Born in 1959. Lives and works in Brussels
In the background, thousands of photographic fragments of feminine curves. In the foreground, an image full of intensity, a symbol of intimacy, a face. Joël Moens de Hase’s photomosaics were created in 2011. They quickly caught the eye of a receptive national and international audience. This alternative digital art, contemporary with pixel art and pointillism, surprises and seduces with the originality and aestheticism of its concept. His approach is part of a veritable race for images in a particular field of action: the internet. He has scoured over 20 million images, selecting 80,00O of them and trimming them down one by one. With the help of software, he repeats certain operations over and over until all these particles make aesthetic sense to him.
His art is a reflection of our society, anchored in a digital and hyper-connected era. The thousands of tiny photos that make up his work echo the over-representation of images, advertising visions and erotic representations that surround us in our daily lives. They give his works depth and an impression of infinity. A two-dimensional reading of both content and form.
Beyond his concern for aesthetics, Joël Moens wants to astonish, take us on a journey, free the senses and the imagination. By paying tribute to femininity, but also to love, desire and eroticism, he manages to go beyond form.
Exhibitions and fairs :
2024
Opening show – Galerie Artima – Honfleur – FR
AAF Hampstead – London – GB
Fragments of Beauty – Solo Show – Bel-Air Fine Art – Genève – CH
Woman – Solo Show – Galerie Liehrmann – Liège – B
AAF Battersea – London – GB
AAF Bruxelles – B
Lille Art Up ! – Galerie Métamorphose – Lille – FR
2023
PAN Amsterdam – Okker Art Gallery – Amsterdam – NL
Art Montpellier – Melting Art Gallery – FR
AAF Amsterdam – Okker Fine Art – NL
Solo Show – Ofi-Invest – Paris – FR
Summer 2023 – Boutique Gallery – Knokke – B
Summer show – Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Luxembourg Art Fair – LUX
Art Breda – Breda – NL
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead – London – GB
KunstRAI / Art Amsterdam – NL
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
Winter Cocktail à Verbier – Bel-Air Fine Art – CH
2022
Solo Show – Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
2021
Solo show – Outsiders Galeries – Rouen – FR
Entre Nous – Solo show – Galerie Métamorphose – Le Touquet – FR
Exhibition of Belgian artists – The Honorary Consul of Belgium – Miami – USA
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg – D
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam – NL
Affordable Art Fair Battersea – London – GB
ARTMUC – München – D
Solo Show – Rivoli – Art Magna – Uccle – B
Affordable Art Fair Brussels – Bruxelles – B
KunstRAI / Art Amsterdam – NL
PAN Amsterdam – NL
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
2020
Fair For Art – Wien – AUT
Art Montpellier – FR
Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg – D
Art Innsbruck – Innsbruck – AUT
2019
Luxembourg Art Fair – Kirchberg – LUX
PAN Amsterdam – NL
Hors-les-Murs – Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Art Digital – Galerie Artiane – Honfleur – FR
Contemporary photography – Bel Air Fine Art – Genève – CH
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam – NL
Fair for Art – Wien – AUT
Gand Art Fair – B
Fine Baarn – NL
Art Bodensee – Dornbirn – AUT
Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Art Breda – Breda – NL
L-Gallery – Bruxelles – B
Bel-Air Fine Art – Paris – FR
We Are Artists – La Délirante – Espace Vanderborght – Bruxelles – B
MIA Photo Fair – Milano – IT
SFEER 2019 – Gand – B
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
NV Group – Rhode-Saint-Genèse – B
Art Wynwood – Miami – USA
First Art Fair – Amsterdam – NL
2018
LuxArtFair – Luxembourg-Kirchberg – CH
Scope Miami Beach – USA
PAN Amsterdam – NL
St-Art – Strasbourg – FR
Joël Moens – Jeux d’Hiver – Bruxelles – B
Kunst & Antiquitäten – München – D
Antwerp Art Fair – NL
Fine Art & Antiques Fair – Baarn – NL
Collective Exhibition – Galerie Liehrmann – Liège – B
Art Nocturne Knokke – B
La Nuit du Zoute – Knocke-Heist – B
Solo Show – Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Solo Show – Galerie Augustin – Innsbruck – AUTT
Antibes Art Fair – FR
Lausanne Art Fair – CH
Art Breda – NL
Solo Show – Galerie Augustin – Wien – AUTT
Scope NYC – New York – USA
Art Up Lille – FR
Art Théma Gallery – Bruxelles – B
Art Innsbruck – AUT
Art Palm Beach – Florida – USA
First Art Fair – Amsterdam – NL
2017
RAI Amsterdam – NL
LuxArtFair – LUX
