BIO

°1963 in Wevelgem (Belgium).
Lives and works in Brussels.

http:// www.koenwastijn.eu
wastijnkoen@gmail.com


KOEN WASTIJN

a.soloshows.

  • 2008:'Traffic of Traffic' HHKK.Brussels.
  • 2006: Lokaal 01. Breda
  • 2006: Arthotek. Koln
  • 2005: Grantpirrie Gallery. Sydney
  • 2004: Els Hanappe Underground Athens .(with N.Kozakis)
  • 2004: Richard Foncke Gallery . Gent
  • 2004: De Bond . Brugge
  • 2004: Zwart Huis . Knokke
  • 2002: Gallery Grantpirrie .Sydney
  • 2002: Gallery Fiebach-Minninger.Köln
  • 2002: Gallery Richard Foncke.Gent.
  • 2002: Voorkamer. Lier . Belgium
  • 2001: Zoological Garden Antwerp .Cultural Heritage Unit of Antwerp
  • 1999: Gallery Fiebach-Minninger.Köln

b. groupshows

  • 2009: "Short Tracks". Wiels, Brussels (October 2009)
  • 2009: Expo58.Congrès.Brussels
  • 2009: "Auto. Dream and Matter":
    Laboral. Gijón (May 15-September 21, 2009)
    Dos de Mayo Art Center. Madrid (October 2 2009- January 10, 2010)
  • 2008: 'Urban Jealousy':the 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran
    1st station: Istanbul. 2008
  • 2008:'Izegem Forever'(curated by Koen wastijn).Eperon d'Or.Izegem.
  • 2008: 'Made in Belgium' Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice (France)
  • 2007: 'there is no place like home':Galleria Contemporeano,Venezia
  • 2007: Den Haag Sculptuur 07.Den Haag.
  • 2007: Paulo Post Futurum.Breda
  • 2006: 'thinking about animals'.Marijke Schreurs Gallery.Brussels.
  • 2006: Onufri.Albanian National Arts Gallery.Tirana
  • 2005: Zoonation .Flacc. Genk
  • 2004: ‘Sable and the 400 rabbits’ .Gallery Fiebach-Minninger.Köln
  • 2004: A/MAZE .Brussels (curated by Philippe Braem)
  • 2004: Speelhoven .Aarschot
  • 2003: ‘Dans le Noir’ Puy-De-Dôme . France
  • 2003: Argos . Videodays . Brussels
  • 2003: Galerie Clairefontaine . Luxembourg
  • 2003: ‘Deluxe’ Valladolid
  • 2003: ‘Zuster S  begin ‘. Voorkamer . Begijnhof. Lier
  • 2003: ‘Art in Unexpected Places’ Ideagarden . San Francisco
  • 2002: ‘Deluxe’ Madrid
  • 2002: ‘L’Homme et L’Animal’ Chateau Lamothe. Haute-Loire
  • 2002: Addict Creative Lab. Brussels
  • 2002: ’Parfums’. Les Brasseurs.Liège
  • 2001: ’Hier En Nu /Ici et Maintenant ‘. Brussels
  • 2001: Argos. film en video festival .Brussels
  • 2001: ’Flesh&Blood’. Witte Zaal.Gent
  • 2000: Videodays.Argos.Brussels
  • 2000: ’Innocence’.Aeroplastics.Brussels
  • 2000: Gitte Weise Gallery .Sydney
  • 2000: Worldexpo.Belgian Pavillon.Hannover
  • 2000: ’Trillenium’Koekelberg.Brussels
  • 2000: ’Collages’Galerie Lucien Durand. Paris
  • 1999: ’Animal’Musée Bourdelle.Paris
  • 1999: ‘Wirrwarr’ Galerie Damasquine . Brussels

c.residencies/projects and talks.

  • 2007:RTS:Sint-Lucas Architecture Department.Brussels
  • 2003:Greenland:documentary:"Beluga, the Seacanary"
  • 2003 . The termite Project . Northern Territory . Australia .Gallery Grantpirrie . Sydney
  • 2001.’Artist in Residence‘. Northern Australia /Western Australia/South Australia . Gallery Grant Pirrie. Sydney
  • 1999:Malaysia:residency /research(Kuala Lumpur/Sabah/Sarawak)

WASTIJN & DESCHUYMER.

a.soloshows.

  • 1998:Galerie Degryse . Tielt. Belgium
  • 1998:Schwarz Gallery.Köln
  • 1998:Galeria Lipanji-Puntin.Trieste .Italy
  • 1996:Damasquine Art Gallery.Brussels
  • 1996:Belgisches Haus . Köln
  • 1996:Richard Foncke Gallery.Gent
  • 1995:Surge Gallery.Tokyo
  • 1994:Eigen+Art.Leipzig
  • 1993:Sue Spaid Gallery.Los Angeles
  • 1991:Galerie Etienne Ficheroulle.Brussels
  • 1990:Zeger Reyers Gallery.Rotterdam

b. groupshows.

  • 2008:'Made in Belgium'.Galerie d'art moderne et contemporain Sandrine Mons.Nice.
  • 2003: Galerie Clairefontaine . Luxembourg
  • 2002: ‘Face-Race’.Museum of Contemporary Art . Seoul.(Korea)
  • 2001: ‘De Spiegel van het Verlangen’.Kortrijk
  • 2000: T&F. Berchem. Antwerp
  • 2000:’Innocence’.Aeroplastics.Brussels
  • 1999:’Esse Vivono’:Comone di Rivergaro .Ferrara.(Italy.
  • 1999:’The Waking Dream’. New York.
  • 1998 :‘Beeld in Park’ Felix Happe Park . Brussels .
  • 1998:’The Bridge’.Melbourne.
  • 1998:’A Moveable Feast’.Galerie Luc Queyrel.Paris
  • 1997:’L’Empreinte’.Centre Georges Pompidou.Paris.
  • 1995:’Kraftwerk’.Chemnitz.
  • 1995:’Bel/Gio’.Torino .
  • 1995:Toxic Art Gallery.Luxembourg.
  • 1995:’Plus Art in the Plural’.Rome.
  • 1994:’Grreen’Torch Galerie .Amsterdam.
  • 1994:’Beeld/Beeld’.Museum Hedendaagse Kunst.Gent.
  • 1994:’Ceci n’est pas une pomme’ Casa Amberes .Madrid.
  • 1994:’Jet Lag’ Gallery Martina Detterer.Frankfurt.
  • 1993:’The Last Garden’Galleria D’Arte Moderna.Bologna.
  • 1993:Galerie Philippe Rizzo.Paris.
  • 1993:’Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge’.Palais des Beaux Arts.Brussels.
  • 1992:’Frontiera’.Bolzano.
  • 1992:Galerie Richard Foncke.Gent.
  • 1992:Galerie Bob Coppens.Brussels.
  • 1991:Downtown Galerie.Brussels.
  • 1989:