Walter Swennen (Belgian, born 1946)

Timeline

1948: Born in Brussels, Belgium
: Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

Exhibitions

2022: Phantom der Malerei, Kunst Museum Wintherthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
2021: Walter Swennen: Das Phantom der Malerei, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany (solo)
2020: wir blumen. The lightness of the fragile. Works from the Schürmann Collection, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany
2019: The Collection (1). Highlights for a Future, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
2018: Klassentreffen. Schürmanns Lichtung, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
2018: La pittura farà da sé, La Tiennale di Milano, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy (solo)
2017: White Columns, New York City, New York (solo)
2017: Entre nous quelque chose se passe…, Musée M at the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2017: Le musée absent, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
2016: The Eighties – A Decade of Extremes, MHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2016: From A to Z, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
2015: Painting 2.0: Malerei im Informationszeitalter, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany; MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (2016)
2015: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (2016)
2015: Les Mondes Inversés, BPS22 Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium
2015: Ein perfektes Alibi, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
2014: Blue Times, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2013: About Waves. Deel I., II., III., CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
2013: Sous l’Amazone coule un fleuve, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2013: So Far So Good, Wiels Centre d’art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2013: Continuer, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
2012: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liege, Belgium (solo)
2012: Aliceday, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
2012: Garibaldi slept here. Kunstverein de Freiburg. Germany (solo)
2012: Sans gêne, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, Belgium
2012: Present! De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
2012: So far, So Good, avec Amélie De Brower & Lieven Segers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012: Een Groep, DE Ziener, Asse, Belgium
2012: Frecher, Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium
2012: Pop-Up, Musée d’Ixelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
2012: Un-scene II, Olivier Foulon invite Walter Swennen, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
2012: Masterpieces in the MAS. Five centuries of images in Antwerp, Museum aan Stroom’s
2012: Expoistion inaugurale. Antwerp, Belgium
2011: Change of address, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
2011: Pas de rapport... (morceaux choisis), Galerie de l'ERG, Brussels, Belgium
2011: Walter Swennen, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris, France (solo)
2010: Walter Swennen, domobaal gallery, London, UK (solo)
2010: Walter Swennen 'Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Dubbeltijd' in het Arentshuisruge (solo)
2010: The power of Drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
2010: Three Belgian painters, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
2010: Ideolect, Arentshuis, Bruges
2010: Le Musée Royal des Arts Mécontemporains, Rode 7, Anvers
2010: Three Bald Men, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen at domobaal gallery (September/October) (solo)
2010: Walter Swennen, In het Arentshuis, Brugge, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert 23.01.10 – 23.05.10 (solo)
2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) solo presentation of paintings and collage by Walter Swennen, domobaal gallery (solo)
2009: Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2009: Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2009: Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
2009: Bande Annonce II, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
2009: Werken, fragmenten from the collection, STUK, Liège, Belgium
2009: The tragic and the funny meet again, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Holland
2009: BPS 22, Charleroi, Belgium
2008: L'amiral cherche une maison à louer, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
2008: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2008: How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue) (solo)
2008: Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium (solo)
2008: Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2008: Honorons Honoré, cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium
2008: TH Gallery, The Hague, Holland
2008: Soigneurs de gravité, Musée des Arts Contemporain, Grand Hornu, Belgium
2007: Muhka, Antwerp, Belgium
2007: Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA
2007: Le peintre maudit, De Halle, Geel, Belgium
2007: Merz in February, Emyt, Berlin, Germany
2007: New International Cultural Centre, Antwerp, Belgium
2007: The moss gathering tumbleweed experience, galerie Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy
2007: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
2007: Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2007: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2006: Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2006: Maybe a Duck … Maybe a Rabbit … Ansel Krut with Jemima Burrill and Walter Swennen (publication) with essay by Peter Suchin, The Drawing Centre, Wimbledon College of Art, UK
2004: aliceday, Brussels (with Michael Dans) Belgium (solo)
2003: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2003: Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2003: Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium (solo)
2002: Flemish Culture Prize for the Visual Arts, Belgium (solo)
2001: Factor 44, Antwerp (with Dialogist–Kantor) Belgium (solo)
2001: S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
2001: Hogeschool St–Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2001: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2001: Galerie ACGK, Brussels, (with Patrick Teugels) Belgium (solo)
1999: Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, (with Frankie DC) Belgium (solo)
1999: Hyperspace, Marie–Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1998: Galerie nadjaVilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
1997: Willy D’Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1996: Galerie Cyan (Nadia Vilenne), Liège, Belgium (solo)
1995: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Anvers, Belgium (solo)
1994: MUHKA - Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers (solo)
1994: Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL (solo)
1994: Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL (solo)
1993: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gand (solo)
1993: Recente tekeningen, Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
1992: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1992: Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris (solo)
1992: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Anvers, Belgium (solo)
1991: Tekeningen, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Anvers, Belgium (solo)
1991: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium (solo)
1990: Everyday Life, Galerie De Lege Ruimterugge (solo)
1990: Recente schilderijen en tekeningen, Stadsgalerie Heerlen, NL (solo)
1990: De Pictura, Galerie Bruges la morterugge
1990: Belgicisme belicht – Acht Kunstenaars uit België, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
1990: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988-1989, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze
1990: Hommage aan Karel Geirlandt, Campo, Anvers
1990: Beeldenstorm 1990, De Beyerdreda, NL
1990: Portrait d’une collection d’art contemporain – La Collection Stéphane et Georges Uhoda, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
1990: Artisti (Della Flandria) / Artists (from Flanders), Palazzo Sagredo, Campo S. Sofia, Venezia, I
1989: De Integrale, Recente Belgische Kunst, Atelier Steelrugge
1989: Noise, Pavillon de la Boverie, Liège
1989: Untitled, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
1989: Galerie Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
1989: Figures, coproduction, Galerie Municipale d’Art Contemporain, Frac Rhône-Alpes, St-Priest, F
1988: Belgicisme, Objet Dard, Casa Frollo, Venezia, Italie
1988: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1986-1987, Cultureel Centrum Genk, Genk
1988: Kunstrai ’88, Amsterdam, NL
1988: Retour d’Afrique, Galerie Quadri, Bruxelles
1988: 33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l’Art contemporain belge, Paris, F
1988: De Verzameling / La Collection / The Collection, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers
1988: Van Kunst naar Kunstenaar, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers
1988: Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen

