Draft:Christine Comyn

Christine Comyn (°Tielt, 1957) is a successful, internationally recognized painter.

Education
Christine Comyn studied Functional Graphics at the Sint-Lucas Academy in Ghent.

From 1981 to 1997, she was a teacher at the Municipal Art Academy of Tielt.

Work in Europe
Since 1983, she has been a professional artist. Her first exhibition was at the Thermae Palace Hotel in Ostend in 1988; it was an instant success and she sold her entire collection.

An issue in the Art In Belgium newspaper wrote that Comyn continuously searches for the consensus between the abstract and the figurative, and that her work takes her to the pinnacle of pictorial art.

Her favorite subjects are women and young girls. Sometimes she depicts an animal, but they usually aren't bigger than a roach. Her paintings convey light, tranquility, structure and balance; yet they also suggest dynamics. The use of water paint and acrylic also contributes to this.

Comyn depicts bodies as graceful and sensual, and or surrounded by contrasting areas of color, including their upward trend. The eyes of the models are often expressive and lifelike. As a viewer, you feel a silent witness to an intimate moment of reflection, melancholy, reflection or restlessness of the characters portrayed.

Monographs

 * Christine Comyn, Ars Libris, 1997.
 * Christine Comyn, Ars Libris, 2000.
 * Christine Comyn, Absolute Art Gallery & Art in Belgium, 2006.

Exhibitions
Belgium (e selection)


 * Lineart, Flanders Expo, Gent
 * Thermae Palace, Ostende
 * F RAME’s Gallery, Knokke
 * Château du Lac, Genval
 * Classic, Expo Hallen, Kortryk
 * Casino, Ostende
 * Artendens, Belfort, Brugge
 * Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke & Brugge

Holland:


 * Holland Art Fair, Den Haag.
 * Museum Van Lien, Fijnaart.
 * Kunstrai, Amsterdam.

France:


 * Le Prix International d’ Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Monaco
 * Manoir de l’ Engagiste, Orbec
 * Galerie du Dauphin, Honfleur
 * Galerie de l’Alpage, Mégève & Courchevel;
 * Galerie du Vieux Saint-Paul, Saint-Paul de Vence.
 * Galerie Elysées, Paris.

Denemark:


 * Nationaal Museum, Kopenhagen.

United States of America:


 * New York Art Expo, New York
 * Millennium Art Gallery, Tarzana, Los Angeles
 * Miami Art Fair, Florida
 * Kenneth Raymond Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
 * Palm Desert Art Gallery, Palm Desert, California.

Portugal:

Gallery Londot, Quinta do Lago.

Columbia: Art Gallery Villa d'Arte, Barranquilla.

Venezuela: Fia d'Arte, Caracas.

Russia: House Of Artists, Moscow.

Switzerland: Europ Ar, Geneva.

Italy: The Ragenhaus, Bruneck.

Oostenryk: Drei Seeen Galerie, Salzburg.

Germany: Ambiente & Tendence, Frankfurter Messe, Frankfurt.

England: Spring & Autumn Fair, Birmingham.