Born in 1976 in Belgium. Lives and works in Sint-Niklaas. Wim Wauman is a multifaceted visual artist, art educator, artistic researcher and writer. He studied photography at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Antwerp and the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Gent (HISK), and has been exhibiting his works since 2000. He is currently concluding a PhD-research project in visual arts on the apparent opposition between ‘making’ and ‘thinking’ entitled Making Waves: A Play with Arts and Crafts.
About ten years ago, Wauman began photographing still life compositions, often inspired by an enigmatic and challenging concept or narrative. His photographs can be found in several museums and collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Fotomuseum in Antwerp. He has published four books of his works and curatorial projects: Paraphernalia (2013), False Friends (2015), WORK FLOW / A Play with Arts Apes and Crafts (2018) and Blauwhaus Getijdenboek/Book of Tides (October 2019).Today, his artistic work comprises customized furniture pieces and cabinets, geometric ‘intarsia’ compositions (meticulously composed from fine wood veneer), photography and larger installations.
