BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Van Durmen is belgian, resident in Madrid for more than 15 years. He has a degree in criminology and works as a social project technician at the national level, as an associate professor of criminology, and collaborates sporadically in projects related to crime prevention in international organizations (especially in prevention of youth radicalization). His passion for art is initially linked to music (he was the bass player and singer of GATOPERSA – an alternative-post-punk band based in Madrid), sharing premises and projects with the artistic collective CONFUSIÓN GROUP.
CV
Bachelor of Criminology (University of Brussels), Master’s degree in criminological and victimological intervention (Miguel Hernandez University, Elche) Expert Courses related to: in intervention with minors at risk (National University of Distance Education), in forensic analysis (Autonomous University of Madrid), in direction of social centers (IFIS). + Gatopersa http://gatopersa.bandcamp.com/ + Paintingcans / Art project by Confusion Group, Collaborative project where the aluminim cans is your canvas. / Madrid 2009 https://issuu.com/paintingcans/docs/paintingcansthebook
STATEMENT
His dedication to painting is more recent, mainly coinciding with the pandemic, fatherhood and new creative needs, considering art as a necessary form of sublimation in his daily life. Its themes are related to the social context, nature, intrapersonal conflicts, subjectivity, family, architecture, etc. In his works, different techniques are mixed (acrylic, oil, markers, pencils, ink, spray, collage, etc.) highlighting especially the use of bright colors, the use of overlapping layers and the construction of meanings that go beyond the first look
