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Mark Luyten — biography

Born in 1955, Antwerp, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2015
De Garage, Mechelen, in collaboration with Peter Lemmens, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium

2011
(today), Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Window display, Natascha Van Deun, Brussels, Belgium

2006
day by day by day (in collaboration with Nico Dockx and Aglaia Konrad), Centre d’art contemporain, Ile de Vassivière, France

2003
white walls & day by day by day (in collaboration with Nico Dockx), Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium / Galleria Neonbox, Milano, Italy, Galleria Neon, Bologna, Italy

1999
don’t, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1998
et des couloirs et des rues et des salles et des places: Sarabande, L’aquarium, Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts ; Musée des Beaux-Arts ; Bibliothèque des Jésuites et Médiathèque, Valenciennes, France

1997
On a Balcony: a Cinema, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

1996
S’il y a quelque chose que, Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France

1995
(Imitare), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Leaving the chateau by the vestibule of the marble courtyard, go onto the terrace, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Natascha Van Deun, Brussels , Belgium
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Mark, let me know if there is anything you’d like to see, Joan, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
He leaves the room and looses himself in the stairways, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

1994
With all there is room for in that, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Z, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
It has, like you, no name. Perhaps […], Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Water obtained by melting snow, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

1992
Sur d’anciennes neiges, Espace d’ Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland
Stepping-Stones, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Galleria Pedro Oliveira, Oporto, Potugal
Comme un lac, Centre culturel de l’ Albigeois, Albi, France/ Centre d’Art Contemporain, Castres, France
Als een meer, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1991
Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France
Editions 1987 – 90, Galerie In Situ, Maastricht, The Netherland
Editions 1990, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Dormire, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA
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1990
Richard Feiggen, Gallery, Chicago, USA
L’orangerie, AAA, Recologne-les-Ray, France

1989
Vereniging Les quatre saisons, Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1988
The Four Seasons, Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA

1987
Musée Galerie Christine & Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
Le Phare Europèen, Maastricht, The Netherland
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA

1986
Regen, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Köln,Germany
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1985
Lettres, Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam , The Netherland

1984
Galerie Jöllenbeck, Köln, Germany
Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke, Belgium
Dam 43, Middelburg, The Netherland

1983
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1982
Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Brussels, Belgium
Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Brussels, Belgium

1981
Cultuur- en Ontmoetingscentrum De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Ostend, Belgium

1980
Jordaenshuis, Antwerp, Belgium

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2015
Là où commence le jour, LaM, Lille, France
Nothing, Really, Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland

2014
Petals on the Wind, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, Belgium

2011-2012
Exhibition by MOREpublishers, Galerie Van Der Mieden, Antwerp, Belgium
Book Show, Be Part, Waregem, Belgium

2011
Lectures. Des mots et des images, Collection Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France

2009
Editions La Trame, Librairie Saint Hubert, Brussel, Belgium
Benches & Binoculars, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

2007
Comm’è amaro stu ppane, Centre d’art Nei Licht, Dudelange, Luxembourg
Comm’è amaro stu ppane, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Mood Swings, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen, Belgium

2006
Sala di consultazione, Gallerie Neon, Bologna, Italy

2005
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Urban Cocktail, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Photo Based, Muhka, Antwerpen, Belgium

2004
Dens Galleria Neonbox, Milano, Italy
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

2003
chambre à mémoire, Antichambre, Antwerp, Belgium
Fonkeling, Cultuurcentrum, Strombeek, Belgium
chambre à mémoire, The Berwick Research Institute, Boston, USA
Grens/ Frontière, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium

2002
Close Reading #1, Objectif, Antwerp, Belgium
Close Reading #2, Objectif, Antwerp, Belgium
Walk Around Time. Selections from the Permanent Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

2001
Still / Life. Transformaties van een genre, Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
L’oeuvre démultipliée, Musée d’art moderne Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Informatiedagen 2001, Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp , Belgium

