Bert Huyghe

Multidisciplinary artist Bert Huyghe lives and works in Ghent, dividing his time between painting, writing, music making and zine publishing. He paints with a seemingly childlike playfulness and an often hilarious capacity for self-relativisation. This is evidenced in his new mural in Beurscafé, which is based on colourful landscapes from the iconic animated series The Simpsons.

Huyghe was born in 1989 in Eeklo and grew up far from artistic pretensions. When he first saw an abstract painting hanging in a museum, his first thought was ... football. A black and white striped painting by Daniel Buren? A Juventus jersey. “I always embraced that childlike way of approaching art, and I don’t think much has changed.” In his paintings, Huyghe explores the place of painting today, both in society and his personal view. He does so with a seemingly childlike playfulness and an often hilarious capacity for self-relativisation. Despite his young age, Bert Huyghe has been a driving force in the Ghent scene for years, and his work has already been exhibited in Belgian museums, including the SMAK and Mu.Zee.