About

Yves Decadt – “State of the Art” 

Yves Decadt is a Flemish artist who uses modern digital technologies to create abstract and surrealistic artworks. His art style is influenced by his fascination with nature, light, and mythology. He works with digital brushes and canvases to create complex patterns and colours that resemble natural phenomena or symbolic representations. He also uses high granularity to enhance the texture and depth of his images.
For more information on Yves Decadt's art style : https://drive.google.com/file/d/14RKFniAymjE_dxKmnWvB0z835L9ah4xF/view?usp=sharing
 
Yves describes his work and fascination as follows:
'Since I was a young boy, age 10 or so, I have been fascinated by photography and I was intrigued by nature in all its forms and shapes. I always loved landscapes, but I also have grown an interest for more original perspectives on nature and photography in general. I made pictures that focused on beautiful patterns and colours, which became abstract entities on themselves.
Since the advent of digital photography, my skills in making digital creations have grown year over year.'
 
The Silk Collection, the Falling Angels Collection and the latest "Survivors of the 6th" Collection are three different series of works by Yves Decadt, each with its own theme and concept.
 
The "Silk" Collection is more intuitive and less based on conceptual thought. It is a tribute to forms and shapes found in nature, such as the flamboyant colours of a bird’s feathers or a butterfly’s wings, or the waving patterns of a sea anemone. It is also a tribute to light, which is composed of an endless number of wavelengths and particles. The Silk Series contains its own deconstruction of the light, that makes up its holistic image.
For more information : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d4jmPJm8VbTeodXrummoWvtOqru7k1gG/view?usp=sharing
 
The "Falling Angels" Collection, on the other hand, is more intellectual and based on allegories about the seven sins and seven virtues for curious minds and other falling angels. It explores the questions of morality, religion, and legend, and uses the 7 sins and 7 virtues as a source of inspiration. The art form he uses is the "allegory", as he calls this the "predecessor of Instagram", and as such is more timeless. The Falling Angels series can be called a "social art" series of symbolic images that reflect on the condition of humans and humanity.
For more information : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y7KseS-HCNGqFMusS2ril99vXqIV2Tjs/view?usp=sharing
or the prospectus : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oYEc2llAP_O_lYR-78zrCqnvigVNAp5t/view?usp=sharing
 
 
In "Survivors of the 6th" Collection he imagines intelligent beings evolved from today's most resilient creatures—cockroaches, rats, vultures, and others we typically despise—after humanity's extinction.
These are not mere fantasy creatures. Drawing on convergent evolution principles, Decadt creates scientifically-grounded visions of "Homo convergensis" variants: families with spider-eyes that still radiate innocence, vulture-featured mothers emanating protection, nautilus-shelled elders carrying wisdom. Each portrait forces us to recognize consciousness in forms we'd normally fear or dismiss.
The work's power lies in its profound irony. The species we poison and eradicate possess the very traits ensuring survival: adaptability, cooperation, and finding abundance in waste. Through AI-assisted creation and meticulous scientific research, Decadt crafts hyperreal beings that feel photographically documented from deep time.
More than dystopian speculation, this series offers unexpected hope—not necessarily for humanity, but for consciousness itself. It suggests intelligence and beauty will persist in whatever forms evolution devises. By imagining our successors, Decadt holds up a mirror to our present, revealing both our failures and life's enduring creativity. 
"The meek, quite literally, shall inherit the Earth."
For more information on this collection see the article : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WrYvDwMQZITWw3O-fM3mGg7PguL-eqbj/view?usp=sharing
or the prospectus  : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iCfuhZDtp0MoKXhxHeSV48ehbnVQL2JV/view?usp=sharing