Jan Mast, born in 1980 in Antwerp, Belgium, lives as a digital-age renaissance man. His artistic journey is like reading a fascinating book—an evolving story that defies descriptions. He skillfully combines images, sounds, texts, and thoughts into captivating projects that blend different elements of past, present and future into a visual and auditory experience.
As a versatile artist and problem solver, he has mastered a wide range of disciplines since 1999, including photography, filmmaking, graphic design, coding, and writing. His work spans various mediums—from books and posters to music videos, archives, short films, social campaigns, brand designs and interactive installations—each project showcasing his passionate desire to merge beauty with functionality or style with message.
Jan's approach goes beyond traditional art styles to deliberately invite a dynamic and adventurous attitude. His collaborations with national and international arts institutions and commercial entities highlight his abilities for connecting artistic exploration with broader, communal relevance. Through his work, Jan navigates the complex interplay between the visible and the invisible, questioning his own findings to offer audiences a rich tapestry of polychromatic poetry and narrative depth.
"Jan Mast's work can be seen as a marvelous read, an alphabet longing for more. Not just a storyline, but a rhizome of narratives that try to escape every definition. Each of his stories is composed of images, sounds, texts, and thoughts that he creates, casually notes, and collects. Acoustic and visual diary images that he meticulously places so that they slowly but surely build an immense arc of tension. He orchestrates loose elements into an eclectic symphony that leaves you astounded. These are not poems; this is stronger coffee; this is morphing. The letters of the alphabet change as you try to read them. Sometimes it's a perspective, then again you're looking at a portrait; you try to gauge that image, but it gazes back; it's self-determination. This 'ambivalence' is not an artistic style, but an attitude; nomadic tricks, an enchantment that the civilized cannot break." — Paul De Vylder
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