Dimitri Likissas België, b. 1969

Dimitri Likissas (1969, Belgium) left for the Caribbean in his twenties where he rose from being a graphic designer to the corporate director of a media and publishing firm. To outsiders, his life may not have seemed particularly oriented towards art, yet all the while he was painting ‘on the side’. One day he decided to leave his corporate job and become a full-time artist. That was a fortunate day indeed for art collectors, especially in Europe and the United States, who have since eagerly enriched their private collections with his work.

Dimitri arranges coloured dots and creates geometric figures from the images in his mind. In this way, he explores the potential of a two-dimensional framework – and it's more than you might think. His work is surprisingly dynamic and viewing his paintings is an optical experience. Those who immediately think of pop art upon seeing his work are in sync with the painter: Dimitri makes no secret of being influenced by pop-art heroes such as Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, and of course, Andy Warhol.

For Dimitri, the patterns he paints are much more than dots on a canvas. To him, they represent living organisms and atoms, the idea that matter itself is also made up of tiny individual particles that together form our world. With unmatched skill, he invites the viewer to see the world through his eyes: magical and fluid, a panorama that inevitably fills viewers from head to toe with new energy.