Born 1946 in Antwerp, Belgium. Lives and works in Antwerp.
Selected solo exhibitions include Galerie Guy Pieters, Paris (2011); Cabin, Antwerpen (2010); Gallery COMA, Berlin (2009); S.M.A.K., Ghent (2008); De Paviljoens, Almere, and Neue Galerie, Graz (both 1998); Musée d’Art Contemperain, Montréal (1997); MuHKA, Antwerp; Kunstverein, Hannover; and Kunstverein, Freiburg (all 1996); Secession, Vienna (1993); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (1992); Witte de With, Rotterdam (1990); New Museum, New York; and Le Magasin, Grenoble (both 1989); Biennale van Venetië, Belgian Pavilion, Venice (1988); Kunstverein, Cologne (1986); De Appel and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1985); SMAK, Ghent (1984). Selected group exhibitions include the Lyon Biennial (2011); The Fate of Irony, KAI 10, Düsseldorf; Bilder in Bewegung, Ludwig Museum, Cologne; and The State of Things, Bozar/ Namoc, Brussels / Beijing (all 2010); Biennale van Venetië, Danish Pavilion; A Story of the Image: Old & New Masters From Antwerp, National Museum, Singapore / Shanghai; and What If This Is A Piece Of Art?,(all 2009); Scape Bienial, Christchurch; Présence Panchounette CAPC, Bordeaux; and Ad Absurdum, Marta Herford, Herford (all 2008); Skulptur Projekte, Münster (2007); Busan Biennale, Busan (2006); 50 Jahre – Years documenta 1955 – 2005, Fridericianum, Kassel (2005); L’Ombre du temps, Jeu de Paume, Paris (2004); Shopping, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (2003); Private Öffentlichkeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen; and Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2002); Because a fire was in my head, South London Gallery, London (2000); La consolation, Le Magasin, Grenoble (1999); Lyon Biennial (1993); Sydney Bienial; and Documenta 9, Kassel (1992).
Participated in: Group Exhibition, Melanchotopia, Special ProgramWitte de With’s Melanchotopia is an exhibition that invites more than forty international artists to work with different venues in the city-center of Rotterdam – places where people live and work – and to activate their potential as spaces for ideas, discourse and invention.Read more
Witte de With presents Monopolis – Antwerp, an exhibition organised in collaboration with three contemporary art centers in Antwerp: MuHKA, Extra City en objectif_exhibitions. Friday 9 September 2005: debate at 3:00 PM, opening from 5:30 PM, with performance by Building Transmissions at …Read more