Gerda Van Damme: Painter & Contemporary Artist
Gerda Van Damme is active in different media (painting, installations, video, sculptures, ready mades, digital work). She has been a finalist in many art competitions (including the prestigious international Arte Laguna Prize, twice). She has exhibited a.o. in Venice (Arsenal), Berlin, Brooklyn New York, Almeria, Granada, Dordrecht, Ostend, Lièges, Nivelles and Charleroi.
For exhibition proposals, or if you are interested in the acquisition of an artwork or an artwork in commission, you can contact Gerda Van Damme at gerdavandamme@gmail.com or through the contact page.
Are you eager to know and see more? Then download the free catalogue, with many more works, technical informations and sizes, the artist statement, and more.
Flavio Scaloni, Galería Lo Scalo, Brussels:
“The main strength of her work lies in its psychological depth and in her ability to transform the intimate into the universal. Her investigation of memory, childhood, and the passage of time carefully avoids decorative nostalgia in order to explore more unsettling and existential areas. The series ‘The Way We Were’ is especially powerful because it reinterprets the family archive with critical distance and palpable emotional weight. Her works are not mere images but reflections on the human condition. Her technical mastery of oil on linen and wood demonstrates a high level of academic rigor in the service of a contemporary aesthetic.”
Rossi Charmoli, owner and director of Charmoli Ciarmoli, New York:
“Her traditional technical applications of paint, leaning impressionistic, combine with lighting that brings an uncanny quality to the compositions, as if they were figments of imagination or recollections of distant memories. Her treatment of subject and scene is effective, bringing the eyes immediately to where she wants to lead the viewer.
For lovers of Magritte and Vermeer with a turn of the century photographic lens you will find much to enjoy in Gerda Van Damme's works. Van Damme smartly arranges compositions filled with intrigue, fine details, and gestural impressionistic qualities. Priced nicely within standards, Van Damme's works are a solid addition your collection."
