Clemens Briels

Clemens Briels, Son, Brabant, 1946.

The works of art by Clemens Briels are collector's items for lovers of top design and art. Clemens Briels consciously opts for new challenges, in which he exchanges academic laws regarding perspective and plane division for his own vision of antipodism. He himself says about this: “Every person is looking for his own antipode. One does this by bungy jumping, the other by cycling in the mountains of Nepal. I do it by spontaneously expressing my own fantasies and fantasy, under the motto: "there's no need to look forward, if you can practice your fantasy now!"

Clemens Briels grew up in a large family. From an early age he wanted to be an artist. In 1965 he starts training at the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven with the aim of becoming an artist. Due to various circumstances, he ends up in the advertising world. He becomes a successful art director, but at the age of 45 he decides to opt for being an artist.
Clemens Briels mainly works with bright colours. He himself says about this: “I like to paint with bright colors. I don't like those gloomy canvases. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I am an extroverted person.”
He gets his inspiration from his own world, together with the impressions he gains everywhere. He consciously does not want to get “involved” with trends. Clemens Briels: “From advertising I am used to working on the basis of an assignment. To meet strict conditions. I need that. I'm not one to sit down and think what am I going to make again. In fact, I am my own client. If I make something, I have to have a certain purpose with it. That's when I'm strongest."

In addition to a large number of places in the Netherlands, the work of Clemens Briels has been or has been on display since 1990 in the most diverse places on the face of the earth. In Curaçao and St. Maarten, New York, Stockholm, Antwerp, Hanover, Stuttgart and even in Kuala Lumpur to name just a few locations. Many international groups are also among his clients, such as Leolux, Intercal Telematics, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Philips and the VSB-Bank.
In 1994, Briels received the prestigious, international Award from the renowned Simpson Paper Company from San Francisco U.S.A. for his book “Antipodism”.
For the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Clemens Briels created the official painting that was featured on posters and official merchandising.