curriculum
Curriculum
Born in 1947 Mortsel Belgium.
Studies:
- Royal Academy of Antwerp:
painting with oil and acryl on canvas
ceramics in terracotta
- Royal Academy of Mortsel:
graphics
- Royal Academy of Wilrijk:
digital graphics
- Teachers' College Antwerp:
teaching profession
Realisations
1965 - 1975: creation of tapestries in lambswool treated with pure pigments
1970 - 1979: designing objects for theatre; including masks and moving dolls
1976 : manually constructing educational, creative toys
1980 -1995: teaching tridimentional design, greasepaint, stage make-up and body-art
1985: first price for hig- minded creativity in the international contest of body-art
Portugal
1996 - up till now:
painting with oil and acryl on canvas, etching, wood engraving, various
techniques of sculpture, illustrations of books, digital graphics
2001: assingment to design and create12 'CSH Awards'
(Computers at School and at Home), 12 terracottas sculptures with metal on
a pedestral in blue stone (size 25 X 7 X 7 cm)
2003: assigment to design and create 12' CSH Awards'
12 terracotta sculptures with metal on a pedestral in blue stone
(size 30 x 8 x8 cm)
2003: artist in residence at the Fran Masereel Centre in Kasterlee
(the national centre for graphical art in Belgium) to realize screen prints
2004: assignment to design and create 2 sculptures with light for
'Article 27' an international exhibition at Heusden - Zolder (Belgium)
2005: assignment to design and create 15 'CSH Awards'
(computer at School and at Home)
2006: artist in residence at Schloss Haldenstein (Switzerland) for the project
'Highland - Lowland, a cooperation with Swiss and Flemisch graphic artists and poets
2006: artist in residence at Château Les Beaux Arts in Ronzon (Belgium)
for the preparation of the graphical art book with the same name
2007: assignment to design en create 12 'CSH Awards'
12 terracotta sculptures with metal on a pedestral in blue stone ( size 30 x 8 x 8 cm)
2007: presentation of the graphical art book ' Château Les Beaux Arts'
with poems from Tony Rombouts, at gallery 'De Zwarte Panter' in Antwerp (Belgium)
2008: presentation of the bibliophilic art box ' Highland - Lowland',
with an exhibition, in the Landesbibliothek of Lichtenstein in Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
2013: presentation of the bibliophilic art case 'Hidden Words' ,
with poems from Tony Rombouts, in' Fakkelteater' Antwerp (Belgium)
2015: presentation of 'Polychrome Words - Verbal Colours',
a painted wooden art box with screen prints in concertina folds and
handwritten poems from Tony Rombouts, in Gallery 't Gasthuis, Wijnegem
Personal Exhibitions
2001: paintings and sculptures in terracotta, Gallery Renault, Antwerp (Belgium)
2003: graphics in the 'Zwarte Zaal' of Fakkelteater' Antwerp (Belgium)
2004: paintings, graphics and installations, Gallery 'Lakenhalle' Herentals (Belgium)
2007: graphics in the exhibition space of the library in Aartselaar (Belgium)
2013: 'Sparkling Light', monochromical graphics in the 'Zwarte Zaal of ' Fakkelteater', Antwerp (Belgium)
2014: paintings and graphics, Gallery 't Kallement, Wommelgem (Belgium)
2015: paintings and graphics, Gallery 't Forum, Edegem (Belgium)
2015: Paintings and graphics, Gallery 't Gasthuis, Wijnegem (Belgium)
Group Exhibitions
1996: sculptures, Gallery 'Klank & Beeld, Leuven (Belgium)
1997: sculptures, Gallery De Groote Beer, Antwerp (Belgium)
1998: an installation created for A(RT)SSENEDE '98 te Assenede (Belgium)
2001: an installation created for A(RT)SSENEDE '2001 te Assenede (Belgium)
2004: an installation created for 'Kasterleest' te Katerlee (Belgium)
2004: two sculptures with light for the project 'Article 27' Gallery Domburg Castle, Heusden- Zolder (Belgium)
2005: 'Figure and Word in Unity', cooperation with 4 visual artist and 4 poets at
Atelier 't Blauwhof, Kessel (Belgium)
2005: installation 'The secret wardrobe of graphics and poetry' for the project
'Artcle 27', Domburg Castle, Heusden - Zolder (Belgium)
2006: graphics, Gallery SD Works, Antwerp (Belgium)
2007: graphics, Atelier 't Blauwhof, Kessel (Belgium)
2008: graphics, Landesbibliothek, Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
2008: graphics, Cortewalle Castle, Beveren-Waas (Belgium)
2009: graphics, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp (Belgium)
2009: graphics, exhibition space, library Kris Lambert, Ostend (Belgium)
2009: Roses and Lyrics', graphics, Shloss Haldenstein, Haldenstein (Switserland)
2010: graphics, Campus Groenenborger, University of Antwerp, Antwerp (Belgium)
2010: graphics, Atelier 't Blauwhof, Kessel (Belgium)
2010: graphics, central library Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas (Belgium)
2010: graphics, Cortewalle Castle, Beveren-Waas (Belgium)
2011: graphics, Biblioteca Wittockiana, Brussels (Belgium)
2011: graphics, city library of Fribourg, Fribourg (Switzerland)
2013: paintings, graphics and terracottas, open-air exhibition Armand Preud'hommeplein, Edegem (Belgium)
2015: paintings, graphics, open-air exhibition Armand Preud'hommeplein, Edegem (Belgium)
Publications
- 'The astrological kitchen of poetry' drawnings with poems from Tony Rombouts,
Publishing House Berghmans, Antwerp, October 2000, second print 2000
- 'A hand full of drops', woodcuts with poems from Tony Rombouts, Publishing House: Contramine, Antwerp, 2004
- The secret Wardrobe of 'Graphics and Poetry', images in colour of a collection of fashion
designs with poems of Tony Rombouts, Publishing House Contramine ,2004 Antwerp
- 'Château Les Beaux Arts', graphics with poems from Tony Rombouts, bibliophilic file, Publishing House Contramine,
october 2007, book publication, Publishing House Berghmans, Antwerp oktober 2007, second print december 2007
- 'Highland - Lowland', graphics in cooperation with Flemish and Suisse graphics artists
and poets, bibliophilic artbox, Publishing House LiterGra, Antwerp 2008, book
publication, Publishing House P, Leuven, 2008
- 'Hidden Words', monochromical graphics in a bibliophilic art case with poems from Tony Rombouts
Publishing House LiterGra, Antwerp 2013
- 'Polychromic Words - Verbal Colours', a painted wooden art box with screenprints in
concertina folds with handwritten poems from Tony Rombouts, Publishing House Contramine, Antwerp 2015
Works from Niki Faes in public collections
- Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee (Belgium)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (Belgium)
- Royal Library Albertina, Brussels (Belgium)
- Museum Plantin-Moretus, print collection, Antwerp (Belgium)
- Heritage Lbrary Hendrik Conscience, Antwerp (Belgium)
- Schloss Haldenstein, Haldenstein (Switzerland)
- Landesbibliotek, Vaduz (Liechtenstein)