More than 60 Belgian designers made work Exclusive for BuroMuro
Amber Gyselings
Amber Gyselings (1998) is an illustrator, based in Belgium. Her main source of inspiration are small everyday moments and pleasing color combinations in public places. She likes to take inspiration from her personal life to create diarylike works. Her favorite materials are acrylic paint, ecoline and ink. The works on Muro are all made during quarantine. She wanted to give them a personal touch, so a lot of the time she uses images or sentences from her own personal life and put them in a new setting.
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Astrid Vandendael
Astrid Vandendael (1994) is an illustrator and animator based in Belgium. She loves the slow process of creating and therefore she prefers to use the basics, pencils. Astrid gets inspiration from her own forgetfulness and the desire to understand the world around her. Her work creates a feeling of distance and melancholy. This series of works are 4 vases in different stages of use. With little vignettes in the vases they tell small stories of relaxation, life and time.
astridje.wixsite.com/mijnsite
@astrid_vandendael
Auwnanas
Auwnanas, or Manou Gijsbrechts strives to make funny art. For years now, they’ve been making art with the goal to bring a smile to your the face. At its core, Auwnanas’ work is all about bright colors and thick lines.
Axelle Rose Zwartjes
Axelle Rose Zwartjes is a Belgian illustrator. Her distinctive style is inspired by humor in the everyday, fashion and by women who love to have fun with it. Feminine and playful, her work portrays laid-back, rad girls and other creatures who stand out for their sassy styles and whimsy. Never one to take herself too seriously and a self-proclaimed late bloomer, Axelle is a keen observer of modern day girls and other cute random stuff.
Discover her day-to-day work on instagram
Picture @Burobonito
Aya Akbib
Aya Akbib (1997) is an illustrator, born in Morocco and based in Brussels. She holds a master’s degree in architecture and a master’s in transition urbanism and regional planning. Her illustrations are based on memories and imaginary scenes. Her work feels deconstructed and architectural. But as a sort of counter-movement, she likes unscaled and free work. It's her escape. The series in BuroMuro were inspired by summer and spring. Mountains, beaches and other objects she likes to play around with. Inspired by her hometown Tangier and her trips to Spain.
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Barbara De Wit
Barbara De Wit (1993) creates graphic artwork using a printing press. After completing a five-year study in graphic arts, she now has her own home atelier in Pellenberg, surrounded by greenery and only a few minutes away from the city of Leuven. She creates playful compositions with bright colors and powerful blacks. If you take a closer look, you can also see the different layers made using the press. She alternates between collage prints and more figurative work. These linocuts are based on sketches or funny photos she has made. Most of the originals are pressed onto A3 or A2 paper, which is quite large for a print press.
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Bart Lenaerts
Bart Lenaerts is a passionate photographer based in Mechelen, specializing in interior photos, branding photos, and art photography
Bewilder
Bewilder
An investigation in color and form where the recognizability of the subject no longer needs to be a starting point.
Bie Mariën
Bie Mariën (1992) is a graphic designer based in Herentals, Belgium. She gratuated in 2016 with a master degree in design. Her projects are situated within editorial design, visual identities and others. She gets a lot of inspiration while traveling & following other designers, mostly she gets inspired by architecture and furniture design. And oh! she has a thing for nordic design and cats. For the works on Muro, Bieke was inspired by the swedish word ‘mångata’. A untransferable word (she love this) which means ‘the reflection of the moon on the water that looks like a road or path’. She made her own interpretation on it by playing with window shadows/light, which for her also suggests a road or path that makes a connection to the oudside world. Often these untransferable words describe a feeling or moment. Ironic fact: a high contrast light/shadow van makes her feel a non-explainable kind of feel.
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Bieke Buckinx
Bieke Buckinx, °1988, is a Brussels-based full-time visual artist.
With an educational background in Visual Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts in Anderlecht, she creates contemporary and figurative paintings that are mainly focusing on daily life subjects, finding beauty in the banal. Her works bring about a certain irony or humor, aiming to emphasize the less serious side of life. And that is precisely what Bieke wants to surround her audience with: "The good life"; an image that can arouse emotion, recognition, and above all lightheartedness.
In a similar spirit, she likes to build on a clear commitment towards her buyers. It is her constant desire to - through her artwork - truly connect with a broad spectrum of art lovers, fellow artists, and curators alike. A secret obsession for structure might just be the unique charm of this non-cliché chaotic artist.
Birthe Janssens
Birthe Janssens is an illustrator born and raised in the Kempen, but has temporarily traded nature for a life in Antwerp. She finds her inspiration in daily life and the fauna and flora that have been passed on to her from generation to generation. She plays with distortion of characters and their surroundings. Her work is a search for how to transform surroundings, people and objects into an image that is dynamic and visually interesting. Birthe's oeuvre is a constant search for the playful and humorous and an ode to cheerfulness.
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black
Black - the epitome of sophistication and drama in art, introduces a bold and modern aesthetic. For interior impact, integrate black artworks into a minimalist setting with clean lines and neutral tones to create a striking focal point.
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blue
Blue - a timeless hue in art, exudes calm and serenity. For interior advice: pair deep blue artworks with neutral tones like white and beige for balanced elegance. A touch of gold or yellow can add warmth and enhance the depth of the blue.
