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Luc Tuymans

(Belgian, born 1958)

Luc Tuymans

Nose, 2014

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Luc Tuymans

Isabel, Diorama, Scramble, Twenty Seventeen, 2017

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Luc Tuymans

Surrender, 2014

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Luc Tuymans

Dead Skull, 2010

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Luc Tuymans

Dead Skull, 2010

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Biography

Timeline

1958: Born in Mortsel, Belgium
1976 - 1979: Studied fine arts at Sint-Lukasinstituut, Brussels, Belgium
1979 - 1980: Attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels, Belgium
1980 - 1982: Attended the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, Belgium
1982 - 1986: Studied art history at Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
1993: Recipient, Flemish Culture Award for Visual Arts
: Recipient, Flemish Culture Award for Visual Arts
1998: Recipient, Cultuurprijs K.U. Leuven, Prijs Blanlin-Evrart, Leuven, Belgium
2000: Finalist, Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Awards, Zurich
2006: Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2007: Commander, Order of Leopold, Leopold, Belgium
2013: Recipient, Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2014: Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Arts, Poznań, Poland
2015: Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
: Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibitions

2019: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Luc Tuymans: La Pelle, Palazzo Grassi, Venice (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: The Return, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands (solo exhibition)
AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), Antwerp
DAS KOLLEGIUM, Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch, Aschersleben, Germany
GROUP SHOW, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Highlights for a Future: De Collectie (1), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent [collection display]
Now Is the Time: 25 Years Collection Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany [collection display]
2018: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York
Democracy Anew?, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
Face to Face, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Faith Love Hope. 800 Years of the Graz-Seckau Diocese, Kunshaus Graz, Austria
four times sixty – anniversary exhibition, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Ghost in a Shell, The Embassy, Brussels
2017: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Luc Tuymans: The Swamp, Reset Gert Robijns, Borgloon, Belgium (solo exhibition)
The Absent Museum, Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels
Between poles and tides: New Acquisitions from the University of Edinburgh Art Collection, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh
From Bosch to Tuymans: a vital story, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, Ghent
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
JIWA: Jakarta Biennale 2017, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta
The Lineage of Fantastic Art in Belgium and Flanders, Utsunomiya Art Museum, Japan [itinerary: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan; Bunkamura Museum Tokyo]
The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
2016: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Luc Tuymans: Le Mépris, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Scramble - 25 years of collaboration, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Glasses, Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp [itinerary: National Portrait Gallery, London] (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Prémonitions, Lille Métropole, musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (solo exhibition) 9th Biennale de Montréal: Le Grand Balcon/The Grand Balcony, Musée de art contemporain de Montréal
Cabinet d’Amis: the accidental collection of Jan Hoet, Hôtel de la Poste, Tour & Taxis, Brussels [part of Art Brussels 2016: From Discovery to Recovery]
The Campaign for Art: Contemporary, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Power of the Avant-Garde Now and Then, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels presently, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Tate Modern: Display. Painting and Mass Media, Tate Modern, London
Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, The Met Breuer, New York
2015: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Luc Tuymans: Birds of a Feather, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Intolerance, QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Qatar Museums, Doha (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: The Shore, David Zwirner, London (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Suspended. L’oeuvre graphique 1989-2014, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium (solo exhibition)
75 Gifts for 75 Years, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Belgique, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Die Beiläufigkeit der Dinge/The Incidental Nature of Things, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
Drawings, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
The Inaugural Installation, The Broad, Los Angeles
L’homme, le Dragon et la Mort. La Gloire de saint Georges/Man, Dragon and Death: The Glory of Saint Georges, Musée des Arts Contemporains (MAC) de la Fédération WallonieBruxelles, Mons, Belgium
Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina [itinerary: The Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, Columbus; Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York; Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon]
A Republic of Art: French Regional Collections of Contemporary Art, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Silence out loud. Tentoonstelling van Joost Zwagerman/Exhibition by Joost Zwagerman, Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
Start by Asking Questions: Works from the Faulconer and Rachofsky Collections, Dallas, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa
Works on Paper II, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2014: Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Luc Tuymans: Graphic Works - Kristalnacht to Technicolor, The Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon (solo exhibition)
Beating around the bush Episode #1, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Biennale of Painting: The Touch of the Painter/Biënnale van de schilderkunst. De toets van de schilder, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
Blicke! Körper! Sensationen! Ein anatomisches Wachskabinett und die Kunst, Deutsches HygieneMuseum, Dresden
DE. FI. CIEN. CY: Andrzej Wróblewski, René Daniëls, Luc Tuymans, Art Stations Gallery, Poznań, Poland [itinerary: Drawing Room, London]
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
El Hotel Eléctrico, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
Happier than the Morning Sun, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Progress and Hygiene, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
The Sea/De Zee: salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
Secret Passions: Private Flemish Collections, lille3000, Lille, France
Selections From the Collection of Blake Byrne, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica
Unreliable Evidence, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Unstable Places: New in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Visages, Picasso, Magritte, Warhol…, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France
2011: Luc Tuymans, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2010 - 2011: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2010: Luc Tuymans, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
