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JAN FABRE

Born 1958, Antwerp BE.
Lives and works in Antwerp.

 

Education
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Anwerp BE
Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts, Antwerp BE

Awards/ Distinctions
2009
International Art Award, The Cristobal Gabarron Foundation, Valladolid ES
Prix du Jury, Syndicat de la critique Théâtre, Musique et Danse, Paris FR
2004
Grand Officer in the Order of the Crown of Belgium
1992
Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor Beeldende Kunst

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Umbraculum para La Paz Boliva, un lugar para pensar y escribir, Museo Municipal Tambo Quirquincho, La Paz BO
The Borrowed Time, Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik HR
Jan Fabre: From the Feet to the Brain, 53rd Venice Biennale, Arsenale Novissimo, Venice IT
Is the brain the most sexy part of the body?, Galerie Klüser 2, Munich DE
2008
Jan Fabre at the S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K., Ghent BE
Jan Fabre: From the Cellar to the Attic, From the Feet to the Brain, Kunstahaus, Bregenz AT
The Angel of Metamorphosis, curator Marie-Laure Bernadac , Musee du Louvre, Paris FR
2007
Who Shall Speak My Thoughts (of my body), AD Gallery, Athens GR
2006
Jan Fabre in the Flemish Parliament. Viewing Boxes/ Concept models 1977-2004, Lounge de Loketten, Flemish Parliament, Brussels BE
Jan Fabre. Homo Faber, Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art / The Royal Museum of Arts / The City Library of Antwerp / Rode Zeven / Rossaert, Antwerp, BE
2005
For Interieur, Maison Jean Vilar, Avignon FR
deSingel, Antwerp BE
Galeri Artist, Berlin DE
Mis gotas de sangre, mis huellas de sangre, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid ES
2004
Umbraculum, Galerie der Deutschen Arbeitsschutz Ausstellung, Dortmund DE
Sanguis/ Mantis, Galerie Mario Mauroner, Vienna AT
Drawing - Photography - Drawing, 1978-2004, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg LU
Messengers of the death, Galerie Mario Mauroner, Salzburg AT
Gaude succurrere vitae (Rejouissez-vous de venir au secours de la vie), Musee d' Art Contemporain, Lyon FR
The problem, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2003
Umbraculum, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo NO
Sanguis/ Mantis, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris FR
Gaude succurrere vitae (Rallegratevi di soccorrere la vita), Galleria d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo IT & Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona ES
L' homme qui donne du feu, Un choix dans l' oeuvre sculpturale de Jan Fabre 1977-2003, Fondation Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex FR
A la recherche d' Utopia, Sculptures/ installations 1977-2003, Musee d' Art moderne et d' Art contemporain, Nice FR
2002
Gaude succurrere vitae (Verheug u ter hulp te komen aan het leven), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent BE
The great confinement, Galerie Academia & Galerie Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg AT
2001
Swords, skulls and crosses, Espacio Minimo, Madrid ES
Umbraculum, Een plaats in de schaduw waar gedacht en gewerkt wordt, ver van het gangbare leven, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem BE
Tekeningen Ilad of the Bic-Art 1980, Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich, CH
Angel and Warrior, Strategy and Tactics, MIMOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame JP
Memento Mori, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg LU
Umbraculum, Un lieu ombrage hors du monde pour penser et travailler, Chapelle Saint-Charles, Avignon FR
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich DE
Progetto Roma 2001, Rome IT