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Brecht Vanzieleghem
Brecht Vanzieleghem (1985) works as a graphic designer at Mirror Mirror in Antwerp. In the weekend he empties his kitchen cabinets and starts building stacks, constructions or 'Rube Goldbergs'. For this collection he went on a research trip. How does a salt shaker balance on a glass of prosecco and how can you put a bowling ball on a house of cards? He plays with the laws of gravity and thereby creates a visual discomfort or unreality. The work acquires an abstract feel towards the end of the series.
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Broos Stoffels
Broos Stoffels °1992 is a graphic designer and art director, who runs his own independent practice in Brussels, Belgium. Broos designs analogue and digital media and is interested in the crossover of both. With his engaged approach he explores visual systems which he applies in identities, publications, campaigns, scenographies and websites.
broosstoffels.be
@broosstoffels
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Brown
Brown - a warm and earthy color in art, exudes a sense of comfort and grounding. For an inviting interior, combine brown artworks with neutral tones like beige or cream. Incorporate textures such as leather or woven materials to add depth and tactile interest.
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Carlo Buyck
Carlo has only been active as an artist with Studio Borgerstein since the summer of 2019, but you wouldn’t say so, he is a born artist. Even in his free time Carlo is always painting and drawing. Carlo likes to make large paintings. Sometimes on cardboard, sometimes on paper, almost always with acrylic paint. Occasionally he works with charcoal or pastel chalk. He is very good at observing and perceiving but makes his own interpretation of each work. Carlo has a very own style and lines that are very expressive. The characters he portrays have a lot of character and are often mysterious. Sometimes you can hear Carlo chuckle while he is working, purely for fun, but also because he puts a lot of humor in his work.
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Chrostin
Christina "Chrostin" Araya De Witte is a Belgian illustrator, cartoonist, and feminist, born on July 9, 1996, in Mechelen. With a unique blend of creativity and a compelling narrative, Chrostin has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide.
Born to a Belgian father and a Thai mother, Christina brings a diverse cultural perspective to her art. Her journey as an artist reached new heights with the creation of the captivating cartoon series "Chrostin," where a whimsical cartoon version of herself takes center stage. This series, a visual reflection of her distinctive worldview, has found a devoted audience on Instagram, boasting an impressive following of 86,000.
Beyond her artistic endeavors, De Witte delved into the realm of academia, studying communication and media at Erasmushogeschool in Brussels. Her education has undoubtedly influenced the depth and richness of her artistic expression.
Christina "Chrostin" Araya De Witte continues to push artistic boundaries, using her unique voice to advocate for feminism and challenge societal norms. As her artistic journey unfolds, she invites audiences to join her in exploring the intersections of culture, identity, and creativity.
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Cil De Vylder
Cil De Vylder (1999) is an illustrator and comic artist based in Antwerp. She studied Graphic storytelling at Luca School of Arts in Brussels in 2022. She gives zine workshops at the Permeke Youth Library.
Cil paints, draws and writes. She creates her paintings with gouache, acrylic paint and colored pencil. She draws inspiration from her own life, photographs, films and walks in nature. The characters in the paintings show the artist's search to finding your own way in life.
In the paintings, the artist tries to stretch out precious moments. Moments that sometimes last very briefly but which you would like to experience longer; like you would want a vase of flowers to bloom forever. The paintings become an almost meditative work of standing still in the whirlwind of possibilities of life.
The figures in the paintings almost blend into their surroundings. They take place on a thin line between reality and dream world.
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Clarisse Sivry
Clarisse Sivry is a Freelance digital artist & graphic designer, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For her illustrations she likes to work with her graphic tablet. She likes to work with shapes and lines in a minimalist way and using her favorite color palette: primary colors + black and white. In September 2020, her work is exhibited for the first time at the Sound & Color gallery (Amsterdam).
www.clarisse-sivry.com
@story.of.lines
Coll.3
Coll.3
The Empowering Collection
Amber Gyselings - Astrid Vandendael - Carlo Buyck - Emma Veulemans - Ester Vanherck - Eva De Hovre - Hans Cortebeeck - Herlinde Demaerel - Jean Dillen - Jo Houvenaghel - Martena Duss - Nathalie Lannoo - Puma Press - Sarah Herlant - Silke rys - Silvain Serneels - Sophie Doutreligne - Yvonne Backs - Zinzi Moons
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Coralie Legrand
Coralie Legrand (1988) is a freelance graphic & motion designer and illustrator based in Brussels, Belgium. Coralie is an insanely curious person. She wants to know it all and learn everything about anything. This has led her into quite some interesting rabbit holes, some good, some challenging. But she is really happy with her love for learning because as a motion designer, the world of skills never stops turning! Her print for the Reclaim collection is called ‘Talking to the moon’ and is inspired by her love for the moon. Staring at the moon is one of her favorite activities. She also shares her love for the moon with her father, they often send each other pictures or messages about the moon. She values spirituality in her life and for her the moon really embodies that. She made this print as an ode to my dad and our mutual love for the moon.
