Denis Van Baren

Denis van Baren is a French-Dutrch artist born in Paris on the 11th of September 1968. He first trained as an architect and specialized in the preservation and restoration the architectural heritage. He practiced this activity on the highest level in Brussels for two decades. Since 2011, he devotes himself exclusively to his painting.
van Baren draws since his early childhood, and first developed his skills in the watercolour technique. This has a considerable influence on his actual acrylic paintings, especially in the balance between light and shade. His architectural training as well as important personal research contributes to a very original representation of space and his experience to conserve the artistic heritage also confers to his work a particular philosophical dimension where time and memory play a central role. Through different series, he approaches the theme of memory.

Dutch-French visual artist
1968 Born in Paris the 11th of September
1992 Graduate in architecture, Brussels, Belgium, ISASLB High School
2003 Master in restoration of architectural heritage, Liège, FERSPA
1992-2010 Architect, project manager, visual artist
2011-2018 Visual artist, Berlin, Germany
2019 Lives and works in Gordes, France

SELECTION OF PAST EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016.10 Perspectives, solo show, watercolors, acrylic paintings, Delen Private Bank HQ, Brussels
2016.06 SPEED, solo show, acrylic paintings, Espace FMA, Brussels
2015.02 Collective Amnesia, acrylic paintings and sketches, Raum B, Berlin
2014.03 Abstract Landscapes, oil and acrylic paintings, Espace GL21, Brussels
2013.02 Piles of Books, acrylic paintings, Domaine de Tara, Roussillon, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Anmerkungen zum Beginn des kurzen 20. Jahrhunderts
Recent European art on World War I
Group exhibition, artists: Kader Attia, Bernard Henri, Marcin Berdyszak, ...
2018 Motorenhalle, Contemporary Art Museum, Dresden, Germany
2017.10 SPEED, recent works, acrylic paintings, EAF Berlin, Kantgaragen Palast
2016.03 Traces, installation, Iodeposito, Trieste (It.) - archeological forum
2016.03 Douaumont, watercolours, Iodeposito, Piran (Slovenia), Tartini House
2015.08 OUTinSIDER, watercolour, acrylic paintings and drawings, Freyer Marktforschung, Berlin
2014.07 Genius Loci, acrylic paintingsKunst am Spreeknie 7, Schöneweide art festival, Berlin
2013.07 Ortgeist, acrylic paintings, Kunst am Spreeknie 6, Schöneweide art festival, Berlin,