Umbraculum, Un posto ombreggiato dove pensare e lavorare lontano dalla vita quotidiana, Galleria Comunale d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome IT
L' uomo che misura le nuvole - l' uomo dalle gambe di carne, Academia Belgica, Rome IT
2000
Storage Room of a Warrior, AD Gallery, Athens GR
A Consilience, Natural History Museum, London UK
Jan Fabre & Ilja Kabakov, Sustret, Een ontmoeting/ Bctpe4a, Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb HR
Annonce au monde exterieur, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris FR
1999
Passage, Cantieri culturali allo Zisa, Palermo IT
Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw PL
Battlefields & Beekeepers, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem BE
Body Liquids & ... Sleep, sleep and sleep little animals..., Sprengel Museum, Hannover DE
Engel und Krieger, Strategien und Taktiken. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel DE
Me Dreaming, Chateau d' Oiron, Oiron FR
1998
Passage, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee WI, US
Een ontmoeting/ Vstrecha, Ilya Kabakov & Jan Fabre, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem BE
A cidade e as estralas, Parte 3, Jan Fabre, Atlas of battles, strategies and tactics, Galeria Luis Serpa, Lisbon PT
Satani Gallery, Tokyo JP
Annonce au monde exterieur, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg LU
1997
Passage, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp BE & Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb HR
The Joker, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia IT
The Lime Twig Man, Arnolfini, Bristol UK
Inneres/ausseres Skelett, Skulpturen und Zeichnunge, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich DE
Jan Fabre, Rob Scholte, Edward Lipsk, New works (3 solos), Ronny Van De Velde, Antwerp BE
1996
Skeleton + Skin, Satani Gallery, Tokyo JP
Passage, Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest HU
1995
Dye den nest weet Dye weeten, Dyen roft dy heeten, Vier nieuwe sculpture, De Vleeshal, Middelburg NL
De Lijmstokma, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL
Der Leimrutenmann, Stadtische Galerie, Stuttgart DE
1994
The grave of the unknown computer, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg LU
Questa pazzia e fantastica, Centro per l' Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato IT
Mauer der aufsteigenden Engel, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich DE
Silenzio nella tempesta..., Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia IT
1993
Tekeningen, sculpturen, tekeningen, Ronny van de Velde, Antwerp BE
1992
Zeichnungen - Objekte - Zeichnungen, Kunstverein, Hannover DE
1991
Zwei Objekten, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main DE
1990
Tivoli, Ronny Van de Velde Mechelen, Kasteel Tivoli, Antwerp BE
Das Gerausch, Kunsthalle, Basel CH
Som, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon PT
Antichambres/ Affinites Selectives VI, Jan Fabre/ Christian Boltanski, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles BE
1989
Insecten en Ruimte, Museum Overholland, Amsterdam NL
Een skulptuur/ vijf tekeningen, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem BE
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, US
1988
Der Blaue Raum, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin DE
He wat een plezierige zottigheid!, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp BE
1985
Tekeningen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent BE
The Forgery of the Secret Feast, New Math Gallery, New York, US
1984
Vrienden…, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt BE
41st Venice Biennale, Giardini di Biennale, Belgian Pavilion, Venice IT
1981
Bic-Art Room, Salon Odessa, Leiden NL
1980
Mond-Oog-Oor Arts, Galerij Workshop, Antwerp BE
1979
Wetskamer, Galerij Workshop, Antwerp BE
Bic-Dweilen en Wetspotten, Jordaenshuis, Antwerp BE

