About | artblondiau

About

Blondiau studied painting at the Art Academy of Braine-l’Alleud and at La Cambre in Brussels as a free student, alongside academic studies. His practice developed largely outside Belgium: after fifteen years in London, he has been based in the Netherlands since 2020.

Blondiau works on panels, at times in a vertical format that echoes the East Asian screen and scroll tradition—particularly the long-standing Asian landscape tradition, in which space is conceived as something to be entered rather than viewed from a fixed point.

His practice often involves a subtractive process: beginning from a darkened surface, the image is gradually revealed through incision and abras

His work has been selected for the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, United Kingdom. In 2025, Blondiau was accepted as a member of Pulchri Studio in The Hague, an artists’ association with a long tradition in maritime and landscape painting.

"I paint not to represent the world, but to enter into relation with it. Through repetition, rhythm and the physical act of scratching into paint, I try to reduce the distance between observer and observed.Against the continuous flow of images, I seek to create spaces where attention can settle and perception unfold."

2026 shows

Solo show "Panorama", June 2026, Duna Atelier, Boulevard Zeezijde 31, 2225 BB Katwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Art Laren, Laren, June 2026. Laren, The Netherlands with Babette Claassen Fine Art
Group show "Carrying the songs" July 2026 Pulchri Studio and Hamilton gallery, The Hague, the Netherlands
Pulchri Studio : April 2026 Voorjaarssalon & Jacob Hartog Prijs 2026 The Hage, Netherlands

Permanent shows

Klarelijn, Leiden, Nieuwe Rijn 61, Leiden, The Netherlands
Montulet Galerie, Noordeinde 113 2514 GE, Den Haag, The Netherlands
B. Claassen Fine Art, Tera 6, 6902 KN Zevenaar, The Netherlands
David Linley, 60 Pimlico Road, London, SW1W 8LP, United Kingdom

Past shows

Blondiau exhibited in galleries in London (Hicks Gallery, Cavaliero Finn Gallery, Gagliardy Gallery), Brussels (Arthus Gallery, Galerie Chapitre 12) and in Netherlands (Montulet Gallery, Mokum Gallery) and in several art fairs. In 2014 paintings of Blondiau were selected for an exhibition of the Dulwich Picture Gallery (London) and shortlisted for a prize. In 2018, the London County House commissioned two large paintings currently on permanent show. In 2023 and 2024 paintings of Blondiau were selected by the London Royal Academy of Arts for their Summer shows. Paintings of Blondiau are in several private collections.

Solo and group Exhibitions

2026:Naarden Art Fair (B. Claassen Fine Art)

2025: Naarden Art Fair(B. Claassen Fine Art); Katwijk Museum

2024: Royal Academy of Arts (London) Summer show; Mokum Gallery (Amsterdam) AAF; Naarden Art Fair (BCLaassen Fine Art) ; Alliance Francaise (The Haag)

2023: Gallery Zone, Leiden, The Netherlands. Royal Academy of Arts (London) 2023 summer show

2022 : Arthus Gallery- Brussels, Belgium

2022: Katwijk Museum, Netherlands

2018: London County Hall - London, United Kingdom

2014: Dulwich Picture Gallery - London, United Kingdom

2013: JP art Gallery , Batersea, United Kingdom

2012: Cavalierofinn Gallery / AAF - London, United Kingdom

2009: Gallery Bergamoff - Brussels, Belgium

2008: Hicks Gallery - Wimbledon, United Kingdom

2007: Gagliardi gallery - London, United Kingdom

2006: Quantum gallery - London AAF - london, United Kingdom

2005: Quantum gallery - London AAF - London, United Kingdom