Profile

Wim Ricourt

Born: Zelzate, Belgium 1963

Education:
Royal Academy for Modern Arts, Ghent
Technique: Oil on canvas

Selection of exhibitions
Belgium:
1992 – 2005: each year: “Lineart International Art Fair”.
1996 F RAME’s Gallery & Absolute Art Gallery: Exclusive agents since 1996
1999 – 2005 : each year: “ARTendens”, Salle Adornes, Brugge, Bruges.
1985 “Jeune peinture belge”, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel (Bruxelles).
“Peintres et sculpteurs belges contemporains de moins de 40 ans” - U.L.B., Brussel (Bruxelles).
1986 “Provinciale Prijs Oost-Vlaanderen” (“Prix provincial Flandre Orientale), Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent.
“24 kunstenaars in Antwerpen” (“24 Artistes à Anvers”), I.C.C., Antwerpen.
1992 “Peintres et sculpteurs belges contemporains de moins de 40 ans”, U.L.B., Brussel (Bruxelles).
2003 “Art On Cows” - Project, Brussel, deelname – participation

Luxembourg:
2005 Galerie Schortgen, Luxembourg & Esche-sur-Alzette

The Netherlands:
1997 – 2003: each year: “Holland Art Fair”, Den Haag
1986 Cultureel Centrum (Centre Culturel) “Brakke Grond”, Amsterdam
2004 Galerie Artitude, Nijmegen

Germany:
1996 “Ambiente”, Frankfurter Messe

France:
2003 Galerie du Dauphin, Honfleur

United States:
1999 Gallery Five - Soho, New York

Comment:

“Life is love, hate, passion and colour. This gives me the power to paint. Subjects have become simpler by deleting details and purifying a form. Nervously I walk about in my atelier, looking at my thick strokes, with which I paint a piece of landscape. My hand can no longer follow my thoughts. The music is playing loud. I enjoy it very much. Enjoying sunset, listening to the sparrows, drinking a glass with friends. That gives me goosebumps.” Wim Ricourt