Tom Liekens

TOM LIEKENS (Belgium, 1977)


Tom Liekens enjoys a unique position in the Belgian art landscape. Both his subjects and the way in which he elaborates them into monumental paintings and collages make him one of the most original painters of his generation. His interest in nature is striking. He is fascinated by the unrealistic way in which fauna and flora are presented in paintings, in fairy tales or in films. The artificial world of zoos, natural history museums and tropical greenhouses is also a permanent source of inspiration. Again and again his work is overloaded with art and cultural-historical references.


Tom Liekens lives and works in Antwerp where he graduated in 1999 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Since then he has participated in numerous exhibitions, won the Camille Huysmans Prize for Painting (2006), and was nominated for the Visual Arts Prize of the Province of Antwerp (2005). Four large monographs of his work have already been published. His work is part of numerous private collections as well as public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art (MUHKA), Bank Belfius, National Bank Belgium, Artesis Antwerp University, Antwerp University, Art collection Province of Antwerp, the Phoebus Foundation and the Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam Venlo.


Most recent solo exhibitions of his works include Sauvage, CC De Bijl, Zoersel (2021), Reptile Room, Galerie Bart, Amsterdam (2021), Dog Years, Galerie De Zwarte Panter, Antwerpen (2020), In the Eye of the Tiger, Kloser Contemporary Art (2020), Tom Liekens in Het Duivelsteen, Geraard De Duivelsteen, Gent (2019), Het Einde van een Sombere Dag, Hugo Voeten Art Centre, Herentals (2019),  One Million Years BC, Galerie De Zwarte panter, Antwerpen (2017), The Land that Time forgot, Light Cube Art Gallery, Ronse (2017), and Lust For Life, Galerie De Zwarte panter, Antwerpen (2016).


Forest Fight

TOM LIEKENS

1977

BELGIUM


Forest Fight

2022


Collage of Woodcuts and Monotype on Canvas

170 x 250 cm


Barbizon

TOM LIEKENS

1977

BELGIUM


Barbizon

2016


Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

200 x 350 cm

Kongo Room

TOM LIEKENS

1977

BELGIUM


Kongo Room

2014


Woodcut and Monotype on Canvas

200 x 300 cm

Taxidermist

TOM LIEKENS

1977

BELGIUM


Taxidermist

2014


Oil and Acrylic on Canvas

150 x 200 cm