My name is Christel Heremans, born and raised in Belgium, currently living in The Netherlands.
My ideal world is full of freedom, respect, warmth and colour; where we inspire each other, experience beauty and share it.
There is a lot of indifference, cruelty and black-and-white thinking among mankind so that we do not make the most of the short time here on earth and do not enjoy all that is beautiful in life.
I think this is a great pity because we do not feed our souls and it creates emptiness.
With my abstract expressionist oil paintings I contribute to a more colourful and warm daily life. Behind every abstraction hides a story from a faraway country or a moment of extreme beauty closer to home. I hope that my work makes people happy, inspires them and allows them to let their own imagination run free.
And when I am no longer around, my work continues to speak for itself, bringing colour into other people's lives.
PUBLICATIONS
Publication in Maison & Jardin Magazine, August 2021
Luxembourg Art Prize 2021: Certificate of Artistic Merit 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Magasin Horaz
Molenstraat 25
The Hague
1 December 2022 - 31 December 2022
Solo exhibition
Hidden Worlds
ANNA@TV5
Tournooiveld 5
The Hague
20 April 2022 - 1 May 2022
Invited guest artist Roger Nievaart with 'A Hommage to Women'
The rose garden: a tribute to Jannis Kounellis
Conscience 2.0
Conscienceplein 20
Antwerp
21 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
Solo exhibition
Spot ON US
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
February 2021 - May 2021
To inspire young people a selection of 3 paintings by Rutkay Özpinar, dancer
Hidden Worlds
En Garde Kunstgalerieën
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
26 June 2020 - 6 July 2020
Solo exhibition
Art Truck at En Garde
En Garde Kunstgalerieën
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
6 June 2020
Group exhibition
ARTconnecting
Amicale Berlin of the European Patent Office
Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation
October 2018 - March 2019
Group exhibition
ARTconnecting
Amicale Vienna of the European Patent Office
Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation
December 2017 - March 2018
Group exhibition
Artex 2002
European Patent Office
16 September 2002 - 11 October 2002
Group exhibition