Agenda / Biography – Hilde Plessers

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_{I am a Belgian painter living and working in Testelt. Originally trained as a teacher, I shifted my focus to drawing and painting in the early eighties. I began my studies at the ‘Hogeschool Imelda Instituut’ in Brussels and then attended the academies of Painting and Etching at St. Lucas Brussels, SLAC Leuven, Rijksacademie Anderlecht, and Habk Aarschot. In 1994, I was nominated for the Dirk Bouts Prize in Leuven.}_{“Ugliness not only destroys the eyes, but also the spirit and the heart” says Henry Van de Velde (1863-1957).}_{I believe this.}_{The style of the paintings are characterized by a strong sense of light alternating with depth and darkness, using sunlight through the window as sources for my paintings (views from a window). The oil canvases are simultaneously realistic and abstract. The colors are ‘polluted’ (toned) and layered. My work has been exhibited in various solo exhibitions in her home country and in group exhibitions internationally.}

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EXHIBITIONS SINCE 1989

_{– 2026 “Atelier in beeld“
– 2025 “atelier in beeld“
– 2024 CaféKunst
– 2024 “atelier in beeld“}
_{– 2023 designshop Antwerpen}
^{– 2023 Open ateliers KunstenCollect}
_{– 2021 Open ateliers “Kunstroute”}
_{– 2018 Open ateliers “Kunstroute”}
_{– 2017 Aleydis Aarschot}
_{– 2015 CC Aarschot}
_{– 2014 Open atelier Hageland}
_{– 2013 Expo Golf Tielt Winge}
_{– 2012 Mareprijs Hageland}
_{– 2012 Open ateliers}
_{– 2012 Oostende}
_{– 2012 Huize Ernest Claes, Zichem}
_{– 2011 november ‘open atelier’}
_{– 2010 Exposition Etma-Academy Strassbourg}
_{– 2010 Testelt nodigt uit}
_{– 2008 OLVr. Ziekenhuis, Asse}
_{– 2008 Testelt in ‘woord en beeld’ open ateliers}
_{– 2008 De Meerloop Turnhout}
_{– 2006 GC Den Egger Scherpenheuvel}
_{– 2006 open atelier}
_{– 2006 Volvo Gent}
_{– 2005 open atelier}
_{– 2002 GC De Moelie}
_{– 1998 Celdekor Molenstede}
_{– 1998 en 2000 GC De Kam, Wezembeek-Oppem}
_{– 1998 Bacob Bank Averbode}
_{– 1997 ASLK Bank Turnhout}
_{– 1996 Restaurant Het Groene Water, Balen}
_{– 1995 en 2003 Galerij Iris Werchter}
_{– 1994-1995-1997 en 1998 UZ Gasthuisberg, St.Pieterskliniek, groepstentoonstelling}
_{– 1994 en 1995 Buro&Designcentrum Heizel, Brussel}
_{– 1993 en 1997 Restaurant Carpe Diem, Wezemaal}
_{– 1993 Spanje villajoyosa, casino Costa Blanca}
_{– 1991 Restaurant De Laurier Bierbeek}
_{– 1990 en 1996 restaurant Floere het Fluwijn Zichem}
_{– 1990 CC De Bosuil, Jezus-Eik}
_{– 1989 Intermotel Lummen}
_{– 1989 Nivelles, groepstentoonstelling via feminine}

Academies

_{1982 Imelda Instituut Molenbeek}

_{1985 Sint-Lucas Brussel}

_{1990 Rijksacademie Anderlecht}

_{1994 Florence Academy for Fine Arts Italy renaissance drawing techniques}

_{1999 Japanese painting stainglass ceramic Yugawara Tokyo}

_{2006 Stedelijke Academie Aarschot grafiek}

_{2014 Stedelijke Academie Leuven schilderkunst}

Distinctions

_{1991 Laureate Kulturamprize Haacht}

_{1994 Laureate Dirk Boutsprize Leuven}

_{1997 Two selections Lions Club Leopoldsburg}

_{2000 Selection Art on Water Oud-Heverlee}

_{2002 Selection Canart on Water Brussels}

_{2012 Mareprijs Hageland}

News

_{1993 Press article Edward Boon}

_{1995 Press article UZ Leuven nieuwsbrief}

_{2002 Press article GC DeMoelie Linkebeek}

_{2006 Press article Fons Schippers Volvo Gent}