Mireille Dubois-Vanhove

Mireille Dubois-Vanhove


About

Born in Belguim (Braine-le-Chateau)1942
Artist ceramist and painting in watercolours

Mireille Dubois-Vanhove is a Belgian artist who draw and paint from her early ages. After her accounting studies, she maried and moved to Congo where she lived during 30 years. There she opened a ceramic and paint workshop. She worked on high temperature enamel and watercolors "wet on wet". Through her ceramic and watercolors, which are all unique pieces, Mireille Dubois-Vanhove unveil the idyllic Africa scenary, showing the extrem poverty of those forgotten people, the look of children deprived from all and the courage of african women. Her work is heartbreaking and naturally marks the viewer. The whole work of Mireille Dubois-Vanhove convey an artistic signature that is easily identifiable with harmonizing shades of the african continent. Her approach is human. She touch hearts. Some say she translates with a lot of tender, children and adult who are overtaken by their own distress, others claims that her work is brilliant, rendered by few means, etc. All viewers who have been in contact with one of the works of Mireille Dubois-Vanhove have been marked as have been "Le Cri" from Munch. It's true that no body can stay insensitive facing the message carried through her work. We can feel the feeling's spirit and the experience richness from a voice choked or a laugh. The composition is tight, centered on a unique subject, straightforward. The watercolor choice is appropriate, with the immaculate bottom. We find subtlety, sensitivity from the african atmosphere in all her work. A poetic realism well rendered in light. Besides watercolor, Mireille Dubois-Vanhove also carves small figures perched on top of specially enameled plates. Back in Belgium, she created her workshop at Nimy and regularly exhibits in the region. Today, she lives and works in Belgium. Mireille Dubois-Vanhove is a Belgian artist who draw and paint from her early ages. After her accounting studies, she maried and moved to Congo where she lived during 30 years. There she opened a ceramic and paint workshop. She worked on high temperature enamel and watercolors "wet on wet". Through her ceramic and watercolors, which are all unique pieces, Mireille Dubois-Vanhove unveil the idyllic Africa scenary, showing the extrem poverty of those forgotten people, the look of children deprived from all and the courage of african women. Her work is heartbreaking and naturally marks the viewer. The whole work of Mireille Dubois-Vanhove convey an artistic signature that is easily identifiable with harmonizing shades of the african continent. Her approach is human. She touch hearts. Some say she translates with a lot of tender, children and adult who are overtaken by their own distress, others claims that her work is brilliant, rendered by few means, etc. All viewers who have been in contact with one of the works of Mireille Dubois-Vanhove have been marked as have been "Le Cri" from Munch. It's true that no body can stay insensitive facing the message carried through her work. We can feel the feeling's spirit and the experience richness from a voice choked or a laugh. The composition is tight, centered on a unique subject, straightforward. The watercolor choice is appropriate, with the immaculate bottom. We find subtlety, sensitivity from the african atmosphere in all her work. A poetic realism well rendered in light. Besides watercolor, Mireille Dubois-Vanhove also carves small figures perched on top of specially enameled plates. Back in Belgium, she created her workshop at Nimy and regularly exhibits in the region. Today, she lives and works in Belgium. Read More
Location
Nimy, Belgium
Website
http://www.mireille-dubois-vanhove.com
Education
Ceramic and watercolours workshop in Africa since 1970, in Belguim since 1991.Exhibitions each year at the French Cultural Center abd Lebrun Gallery Lubumbashi(Zare) since 1975 until 1991
After, many exhibitions in Belguim
November 2006 Gallery Pattenier Namur (Belgium)
Galerie Art et Miss - Paris,
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Friends

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  • Baila Litton
  • Ahmed Al Safi
  • Jeff Coles
  • Patrick Palmer

Que sont mes enfants devenus
No freedom
Retrouver la sérénité
Sensibility
Pénétrer au coeur
Rien à déclarer
L'enfer du Rwanda
La couleur donne le ton
Dans la brousse de la vie
Mon coeur est mis  nu
Les femmes en Afrique, tous les risques
Ces femmes m'ont vraiment bluffes
Give the live
Together

Events & Exhibitions

Events

Future Shows: Galerie Art et Miss - PARISPrintemps des Arts Actuels - Bruxelles (BelgiumGalerie Livegalerie HonfleurMaison des Artistes MoscouGalerie Art et Miss ParisOpera gallery BudapestJma gallery Vienne
Galerie ZEH à KIEV Ukraine
Galerie Art et Miss - Paris
Artexpo New York 2011
Artexpo New York 2012
Red dot art fair Miami 2012

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