Charles de Bisthoven (b.1992, Bruxelles) holds a BA in Drawing & Graphic Novel from ESA Saint Luc Liège, Belgium and an MA in Fine Arts Practice from University of Art and Design, Cluj Napoca. Using painting and drawing as main mediums, his works reflect his enduring fascination with ruins, nurturing a deep sense of caring for everything underneath, whether hidden or undiscovered. Drawing inspiration from Flemish and Mexican paintings, comics, and Japanese stamps, the artist creates windy, dark, and dust-filled compositions, allowing the transient subjects to assume new gestures and movements within a seemingly motionless format, leaving unpredictable traces and motion blurs.
Selected group shows: Ghost Whisper Loud and Clear, (2023, Zina Project Space, Cluj- Napoca), La Grande Bouffe, (2022, Lovaas Projects, Munich), Weißes Blut und roter Schnee (2018, Anaid Gallery, Berlin), Smooth Sailing Galeria (2017, Malarstwa ASP, Krakow, Poland), L’Inde sous le pinceau et la plume de deux frères (2014, Galerie Saint-Luc, Liège, Belgium).
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
Oil on wood
70 x 50 cm
Pencil on paper
35 x 25 cm
Pencil on paper
35 x 25 cm
Pencil on paper
30 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
30 x 25 cm
- Education
- 2011-2013
- BA, École Supérieure des Arts Saint Luc in Liège, Belgium, Drawing, Graphic Novel Department
- 2013-2017
- MA, University of Art and Design from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Painting Department
- 2016
- Erasmus, Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejki in Kraków, Poland, Drawing, Painting and Intermedia Department
- Selected exhibitions
- 2023
- Ghosts Whisper Loud and Clear, group show, Zina Project Space, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2022
- La Grande Bouffe, group show, Lovaas Projects, Munich, Germany
- 2018
- Weißes Blut und Roter Schnee, group show, Anaid Galerie, Berlin, Germany
- 2017
- Smooth Sailing, duo show with Natalia Ledzianowska, Galeria Malarstwa ASP, Kraków, Poland
- 2016
- Sky Valley, IAGA Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Gesture Drawings, duo show with Mia Štark, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2015
- Peintures, dessins, gravures, Galerie Wégimont, Liège, Belgium
- 2014
- Museographics, group show, Liège, Belgium
- L’Inde sous le pinceau et la plume de deux frères, group show, Galerie Saint-Luc, Liège, Belgium
- 2013
- The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Hot Dogs: L’amour et ses dérives, group show, L’enseigne du Commissaire Maigret, Liège, Belgium
- Lettres-Images, group show with the collective „L’Articho“, Liège, Belgium