Biography of Gijs van Noort

Born in the Hague. Lives and works since 1984 in Amsterdam and studied at the Academy of fine arts in Arnhem. Both the paintings as the stamping (etching) usually consist of several parts. Each tells a story, but together, they are becoming a new whole. In addition to Visual elements, which scenic data be combined with individual shapes, is often made use of texts or abbreviations. This, in combination with the pictures, getting new associations. Victor won in 1996 the Dutch Chart price and in 2003 the Belgian industry price for chart. He also received a honorary Medal of the city of Ostend in the framework of the Europe Prize for painting. His work is in many public and corporate collections and private collections.