Rein Dufait

The Ostend-based artist Rein Dufait (b. 1990, Belgium) creates layered works that, though presented as paintings, retain deeply sculptural qualities: relief, shifting viewpoints, material presence and spatiality. Working at the intersection of sculpture, painting and drawing, he brings together unexpected elements—cardboard, sand, wood, plexiglass, acrylic resin, pigment and pastel—allowing each gesture and trace of making to remain visible.