Work
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About the work
Paul De Vos was born in Bruges in 1943 and studied at the Sint-Thomasinstituut in Brussels. He started out as an abstract painter, in the wake of Lucebert and Maurice Wyckaert, and after years of oil and acrylic he traded the canvas for fired clay.
What keeps him in ceramics is what earth and fire do together. Out of that firing come wayward forms that suggest dogs, people and other creatures, each with its own colour, texture and curve.
He lives and works in Bruges.
Exhibitions
1971–2026Work is on permanent display at Boetiek Colette, Robert Orlentpromenade 17 in Nieuwpoort.
- 1971
- Selection, Keane prize
- 1972
- Selection, provincial prize for visual arts, West Flanders
- 1972
- Group exhibitions in Bruges, Ypres, Waregem and Vlissingen
- 1972
- Boudewijnpark, Bruges
- 1973
- Korrekelder, Bruges
- 1980
- Leerhuis, Bruges, group exhibition
- 1980
- Saaihalle, Bruges, group exhibition
- 1985
- Selection, Alfons Blomme prize, Roeselare
- 1990
- Spaarkrediet, Bruges
- 1991
- Summer collective, Galerie Minotaurus, Bruges
- 1996
- Art and Flower, Jabbeke
- 1996
- Selection, 12th Festival International des Arts Plastiques, Mouscron
- 1997
- Galerie Ernest Verkest, Tielt
- 1997
- Oud Sint-Jan Arts Centre, Bruges
- 2000
- Holmenshoeve, Slijpe
- 2000
- Galerie Kunstforum, Schelderode, group exhibition
- 2001
- Galerie ID+ART, Hamme
- 2002–2003
- Maison Vandamme, Zeebrugge
- 2003
- Holmenshoeve, Slijpe
- 2004
- Selection Sant, Bruges
- 2004
- Buren bij Kunstenaars, province of West Flanders
- 2005
- Manna Art Center, Bruges
- 2005
- Galerie Alinea, Poperinge
- 2006
- Holmenshoeve, Slijpe
- 2006
- Selection Sant, Bruges
- 2006
- Buren bij Kunstenaars, province of West Flanders
- 2007
- Beeld en Literatuur, Jabbeke
- 2007–2008
- Buren bij Kunstenaars, province of West Flanders
- 2009
- Galerie ID+ART, Hamme
- 2009
- Sculptures for the cultural council of Jabbeke
- 2009
- Muze, Muze, Veldegem
- 2010–2012
- Pour ou Contre, Nieuwpoort
- 2010–2012
- Design Vander Stichele, Wevelgem
- 2010–2018
- Buren bij Kunstenaars, province of West Flanders, annually
- 2011
- Ontmoetingen, Watou
- 2011
- Art Nocturne, Scharpoord, Knokke
- 2012
- Art Nocturne, Scharpoord, Knokke
- 2012
- Galerie Kempro, Eindhoven
- 2013
- Boetiek Colette, Nieuwpoort marina, permanent
- 2022–2026
- Atelier in Beeld, Flanders
- 2023
- Kortemark art route
- 2023
- Galerie 10, Grote Markt, Antwerp
- 2024
- Garemijnzaal, Bruges belfry
- Permanent
- Martine Gallery, Jan Mahieustraat 18, Roeselare
Contact
Every piece is made by hand and exists only once. Work is for sale, and can be seen at the studio by appointment.
- Telephone
- +32 50 386 778
- paul.de.vos@telenet.be
- Studio
- Brugge
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