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Kristof Willemsen

Sant Joan de Mediona, Catalonia, Spain

Born in Mortsel (Belgium), I emigrated with my family to Spain at the age of ten. Since then, I have...

About the artist

Kristof Willemsen

Joined In 2023

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About the artist

Kristof Willemsen

Joined In 2023

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(12 Followers)

ABOUT
EDUCATION
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RECOGNITION

Born in Mortsel (Belgium), I emigrated with my family to Spain at the age of ten. Since then, I have lived mainly in Catalonia, currently living in a small town in Alt Penedès.
I trained as an agricultural technical engineer first to then train as a psychologist. At present I dedicate myself mainly to painting, psychological astrology and fatherhood.
Painting has been with me since childhood, having artists in my family. At the age of 33 is when I really decided to take the path of art, being a self-taught painter.
I paint for sixteen years without showing my work until I finally decide that it has enough quality and volume to go out into the world. Since then, my career has not stopped evolving, making constant change and exploration a work philosophy. The pictorial and discursive coherence is a consequence of the work itself.
I live in the countryside, dedicated to my family, my animals, and my two passions, art and astrology. The solitude of the painting studio is the world in which I create and build my work. I have little interest in the mundane noise that generally surrounds artistic careers. And because of this, I can develop and mature as an artist with a considerable consistent production.
I move in the field of intent. A...

agricultural technical engineer
psychologist
astrologer
self-taught painter

-individual exhibition "Marges i camins" (margins and paths), Sant Pere de Riudebitlles, 2019.

-individual exhibition "La línea invisible" (the invisible line) and presentation of the 2020-2021 Collections catalog at the castle of Mediona, 2021.

-Individual exhibition "Traces", in the Trinitaris room of the Vilafranca del Penedés City Council, 2022.

-individual exhibition "del mapa al territori" (from the map to the territory) at @lagelidense_coworking (Gelida), organized by @superlativus_, 2023.

-Multiple participations in local collective exhibitions.

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