Pieter Jennes

Pieter Jennes (°1990, Mortsel, BE) lives and works in Antwerp. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2013 and from the University of Ghent in 2014. Inspired by painting, cinema and his own neighbourhood, Pieter Jennes is the creator of a highly unique oeuvre. His very recognisable personal style draws on the work of Flemish painters from the 1920s, such as Jean Brusselmans and Gustave De Smet, but also Ensor, Otto Dix or Georg Grosz, African masks and folklore, the cinema of David Lynch and Werner Herzog. In the past Jennes has exhibited in Bozar (Brussels) and the Warande (Turnhout), and he has an upcoming solo exhibition at Be PART (Kortrijk). His work is in the collection of the Vlaamse Gemeenschap, M HKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, and the Belfius Collection.