings, Academy Ghent / University Brussels
- Art After 72. Drawings, Stedelijk Secundair Kunstinstituut (SSKI), Ghent
- Paintings and Ink drawings , Galery Jo Renders, Antwerp

1985
- Paintings, Gentse Kunstsalon, Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent

1986
- Paintings, Anti-Chambre, Ghent, Belgium
- Paintings and Drawings, Cultural Center, Drongen, Belgium

1987
- Paintings , Different Vision, Cultural Center ter Dilft, Hoboken (Antwerp) Belgium
- Paintings, Chateau Daelenbroeck, Herkenbosch, The Netherlands
- Paintings, Cultural Center, Ninove
- Paintings a...