English:David Baeyens(Q1587281)

David Baeyens (1973, Tienen) is a visual artist and former art teacher, whose work focuses on painting, drawing, and photography. His artistic practice is rooted in research and reflection, through which he explores the tension between nature, culture, and society. Baeyens decided at the age of 35 to exchange his career for the pursuit of art, a choice that came with significant challenges. He reflects on themes such as the condition humaine, human history, and the complexity of the relationship between humans, nature, and architecture. As a classical theme in painting, landscape plays an important role in his work. His visual and conceptual approach to this theme is layered, using methods employed by artists like François Roffiaen, Ásgrímur Jónsson, and David Hockney. Cinema also plays an influential role in his work, where he explores the boundary between fiction and reality. Baeyens works from his studio in Diepenbeek, where he continues to develop his work.