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Christel’s work is inspired by stories. Behind every abstract composition lies a memory, an impression from a distant journey, an encounter with a landscape, or a moment of unexpected beauty close to home. She does not translate these experiences literally, but allows them to resonate through colour, texture and movement.
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Layer by layer, she builds up her paintings until the story has unfolded. She works primarily with acrylic paint, applied using palette knives and recycled materials. This method creates a layered surface where depth, light and rough textures come together. The result is colourful, abstract-expressionist works that invite personal interpretation.
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“For me, a painting is never a closed story. When a work leaves the studio, a new dialogue begins with the viewer. I hope that my paintings create space for wonder, memory and imagination, so that everyone can discover their own meaning in them.”
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After living and working in the Netherlands for forty years, Christel has returned to Belgium. This transition marks a new phase in her artistic practice, in which she is experimenting with smaller formats and new materials, whilst her fascination with colour, layering and the human imagination remains central.
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PUBLICATIONS
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Publication in Zeehelden Nieuws, December 2023
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Publication in Maison & Jardin Magazine, August 2021
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Luxembourg Art Prize 2021: Certificate of Artistic Merit 2021
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EXHIBITIONS
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Memories
Conscience 20
Hendrik Conscienceplein 20
Antwerp
27 March 2026 - 2 April 2026
Solo exhibition
Open Ateliers Duinoord
8 June 2024 - 9 June 2024
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Open Ateliers Duinoord
Makelaardij/Art Gallery Koenders
2de Schuytstraat 164
The Hague
21 May 2024 - 11 June 2024
Overzichtstentoonstelling
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Moofers Fashion & Art Salon x Namuso Gallery
Toussaintkade 22
The Hague
4 April 2024 - June 2024
Group exhibition
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Remnants of a meal
Aandachtscentrum Den Haag
Schoolstraat 18
The Hague
15 January 2024 - 11 March 2024
Solo exhibition
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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
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Hidden Worlds
ANNA@TV5
Tournooiveld 5
The Hague
20 April 2022 - 1 May 2022
Invited guest artist Roger Nievaart with 'A Hommage to Women'
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The rose garden: a tribute to Jannis Kounellis
Conscience 2.0
Conscienceplein 20
Antwerp
21 May 2021 - 3 June 2021
Solo exhibition
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Spot ON US
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
February 2021 - May 2021
To inspire young people a selection of 3 paintings by Rutkay Özpinar, dancer
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Hidden Worlds
En Garde Kunstgalerieën
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
26 June 2020 - 6 July 2020
Solo exhibition
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Art Truck at En Garde
En Garde Kunstgalerieën
Tournooiveld 4
The Hague
6 June 2020
Group exhibition
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ARTconnecting
Amicale Berlin of the European Patent Office
Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation
October 2018 - March 2019
Group exhibition
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ARTconnecting
Amicale Vienna of the European Patent Office
Hellenic Industrial Property Organisation
December 2017 - March 2018
Group exhibition
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Artex 2002
European Patent Office
16 September 2002 - 11 October 2002
Group exhibition
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