CHRISTINE COMYN (°Tielt, Belgium, 1957)

Christine Comyn exhibits in the French Consulyate in Antwerp
on the occasion of the French National Day.

Christine Comyn, Mr. & Mrs. Taupenas, Consul général de France à Anvers

Longer video of the exhibition in Versailles, April 2010.

Short video of the exhibition in Versailles, April 2010.

Presscuts
"La douceur de l'Ignorance" May 2010, Knokke:

article in "Exit Magazine" July 2010

article "Isel Magazine" may-june 2010

article "De Morgen" 07 may 2010

article "Weekend Knack" 21 may 2010

article "Paris Match" 06 may 2010

article "Het Nieuwsblad" 07 may2010

article "Eventail" may 2010

New book, with text by Kristien Hemmerechts, edited by Lannoo.
(text also in English)

Kristien Hemmerechts opens the exhibition "La douceur de l'Ignorance" in Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke, 1 may 2010.

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
Gallery MPV, 's Hertogenbosch
France:
Hôtel Trianon Palace, Versailles
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:
on the opening of the new buildings of the company "Pianos Maene" in Ruiselede on the 28th of August 2008 the staff gifted a painting by Christine Comyn to the direction of the company.

f.l.t.r.: Baron Hugo Vandamme, Mrs. Chris Vandamme, Mr. Chris Maene, Christine Comyn, Minister Bourgeois, Gouvernor Breyne

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.