Verheyen Chris
Born 1955 / Antwerp, Belgium

Education
- 1973 – 1975 Teachers’ State College, Ghent, Prof Octave Landuyt, Belgium
- 1975 – 1977 Royal Academy Ghent, Department of Printmaking, Prof Roger Wittevrongel, Belgium
- 1987 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Printmaking and Book Illustration, Prof Albín Brunovský, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1979 International School of Arts, Voss, Norway
- 1980 Residence in Bratislava, Slovakia and in Prague, Czech Republic
Since 1980 Trainings and symposiums in Europe, USA, Japan and China
Miscellaneous
- 1991 Founder of the artistic Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp for the promotion of international printmaking
Organizer of more than 200 exhibitions of printmaking
Since 1990 Professor of Drawing, Antwerp Grammar School of Arts, Belgium
Since 1997 Editor of graphic portfolio’s
A sign in heaven
Graphic art beyond borders, 57 Flemish and Walloon artistes Schelmen, 12 international artists
- 60 x 60 The wondering mind (together with Zora Petrášová)
Since 1977 group exhibitions in Europe, Japan, China, America and solo exhibitions – Gallery Marca, Mariakerke, Belgium; Gallery H.B.K., Antwerp, Belgium; Cyclus Young Graphics, Antwerp, Belgium; Gallery “the golden table”, Brussels, Belgium; Art Room Manebrugge, Antwerp, Belgium; Open Studio, Antwerp, Belgium; AVA Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium; Presentation art folder “a sign in heaven”, lithography and poems about the Chinese horoscope; Gallery Ligna, Mechelen, Belgium; Gallery Maksheim, Merksem, Belgium; Cultural Centre, Piešťany, Slovakia; Open Studio, Antwerp South, Belgium; Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium; Gallery Patro, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Hollar, Prague, Czech Republic; Art Gallery, Chengdu, China. Since 1991 she has organized a large number of exhibitions in her Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery
She lives in Lier and Antwerp, Belgium.
Contact: chrisverheyen55@gmail.com