Born 1972, Herentals, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Education
2006 Postgraduate, candidate-laureate at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (H.I.S.K.), Antwerp, Belgium
1996 Master in the Visual Arts, painting, Royal Academy for Fine Arts Antwerp (KASKA), Belgium
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo Booth, Art Brussels, Galerie Ronmandos booth, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Indian Caps, Antwerp, Belgium
2006 Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2005 Galerie Mercator, Antwerp, Belgium
2004 Galerie Annie Gentils, Art Brussels, Belgium
2003 Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
1998 Bernarduscentrum, Antwerp, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
2009 Curators' Choice: New Works from MmoCA's Collection, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Cruel Intentions, Paardenstallen, Kortrijk, Belgium
UN-SCR-1325, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
For Your Eyes Only, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
Fading, Ixelles Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2008 The hands of Art, SMAK, Gent BE
Insights (Works from the art collections of EU central Banks), collection of the Nationale Bank van België, ECB, Frankfurt DE
Bloody beautiful part 2, galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam NL
Designed by Artists, Z33 Art Center, Hasselt, Belgium
UN-SCR-1325, Geukins & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 Degustibus, Broelmuseum/ING Kortrijk, Belgium
Waaruit bestaat een kus?, Monumental, Bornem, Belgium
Bloedmooi, Historisch museum Rotterdam NL
Bloody beautiful part 1, galerie Ronmandos, Rotterdam NL
Pushing the Canvas, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
Art Chicago, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Chicago, IL
Pulse New York, Mark Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Open studio's, H.I.S.K., Antwerp, Belgium
Barrack, Final show H.I.S.K., Antwerp, Belgium
2005 Planet Gender, Het Achterhuis, Gent, Belgium
Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Slow Art, Dutch and Flemish Contemporary Art, Museum Kunst Palast,
Dusseldorf, Germany
Back to the Picture, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Holland
Rewind, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Frissiras Museum Painting Award, Athens, traveling to Crete and
Salonica, Greece
K.U.R.K., C.C. De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
Prize for Painting Maior Camille Huysmans, St. Jorispand, Antwerp, Belgium
Freundschaftmaschine, Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
2003 Sugar and Spice, Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
BP Portrait Award 2003, National Portrait Gallery, London, traveling to
Aberdeen Art Gallery, UK
10th International Prize Hoppeland for Painting 2003, Gasthuiskapel,
Poperinge, Belgium
2002 The Leak, The Far Sit, Braschaat, Belgium
1998 Let's Find Gallery, Boechout, Belgium
Pas geverfd 2, Temse, Belgium
1997 Pas geverfd, Moerzeke, Belgium
Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp, Belgium
1996 4a, Campo, Antwerp, Belgium
Public Collections
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
The West Collection
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Awards
2007 AON Prize
2005 Peinture Belge; one of the six selected young artists for The Prize of Young Belgian Painter "Contemporary Art" at Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels.
2004 Prize for Painting Major Camille Huysmans, Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Antwerp.
2003 10th International Prize Hoppeland for Painting 2003, Prize City of Poperinge.
Selected Bibliography
Myers, Holly. "Caught Between Pigment and Likeness", Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2006.
Peterson, Kristen, "Please Don't Lick The Paintings: Cutting Edge Artist Brings Work To LV", Las Vegas Sun, April 4 2006, p. 7.
Gillemon, Danièle. "A boire et à manger", Le Soir, June 22, 2005, p. 24
Nachrichten, Ruhr, "Ein Fisch, verbannt in die Höller. Slow Art geht ins Detail.", MeK, June 10 2005
"Otro Ritmo. "Slow Art" en el Museum Kunst Palast de Dösseldorf", Lapiz: Revista Internacional del Arte, October 2005.
Vuegen, Christine. "Kunstwereld, Prijsbeesten in Brussels", Kunstbeeld, September 2005, p. 81
Heirman, Frank. "Levand en dood vlees", Gazet van Antwerpen, 2004.
Ruyters, Mark. "Laureaten Prijs Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst bekend", De Tijd, December 2, 2004
Volk, Het. "Laureaten bekend van Hoppelandprijs voor Schilderkunst", AHP, October 22, 2004
Lambrecht, Luk. "The Leak", De Morgen, December 13, 2002, p. 19.
Holthof, Marc. "Zelfportretten", Knack, July 1998.
"Spring '97", cultuurkrant, spring edition 1997, p. 12.
Exhibition Catalogues
2008 Insights, Works from the art collections of EU central banks,
Text by Jean-Claude Trichet, Viola Hildebrand-Schat, European central bank
UN-SCR-1325, text by Edith Doove, Geukens & De Vil
2007 Pushing the Canvas, essay by Libby Lumpkin, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen
Degustibus, Lieven, text by Van Den Abeele/Veerle Van Durme, Broelmuseum & ING Kortrijk
Waarruit bestaat een kus?, text by Tom Peeter, Karel Dierick, Monumental V.Z.W.
Bloedmooi/Bloody Beautiful, text by Silvia B./Hans Walgenbach/Sjouk Hoitsma, Historisch Schielanhuis Museum Rotterdam
2006 Kunstcollectie provincie Antwerpen, text by Jasmina Van Kerschaever, Deputatie van de provincieraad Antwerpen.
2005 OKV, Paiting in Flanders after 1980, text by Johan Pas & Mark Ruyters, O.K.V./I.B.K./Brakke Grond
Belgian Painters Award 2005, text by Peter Doroshenko, Bozar Books
Slow Art, Mattijs Visser, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004 Art Brussels, 22nd contemporary art fair, p. 156-157
Gelauwerde beelden, Paul Ilegems, Hogeschool Antwepen (K.A.S.K.A.)
2003 B.P. Portrait Award, A.S. Byatt, National Portrait Gallery Publications
Frissiras Award, Edward Lucy-Smith, the Frissiras museum friends fund
10e Internationale Prijs Hoppeland, V.Z.W. Koninklijke Kunstkring
Hoppeland Poperinge
1997 Spring '97. Jan Walgrave, Provincie Antwerpen