SWENNEN (1948) WALTER SEM-ART

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1 WALTER SWENNEN (1948) «The truth lies in the words. It has been said: «as stupid as a painter». Stupidity is the name of the real that conflicts with thinking. Painting deals with the real. Thus I m occupied with stupidities. Some people like to think of decay, or of ever-growing inner emptiness. But there is no inner world. (Having a headache is no proof of having thought. and perhaps the same goes for painting: one merely has pain in the eyes). It is, simply, hopeless, comical.» Walter Swennen 1

2 Biography 1948 Currently Born in Brussels, Belgium Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium Solo exhibitions Sans titre, Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Walter Swennen, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium Garibaldi Slept Here, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany Walter Swennen, fdc, Paris De Ziener (met Philippe Van den Berghe) Asse, Belgium Three Bald Men, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen, Domobaal gallery, London, UK Walter Swennen Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Dubbeltijd in het Arentshuis, Brugge, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland Aliceday, Brussels (with Michael Dans) Belgium Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium Flemish Culture Prize for the Visual Arts, Belgium Factor 44, Antwerp (with Dialogist Kantor) Belgium S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium Hogeschool St Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Galerie ACGK, Brussels, (with Patrick Teugels) Belgium Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, (with Frankie DC) Belgium Hyperspace, Marie Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, Belgium MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium Walter Swennen Le Nom Propre, Palais de Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Belgium Palais des Beaux Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium 2

3 Group exhibitions Pop Up, Musée d Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium Frecher, loods12, Wetteren, Belgium So far so good, André Volten huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Le Grand Atelier, MAC s, Grand Hornu, Belgium Present! La Centrale Electrique & De Markten, Brussels, Belgium Arti Capelli, s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Masterpieces in the MAS, five centuries of images in Antwerp s Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium Tomorrow is The Question, New Acquisitions Exhibition at SMAK, Ghent, Belgium Inside and outside writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium War Rooms, a contemporary exhibition, including: John Allman, Fran Burden, William English, Barry Kemp, Oona Grimes, Tony Grisoni, Tony Hayward, Christian Israel, Marius Pfannenstiel, Kevin Roe, Gerry Smith and Walter Swennen at Danielle Arnaud Von dort aus Nieuwe Kunst uit België / Art Nouveau de la Belgique II, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln, Germany Marie Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (When will they finally see) The power of drawing, 62 Belgian artists, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium Above the Serious, The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, London, UK Pictografie, Musee Raveel, Mechelen Zulte Three Belgian Painters: Damien de Lepeleire, Philippe van Snick, Walter Swennen. Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, with Jan Lauwers & NeedCie and Jeff Wall, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium Xanadu, The SMAK collection presented by Hans Theys, SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) Ghent, Belgium Group Show at Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows), Domobaal gallery, London, UK Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK 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 L amiral cherche une maison à louer, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium Honorons Honoré, cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium TH Gallery, The Hague, Holland Soigneurs de gravité, Musée des Arts Contemporain, Grand Hornu, Belgium 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 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 In Partes Tres, Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium 3

4 Gelijk het leven is, Belgian and International Art from the Collection SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) and other locations, Ghent, Belgium Gisteren, de tijd voorbij, Contemporary Art from the collection of Cera Holding Leuven, Groot begijnhof, Belgium The MuKHA Collection, Rehanging The Collection III, MuHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium Chaque minute l art à Liège change le monde, Quinze regards sur la collection de la Cera Foundation, MAMAC (Musée d Art moderne et d Art contemporain) Liège, Belgium Voir en peinture (Seeing in Painting) Le Plateau, FRAC (Fonds Regional d Art contemporain) Île de France, Paris, France Ici et maintenant/hier & Nu, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium Trouble Spot, Painting, MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium La Consolation, Centre National d Art Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France Splatter Table, MuKHA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst) Ghent, Belgium Modernism in Painting, Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen (ten years of Painting in Flanders), Museum Van Bommel Van Damm, Venlo, The Netherlands Woord en Beeld in de Belgische Kunst van a tot z, De ambivalentie van het geheugen, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in , Cultureel Centrum Genk, Genk, Belgium De Verzameling / La Collection / The Collection, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium 4

5 5 Walter SWENNEN L arbre à cames «bleu», x 175 cm Oil on canvas

6 6 Walter SWENNEN Fly Tox, x 65 cm oil on canvas

7 7 BELGIAN ART exhibition at GALLERY