About

BIO

I descend from a long line of artists. 4 generations.

My great-grandfather was a Gobelin tapestry weaver, my grandfather was an exceptional portrait painter and my mother is a textile designer. At the age of 5, when visiting her at the art academy, I got lost, wandering in the hallways of this giant building that had so many secrets and undiscovered art disciplines behind every door. I was finally found in the potter’s class, completely mesmerized by all those students working with this magic substance called clay. At that moment I knew that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life!

With a background as an interior architect and later as a web designer, design has always been like a second nature but the urge to realize my own handmade creations brought me to the art academy of Leuven (Belgium), where I finally found what I had been looking for, all those years ... 23 years and many workshops & masterclasses later, I manage to realize my projects, touch people with my work and love to share my knowledge and the passion for clay.

EDUCATION

• 1988 - 1991 / Visual arts in Antwerp (BE)

  1991 - 1994 / Interior architect in Brussels (BE)

  2001 - 2008 / Academy of Fine Arts in Leuven (BE)
  

• 2002 & 2005 / Masterclass with Rudie Delanghe – Advanced throwing (FR)

• 2004 / Masterclass with Patty Wouters – Throwing porcelain (BE)

• 2007 / Masterclass with Ivo Nijs – Silk-screen print & transfer design (BE)

• 2009 / Masterclasses with Jim Dugan & Yoshi Fujii – Throwing big pieces (USA)

• 2012 / Masterclasses with Kyle Bauer – One piece plaster molds (USA)

• 2013 / Masterclasses with Kyle Bauer – Multiple piece plaster molds (USA)

• 2019 / Masterclass with Nathalie Domingo – Porcelain: Workshop of discovery and experimentation (FR)

• 2020 / Masterclass with Luca Tripaldi – Creating of organic shapes in paper clay (IT)

• 2022 / Masterclass with Luca Tripaldi – Surface treatments, layering and dripping glazes for porcelain (IT)
  
  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1994 - 1996 / independent interieur architect (BE)

• 1996 - 1997 / webdesigner at Allmansland (BE)

• 1997 - 1999 / designer at The Best Of Publishing (BE)

• 1999 - 2001 / webdesigner at IconMedialab (BE)

• 2001 - 2007 / senior webdesigner at Boondoggle (BE)

• 2008 - 2013 / ceramist & designer / own studio (USA)

• 2013 - present / ceramist & designer / own studio (FR)

• 2020 - present / 5-day masterclass “Paper porcelain: perfect in its imperfections” (FR)