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The multidimensional worlds of
MARC VAN BOOM



Born in Mortsel (Belgium) 1960, Marc van Boom largely received his early schooling and training in chemistry, before moving on to a basically self-taught career as a visionary artist.

His super-slick glossy paintings and the somehow more matte and lustrous pastels, form the ideal contrast in labelling his work as multidimensional artistry.

His exceptional ability to create near-magical, imaginary dreamscapes, often torn apart by violent extremes, reveals the infinite diversity of his chimerical mind.

His work captures the viewer convincingly by leading him or her into a multitude of worlds, where time and space are fixed in the midst of such extraordinary objects as quarks as well as quasars.

The artist: ”You enter into an endless universe of both quantum physics and astronomy. Desert planets are suspended hovering above enormous icy mountain ridges, ravines and awesome rocks. It’s like taking a journey to another dimension in space, a flight into far-away strange galaxies and nebulae, a flight into time itself ! “

The link between Science and Art obsesses the artist. At times his paintings appear to breathe and bathe in a type of chemical, yet balanced liquefaction.

At drupa 2008 he presents for the first time a novel kind of work, based on used offset printing plates. His multitalented and organizational mind never ceases to dream up new techniques.

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1989: - Laureate “België heeft Talent”, Belgium



1990: - Laureate “Tech-Art prijs van de Vlaamse Ingenieurskamer”, Belgium



1991: - Laureate “Maurits Naessens prijs”, Belgium
- “8ste Prijs voor Schilderkunst & Prijs Jan Cockx”, Belgium
-“Grand Prix International de la peinture a l’eau”, Trégastel, France



1992: - “Festival International de Peinture”, d’Aix-en-Provence, France
- Laureate “Grand Prix International d’Arts Plastiques”, Medaille de la
ville de Menton, l’Aigle de Nice, France



1994: - “S.O.F.A. Art Event”, Nyborg, Denmark


1997: - Visitor of the first CAIIA conference “center for advanced inquiry in the interactive arts” , Newport, UK.



1998: - “Adelaide Fringe Festival 1998”, Australia



2000: - “Victoires de Peinture et Sculpture”, Medaille D’Or, Versailles, France


2008: - “ DRUPA big fair of Graphic printing technology with AGFA
Dusseldorf – Germany

….who is willing to take a look at the works of Marc Van Boom….can expect to been taken on a journey through the universe …

Each of the works seems to be in a strange kind of movement….the search for light….

(SOURCE : Local cultural magazine 1994)




…..Reaction on an article about the over population on the planet ……The fact that religion seems still to have an influence on mass of people in two major world religions, is related to the fact that ….much is based on the lack of a certain conscious mind, stimulated and kept at the same stage of development by those …who search for power and benefit…….

The so called institutes of religion

( SOURCE : Knack-Magazine 1-10-1995 BELGIUM)




…Edegem based artist Marc Van Boom….
Artist-scientist…and his MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WORLD’S….livingroom and place where he create’s his work are ….1 …

Uniil today I produce about more than 120 different works (SOURCE : LOCAL ART-MAGAZINE 02-02-1996)




…PLANETAIRY LANDSCAPES in OIL PAINT ….
The works with titles like MENTAL-ROOM….MATTER ABOUT MIND ……
Exposed in the project…R-EVOLUTION-S…..

Music from Philip Glass….slides….video…

A multidimensional expierence…once again…



PAINTINGS ON THE MOON…..NEWSPAPER ..THE LAST NEWS & THE NEW PAPER



Art-Science and Technology exposed together in the Planetarium of the Antwerp Zoo

……Paintings on the moon ….

According to the organizers of Linking ’90 science, art and technology have many things in common.

The exposition Linking ’90 is the initiative of a group of young people who want to combine various disciplines, and bring together people who speak a different language. Let Einstein and Van Gogh talk and the world would be better of ….




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Linking ‘ 90 addresses itself to the *specialized human being * that we all became to be more or less in our more sophisticated daily environment . Everyone on his-her level has something to communicate to his fellow –man……..

Those means can be computer language, technical jargon, mathematical formulas, …and also art, feelings, emotions …etc .

The presentation of pure naked scientific or technological fact’s often leads to an abstract cool representations of the reality …for many people it intend to become obscure .

Art might become also difficult to understand and the meaning behind it might become complete ..chaotic or …abstract.

This exposition combines both art and science in such a way they can be experienced as parts of the same reality .

Some of the comments in the local Antwerp Press


…..Marc Van Boom combines his interests in the modern technology with a rarefied and mysterious atmosphere …that intend the spectator to dream….



…..More poetically Marc enlightens structures in the universe …these structures seem to breath in a state of chemical balance…….



….Van Boom seeks his subjects in the universe….the world of the endless where time and space meet each other…..He draws the inspiration for his dreams and imagination on the nightly firmament. The titles of his work point to a scientific interest…




Project YIELDS Cultural Center Edegem


…..2 different Poles ..from the same reality ……In the landscapes of Marc isn’t a human creature to find back….but live has a central place in the works of this artist .This artist from Edegem will co-operate with a musician and the astronomical society Urania . Once more a more multi dimensional design from this remarkable ….artist




MAGAZINE OF AGFA NV Colleage Marc Van Boom and his passion for ART and SCIENCE



…Colleague Marc Van Boom is a person with an original opinion …Science and Art are one and the same in their basically concept…..This vision is represent in the works and becomes…reality. This original art becomes more and more recognised …..when the logical and emotions are melting together ……..


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The organiser of linking ’90 want to show the miraculous worlds of company’s…..

….Company’s might have often an exiting world inside…that stay’s most of the time invisible for the outside world…..

A lot of them stay anonymous and avoid sometimes publicity . I would like to develop in co-operation with some of those companies project’s, where in we can create the opportunity to show those exiting sides in relation to what they produce and contribute to the society….

I don’t want to judge…Everything has pro and con’s …the 2 sides of a coin…..

How ever technology and science are great tools in the hand of mankind as long they are applied with conscience and respect ….for live .





….one of the parts of the multi – dimensional – conscious – project …..has to be Stonehenge 3000…..

And as the fish doesn’t bite …over here …I might try to arrange something with more open mind company’s from abroad ..

Or just move to a country where they might have more advanced ideas as over here….

I am not just going to dream for the rest of my day’s….over here …


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…This artist is visualising the cosmos where in tremendous explosions of energy are appearing …..

The Price of The Medaille de la ville de Menton in Nice (France) means International recognition . From over 26 country’s ..140 artists where exposing 200 work’s …to be notified and gain a price …is from great support ….I Hope Paris will be the next step..