Guillaume

Guillaume Guillaume Guillaume is born on the 12th of June 1948 in Hardinxveld, the Netherlands as Willem Lodewijk den Dunnen. He was a student at the Academy Vredeman de Vries in Leeuwarden from 1968 till 1970.
Guillaume is a very active painter, since 2012 he mostly has international exhibitions: Malmö in Sweden, Monaco -Art Monaco-, the Louvre in Paris, Studio 26 in New York, Art Fairs in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Rome, Naples, Paris Biennale and Biennale Palermo in Sicily. His work can best described as surreal or magic realistic.
Guillaume says "For me, painting is mostly about looking in a different way. I try to achieve that in many ways. Through the use of the material, by using or omitting frames and, of course, by the choice of colours. And then sometimes something so new or surprising occurs that you don’t want to let it go, you want to preserve it and experience it again. ‘’

Awards

• Guillaume was rewarded La Palma d’Oro per l’Arte in September 2014 at Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo• In December 2014 at the Hotel Banke in Paris, Guillaume was awarded the Biennial Paris award.• From the 11th till the 25th of January 2015 Guillaume was selected as one of the 700 artists from 7000 applications worldwide to participate in the Palermo Artexpo, he exhibited his works at the Palazzo Sant 'Elia in Palermo, Italy. He received praising art reviews of his exhibited work in Italy.• Guillaume was awarded Premio ¨Il David di Bernini¨ in 2015 for his painting Thanksgiven in Lecce, Italy.