About
About
°1998 in Izegem, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Dittmar Viane’s work draws on the rich tradition of Early Netherlandish painting, blending its realist techniques with contemporary visual paradoxes. Influenced by masters like Dirk Bouts and Hans Memling, Viane employs oil paint and fine brushes to achieve delicate transitions and lifelike transparency through glazing. Viane’s works play with time, material, and meaning, using paint as a means to reveal different dimensions of existence. Humor is also a big part of his oeuvre, adding a playful yet thought-provoking layer to his art. Each painting seems imbued with an underlying energy that is both powerful and fragile, while the textures and colors are layered in a subtle interplay of light and shadow. The stillness in his compositions creates space for reflection, inviting the viewer not only to observe but also to contribute to the narrative unfolding before them.
Dittmar Viane was born in 1998 in Izegem, Belgium. He received both his BA and MA in Illustration from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. Viane has exhibited across Belgium, including at Everyday Gallery (2022), Museum Hof van Busleyden (2023), Pizza Gallery (2023) and most recently, as part of the 9th Biennial of Painting, at mudel (Museum of Deinze and the Leie region) (2024). His work has also been exhibited in international fairs, such as Art Brussels, Untitled Art (Miami), Future Fair (New York) and Art Rotterdam. Viane lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Dittmar Viane is represented by Gallery Sofie Van de Velde.
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Solo exhibitions
2024
Art Antwerp (Solo Booth), PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, BE2022
Outside the Gate, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BEDuo/Group exhibitions
2025
Keikoppen, Museumhuis Lucien De Gheus, Poperinge, BEArt Brussels, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Brussels, BE
2024
The Silver Cord, Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, UKMaster 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, USAFuture 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, BEArt Rotterdam, Everyday Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
2020
Limbo Act II, Everyday Gallery, Antwerp, BEGraduation at De Zwarte Zaal, KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Ghent, BE
2019
Gewankel, De Broederij, Ghent, BEEducation
2020
KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Master in Illustration, Ghent, BE2019
KASK Royal Academy of Fine arts, Bachelor in Illustration and Graphic Design, Ghent, BEPress
2025
De Vlaamse Primitieven als mentor, Absoluut Magazine2024
Art Antwerp: 7 artists to remember, The SteidzJonge schilders samplen oude meesters, De Standaard
9e Biënnale van de schilderkunst Leiegebied, AVS
2023
10 Small galleries that are spotting emerging talent, ArtsyFuture Fair Review: Creative blasts based on the past, The Wall Street Journal
2022
De artistieke breinbrekers van Dittmar Viane, The ArtcouchArtist 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 KlerkxThe 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