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ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

Based in Brussels (Belgium), Camille Holdermann — also known as El Garçon Fleur — is an artist, illustrator, and teacher. Through this hybrid figure, half-man and half-plant, he unfolds an allegorical, soft, and poetic universe

 

.Inspired by his encounters and the world around him, he composes colorful realms where emotions and the rhythm of life intertwine, blurring the lines between reality and the imaginary. His work explores themes such as vulnerability, masculinity, identity, and dreams, while giving a central place to the world of childhood.

 

In his illustrations, the presence of fauna and flora becomes the meeting point of a sensitive nostalgia, where the connection to nature joins that of the divine and the mystical.

 

Nourished by the lines of Art Nouveau and the onirism of Surrealism, his approach places ornament and plant life at the heart of the composition. Far from being mere decoration, these elements become protective and healing presences, in total symbiosis with the subject.

 

This dialogue between form and color rhythms his works, which are created using mediums such as colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, or even the technique of paper cutting.

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Exhibitions

2024  Hosting, Centrale for contemporary art - Brussels
2024  A-Raina, Banban Library - Nan, Thailand
2024  Ad Odysseia, Espace 001, Louvain-La-Neuve, BE
2023  Celui qui oublie par où passes le chemin, collective exhibition               Moonens Foundation, Brussels, BE
2023  Mirages, Moonens Foundation - Brussels, BE
2022  The End of the beginning, prize winner exhibition,

             Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Brussels
2022   Intervalle, collective exhibition, Maison Pelgrims - Brussels

Art Prizes and residencies

2024  Maison Lefebvre Artprize
2022-2023  Laurent Moonens Residency
2023  2nd Prize in Drawings of Woluwe Art Contest

Studies

2022  Master Degree Teaching in Fine Arts, 2022, 

            Royal Academy of Fine Arts - Brussels
2017   Bachelor degree in Visual Arts, ENSAV la Cambre - Brussels

 

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