Emmanuel Beyens
Brussels, Belgium
12 Works exhibited on Kooness
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Works by Emmanuel Beyens
Emmanuel Beyens is a figurative painter established in Brussels. Son of a Belgian ambassador and a nuclear engineer, nothing destined him for an artistic career. This vocation, however, appeared obvious from his childhood. Indeed, his first artistic experience dates back to his 12 years when he took for the first time in his life a drawing course at the French high school in Rio de Janeiro. At the end of the lesson, the teacher gave the students a homework : drawing a self-portrait. Full of enthusiasm, he applied himself as best he could; for once
homework was fun! When the homework was returned by the teacher, all the students had between 10/20 and 18/20, except Emmanuel Beyens. He had received a 0/20! "But why?" he protested. "Because a boy your age couldn't have drawn that! It must have been an adult who did your portrait!" replied the teacher. A few years later, he switched to painting when he found a box of gouache in his parents' attic. It was then that he undertook to paint his father's portrait. Seeing the result, one of his father's collaborators will exclaim: "Your son did not miss you!". Since then, Emmanuel Beyens has never let go of his brushes.
To train as a painter, he attended an academy in Brussels, then he perfected his skills in figurative art by following the courses of the Master Classes of the Vlamish Classical Atelier in Bruges and the Academy of Art in Florence. Since 2006, Emmanuel Beyens has exhibited in Brussels, Paris and Barcelona In 2011, he won the 1st Painting Prize at the Salon International du Portrait with his painting "The Maharaja".
April 2019: Art Nou Milleni Gallery , Barcelona.
March 2019: Barcelona Spring Art Show , Barcelona
November 2017: Balthasar , Brussels. (Personal exhibition)
October 2017: ANRB Artist Fair , Brussels
October 2016: Espronceda Center for Art and Culture , Barcelona. (Personal
exhibition)
March 2015: Art Shopping Woluwe , Brussels
December 2014: TAG Gallery Brussels . Exhibition "@Conversation" in
collaboration with Fabian Vogler and Savina Tarsitano, Brussels.
June 2014: Edelman Communication , Brussels
May 2014: Banque Montepaschi , Brussels. (Personal exhibition)
April 2011: International Portrait Fair , Château de Beauregard , Blois.
October 2010: Art Shopping Fair at the Carrousel du Louvre , Paris
June 2010: European Commission , Brussels. (Personal exhibition)
April 2004: La Ferme Rose , Brussels. (Personal exhibition)