Jean-Pierre Lorand was born in Valenciennes (France), but lives in Brussels, city where studied at the Saint Luc Institute.
He works in publicity as a creative designer, and describes himself as a self-taught painter. He developed a slightly candid artistic expression,
which presents a fine stroke and great quality, along with an uncommon pictorial rigor.
Trough his art, Jean-Pierre Lorand shares with us simple stories full of freshness, luminosity and poetry. His paintings structure themselves
on their own compositions, wich transport us to the time and place where each scene is generated.
Since 1977 he has been frequently exhibiting, in galleries and cultural events in Belgium and many other European countries,
as well as in the USA, Japan and Israël. We also highlight his participation in the "100 ans d'Art Plastique en Belgique, d'hier à Aujourd'hui,
in the Benezit Grund, as well the philatelic works he developed for the Belgium Postal Services.
1939 Born in Valenciennes, Belgium
1977 Began his artistic career
Self- taught artist
Solo Exhibitions
1981 Galerie l’Escalier, Brussels, Belgium
1982 Galerie Paul Delvaux, Namur, Belgium
1982 Galerie H., Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1982 Galerie Holzinger, Munich, Germany
1983 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1983 Galerie Paul Rosen, Washington DC, USA
1984 Galerie H., Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1985 Galerie H., Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1986 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1987 International Center of Naןve Art, Brussels, Belgium
1988 Galerie Cygne, Geneva, Switzerland
1989 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1989 Galerie Jacques Francois, Tourettes-sur-loup, France
1990 Galerie Cygne, Geneva, Switzerland
1991 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1994 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1995 Galerie Cygne, Geneva, Switzerland
1995 Haudrecy Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1996 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
1997 Waterloo Communal Artistic Circle, Ontario, Canada
1998 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
1998 Pro Arte Kasper Gallery, Morges, Switzerland
1999 Galerie L’Oeil, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2001 Osaka, Japan
2002 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2003 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2004 Galerie Haudrecy, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2005 La Petit Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
2006 Embassy of Greece, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
La Musique ue par les peintres naifs, Liege, Belgium
Salon International d’Art Naif, Paris
“Dreamscapes of Belgian Painters”, Washington DC, USA
“Regards sur Kazantzaki”, Paris
“Regards sur Kazantzaki”, Heraklion, Greece
“Regards sur Kazantzaki”, Athens
2007 “Naןve-Joie de Vivre”, Gina Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
2008 Galeria Eboli, Madrid
Bibliography
“La Jument Verte”, Marcel Ayme, 1987
“Belgium Seen by Naןve Painters”, Editions Laconti, 1987, Brussels
“Coups de Coeur”, Thomas Owen, 1998, Lefranq, Belgium
“Benezit”, Grund, 1999
“Le DIctionnaire des Peintres Belges du XVI siecle a nos jours”
“100 Ans d’Art Plastique en Belgique d’Hier a Aujourd’hui”, Rene Dalemans
“Dictionnaire des artistes belges XIX-XX, 2003, Belgium
"L’Europe et les Naifs", Jaqueline Bricard, 2009, France
2013 “Naive Light Over Jerusalem”, Safra Square Gallery, The Jerusalem, Cinematheque Gallery, Jerusalem Theatre, The French House, Jerusalem, Israel.