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Pieter Lerooij

If you’re familiar with Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, “Maus,” than you already have an inkling of what Pieter’s visual storytelling can be like. Pieter’s inventive use of anthropomorphic figures to act out the drama of his narratives makes for compelling theater. He is a master draftsman, painter and is not only capable of capturing character emotions, but also the drama of the space. Pieter uses lighting situations in his compositions that reference the old masters of painting and printmaking like, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, and Francisco Goya.

Country
Belgium
Discipline
Painting, Printmaking

Pieter Lerooij

Born: 1958 in Ruangoba (Belgian Congo), lives and works in Elverdinge, BE.

He studied free graphics at the St. Lucas Institute in Ghent. In addition to his activities as an etcher, he is also a draftsman and painter. Although human faces are rarely or never seen in his timeless works, he manages to make fun of our "being human" in a penetrating way. He stops us and makes us think. No pictures but confrontational reality, sometimes hard, then again with humor. He draws the cheerful but also the less cheerful of our shared human experience.

Reviews:

-The Standard (Culture): Summer Exhibition in London: The Power of Tradition16 June 2013 p C3

-Art letters: October 2011 p 9

Exhibitions and selections

2021

- Open Atelier Elverdinge

- Vern Event Ypres

- Selected Mini Print Berlin Galerie Heike Arndt DK (BERLIN)

- Selected for International Prize Printmaking René Carcan

- Selected Art Competition Graphics 2021 CC Zwaneberg Heist -op-den-berg

2020

- Selected “Fresh Legs” Berlin Galerie Heike Arndt DK (BERLIN)

- Selected Mini Print Berlin Galerie Heike Arndt DK (BERLIN)

- Selected International Exhibition SCOUT 2020/2021, Galerie Heike Arndt DK (DENMARK)

2019

- Shortlisted “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts (LONDON) (1 etching)

- Participation Prize Georges Dheedene Zulte

- Neighbors with artists (Prov. W-VL)

- Selected for Mini Print BERLIN (3 etchings)

2018

- Neighbors with artists (Prov. W-VL)

2017

- Shortlisted “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts (LONDON) (2 etchings)

- Selected for “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts (LONDON)(1 etching: The big light)

- Group exhibition KINBOEZ (Church of Boezinge)

- Group exhibition ZILLAH BELL GALLERY in THIRSK (GB)

- Neighbors with artists (Prov. W-VL)

- Graphicall 2017: International printmaking festival (AMSTERDAM)

2016

- Shortlisted “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts (LONDON) (1 etching)

- Neighbors with artists (Prov. W-VL)

- Community Center Atelier 39 Ypres (Organization Curious)

2015

- Shortlisted “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Arts (LONDON) (2 etchings)

- Neighbors with artists (Prov. W-VL)