Dams’ first solo exhibition PunkMe (1986), Jordaenshuis, Antwerp, featured linocut portraits evocative of his life in the underground Punk scene.
Inspired by British post-punk ballet dancer Michael Clark, Dams started exploring movement as a subject matter for his work.
After his LR.Lear (1993) exhibition at Galérie Oz, Paris, galleries such as Gracie Mansion, New York, Torch, Amsterdam and Galerie S&H De Buck, Ghent started representing his work.
In 1997, Dams’ ANP exhibition at S&H De Buck gallery, Ghent, was featured on BRTN (Dutch Belgian public service Radio and Television).
Dams addressed his disgust with the way the art world was evolving and announced that his exhibition program would, at some point, return albeit in a different format.