Jan De Vliegher’s paintings are reminiscent of an Impressionism that uses the object as an alibi for the eruption of highly expressive light studies on the canvas. De Vliegher paints ‘familiar objects’: glass, porcelain plates, marble busts, interior fragments, facades, and so on. But he deconstructs traditional pictorial illusionism which leads to an increasingly higher level of abstraction.

As a painter he seems infatuated with his subjects, which he manages to ‘capture’ in a highly sensual and evocative way. There’s something Baroque about his work, which could also be considered as memories of a romantic world view, in which subjective perceptions are raised to a universal level. His work is hardly a case of ‘superficial’ decorative painting, nor does it aspire to be profound or visionary. The relationship with a ‘real’ reality is maintained, but he chooses to add elements to it or omit them.


EDUCATION

Hoger Instituut voor Beeldende Kunsten

1982-1986 Masterdegree in Painting (magna cum laude), Sint-Lucas Gent, Belgium


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Gow Landsford Gallery, Auckland City, New Zealand

2013
Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA
Roberto Polo Gallery, Knocke, Belgium

2012
Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium

2011
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium
Venice Projects, Venice, Italy
Kasteel van Gaasbeck, Brussels, Belgium
Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2010
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium
Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Dusseldorf, Germany

2009
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium
Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2008
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium

2007
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium
Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden

2006
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany

2005
Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany

2004
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium
Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
Cultuurcentrum, Brugge, Belgium

2003
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany

2002
Galerie Zwart Huis, Knocke, Belgium

2001
Galerie Mercator, Antwerpen, Belgium
Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium

2000
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium

1997
Galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium

1999
W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Slang, De Bond Brugge, Belgium
Galerie Van Wijngaarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands


1998
Vereniging van het SMAK, Gent, Belgium


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Bernadaud Foundation, Limoges, France

2013
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2012
Jan Garemijnzaal Brugge, Belgium

2011
Galerie E105, Berlin Germany

2009
Museum van Elsene, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, Germany
Mons- Bruges 1-1, La machine a l'eau, Mons, Belgium
ART Cologne, Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockohlm, Sweden
Life needs colour, Le coin couleurs

2006
Van ’t Swin tot Ysendyck, Le coin couleurs, Ljzendijke, Netherlands
ART Cologne, Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden

2005
ART Cologne, Galerie Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
Marines in confrontatic,, Beaufont 2003, Museum of Modern Art, Beaufort, Oostende, Belgium

2002
Hofvijver in Poëzie en Beeld, Den Haag, Belgium
Tuinen van Granada, PMMK, Oostende, Belgium
De Slang, Octopusproject, Brugge, Belgium

2001
Provinciale Prijs Beeldende Kunst West-Vlaanderen, Laureaat
Scharpoord, Knokke, Belgium
Een beeld van een beeld, De Markten, Brussel, Belgium

1998
4X painting, De Markten, Brussel, Belgium
De watertoren Vlissingen

1997
Trapped reality, Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Provincie West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Stedelijke Musea Brugge, Belgium
Museum voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK) Oostende, Belgium
Credit Lyonais Brussel, Belgium
Dexia Bank
The National Public Art Council of Sweden
Alex Katz Foundation (in the High Museum of Art Atlanta)


AWARDS

2000
Laureaat Prijs voor Beeldende Kunsten, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, eerste premie