ARTIST BIO
Belgian-Peruvian artist Luis-Manuel Lambrechts (1992) creates worlds that balance between dream and reality. His work, colorful, narrative, and poetic, emerges from a deeply intuitive urge to imagine. In his paintings and illustrations, fiction and memory merge into a whimsical universe in which humans, animals, and nature speak a shared language.
Behind the vibrant colors and playful compositions lies a subtle tension between lightness and introspection. What appears lively and naïve at first glance gradually reveals a gentle melancholy that gives his work its depth.
Raised in Belgium with Peruvian roots, Lambrechts draws from a dual cultural identity that shapes his inner vision. Folklore, mythology, and the rich visual language of South America echo throughout his work. He paints not literal memories, but emotional fragments, images suspended between rainforest and city, familiarity and mystery.
Working slowly and in layers, Lambrechts builds intimate visual worlds that reflect on migration, origin, and belonging. His figures and landscapes form quiet choreographies of emotion, where the personal meets the universal.
Following the birth of his son Raffi, themes of inheritance and home have become central to his practice. His paintings invite the viewer not only to observe, but to enter a space of reflection, one that moves between continents, memory, and imagination.
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
ONGOING
PAST
2020 - 2026
Groupshow CC Het Gasthuis, Aarschot January - February 2026
Groupshow Raf Van Severen Gallery, Antwerp, December 2025
Groupshow Bernaerts Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 21.08 - 04.09.25
SPOOR Kunstfestival - June - Juli - August 2025
Anna+Nina 19.06 - 19.12 Solo exhibition
Three balloons, rising above the tree line - 10.05 - 15.06
Groupshow, 22a Gallery (BE) 2024 15.05.24 - 15.06.24
Soloshow, Galerie Raf Van Severen, Antwerp (BE) 13.03.24,
WAJO #2 Groupshow, Leuven (BE) 03.02.24,
Everyday is the right day, 22a Gallery
Groupshow, Veltem-Beisem (BE) 2023 16.03.23,
What we all have in common, La Causa Galeria Groupshow, Madrid (ESP) 22.12.22
De aanbidders, groupshow, KMSKA, Antwerpen (BE) 08/10/22
WAJO expo #1, groupshow, october 08.10.22
“Lust for life” 22a GAllery Herent (BE) 28.05.22
“Ruby & (more) friends”, groupshow, Ruby Gallery Brussel (BE) 04/03/22
“CanVas/e”, groupshow, Uncurated Gallery New Mexico 2021 18.06.21
Soloshow, Raf Van Severen Antwerp (BE) 01.04.21
NAFT, Wham Office- groupshow Sint-Niklaas (BE) 09.05.21
2020 - 2026
Groupshow CC Het Gasthuis, Aarschot January - February 2026
Groupshow Raf Van Severen Gallery, Antwerp, December 2025
Groupshow Bernaerts Gallery, Antwerp (BE) 21.08 - 04.09.25
SPOOR Kunstfestival - June - Juli - August 2025
Anna+Nina 19.06 - 19.12 Solo exhibition
Three balloons, rising above the tree line - 10.05 - 15.06
Groupshow, 22a Gallery (BE) 2024 15.05.24 - 15.06.24
Soloshow, Galerie Raf Van Severen, Antwerp (BE) 13.03.24,
WAJO #2 Groupshow, Leuven (BE) 03.02.24,
Everyday is the right day, 22a Gallery
Groupshow, Veltem-Beisem (BE) 2023 16.03.23,
What we all have in common, La Causa Galeria Groupshow, Madrid (ESP) 22.12.22
De aanbidders, groupshow, KMSKA, Antwerpen (BE) 08/10/22
WAJO expo #1, groupshow, october 08.10.22
“Lust for life” 22a GAllery Herent (BE) 28.05.22
“Ruby & (more) friends”, groupshow, Ruby Gallery Brussel (BE) 04/03/22
“CanVas/e”, groupshow, Uncurated Gallery New Mexico 2021 18.06.21
Soloshow, Raf Van Severen Antwerp (BE) 01.04.21
NAFT, Wham Office- groupshow Sint-Niklaas (BE) 09.05.21