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Chris Meulemans
Chris Meulemans’ paintings develop from a sustained engagement with the motif of flowers. Rather than approaching the subject descriptively, she uses it as a point of departure for an exploration of colour, rhythm, and pictorial structure. Through repetition and gradual reduction, the floral image shifts between recognition and abstraction.
Layers of paint accumulate, dissolve, and re-emerge across the canvas. Gestures remain controlled, and colour is carefully modulated, allowing luminosity to build slowly. What at first appears delicate reveals a complex structure of marks, tones, and subtle chromatic relationships.
Meulemans’ work is guided by an attentive process of looking and adjusting. Each painting evolves through cycles of addition and erasure, until the composition reaches a quiet equilibrium. The resulting surfaces retain traces of this process, giving the works a sense of depth and internal movement.
Although rooted in observation, the paintings ultimately move beyond representation. The floral motif becomes a vehicle for exploring how colour and gesture can generate atmosphere and rhythm within the pictorial field.
In The Quiet Between Things, Meulemans’ paintings introduce a luminous, almost breathing quality to the exhibition — works in which colour unfolds gradually and invites the viewer into a sustained, attentive encounter.
Chris Meulemans (b. 1967, B) lives and works in Kasterlee. She studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (1990) and obtained a Master in Fine Arts in Painting from Sint-Lucas School of Arts Antwerp in 1998. Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, including Valerie Traan Gallery in Antwerp (Écriture Botanique, 2024), Shoobil Gallery in Antwerp (Natural Renaissance, 2022; Concrete Garden, 2020), Schönfeld Gallery in Brussels, and institutional venues such as Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent and the Jakob Smits Museum in Mol. In 2018 she received an Honourable Mention at the Ronse Drawing Prize.
Chris Meulemans’ paintings develop from a sustained engagement with the motif of flowers. Rather than approaching the subject descriptively, she uses it as a point of departure for an exploration of colour, rhythm, and pictorial structure. Through repetition and gradual reduction, the floral image shifts between recognition and abstraction.
Layers of paint accumulate, dissolve, and re-emerge across the canvas. Gestures remain controlled, and colour is carefully modulated, allowing luminosity to build slowly. What at first appears delicate reveals a complex structure of marks, tones, and subtle chromatic relationships.
Meulemans’ work is guided by an attentive process of looking and adjusting. Each painting evolves through cycles of addition and erasure, until the composition reaches a quiet equilibrium. The resulting surfaces retain traces of this process, giving the works a sense of depth and internal movement.
Although rooted in observation, the paintings ultimately move beyond representation. The floral motif becomes a vehicle for exploring how colour and gesture can generate atmosphere and rhythm within the pictorial field.
In The Quiet Between Things, Meulemans’ paintings introduce a luminous, almost breathing quality to the exhibition — works in which colour unfolds gradually and invites the viewer into a sustained, attentive encounter.
Chris Meulemans (b. 1967, B) lives and works in Kasterlee. She studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (1990) and obtained a Master in Fine Arts in Painting from Sint-Lucas School of Arts Antwerp in 1998. Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, including Valerie Traan Gallery in Antwerp (Écriture Botanique, 2024), Shoobil Gallery in Antwerp (Natural Renaissance, 2022; Concrete Garden, 2020), Schönfeld Gallery in Brussels, and institutional venues such as Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent and the Jakob Smits Museum in Mol. In 2018 she received an Honourable Mention at the Ronse Drawing Prize.
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Chris Meulemans (b. 1967, B) lives and works in Kasterlee. She studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (1990) and obtained a Master in Fine Arts in Painting from Sint-Lucas School of Arts Antwerp in 1998. Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions in Belgium and abroad, including Valerie Traan Gallery in Antwerp (Écriture Botanique, 2024), Shoobil Gallery in Antwerp (Natural Renaissance, 2022; Concrete Garden, 2020), Schönfeld Gallery in Brussels, and institutional venues such as Museum Dr. Guislain in Ghent and the Jakob Smits Museum in Mol. In 2018 she received an Honourable Mention at the Ronse Drawing Prize.
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