Peter Bosteels

1963, August 30, born Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Currently residing in Antwerpen, Belgium
Professor of Blockprint, and Coordinator of the Printmaking Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen

Studies:
Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium, Printmaking Department
National Higher Institute of Fine Arts, Antwerpen, Printmaking Department & Didactical Course
Exchange student in the Socratesproject Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands)
London, Royal Academy of Art

Education:

• High School: Human science, Normal school, Saint Nicolas, Belgium
• First degree education in Arts: Academy of Fine Arts of the City of Saint Nicolas, Belgium
• Graduate degree: University College: Luca School of Arts (Sint Lukas) Ghent, Department of Printmaking.
• Free student: Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Printmaking department
• Post graduate degree: National Higher Institute of arts, Antwerp
• International interchange: Universidad de La Laguna, Departamento de gravado, Islas Canarias, España
• Degree of educator: Royal Academy of Fine Art, Antwerp

Professional Career:

Present:

• Dean of the Printmaking Department at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp, University of Applied Sciences and Art (from 1997 ongoing).
• Senior Lecturer, Professor of Block printing at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, AP University of Applied Sciences and Art since 1991.
• Other teaching courses within the Printmaking program: o Typeset
o Technology of Printmaking
o Time Based Art.
o Digital basics
o Art Edition
• Member of the international office, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
• Vice-president of the Board of KoMASK (Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts; An autonomous society for promoting young artists)
• President of ARTOS, Society for promotion of cultural events based in Antwerp, Belgium

International:

• Founding member of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance (IAPA), Beijing, P.R. China
• Deputy Dean of the International Printmaking Institute (IPI) based in Beijing, P.R. China
• Member of the British Wood engraving society

Past:

• Member of the Board of the School of Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, AP University of Applied Sciences and Art (since 2011 until 2018)
• Member of the board of AP University of Applied Sciences and Art (till 2018)
• Member of the Exhibition Policy Committee (till 2018)

• Teacher Youth studio, Academy of Fine Arts, Mortsel. (1991)
• Assistant teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in the City of Saint Nicolas. (1988/1990)

Subject-specific expertise:

- • 2022 o Member of the jury and partitioner at the Fourth biennial of Printmaking organized by IAPA, lecturer at the online conference.
- o Partitioner at the exhibition in Guanlan, ‘Tales from another Mountain’ P.R. China
- o Exhibition ‘Damaged Goods’ and workshop at the RHok Academy in Brussels, Belgium
- o Online lecture in Beijing (CAFA) on Art education for visiting students in the Royal academy of Fine Art Antwerp.
- • 2021 o Think/ Draw/ Print. An exhibition of the Printmaking staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium
- o Partitioner at the exhibition of ‘Di Carta’ Cultural Centre in Schio (Italy)
- o Partitioner at the Exhibition ‘Flowers Whisper’ China National museum of Printmaking Guanlan, P.R.China
- o Partitioner at the Biennial of Printmaking in Romania
- o Partitioner at the ‘Open Studio’ exhibition Antwerp, Belgium
- o Lecturer at the 2021 Guanlan Forum, P.R. China
- o Member of Jury and partitioner of the first Digital Printmaking Exhibition, CAFA Beijing, P.R.China
- o Individual Exhibition at ‘De Kamer/Remaked’ Antwerp, Belgium
- o President of the Jury of the Biennial of printmaking in Katowice (Poland)
- • 2020 o Exhibition organized by the Foundation Veerle Rooms in Antwerp
- o Participation in the project: ‘A new life after a tree’ orginazed by the Printmaking Department of the Academy of Porto annex lectures and Exhibition.
- o Member of the jury in an online evaluation meeting on Printmaking, organized by Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China
- o Lecturer at the two-day Online conference of the International Printmaking Institute (IPU), based in Beijing.
- • 2019 o Workshop on Book design, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China
- o Exhibition at the Museum of Art in Guiyang, Guizhou province, China
- o Monitoring Visit and startup IMACLA-project, Oslo, Norway
- o Exhibition, workshop and lecture on wood engraving at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, China
- o Workshop and lecture on Wood engraving at the Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium
- o Lecture at the University of Art in Poznan, Poland.
- • 2018 o "Monitoring visit" at the Academy of Xi’an, China
- o Exhibition and lectures at the museum of art in Jingdezhen, China

- • 2017 o Organizer exchange agreement with Universidad de Complutense de Madrid, Spain
- o Member of the Jury of the International Graphic Contest in Guanlan, China
- o Member of the expert committee for the screening of the Central Academy of Art (CAFA) in Beijing, China
- o Co-curator Exhibition of students and teachers of the Printmaking Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Art Antwerp at the University of the Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.
- o Workshop and exhibition on wood engraving at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China.
- • 2016 o Lecture at the International Academic Printmaking Alliance Conference in Beijing, China
- o Founding Member of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance IAPA