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Deniz Isikli
Deniz is an Antwerp based illustrator, having studied illustration at Sint-Lucas Antwerpen and spent an exchange semester at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. His work varies in techniques such as drawings in ink, etching, stencil techniques, collages, ceramics and much more. All coming together in a signature, playfull style that’s recogniseable by Deniz his illustrative work in combination with various graphic elements. Touching on numerous subjects such as adoloscence and coming of age, accompanied by an obscure and mysterious aesthetic, influences of tattoo-culture and nature. - His work also features a lot of cats and vases, an ongoing research project looking for the fragility in the aesthetic image between cats and vases.
@isiklideniz
isiklideniz.myportfolio.com
Elise Buntinx
Elise Buntinx is an illustrator living in Brussels. Her work is a place where an imaginitive world merges with the real world. Inspiration comes from nature, people and philosophical subjects.
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Emma Thyssen
Emma Thyssen studied graphic and illustrative design at the Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Since 2005, she has been an freelance Illustrator and designer of children's books, house styles, travel and restaurant guides, children's collections and audio books. Her work has already won awards from the Children's and Youth Jury Flanders, among others, and in 2012 she won the first prize for 'best designed book' in the category of children's books.
www.emmathyssen.be
@emmathyssen
Emma Veulemans
Emma Veulemans (°1999) is a Belgian illustrator from Glabbeek. She got her secondary degree in Art General Education at the Art School in Genk. There she discovered her interest for illustration. With that interest in the foreground, she obtained her Master's Degree in 'Graphic Design - Illustration' in 2021. Her works starts from an everyday environment. With those recognizable, graphic elements she creates large poetic illustrations with acrylic on wooden panels. Everyday feelings such as happiness, love and loneliness are central. You can recognize the works by the many lively, brightly colored areas opposite elaborate figures. The large format on which she works offers the possibility to experiment a lot.
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Ester Vanherck
Ester Vanherck (born 1997) is a talented illustrator from Grimbergen, Belgium. Her artistic journey is intricately intertwined with her passion for literature. Immersed in the pages of books, Ester finds inspiration that she fears might slip away, prompting her to capture the beauty of her literary encounters through a unique blend of words and illustrations.
Working primarily with colored pencils, acrylic paint, and watercolors, Ester's artistic repertoire is a testament to her versatility. Her creations for BuroMuro delve into the theme of "Naked," a concept she intimately associates with vulnerability and intimacy.
In each stroke of colored pencil and brush of paint, Ester brings forth a nuanced exploration of the human experience. Through her work, she invites viewers to embrace the rawness of vulnerability and discover the profound beauty that lies within the nakedness of emotions and connections. Ester Vanherck's art is a captivating journey into the essence of human expression, a visual narrative that unfolds with each carefully crafted stroke.
estersscribbles
@estersscribbles
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Eva De Hovre
Eva De Hovre (1987) is an illustrator and architect based in Belgium. Her work can be described as detailed, clear and mostly monochrome. Eva prefers to work on a small format with a blue art-line pen. She gets inspired by things she notices in her daily life: views out of the window, fragments of houses she walks by, landscapes while hiking. Most of these illustrations were made when she and her boyfriend lived in Chile for a year. During this period, they often went out with the backpack and tent. Eva with a sketchbook and her boyfriend with his camera. These drawings were all made during hiking breaks. 'Colca Canyon' (Peru) was made when they were on a 50-day trip in South America. 'Wengen' was made while traveling in Switzerland.
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Eva Neirynck illustrator
Eva Neirynck is an illustrator based in Ghent. She illustrates stories in books and magazines. Eva often draws soft and sensitive subjects, but with a smile. Stories have a binding effect, she sincerely believes in that. She also likes to draw giant murals and chalkboards. Her style is recognizable: clear line drawings with a deeper meaning. Those lines can be soft, loose and sensitive, or hard, graphic and tight. A style that she made her own as an interior architect. She also likes to work based on textures and with a pure color palette. When she is not drawing, she works as a Sketch Research teacher at KASK in Ghent.
www.evaneirynck.be
@evaneirynck_illustrator
Eveline Smolders
Eveline Smolders (1990) is a Belgian photographer & researcher who is deeply intrigued by the stories that lie beyond mere appearances. Having pursued Experimental Psychology at KU Leuven, her curiosity about human behavior and research was ignited. The desire to not solely focus on cognitive work, but also on emotions and experiences led her to photography.
In her work she puts human relations front and center; our relationships with each other and our relationship with our (inner) world. Eveline's work is characterized by her specific emphasis on the tactile properties of her images, as well as her use of color.
evelinesmolders.com
@evelinesmoldersphotography
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Evi Ostyn
Evi Ostyn (1981) is a teacher for non-native adults, based in Belgium. She finds her inspiration from her everyday life, her environment, the stories of her students and nature. Evi loves working with paper. A piece of paper on my work table can be the reason for a new image. I add elements, sometimes with pencil or oil crayon, sometimes with acrylic paint. That process of puzzling, adding, removing and shifting can take a very long time. I mainly work manually with a limited digital finishing touch.
Fee Veraghtert
Veraghtert Fee (1998) is a Painter and printmaker, based in Mol, Belgium. She has developed a wilful visual language over the years. She creates images that stand on their own, stripped of figuration and narrative. Yet she often plays with the titles of her works afterwards, as if she wanted to figure the abstraction. She creates a certain tension, in order to make the audience look at her work longer.
