5.11 — 5.12.2026
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A WALLFLOWER
5.11 — 5.12.2026
PERKS OF BEING
A WALLFLOWER
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UPCOMING
5.11 — 5.12.2026
Solo Expo, 22A Gallery, Veltem-Beisem
ARTIST STATEMENT
Maarten De Naeyer creates abstract paintings rooted in a graphic visual language.
Influenced by his background as a designer, he works with simplified forms, colour, rhythm, and composition. Rather than telling a specific story, his paintings invite viewers to find their own connections and meanings.
BIO
Born in 1992 in Leuven, Belgium, Maarten De Naeyer creates abstract paintings rooted in a graphic visual language. Influenced by his background as a graphic designer, he works with simplified forms, colour, rhythm, and composition to construct images that feel both structured and intuitive.
His paintings develop through a process of reduction and experimentation. Shapes are moved, combined, and layered until a composition emerges in which balance, tension, and visual harmony play a central role. Rather than starting from a fixed narrative, each work evolves through making, allowing unexpected relationships and meanings to surface.
Characterised by bold forms, subtle textures, and a restrained use of visual elements, De Naeyer’s work sits at the intersection of graphic design and painting. His compositions do not seek to tell a specific story, but instead invite viewers to slow down, make connections, and find their own interpretations within the image.
PAST EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2026
Discovery groupshow — The Art Cloud Gallery 7 - 15/3
What Will Com, Will Come — Group expo 22A Gallery — 6/6 - 5/7
On A Snake In The River — Group expo 22A Gallery — 12/6
2025
New & Abstract, Group expo, Berlin — 21/8 - 18/9
Eat This, group expo, CC De Schakel Waregem, — 20/9 - 12/1
Permanent artwork at Via Hotel Antwerp
Vitrine in collaboration with BuroMuro, De Hoorn Leuven
2024
22A Gallery, group expo, Veltem — 3/2 - 3/3
WAJO EXPO #2, group expo, Leuven — 14/3 - 13/4
2023
SAGA Gallery, duo expo with Olivier Vrancken,Refugehuis Hasselt — 9 - 22/12
A.I.R. Hektor Lanzarote — artist residency — Hektor, Lanzarote (ES)
BuroMuro collectie 5 — group expo — M.ars, Mechelen (BE)
Open Monumentendag — solo expo — Silo expo 39, Leuven (BE)
2022
WAJO expo #1 — group expo — De Melkerij, Herent (BE)
The ABC of Subbacultcha — group expo — S.M.A.K. Ghent (BE)
2021
BLOOM — solo expo — Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
REMEMBER — group expo — Monat Gallery, Madrid (ES)
Paris art fair — Paris (FR)
LABO #5 — art route — Leuven (BE)
OXYGEN — group expo — Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
2020
Ooooh — group expo — Stichting IJsberg, Damme (BE)
Curating the young — group expo — Permeke, Antwerp (BE)
2019
Curating the young — solo expo — OPEK, Leuven (BE)
Under Pressure — duo expo with Johan Van Oeckel — De Drukkerij, Leuven (BE)
Kotroute — art route — Antwerp (BE)
2018 Secret 7” — group expo — London (UK)
Skrew Forms — solo expo — GLTCH gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Skrew Forms — solo expo — Stadhuis, Leuven (BE)
2017
Space Showcase — Leuven (BE)
2016
De Invasie — Antwerp (BE)
2015
Showcase best masterprojects MAD-Faculty — Tongeren (BE)
2026
Discovery groupshow — The Art Cloud Gallery 7 - 15/3
What Will Com, Will Come — Group expo 22A Gallery — 6/6 - 5/7
On A Snake In The River — Group expo 22A Gallery — 12/6
2025
New & Abstract, Group expo, Berlin — 21/8 - 18/9
Eat This, group expo, CC De Schakel Waregem, — 20/9 - 12/1
Permanent artwork at Via Hotel Antwerp
Vitrine in collaboration with BuroMuro, De Hoorn Leuven
2024
22A Gallery, group expo, Veltem — 3/2 - 3/3
WAJO EXPO #2, group expo, Leuven — 14/3 - 13/4
2023
SAGA Gallery, duo expo with Olivier Vrancken,Refugehuis Hasselt — 9 - 22/12
A.I.R. Hektor Lanzarote — artist residency — Hektor, Lanzarote (ES)
BuroMuro collectie 5 — group expo — M.ars, Mechelen (BE)
Open Monumentendag — solo expo — Silo expo 39, Leuven (BE)
2022
WAJO expo #1 — group expo — De Melkerij, Herent (BE)
The ABC of Subbacultcha — group expo — S.M.A.K. Ghent (BE)
2021
BLOOM — solo expo — Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
REMEMBER — group expo — Monat Gallery, Madrid (ES)
Paris art fair — Paris (FR)
LABO #5 — art route — Leuven (BE)
OXYGEN — group expo — Galerie Dessers, Hasselt (BE)
2020
Ooooh — group expo — Stichting IJsberg, Damme (BE)
Curating the young — group expo — Permeke, Antwerp (BE)
2019
Curating the young — solo expo — OPEK, Leuven (BE)
Under Pressure — duo expo with Johan Van Oeckel — De Drukkerij, Leuven (BE)
Kotroute — art route — Antwerp (BE)
2018 Secret 7” — group expo — London (UK)
Skrew Forms — solo expo — GLTCH gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Skrew Forms — solo expo — Stadhuis, Leuven (BE)
2017
Space Showcase — Leuven (BE)
2016
De Invasie — Antwerp (BE)
2015
Showcase best masterprojects MAD-Faculty — Tongeren (BE)