artist bios

CHARLOTTE BEAUDRY
Born Belgium, 1968. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Pussy Bow, Yoko Uhoda Gallery, Liège; Gloss, Von Bartha
Garage Gallery, Basel; Temptress, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kraków; Get Drunk,
WIELS, Brussels.
Recent group shows include: Textile Languages, Curated by Nathalie Guiot, Brussels,
2014; Health: something of value, curated by Sven Vanderstichelen, Banque Nationale
de Belgique, 2014; Autodidact, curated by NICC, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, 2014;
Collectie Jeanne & Charles Vandenhove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (BE),
2013; Off The Beaten Track, von Bartha Garage Gallery, Basel, 2012.
MARTIN BELOU
Born Toulouse (FR) 1986, lives and works in Brussels.
Recent shows include: Anger Management, Komplot, Brussels; Wellness Study Center,
BIN, Turnhout, De La Charge, Brussels, Rectangle, Brussels.
JEAN-BAPTISTE BERNADET
Born Paris, 1978. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Valentin in Paris (2015), Retrospective in Hudson, NY,
American Contemporary in New York City, Karma in New York City (2014), Marfa Book
Company in Marfa, Texas (2015).
Recent group shows include: Almine Rech in Paris and Michael Jon in Miami (2015),
WIELS in Brussels (2015), Valentin in Paris, Ricou Gallery in Brussels (2014), Palais des
Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (2013)…
SEBASTIEN BONIN
Born in 1977. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent shows include: Wiels, Brussels, Super Dakota, Brussels, Jeanroch Dard, Paris,
Island, Brussels, Le Cabanon, Astene (BE), C-L-E-A-R-I-N-G, Brussels, Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Brussels, MNAC Bucharest, Romania.
ALINE BOUVY
Born Brussels, 1974. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Politics of Intimacy, Galerie Nosbaum Reding in
Luxembourg, 2014; Forme et langage de l’Empathie, Espace Arts Plastiques
Madeleine-Lambert in Lyon, 2014; It tastes like shit, it is shit, want a toothbrush, NICC in
Brussels, 2013.
Recent Group shows include: Albert Baronian Gallery in Brussels, 2015; Christopher
Crescent Gallery in Brussels, 2014; Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, 2014; IMT Gallery in
London, 2014; Parallel, Oaxaca, 2014.
PATRICK CARPENTIER
Born Watermael Boitsfort, 1966. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include : Conversation with a bird, 2015, Middlemarch, Brussels;
Left, 2013, Rossicontempory, Brussels; Everything Is All Right, 2010, Jeunesse Art
Plastiques, Brussels
Recent group shows include: Family Matters, 2015, De La Charge, Brussels; Cerebral
Teen Trip, 2013, Popposition, Brussels; Fold, 2012, CIAP, Hasselt; Chronicles, 2012,
Cerebral Teen Trip, Document, Brussels; Daylight, 2012, 8th International Biennial of
Photography and Visual Arts, Liège.
Residencies: International Residency WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, 2015;
International Residency Program Isola Comacina, 2012.
JOACHIM COUCKE
Born in 1983 (Kortrijk), lives and woks in Waregem.
Recent shows include: De Ruimte, Gent, IKOB, Eupen (BE), Hopestreet, Brussels, BePart, Waregem (BE), CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (PL), HISK laureates, Gent.
ERIC CROES
Born La Louvière (BE), 1978. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Ich bin wie du, Rossicontemporary, Brussels, 2015
Recent group shows include: Accidental Colors, Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie,
Turnhout 2015; Im Schnitt, CNEAI, Chatou, 2015; Lupanar, Forma, Lausanne 2014;
Winterspiele, Abilène, Bruxelles 2014; Photo de groupe, Rossicontemporary, Bruxelles,
2014.
CLAIRE DECET
Born in Thionville (FR) 1978. Lives and works in Hettanges-Grande.
