GEERT VANDERPLANCKE

 

BORN IN NIEUWPOORT (BELGIUM)  ON 12/12/1963

SCULPTOR, GRAPHIC ARTIST,LIGHT DESIGNER AND INTERIOR DESIGNER.

FOLOWD STUDY’S AT THE WESTHOEK-ACADEMIE AT KOKSIJDE.

HAD ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND WORK ABROAD ON A STUDY BURSARIE TO POLAND.

 

GEERT VANDERPLANCKE IS A SCULPTOR WHO IS ALSO A LIGHTING DESIGNER AND DOES INTERIOR DESIGNING.

SCULPTING IS FOR ME THE CONQUERING OF SPACE WITHOUT LOSING THE SPIRITUAL CONTENTS OF EACH VOLUME OUT OF LIGHT.MY TOTEM-LIKE

SCULPTURES RISE LIKE GHOSTS FROM THE INGNEOUS GROUND AND EVOKE,

BY THE MATERIAL THAT IS USED,BY THE VERTICAL STRUCTURES AND THE

EXOTIC MOTIVES,ASSOCIATIONS XITH THE “PRIMITIVE”ART OF BLACK AFRICA.

I’M ALSO FASINATED BY THE NORTH SEA.

 

SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS IN BELGIUM AND FOREING COUNTRY’S:

EXHIBITIONS:1988-BRUGGE,VEURNE,OOSTENDE,NIEUWPOORT

 1989-NIEUWPOORT

 1990-KOKSIJDE,NIEUWPOORT,OOSTDUINKERKE

 1991-AALTER,KOKSIJDE,OUDENBURG,NIEUWPOORT

 1992-KOKSIJDE

 1993-KOKSIJDE

 1994-VEURNE

 1995- HEENVLIET (NETHERLANDS) ,NIEUWPOORT,WOUMEN

 1996- HEENVLIET (NETHERLANDS)

 1997- LISSEWEGE

 1998- LISSEWEGE

 1999- LISSEWEGE,LICHTAART,EDINGBURG (SCOTLAND)

 2000- LICHTAART,OEREN

 2001- VEURNE,DE PANNE,WANZE,BRUGGE,BRUSSEL,LISSEWEGE

 2002- DE PANNE,VEURNE

 2003-VEURNE

 2004- VEURNE,MIDDELKERKE,

 

E. VERHAERENLAAN,13

8670 KOKSIJDE (BELGIUM)

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