Gaka Mira

I've worked as a systemic psychotherapist, sports/life/adventure coach and musicteacher at different stages in my carreer. The common thread is that I have always produced art in the form of drawings, paintings, photographs and video. Half a century young and a load of experience to rely on, I've chosen to invest my time fully in this direction. Two years ago, life forced me to stand still. A long period of recovery and wandering through Europe brought me to Spain, where I got fascinated by street-artists in Valencia and Malaga. This was the starting point to pick up work.
Human interest is central in my work. Emotions of all kinds unite us. Beyond cultural limitations and conditionned ways to react, we all feel sadness, anger, joy and exaltation under certain circomstances or crisis. Themes evolve. For the moment 'loss', 'solitude', 'revolte', 'connection', 'love',... are very present. I like to work with a variety of media, express myself in different series to point out a topic that puzzles or touches me particullary. Like the loss of the natural world, the growing solitude in a world where the ways to connect have never been more present, the cancer of polarisation, the limitations contemporary culture inflicts on our lives...

Nursery, psychology, psychotherapy, systemic therapy, social constructionism,
Founder/director of a private musicschool, guitar- and piano teacher
Personal coach in sports, health and personal development.
Photography: Professional nature, portrait and art photography.

1995: solo exhibition, paintings and video-art, Beernem, Belgium
1997: Andy Warhol memoriam exhibition, lightsculptures, Bruges, Belgium
2000: group exhibition, paintings, Boudry, Neuchatel, Switzerland
2005: solo exhibition, paintings, Coupure barn, Bruges, Belgium
2008: group exhibition, paintings, Mill 'De Wieke', Oostkamp, Belgium
2015: solo exhibition, Print-art: 'exodus: on the run', De Valkaart, Oostkamp, Belgium