F.man

KeyGate

Louvre Abu Dhabi with hidden Salvator Mundi of Leonardo Da Vinci for Warehouse 421

Profile

F.man is the artist name of Françoise Palsterman, a Brussels born visual artist working between the UAE, Italy and Europe.

Her practice unfolds across painting, sculpture, performance, digital media and immersive installations, structured around a singular principle: the artwork is not fixed, but evolves through light, time and perception. Using techniques she developed, her works reveal multiple layers visible under daylight, UV light or darkness inviting the viewer into a shifting experience of reality.

Rooted in a strong European foundation, her early trajectory includes a first major exhibition at the Royal Theatre La Monnaie in Brussels, the public artwork Manneke Pis in the Sablon and the work Atome developed in dialogue with the Tuymans Experiment. Her work was introduced in Antwerp by Flor Bex, founder of the MuHKA, situating her within a critical contemporary discourse.

Her international presence extends across Europe, the Middle East and the United States, with exhibitions in Belgium, Monaco, Italy and Miami, where she participated in Art Miami Basel.

In the UAE, her work has taken a central position within the cultural landscape through key projects including the Rainbow Tunnel at Louvre Abu Dhabi, a 27-metre immersive installation conceived as a passage between worlds and commissioned presentations at Etihad Museum Dubai. She also curated and exhibited at the Belgian Pavilion during World Expo Dubai.

Parallel to these developments, her work engages with themes of coexistence and transformation, notably through L’Accordo di Pace, a series reflecting the historic interreligious moment initiated in Abu Dhabi, with one work now installed in Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.

Her artistic language bridges figurative and abstract systems, integrating portraits, symbolic forms and spatial environments into a continuous exploration of perception, identity and human transformation.

Atome for Tuymans Expriment, Boerentoren Antwerp

Works

F.man’s works unfold as evolving visual systems, where painting, light and perception interact.

Each piece reveals multiple states over time, inviting the viewer into a shifting experience of reality.

F.man KeyGate, Grimaldi Forum

Monaco / Belgium, 2011–2013

Mixed media sculpture integrating light and solar energy.

A symbolic threshold inviting the viewer to become an active participant in their own transformation.

HeavenGate, Sint-Andriesstraat

Antwerp, 2009–present

Public artwork on the facade of Walter Van Beirendonck’s atelier, created with the support of Flor Bex.

Bringing blue sky, green nature and positivity into the grey of the city, the work changes with light and viewpoint and remains today a landmark in central Antwerp.

F.man Rainbow Tunnel, Le Louvre

Louvre Abu Dhabi, 2018

26-metre immersive installation composed of 18 paintings and sculptural elements.

A passage between worlds, where each work transforms through light and time, revealing complementary visual systems.

CoBrA Manneke Pis

Le Sablon /  Brussels, 1995 - 2002

Contest-winning public artwork created in memory of Christian Dotremont, Belgian artist-poet and original figure of the CoBrA movement.

By reinterpreting Manneke Pis through the expressive freedom of CoBrA and children’s drawings, the work becomes a public statement on diversity, anti-racism and coexistence. The work connects contemporary public art with Brussels’ avant-garde legacy.

Transformation Wall Dubai

Dubai, 2020

Monumental mural (120m x 3.5m) commissioned by Union Coop Al Warqaa.

A narrative of metamorphosis, using symbolic imagery to reflect collective transformation and renewal.

L'Accordo di Pace Vatican

Leuven / Vatican, 2023–2026

Two sister works reflecting the historic interreligious peace moment initiated in Abu Dhabi.

Exploring coexistence through layered imagery evolving with light.

Full portfolio and additional works available on request

Exhibitions & Projects

F.man’s work is presented internationally across museums, institutional collections, public art projects

and major art fairs, bridging Europe and the Middle East through immersive and light-based installations.

2026

Permanent installation — L’Accordo di Pace, Casa Santa Marta, Vatican

Solo Exhibition — Energy Art Gallery, Palazzo Guarco, Parodi Ligure, Italy

Exhibition — MPC ART Gallery, Turnhout, Belgium

2025 – 2023

Knokke Art Fair — MPC ART Gallery, Belgium

ST-ART Strasbourg — France

United Nations — Geneva (exhibition & conference) Suisse

Global Citizen Forum — New Delhi & Rome, India & Italy

WIN Award — Inspiring Women Worldwide, Rome, Italy

Solo Exhibitions — Energy Art Gallery Italy: Alessandria, Italy

FtNFT Gallery — Dubai Mall & Mall of the Emirates, UAE

MPC ART Gallery — Antwerp / Turnhout, Belgium

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL WORKS

Louvre Abu Dhabi — Rainbow Tunnel installation, UAE

Etihad Museum Dubai — Commissioned exhibition, UAE

World Expo Dubai — Belgian Pavilion (Woman in Art), UAE

FoMu Antwerp — Vuur!Werk / Fire!Work, Belgium

Tuymans Experiment (Klara / MoMA context) Public Art— Atome Boerentoren, Belgium

Collaboration with Liu Bolin — Dubai Art Season, UAE

Public artwork Manneke Pis, Sablon Brussels (award-winning installation), Belgium

EUROPE & MONACO / SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

Grimaldi Forum, Monaco — KeyGate sculpture installation, Monaco

Embassy of Italy, Monaco — Portrait of H.S.H. Prince Albert II & Princess Charlène, Monaco

Sotheby’s Monaco — Auction under patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II ,Monaco

Art Dublin — Royal Dublin Society, Ireland

Espace Roi Baudouin — Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

BELGIUM — KEY PROJECTS & SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibition — Heaven Gate (avant-première), Antwerp, Belgium

Installation — Public Art, Sint-Antoniusstraat Antwerp (Walter Van Beirendonck context), Belgium

Solo exhibition — La Truffe Noire, Brussels, Belgium

FoMu Antwerp — Triptych Vuur!Werk, Belgium

Public artwork — Sun Target, Doel (KunstDoel project, with ao Michelangelo Pistoletto), Belgium

Verbeke Foundation — Group exhibition, Belgium

Multiple solo exhibitions — Antwerp / Brussels, Belgium

INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS

ST- ART ‘24,’25, MPC ART Gallery, Strasbourg, France

Knokke Art ‘23,‘24,’25, MPC ART Gallery, Knokke, Belgium

Art Monaco — Installation of works under varying light conditions, Monaco

Art Miami Basel Week Miami, USA

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