GUY RUBICON
After completing his studies as a photographer, Guy Rubicon ventured into the art of traditional tattooing. The art and the craftsmanship in tattooing was something that had always fascinated him, but after a few years of being a professional tattooer he felt the need for more artistic freedom and started to experiment with oil paint. In his paintings, Rubicon investigates the relationship between mankind and the natural world. We are part of the natural world, but we are also nature's only creation that puts itself outside of it, looking at nature from a distance. This distance did not always exist - for a long time we lived in balance with the natural world, not understanding it, but respecting it, and because we did not understand it, it became a place of magic, mythology and wonder, but also fear, chaos and confusion.
Guy Rubicon
Never Cry Wolf, 2024
oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
70 x 60 cm
Guy Rubicon
Autumn Forest, 2024
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in
60 x 70 cm
Guy Rubicon
Red Rider, 2024
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in
60 x 70 cm
Guy Rubicon
Hyena in the Woods, 2024
oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 27 1/2 in
60 x 70 cm
EXHIBITIONS
STRAY PASSAGES
Nacho Eterno, Nutsa Gogaladze, Michael McGrath, Guy Rubicon
JUNE 12 - JULY 17, 2024
I AM CURIOUS (BLUE)
JUNE 22 - JULY 26, 2023
GUY RUBICON
Born in 1979 in Belgium
Lives and works in Belgium
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The self-taught Belgian painter spoke with me about his background as a tattoo artist and his transition to becoming a professional painter.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Wilt, Hioco Delany Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2023 Under a feral moon, Hagd Contemporary, Aalborg, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 White, Hagd Contemporary, Aalborg, Denmark
2022 End of eden, Wolfsen Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
2022 Peace and disquiet (Duo, together with Australian ceramics artist Georgia Harvey), Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney, Australia