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Walter Swennen
(
Belgian
, born 1946)
Walter Swennen
King's Fish,
2018
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Walter Swennen
Blue Dog,
2017
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Walter Swennen
C.O.R.,
2020
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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
La pittura farà da sé, La Tiennale di Milano, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italy (solo)
2017
White Columns, New York City, New York (solo)
Entre nous quelque chose se passe…, Musée M at the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Le musée absent, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
2016
The Eighties – A Decade of Extremes, MHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
From A to Z, Museum M, Leuven, Belgium
Ein perfektes Alibi, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Les Mondes Inversés, BPS22 Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi, Belgium
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (2016)
2015
Painting 2.0: Malerei im Informationszeitalter, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany; MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria (2016)
2014
Blue Times, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2013
About Waves. Deel I., II., III., CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
Sous l’Amazone coule un fleuve, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
So Far So Good, Wiels Centre d’art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Continuer, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
Expoistion inaugurale. Antwerp, Belgium
Masterpieces in the MAS. Five centuries of images in Antwerp, Museum aan Stroom’s
Un-scene II, Olivier Foulon invite Walter Swennen, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Pop-Up, Musée d’Ixelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
Frecher, Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium
Een Groep, DE Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Present! De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
Sans gêne, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, Belgium
Garibaldi slept here. Kunstverein de Freiburg. Germany (solo)
Aliceday, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
2012
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liege, Belgium (solo)
So far, So Good, avec Amélie De Brower & Lieven Segers, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011
Change of address, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
Pas de rapport... (morceaux choisis), Galerie de l'ERG, Brussels, Belgium
Walter Swennen, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Paris, France (solo)
Ideolect, Arentshuis, Bruges
Walter Swennen, In het Arentshuis, Brugge, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert 23.01.10 – 23.05.10 (solo)
Three Bald Men, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen at domobaal gallery (September/October) (solo)
Le Musée Royal des Arts Mécontemporains, Rode 7, Anvers
Three Belgian painters, Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
The power of Drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
Walter Swennen 'Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Dubbeltijd' in het Arentshuisruge (solo)
2010
Walter Swennen, domobaal gallery, London, UK (solo)
2009
Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) solo presentation of paintings and collage by Walter Swennen, domobaal gallery (solo)
Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Bande Annonce II, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Werken, fragmenten from the collection, STUK, Liège, Belgium
The tragic and the funny meet again, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Holland
BPS 22, Charleroi, Belgium
Honorons Honoré, cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium
TH Gallery, The Hague, Holland
Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Soigneurs de gravité, Musée des Arts Contemporain, Grand Hornu, Belgium
How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue) (solo)
2008
L'amiral cherche une maison à louer, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium (solo)
aliceday, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
2007
Muhka, Antwerp, Belgium
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA
Le peintre maudit, De Halle, Geel, Belgium
Merz in February, Emyt, Berlin, Germany
New International Cultural Centre, Antwerp, Belgium
The moss gathering tumbleweed experience, galerie Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy
aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2006
Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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)
Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2003
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
2002
Flemish Culture Prize for the Visual Arts, Belgium (solo)
2001
Factor 44, Antwerp (with Dialogist–Kantor) Belgium (solo)
S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium (solo)
Hogeschool St–Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium (solo)
Galerie ACGK, Brussels, (with Patrick Teugels) Belgium (solo)
1999
Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, (with Frankie DC) Belgium (solo)
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)
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL (solo)
1994
MUHKA - Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers (solo)
Kunsthal, Rotterdam, NL (solo)
1993
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gand (solo)
Recente tekeningen, Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
1992
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris (solo)
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Anvers, Belgium (solo)
1991
Tekeningen, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Anvers, Belgium (solo)
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium (solo)
Beeldenstorm 1990, De Beyerdreda, NL
Artisti (Della Flandria) / Artists (from Flanders), Palazzo Sagredo, Campo S. Sofia, Venezia, I
Portrait d’une collection d’art contemporain – La Collection Stéphane et Georges Uhoda, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi
Hommage aan Karel Geirlandt, Campo, Anvers
Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988-1989, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze
Belgicisme belicht – Acht Kunstenaars uit België, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
De Pictura, Galerie Bruges la morterugge
Recente schilderijen en tekeningen, Stadsgalerie Heerlen, NL (solo)
1990
Everyday Life, Galerie De Lege Ruimterugge (solo)
1989
De Integrale, Recente Belgische Kunst, Atelier Steelrugge
Noise, Pavillon de la Boverie, Liège
Untitled, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, Belgium (solo)
Figures, coproduction, Galerie Municipale d’Art Contemporain, Frac Rhône-Alpes, St-Priest, F
De Verzameling / La Collection / The Collection, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers
33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l’Art contemporain belge, Paris, F
Retour d’Afrique, Galerie Quadri, Bruxelles
Van Kunst naar Kunstenaar, MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Anvers
Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1986-1987, Cultureel Centrum Genk, Genk
1988
Belgicisme, Objet Dard, Casa Frollo, Venezia, Italie
Kunstrai ’88, Amsterdam, NL
Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen
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Literature
2016
Walter Swennen, Hic Haec Hoc, ed. by Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, text by Hans Theys
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
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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