Villeneuve Jacques

Jacques was born with severe physical disabilities. He is unable to use his arms, and his legs developed unevenly. From the age of six, he began painting using his mouth and has worked continuously to refine and develop his artistic skills. He pursued formal art education at the City of Tienen Drawing Academy inBelgium, where he completed the upper secondary course, and later at the City of Leuven Academy, where he completed advanced studies in drawing and painting.

Jacques’s work often features landscapes or imaginative figurative scenes, but his hallmark is his vibrant circus scenes, painted in a mosaic-like style and characterised by vivid colours and poetic expression.

At just 25 years old, Jacques was awarded a scholarship by the Association. Thirteen years later, he became a Full Member of the VDMFK, which opened up further opportunities for him to exhibit his work both in solo and group exhibitions.

He has exhibited widely, especially in his hometown of Tienen, where his shows attract a large and appreciative audience, as well as in other Belgian cities and in Poland.