- • 2015 o Lectures at the conference of the International Printmaking Alliance during the Guanlan Biennial of Printmaking, Guanlan, China.
- o Lecture, demonstration and workshop wood engraving Academia di Belli Arti, Porto, Portugal
- • 2014 o Curatorial exhibition of KASKA (Royal Academy) in Shenzhen, China
- • 2013 o Workshop wood engraving and digital image manipulation, Academia di Belli Arti, Porto, Portugal
- • 2012 o Lecture and workshops engraving and artist's book, Curator exhibition Spank Moons, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
- • 2011 o Lecture aesthetics, municipal academy Merksem.
- • 2007/2008 o Lecture about own artistic work and wood engraving in general. City Academy of Arts Saint Nicolas and at Rhok, Brussels, Belgium
- • 2006 o Workshop Wood engraving, T’Blauwhof, Open monument day.
- • 1993 o "Xilografía y la ilustración científica." Lecture during doctoral course, Universidad de la Laguna, Facultad de bellas artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Winner of Prize or Special mentions and selections:

• Winner of best overseas wood engraving, British Wood engraving Society (2020)
• Selection competition for Printmaking, Guanlan (2011/ 2018)
• London: Royal College of Art (1990)
• Socrates project(now Erasmus): Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1987/90/91)
• Selection Xylon (1996)
• Club of the XXII (1991)

• Price CMW (1987)
• Exlibris prize Victor Stuyvaert (wood engraving). (1986/1990)

Research projects:

Dutch Mordant / the correct composition of Rembrandt's etching fluid (2007)

Publications:

• Art edition: EDDA. (1986)
• Art edition: Encyclopedia Canaria. (1990)
• Art edition: Antverpia Nuda. (1994)
• Osterreichische Gebrauchsgraphic. (article)
• Multiples I and II (Handbook for the wood engraver in England) (article)
• Graphia (Exlibro magazine) (article)
• Oblon Calendar (England) collaboration with other engravers.
• Noah’s arc (Art Edition England) collaboration with other engravers.
• Dutch Mordant: The correct composition of Rembrandt's etching fluid. Research report and Syllabus.
• Art edition Fernando Pessoa in collaboration with Johan Devrome.
• Editorial track report: Cahier Dutch Mordant / Antivos i.s.m .:Lou Gils and Eddy Verhaeve
• Editorial catalog KoMASK: competition for drawing
• 40 years of Art in the City: jubilee book Saint Nicolas, Belgium
• Anniversary book 350 years KASKA: organization and editorial of Artist book on the occasion of the anniversary celebration
• Illustrator of various scientific illustrations in "Theory of sport diving"
• Illustrator of various articles in "Hippocampus" With bi-monthly Bond magazine from NELOS.
• Illustrator of the publication for youth divers.
• Mentioned and work printed in Collection of international wood engraving works and literature exhibition, Beijing, China (11/2017)
• Mentioned and work printed in Catalogue of the second exhibition of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance (2018)
• Individual catalogue on Peter Bosteels, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China (2019)
• Instructors manual (Dutch) on wood engraving in relation to the lecture in The Museum Plantin Moretus (2019)
• Mention in catalogue and published article of the exhibition ‘Houtsnede, democratisch expressiemiddel bij uitstek’ (‘Woodcut, democratic means of expression par excellence'. IN relation to an exhibition on woodcut in Louvain. (2020)
• Author of the Preface article on Printmaking For the Exhibition ‘Stone from other Mountains’, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China (2020)
• Author on the article ‘Do you like my Art?’ For the Printmaking Symposium organized by Graficki Collectiv , Belgrade, Serbia (2020)
• Author on an Article in relation to the 2021 Guanlan Forum (2021)

Individual and group exhibitions:

Annually recurrent:

Lukasgezellen (Annual exhibition in Saint Nicolas)

British wood engraving Society (annual traveling exhibition, England / Wales)

Exhibition of the teachers of the Antwerp Academy

Single events:

1986 Bornem, Belgium: Peter Bosteels and Jan Stremes.

1987 Ghent, Belgium: Graduation projects Sint Lukas.

1988 Prize winner Compensation fund for Social Works.

1989 Tenerife, Spain: Socrates students. Antwerp Academy gallery; exchange students. Paris, in collaboration with the Academy de Beaux art de Paris.

1992 Antwerp, Jacques Gorus foundation. 5 Wase Grafici.

1994 Albania: Printmaking teachers of the Royal Academy of Fine Art Antwerp. Gallery Sonja Mertens: exhibition and presentation art edition ‘Anverpia Nuda’

1997 10 year PAJOKE: Edition art edition and exhibition.

