The Artist

Belgian born artist Luc Janssens graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium, where he studied drawing, painting and printmaking. Shortly after, he established his permanent residence and studio in California. From 1972 to 1989, Dr. Janssens has taught art at Merced College, Merced California where he was chair of the Arts Division. He is presently a faculty member at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, California and a visiting professor of art at Qufu Teacher’s University, Qufu, People’s Republic of China.

As a printmaker and photographer, Luc Janssens has been involved with photo-etching techniques since the early 1970’s and more recently with photogravure. His work often combines lyrical drawings and photographic imagery, which create a juxtaposition of fantasy and reality. With his gestural aquatints and soft grounds contrasting against the visual clarity of his photogravure, the artist makes full use of the printmaker’s repertoire. He has also produced, in limited editions and often in collaboration with poets and writers, many photogravure portfolios of architectural, travel imagery and portraiture. His work is represented in private, institutional and corporate collections in United States, Europe and Asia.