DACOS (Dacos) was born in Huy, Belgium in 1940. He studied at a normal school in his early years, and by chance, he became acquainted with printmaking and entered the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège to specialize in it, dedicating his entire life to the cause of printmaking art.

DACOS confronts the real world, particularly concerned with tragedies caused by human narrow-mindedness and folly. He attempts to uncover the (dark and even sinful) phenomena hidden beneath the surface of so-called civilization, which for him represents a rationalized conscience and responsibility. If iron-clad real-world events are cold, then poetry is passionate, imaginative, vital, ardent, and even ecstatic. Facing poetry, he is both a creator and a reader. For him, poetry in plastic arts does not mean detachment from reality but rather an entry into an aesthetic realm from the opposite end of reality. In his works, the tension generated by cruel political reality and unbridled poetry seems to melt iron.

He rarely creates purely abstract printworks; recognizable images—distorted or symbolic—always appear in his compositions, especially human figures that run through his long creative career. However, if we focus on the rich textures in his works, we enter an abstract microcosm where dynamic traces exist both tangibly and intangibly, full of uncertainty, overlapped and infiltrated by layers of textures. Non-representational elements are like the light and air needed for life, generating vitality and accumulating energy over time.In both his artistic practice and teaching, DACOS highly respects the inheritance of printmaking techniques, particularly with a persistent obsession with the reproducibility of prints. Although printmaking has increasingly diminished presence in contemporary art exhibitions and fairs today, he remains unshaken in his commitment. Meanwhile, he maintains an open attitude toward all new technologies and expressive methods, embracing new tools such as photography, animation, film, and digital art. He once encouraged students to explore new printmaking materials, longing to see printmaking art present a diverse and dynamic landscape.

Human Plant, Two-Color Silkscreen Print, 70.0 x 50.0 cm, 1973

《La plante humaine, poster avec texte de Julos Beaucarne》,sérigraphie, en deux coul. ( Kodalit)