Karien Deroo

Karien Deroo lives and works in Sint-Laureins, a small village between Bruges and Ghent, Belgium.

Karien Deroo paints in an autodidactic way, inspired by the classical tradition of the old masters. Her style is highly figurative but with a strong contemporary and timeless perspective.

In her paintings Karien Deroo explores the hidden history of the individual.
Although a variety of hidden emotions and deeply buried secrets reveal some typical inner struggle, we can't detect any explicit external emotion in her characters. The figures seem in a contemplative mood, captured on the canvas. They are snatched out of a context that we can only guess, caught in their own turmoil.
It's a snapshot where the gaze of the character lingers with the viewer and leaves him or her contemplative as well.
The characters painted by Karien Deroo have different layers, not only in the literal sence of paint but also in the invisible compexity of their feelings.

art and graphic design at St. Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
graphical techniques at SASK, Roeselare, Belgium
painting: autodidact

selections and exhibitions:

2017
INSIDERS' MEMORIES
solo show, Aporia Gallery, Brussels

2017
BAD (Belgium Art Design)
artfair ICC Ghent Belgium

2016
WE'VE BEEN AWAKE FOR SO LONG
solo show, 'T ZIEN, Mechelen

2015
SOLO
solo show, Het Godshuis, Sint-Laureins

2014
BRUSHSTROKE PERCEPTIONS
Gallery QuARTier A, Aalst

2013
BAREFOOT
solo show, Gallery NavArt, Sint-Niklaas

2013
VIER VROUWEN
Priorij 'Rattenkasteel' Waarschoot

2013
DIE WUNDERKAMMERN
Galerie Pinsart, Bruges

2012
OVERVIEW WORK 2008-2012
CC De Spil, Roeselare

2012
CANVASCOLLECTIE|COLLECTION RTBF 2012
selection with the painting "our Father"
exhibition @Bozar, Brussels

2012
1.000.049 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTS
Galerie Pinsart, Bruges

2011
LINEART THE BORDER 2011
Galerie Pinsart @ Lineart, Gent

2011
HANGING OUT IN HISTORY
solo show Galerie Pinsart, Bruges

2010
PRIJS VOOR GRAFIEK HILDE DEMEDTS
selection with the etching woman (jury: Reniere & Depla, Dirk De Koninck, Michaël Borremans, Jan Dhaese)
Deinze

2010
NATIONALE PRIJS VOOR SCHILDERKUNST LOUISE DEHEM
selection with 3 paintings
(jury: Christine Adam, Pierre Goetinck, Veerle Van Durme)
stadshallen Ieper