Biography

Born in Ostend (Belgium).

First expression (oil painting).

Awarded in the Talens Prize Competition, Brussels. First group exhibition.

Awarded in the Art of Painting Prize, West-Flanders.

Awarded in the Jeune Peinture Belge Competition.

First personal exhibition at the Casino of Blankenberge.

Exhibits at "The Mansfield Fine Arts Guild", Mansfield, Ohio (U.S.A.).

Awarded in the L. Schmidt Prize Competition, Brussels.
For the first time assembled sculptures are shown at the Korrekelder, Bruges.

Sculptures totem figures and totem pole-like constructions in oak.

Wins the first prize at the 9th Biennial for sculpture in Vorst (Brussels)
Receives a medal of the Brabant province.
Edition of an art paperback about his work (by A.Van Wiemeersch-Gent).

Last oil paintings. Dedicates himself to sculpting.
Got granted a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture.
Travels through France, Switzerland and Germany.
Studies the art of Black Africa, Australia and the Pacific. That art will always fascinate him.

Creates some statues in bronze and tin.
Solo exhibition at the Numaga Gallery, Auvernier (Switzerland).

December: Makes study tour around Moscow (Russia).

The themes of his sculptures - fertility, birth and growth of man, animal and plant - gradually acquire their significance.

Completes the "Tree of Life", a 6.5m high monumental work of art in concrete and bronze, that is adorning the municipal cemetry at Ostend.

One-man exhibition at Galerie La Cité, Luxemburg.

Got granted a scholarship by the Ministry of Flemish Culture to travel to New York (USA).

Art paperback, written by Frank Edebau and Marcel van Jole, published by Arte and Biblio Press (Geneva, Paris, Antwerp).

Production of a film "Stereo-gnosis" under the auspices of the Flemish Community (director: Jean Mil, music: François Glorieux).
Exibits in Gordes (France) at the Municipal Museum, Aumônerie Saint-Jacques.

Shows at the Venetian Loggia in Heraklion (Crete).

Exhibition in the "Brakke Grond", the Flemish Cultural Centre in Amsterdam (the Netherlands).

Shows at the Langenberg Gallery, Amsterdam.
Summer exhibition in Gordes (France) at the "Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs".
Paints large size gouaches.
Monograph n° 14, written by Jaak Fontier and published by the Willemsfonds, Gent.

Exhibits at the ARTS Centre, ART Museum in Seoul (South-Korea).
Shows at the House of Osterrieth, on the occasion of Antwerp 93, Cultural Capital of Europa.
Exhibition at R.W.E. Aktiengesellschaft, Brussels.
Monograph by Marcel van Jole, published by Roularta Art Books.

Shows at Group 2 Gallery, Brussels.

Exhibits at Adrian David Gallery, Knokke - Zoute.
Acrylics exhibited in in Gordes.

Third one-man exhibition in Gordes at the "Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs".

Designs gold jewels (unique pieces): pendants, pins, brooches, rings, bracelets and earrings.
Stays and works in paris at the Cit é Internationales des Arts.

"Hope", a 2.5m high bronze sculpture is erected in the Leopold Park in Ostend.
Art project in a studio in Montmartre (Paris).

Creates a bronze sculpture "1 three 1" in cooperation with Hubert Minnebo and Willy Bosschem, in aid of Lions Club Ostend.

Participates in Euroworld, Euro-point, Frankfurt (Germany), Cat.
Designs wine label for LIRAC and Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Spends 4 months in a studio of the Cité International des Arts in Paris.
Paints 13 murals,spread over 5 floors, in the Rehablilitation centre I.M.B.O. in Ostend.
Creates an oak box for the exhibition Box 51, organized by the Fifty One Club of Ostend.

Exhibits at Van Campen & Rochus Gallery, Antwer Participates in the 1st Bienial for sculpture in the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer (France), Cat.
Designs woollen and silk tapestries.
Paints mural (350 x 110 cm) in Pier A, the new departure hall of Brussels International Airport, Cat.

"Gevleugelde", a 3.20 m high oak sculpture, is erected in Brussels International Airport, Zaventem
New monography by Hugo Brutin published by Lannoo

Installation of a bronze sculpture (3m H), "Reborn"in front of the building B.Z.I.O. Ostend.
Art at table designed an under-plate "dinning at Ostend"
Exhibits at St-Jorispand, Elzenveld, Antwerp

Exhibits at Waasmunster, Castle Blauwendael and Cityparc
Exhibits Cuesta 2005, Art Center Stroming, Berlare

Exhibits at Berlare Art center "Stroming"
exhibition BZIO - IMBO Beach side 286 Ostend
Art at table in the restaurant "Villa Maritza"
2006 Bronze Sculpture "The Eye of Mutoh" (5m high), highway, Ostend
Steel Sculpture "Innergetic" (5m x 5m) for Latexco, Tielt