Jan Van Imschoot

°1963, Ghent (BE) – lives and works in Noncourt-sur-le-Rongeant (FR)

Jan Van Imschoot is internationally known for his intimate, enigmatic works from the early 1990s and his recent large-scale, historically inspired tableaux.

Van Imschoot belongs to a generation of artists who laid the foundations for the critical reappraisal of figurative painting during the 1990s. Among his peers, Van Imschoot’s work occupies a unique place due to the profound art-historical awareness from which he paints. He approaches contemporary subjects such as gender, identity, war and peace from inspiration sources such as Dutch 17th- century painting, the work of Tintoretto, Caravaggio and especially that of Edouard Manet, the archetypal peintre de la vie moderne.

Besides the classical history of Western painting, film and literature also serve as important pillars in Van Imschoot’s creative universe.

(courtesy of S.M.A.K.)

Jan Van Imschoot - The Offering, 1993

Jan Van Imschoot - Siberische Sneeuwsnoek, 2018

Jan Van Imschoot - Ladyboy Curlieman 6, 2007

Jan Van Imschoot - The Representation, 2009

Jan Van Imschoot - Medical Intuition, 1996

Jan Van Imschoot - Ladyboy Curlieman 3, 2007

Jan Van Imschoot - The Sequel, 2008

Jan Van Imschoot - The Remake, 2008

Jan Van Imschoot - Zita, 1995

Jan Van Imschoot - L'adoration de Francois pour Judith, 2014

Jan Van Imschoot exhibited in Belgium as well as internationally, in institutions such as S.M.A.K., Ghent; Dusseldorf Kunstpalast; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; Fondazione Volume!, Rome; M HKA, Antwerp; and Fondazione Prada, Milan.

Jan Van Imschoot is represented by the following gallery;
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Galerie Templon, Paris / Brussels

You can also see a lot of Jan Van Imschoot’s work on his own website.

Jan Van Imschoot - Installation view of La présentation des absents at Galerie Templon, Paris in 2021

Jan Van Imschoot - Installation view of La présentation des absents at Galerie Templon, Paris in 2021