Thierry Grootaers

Born in 1974, Thierry Grootaers graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège.

He employs vibrant and exuberant colors along with intuitive brushstrokes to reconstruct scenes from daily life, drawing inspiration from fragments of vintage lifestyle magazines. His paintings juxtapose various scales and perspectives, thereby deconstructing and challenging the narrative underlying consumerism's pursuit of happiness, unveiling the concealed aspects of the so - called “ideal life”.

Exhibition Experiences (Selected)

2015: Belgium - Brussels, Nadine Feront Gallery

2018: Belgium - Hannut, Hannut Cultural Center

2021: Belgium - Lovenjoel Gallery

2022: Belgium - Bonne Maison Gallery

2022: Belgium - Eupen, Schlachthof Cultural Center

2023: China - Shenyang, ADGY International Bonded Exhibition and Display Center for Artworks, “Jiang Wenbin & Thierry Dual Exhibition”

2023: China - Shenyang, Sino - European Urban Cultural Exchange Exhibition along the Belt and Road Initiative

2024: China - Yingkou, Bonded Exhibition of Sino - European International Artworks along the Belt and Road Initiative

2024: China - Xiamen, Xiamen Mosun Art Space, “Reverie: Thierry Grootaers (Belgium) Solo Exhibition”

2024: China - Suzhou, Suzhou Kenda Art Museum, “Microcosm: Group Exhibition of Belgian Contemporary Art”

Representative works

Bingalow rouge、80x100cm、Acrylic on canvas、 2013-2022

Selfie、100x120cm、Acrylic on canvas 、2018

La cminée、50x60cm 、Acrylic on canvas、2017