Artist Victor de Bie (1976) graduated in fashion design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in 2001. The first few years after his graduation Victor worked as a talent scout, casting-agent and stylist with several international companies and clients, such as IMG, Elite, Marjan Pejoski and New York based photographer Roxanne Lowit. In the meantime Victor made a crossover from fashion design to painting, after realizing he expressed most of his feelings in the design drawings he created. Victor developed his style by creating these drawings on canvas and became an autodidact in painting. Out of his paintings Victor creates three dimensional objects, like hats, bags and other accessories which he also did in his collaborations with Dutch fashion designer Jan Taminiau and NOKIA.

Victor’s work is known for the distinctive use of bright colours, the sometimes bizarre subject matters and the many momentary self portraits he creates. Graduated in fashion design his work is very often fashion related. Victor draws his inspirations from people such as James Ensor, Jean Cocteau and Henri ‘Le Douanier’ Rousseau.

With his artwork Victor de Bie has had exhibitions in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and in New York during the Dutch Touch campaign of the Dutch Fashion Foundation.