Belgium, b. unknown

Director Jacq / Wayn Traub (Brussels, 1972), is a visionary Belgian artist whose practice dissolves the boundaries between film, theatre, textile art, and sacred ritual. His work is driven by a pursuit of “Total Art”, a seamless, immersive fusion of image, sound, and lived experience. Director Jacq holds a Master’s degree in Film Directing and Art History. His career began in visual arts, with early explorations in video and intricate hand-embroidered textiles, before evolving into groundbreaking stage direction. From 2004 to 2012, he served as Artistic Director at institutions including Bourla Opera in Antwerp and Le Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, collaborating with icons such as Jane Birkin and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Since 2012, Director Jacq has been based in Thailand, where his focus has returned profoundly to the material and narrative possibilities of textile. Here, he creates his monumental hand-embroidered copes—each requiring four to five months of meticulous stitching on traditional Thai fabrics—weaving personal mythology into devotional objects. He is internationally celebrated as the pioneer of “Cinema Opera,” a form of multidisciplinary ritual theater that transforms the stage into a space of communal initiation. In Director Jacq’s philosophy, art is not merely observed but entered, felt, and lived, an act of spiritual awakening and transformation. Beyond his studio practice, Director Jacq is an avid curator, collector, and cultural catalyst, collaborating with museums such as S.M.A.K. in Belgium and MOCA Bangkok. His multidisciplinary vision continues to expand, always seeking the point where craftsmanship, cinema, and ceremony become one.