Marcel Ceuppens | The Work

 

Statement

 

Marcel Ceuppens was born in Brussels in 1960; he currently both lives and works in Brussels and London. He’s studied advertising at the Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art & Design.

He quickly became a successful Art Director working for the most creative advertising agencies in Belgium before to become a full time painter/illustrator. 

Marcel began creating economic, highly conceptual digital paintings in 2010 and exhibits his work since then. His paintings have been published in Belgian, British and American media and was featured in the Creative Review’s Illustration Annual 2011.

He is inspired by his passion for mid-century art, design and architecture.

Besides Portraits and architectural paintings, Marcel’s favourite protagonist—his “everyman”—appears solo or with cookie cutter duplicity throughout these paintings. Each work possesses a specified narrative within a spare, minimalist context and no doubt is very communicative. It is easy to either directly relate, or be rather familiar with this universal character as he conforms to the expected norms of both life and work in an unresisting manner and as he passively observes out of the ordinary natural disasters. Our protagonist appears detached; he is faceless and non-emotive but we empathise with him nonetheless.

 

CV 

 

Born in Brussels in 1960. Lives in Brussels, Belgium.

Worked as Art Director/Graphic Designer for Belgian agencies.

 

Exhibitions:

First paintings exhibition in March 2011 at Artemptation Gallery in Brussels

 

Brussels Accessible Art Fair in May 2011

Brussels Accessible Art Fair in October 2011

Lineart Ghent Art Fair in December 2011

Casa Batllo Showcase 2011 Barcelona in December 2011

The Affordable Art Fair Brussels in Februari 2012

Antwerp Accessible Art Fair in March 2012

The Other Art Fair London, May 2012

 

Future exhibitions:

Brussels Accessible Art Fair in September 2012

The Affordable Art Fair London, Hampstead, November 2012