Kobe calls himself an "architect-artist".

He studied architecture in Gent, St-Lucas Highschool, but is also passioned by urbanism and the city. For that, he studied after Urbanism in the Erasmushogeschool in Brussel.

But before all, he likes drawing. Where ever he comes, he makes drawings of his surroundings: the city, architecture, the people, ...

Architecture is an inspiration for him, in his graphic work.

In the academy of Anderlecht, Kobe also studied sculpture art, where he mainly worked with the technique of assemblage.

Kobe likes to transfer his passion about architecture, the city, working with wood, sculpting, ... to children. In the association Recyclart in Brussels, he installed the weekly workshops with children, called "Archikids", which dealt with all kinds of topics of architecture, the city, the neighbourhood, ... via walks in the neighbourhood, making of maquettes, plans, drawings, installations in wood, ...  In 2024, he installed with friends (architects, artist, sociologist) of him the association "Yalla! Play!", which aimed to install in Brussels a Building Play Ground, a place where children can freely build and experiment with recuperation material, mainly wood, and real tools that are given to them. In the summer of 2024, a first experiment of the Buiding Play Ground was hold on the site of Parc Ouest, in the commune of St-Jans Molenbeek.

 

 

EXPOGRAFIE:

* February 2025: Exhibition in the bar restaurant "Chez Adrien" in the commune of St-Gilles

* 2024: Group exhibition in the neighbourhood of the communes of Koekelberg and Molenbeek

* 2022: Group exhibition in the "Maritiem" neighbourhood  of the commune of Molenbeek

* 2020: Group exhibition in the "Maritiem" neighbourhood of the commune of Molenbeek

* 2019: Group exhibition "Kairos" with an installation on the courtyard of the Academy of Fine Arts of the commune of Anderlecht

* 2018: with subsildies of the neigbourhood contract "Zinneke" in the commune of Molenbeek, installation of artistic creations on and around the square "Hertogin van Brabant" in Molenbeek

* 2014: chosen as laureate of the competition "Mobil 2040", with a future utopic vision for the Brussels North neighbourhood for the year 2024. Together with the urbanist Maarten Dieryck

* 2009: Group exhibition in the Via Via Café in the city of Brussels

* 2000: Group exhibition in the library of the city of Oudenaarde

* 2000: Group exhibition in the city of Kruishoutem