PAN Amsterdam – NL
Duo Show Exhibition – Galerie Liehrmann – Liège – B
Kunst & Antiquitäten – München – D
Art Elysées – Paris – FR
Fair For Art – Wien – AUT
Antwerp Art Fair – Anvers – B
Quand les souris dansent… – Galerie Liehrmann – Liège – B
Skybar Antwerp – Anvers – B
Solo Show Exhibition – Robinsons Art Gallery – Knokke-le-Zoute – B
KunstRAI / Art Amsterdam – NL
Art Breda – NL
Collective exhibition – Benoît Charlier Galerie – Battice – B
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
Galerie Schortgen – Luxembourg – LUX
Monika Olko Gallery – Sag Harbor – USA
Realisme: De Beurs Voor Figuratieve en Realistische Kunst – Amsterdam – NL
Next Art Gallery – Bruxelles – B
2016
LuxArtFair – Luxembourg – LUX
Art Innsbruck – AUT
PAN Amsterdam – NL
Solo Show – Corps & âme Gallery – Nîmes – FR
Gentleman’s Fair – Waregem Expo – B
WIKAM – Wien – AUT
Delen Luxembourg – L Gallery – Luxembourg – LUX
Art international Zürich – CH
Lauretum in Style – Jabbeke – B
KunstRAI / Art Amsterdam – NL
L-Gallery – Bruxelles – B
Solo Show – Alpha Art Gallery – Edimbourg – GB
Context New-York – USA
Private exhibition – Markowicz Fine Art – Miami – USA
Kölner Liste – Köln – D
Art Breda – NL
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
AAF Bruxelles – B
Art Madrid – SP
Art Innsbruck – AUT
2015
LXRY 2015 – Amsterdam – NL
St-Art Strasbourg – FR
PAN Amsterdam – NL
AAF Hamburg – D
Edimburgh Art Fair – GB
Classic Event Kortrijk – Courtrai – B
WIKAM – Wiener Internationale Kunst & Antiquitätenmesse – Wien – AUT
Paratissima – Turino – IT
8e Avenue – Salon d’art contemporain Art Urbain – Paris – FR
Rodeart – Rhodes-St-Genèse – B
Voir & Etre Vu – Mons – B
Huis & Tuin – Roeselare – B
Buy Art Fair 15 – Manchester – GB
Berliner Liste – Berlin – D
AAF Seoul – KOR
Vernissage de l’espace 75 – Galerie Francis Noël – Liège – B
Aberdeen Art Fair – GB
Solo Show – Jardin Montgrand – Marseille – FR
Art Nocturne Knocke – B
Body in the flesh – Duo Show – Sag Harbor – USA
Donosti Artean – San Sebastian – SP
Solo Show – Melting Art Gallery – Lille – FR
Duo Show – Okker Art Gallery – Amsterdam – NL
Art Laren – Laren – NL
Busan Art Show – Busan – KOR
KunstRAI / Art Amsterdam RAI – Amsterdam – NL
WAA! We are Artists! – Bruxelles – B
Seoul Open Art Fairs – Seoul – KOR
Grande Exposition d’Art Contemporain – Bilbao – SP
Doors Art Fair – Seoul – KOR
Art Breda – NL
Eurantica – Bruxelles – B
Femmes sens dessus dessous – Exposition collective – Lille – FR
SFEER – Gand – B
Art Innsbruck – AUT
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
Duo show – Hof art gallery Bangkok – TH
AAF Brussels – Bruxelles – B
Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair – Rotterdam – NL
L.A. Art Show – Los Angeles – USA
Art Fair Frankfurt – Frankfurt – D
Markowicz collective exhibition – Miami Beach – USA
PAN Amsterdam – Amsterdam – NL
2014
St-Art – Strasbourg Art Fair – FR
Singapore Art Fair – SG
Solo show – George Thornthon Gallery – Notthingham – GB
Antica Namur – B
Affordable Art Fair – Amsterdam – NL
Art Zurich – CH
Accessible Art Fair – Bruxelles – B
Super”Z”Héros – Heart2Gallery – Mons – B
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Hong-Kong – CN
AAF New-York – New-York – USA
KIAF 14 – Seoul – KOR
Monomaniacs – Bruxelles – B
Art Nocturne Knokke – B
Callens Café – Bruxelles – B
Art Hamptons – Hamptons – USA
Solo Show – Monica Olko Gallery – Hamptons – USA
Art Laren – NL
Madammen in Damme – Damme – B
AAF Singapore Art Fair – SG
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Hong-Kong – CN
SOAF – Seoul Open Art Fair – Seoul – KOR
Solo show – Galerie Daniel Besseiche – Knokke – B
AAF Hong Kong – Hong-Kong – CN
Damina Gallery Solo Show – Hong-Kong – CN
Affordable Art Fair Milano – IT
Lille Art Up! – Lille – FR
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair – Palm Springs – USA
Affordable Art Fair Bruxelles – B
2013
Project Miami Art Fair – Miami – USA
Art Gent – Gand – B
Affordable Art Fair Singapore – SG
Fotofever Paris – FR
Paris Photo – Paris – FR
Art International Zurich – CH
Accessible Art Fair – Bruxelles – B
Asia Contemporary Art Show – Hong Kong – CN
Affordable Art Fair New York – USA
Art Nocturne Knocke – B
Art Hamptons – New York – USA
Pop Up Exhibition for Little Dreams Foundation – Bruxelles – B
Salon Art of the Prom – Nice – FR
Café de la Presse – Bruxelles – B
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong – CN
Lille Art Fair – Lille – FR
Affordable Art Fair Brussels – Bruxelles – B
2012
Art Gent – Gand – B
Galerie Daniel Besseiche – Genève – CH
Galerie Daniel Besseiche – Courchevel – FR
Art International Zurich – Zurich – CH