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Françoise Beck
Françoise Beck (1984) lives and works in Antwerp. She illustrates picture books in cooperation with publishers such as Querido. In her free work she can remain true to her own form of expression. In paintings and drawings she searches for a certain simplicity and peace in which all the superfluous falls away. Françoise plays with color, composition and form and brings balance to her images. She likes to leave a lot of space for her own imagination and interpretation. Françoise has a passion for interiors and regularly works with architects in the form of Art Integration projects. She likes to share her creativity with others and gives workshops for adults and she teaches young people graphic design at Sint-Jozef OV4. For BuroMuro she made a collection called PLAY series.
Frederique Matti
Frederique Matti (b. 1991) is a self-taught Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. Following a successful stint as a digital illustrator, Frederique began exploring painting and eventually made it her full-time commitment. Using thick layers of paint to depict the minor yet charming moments that fill people's ordinary lives, her work has a highly tactile quality and is characterized by flat shapes and an abundance of color.
visit her website
@frederique.png
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green
Green - a symbol of nature and tranquility in art, brings a refreshing and calming vibe to interiors. To amplify the natural feel, pair green artworks with earthy tones like brown and beige. Enhance the connection to the outdoors by incorporating plants or botanical elements. Complement with light wood furniture for a harmonious and serene atmosphere.
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Hans Cortebeeck
Hans has been a member of Studio Borgerstein since 2017. He often works in thematic series, ranging from travels to visited exhibitions, to athletes and architecture. The travels Hans made are always an initial inspiration. Thus, he often chooses ethnic images or world-famous monuments. He visits exhibitions of certain artists and then works around that artist or movement for an entire time. He has also made a series of paintings about top sportsmen and architecture. Hans prefers to work with acrylic paint and colorful pastels. He makes his powerful lines stand out by tracing the contours afterwards.
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Helena Vereycken
Helena Vereycken is a graphic designer based in Antwerp, Belgium. While her work primarily ties her to digital screens, she's embarked on a journey into the realm of analog photography.
During her selection process for this series, Helena stumbled upon an interesting pattern. Regardless of the location, plastic chairs seemed to find their way into her photographs, adding a unique charm. This sparked the creation of 'Have a Seat’, a photo series celebrating the charming chaos of plastic chairs.
Herlinde Demaerel
Herlinde Demaerel (1993) is an illustrator, graphic designer and social media creator based in Greece & Belgium. Even though she draws inspiration from analog moments, her work is often digital. Drawing on iPad allows her to capture unexpected moments or thoughts. Herlinde’s images are invitations to slow down, wander off and dream about a slightly more colourful and harmonious world. She has created illustrations for Muro with that same idea in mind. These images reflect moments of meditation and bliss.
www.herlindedemaerel.com
@herlinde.demaerel
Hélène Jacobs
Hélène Jacobs (1990) is an illustrator based in Brussels. She loves working with gouache, it is real fun material to work with. But unfortunately she seems to have a lot of troubles trying to digitalize this kind of work. The colors get weird while scanning it to the computer. So for clients she draws on paper and color digitally. For BuroMuro she made this iconic Tiger! She loves drawing animals and make them very colourfull.
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Inge Rylant
Inge Rylant (1987) is an Illustrator and Print Designer, based in Antwerpen, Belgium. She describes her work as distilled illustrations and forms, stripped of all the unnecessary details. She reduces objects to their fundamental elements: colour and composition. The inspiration for this series of work? Inge loves to watch nature documentaries and she's also working on a book about birds. She just loves drawing birds as they're intriguing, playful and colourful.
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Jean Dillen
Jean is back as an artist at Studio Borgerstein after several years of absence. With his quiet personality, he brings warmth to the studio. Jean has worked a lot with colored pencil in the past and had a great fondness for birds. That hasn’t changed, although he will now more readily choose to do portraits as well. He has also come back with a goal: learning to paint. With acrylic paints, he sets to work with patience, asking questions and learning quickly. Jean has already painted some large, eccentric portraits on cardboard in recent months. He has very recognizable line and is strong in choosing the right colors. With a good dose of humor and self-deprecation, he makes real characters out of his portraits.
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Jelle Kindt
Jelle Kindt is an illustrator and screen printmaker. He likes to draw with an immediate line. It has to be right in one time. An idea has to grow in his head before it appears on paper. Jelle prefers to draw with pencil and charcoal. He selected these drawings because they have something inexplainable, some sort of strange atmosphere, they don’t tell an explicit story. His Inspirations are rituals, ancient cultures and absurd dreams.
jellekindt.blogspot.be
@jellekindt
Julie Van Wezemael
Julie Van Wezemael creates drawings and small ceramic and wooden sculptures. In her studio in Ghent, she painstakingly constructs colorful worlds layer by layer, infused with symbolism, fauna, flora, and playful details. Her passion for manual techniques is reflected in her rich use of materials. Acrylic paint, pencil, drypoint, and sewing thread come together to form a textured whole that reveals the organic genesis of her illustrations.