Recent solo shows include: Été austral Hiver boréal, Été boréal Hiver austral, Galerie
Octave Cowbell, Metz (FR); Belvédère, Art center Jacques Brel, Thionville - Fr; Tout un
monde lointain, galerie JeanRoch Dard, Paris - Fr.
Recent group shows include: Keep your feelings in memory, curated by Borderline at
Musée National de la Résistance, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU) 2013; Un nouveau départ en
quelque sorte, curated by Lieu-Commun from Toulouse at La Station, Nice (FR) 2013;
Outre-Forêt #4, 6B, Saint-Denis (FR) 2012; Close Encounters, galerie JeanRoch Dard,
Paris (FR) 2012; Sleep Disorders, Art center Nei Liicht, Dudelange (LU), 2011.
SAMUEL FRANCOIS
Born in Pompey (FR) 1977. Lives and works in Hettanges-Grande.
Recent soloshows include: Ralph Lauren w/ Bryan Dooley - Galerie Jeanroch Dard Brussels; ASAP - Galerie Jeanroch Dard - Paris; Threesome w/Jean-Baptise Bernadet
- Berthold Pott Gallery - Cologne; The Joy of Man - Rod Barton - London; Salina - Musée
du Sel - Marsal (Fr).
Recent group shows include: Politics of surface, Berthold Pott, Cologne (DE), 2015; Le
geste des matériaux, CAB, Grenoble (FR), 2014; Extra Curriculum, Group show curated
by Bunk Club, Komplot, Brussels (BE), 2014; An Der Schanz, Berthold Pott, Cologne,
2014; << < > >> Super Dakota, Brussels, 2014.
VALERIAN GOALEC
Born in France, 1986, lives and works in Brussels.
Recent shows include: Stems Gallery, Brussels, Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Milan (IT),
De la Charge, Brussels, Borh Biennial, Antwerp (BE), 221A, Vancouver (CA), LevyDelval, Brussels.
STEPHAN GOLDRAJCH
Born in Israël, 1985. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Eretz Museum in Tel Aviv; David Castillo Gallery in Miami;
Gallery Baronian-Francey in Brussels; Transition Gallery in London; Marsen2 in Tel Aviv,
The Invisible Dog, NY.
Recent group shows include: Being Urban, L’Iselp Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bruxelles,
Belgique, 2015; Manifesto, WBTD, Bruxelles, Belgique, 2015; ArtNimal, Musée de la
Tapisserie, Tournai, Belgique, 2014; Out of the Box exhibition for Diane Hennebert,
Bruxelles,Belgique, 2014; KABANE, Cercle Ratskeller, Luxembourg, 2013; Pop-Up,
Liens artistiques, Ixelles Museum, Bruxelles, 2012; Don’t Try, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel
Aviv, Israël, 2011
BRICE GUILBERT
Born Montpellier (FR), 1979. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Kari dodo, Island, Brussels, Belgium, 2014; Roland Garros,
Island, Brussels, Belgium, 2013
Recent group shows include: Cirque de Mafate, Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium, 2015;
Martine à la plage, MNAC Anexa, Bucharest, Romania, 2013
EGON VAN HERREWEGHE
Born Ghent (BE) 1985. Lives and works in Ghent.
Recent solo shows include: The Fortune Teller, Jeff's Café, Merksem; Now Plums Burst
With Ripeness, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels; Paintings and Sculpture, FOAM,
Amsterdam; Garden of Multiple Appearances, TTTT, Ghent; Always a thief and never
caught, Netwerk, Aalst.
Recent group shows include: A Set of Lines, A Stack of Paper, Karst Projects,
Plymouth/UK, June 2015; The Catwalk, Komplot, Brussels, 2015; Fallen from grace,
Broelmuseum, Courtrai, 2014; Possibly belonging to third parties, Vooruitzicht, Antwerp,
2014; Subject to the Abstract, Gallery van der Mieden, Brussels, 2014.
