Peter de Cupere (°1970) is an olfactory artist who lives and works in Antwerp and Hasselt. De Cupere creates work intended to explore experiences of smelling. As part of his olfactory art practice, De Cupere explores technology. He invented the "Olfactio" in collaboration with Cartamundi. In collaboration with Gluon, Callebaut and chocolatier Patrick Mertens, he invented "Cocoa 5 Senses". Starting in 1997 and going on until 2004 he invented the first working scent piano, called Olfactiano. The Aesthetics of Smelly Art. In 2012 he invented The Blind Smell Stick and The Blind Smell Touch, these smell devices let the spectators find their way or experience objects and food just by smelling. It was exhibited for the first time in the World Creativity Biennale in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. Peter de Cupere is a tutor affiliated with the ″PXL-MAD School of Arts″ in Hasselt, Belgium and a researcher. He has done a PhD research and received his doctor title at the PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, BE, in collaboration with the University of Hasselt, BE and the Free University of Brussels, BE. He has two master's degrees and a Laureate degree in Fine Arts. As a tutor he is the joint founder of the Open Lab where he teaches the use of the approximative senses, smell, taste and touch in the Senses Lab. In 2014 Peter de Cupere wrote The Olfactory Art Manifest. On August 11, 2014. After two years of intensively collecting his bodily smells, he got only a small bottle ‘Own Smell’ at his disposal. With this smell extract he signed the manifest. The manifest has been shown in several exhibitions; Belle Haleine, The Scent of Art in the Tinguely Museum in Basel, CH, as in the exhibition There's Something in the Air! at Villa Rot, Burgrieden, DE.

Peter de Cupere (°1970) is an olfactory artist who lives and works in Antwerp and Hasselt. De Cupere creates work intended to explore experiences of smelling. As part of his olfactory art practice, De Cupere explores technology. He invented the "Olfactio" in collaboration with Cartamundi. In collaboration with Gluon, Callebaut and chocolatier Patrick Mertens, he invented "Cocoa 5 Senses". Starting in 1997 and going on until 2004 he invented the first working scent piano, called Olfactiano. The Aesthetics of Smelly Art. In 2012 he invented The Blind Smell Stick and The Blind Smell Touch, these smell devices let the spectators find their way or experience objects and food just by smelling. It was exhibited for the first time in the World Creativity Biennale in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. Peter de Cupere is a tutor affiliated with the ″PXL-MAD School of Arts″ in Hasselt, Belgium and a researcher. He has done a PhD research and received his doctor title at the PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, BE, in collaboration with the University of Hasselt, BE and the Free University of Brussels, BE. He has two master's degrees and a Laureate degree in Fine Arts. As a tutor he is the joint founder of the Open Lab where he teaches the use of the approximative senses, smell, taste and touch in the Senses Lab. In 2014 Peter de Cupere wrote The Olfactory Art Manifest. On August 11, 2014. After two years of intensively collecting his bodily smells, he got only a small bottle ‘Own Smell’ at his disposal. With this smell extract he signed the manifest. The manifest has been shown in several exhibitions; Belle Haleine, The Scent of Art in the Tinguely Museum in Basel, CH, as in the exhibition There's Something in the Air! at Villa Rot, Burgrieden, DE.

Peter de Cupere (°1970) is an olfactory artist who lives and works in Antwerp and Hasselt. De Cupere creates work intended to explore experiences of smelling. As part of his olfactory art practice, De Cupere explores technology. He invented the "Olfactio" in collaboration with Cartamundi. In collaboration with Gluon, Callebaut and chocolatier Patrick Mertens, he invented "Cocoa 5 Senses". Starting in 1997 and going on until 2004 he invented the first working scent piano, called Olfactiano. The Aesthetics of Smelly Art. In 2012 he invented The Blind Smell Stick and The Blind Smell Touch, these smell devices let the spectators find their way or experience objects and food just by smelling. It was exhibited for the first time in the World Creativity Biennale in Rio de Janeiro in 2012. Peter de Cupere is a tutor affiliated with the ″PXL-MAD School of Arts″ in Hasselt, Belgium and a researcher. He has done a PhD research and received his doctor title at the PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, BE, in collaboration with the University of Hasselt, BE and the Free University of Brussels, BE. He has two master's degrees and a Laureate degree in Fine Arts. As a tutor he is the joint founder of the Open Lab where he teaches the use of the approximative senses, smell, taste and touch in the Senses Lab. In 2014 Peter de Cupere wrote The Olfactory Art Manifest. On August 11, 2014. After two years of intensively collecting his bodily smells, he got only a small bottle ‘Own Smell’ at his disposal. With this smell extract he signed the manifest. The manifest has been shown in several exhibitions; Belle Haleine, The Scent of Art in the Tinguely Museum in Basel, CH, as in the exhibition There's Something in the Air! at Villa Rot, Burgrieden, DE.