Ceramic Artist & Painter

Katrien Peeters

Born in 1981 in Mechelen (BE), I grew up in Belgium and France with parents who were professional painters and visual artists. One of the most precious and striking memories I have is of the marketplace, the Place du Tertre in Ypres (BE). When I close my eyes, I remember the craftsmen, the folk musicians and the urban legends.

At the age of 16, love struck like lightning in France. After a year of practicing the art of love letters, I went to live with my sweetheart in Villefranche-sur-Mer (FR).

After studying law at the University of Nice, I went to work in real estate in the port of Beaulieu-sur-Mer (FR). I had the good fortune to work as an assistant to G. de Angelis, world famous for the de Angelis Group, based in Monaco & Rome, with very luxurious construction projects. It gave me the opportunity to be exclusively exposed to the world of architecture, art, fashion, famous artists and movie stars.

So far it sounds like a dream, but it came to an end. Life gave me a very difficult textbook. It is the shadow side that C.G. Jung wrote about: "an archetype that we prefer to keep hidden from the outside world and sometimes even from ourselves. The dual and ambivalent experience provided me with much material for study and reflection. This combination resulted in an existential crisis that eventually led me to the philosophy behind my experience of art:
First, the impermanence of matter. Second, the importance of nature as a fundamental fact in which man should not forget his biological constitution. The building blocks of life are essential. Our higher consciousness declines when we forget who we really are. Moreover, we are fragmented as traumas tear us apart internally. At the same time, going through certain violent events can be very constructive. The third leitmotif in my work is the power of "positive disintegration".