Enk De Kramer Biography

Enk De Kramer

Flemmish

1946-

Biography

Printmaker and painter Enk de Kramer, also known as Henk De Craemer, was born in Brussels, Belgium, on May 14, 1946. His formal art studies began at Sint-Lucas Hogeschool, Ghent, where he studied graphic arts from 1966 to 1969. He then took his postgraguate cou the Belgrade/Yugoslavia Academy from 1969 to 1970, winning a prize in printmaking from the East Flanders government in 1970. Following graduation he continued his education with courses in engraving from Paul Van Gysegemm from 1970 to 1972. He taught graphic arts at Sint-Lucas from the 1980s until his retirement in 2001. He is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. He has exhibited frequently throughout the world, including shows in Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, and Johannesburg, South Africa. His most recent solo exhibition took place in June of 2021 at O Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, where he has shown since 1997. 

Awards:
1987: incentive prize of the Flemish Community
1974: Provincial Prize, East Flanders (painting)
1970: Provincial Prize, East Flanders (graphics)