About



Dittmar Viane (Born in 1998, Izegem, Belgium) is a painter who lives and works Antwerp, Belgium. In 2021 he graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine arts in Ghent where he received his ‘Master degree in Illustration’. With his figurative oil paintings, Dittmar Viane tries to visualize personal and fictional stories that are set in a self-created landscape. Inspired by the paintings of the late Middle Ages and the following northern Renaissance, he paints strange scenes and absurd situations that are characterized by a combination of humor, naivety, mystery, silence, loneliness and (sur)realism.

The detailed works are a way to illustrate and experience his made-up world, a place he would like to discover in reality, build from his fascination for nature, music, wildlife and history. Also contrasts are often present in different ways and encourage him to search for balance and/or a certain tension that he likes.




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Solo exhibitions



2022

Outside the Gate, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BE


Duo/Group exhibitions



2024

Biennial of Painting: Master Painting, Mudel, Deinze, BE
Don't think twice, it's all right, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, BE
Aesthetic Echoes, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Miart, Huxley-Parlour Gallery, Milan, IT
Knights of the Golden Fleece, Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, BE

2023

Untitled Miami, Huxley-Parlour Gallery, Miami, USA
Future Fair, Everyday Gallery, New York, USA
Art Brussels, Everyday Gallery, Brussels, BE
The Big Bird Show, Pizza Gallery, Antwerp, BE

2022

History of the Future, NEST, Damme, BE
Art Brussels, Everyday Gallery, Brussels, BE

2021

Art Antwerp, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Art Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL

2020

Limbo Act II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BE
Graduation at De Zwarte Zaal, KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Ghent, BE

2019

Gewankel, De Broederij, Ghent, BE


Education



2020  

KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Master in Illustration, Ghent, BE

2019  

KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Bachelor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Ghent, BE


Press



2024

Jonge schilders samplen oude meesters, De Standaard
9Biënnale van de schilderkunst Leiegebied, AVS

2023

10 Small galleries that are spotting emerging talent, Artsy
Future Fair Review: Creative blasts based on the past, The Wall Street Journal

2022

De artistieke breinbrekers van Dittmar Viane, The Artcouch
Artist portraits: Dittmar Viane by Maarten Inghels, Morpho
The studio of Dittmar Viane, De Morgen
Kees de Koning: ‘Na een uur kijken in een museum slaat alles een beetje dood’, Oscar van Gelderen
De bruisende kunstscene van Antwerpen, Oscar van Gelderen
Art Brussels: Eight Emerging Artists to Watch, Ocula

2021

'Everything that could be' in six works of art, Manuela Klerkx
The 7 Best Booths at Art Antwerp 2021, Artsy

2018
Met de collages van Dittmar Viane zit je de rest van de week geheid op een roze wolk, Vice