Rooms Veerle

Education

• 1967 Institute Sint-Maria, Antwerp, Belgium
• 1974 Specialization Printmaking, Belgrade (former Yugoslavia)
• 1979 National Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerp
• 1981 Specialization Heliogravure, New York, USA
• 1985 Specialization relief printing, Tokyo; Paper (making) art, Koshi, Japan
• 1986 Specialization Monotype, Portland, USA
• 1998 Specialization Acrylic Resist Etching and Photo-Polymer Film, Edinburgh, Scotland
• 2000 Specialization Digital Prints, Boston, USA

Experience    

• 1970 – 2007 Teacher, Carolus Magnus-College, Antwerp, Belgium
• 1986 Portland State University, Stanford University California, USA
• 1987 Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, the Netherlands
• 1994 Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro-Mallorca, Spain
• 1995- 2012 TWA Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1997 Syracuse University New York, Tamarind Institute New Mexico, University of Nebraska, Omaha, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, USA
• 1998 University of Stellenbosch, Belleville-Cape town, South Africa
• 2001 Printsaurus, Sôkei Art School, Musashino Art University Tokyo, Japan
• 2003 Georgia State University Atlanta, USA
• 2007 Christchurch, New Zealand
• 2009 Novokuznetsk, Russia
• 2002 – 2015 President StAP vzw, Studio Artistic Project

Awards

• 1975 Laureate of the Belgian Foundation Roeping, Belgium
• 1977 Provincial Prize for Printmaking, Antwerp, Belgium
• 1985 Distinction by the Ministry of the Flemish Community as appreciation and encouragement of her artistic achievement, Belgium
• 1989 Winning Work, Biennial for Printmaking, Wakayama, Japan
• 1991 Winning Work, International Triennial against War, Lublin, Poland

Special Prize, IWA Foundation, former Czechoslovakia

• 1996 Grand Prix, International Biennale of Graphic Art, Cuprum, Poland

Projects

• 2002 Veerle Rooms, Contemporary Graphic Art, KBC Antwerp, Belgium
• 2003 De Rebus, Project with 7 Flemish Printmakers, 7 Writers
• 2004 – 2005 E-POS I Personal Vocabulary, Belgium, South Africa
• 2004 – 2009             5 Days in September, Belgium, Russia
• 2005 – 2006 Zand-Steen/Stein-Sand: Belgium, Switzerland
• 2006 – 2007 E-POS II Cross-Pollination, Belgium, South Africa
• 2008 – 2010 Our Soldiers, Belgium, New Zealand
• 2009 Flemish-Estonian Dialogue, Liaison Agency Flanders, Europe
• 2011 – 2012 Belgium and Japan, Tosei Print Exchange Printsaurus, Kyoto University of Art, Prints Tokyo, Museum of Ueno, Tokyo, Japan
• 2012 Johannesburg Artist Proof Studio and University of Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2014 Myths and Marks, Belgium, Russia, Belgium
• 2015 Wondering Mind, Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

She has participated in a large number of group exhibitions. In all of her work and artistic activities she pays a great deal of attention to continuous experimenting with classic techniques by mixing them with the newest digital techniques in various workshops. To achieve this, she keeps pace with the creative development of new generation of printmakers. At the end of 2002 an abundantly illustrated monograph about the life and work of VEERLE ROOMS in a national and international context was printed by publishing house Lannoo.

She lives in Antwerp, Belgium.

Contact: veerlerooms@scarlet.be