Tom Van de Wouwer

b. Kapellen, Belgium 1979

Currently residing in Opwijk, Belgium

Education

2008                 Ted Seth Jacobs intensive portrait painting program, BACAA, Belmont CA, USA.

2008                 Alternate student, The Ryder studio, Santa Fe NM, USA

2007                 Figure drawing intensive, Gericault Studio, Paris, France.

2007                 Classical figure drawing & painting, Studio Escalier, Argenton Chateau, France.

2006                 Independent studies & museum copying, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, USA,

Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp & MFA, Ghent.

2005                 Conceptart.org workshop, Prague, Czech Republic

2004                 Conceptart.org workshop, Wackers Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2002-2004       Rits, Brussels

1999-2001       The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

1994-1998       St.Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibitions

2009                 "Cityscapes", Down to Art gallery, Gent, Belgium

2009                  Open Art fair, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2009                 “Summer Collection” , Art Mix gallery, Antwerp, Belgium,

2008                 “About Beauty" , Framing gallery, Hawthorne New York, USA

2008                 “Beauty in motion” , Nicu's Spoon Theater, New York city, USA

Awards & Honors

2009                  The Artist's Magazine annual art competition, honorable mention, portrait & figure

category

2007                 "Waterway Fellowship” for artistic merit, Studio Escalier, France

1994                  Caran d' Ache award finalist

Bibliography

2010                  Atelier Magazine Januari/Februari issue, p. 56-59

2009                  The Artist's Magazine December issue

Instruction

2009-present    CC de Vrije Ateliers, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Workshops & Lectures

2009                 CC de Vrije Ateliers, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, workshop Alla prima portrait painting.

2008                 "Light as a guiding principle in Old Master works" Onze-Lieve-Vrouwen-Instituut, Boom,

Belgium