SIMON DEMEUTER
Simon Demeuter (b. 1991, Soignies, Belgium) lives and works in Paris. His painting practice is driven by a search for bold simplification of form, inducing his works with pictorial freshness and a sense of immediacy. Colour is the artist’s primordial tool to evoke an emotion, an impression, a sensation, a mood or a physical or mental state.
Drawing from childhood memories as well as from travels and encounters, his imagery conveys both an inner landscape as references to Folk Art, the Impressionists, cinema or music. A trivial object, as arbitrary as it may seem, can be the start for an entire new series of paintings. In addition, when dealing with models, they become objectified motifs like any other. Compositions and sceneries are repainted endlessly, with gestural variations in colour, size and through imperfections. In doing so, Simon tries to unearth the trace of an emotion in the simplest and most stripped way.
He has had solo exhibitions at BallRoom Gallery, Brussels (Belgium, 2022); L21, Palma de Mallorca (ES, 2023, 2021); The Cabin, Los Angeles (USA, 2019) and Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels (Belgium, 2019). Demeuter has participated in group exhibitions at Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv (2022); Musée Francisque Mandet, Riom (2022); Frac Champagne-Ardenne, Reims (France, 2021); Can Marqués, Palma (Spain, 2021); Gilles Drouault Galerie Des Multiples, Paris (France, 2020) and Generation Brussels, curated by Evelyn Simons (Brussels, 2020).
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Boys Don’t Cry, 2026 -
Boys Don’t Cry, 2026
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Boys Don’t Cry, 2026
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Boys Don’t Cry, 2026
SIMON DEMEUTER
Born in 1991 in Soignies, Belgium
Lives and works in Paris
EDUCATION2011 – 2014 – ENSAV, École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 – SAINT-SÉBASTIEN, Reuter Bausch, Luxembourg
2025 – A GESTURE FOR TOMORROW, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2024 – À L’OMBRE DES ARBRES, Bim Bam Gallery, Paris, France
2024 – CHARBON, Reuter Bausch, Luxembourg
2023 – PLEASURE TO BURN, L21 Residency, Palma, Spain
2022 – LOVE IS A BURNING THING, Reuter Bausch, Luxembourg
2022 – I’M NOT IN LOVE, BallRoom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2021 – ROMA 1997, L21 Gallery, Palma, Spain
2021 – ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SAD BOY, Vortic platform
2019 – DIEGO, The Cabin LA, Los Angeles, USA
2018 – GARDEN PARTY, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – PRIX DE LA GRAVURE, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium
2025 – SUMMER GROUP SHOW, Reuter Bausch, Luxembourg
2025 – LES JOURS QUE J’AI AIMÉS, curated by Carla Garier, Koren Gallery, Paris, France
2024 – AVEC LE VENT LEURS MASQUES S’ENVOLENT, Recife Project, Paris, France
2024 – MAGIC MIRROR, Wilhelmina’s Gallery, Hydra, Greece
2024 – BALLROOM PROJECT, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 – UN ÉTÉ EN PAPIER, Reuter Bausch, Luxembourg
2023 – THE CABIN LA: A CURATED FLASHBACK, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, USA
2023 – L’ÉTÉ INDIEN, BallRoom Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2023 – ENTRE CAJAS, L21 Home, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2022 – ENTRE LES DEUX, LE HOMARD DES ARBRES, curated by Lena Peyrard, Villa Belleville, Paris, France