Manuel Vermeire
Manuel Vermeire (born 12.7.1987) is a Belgian printmaker whose work mainly consists in reproducing paintings in the form of a wood engraving print.
Biography
Manuel Vermeire was born in Chiusdino (Siena) on July 12, 1987, the son of Belgian parents who had moved to Italy a few years earlier.
Today his wood engravings follow, in the footsteps of past masters such as Timothy Cole, the tradition of reproducing famous paintings in a print version.
Awards
Torredembarra, Wood Engraving Competition: La Torre de l'Encenall, Joint First Prize winner, 2016.
Paris, Wood Engraving Competition Jean Chièze, First Prize winner, 2015.
Paris, Musée des Avelines: Wood Engraving Competition Jean Chièze, Honor Price winner 2009.
Colle Val d’Elsa, Italy, Associazione Culturale Mino Maccari: He won the first prize in the Concorso Mino Maccari per la Satira Grafica, July 2007
Public and private collections
His works are in the collection of the 'Museo dell'Incisione', Palazzo dei Paleologi, Acqui Terme, Italy; the collection of the 'Internationaal Ex-Libris Centrum Sint Niklaas' in Belgium; the collection of the 'Association Graver Maintenant', Paris; the collection of the 'Association Jean Chièze pour l'encouragement à la gravure sur bois', Paris; the collection of the Museum Florean (Engraving Salon Carbunari) in Baia Mare, Romania; the collection of the 'American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers' in San Antonio, Texas; the collection of the 'Asociaciòn Mexicana de Exlibris'; the collection of the Miejska Galeria Sztuki in Lódz (Poland).
His works are in private collections in Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, Russia, the Czech Republic and the United States