"Painted black"
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Johan Van Dreven (jovadre)
A long and winding road
40 artworks by Johan Van Dreven (jovadre) (Selection)
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"Hidden"
Digital Arts | 31.5x31.5 in
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"Explosion of Energy"
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"Colors"
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"One Eye"
Digital Arts | 39.4x39.4 in
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"What ?"
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"Club dance"
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"Abstract body"
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"Show"
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"Nude torso"
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"Strayed"
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"Step out"
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"Quattro"
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"Joy"
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"Mondriaan"
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"Backside"
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"nude van Gogh"
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"Butterfly abstract"
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"Color dance"
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"Double"
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"Tango"
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"Universe 2"
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"Red"
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"Expression"
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"Strong"
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"Dance, dance"
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"Dance in the dark"
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"Who am I"
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"Desperate"
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"Tears"
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"Universe 1"
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"Painted blue"
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"Hide yourself"
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"Please"
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"Dance in colors"
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"Emotions"
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Professional Artist
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
History.
In my youth I did not get to know art. In high school I developed a talent for working with color and shape. At the end of my adolescence, I destroyed my work. Desperate for not understanding my talent, I turned away from art.
After a verylong road I started again.
Almost everyone thinks the female body is beautiful. Nude is often used sensually, provocatively.
My work shows that nude can be art, stripped of all sexual interpretations. I try to reinforce that with self-made backgrounds. I try to convey a message in my work by discovering the viewer for himself.
After years of experimenting, I found my signature. The nude as a canvas, starts for a new creation.
I find inspiration in Naive art, Expressionism and Magic Realism.
Collaboration with models often takes several years. I prefer to work with dancers, gymnasts and acrobats, in recent years only naked.
I work very intuitively, I usually know the postures I want to capture. Only behind my PC / Photoshop does the creation take place. Usually a (slight) deformation of the posture first. Then looking for the color combinations. And finally creating a background.
This does not always work immediately, multiple edits are discarded.
I like to make backgrounds with different brushes. I also make extensive use of my archive. Coincidentally (???) I started photographing special backgrounds such as walls, murals, objects at an early age.
People are often asked how much time it takes to make a work. I don't know exactly. Do I have to include the photoshoot and the preliminary interview in terms of time? Sometimes I use an object several times as a background, each time edited in a different way.
There are many factual preliminary studies on Instagram. The experiments that led to the final result.
Exhibitions and art fairs:
Affordable Art Amsterdam, Brussels, Art Basel, London, Frankfurt and almost all Hilton hotels in Europe and Beijing, small museum Italy, participant atelier route Huizen.
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Nationality:
NETHERLANDS
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Dutch Artists
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Galleries & Groups
Presented by 2 Art Galleries or Groups
Dutch Digital Artists
(Art gallery, Netherlands)
Galería MOM-CHILE
(Art gallery, Chile)Achievements
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Last modification date : Sep 19, 2023
(Member since 2020)
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Added Nov 15, 2020
Inspired by famous naive artists. We worked together for several years. Each shoot gave very good results. This one was outside during a sunset. Photo edit and a bit paint digitally.
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