’Illusoir’, group show @blanc Fixe, Drongen. With artists Sam Vanallemeersch, Lukas Verstraete, Sabien Clement, Korneel Detailleur, … (Spring 2022).

2021

Showroom, Sint Lucas Antwerpen: ‘This is where the magic happens’, Sketchbook Group show. With William Ludwig Lutgens, Emma Verhulst, Sadrie Alves, Lucien De Roeck,…

De illustratiekamer, Villa Verbeelding

Solo show ‘A cosmonaut, hiding under the sink’, Geert De Weyer Gallery, Antwerpen.

Group Show @Borgerhub ‘Into eternity, the art of giving’, with Cindy Wright, Boy Erik Stappaerts, Rachel Agnew,…

2020

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: part of the exposition ‘Van Thonet tot Dutch Design’ - 125 jaar wonen in het Stedelijk’ (illustrations ‘Monsterlijke Microben’)

Animation (film) and sketchbooks exhibited at ‘Diep in het bos’ for Villa Verbeelding, Hasselt.

Feniksstraat, Kinderbrouwerij Poperinge, Group show, with Carll Cneut and Kamagurka.

2019

Zin in Zomer: Live drawings, with author Erwin Mortier, Hasselt.

Performance (live drawings with concert) @ Fondation d’enterprise Martell, Cognac, France.

‘FAKE, die ganze wahrheit’ exposition (several illustrations) for Stapferhaus Museum Lenzburg, (awarded European museum of the year 2020), Zwitserland.

2017

Solo show ‘de archipel van Sebastiaan’ at CC ‘de ververij’, curated by Murmuur Ronse

2016

Museum M: ‘de geluksvogels’, Guided tour in the museum.

Fort Napoleon, Oostende. Exposition ‘de geluksvogels’.

Kunsthal Rotterdam: part of the exposition on ‘Jules Verne’

2015

Museum M: Temporary mural ‘Danse Macabre’ and exposition illustrations ‘Magnus’ for the Vesalius exposition.

2014

’Stormopkomst’, CC De warande Turnhout, with Sara Fanelli, Ingrid Godon,…

2013

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Group show and poster image, ‘Cinderella’.

The New York Times building, group show at Flanders House: ‘Flanders inspires, Flanders intrigues’.

2012

Walt Disney concert hall: projections and animations for the concert ‘Frankenstein!’ by composer HK GRUBER, Los Angeles, USA.

’CoffeeKlatch’ Group show @ Tatjana Pieters Gallery, with Piet Raemdonck, Bue The Warrior,…, curated by Magali Elali (the constant now).

2011

Performance for artist Thomas Grodal @ Middelheim Museum, Antwerp (assistance)

2010

Wallpiece 10 ‘Natuur(studie)boek’ @ Sint Lucas Passage: Group show on Sketchbooks. With Hannelore Van Dijck, Rinus Vande velde, Arpaïs Du Bois, Jan Stremes… Curated by Nikolaas Demoen (Posture editions).

2009

Wallpiece 04 ‘Autoportrait’ @ Sint Lucas Passage: solo show, curated by Nikolaas Demoen (Posture editions)

2006

Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna: Group show ‘Coloring outside the lines’.

°1979, Currently living and working in Halle (Antwerp), Belgium.

Over the past 20 years, as both a drawer/painter and illustrator, Sebastiaan has been exploring the visual and narrative boundaries within the field of editorial and picture book illustration. Always looking for a personal and fictional universe within an applied context, often hand in hand with literature & poetry.

Loneliness, folktales, wanderlust and bewildering nature are recurring contents in his artistic practice. The pictures in his picture books visually claimed a dominant role and translated the stories or articles through subtle humor and criticism.

When working for magazines, Sebastiaan commented on the articles through surrealistic combinations in his imagery. A teddy bear with a Kalashnikov in a tanker or Hansel and Gretel who are locked up in a bank as a 'gingerbread house' for instance. Consciously playing with the boundaries between recognizability and confusion, he wanted to raise questions with this work rather than literally answering or translating them visually.

Through experimentation, technical variation and working in different contexts (drawing, painting, illustration, ceramics), he is able to broaden his field of work as an illustrator during the first years and more recently channeled this into an autonomous practice as a drawer and painter.

UPCOMING:

May 11 th 2024: Publication release ‘A travel journal’, Vista Alegre, Portugal .

8th of June -> 7th of July 2024: Group expo @ Rufus Gallery, Gent

November 2024: Posture Edition ‘Tekenwandelingen’, Publication Launch @ De Warande Turnhout.

May 2025: Solo show @ Rufus Gallery, Gent.

AWARDS (selection):

2024

Winner Audience price De Boon jeugdliteratuur (Kijk dan toch! Belgium)

2023

Shortlist Premio Andersen Award (Italy, with Morris)

Winner Audience price De Boon jeugdliteratuur (Belgium, with Morris)

2021

Nominatie Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, (Nederland, De fantastische vliegwedstrijd)

2020

Boekenpauw 2020 (voorloper van De Boon), De fantastische vliegwedstrijd

2015

Laureaat Picturale Ronse (Kat)

PRESS (recent Dutch selection):

FREELANCE:

Several commissions between 2003-2016 for De Morgen, De Standaard, Knack Weekend, Humo, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,…

2021

Poster image ‘Voorleesweek 2021’, with iedereen leest and graphic designer Kris Demey.

2019

‘FAKE, die ganze wahrheit’ illustrations for the magazine of Stapferhaus Museum Lenzburg, (awarded European museum of the year 2020), Zwitserland

2018

Stage design for ‘Onbevreesd’, with Hugo Matthysen and Pieter Embrechts

2015

Poster image for ‘Boekenbeurs’, the biggest Book Fair in Belgium

2013

illustrations for the City Cycling Guides, Antwerp and Ghent, Thames & Hudson

Concerthall Brugge, poster images for a series of concerts

2012

Anne Kurris: T-Shirt prints

B/W ink drawings and cover/poster image for ‘Living Fashion’, an exposition at the MOMU (Fashion museum), Antwerp

2011

Poster ‘Secret’ for ‘Jeugdboekenweek’ (week of flemish Youth literature)

Collaboration with the Spectra Ensemble for ‘Frankenstein’ with Pieter Embrechts

2009

Nobrow 2, The Jungle edition, curated by Alex Spiro

2007

A-Magazine curated by Véronique Branquinho, illustrations for author Toon Tellegen