Thomas Lerooy
(Born) | 1981 in Roeselare, Belgium |
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(Based) | Brussels, Belgium |

The oeuvre of Thomas Lerooy is characterized by an inherent duality: it attracts and repels at the same time, it is recognizable yet alienating, it is humorous and serious, intimate as well as grotesque. Whether Lerooy draws, sculpts or paints, he is always searching for the limits of his medium or his subject. His enigmatic works challenge the logic of the viewer and leave the interpretation to their imagination. He uses recognizable motifs that he manipulates and thus undermines.
In the last 15 years, Lerooy has made a name for himself with his sculptures and drawings. His paintings are a recent development that came out of a necessity. Lerooy stumbled upon the limits of his maniacal drawing technique and the constraints gravity imposes when working in bronze. He investigates and breaks through the codes of painting, which manifests itself in a tension between abstraction and figuration, sharpness and haze, structure and smoothness. They are light-hearted and charged at the same time, and thus put themselves and the reality from which they arise into perspective.
Images
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(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Ear for you (Year) 2023 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 81.4 x 66.2 cm (unframed) 32 x 26 in
83.9 x 68.7 cm (framed) 33 x 27 in(Stock number) TLer468 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) For your eyes only (Year) 2023 (Institution) Simone Subal Gallery (Location) New York, USA -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) For your eyes only (Year) 2023 (Institution) Simone Subal Gallery (Location) New York, USA -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) For your eyes only (Year) 2023 (Institution) Simone Subal Gallery (Location) New York, USA -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) The Armory Show, Solo Project Thomas Lerooy (Year) 2022 (Institution) The Armory Show (Location) New York, NY USA -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Peppermint (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 52 x 44 cm (unframed) 20 1/2 x 17 3/8 in 54.5 x 46.5 cm (framed) 21 1/2 x 18 1/4 in (Stock number) TLer454 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) The Armory Show, Solo Project Thomas Lerooy (Year) 2022 (Institution) The Armory Show (Location) New York, NY USA -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Eye am (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 71.1 x 55.9 cm (unframed) 28 x 22 1/8 in 73.6 x 58.4 cm (framed) 29 x 23 in (Stock number) TLer449 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Fade to Grey, (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 55.5 x 44.5 cm;
21 7/8 x 17 1/2 in(Stock number) TLer445 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Fade Away, (Year) 2022 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 84 x 68.5 cm;
33 1/8 x 27 in(Stock number) TLer444 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Under the skin (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 57.5 x 40.5 cm (framed); 22 5/8 x 16 in (Stock number) TLer428 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) If you feel more than butterflies in your stomach (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Suspicion (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 40 x 35 cm (unframed); 15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in (Stock number) TLer431 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) If you feel more than butterflies in your stomach (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Holy shift (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 80 x 60 cm (unframed); 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in (Stock number) TLer433 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Exity (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 50 x 42 cm (unframed); 19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in (Stock number) TLer430 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) If you feel more than butterflies in your stomach (Year) 2021 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Selfish shellfish (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 47.5 x 37.5 cm;
18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in(Stock number) TLer422 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Can't touch this (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 44.5 x 36.5 cm;
17 1/2 x 14 3/8 in(Stock number) TLer421 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Kunst In Puurs (Year) 2020 (Institution) KIP (Location) Puurs, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Kunst In Puurs (Year) 2020 (Institution) KIP (Location) Puurs, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Tower (Year) 2020 (Institution) Duinbergen (Location) Knokke-Heist, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Tower (detail) (Year) 2020 (Institution) Duinbergen (Location) Knokke-Heist, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Sunrise (Year) 2020 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 47 x 35 cm (unframed); 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 in (Stock number) TLer409 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Disclosure (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 47.5 x 37 cm;
18 3/4 x 14 5/8 in(Stock number) TLer402 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Window Shopper (Year) 2020 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 49 x 35 cm (unframed); 19 1/4 x 13 3/4 in (Price) EUR 8,000.00 (ex tax) (Stock number) TLer408 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Berry Nice (Year) 2020 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 35 x 36 cm;
