I started painting in 1994 at the age of 30 and the first exhibition came in 1996 In Rops Gallery Belgium. As De Chirico I always love empty places. I don't like to talk about my self so here is an article wrote by stephen Jared, Los Angeles . Hugo Pondz, is a regular visitor to New York in his dreams and is interested in both the urban landscape of the city and places empty and forgotten. The caracters are waiting or dreaming and maybe both . It seems there is a war between shadows and light. The aim is straightforward: to create paintings that provide a strong sense of places in which the time stands still in waiting,.... In terms of important influences, he admires the work of the American artist Edward Hopper and Giorgio de Chirico Stephen Jared Los Angeles. Events & Exhibitions Rops Galery, Namur, Bel, 1996 Presence Galery, Bxl, Bel, 1997 Presence Galery, Swisz, 1998 Colective, Paris, France, 1999 Rops Galery, Namur, Bel, 2000 Presence Galery, Swisz, 2000 Presence Galery, Bxl, Bel,2001 Rops Galery, Namur, Bel, 2002 Angle Aigu Galery,Bxl, Bel, 2002 Natasha art galery, Knokke, Bel , 2003 Rive Gauche Galery, Namur,Bel, 2014 Daniel Besseiche, Dinard, Fr, 2014 Pascal Fremond, Le Havre, Fr, 2014 Daniel Besseiche, Knokke, Bel, 2014 Daniel Besseiche, Geneva, Swiz, 2014 Daniel Besseiche, Courchevel, Fr, 2015