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Glasstress, Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti - Scuola Grande di San Teodoro San Marco, Venice IT
2008
Struggle for life. Evolution and extinction in the anthropocene, ERES-Stiftung, Munich DE
I have nothing to say and I am saying it, Platform Seoul 2008, Seoul KR
Résonances médiévales, Couvent des Cordeliers, Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu FR
Voyage Sentimental, Mediations Biennale, Poznan PL
2007
Bloedmooi - Onze dubieuze relatie met het dier, Historisch Museum Rotterdam, Schielandshuis, Rotterdam NL
Venice Biennale , Palazzo Benzon, curator Giacinto Pietrantonio, GAMeC, Bergamo IT
I Am As You Will Be / The Skeleton in Art Cheim & Read, New York, USA
Die Schone Und Das Ungeheuer. Unusual Lovers in Baroque Painting and Graphic Art ,curated by Gabriele Groschner, Museum Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, AT
2006
Beaufort, Triennial of Contemporary Art, Ostend, BE
Absolumental, Les Abattoirs, Ostend, BE
2005

Fotoarbeiten aus der Sammlung der WGZ-Bank,
Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf DE
Rencontres de la photographie Arles 2005, Arles FR
Visionary Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles BE
Galleria in Galleria, Metropolitana, Milan IT
Art Athina 05, AD Gallery, Athens GR
Fotografia de los anos 80 y 90 en la collection del MNCARS, Museo de Arte Abstracto Espanol, Cuenca ES
Virgin-Warrior/ Warrior-Virgin, Palais de Tokyo, Paris FR
2004
Art hypermarkets. Contesting consumerism, Palazzo delle papesse, Siena IT
Printemps de Septembre, Festival of Contemporary Images, Toulouse FR
Normal Life, Artandgallery, Milan IT
Eclips, 25 jaar Deweer Art Gallery, Transfo, Zwevegem BE
Not Don! Het KUNSTenaarsboek, MUHKA Museum van Hedenaagse Kunst, Antwerp BE
Horizont(e), Vinte Anos Galeria Luis Serpa, Projects 1984-2004, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon PT
Vidas imaginaries, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon PT
2003
Beaufort, Triennale voor hedendaagse kunst aan zee, various locations, Belgium
The Ambiguity of the Image, Belgian Art Now, Art Athina 03, Athens GR
Outlook - International Art Exhibition, various locations, Athens GR
2001
Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, various locations, Arnhem NL
Sous les ponts, le long de la riviere..., Les vallees de la Petrusse et de l' Alzette/ Fort Thungen, Luxembourg LU
1st Biennial of Valencia, The Body and Sin, Convento del Carmen, Valencia ES
Collections d' artistes, Collection Lambert, Avignon FR
7th Istanbul Biennial, Egofugal/ Egokac, various locations, Istanbul TR
2000
5th Contemporary Art Biennial of Lyon, Partage d' exotismes, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon FR
La Beaute: Nature a l'oeuvre, Clos de Trams & Espace Jeanne-Laurent & Palais des Papes, Avignon FR
Art Athina 00, AD Gallery, Athens GR
7 hugel - Bilder und Zeichen des 21, Jahrhunderts, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin DE
Lost Paradise Lost, Kunst und sakraler Raum, World Expo 2000, various locations, Hannover DE
1998
Skin, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem IR
1995
Watou '95, Dichters rond de beeldende kunstenaar Jan Fabre, 3x7 Kamers, 3x7 Gedichten, various locations, Watou BE
Ripple Across the Water '95, Watari-Um/ Tadashi Kawamata Museum, Tokyo JP
1993
Azur, Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier, Paris FR
La pittura fiamminga e olandese, Palazzo Grassi, Venice IT
Art/ Fashion, Biennale di Firenze '96, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, US
1992
Mito Annual '93, Another World, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo JP
Documenta IX, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel DE
TRANSFORM, BildObjektSkulptur im 20, Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum & Kunsthalle, Basel CH
Der gefrorene Leopard, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich DE
3rd Istanbul Biennial, Greater Istanbul Municipality, Nejat F. Eczacibasi Art Museum, Istanbul TR
1991
Wanderlieder, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL
Metropolis - International Art Exhibition, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin DE
Irony by Vision, Watari-Um Gallery, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo JP
21st Sao Paolo Biennial, various locations, Sao Paulo BR
1990
Venice Biennale, Artisti (della Fiandra), Palazzo Sagredo, Venice IT
1989
Open mind (Gesloten circuits), Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent BE
1988
Signaturen, Rond honderd tekeningen van Beuys en Wols, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent BE
1987
Uit het oude Europa/ From the Europe of Old, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL
1985
Aanwinsten, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam NL
Dialogo, Exhibition-Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon PT
1979
Arte Fiamminga Contemporanea, Palazzo Rucellia, Firenze IT