Born in 1959 in Aalst, Belgium. He had a six years training in St. Lukas Art school, Brussels studying creative art directing. For the next 38 years he lived in South America and Asia. He had exhibitions in Belgium, UK, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, Bolivia, Peru, Cambodia, Indonesia, Germany, Ecuador, France, Italy, India, and Nepal. In the past years Alann resides and shuttles between Sri Lanka, and Nepal. I started teaching English as a French-lancer in 2003 in Thailand, then Cambodia. Got my TEFL certificate of 250 hrs in Thailand and continued teaching full-time and part-time in Thai Government schools, in Cambodia at UNI, In Peru and Ecuador until 2010. In 2017 and 2018 I did twice a volunteer job as a coordinator with Chinese Pre-graduates in teaching English and storytelling with art.

"Alann de Vuyst’s canvas reflects and modernist view-point without moving away from his first love: the Brazilian natives. His lines and strokes speak of innocent tribal sensitivity ,as also the heartless ruggedness of urban sophistication. In his works he combines the analysis of major issues with a feeling for stark realities of life. De Vuyst strives to transgress the confines of nationality." The Asian Age , India, Nov. 1997.