CHRISTINE COMYN (°Tielt, Belgium, 1957)

Education:
Saint-Luke Academy, Ghent
Professional artist since 1983

Exhibitions in Belgium (selection):
Lineart, Flanders Expo, Ghent
Thermae Palace, Ostend
F RAME’s Gallery, Knokke
Château du Lac, Genval
Classic, Expo Hallen, Kortrijk
Casino, Ostend
Artendens, Belffry, Bruges
Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke & Bruges

Exhibitions abroad:
Sweden:
House of Nobility (Riddarhuset), Stockholm.
Denmark:
Nationaal Museum, Copenhagen.
Finland:
House of Nobility (Riddarhuset), Helsinki.
The Netherlands:
Holland Art Fair, The Hague
Museum Van Lien, Fijnaart
Kunstrai, Amsterdam
France:
Lille European Art Fair, Lille
Le Prix International d’ Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Monaco
Manoir de l’ Engagiste, Orbec
Galerie du Dauphin, Honfleur
Galerie de l’Alpage, Mégève & Courchevel;
Galerie du Vieux Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul de Vence.
Galerie Elysées, Paris.
United States:
New York Art Expo, New York
Millennium Art Gallery, Tarzana, Los Angeles
Miami Art Fair, Florida
Kenneth Raymond Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Palm Desert Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California.
Portugal: Galerie Londot, Quinta do Lago.
Columbia: Art Gallery Villa d’ Arte, Barranquilla.
Venezuela: Fia d’ Arte, Caracas.
Russia: House Of Artists, Moskou.
Switzerland: Europ Ar, Genève.
Italy: Das Ragenhaus, Brüneck. 
Austria: Drei Seeen Galerie, Salzburg.
Germany: Ambiente & Tendence, Franfurter Messe, Frankfurt.
England: Spring & Autumn Fair, Birmingham.

Article in Magazine Isel nr 13 juli/aug 2006
Text in the magazine is in Dutch and French (not in English, sorry)

Highlights

August 2008:
Exhibition "The Twilight Zone", Absolute Art Knokke

Christine Comyn with the family De Leyn.

Christine Comyn with Marc & Nathalie Coucke

December 2007:

Christine Comyn gave a portrait in favour of Marc Herremans's project "To walk again".
The work was auctioned in the casino of Knokke. The entire profit goes to his project.

November 2007:

Christine Comyn reveals portrait of Kim Gevaert in presence of press and TV-stations in the artist's studio.

October 2007:
 
Christine Comyn exhibits in the Riddarhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Photo: Bernard Louf (Breguet), Johan P.N. Billiet (Flanders Invest), Raoul Delcorde (Ambassadeur), Christine Comyn, Tiny Sterner-Vanhove (Flanders Invest)

March 2007:

The Belgian athlete Kim Gevaert and the American sailor Ellen McArthur receive
a "Golden Exclusief" by Christine Comyn on the "Night of Exclusief", 22 march 2007, Casino Knokke.

November 2006:

Exhibition in the "House of Nobility" in Heslinki, in cooperation with Breguet.

October 2006:

Exhibition in the "National Museum of Denmark" in Copenhagen, in cooperation with Breguet
Photo left: Mr. Bernard Louf (manager Breguet Benelux and Nordic),Christine Comyn,Yvan De Backer.
Photo right: Mr. Louf, Christine Comyn, Mr. Christian Mathiesen (manager Ole Mathiesen), Yvan De Backer

View of the expo and vernissage.

October 2006:

Wim Van Severen, new director Television VRT, wins the "Price of the Press in Tielt" and receives a work by Christine Comyn.

September 2006: Vernissage exhibition "Horae"

Major of Bruges Patrick Moenaert, Christine Comyn, Herbert Flack (actor)

Yvan De Backer, Christine Comyn, Herbert Flack

Christine Comyn, Kurt van Eeghem (journalist)

2006, September:
Publication of new book, with texts by Frans Boenders and Hugo Brutin, studio-pictures by Michiel Hendrickx

2006, June:

Exhibition in Oud-Sint-Jan, Bruges.

2005, August:

Photo: Christine Comyn with the American athlete Justin Gatlin on the Memorial Van Damme.
Christine Comyn's painting, which served for the poster and promotional campaign of the sport-event, was sold for a project in Namibia organised by Unicef.


October 2004:
Painting for King Albert and Queen Paola of Belgium.

September 2003:
Retrospective exhibition in the 'Museum Van Lien', Fijnaart (The Netherlands) and publication of the book “Christine Comyn – True Colours” with texts by art-critic Hugo Brutin.

Oktober 2000:
Publication of the second monography with texts by art-critic Frans Boenders.

March 1998:
Selection for the "Prix d'art contemporain de Monte Carlo", Monaco.

June 1997:
Publication of the first monography with texts by art-critic Hugo Brutin.

August 1997:
Retrospective exhibition in the Casino of Ostend.