About The Artist

The ceramic human figures of the Belgian artist Eddie Symkens are difficult to interpret. Heavy forms and work traces emphasize the material and the development process. But the primitive, intense design has something touching and lays bare the human feelings. Recenciste Lida Bonnema of the Noord Hollands Dagblad. www.eddiesymkens.be Selections and awards: 2013: Selected: "self-portrait": Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen at Rotterdam. 2011: Selected to participate: ISEL: art and culture magazine: ABC van de Belgische Hedendaagse Kunstenaars 2011. 2010: Selected to participate Sculptures Guide 2010. (movingartmagazine) 2008: Art cataloque: Art gallery Ludwig Trossaert Antwerp. 2007: Selected at Dutch ceramists association. 2007: Selected for collection Business Art Service. 2007: Selected to participate on “Beeldig Limburg Belguim” statues of 11 selected artits of the Province of Limburg, organised by the Comity of July 11th, the Province of Limburg and Flanders Fiesta. 2006: First prize for plastic arts by the town of Dilsen-Stokkem and Davidfonds Belguim. 2005: Selected for the book "14 Presents-day artists" by Thierry Jonnaert. In public places: 2 bronze sculptures: Castle "Ter Motten" by the town of Dilsen-Stokkem. (Belguim) Lease-lend: Sculpture: Europa protests (H1m70) and Sculpture: Transhumane (H1m80) Cultural Center Maasmechelen. (Belguim)