2000
Informatiedagen 2000, Argos, Brussels , Belgium
The World on Its Head. C.Clinckx, Honoré d’O, C.De Keyzer, W.Delevoy, J.Fabre, A.V.Janssens, M.Luyten, A.M.Van Kerckhoven, A.Vergara, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA

1999
Ink & Toner, De Markten Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium

1998
From Here to There, Centro Portugues de Fotografia, Oporto, Portugal
Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France
Commission Possible, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

1997
Nature Morte ??, various locations, Leuven , Belgium – curated by Johan Pas
Haarstraat = Artstraat, Haarstraat, Antwerpen, Belgium
Zomer in de Kruidtuin. Mark Luyten, Honoré d’O, Heimo Zobernig, Kruidtuin, Leuven, Belgium
From Here to There, Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo, Lisboa, Portugal

1996
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
En filigrane. Un regard sur l’éstampe contemporain, Bibliothèque National de France, Galerie Colbert, Paris, France

1995
Trente-deux espaces d’art contemporain, Espace d’ art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland

1993
Kunst in België, na 1980/ Art en Belgique, après 1980, Museum voor Moderne Kunst/ Musée d’ Art Moderne, Brussels, Belgium
L’autre, le regard, l’espace. Nouvelles aquisitions du FRAC Midi-Pyrénées 1990-1992, Réfectoire de Jacobins, Toulouse France
Modernism in Painting. Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen, Museum Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, Belgium
An Aspect of Contemporary Art in Belgium, Himeji City Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama; The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Japan
Un accrochage ou des coins remplis de qui a été raflé dans des coins (cur. René Denizot), Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen, Belgium
Denkbild und Wirklichkeit/ Denkbeeld en werkelijkheid, BASF-Haus, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Dokumentahalle, Kassel, Germany; Museum van Hedendaagse kunst (MUHKA), Antwerpen, Belgium
Recollections, Galerie In Situ, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Recent Aquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA

1992
Paysages. Vision contemporaine, Cours d’Or, Musées de Metz, Metz, France
Woord en Beeld in de Belgische Kunst van A tot Z, Museum van Hedendaagse kunst (MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Modernism in Painting. Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium
Antwerp invited in The Hague, Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Somewhere between Image and Text, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA)

1991
Landschappen/ Paysages, Passage 44, Brussels, Belgium
Mit Wörter ein Bild bereiten, Hawerkamphalle, Münster, Germany;Ludwigforum, Aachen, Germany; Belgisches Haus, Köln Germany
Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu, Museum van Hedendaagse kunst (MUHKA), Antwerpen, Belgium

1990
De Lege Ruimte, Brugge, Belgium
Furkart, Hotel Furkablick, Furkapasshöhe Switzerland
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Echo Press: A Decade of Printmaking, Indiana University Museum, Bloomington (IN), USA

1989
Quiet Days. Long Luyten, Finlay, Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
De Integrale, Atelier Steel, Brugge, Belgium
Works on Paper, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, USA
Painting, Object, Photograph, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA

1988
Works on paper, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, USA
Child’s Game, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, USA
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
De verzameling, Museum van Hedendaagse kunst (MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Collectie en collecties, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Perspective, ART 19, Basel, Switzerland
33e Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France
Mnemosyne, oder das Theater der Erinnerung, Schloss Herrnsheim bei Worms, Germany

1987
In Delen, Oud-Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium

1986
Capriccio. Muziek en Kunst in de 20ste eeuw/ Capriccio. Musique et Art au XXe siècle, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/ Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Een Keuze / Un choix, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, USA
Ooghoogte/ Eyelevel, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

1985
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sources. Dujourie, Luyten, Vercruysse, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

1984
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Musée de voyage, Espace Nord, Liège, Belgium
Beziehungsweise, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Köln, Germany

1983
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/ Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium

1982
De magie van het beeld / La magie de l’image, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Het picturaal verlangen / Le désir pictural, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium

1981
Picturaal 1. Recente schilderkunst in Vlaanderen, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC), Antwerp, Belgium
64 cm² qui existent, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/ Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium