Jacques Coenye

1948
Photography.

1950
Academy of Fine Arts in Bruges, Malines and Antwerp (Belgium).

1967 until end 1970
Lectures with sonorised colour slideshows (about several regions in Europe and Great Britain) - not a documentary, but a poetical approach of the region.

1970
Teacher at Craft workshops - "Enamelling on copper", "Photography", "Making of sonorised colour slideshows".

1972-1991
Full-time photography – from the shot until the finishing touch.

2004
Organizing batik workshops.

1970 until today
Practising of different disciplines : silver jewellery, watercolour, batik, turned wooden objects and realizing poetic films.

Solo and group-exhibitions in Europe and the UK with photography, jewellery, watercolour, batik and wooden objects. First prizes and distinctions.

Several exhibitions - individual and in group - in different places in Belgium, Europe and the UK with photographs, watercolours, batik and jewellery.

1999
Participated at the "International Batik Gathering - Now and Then" in Ghent, Belgium.

2003
Organizer of the international batik exhibition “Batik 2003...art in movement” in Ghent (Belgium).

2005
Selected “World Batik Conference” in Boston, USA.

2006
Selected “Batik transitions – From classic to contemporary” organized by the Batik Guild at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Batik Guild UK.