Gert Motmans (b.1972, Hasselt, Belgium) is a visual artist based in Antwerp. He studied fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and developed a deeply personal visual practice that combines analog photography, collage, and the use of tactile materials like handmade Japanese paper.
Motmans' work balances between abstraction and figuration, intimacy and distance. Using his own photographs, and found images, he creates layered compositions that reflect on memory, queer longing, and the emotional traces of time. His images often evoke slowness, silence, and vulnerability — echoing the softness of paper and the fragility of light.
Recurring themes in his practice include nature as refuge, the male body as a site of both tenderness and absence, and the attempt to hold on to what is ephemeral. Deeply influenced by poetry, cinema, and personal memory, his visual language is suggestive rather than explicit, inviting the viewer into a quiet, introspective space.
His work has been shown at international art fairs such as Paris Photo, Photo Basel, Art Paris and Unseen Amsterdam, and featured in publications including Fresh Eyes, Contemporary Collage Magazine, and Artdoc. In 2024, he released the artist book An Ocean in Between the Waves.