about the artist
Michael Rieu is a sculptor and painter. Rarely talented in both. An artist from the Netherlands who loves hard stones but treats them with soft senses.
Michael is born in Haarlem, between Amsterdam and the Dutch coast. His studio is in Norway - Holskogen, a beautiful place in Kristiansand. He loves to exchange between his creative disciplines. One day he works on a sculpture, and the next one on a painting or a litho.
Education
Graphic School Amsterdam
Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris
Member of Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam and NBK Norway
Inspiration
Constantin Brâncusi
Alberto Giacometti
Amadeo Modigliani
Willem de Kooning
Awards
Prix De Europe - Oostende Belgium 1987
Representation
Gallery Michael Rieu Holskogveien 103
4624 Kristiansand