Simon Maurissen - Wildographer

I am a visual artist and wildlife filmmaker from Belgium, working under the name Wildographer.

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My practice explores the presence of the living world through image-making, combining wildlife filmmaking, drawing, digital illustration and a growing sculptural research. Since I was a child, I have always been animated with a passion for nature. Spending much time in it, I ended up wanting to learn more about it. I studied geology at University, in order to understand how natural eco-systems work, then I deepened it with natural sciences at CNB (Cercles Naturalistes de Belgique), a belgian association which trains nature guides. 

Under the umbrella of 'Wildographer', I intend my work to form a continuous research into how the living world is observed, represented and remembered, with an implicit engagement in questions of nature conservation and ecological fragility.

Whether through moving images or static forms, I place wildlife at the center of my compositions. My visual language extracts animals from conventional naturalistic contexts and brings reflection on our relationship with the living world and its fragility.

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