Michel Smekens

Michel Smekens is born on 1963 march 6th in Ottignies in Belgium. During his young time he was living in Germany for his 6 first years, then he came back to Belgium with his parents and now, since 2015, he's living in France, Normandy in Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis near Alençon.

Michel Smekens draws for a long time. After a university education in Political sciences and in International law as well as studies in Marketing, he completes its artistic formation in Slac Academie in the School of Fine Arts of Leuven and creates a meaning and very reactive art with regard to the society in which we live by wondering about the position of the individual as well as about his perception. Three years after its first exhibition, he was already exposed to the Palace of the Fine arts of Brussels from 2008 with its drawing « ik wil, je veux ».

Since then, it is the contemporary and expressionist art which he develops permanently in passing of a black drawing in the color brilliantly through a mixed technique allying drawing blind, colors and performances. So, he creates according to its inspiration in the charcoal, in the India ink, in the watercolor and any material he can get his hands on.

The artistic declaration of Michel Smekens

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Aux Beaux-Arts : Slac-Academie Leuven, Belgium - 1998-2008
Post-Graduat : Wisper Leuven, Belgium - 2006-2007

2005 : Isabelle Poseert ? Zolder, Romaanse Poort, Leuven, Belgium - 20/05/05-29/05/05
2006 : Centrale Werkplaatsen, Leuven, Belgium - 05/06
2007 : E-atelier, SDworx, Antwerpen, Belgium - 10/05/07-24/05/07
2007 : Asha Leuven, Belgium - 05/10/07-25/10/07
2008 : BOZART EXPO, 1st Canvascollectie, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium - 23/05/08-15/06/08
2008 : MIX 05/2008, Op-Weule, St-Lambrechts Woluwe, Belgium - 30/05/08-22/06/08
2009 : 4MEN 4 ELE-MEN-TS, Exporuimte Tweebronnen, Leuven, Belgium - 30/04/09-20/05/09
2009 : Il était une fois… un merveilleux pays, La ferme du Prince, Jurbize, Belgium - 16/10/09-30/10/09
2009 : Happy New Art, Liège, Belgium - 26/12/09-30/12/09
2010 : Solo exhibition « Art is more, » Borgloon, Belgium - 27/02/10-21/03/10
2010 : Culture pour tous, Gemmenich, Belgium - 16/10/10 -17/10/10
2016 : Les Corbenois ont du talent !, Salle de la Prairie, Saint-Germain du Corbéis, France - 05/05/16-06/05/16
2016 : Exhibition IMAGinE revue d’Art, Salle des Tilleuls, Saint-Germain du Corbéis, France - 18/06/16
2016 : Exhibition De têtes en caps, 3MvLNsvd, Valérie communication agency, 9 rue des Bruyères, Saint-Germain du Corbéis, France - 03/09/16-11/09/16
2016 : Festival Festi’Arts of Moliets-et-Mâ...