Frie J. Jacobs

Frie J. Jacobs
http://www.frie-j-jacobs.be/

Zoersel, Belgium

Born and lives in Belgium

After studying music, theatre and later art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, he considered himself as autodidact, because from the start he always developed his own techniques with very different materials as ink, fire, soot, rain, parts of plants, moss,...

Today he mainly uses digital photography and other digital media. In that way he makes his work as a painter without paint.

In 1992 he was selected for the Young Belgian Painter Award, Brussels, which is the most important award in Belgium. He exhibited in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy.

He also was curator and co-curator of a number of art projects.

website: http://www.frie-j-jacobs.be/
email: frie.j.jacobs@gmail.com




	Breath, photography, Lambda (1/1) 92 x123 cm, 2010

ME and UD

To make a long story short: I met Amy (Bassin) on the internet. After a lot of emails and conversations about art, photography and life in general, she invited me to join UD.

My work grows from the idea of corporeal connection with the world around us. As visual artist I use the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Pontys words as my motto "To see is to feel".

With this conviction it might seem a little strange that I use the virtual world wide web. But the idea enclose that we all are connected and this medium is one of the best tools to communicate, to exchange ideas and to work together with our differences and simularities. We can daily communicate, discuss projects and learn from each other.

The UD artists are from all continents and that gives a warm feeling. And maybe we can discover new views, possibilities and aspects of art and ourselves. Because humanity and art always live together.




	In Utero, photography size still unknown, 2009




	Another Silence, photography, Lambda (1/1) 46 x 108 cm




	Untitled (water 18), photography, Lambda (1/1) 18 x104 cm, 2009