Julievanwezemael
Kelly Hortense van Loon
Kelly Hortense Van Loon is an Illustrator and Art teacher in Antwerpen, Belgium. Kelly Illustrates in an absurd, humorous , brutal and impulsive style. A combination of styles and techniques characterizes her working method and its outcome.
www.kellyhortense.be
@kelliofromhellio
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Larissa Viaene
Larissa Viaene is a visual artist, illustrator and performer living and working in Brussels, Belgium. Her work combines abstract, figurative and typographic elements. Simplicity and composition are a particular importance to create a fascinating and poetic stillness.
http://www.larissaviaene.com
@larussav
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Lisa Van der Auwera
Lisa Van der Auwera is an Antwerp based graphic storyteller/illustrator. In 2018, she graduated in Cultural Studies at the KU Leuven and became a self-taught artist during the years that followed. Currently, Lisa wears multiple hats, serving as the coordinator of the Flemish Author’s association (VAV) while pursuing a bachelor’s in graphic Storytelling at LUCA School of Arts Brussels.
Lore De Schutter
Lore De Schutter (1999) is an illustrator, based in Belgium. She finds her inspiration in dada artists, found objects, her environment and books. The work in this collection are part of a series from 2019 called 'Exit Homo', which is about what the world would look/be/feel like without people in it. She imagined a world without her in it. She asked her family and friends to tell her what they would do if she wouldn't exist anymore. Based on their answers she wrote a text and painted images. The works are based on sketches she made where Lore tried to capture the emptiness, using lines and leaving lots of white space.
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Maarten De Naeyer
Maarten De Naeyer, born in 1992 in Leuven, embarks on an artistic journey focused on perception and the aesthetic resonance born from his background in graphic design. He meticulously creates a visual language that reflects the fast pace of modern life and reveals hidden virtues in the ordinary. In his paintings, Maarten achieves a seamless interplay between form and texture, elevating their essence through abstraction and fusing them into a harmonious union. Maarten's art invites a fresh perspective on togetherness, weaving disparate elements into an intricate fabric of coexistence.
maartendenaeyer.com
Picture © Jente Waerzeggers
Maarten Peeters
Maarten Peeters (1988) is a graphic designer and freelance illustrator based in Mechelen, Belgium. After finishing his studies graphic design he specialized in illustration at Luca School of Arts (Ghent). He became an editorial illustrator because it perfectly combines his two most beloved passions: creating storytelling images and his love for print, especially magazines and newspapers. Besides that he enjoy making illustrations for books and different kinds of advertisement campaigns. In his work he likes to use stylized shapes and a bright, minimalistic color palette. Rather than designing complex images he attempts evoking emotion and a curious atmosphere.
www.maartenpeeters.be
@maarten_peeters
Manon Hermans
Manonina, better known as Manon, is an illustrator. During her time in college, she developed a deep affection for Rotterdam, where she graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy as an illustrator in 2019. Currently, she is based in Antwerp, her place of birth and upbringing.
Her interests encompass psychological, philosophical, and social matters, along with projects that contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive world. She explores these themes through the use of vibrant colors and conceptual language, crafting illustrations that portray an idealistic or melancholic realm. Her artwork often carries a moral message, encouraging viewers to contemplate and question the world surrounding them. Her objective is to inspire introspection and create artwork that leaves a lasting impact.
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Manon Lambeens
Manon Lambeens founded Studio Manon, an award-winning independent design studio specialized in graphic design. The studio is located in Belgium. You name it: graphic identities, books, social design, posters, illustrations... Manon's designs are defined by play, bright colours, and quirky typography. The studio's vision is that the designer is a visual translator. It is critical to maintain a close relationship with the client in order to provide the best translation possible. Furthermore, she strives for a cross-disciplinary methodology and output: graphics, furniture design, and so on all work together to form a whole.
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Mariona Valdes
Mariona Valdés (1990) is a graphic designer and art director with a passion for pottery, serigraphy and textile design. She makes illustrations using her tablet. But she also loves to get her hands dirty and create all kind of stuff. For the work on Muro Mariona got inspired by two things. “Cities” came with the inspiration of the Mediterranean architecture. And “Vermut” and “Coffee” are inspired by the little moments that make her happy, having a vermut with her family or a coffee in her favorite coffee bar in Barcelona.
marionavaldes.com
@aboutmariona
Martena Duss
Martena Duss (1982) is a make-up artist, creator and illustrator, based in Belgium and born in Switzerland. Her creative hyperactivity made her into the multi-disciplinarian she’s known to be today. Martena successfully made her love for creation and storytelling her trademark. Her vision, network and hands-on work-ethic have enabled her to collaborate on a long list of dream projects, always in dialogue with cutting edge companies and inspiring people. Martena loves tactile materials. They just want to be touched and manipulated by her hands. She loves it when the material really IS the work. These illustrations are a selection of her newest book 'Kookboek voor een heerlijk chaotisch leven', that she made together with Laurence Roothooft.
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Nathalie Lannoo
Nathalie has been an artist at Studio Borgerstein since 2017. She mainly draws and paints portraits of people from her immediate surroundings. Nathalie often starts from pictures drawn with her cell phone, which she always has at hand. Portraits of herself with her son, close relatives, lovers, friends, they all come to mind. But Nathalie also likes to choose from art books and expressive portrait, which she then completely adapts to her will. An undeniable spontaneity and directness in her lines are a constant in her work. Her imagery is distinctly stylized. People are rendered with only a few simple but characterizing lines and color areas.
