GENERAL INFO
Born in March 1984, Brussels suburbs, Belgium.
Graduated in SAE Institute, Paris, France.
Current location: Paris, France.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1984 in Belgium, and holder of an Audio Engineer diploma, Damien Vassart has always been responsive to art, in all its forms. During his youth, he particularly involved himself into drawing and playing music.
In 2007, photography became a new expression medium for him. His preference goes to black and white, although color also owns a place in his universe. Cityscapes and waterscapes have become his predilection themes, skillfully highlighted in surrealist pictures, inviting the observer to contemplation and meditation.
Beyond a simple aesthetic side, the art of Damien Vassart is also driven by his fascination for passing time, and impacts it has upon the natural and non-natural elements that make part of the world surrounding us. So as to transcribe that, he uses extended exposure times for his takes, most of the time released at dawn or at dusk, moments of transition, moments of switching from one state to another, between agitation and tranquility, that he considers as the most propitious to capture the time.
His pictures have already been published several times in magazines and across the Web, and permitted him to win several international awards. They are diffused around the world by various art distribution networks.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
- Book: ArtGallery - Purple University Intl.
- Press: Troisième Millénaire Magazine, issues #93 and #94, Eyes On Magazine, issue #1.
- Web: Visions Online Gallery, Photography Served, Designervolk, In my Community, ObsessionPhoto.com, Un Oeil sur la Photo, Photography Office.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- January 2010, Lucernaire Gallery, Paris, France. (Solo)
- July 2012, PX3 Winning Works, Espace Dupon, Paris, France. (Group)
AWARDS
- 3x Honorable Mention in Architecture and Cityscapes categories, International Photography Awards, USA, 2010.
- 4x Honorable Mention in Landscape, Cityscapes and Bridges categories, International Photography Awards, USA, 2011.
- Official Selection, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2011.
- Nominee, Architecture category, Spider Awards, UK, 2012.
- 1st place in Architecture category, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2012.
- 2nd place in Fine Art category, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, France, 2012.
- 25x Honorable Mention in Abstract, Architecture, Landscape, Cityscapes, Nature, Bridges and Fine Art categories, International Photography Awards, USA, 2012.
CLIENTS
Troisième Millénaire Magazine, Yellow Korner, Fashion4Home, OGIC.
