Last update: 02.01.2023
Pieter Vanden Daele was born in the area of Ghent, Belgium where he lives and works . His bronze sculptures of different fish species and frogs are now exhibited in Belgium , the Netherlands , the UK , France , the USA , Canada and Russia .
The river Scheldt and numerous ponds provide an ideal fishing area around his native town .
His friends were passionate anglers and from an early age , Pieter found himself fascinated by the underwaterworld and its amazing fauna . Being creative by nature , he went to the art academy where he attented painting classes . In 2000 , he started working in an artfoundry as a teaching practice , where he learned the process of moulding the pieces , making wax sculptures , bronze casting , polishing and patinating ,.....
In 2003 , he joined his passions together and began casting bronze sculptures of different fish , mostly carps . Pieter sculpts his original model out of organic materials such as leaves , wood , leather , wax and many other materials . This results in the rough and elaborate surface of his pieces , thus beautifully rendering the actual skin of fish . His fish are alive , captured for eternity in bronze , just as nature captured prehistoric fish in fossils . It is not only the life like quality of his sculptures but also the wonderful patina that Pieter creates for
his pieces that sets him apart as an artist . Since 2014 he also makes frogs with the same techniques . Most of Pieter's sculptures are limited edition bronzes .
Past Exhibitions and Art Fairs 2003 - 2016 (selection)
Past Exhibitions and Art Fairs 2003 - 2016 (selection)
2003 Classic Kortrijk
2003 Lineart Ghent
2003 Kunst en antiekbeurs Vlaanderen Ghent
2003 pAn Amsterdam
2003 Eurantica Brussels
2004 Rafael Valls London
2004 Salon de Longchamp Paris
2004 pAn Amsterdam
2004 Lineart Ghent
2005 Salon de Longchamp Paris
2005 Art Fair Den Bosch
2005 Art London
2006 Art Fair Den Bosch
2006 Eurantica Brussels
2006 Art London
2006 Lineart Ghent
2007 Art London
2007 Summer Fair Olympia London
2007 Spring Decorative Fair London
2007 Eurantica Brussels
2007 Art Fair Den Bosch
2007 Antica Namur
2008 Eurantica Brussels
2008 Spring Decorative Fair London
2008 Chelsea Flower Show London
2009 Kunst en Antiekbeurs Naarden Vesting
2009 Primavera rotterdam
2009 Decorative fair London
2010 SOFA New York
2010 Art Chicago
2010 Art Toronto
2010 pAn Amsterdam
2011 Art Karlsruhe
2011 Art Laren
2011 Art London
2011 Art Toronto
2011 AAF London
2012 London Art Fair Islington
2012 PAD Paris
2012 British Art Fair London
2012 AAF Hampstead
2013 BRAFA Brussels
2013 London Art Fair Islington
2013 PAD Paris
2013 Art Toronto
2013 pAn Amsterdam
2014 London Art Fair Islington
2014 BRAFA Brussels
2014 Arts and Design Fair Miami
2014 PAD Paris
2014 British Art Fair London
2014 Art Toronto
2015 BRAFA Brussels
2015 Pad Paris
2015 London Art Fair Islington
2015 British Art Fair London
2015 Art Toronto
2016 BRAFA brussels
2016 Decorative Fair London
2016 Kunst en Antiek Naarden Vesting
2016 Art und Antik Münster
2016 PAD Paris
2016 Art Breda