°1946, Lives and works in Antwerp / Belgium
Mainly I’m an installation artist. In the 80 ties, I was one of the pioniers artists that introduced back into attention “Ready made” art. I have different layers and forms of expression, into my oeuvre. In general I made situations, social and political work and sometimes absurd work. My work is mostly tragic comic.
I had interesting solo shows in:
- Gallery Z, Antwerp, 1979
- Franklin Furnace, New York, 1982
- Art Basel, 1984
- Belgian Paviljon, Venice Biennal, 1988
- Zeno X gallery, Antwerp
- New Museum, New York, 1989
- Jack Schainman Gallery, New York, 1990
- Witte De With, Rotterdam, 1990
- Castello di Rivoli, Torino, 1992
- Wiener Secession, Vienna, 1993
- Middelheim Museum , Antwerp , 1994
- Arken Museum, Copenhagen, 1997
- Neue Galerie, Graz, 1998
- Kunsthalle am Haverkamp, Münster, 2003
- Smak, Ghent, 2008
- Galerie Coma, Berlin, 2009
- Nagel-Draxler Gallery, Berlin, 2012
- Galerie Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, 2016
- CC. Mechelen, 2016
- ADN Platform, Barcelona, 2017
- Ronde van Vlaanderen Center, Oudenaarde, 2018
I was invited in different important Group shows like:
- Biennale of Paris, 1982
- Documenta 9, Kassel, 1992
- Sydney Biennale, 1992
- Lyon Biennale, 1993
- Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle and Tate, Liverpool, 2002 - 2003
- Busan Biennale, 2006
- Sculpture Project Münster, 2007
- Scape Biennale, Christchurch, 2008
- Venice Biennale, 2009
- Lyon Biennale 11, 2011
- Istanbul Biennale, 2013
- Master Mould and Copy Room, Cafa Museum, Beijing, 2014
- The importance of Being, Rio de Janeiro, 2015
- Manifesta 11, Zürich, 2016
- Wall to Wall, Moca, Cleveland, 2016
- The Absent Museum, Wiels, Brussels, 2017
- Power to the people, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2018