13 3/4 x 14 1/8 in(Stock number) TLer406 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Blood, sweat and pears (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 42 x 50 cm;
16 1/2 x 19 3/4 in(Stock number) TLer401 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Convexe/Concave: Contemporary art from Belgium (Year) 2019 (Institution) TANK (Location) Shanghai, China -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Behind The Curtain (Year) 2019 (Institution) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Moonlight (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 44 x 34.5 cm;
17 3/8 x 13 5/8 in(Stock number) TLer374 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Behind The Curtain (Year) 2019 (Institution) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) dreamer boy (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 48 x 40 cm;
18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in(Stock number) TLer370 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Melt (Year) 2019 (medium) Bronze, silver patina (Dimensions) 30 x 15 x 30 cm;
11 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 11 3/4 in(Edition) Edition of 5 (Stock number) TLer379 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Behind The Curtain (Year) 2019 (Institution) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Conversation (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 37 x 38.5 cm;
14 5/8 x 15 1/8 in(Stock number) TLer369 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Make it Home (Year) 2019 (medium) Bronze, silver patina (Dimensions) 50 x 30 x 40 cm;
19 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in(Edition) Edition of 5 (Stock number) TLer382 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Behind The Curtain (Year) 2019 (Institution) Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Broken (Year) 2019 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 38.5 x 37.5 cm;
15 1/8 x 14 3/4 in(Stock number) TLer372 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Fernand & Pierre (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 50 x 50 cm;
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in(Edition) Ed of 5 (Stock number) TLer338 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Vanity Fair (Year) 2018 (Institution) Gaasbeek Castle (Location) Gaasbeek, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Vanity Fair (Year) 2018 (Institution) Gaasbeek Castle (Location) Gaasbeek, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Vanity Fair (Year) 2018 (Institution) Gaasbeek Castle (Location) Gaasbeek, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Vanity Fair (Year) 2018 (Institution) Gaasbeek Castle (Location) Gaasbeek, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) René (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 45 x 15 cm;
17 3/4 x 5 7/8 in(Edition) Edition of 5 (Stock number) TLer328 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Playground (Year) 2017 (Institution) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Location) Deurle, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) To get her (Year) 2017 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 62 x 48 cm (framed); 24 3/8 x 18 7/8 in (Edition) Unique (Stock number) TLer319 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Rock bottom (Year) 2017 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 49 x 35 cm (unframed); 19 1/4 x 13 3/4 in (Edition) Unique (Stock number) TLer298 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Play with me (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze, patina + silver (Dimensions) ø 25 cm;
ø 9 7/8 in(Edition) Edition of 5 (Stock number) TLer327 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Candle in the wind (Year) 2021 (medium) Oil on canvas (Dimensions) 55 x 44 cm (framed); 21 5/8 x 17 3/8 in (Stock number) TLer429 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Playground (Year) 2017 (Institution) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Location) Deurle, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Goal (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze, patina + silver (Dimensions) ø 34 cm;
ø 13 3/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP (Stock number) TLer303 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Playground (Year) 2017 (Institution) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Location) Deurle, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Playground (Year) 2017 (Institution) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Location) Deurle, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Playing with fire (Year) 2017 (medium) Mixed media (Dimensions) 224 x 168 cm (framed); 88 1/4 x 66 1/8 in (Edition) Unique (Stock number) TLer290 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Playground (Year) 2017 (Institution) Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Location) Deurle, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Remain (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze, marble (Dimensions) 51 x 42 x 41 cm;
20 1/8 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP (Stock number) TLer281 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Playground (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze, concrete (Dimensions) 390 x 242.8 cm;
153 1/2 x 95 5/8 in(Edition) Ed #3 (Stock number) TLer283 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Leo & Paul (Year) 2017 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 77 x 20 cm;
30 1/4 x 7 7/8 in(Edition) Edition of 5 (Stock number) TLer323 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Tears (Year) 2017 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 62 x 48 cm (framed) 24 3/8 x 18 7/8 in -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) This bird has flown (Year) 2017 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 62 x 48 cm (framed) 24 3/8 x 18 7/8 in -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Fall For Gravity (Year) 2016 (medium) Bronze, bird with silver patina, painted balloon (Dimensions) ø 20 cm;
