CURRICULUM
VITAE
Ghent, Belgium, 1954.
Temporary residence in Quito, Ecuador
Education
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1972-1976: Degree in Visual Arts at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts Sint-Lucas, Ghent
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1972-1973: Technical and Artistic design (Professional Course) at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts Sint-Lucas, Ghent
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1973-1974: Live Model Drawing (Professional Course) at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts Sint-Lucas, Ghent
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1976-1978: Postgraduate degree in Restoration of Works of Art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent.
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2012: Own title of expert in preventive conservation in museums and exhibitions at The University of Alcalá, Spain (36 credits)
Work Experience
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1979-1987: painting studio and Art Teacher at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts Sint-Lucas, Ghent
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1988-1994: head of an international (Agreement Belgium-Ecuador) conservation training program at the Father Bedon museum in Quito
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1990-1995: Director of the De Vuyst – Endara Art Gallery in Quito.
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1995-until now Painting Studio in Quito.
Statement
“Nature and art, they go their separate ways, it seems; yet all at once they find each other.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The main themes developed by Petrus De Vuyst through pictorial projects have a direct link with nature and man. One of them is "The Spirit of the Place" that in 2018 has been the subject of a solo exhibition in the Ecuadorian House of Culture in Quito, Ecuador.
He is currently working on a series of human and animal portraits, and new landscape paintings related to the “The Spirit of the Place” project.
Main Exhibitions
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Solo Exhibition
2018: "The Spirit of the Place", with related poems by Manuel Jiménez in the Oswaldo Guayasamín room of the House of Culture in Quito, Ecuador (2018)
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Colective Exhibitions
1998: “Equality Square”, a mega-artistic event in the historical center of Quito, co-coordinated by F. Liefooghe, Belgian artist and with colaboration of the Faculty of Arts of the Central University of Quito.
2017: III International Biennial of Contemporary Digital Art Photography, Ecuador, with the "Sunsets" series.
2017 International Biennial of Contemporary Visual Art, Quito, Ecuador,
2017: Malaga Art Fair, Spain
2019: "The True Color of the Peoples" at the Trude Sojka Cultural House in Quito.
2019: Fusion Art’s 3rd Annual Skies Online Juried Art Exhibition, California, USA.
2020: “Your Best Painting”,Virtual Event, Artelibre Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain.
2020: “Art for Change”, Ist Virtual International Painting Biennial, Celaya, Mexico.
2020: “Ist World Art Biennial Pandemic, S.O.S. Mother Earth”, Bogotá, Colombia.
2020: Zomersalon 2020 – Buy Local, Ghent, Belgium.
2020: “Universal Art & Art”, International Meeting of Visual Artists, Bogotá, Colombia.
2020: “In Search of Self”, virtual event about self-portraits organized by FoundSpace, Singapore/India.
Publications
2018: “El Espíritu del Lugar”, CCE, Quito, Ecuador
2018: ARTIT Art Magazine n°3, London, England
2018: ARTIT Art Magazine n°4, London, England
2019: ARTIT Art Magazine n°7, London, England
2020: “Your Best Painting”, Artelibre Gallery and MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art), Zaragoza, Spain
2020: Zomersalon 2020 – Buy Local, Ghent, Belgium.
2020: “Ist World Art Biennial Pandemic, S.O.S. Mother Earth”, Bogotá, Colombia.
Awards
1960: 1st prize for painting, Ghent.
2012: 2nd place and additional mention in the photography contest "Quito from the Sky".
2018 and 2019: three recognitions by the London art magazine ARTIT.
Public Collection
2017: "An Encounter between Related Souls", triptych painting, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Ecuadorian House of Culture in Quito.