Indra Wolfaert
Painter, ° 1984
https://www.indrawolfaert.com/Lives and works in Antwerp
Indra Wolfaert got her Master’s degree in Fine Arts, specializing in Free Graphics, and the Specific Teacher Training Program in Fine Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. After a time in which she focused on portraits and the birth of her children brought a new sensitivity to her work, her focus shifted to painting landscapes. These landscapes are not realistic representations of existing places, but visual translations of memories, emotions, and imagination, often inspired by floral and mountain landscapes.
Using materials such as watercolor, acrylic, ink, chalk, and natural pigments, Wolfaert creates colorful, layered paintings that straddle the boundary between abstraction and figuration. Water plays a central role in her working method: it brings movement, organic forms, and chance into the work, creating a balance between control and surrender. By subtly building up transparent and opaque layers, she adds depth, complexity, and nuance to each canvas.
Color is at the heart of her oeuvre. With intuitive, sometimes daring combinations, Wolfaert evokes an expressive, poetic atmosphere in which the viewer is invited to slow down and reflect. Her paintings offer room for personal interpretation and invite the discovery of hidden layers—both in the work itself and in the experience of it.
In addition to her artistic practice, Indra Wolfaert is active in art education. She is the head of the Educational Master’s program in Visual Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where she also teaches Specific Teaching Methods for Children, Frameworks for Visual Arts Education, and Organization and Legislation. She is also the pedagogical coordinator for Part-time Art Education and a member of the Kunsten Inclusief research team, which focuses on dialogue, knowledge sharing, and inclusive art education.
In both her artistic and pedagogical work, Indra Wolfaert seeks connection, layering, and space for imagination—an invitation to look, feel, and experience the world in a new way.