BENJAMIN HUGARD
Born in France, 1978. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent group shows include: “Violins without Violins“ with Sébastien Bonin, Etienne
Courtois, Benjamin Hugard, Calvin Lee, Benoît Plateus, and Aaron Wrinkle, Brussels
2013; “fALSEfAKE. 50 JPG.“ Triennale de la photographie, Genève 2013; “Monkey
Business.“ The Paradox Of Value. Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris Alma Gestes,
Espace Rosa Brux, Bruxelles 2013; “Hôtel Abisso,“ Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève
2013.
MARTIN LABORDE
Born 1983, France. Lives and works in Paris.
Recent shows include: Lafayette Anticipation, Paris, Neil Beloufa Studio, Villejuif (FR),
Wiels Contemporary Art Center Brussels, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris.
JACQUES LIZENE
Born 1946 in Ougrée, lives and works in Liège (BE).
Recent shows include: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, La Maison Rouge, Paris, Passage
de Retz, Paris, Le Parvis, Pau, Villa Arson, Nice, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, Shanghai Art
Museum, Shanghai, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, IKOB, Eupen, MuKHA, Antwerp,
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
JULIEN MEERT
Born 1983 in Brussels, lives and works in Brussels.
Recent shows include: WIELS, Brussels, Balice Hurtling, NYC, HEKLA, Brussels, Le
Vecteur, Charleroi, De la Charge, Brussels, Island, Brussels, MOT International,
Brussels, Crohapox, Gent (BE), Rossi Contemporary, Brussels, Komplot, Brussels,
Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Alain Servais Collection, Brussels.
JUSTIN MORIN
Born in Mont Saint Martin (FR) 1979. Lives and works in Paris.
Recent solo shows include: Petrolina, part 2, Last Resort Gallery (Copenhagen);
Justine, Galerie Appartement Paris; Poison, Galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris.
Recent group shows include: Liturgie, Centre Culturel Tchèque (Paris), 2015; Home
Alone, La Laverie (Paris), 2015; Le Geste des matériaux, CAB (Grenoble), 2014; Des
choses en cours, Galerie Préface (Paris), 2014; For your loving, Galerie Jeanroch Dard
(Paris), 2013.
BENOIT PLATEUS
Born Liège (BE), 1972. Lives and works in Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Galerie Albert Baronian, Art Brussels 2014; « Homecoming
», galerie Jeanroch Dard, Paris 2014; « Lobby Cards » JAP, vitrines Rivoli, Bruxelles
2014
Recent group shows include: "En Route", Marfa Book Co, Marfa 2015
MiArt, Rod Barton gallery, Milano 2015
“Atopolis”, Manège de Sury, Mons 2015
“24/7” Monte Carlo, Miami Beach, 2014
“Richard Parker”, Michael Thibault gallery, Los Angeles 2014
ROBERT SUERMONDT
Born 1961 in Geneva. Lives and works in Geneva and Brussels.
Recent solo shows include: Centre de la Photographie, Genève, Middlemarch Brussels,
Briobox, Paris, Galerie Fabian and Claude Walter, Zurich.
Recent group shows include: Display, London, Remap 3 Athens Biennial, Casino
Luxembourg, ArtBasel Unlimited.
DAVID DE TSCHARNER
Born in Lausanne (CH), 1979. Lives and works in Paris.
Recent solo shows include: Fantasmagorie, Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
(Nantes), 2014; One Sculpture a Day, cneai=, Chatou (Paris), 2013; One Sculpture a
Day, Aliceday, Brussels, 2012.
Recent group shows include: Le Nouveau Festival, Centre Pompidou and cneai=, Paris,
2015; Habiter Vivir Leben Live, Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, 2015; L’Heure
du Loup, La Box, Bourges, 2015; L’Écho / Ce qui sépare, Frac des Pays de la Loire,
Carquefou (Nantes), 2014; Macumba Palace, Palais des Arts, ISDAT, Toulouse, 2013.
JOS DE GRUYTER & HARALD THYS
Born in Geel, Belgium, 1965 & Wilrijk, Belgium, 1966
Live and work in Brussels, Belgium
Recent solo shows include: Raven Row, London; MoMA PS1 New York; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Power Station, Dallas; CCA Watts Institute for
Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.