Thierry Jonnaert ( thijo )is born in GHENT, Belgium in 1955. He is realising paintings (oil on canvas or 'mixed media'),drawings and 'digital art'. He is also Teacher Fine Arts, and was organising many projects with artists in France, Belgium, The Netherlands etc. He is inspired by nature or universe, but the imagination is very active.
His Paintings, graphics, mail-art, digital art and drawings are present in about 28 countries, and different sites ( Online ).
Exhibitions in many countries:
France,Belgium,Spain,Canada,Japan,Brasil,Russia,Germany,Uruguay,Italy,...
Some of the exhibitions in the Museums,Cultural Centers,...(selection) :
MUSEUM FUR POST UND COMMUNICATION, BERLIN,GERMANY > DRAWINGS,MAIL-ART /
SALLE DE HAU DE STAPLANDE - WITH IMAN,BERGUES,FRANCE > PAINTINGS /
THE FIRST ANNUAL INTERN.EXHIBITION OF MINIATURE ART,STOCKHOLM,SWEDEN /
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (KUNSTSALON),GHENT,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
STEDELIJK MUSEUM, SINT-NIKLAAS,BELGIUM > EX-LIBRIS, 'KLEINGRAFIEK' /
EXPOSICION INTERN. DE ARTE CORREO 'NO A LA PENA DE MUERTE',AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL,PUERTO RICO > ARTE POSTAL /
MEDIATHEQUE-BIBLIOTHEQUE,METZ,FRANCE > EX-LIBRIS > GRAPHICS /
ENTRE BRUGES ET GAND...,DOMEIN D'HANINS DE MOERKERKE,BRUGES,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
MIDZOMERFORUM ASSENEDE,ASSENEDE,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
3rd INTERN.ELECTROGRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION - PISA'97,ITALY > DIGITAL ART /
NO A LA PENA DE MUERTE, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, TARRAGONA,SPAIN > ARTE POSTAL /
THEATER ARCA,GHENT,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
HOTEL DE DIKKE VANDALE, THE NETHERLANDS > PAINTINGS,DRAWINGS,.../
C.C.DE PLOTER,TERNAT,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
MAIL-ART-PROJECT 'MY MODEL',BERLIN,GERMANY > MAIL-ART /
ARTE CORREO,CENTENARIO DE MARTI,AEBU'S GALLERY,MONTEVIDEO,URUGUAY /
BURGCENTRUM,GHENT,BELGIUM ( THE NEW-ART GROUP ) > PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS /
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION,QUEBEC,CANADA > MAIL-ART /
ANTICHAMBRE,GHENT, BELGIUM > PAINTINGS etc. /
MUSEUM BIJLOKE,GHENT,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
MUSEO CIVICO DI MASSACIUCCOLI,MASSACIUCCOLI, ITALY (M.AND COLOURS FESTIVAL - INTERN.MAIL ART ARCHIVE OF PISA > MAIL-ART /
HOTEL RAMADA,BRUSSELS,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
NETWORKER ISSUE 96,STAMP-SHEETS BY THE NETWORK,ARTISTAMP MUSEUM OF ARTPOOL,BUDAPEST,HUNGARY > MAIL-ART /
GALLERY MORE, TROOP BOOK-60 BELGIAN ARTISTS,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
ACCADEMIA D'ARTE DI PISA,ITALY ( I MITI DELL' ARTE )/
GALLERY PRO ARTE,BEERSEL,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
THE ARTISTAMP COLLECTION,BEGIJNHOF-CENTRUM VOOR KUNSTEN,HASSELT,BELGIUM /
CENTRE CIVIC CONVENT DE SANT AGUSTI ( MAIL-ART TORRE DE BABEL,DIFERENTES VISIONES... ),BARCELONA,SPAIN > ARTE POSTAL /
1a BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DI MINI-GRAFICA E PITTURA 'PISA 1999',
CENTRO ESPOSIZIONI PISA ARTE ( ACCADEMIA D'ARTE DI PISA )/
POORTHUIS OPENLUCHTMUSEUM,DOMEIN BOKRIJK,GENK,BELGIUM > MAIL-ART /
50 ANOS DA DECLARACAO UNIVERSAL DOS DIREITOS HUMANOS,MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART & ASSEMBLEIA LEGISLATIVA DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA, BRASIL /
GALLERY 1114,MIDLANDS,TX 79701,USA,MAIL-ART EXHIBIT /
RECICLAGGIO CON L'ARTE,ESPOSIZIONE ROMA 1996 MUSEALE,ITALY/
GALLERY ASLK,GHENT,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS /
HAPPENING IS EVERYWHERE,MAIL-ART,INTERNATIONAL KO-PRODUCTION,KO DE JONGE,MIDDELBURG,THE NETHERLANDS /
INTERN.MAIL-ART SHOW ' FANTASY THE LAST REFUGE',TORRE CIVICA,BIENTINA (PISA),ITALY /
I.W.A.CONGRESS MAIL ART SHOW,RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL /
WATER ART, YOSHIKO YAMAMOTO,NISHINOMIYA,JAPAN,1998 > PAINTINGS /
POSTAL MUSEUM,BRUSSELS,BELGIUM ( MAIL ART )/
CD COVER SHOW,MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE D'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA,ITALY /
ADITI THEATRE,REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA,CIS (THEATRE:MULTICULTURALISM)/
