Linda Coppens

I am a Belgian abstract artist living and working in Spain.
I don't begin with an image in mind. I begin with a surface that offers possibilities rather than answers. Each painting develops through a series of decisions in which marks remain, disappear or return in unexpected ways. Instead of working towards a predetermined composition, I allow structure to emerge gradually through attention, revision and response to what is already there.
The most rewarding moment is when a painting begins to resist my intentions. From then on, every decision changes the possibilities for the next one, and I keep responding until the next step becomes inevitable.
My background in psychology continues to shape the way I think about perception. We rarely experience or remember the world as a complete picture; instead, we retain fragments, impressions and connections. That understanding influences my paintings, which unfold gradually rather than revealing themselves all at once.
My current body of work, Rhythms of the Unspoken, asks a simple question: how can structure emerge through the act of painting itself?
My work is held in private collections across Europe, Asia and the United States.

2004 Drawing certificate - Art Academy-Liedekerke, Belgium
2009 Painting certificate - Art Academy-Liedekerke, Belgium

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 - Linéair, Dilbeek (Belgium)
2016 - A visual Conversation, Asse (Belgium)
2013 - Espace Art Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
2013 - Gallery Artstudio, Knokke (Belgium)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026
Fragmentos II, Global Art Project, Madrid, Spain

2025
DISLOCATIONS : GAP Artists Books / FRAG Exchange Project (California USA)

2024
Crossing Borders – Westbeth Gallery, New York, USA
Gender GAP II – San Ramon Art Center, California, USA
Colors' Emotions – Bassano del Grappa, Italy

2023
Distance and Nearness – Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Love Explodes in Red – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Frags and Flarden – Galerij Artisjok, Lier, Belgium
Moclin Arte – Granada, Spain

Earlier exhibitions include exhibitions in New York, Madrid, Dakar, Luxembourg, France and Belgium.