Kevin Douillez (b. July 1990) is a self-taught visual artist whose work explores an intimate, physical dialogue with matter. Based in southern Brussels, he has exhibited internationally in cities such as Brussels, Los Angeles, Singapore, and Madrid.

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Drawn to raw materials since childhood, Douillez expresses inner tensions through an instinctive and forceful creative process. The act of painting becomes both an embrace and a release, channeling emotional turbulence into layered compositions. Acrylic paint is projected, slashed, and shattered across large cotton canvases, seeking harmony within disorder.

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His abstract imagination takes the form of a purgatory — a space where vulnerability, instability, sadness, and anxiety are transformed into a structured silence. Painting, for him, is a meditative and emotional journey toward light.

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Each canvas is carefully chosen for its ability to absorb the energy of the gesture, serving as a field for confrontation between spirit and material. The resulting works resemble visual diaries, where intimate struggles are transmuted and anonymized, allowing the artist to coexist with past pain.

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Though visually luminous and seductive, these pieces emerge from a deeply spiritual context. Their titles remain elusive, offering no narrative anchor. Instead, what lingers are the residues of catharsis and the music echoing through the studio.

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Without adhering to a serial approach, Douillez’s practice revolves around recurring themes: nature, repetition, the threshold of another world. The act of painting itself becomes central — a ritual of mindfulness, a search for peace, and a way of giving form to the haunting visions that inhabit him. These visions, persistent and compelling, guide his every gesture, offering moments of serenity amid chaos.

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— Anthony Spiegeler

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The artist Kevin Douillez is represented by the Brachot Gallery and NWB in Belgium.