3rd MINI GRAPHIC & PAINTING WORLD WIDE SHOW,PISA,ITALY /
PALAZZA CULTURA,BIBLIOTHECA COMUNALE,CAMPANNORI,ITALY > MAIL-ART /
BLUFFTON COLLEGE, OH, U.S.A. > MAIL-ART,DRAWINGS /
ART SALON OF BAGOV LIBRARY (FIRST MAIL ART EXHIBITION IN URAL)RUSSIA /
INTERN.MAIL-ART SHOW 'FOOD FOR ALL THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD',I.W.A.,BLUFFTON COLLEGE,OHIO,USA /
GALERIA CINEMATICA URUGUAY,MONTEVIDEO,URUGUAY > MAIL-ART /
ARTISTS'BOOK EXHIBITION 2000 > KING ST. STEPHEN MUSEUM,SZEKESFEHERVAR,HUNGARY /
EUTOPIA, MAIL-ART FROM THE WEST,GOUVERNEMENT,MAASTRICHT,THE NETHERLANDS /
MUSEUM OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART,FLORIANOPOLIS,BRASIL > DRAWINGS,MAIL-ART,.../
LE PROJET I.F.I.-HET PROJECT I.F.I.,O.C.D'IEFTE,DEERLIJK,BELGIUM,2000 /
GALLERY DE PEPERBUSSE,KUNSTSALON 2000,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS & MAIL-ART /
'MILLENNIUM-EXPOSITIE' (THE NEW ART GROUP),KORTRIJK,BELGIUM,2000 /
EXPOSICION 'TORRE DE BABEL'- 2000,CENTRO CIVIC CONVENT DE SANT AGUSTI,BARCELONA,SPAIN > ARTE POSTAL, /
MIYAZAKI MUSEUM & GENDAIKKO MUSEUM, MIYAZAKI CITY,JAPAN,2000 > MAIL-ART /
'4-ART',GALLERY DE PEPERBUSSE,BELGIUM, 2001 > PAINTINGS /
SEOUL INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION, 2001,KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROMOTION & ART GALLERY OF SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY /
GALLERY DE PEPERBUSSE, KUNSTSALON 2002,BELGIUM > PAINTINS & DIGITAL ART /
GALLERY LEON DE BRUYN,GHENT,BELGIUM,2003 > PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS,.../
VIVA VETEX,'KUNSTENAARSPROJECT',KORTRIJK,BELGIUM,2004 > PAINTINGS & DIGITAL ART./
etc.
AUTHORS : HUGO BRUTIN,M.VAN OUDENHOVE,L.DEBACKER-DE VLEESCHAUWER ( D.D.G.-I.B.A. CAMBRIDGE ),PROF A.DE BOCK,D.TRACHET,...
BOOKS : TROOP BOOK, TROOP II ARTISTS GUIDE,WHO'S WHO IN INTERNATIONAL ART - EDITION 89/90, NIEUW INTERN. LEXICON BEELDENDE KUNST VAN DE 20 ste EEUW - A.VAN WIEMEERSCH, 'KUNSTENAARS EN GALERIJEN' 1996,WIE IS WIE IN VLAANDEREN 2003-2005 / BIOGRAFISCHE ENCYCLOPEDIE,...,etc.
ARTICLES IN MANY MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS IN BELGIUM,THE NETHERLANDS, U.S.A.,FRANCE,GERMANY,...
His drawings, paintings, graphics etc. are present in different museums and collections :
CONSULATE OF BELGIUM,MALAGA,SPAIN > PAINTINGS /
NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM, CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION,CANADA > DRAWINGS & MAIL-ART /
MEDIATHEQUE-BIBLIOTHEQUE,METZ,FRANCE > GRAPHICS /
MUSEUM FUR POST UND COMMUNICATION,BERLIN,GERMANY > DRAWINGS,PAINTINGS,ARTISTAMPS /
THE ROYAL PALACE,BRUSSELS,BELGIUM > DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS /
CITY HALL,BERGUES,FRANCE > PAINTINGS /
COMMUNI DI CAMPANORI,LUCCA,ITALY > PAINTINGS /
ABBAYE STe ANNE DE KERGONAN,FRANCE > PAINTINGS /
STEDELIJK MUSEUM, SINT-NIKLAAS,BELGIUM > EX-LIBRIS,'GRAFIEK' /
INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART ARCHIVE DI PISA,ITALY > MAIL-ART /
CITY HALL,BLANKENBERGE,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
KING ST.STEPHEN MUSEUM, SZEKESFEHERVAR,HUNGARY > ARTISTS BOOK
BLUFFTON COLLEGE ( IWA ),OH,U.S.A. > DRAWINGS,MAIL-ART,ARTISTAMPS
CITY HALL,TONGEREN,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
ADITI THEATRE,TBILISI,REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA,CIS > MAIL-ART,DRAWINGS /
WORLD ACADEMY OF ARTS AND CULTURE,TAPEI,TAIWAN,REP.OF CHINA > MAIL-ART
STEDELIJK OSTMUSEUM, HOOGSTRATEN,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS /
POSTAL MUSEUM, BRUSSELS,BELGIUM > MAIL-ART /
LIGUE INTERNATIONALE DES POETES ET DES ARTISTES,TUNIS,TUNESIA > DRAWINGS,MAIL-ART /
VISUAL ART DPT-UNIVERSITY OF CHILE > MAIL-ART /
UILENSPIEGELMUSEUM,DAMME,BELGIUM > PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS
INSTITUTO J. ABANDONADO,MALAGA,SPAIN > PAINTINGS /
THE "ART=START+"MUSEUM,MIDDELBURG,THE NETHERLANDS > MAIL-ART
ARCHIVO DE BARCELONA DE MAIL-ART (ARTE POSTAL),A 3 BANDAS,C.C.CONVENT DE SANT AGUSTI,BARCELONA, SPAIN /
MUSEE DE LA POSTE,PARIS,FRANCE > DRAWINGS,MAIL-ART /
etc.
The dGALLERY ( with older paintings and digital art ) belongs to T.Jonnaert :
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