CURRICULUM

Education

  • Studied advertising drawing at SISA in Antwerp.
  • Completed courses in Interior Design and Ceramics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mol.
  • During a five-year stay in Johannesburg, South Africa (1981-1986), Daisy attended various Ceramic & Pottery courses.
  • She became a member of ‘The Association of Potters of S.A.’ and ‘The Artists under the Sun Association,’ regularly participating in open-air exhibitions at Zoo-Lake Park in Johannesburg.
  • She was Selected multiple times for the ‘Corobric National Ceramic Exhibition’ in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
  • Her art was appreciated by an international audience.
  • Upon returning to Belgium (1986), Daisy developed her distinctive personal style into a fully-fledged artistic expression.

Artistic Statement

In 1987, she created her ‘Bomannetje,’ representing ‘The Human’ in its most primitive form—raw, rudimentarily structured, and curiously faceless.

The ‘Bomannen’ (Bomannetjes) are sometimes solitary but usually in groups. As physical clones of humans, they communicate only through body language, expressing universal emotions and aspects of life. They climb and fall, triumph and lose, overcome challenges, and bear life’s burdens. They race ahead and stumble behind. They are playful yet sombre, full of life yet weary, pausing before continuing their journey.

Each figure, in its absolute simplicity, conveys the essence of existence in both form and material, occasionally accentuated by a subtle touch of colour. Their cuboid, faceless heads symbolise human conditioning—our formation (or indoctrination) by our environment, society, culture, religion, education, and media. These characteristics remain externally invisible.

Exhibitions

  • 1990 – Presented her work at ‘Het Zwanepand’ Gallery, Antwerp.
  • 1991 – Exhibition at ‘Nova Platea’ Gallery, Antwerp.
  • 1992 – First exhibition of the ‘Bomannetje’-series at ‘Minotaurus’ Gallery, Bruges
  • 1997: Cultural Centre De Werft, Geel
  • 2000: Cultural Centre ’t Getouw, Mol
  • 2000: Lineart, Ghent (with Mas Gallery)
  • 2001: Lineart, Ghent (with Tarzan Art Gallery)
  • 2004: St’Art, Strasbourg, France
  • 2004: ‘K.U.R.K’ at Cultural Centre De Warande, Turnhout
  • 2004: Lineart, Ghent (with A.C.I.B. Gallery)
  • 2005: Contrast Gallery, Brussels
  • 2005: Woolff Gallery, London
  • 2005: MAS Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 2007: Lineart, Ghent (with Van Duyse Gallery, Antwerp)
  • 2008: Five-year collaboration with Halcyon Fine Art Gallery, London, leading to solo exhibitions and distribution across galleries throughout the UK
  • 2011 & 2013: Solo exhibitions at Washington Green Gallery, Birmingham
  • 2008-2010: Exhibitions at Gallery Marleen Van Duyse and the ‘Design Centre Winkelhaak,’ Antwerp, and Contrast Gallery, Brussels
  • 2011: Solo exhibition at cultural house ’t Kristallijn, Mol
  • 2011: Rive Gauche Gallery, Namur
  • 2011: Received the Culture Award from the City of Geel
  • 2012: Collaboration with ‘Ode To Art Gallery,’ Singapore
  • 2013: Solo exhibition at ‘De Lakenhal,’ Herentals
  • 2013: Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2013: Mestdach Interior Gallery, Knokke (permanent collaboration)
  • 2014: ‘The Antwerp Whisperer’ project for the company ‘Condominium,’ Antwerp
  • 2015: Solo exhibition at PSA office building, Antwerp
  • 2015: ‘Ode To Art Gallery,’ Singapore – invited for an art project at a major construction project in Singapore
  • 2015: Exhibitions at Nunc Contemporary, Antwerp, and Community Centre DE CAMME, Perk
  • 2016: Collaboration with ‘Gallery Art Market,’ Cottingham, UK
  • 2016 & 2018: Galerie ‘Aujourd’hui – Art et Design Intérieur,’ Paris
  • 2018-2020: Commissioned by PSA Singapore to create and deliver 13 life-sized unique Boman sculptures in polyester, permanently displayed in PSA office buildings
  • 2020: Solo exhibition at Cultural Centre ‘De Halle,’ Geel
  • 2021: Permanent collaboration with Lola Gallery, Geel
  • 2021: PSA Singapore orders 15 life-sized polyester sculptures
  • 2022: PSA commissions 2  groups of  3 large-scale polyester sculptures for two metro stations in Singapore
  • 2024: PSA commissions a Boman wall-project

Artistic Projects and Collaborations

  • 2014: ‘The Antwerp Whisperer’ – a project for ‘Condominium’ in Antwerp. It features five life-sized Boman figures climbing the façade of an office building, with a three-metre-tall figure on the roof whispering a message to a listening figure seated on a pedestal along Willemsdok Marina.
  • 2015: ‘Ode To Art Gallery,’ Singapore, commissions a public artwork for the ‘Habitat’ mega construction project, exciting of five, life-sized steel sculptures, lacquered in red color.
  • 2018-2020: PSA Singapore commissions 13 life-sized, unique Boman sculptures in polyester, permanently placed throughout their office buildings.
  • 2021: PSA Singapore orders 15 life-sized polyester sculptures for the ‘Extension Tuas’ office expansion at the harbour.
  • 2022: PSA commissions two groups of three life-sized polyester sculptures for 2 metro stations leading to PSA Singapore offices. The official inauguration was attended by the Minister of Transport, Belgian Embassy representatives, PSA’s CEO, and other executives.
  • 2024: PSA commissions a Boman project against a 10-metre-high natural stone wall in their office building’s entrance hall.

Publications and Media

Title | Author, Publication, Year

  • Book (2010): ‘BELONGING’
  • Book (2018): ‘ALONGSIDE’ – A special edition marking the inauguration of ‘The Antwerp Whisperer,’ created in collaboration with ‘Condominium.’
  • Book (2022): ‘HORIZONS’ – A retrospective celebrating the collaboration with PSA, featuring an overview of recent artworks.