2009 - 2011: Luc Tuymans, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH [itinerary: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium] [catalogue published in 2009] (solo)
2009: Luc Tuymans: Against the Day, Wiels Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium [itinerary: Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia; Moderna Museet, Stolkholm, Sweden] [each venue published its own catalogue] (solo)
2008: Die Hande der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
The Hands of Art, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2007: Wako Works of Art - 15 Years / Part II, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006: Afrika Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Luc Tuymans, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa, Japan (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Museo Serralves, Porto, Portugal (solo)
2005: Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire, England (solo)
Les Gilles de Binche, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Art and its Space, Benefit Auction, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2004: Luc Tuyamns, Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
Luc Tuyamns, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Tracing, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Display Room 2, Saatchi Gallery, London, England (solo)
Karel Appel. Onderweg-Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussels, Belgium
Carpe Artem, Kunstproject in de stad St. Truiden, Limburg, Belgium
Witslag, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, Belgium
The Undiscovered Country, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Contre-images, Carre d'Art, Nïmes, France
The Voice of Art, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Reinstallation of the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2003: The Arena, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Display, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Fortune, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Curtains: Reconstitution, Clermont-Ferrand, France (solo)
The Rumor: Monoprints, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY (solo)
2002: Niks, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2001: The Rumour, White Cube, London, England (solo)
Imperfektum, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Rogaland, Norway (solo)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy [catalogue] (solo)
2000: Mwana Kitoko: beautiful white man, David Zwirner, New York, NY [catalogue] (solo)
Undetermined, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue] (solo)
Insolence, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Luc Tuymans Sincerely, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue] (solo)
1999: Splendid Isolation, White Cube, London, England (solo)
The Purge, Paintings/1991-1998, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (solo)
The Passion, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium (solo)
1998: Security, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Privacy: Luc Tuymans, Miroslav Balka, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (solo)
Premonition: Works on paper, capcMusï¿½e dï¿½art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France [catalogue] (solo)
Delayed, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Der Architekt, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1997: Premonition: Works on paper, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
Illegitimate, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Ons Geluk: One Year Presentation of Luc Tuymans and Dany Devos, Breydelstraat 5, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1996: The Heritage, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Necklace, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1995: Supersition, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Luc Tuymans. Paintings, 1978-1993, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Heimat, Musï¿½e des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France [catalogue] (solo)
Le Verdict, Centre Genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Blow Up. Luc Tuymans. Schilderijen paintings 1985-1995. De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands [catalogue] (solo)
The Agony, Galerie Foksal SBWA, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
Heimat, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1994: Indelible Evidence, Galerie Erika and Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Superstition, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany [catalogue] (solo)
At random, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1993: Luc Tuymans, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany [catalogue] (solo)
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Intolerance, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium (solo)
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany (solo)
1992: Luc Tuymans, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland [catalogue] (solo)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Repulsion, Isabella Kacprzak Gallery, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1991: Disenchantment, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Le Creux de l'Enfer, Centre d' Art Contemporain, Thiers, France (solo)
1990: Schilderijen 1978-1989, Plateau, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Tekeningen, Schouwburg Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Suspended, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1989: Zimmer Frei, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
A Place in the Sun, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1988: Josefine n'est pas ma femme, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1985: Belgian Art Review, Palais des Thermes, Oostende, Belgium (solo)
: SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Museum fuer Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, England

Public Collections

: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
: Museum für Modern Kunst, Frankfurt
: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
: The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
: Philadelphia Museum of Art
: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
: PMMK - Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium
: Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
: Rubell Family Collection, Miami
: Sammlung Goetz, Munich
: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
: Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing, China
: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
: Tate Gallery, London
: Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
: Art Institute of Chicago
: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California
: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
: The Broad, Los Angeles
: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
: Dallas Museum of Art
: De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
: Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
: Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain (FRAC) Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
: Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
: Fundacion de Serralves, Porto
: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
: Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany
: Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
: Kunstmuseum Bern
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Literature

2009: Molesworth, Helen. Luc Tuymans. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2009
2003: Loock, Ulrich. Luc Tuymans. New York: Phaidon Press, 2003

Luc Tuymans

(Belgian, born 1958)

Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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