ø 7 7/8 in(Edition) Ed of 5 (Stock number) TLer055 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Mir ist das Leben lieber. Sammlung Reydan Weiss (Year) 2016 (Institution) The Weserburg (Location) Bremen, Germany -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Beauty in the shadow of the stars (Year) 2015 (Institution) Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Location) Paris, France -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Beauty in the shadow of the stars (Year) 2015 (Institution) Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Location) Paris, France -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Beauty in the shadow of the stars (Year) 2015 (Institution) Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Location) Paris, France -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Beauty in the Shadow of the Stars (Year) 2015 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 100 x 400 x 300 cm;
39 3/8 x 157 1/2 x 118 1/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Beauty in the shadow of the stars (Year) 2015 (Institution) Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Location) Paris, France -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Embrace (Year) 2015 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 120 x 65 x 65 cm;
47 1/4 x 25 5/8 x 25 5/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Beauty in the shadow of the stars (Year) 2015 (Institution) Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (Location) Paris, France -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Think Twice (Year) 2015 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 49 x 35 cm;
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 in -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Dreamer (Year) 2016 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 49 x 35 cm;
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 in -
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(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) You Were On My Mind (Year) 2014 (medium) Bronze, silver patina, glass (Dimensions) 157.5 x 37 x 37 cm (with pedestal) (Stock number) TLer195 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Seduction of Destruction (Year) 2014 (medium) Bronze, 15 glass bottles (Dimensions) 51 x 34 x 29 cm;
20 1/8 x 13 3/8 x 11 3/8 in -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Speaking in Tongues (Year) 2014 (medium) Bronze, zinc patina, glass (Dimensions) 194.5 x 60 x 60 cm (with pedestal) (Stock number) TLer189 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Destroy Everything You Touch (Year) 2014 (medium) Bronze, silver patina (Dimensions) 171.5 x 37 x 37 cm (with pedestal) (Stock number) TLer185 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) I Don't Need Me (Year) 2014 (medium) Bronze, patina, glass (Dimensions) 156.5 x 27 x 27 cm (with pedestal) (Stock number) TLer204 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) State of Mind (Year) 2014 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 225 x 170 cm (framed) (Stock number) TLer173 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Delicious (Year) 2013 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 115 x 87 cm (framed) (Stock number) TLer180 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Inside (Year) 2013 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 77 x 57 x 57 cm (Stock number) TLer152 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Need in Me (Year) 2010 (medium) Bronze, concrete patina (Dimensions) 80 x 113 x 142 cm;
31 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 55 7/8 in(Edition) Ed #3 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) X & Y (Year) 2011 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) X & Y (Year) 2011 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) All Is Full Of Love (Year) 2010 (medium) Bronze, white patina, glass (Dimensions) 90 x 45 x 48 cm;
35 3/8 x 17 3/4 x 18 7/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) The Kiss (Year) 2009 (medium) Bronze, white patina, glass (Dimensions) 85 x 46 x 36 cm;
33 1/2 x 18 1/8 x 14 1/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Split (Year) 2011 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 225 x 170 cm (Stock number) TLer097 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) My First Love (Year) 2011 (medium) Mixed media on paper (Dimensions) 225 x 170 cm (Stock number) TLer095 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Something in between (Year) 2010 (Institution) Künstlerhaus Bethaniën (Location) Berlin, Germany -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Something in between (Year) 2010 (Institution) Künstlerhaus Bethaniën (Location) Berlin, Germany -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Hole in the Sky (Year) 2010 (Institution) Kunsthalle Krems (Location) Krems, Austria -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Me, Myself and I (Year) 2008 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 50 x 65 x 150 cm;
19 3/4 x 25 5/8 x 59 1/8 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Braindance (Year) 2009 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Braindance (Year) 2009 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Exhibition) Braindance (Year) 2009 (Gallery) rodolphe janssen (Location) Brussels, Belgium -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Not Enough Brain to Survive (Year) 2009 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 138 x 120 x 120 cm (Stock number) TLer063 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Crash (Year) 2009 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 180 x 100 x 75 cm (Stock number) TLer066 -
(Artist) Thomas Lerooy (Title) Infini (Year) 2006 (medium) Bronze (Dimensions) 86 x 62 x 30 cm;
33 7/8 x 24 3/8 x 11 3/4 in(Edition) Ed #5 + 2AP