Manu De Mey is a member of the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory
Manu De Mey was born in Antwerp in 1965, his mother a British artist and his father a Flemish accountant. In September 2017, he experienced a creative epiphany at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, USA. Less than a week later, he enrolled in art school and began drawing and painting.
With his art, Manu tries to create something visually striking and convey a strong emotion. His portraits often are ambiguous and this is mostly intentional. Manu’s world is populated with vulnerable, melancholic people with suppressed emotion.
Manu De Mey has had several expositions all over the world, including Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Italy, Monaco, Kopenhagen, Cairo, China and Taiwan.
WHAT REMAINS: This series of portraits captures that moment of reflection —on setbacks, small victories, on lost dreams and loved ones left behind along the way. With closed eyes, the portrayed turn inward. They are not searching for answers but listening to the echoes of their own past. What remains? A mixture of grief and gentleness. An awareness of vulnerability. A longing for meaning.
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