About Felix De Kapitein

 

Felix D’Huys (b. 1993, Brussels) is a visual artist, illustrator, and tattooist based in Ghent, Belgium. His work blends drawing and graphic techniques to create symbolic, visionary imagery rooted in global cultural knowledge. Drawing inspiration from mythology, science, spiritual and esoteric traditions, medieval engravings, geometric patterns, underground culture, and daily life, Felix explores the hidden structures of reality through his art.

Raised near the ancient Zoniënwoud forest in Overijse, Felix was introduced to drawing at an early age by his father and grandfather, both artists. At age 10, he began experimenting with digital image-making on his family's first computer. After completing his studies in science and mathematics, he moved to Ghent in 2011 to study Graphic Arts at KASK School of Arts.

During his time at KASK, Felix became deeply involved in the city’s street art and underground scenes. Adopting the tag ‘de Kapitein’, he began painting murals and creating zines, books, clothing, and installations—building a multidisciplinary practice that continues to evolve. He participated in and curated group exhibitions, and even built a boat as part of his creative explorations.

In 2016, just before earning his master’s degree, Felix began tattooing. A year later, he became a resident artist at Punctum, a tattoo studio located on a boat just outside Ghent’s city center. There, he developed a distinctive style focused on dark, psychedelic, and symbolic tattoos rendered in a fine engraving technique.

For the past three years, Felix ran Temple of Sphinx, a creative studio and tattoo space located in the heart of Ghent. The studio served as both a sanctuary for symbolic tattooing and a hub for artistic exchange, embodying his vision of art as a transformative practice. Today, Felix is focusing more deeply on developing new personal work from his studio, exploring fresh visual languages and continuing to refine his multidisciplinary practice across drawing, painting, and spiritual symbolism.

Felix sees creation as a form of awakening. Through his work, he aims to share knowledge, passion, and love—to inspire others to live fully, consciously, and to shape their own reality. For him, to create is to be present; and in presence, the mind grows.

 

Picture by Sadhakaya