Dorothea Van De Winkel

Dorothea Van De Winkel’s Artist Statement

The designs of Dorothea Van De Winkel are abstract. She realizes that wall and floor tapestries can be wholly integrated into a house (colors, form, and size). The realizations can be seen as living, standing-on-their-own art objects, or as the center point, elementary piece, or material for interior design. Furthermore, tapestry can be used in modern buildings to mute sound transmission and add a sense of warmth. Dorothea was an independent textile artist–designer from October 1, 1985, to September 25, 2022. She has managed her own gallery “Galerij Theaxus” from September 25, 1992, to September 25, 2022, in Kwaremont, East-Flanders, Belgium. Her new studio “Art Theaxus” opened in June of 2023 in Oudenaarde, East-Flanders, with the possibility to visit the studio, where the hand-woven tapestries are designed and made. 

Dorothea Van De Winkel’s Biography

Dorothea participates yearly in international selected exhibitions and competitions. Current exhibitions include IDENTITY Contemporary Art Museum Exhibition, Insa Art Center, September 3/8, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea, 7th International Prize LEONARDO DA VINCI – The Universal Artist in National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo Da Vinci” in Milan, Italy, on 7 June 2025, and Masterful-Minds Artists to Watch in 2025, Circle Foundation for the Arts Digital Magazine June/July.