| Artist | Manu De Mey | Resides | Belgium |
| Website | manudemey.be | Medium | Oil Charcoal |
| Print Shop | manudemey.be/buy-art | manu.de.mey@telenet.be | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Melancholy Vulnerability The Human Condition | |
| Press | manudemey.be/news |
About the artist
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.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
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.
Press
Manu De Mey’s paintings have been featured in notable magazines and online sources including Kunstletters Magazine, Ember Magazine, World Art Forum, Vanity Fair, Kunstenaar Magazine, and Catawiki
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| June 2025 | Group exhibition: ‘Riflessi Di Donna’ | Antonella Scarfone Art Gallery Pisa, Italy |
| June 2025 | Solo exhibition: ‘Manu De Mey’ | De Wieuw Antwerp, Belgium |
| September 2025 | Group exhibition: ‘BorgerhArt’ | ‘T Werkhuys Antwerpen, Belgium |
| October 2025 | Group exhibition: ‘Biaf (Belgian International Art Fair)’ | Waagnatie Antwerpen, Belgium |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Manu De Mey, Galerie Fracas, Mons, Belgium
Blue, Galerie Rivierenhof, Antwerp, Belgium
2023
Pleased to Meet You!, Districtshuis, Antwerp, Belgium
2021
Puur, Conscience20 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2020
Disrupted Reality, Le Neuf Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Ambigu, Conscience 20 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Spring Expo, DNK Gallery, Breda, The Netherlands
2024
10th Silk Road International Art Fair, Xi’an, China
Fall, ARTrigin Gallery, Taipei City, Taiwan
2023
The Colorfield Performance, Elst, The Netherlands
Session 01, Galeria Azur, Berlin, Germany
2022
Focus Art Fair, le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Art Nordic, Copenhague, Denmark
World Art Forum, New Jorg Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Birth of Supernova, Monat Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Identity Revolution, Primo Piano, Lecce, Italy
2021
Monaco Art fair, Monat Gallery, Monaco
2019
EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ACAF, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
