Walter Dermul

Apart from some months at the Antwerp academy, I have no formal training in art or painting.
In my earlier career I worked as a strategist in marketing communications and advertising. Even up to today I work as an independent brand strategy consultant. But more and more this is being taken over by this other passion of mine : oil painting.

Since a couple of years now I got into a relatively stable routine of exploring the ins and outs of painting on canvas. I love the lively plasticity of oil paint. With each brushstroke I push and pull the colors – almost like sculpting – into shapes with expression. In contrast to oil, I hate acrylic, which I find a ‘dead material’.

I focus on representational subjects. Sources of inspiration come from different sides. I guess most of my work tries to portray real people and their emotions. It can be portraits of people I know or scenes from news items – such as the recent refugee crisis in Syria. I start from photos that I have taken myself of the subject, or pictures that I find on news sites. The biggest challenge is ‘seeing’ and translating the essence and the details into a new speaking and striking image.

My recent body of work deals with interpersonal relations. I can be deeply move...

Industrial Psychology and Marketing.

As an artist I am self taught.

• 1 mei tem 14 juni 2026 : solo in Artisjok Gallery, Lier
• 28 februari tem 11 april 2026 : solo in De Wieuw open art, Antwerpen
• 5 tem 7 dec 2025 : groepstententoonstelling in Urban Blue Expo 8, Gent
• 18 tem 20 maart 2025 : Moments – groepstentoonstelling Kasteel van Schoten
• 13 december tem 15 december 2024 : Tracing time – solo in galerie Itelier, Mechelen
• 9 oktober tem 11 november 2024 : MT60 – Huis Dievers, Diest
• 5 en 6 oktober 2024 : groepstentoonstelling 3de kunstbiënnale, Leuven
• march/april 24 : ‘Like humans do’ - solo in De witte merel, Lint
• december/january 24 : Introspectie/Retrospectie - solo Galerie Martin Van Blerk, Antwerpen
• november 23 : ‘Kunst met Fiere Margriet’ - group, Lions Club Leuven/Adem, Bierbeek
• september 23 : Volta 12 - group in Volta , Brussel
• september/oktober 23 : Sequence 020 - group in Le Neuf Gallery / Rivoli, Brussel
• june 23 : group 44ste Kunstprijs Sint-Pieters Woluwe / selected
• may 23 : I am King – group KunztHuiz - Abdijsite van Herkenrode (Hasselt)
• march/april 23 : This must be the place – solo Galerij Artisjok, Lier
• october 22: Behind closed doors – solo in Galerie Martin Van Blerk, Antwerpen
• augustus 22 : Puur Kunst – group in Garemijnzaal, Brugge
• may/june 22 : ...