Jacques van den Abeele

• Music is always a powerful source of inspisration for Jacques Van Den Abeele.

• Art, for Van den Abeele, is above all a quest towards the essential foundations of existence, moving towards what lies behind appearances: feelings, emotions, fears. The body, posture, movement and essence of human life are at the heart of the work of Jacques Van den Abeele. His sculptures thus allow us to see the fragility and transience of life, like the ephemeral sound of a note of music which, barely heard, already fades and disappears ...

• Jacques Van Den Abeele plays on volumes and voids to give power and mystery to his musicians or animals and to stimulate the public's imagination. But the "non-present" is as important as the present so Matter and Void alternate like a pause between notes: Sound and Silence. The artist enables each statue to express, above and beyond its appearance, sensitivity, emotion and innermost fears. The absence of matter thus shows itself to be as expressive as the matter itself. It is in the material and in the reality of things that Jacques Van Den Abeele draws his inspiration and his determination to reveal the profundity and the precariousness of life.

• Jacques Van Den Abeele illustrates the passion of music, mixing a profound fusion in the sound and mouvement. The sculptor takes us to a journey, and to different instruments of the world. The way in which he portrayed this musician touches perfection. The artist succeeded into represent through their posture the state of tension, relaxation and elegance that his players.

• Given the emptiness of his sculpture, for each limited authentic edition (8 + 4 Artist Proofs), Jacques Van Den Abeele has to work all over again the full process of creation and production directly in an unique wax model in final finition, to an unique mould, until the final bronze sculpture in final touch and patina. Each individual edition is an unique piece and different from the others.

• Jacques Van den Abeele was born in 1960 in Belgium.

• It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of this renowned Belgian artist sculptor in May 2023. His contributions to the world of art have been unique and his legacy will continue to inspire generations of artists to come.

• He was graduated at the Oudenaarde Fine Arts Academy and received the Belgium Government Medal for Decorative Arts and Sculpture. He also graduated in Drawing (living models) at the Saint Lucas Academy in Gent.

• Jacques Van Den Abeele began his career making sculptures in marble and in alabaster. In 1980, he discovered and experimented with techniques of bronze while seeking the refinement of still greater harmony of shapes. A technique perfected by the artist and his personal concept gave birth to an art that fully highlights his theory on purification of forms.

• Jacques Van Den Abeele won several awards and his sculptures have been purchased by museums, municipalities, councils and private collectors in Europe.

• The sculptures of Jacques Van den Abeele enrich public and private collections the wolrd over. His works are exhibited in galleries spread over Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States. He also realized many monumental sculptures for state orders.

• Government Collections:

- Portraits and bronze busts for the cities of Ghent, Nazareth, Kortrijk, etc, Belgium
- A bronze fountain sculpture called "The Water Pusher" for the town of Zwalm, Belgium
- A white stone sculpture for Maagdendale Abbey in Oudenaarde, Belgium
- A bronze sculpture for the "House of Humor in Satire" in Gabrovo, Bulgaria.

Major Prizes :

1978: Severien de Lathouwer Prize, Belgium
1982 & 1985: Auguste Vermeylen Prize, special award, Oostende, Belgium

Bibliographies:

1982: Triennial catalog of Atelier 340 in Brussels
1983: Catalog "Stone in Contemporary Belgian Art"
1988-2007: Catalog Lineart Ghent
1991-1995: "Who's Who in International Art" edited and distributed in Switzerland
1997-1998:

- “Artists and Galleries” Editions S.I. Belgium
- I.B.C. Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge CB2 3QP England
- The dictionary of Belgian sculptors of the 19th and 20th century, by Paul Piron
2002-2005: “Who is who in Flanders”, Editions Lexycon

• Exhibitions:

Art Yī Gallery is the exclusive gallery of Jacques Van Den Abeele in Brussels, Belgium.

Our latest exhibitions :

2022: "A Moment of Life", group exhibition, Art Yī Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2022: London Art Fair, London, England

2022: "Horizon", group exhibition, Art Yī Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2021: "Timeless", group exhibition, Art Yyī Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2021: "Art Exhibition for the Hommage of René Julien", Ramatuelle, France

2021: Art Up Lille, Lille, France

2021: "Blooming", group exhibition, Art Yī Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2021: "Together", group exhibition, Art Yī Gallery, Brussel, Belgium

2010 - 2020: Permenant exhibitions, Brussels, Belgium
1988-2007 Lineart international Artfair, Gent, Belgium