1998 Xylon selection and exhibition 13.

1999 Zackopane, Slovakia. individual exhibition. / "Farewell" an edition in collaboration with the Palliative Cares foundation, annex exhibition.

2000 Antwerp Museum Plantin Moretus museum jubilee exhibition CMW Saint Nicolas Centre of Exlibris, overview exhibition Exlibris.

2001 Antwerp, Jacques Gorus foundation, Exhibition: Relief printing.

2002 Antwerp, Noordtheater

2005 "Who am I" exhibition together with master’s degree students in Fine Arts. Gallery "Witte de With", collaboration with Willem de Koning Academy of Rotterdam

2006 Various illustrations in the monthly magazine Hippocampus.

Producing the Annual print Jacques Gorus atelier. Producing a series of prints as Relation gift in the City of Saint Nicolas.

2007 Individual exhibition Jacques Gorus workshop.

2008 Illustrations for the federal Dutch-language handbook for diving and research. Billboard exhibition.

2009 Edition in collaboration with Graphic design department about Fernando Pessoa, annex exhibition in the winter garden.

Billboard exhibition 2nd edition

2010 Billboard exhibition 3rd edition Co-organizer competition for drawing KoMASK.

2011 Exhibition teachers (winter garden)

Participation in graphics folder with Musachino University (Japan) together with 4 other art colleges

Selection for the graphics competition and exhibition in Guanlan (China)

Co-organizer competition for drawing KoMASK.

2012 Organization Anniversary 350 KASKA. Co- organization and editing of the ‘Motherbook’. An Artist's book for the 350

Jubilee.

200 years of the Academy in Saint Nicolas exhibition of ambassadors. Part II

Co-organizer competition for drawing KoMASK.

2013 Co-organizer, Editor of the "Motherbook", anniversary book on the occasion of 350 Jubilee of KASKA.

Co-organizer Archive exhibition KASKA "The papers of the muse" Through the eye of the memory: Exhibition curated by Veerle Eyckermans (June) Exhibition wood engravings at the Academy di Belli Arti, Porto, Portugal

2014 Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Painting.

2015 Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Painting. Bachelor Awards, Selection work in Guanlan biennial for Printmaking

2016 Exhibitor in exhibition in cooperation with CAFA (Forbidden city, China) Co-founding of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance, Beijing, China Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Painting. / Bachelor Awards

2017 Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Printing. 2017 / Bachelor Awards, Member of the jury Guanlan International Printmaking Biennial. Co-curator Exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia); Co-organizer exhibition in Krakow, Poland; Co-organizer workshop Awagami paper event. Member of the international screening committee of CAFA (Beijing).

2018 Lecture at the opening of the wood engraving exhibition in the museum of CAFA.

Participation in the Printmaking exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.

"Monitoring visit" and lecture on bookbinding and artists' book in XAFA (Xi’an)

Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Painting. 2018.

Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Printing. 2018

2019 Book design workshop in Guangzhou GAFA.

Monitoring visit to State Academy of Art of Saint Petersburg (further negotiations for exhibition in the context of KoMASK)

Group Exhibition in Guiyang in the context of IAPA.

Group exhibition Out of a Box, Antwerp (Bart Eyckermans / Lou Gils / Peter Bosteels) Participation in group exhibition "Woodcut" Hasselt.

Individual Exhibition in the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China

Co-organizer Exhibition KoMASK Masters Salon for Printing 2019

2020 Group Exhibition, Veerle Rooms Foundation, in ‘de Heerlykheid’, Antwerp, Belgium

Participant in the traveling exhibition ‘Houtsnede het expressiemiddel bij uitstek

Life interview on own work for website Go viral to stop the virus (India)

2021 Participant in the annual travelling Exhibition on Woodengraving BWS (U.K.)

Participant in the group exhibition ‘Di Carta/ Papermade 5th Edition’ At the Ufficio Cultura, Commune de Schio, Italy

Participant at Tribuna Graphic 2021, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Participant at the Exhibition on Printmaking at the China Museum of Printmaking, Guanlan, Shenzhen, China

Group exhibition at the Gallery ‘Epreuve d’Artiste’. Antwerp, Belgium

Group Exhibition, ‘Open Studio’, Antwerp Belgium.

Individual Exhibition ‘The Visitor’ at ‘De Kamer/Remaked’ Antwerp, Belgium

2022 Exhibition ‘Damaged Goods’ at the RHok Academy in Brussels, Belgium

Group exhibition ‘Lukasgezellen’, Saint Nicolas Belgium