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Nele Van Rompaey
Nele Van Rompaey (1994) is the business owner of Studio Ode and visual artist. She mainly prefers working with natural materials like wood, clay, paper and textile. For her there are two ways of working, but they’re usually intertwined. One is simply thinking and imagining, mostly about something she saw or read that day. Whenever an idea starts forming in her head. Another is when she reads or saw something and it shoots her up with energy and motivation to start drawing, painting, sculpting herself. For her work on Muro she started experimenting with all kinds of shapes and the combination of geometrical ones and natural ones and how they interfere or react to the presence of a person. The most natural things like the sun and a leave. The importance of the calm of nature and how it has an impact or our human mindset. The contrast between the busyness in her mind and the peace certain shapes and colors bring. But also experiment with seeing a texture and the feeling that brings. Overlap and depth.
www.studio-ode.com
@nelevrompaey @studioode
Nikita Van den bosch
Nikita (1995) is an illustrator with a master in graphic design from Antwerp. With a passion for creative thinking and everything about and around art, she delivers inspiring images. Her illustrations are mainly focused on children or people who love cute work. In her work you will find inspiration from folk tales, nature, Asian culture and bright colors. She loves bright color and hopes it makes people happy! Her work is not only on paper! She has a lot of different hobbies in which she will translate her style. This goes from digital, ceramics, painting, riso print, animation, screen print, etc.
nikitavandenbosch.jimdofree.com/
@nikitavandenbosch
Nikki De Deyn
Nikki De Deyn is a mother, partner, and creator. Through her illustrations, she explores worlds where joy and sorrow; relief and frustration; authenticity and illusion go hand in hand. Not a day goes by without her drawing in her sketchbook. Minmin often makes an appearance here, a semi-fictional masked character with a gentle smile on his yellow face, behind which a whole world of emotions lies hidden.
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Nina Aerts
Nina Aerts is an illustrator born in 1982, currently residing in Antwerp. She creates drawings, cartoons, and the occasional piece of art.
The craft of drawing holds a profound place in her heart: the sound, the scent, and the immediate truth of pencil, paint, or ink on paper or cardboard captivate her. Although she sometimes works digitally, she prefers to create her illustrations analogously; paper, pencil, eraser, scraps, and paint stains adorn her drawing table - and usually her fingers and clothes as well.
What she creates is a reflection of who she is: a cheerful melancholic, a rational dreamer, a thoughtful lover of absurdity. Someone who contemplates deeply before making impulsive decisions. A meticulous collector of unchecked to-do lists.
But above all: curious and always distracted by all the beauty in the world, which she strives to preserve as much as possible. On paper - tangible but elusive, ephemeral but still eternal for a moment.
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Nortstudio
Kathleen, front woman behind design studio Nortstudio, made 3 series for BuroMuro; Rise, La loi and Square Play. Each series consists of 3 works. A number of shapes are randomly placed onto the works. This is how impromptu compositions are created by a spontaneous act.
Nortstudio is an Antwerp based design studio focusing on furniture and lighting. Exploration of materials and new techniques are at the core of our studio. Nortstudio was founded by Jef De Brabander and Kathleen Opdenacker in 2016.
They design and create together. During this process we bring together our own vision and opinion. Kathleen’s approach is rooted in graphic design, an eye for detail and a broad interest in materials. Jef’s approach is rooted in industrial engineering, profound knowledge of techniques and various craftsman's skills. The interaction that takes place between us plays an important role leading up to the outcome of a final product.
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orange
Orange - a vibrant and energetic color in art, injects spaces with warmth and creativity. To enliven interiors, pair orange artworks with neutral backgrounds such as white or light gray. Create a dynamic contrast by introducing complementary colors like blue or green. Use metallic accents such as gold or copper to enhance the richness of orange and add a touch of glamour to the space.
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Paulien Verheyen
Paulien {Pauly V} Verheyen is an Antwerp based illustrator, graphic designer and visual artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp in 2018 and obtained a second master’s degree in Cultural Management at the Univeristy of Antwerp in 2020. During her studies she explored several socio-cultural issues. Paulien's interest in social structures and cultural developments has become a major theme throughout her artistic as well as academic work. Over the years she has extended her portfolio with clients and projects that continue to intrigue her and trigger her creativity. Next to drawing, painting etc... She loves dancing, yoga and getting new hairdos.
@paulienverheyen
https://paulienverheyen.com/
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Philipp Berg
Philipp Berg is a graphic designer based in Munich, Germany. During his studies at the University of Applied Science (Munich), he found his passion for illustrating peculiar ideas and motives, and to tell stories in Pictures that are different. Inspired by modern day living, surrealism, abstract concepts and more, he always seeks for aesthetic experiences in his work
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pink
Pink - a soft and charming color in art, brings a touch of playfulness and elegance to any space. For a stylish interior, pair pink artworks with neutral tones like gray or beige to create a subtle contrast. Combining pink with bold colors like navy or emerald green can create a visually striking and contemporary look.
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Poezencollectie
Curated by Tuig x BuroMuro
Inspired by ‘poezen in het bos’ expo by TUIG
TUIG is a newspaper full of illustrations and graphic design by local talent. Be sure to check their website Tuig.rocks and Instagram Tuig.rocks .
