Timeline of a creative life

1992-1993

Solo exhibition at Gallery Ganzendries, Pellenberg

1990s

Two group exhibitions at Gallery Pluto, Ghent

2003

Selected for the Masereel Prize 2003, Leuven

2004

Group exhibition ‘Replica’, SD-Worx, Antwerp
Group exhibition ‘7 graphic artists from the free graphics studio’, SLAC, Leuven

2005

Selected for the exhibition ‘Visual Arts Award of the Municipality of Harelbeke 2005 – drawing and graphics’, Harelbeke

Selected for the Masereel Prize 2005, Leuven

Group exhibition ‘PsycArt’, Lundbeck S.A., Molièrelaan, Brussels

2006

Selected for the ‘Joris Olyslaegers Graphic Arts Prize 2006’ with exhibition at Cultuurpunt Altena, Kontich, and the Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee

Group exhibition of graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Eeklo

2007

‘Triple Graphics Studio’: works made at three studios for free graphics at the Academy of
Fine Arts, Kontich

Group exhibition at Gallery Noordervest, Scherpenheuvel

First prize in the ‘Reisemoties’ (Travel Emotions) competition organised by the Davidsfonds in the context of the group exhibition ‘Kunst uit eigen dorp’, cc De Borre, Bierbeek

Group exhibition ‘Indruk – Uitdruk’, PBE, Linden (near Leuven)

Exhibition at Mirte Plus, Leuven

Group exhibition ‘Wijn is kunst’, Blanden

2009

Graphic work presented at the council chamber of the town hall, Bierbeek

2016

Group exhibition with Grafikuleus ‘Ruimte’, De Kaasdroger, Neervelp, 29 Apr–15 May

Wall of Local Fame, cc De Borre, Bierbeek, 1–29 Sep

2018

Group exhibition ‘De Vrienden van het Pand’, Studio José Vermeersch, Lendelede,
18 Mar–8 Apr

‘Kunst uit Eigen dorp’, cc De Borre, Bierbeek, 20–22 Apr

2021

Art Route ‘Explosief Bierbeek’, Ruisbroekmolen, 5–6 Jun 2021

‘Jan Smets, etchings and screen prints’, ‘Wall of Local Fame’, cc De Borre, Bierbeek,
30 Sep–30 Oct 2021

2024

            Art Route ‘Explosief Bierbeek’, Ruisbroekmolen, 14–15 and 21–22 Sep 2024

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The world is like a maze; I want to find my way through it
and it’s only by drawing that I can do it.

Alfred Kubin

Zeefdruk SLAC 2018
Met vrienden in de Ruisbroekmolen tijdens Kunstroute Bierbeek 21 sep 2024

Portrait of Jan by his brother, 2023

A Moor with a white Turban, 2010

Grotesken, drie zeefdrukken, expo in CC de Borre Bierbeek, 2021
Grotesken, drie zeefdrukken, expo in CC de Borre Bierbeek, 2021