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Cecile Broekaert The Forgotten One, 2022 Acrylic and Gouache on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About "Cecile Broekaert's cardboard paintings are almost the size of a postcard, a vast collection of images that she keeps aligned in boxes like family pictures. Fragments that can be regrouped in series or into typologies: landscapes, details, portraits, objects, plants, cityscape. With their appealing colors, they might look innocent at first sight; pretty pictures, details of decorative objects. But like make-up or masks, that's only a façade, hiding an underlying feeling of melancholy or nostalgia for a time or place you've never known, also known as Anemoia. A monotype print or an engraving sometimes hide under the layers of paint and oil pastels of these cinematographic nocturnal views. Cecile covers up and scratches the surface, carving shapes into the images. Each faceless character becomes a palimpsest, the accumulation of different stories into a blurry memory. These anonymous lonely figures are sleepless night workers, movie cowboys, children's toys and dolls. Glimpsing at them puts us into the position of a voyeur, like peeking through an illuminated window at night." Education 2020 - 2022 : Educational Master - LUCA School of Arts Ghent, BE. 2019 - 2020 : Masters Degree in Liberal arts - LUCA School of Arts Ghent, BE. Thesis: How imagery can affect (the feeling of) solitude. 2016 - 2019 : Bachelors Degree in illustration - LUCA School of Arts Ghent, BE. Select Exhibitions/Awards 2022. Kunsten festival LOSS, CC Zoetegem, SABK en SAMWD, Zottegem, BE. 2022. Open 2022 - Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London, UK. 2021. Salon Des Jeunes - Schoonvolk! & MSK (Museum voor schone kunsten), Ghent, BE. 2021. Tiny expo: In transit - Jean-jacques collective, Oostend, BE 2021. Summer leaves - 4n20 Kortijk, BE. 2021. Biënnale Mol-Rauw - Antwerp Mol-Rauw, BE. 2021. Ruimte Zoekt Kunstenaar - Ensemble & Atelier Citadelpark Ghent, BE. , 2021. Buy local #2 - Kunsthal Ghent, BE. 2021. Tarot editions - 019Ghent, BE. 2020. The show must go on - Graduation show LUCA School of Arts, Ghent BE. 2020. Gentle Figures / Beautiful Friends - S.M.A.K Ghent and Globe Aroma, BE. 2019. 7 bananen, 24 stella - Carré LUCA School of Arts Ghent, BE. 2019. Error 404 - Expo not Found - Museumnacht Antwerpen, Amuseevous, BE. 2018. Give Peace a Chance - VredeVzw, Stad Gent, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent, BE. 2018. Angst (Fear) - Dr. Guislain Museum, Ghent, BE. You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardizes the charitable work we do. Anyone found doing will subject to legal action.