Artist Virginie Pringiers

Born and raised in Belgium, Virginie grew up in a family of collectors who spent their weekends in flea markets hunting for unique pieces. Her family home was a haven of beautiful artworks of great cultural diversity including paintings, furniture and various other decorative elements.

“George” by Virginie Pringiers, mixed media on canvas, 2018

Virginie pursued artistic studies and became a graduate of the prestigious school of Van Der Kelen Logelain (Brussels) where she specialized in “trompe l’oeil” (a painting or design intended to create a visual illusion). She also mastered cinematographic arts, theatre-set design and the renovation of cultural artefacts.

“Fuck! We Are Going To The Moon!” by Virginie Pringiers, mixed media on canvas, 2017

During her studies, artists such as Rauschenberg, Basquiat and Cy Twombly inspired her to start drawing and painting. Virginie found her own style of creating different textures on canvas using layers of old paper glued together, acrylic, oil paint, pencil and markers; repeatedly roughening the surface with sandpaper, incorporating lettering and sealing it with a glossy varnish.

“New Army” by Virginie Pringiers, mixed media on canvas, 2017

Virginie’s work is distinguished by her bold passion for the lost and found, the forgotten and remembered, the iconic and the cosmic. In her first Singapore art series Not Holding Out For A Hero, Virginie explores our desire to be saved, and rescues herself at the same time.

(read our interview with Virginie Pringiers in The Crazy Mind magazine).