This collection is purrr-fectly eye-catching, with its bright colors and unique design making it a pawsitively stunning addition to any room. Get your paws on it now!
Puma Press
Puma Press is an artistic design duo. All there designs start from a screenprinting point of view.
purple
Purple - a regal and artistic color, brings a sense of luxury and creativity to any space. For interior flair, pair purple artworks with neutral tones like gray or cream to create a sophisticated contrast.
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R E C L A I M
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Reintje Jacobs
Reintje is a multidisciplinary artist and designer currently living in Ghent. Her work covers a diverse range of fields, from lino-prints and ceramics to furniture design and small-scale architectural projects.
As a former architect, her art is strongly influenced by the colours and shapes of the modernist and post modernist movements of the 20th century. She is inspired by artists like Alexander Calder and Dubuffet, and by the diverse work of architect Lina Bo Bardi. Bold colours, humour and an appreciation for the imperfect and the playful are themes that run throughout her work.
Other themes that fascinate her are the ocean, remote islands and all things botanical. These subjects make an occasional appearance in her art as well.
www.reintjejacobs.com
@reintje.ja
Sarah Corynen
Sarah Corynen is a Belgian designer who makes patterns and illustrations that are used worldwide in textiles, fashion, interior and paper products. Her works are humorous and bold, recognizable and full of colour. Animals, nature and everyday life are a source of inspiration for Sarah. Her drawings are always permeated with a light-hearted feeling and a very seductive playfulness. Each work, exclusive to the shop, comes in 50 editions, 5 sizes and fixed rates. If you want a really big size like A0, please contact us for more information.
www.sarahcorynen.com
@sarahcorynen
Sarah Herlant
Sarah Herlant is an Illustrator and graphic designer from Bolivia who’s currently living and working in Belgium (Mechelen). Sarah’s style invites you to 'wander' into the forests. Ecology and preservation are two important themes for her. She makes nature-inspired illustrations with lots of details and colors. And she loves to mix neat and colorful vector illustrations with crunchy textures.
sarahherlant.com
@sarah.herlant
Sarah Van Overstraeten
Sarah Van Overstraeten is a designer who is currently studying textile design at the Beaux Arts de Bruxelles. Prior to that, she pursued studies in interior architecture and fashion design. Over the past few months, she has been engaging in experiments with various painting and drawing techniques, aiming to attain a sense of harmony.
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Sarah Wouters
Sarah Wouters has been having fun with her love for illustration ever since she first picked up a pencil like a gazillion years ago, back in her hometown of Halle in Belgium. Thanks to her quirky, upside down view on life and obsession with all that is absurd, her humorous work has grown to playfully reflect the bizarre and often downright weird. After 20 years plus experience illustrating for magazine covers, children’s fashion, CD covers, advertising and more, her digital style has grown to screen-printing, linocut and even ceramics. Her work for Buro Muro is typical of her love for the beauty in the boring, celebrating the joy of normal everyday life and all its odd little wonders.
website
@sarahwoutersillustrator
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Siglinde Bossuwé
Siglinde Bossuwé (1990) is a visual artist in illustration & ceramics. Since early childhood, Siglinde has been fascinated with flora and fauna and her passion for nature is reflected artistically. Working for a number of years as a professional freelance illustrator, her work is suggestive. She aims to create a personal experience for the audience and makes them aware of their natural environment.
In lockdown she felt the urge to go on vacation, go for a hike and be amazed of the nature around her. But she couldn’t… So she searched for places she would like to visit and used google maps to get a feeling of how it looks like. She created in the first collection her own ‘locus amoenus’: a utopian place of safety and comfort.
www.siglinde.be
@Siglinde_artist
Silke Reyntjens
As a student of Art Sciences, Silke Reyntjens (1994) decided to share her passion for drawing with the world through a creative project named SIRE. Silke, now a freelance illustrator in Brussels, also teaches art to children at the Academy of Fine Arts in Anderlecht. In her personal work, she explores the perception of female nudity in Western art history. Inspired by her art background, Silke is keen on creative art education. She combines her art assignments with teaching at the Academy in Anderlecht, where she nurtures the creativity of children aged 6-12. Additionally, she works as an instructor for KUNSTKUUR, a collaboration between the academy and an elementary school, promoting art-based learning during school hours.
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Silke Rys
Silke Rys is an illustration and textile artist. She graduated at LUCA School of Arts Brussels as a graphic storyteller. She focuses on telling stories with images. Silke's fascination for textile brought her to the craft of hand tufting rugs and turning her illustrations into spatial and tactile works. Every step of the process happens in her atelier in Leuven, Belgium. She likes to create unique pieces, often inspired by and fitting the space that it is made for.
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Skrew Studio
Maarten De Naeyer (1992) is a Graphic designer, based in Belgium. He started Skrew Studio in 2016. Maarten likes to work with photoshop and inDesign to create graphic works of art. In his atelier he works with textured materials to create abstract texturized collages. Maarten mainly works in black and white but for this collection he tried to incorporate a more colorful approach.The main focus of his work is to illustrate the tension between abstract shapes. In this collection Maartens colourful approach brings this tension even more to life.
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Sofie De Cleene
Sofie De Cleene (°93) seeks perfection in imperfection through her ceramics and drawings. Drawings emerge from stains, vases from dents, and faces from amorphous shapes. In her work, she embarks on a constant exploration of materiality, tactility, and functionality, always prioritizing the joy of creation and experience.