Literature

2016: Walter Swennen, Hic Haec Hoc, ed. by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, text by Hans Theys
2016: Walter Swennen, Ne Quid Nimis, ed. by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, text by Hans Theys
2015: Walter Swennen, Works on paper, ed. by ed. by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, text by Bart Verschaffel
2013: Brussels, texts by Caroline Dumalin, Quinn Latimer, Olivier Mignon, Raphaël Pirenne
2011: I am afraid I told a lie, Gevaert editions, Bruxelles
2008: Walter Swennen: How To Paint A Horse, De Garage, Mechelem, Belgique. BkSM
2007: Met zo’n sujet zou ik me maar niet inlaten, Contemporary artists, JP, De Paepe Editions, Brugge
2004: Walter Swennen, PIF, La Lettre volée – MAC’s, dir. Laurent Busine, texte de Jan Florizoone, Brussels
1999: La Consolation : Œuvres de la collection de la Communauté flamande de Belgique, Le Magasin - Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble
1994: Walter Swennen, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
1992: Modernism in Painting, 10 Jaar Schilderkunst in Vlaanderen / 10 Years of Painting in Flanders, PMMK, Oostende, Stichting Kunstboek, Brugge
1991: Kunst Europa, Belgien Niederlanden Luxemburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
1991: Brussel 1951 – 1991, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1990: Walter Swennen, Stichting Zuidnederlandse Ontmoetingen : ill.
1988: Galerie Albert Baronian in ICC, ICC – Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp
1982: La Magie de l’Image / De Magie van het Beeld, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1981: Prix de la jeune peinture belge, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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