Inke Bemelmans
Together my works form a dialogue about identity as a layered structure.
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2022-> Paintings in a stylized semi-figurative style - acryl on canvas • 29 artworks
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Paintings in bright colours in stylized flat forms, semi-figurative, with a surrealist, graphic as well [...]
Paintings in bright colours in stylized flat forms, semi-figurative, with a surrealist, graphic as well as cartoonish touch. Often there is a central focus, from where (nearly) every part of the painting is connected. The paintings show a mixture of botanical, human and symbolic elements, they all behave the same way. All paintings are delivered in a wooden frame.
2025-> Drawings created using a mixed-media digital process • 29 artworks
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These designs are vibrant and abstract compositions, initially hand-drawn with an acrylic pen, then [...]
These designs are vibrant and abstract compositions, initially hand-drawn with an acrylic pen, then photographed, imported into Adobe Illustrator, and vectorized before being digitally colored.
This artwork begins as a spontaneous drawing with an acrylic pen: raw, instinctive, and grounded in the tactile act of mark-making. From there, I transition it into the digital realm, photographing the original line work and importing it into Adobe Illustrator. The shift from analog to vector allowed me to refine the composition and explore bold color relationships, while still honoring the imperfections and rhythm of the hand-drawn original.
These works blend influences from surrealism (for its dreamlike, central abstract figure), street art or graffiti (due to the bold outlines and marker-like textures), and digital futurism (evident in the vector finish and crisp color fills).
I view my process as a kind of hybrid ritual, an open dialogue between the analog and digital, intuition and precision. Each piece I create invites the viewer to decode, interpret, and connect through their own layered perceptions.
This artwork begins as a spontaneous drawing with an acrylic pen: raw, instinctive, and grounded in the tactile act of mark-making. From there, I transition it into the digital realm, photographing the original line work and importing it into Adobe Illustrator. The shift from analog to vector allowed me to refine the composition and explore bold color relationships, while still honoring the imperfections and rhythm of the hand-drawn original.
These works blend influences from surrealism (for its dreamlike, central abstract figure), street art or graffiti (due to the bold outlines and marker-like textures), and digital futurism (evident in the vector finish and crisp color fills).
I view my process as a kind of hybrid ritual, an open dialogue between the analog and digital, intuition and precision. Each piece I create invites the viewer to decode, interpret, and connect through their own layered perceptions.
2016-2021 Paintings in an expressionist style - acryl on paper maché on canvas • 23 artworks
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Until 2021, I first put paper maché on the canvas, to add some structure. Once the paper maché has dried, [...]
Until 2021, I first put paper maché on the canvas, to add some structure. Once the paper maché has dried, which takes a few days, I paint on it with acryl, in an expressionist style. My first paintings mainly featured 'stones', rocky formations. The herringbone motif often returns. After a while my paintings became less abstract.
2016-> Paintings in an impressionistic style "Because the night" • 27 artworks
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Picturesque nocturnes. These paintings tell about nocturnal wanderings, dreamy old towns, cities where [...]
Picturesque nocturnes. These paintings tell about nocturnal wanderings, dreamy old towns, cities where you can get lost, where you can celebrate and love, there is a lot to do, memorable. At times a bit obscure, fairytale-like too.
Possibly a tribute to Patti's "Because the night".
Possibly a tribute to Patti's "Because the night".
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Biography
Belgian contemporary artist, mainly autodidact in painting, digital drawing and graphic design.
Her background in software engineering brought her to digital drawing using Adobe Illustrator. Between 2005 and 2015 she created illustrations with graphic pen. These vector drawings are cheerful, original and poetic, with a cartoonish touch.
Since 2016 Inke paints on canvas, using acrylic. Her paintings give meaning to her way of coping with life: question your position, leave your perspective and allow another perspective. She incorporates elements from street art, graphic design, conceptual art and surrealism.
Her art is art without perspective, or from a different perspective, with bright colors in flat shapes, semi-figurative, with clear lines. You often find a central figure from which every other element starts, which can be a stylized tree, a cartoonish foot or a symbolic arrow. Everything is connected, and once connected, everything behaves the same way. Inke likes to put you on a different track, emphasizing topics like loving trees, gender identity, cultural markers, social identity and self reflection.
At the same time she maintains a collection of paintings in a completely different, impressionistic style with nocturnal views of the city. In this collection "because the night", she allows the melancholy.
On her website inkebemelmans.be you can find a collection of her paintings, digital illustrations and poems.
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Nationality:
BELGIUM
- Date of birth : 1958
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Belgian Artists
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Influences
Education
2013 - 2014
Game design
Leidse onderwijsinstellingen,
Netherlands
1995 - 1998
Applied information and computer science
Leuven,
Groep T,
Belgium
1976 - 1981
Advanced linguistics and literature
K.U.Leuven,
Belgium
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Achievements
Collective Expositions
2024
Kunstkijkers
Bilzen,
Belgium
2023
Galeria Uxval Gochez
Barcelona,
Spain
2023
Kunstkijkers
Bilzen,
Belgium
2017
Kunsttour
Maastricht,
Netherlands
Solo Expositions
2024
Charging Station
Wellen,
Belgium
2018
A Pink Floyd Between Rolling Stones
Wellen,
Belgium
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Last modification date : Aug 1, 2025
(Member since 2021)
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Artworks by Inke Bemelmans added to favorite collections: 72
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Added Aug 31, 2022
What I like about Kandinsky, Hergé, Alechinsky and Patti
Wassily Kandinsky, for his wonderful paintings and his view on abstract art and spirituality, his quote "the artist must train not only his eye but also his soul"
Hergé (known for "The adventures of Tintin") for his distinct "clear line" drawing style.
Pierre Alechinsky, for his beautiful graphics, his apparant anarchism, the wild imagination of his boundaries.
Patti Smith, for her lyrics and her androgynous style and energy, her dream of life.
Added May 23, 2024
Oplaadpunt
Wellen, België
Saturday
6
July
2024
Sunday
28
July
2024
de Bottelarij
Added Jun 11, 2023
Participation at expo Dreams at Galeria Uxval Gochez (Barcelona)
Friday
9
June
2023
Friday
23
June
2023
Pleased to announce my participation, with the painting "Before throwing away the ladder", at the expo "Dreams" at the Galéria Uxval Gochez at Barcelona: www.uxvalgochez.com
Added Dec 30, 2022
Wishing you a happy new year!
Let’s stay amazed
Added Nov 3, 2022
Breng ook een bezoek aan mijn website
inkebemelmans.be
met meer digitale tekeningen, wenskaarten, prentenboeken, gedichten
Added Jan 6, 2022
webpagina in opbouw
6 januari 2022
Mijn galerie is in opbouw..
Je kan mijn website bezichtigen: inkebemelmans.be Hier vind je naast mijn schilderijen, mijn digitale illustraties, alsook enkele van mijn gedichten.
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Inke Bemelmans, I am very grateful to have been added to your collection. Thank you very much!