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Sophie Doutreligne
Sophie Doutreligne (1989) is a phd researcher at Ghent University (Theatre) by day and an artist between lunchbreaks and weekends. She loves combining her passion for avant-garde theatre with infinite drawing experiments. She works with acrylic and permanent marker. Every material that is definite on paper excites her. She likes the irreversibility of things. The risk you take the moment you touch and destroy the blankness of paper/canvas. She draws her inspiration from the infinite source of amateur porn and loves to play with a private vulnerability and the failed desire of answering to the expectation of the viewer. Her favorite color? Definitely Pink!
www.sophiedoutreligne.com
@doutreligne.sophie
Studio Borgerstein
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Studio Carlijn
Carlijn is a designer & screen printer who creates colorful designs. She like to use the silkscreen technique as a medium, which makes her art prints one of a kind and has its own character. Craftsmanship, uniqueness and personality are important for Carlijn. She works with collages to abstract forms on paper, canvas and textile in combination with my own developed screen printing technique. The abstract compositions are influenced by her love of color, minimalism and form. The shapes are forms we use and encounter in our daily lives.
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Sunprise Studio
Her practice is characterised by a celebration of life, moments of happiness under the sun, and above all women. Always expressive and often naked, her girls reveal their emotions, moments of joy and fury, behaviour that is sometimes exuberant, sometimes intimate. Influenced by the work of Henri Matisse, her work combines art and design. A gentle blend of intense colours and voluptuous curves, in a minimalist, contrasting and luminous setting that invites you to travel.
Sylvain Serneels
Sylvain is a quirky painter and draughtsman at Studio Borgerstein since 2009. However, he has been drawing and painting for much longer. With his fingers, he scans the contours of his subject until he has fully absorbed the image and the mimicry. While humming, his characters appear on the page. His trademark are oriental-looking individuals embellished by dashes or dots. These isolated figures have a strange, mysterious aura with their large heads that often completely fill the sheet.
In recent years, Sylvain prefers to work with posca markers to outline the portrait he wants to portray. With the same pens, he sets down a pattern of dashes. Sometimes he works with ecoline to give the background color. Sylvain visibly enjoys painting and the interest in his work.
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Textile Collection
We are proud to present a series of stunning artworks, carefully selected from various artistic movements and created by talented artists & designers. The delicacy the textile enhances the subtlety and nuances of each artwork. The colors and details come to life on this delicate, translucent fabric, creating a visual interplay that stimulates the imagination. There is only one artwork available from each designer, making them truly unique and exclusive pieces.
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The Brain Embassy Antwerp
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The Lovely Selection
Love Letter
With art, you can say so much. It's an expression of emotions, a reflection of the world around us. That's why your art, or the art you admire, deserves all the attention it can get.
Art deserves love, not only during its creation but also when it's exhibited and sold. As art enthusiasts, we help artists to be taken seriously and to let their work shine. We want to give you as a lover of art the chance to be completely enamored, without facing obstacles when purchasing what inspires you.
Discover the lovingly curated selection of works created by Belgian artists, illustrators, and photographers.
Toon Delanote
Toon Delanote (1987) is an illustrator & shop vice president. His way of working is very impressive! He works layer by layer, color by color and he mostly uses acryl paint & woodcut. His work for the R E C L A I M collection is about the connection with nature during this period of isolation. The works for collection II is about swimming, about someone who is close to you and likes to swim, about the fear of losing someone, about exploring new horizons, about drifting away but also about coming back returning, whether or not alone. About drying up together, about coming home, about being left behind, about fear, about waves, about swell, about difference and overlap, about letting go and attracting.
www.toondelanote.be
@toon.delanote
Yellow
Yellow - a vibrant and energetic color in art, infuses spaces with warmth and positivity. For interior vibrancy, complement yellow artworks with neutral backgrounds such as white or light gray. Pairing with natural materials like wood or incorporating green accents can enhance the lively and uplifting atmosphere. Consider creating contrast with darker shades like navy or charcoal for a dynamic and visually engaging look.
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Yvonne Backs
Yvonne has been an active member of Studio Borgerstein since 2015. At the beginning of her trajectory at the studio, Yvonne exploded different techniques. So she worked with pencil, gouache, pastel, charcoal, … The most interesting material for her turned out to be acrylic paint. Nowadays she mostly chooses this painting technique.
Yvonne is inspired by a wide range of pictures from magazines and books. In her choice of images, she falls mainly on group portraits and family photos. In her first draft, she looks for a beautiful stylization of forms, which are then worked through with a warm and rich use of color. In recent years, Yvonne has been working on being able to better render hands and faces and it is paying off. A beautiful work by Yvonne was sold and is now hanging in New York! Her work is typified by its sensitive and poetic staging with various characters.
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Zinzi Moons
Zinzi Moons (1993) is a Freelance graphic design & illustrator, based in Mechelen, Belgium. She finds her inspiration in nature, books and looooots of illustrators. You can recognize her work as Minimal & colorful. She likes to sketch in her sketchbook or Ipad. She Started drawing faces in her beginner illustration days, but she wanted to create more than just a face.
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