Christel is a storyteller. Behind every abstraction lies a story from a distant land or a moment of extreme beauty closer to home. The colours that evoke the story are applied layer by layer until everything has been told and the painting is ready to begin a new story with the viewer. Christel hopes that her work inspires people and allows them to let their own imagination run free.
Having worked mainly with oil paint, Christel has switched to acrylic paint in order to minimise her ecological footprint. She mainly uses a palette knife and recycled plastic to apply the many layers of paint. The result is colourful, abstract expressionist large-scale work with depth, light and roughness.
Recently returned to Belgium, after living for 40 years in The Netherlands, Christel is at crossroads for change in her work: smaller pieces and experimenting with materials.
PUBLICATIONS
Publication in Zeehelden Nieuws, December 2023
Publication in Maison & Jardin Magazine, August 2021
Luxembourg Art Prize 2021: Certificate of Artistic Merit 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Memories
Conscience 20
Hendrik Conscienceplein 20
Antwerp
27 March 2026 - 2 April 2026
Solo exhibition
Open Ateliers Duinoord
8 June 2024 - 9 June 2024
Open Ateliers Duinoord
Makelaardij/Art Gallery Koenders
2de Schuytstraat 164
The Hague
21 May 2024 - 11 June 2024
Overzichtstentoonstelling
Moofers Fashion & Art Salon x Namuso Gallery
Toussaintkade 22
The Hague
4 April 2024 - June 2024
Group exhibition
Remnants of a meal
Aandachtscentrum Den Haag
Schoolstraat 18
The Hague
15 January 2024 - 11 March 2024
Solo exhibition
Worship
ANNA@NE36
Noordeinde 36
The Hague
10 Octobre 2023 - 22 Octobre 2023
Solo exhibition
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