About The Artist

3 April 1952 Born in Sint-Lievens-Houtem, Belgium Ommegangstraat 3, 9690 Kluisbergen Kwaremont Belgium Education 1980-83 Institute for Textile, Henry Story, Gent, Belgium 1983-84 Ecole Nationale d’Art Décoratif, Aubusson, France 1984-88 Royal Academy des Beaux Arts,, Kortrijk, Belgium Professional occupation Since 1985 Independent textile artist - designer Since 1992 Opening ‘Galerij Theaxus’ https://www.galerij-theaxus.com Selected exhibitions The 13th International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. We are pleased to inform you that your artwork “Blue Landscape II” was selected by jury to be exhibited at the 13th International Textile Art Biennial “Scythia”. The biennial will take place in Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine, 6-18 August, 2020. Juror Nick DeFord selected your tapestry “Tornado In The Field II”, for ATB 13. San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA, USA - October 11, 2020-January 10, 2021 Highfield Hall & Gardens, MA, USA – February 9, 2021 – April 4, 2021 SELECTION FOR UNESCO VIRTUAL EXHIBITION My artwork has been selected for the virtual Exhibition of UNESCO & MEADOWS artists against COVID-19. Many Thanks to Lena Kelekian Sulahian and Francesca Maurizi Friday 29 2020 #unesco #covid19 #meadows https://en.unesco.org/news/mask-art-creativity-under-lockdown-unesco-beirut-meadows-artists-against-covid-19 Discover Benelux april -mei 2020 | Link: https://www.discoverbenelux.com/galerij-theaxus-weaving-images-into-tapestries/ Discover Benelux August 2019 | Link: https://www.discoverbenelux.com/galerij-theaxus/ Solo Exhibition : Dorothea Van De Winkel – Contemporary Tapestries, April 7-22 2018, Mou Museum of Oudenaarde and Flemish Ardennes, Town house de Oudenaarde, Belgium. 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art: DIVERSITY. In the SUBTE Exposition center. Montevideo, Uruguay 2017. The World Textile Art. Expo 5 Oct.-11 Nov. 2017. Web: www.wta-online.org Web: http://uruguay2017.wta-online.org Domaine de la Lice, Tapestry Contemporary, Centre wallon d’Art contemporain, La Châtaigneraie, March 18 to April 20 2017, Flémalle, Belgium. Trames Tapisseries Contemporaines, March 4-24 2017, Vanderborght Building, Brussels. 2016 From Lausanne to Beijing, 9th International Fiber Art Biennale & International Fiber Art Symposium, Exhibition, September 10-26 2016, Guan Shan Yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Web http://www.chinafiberart.com/swl-9th.html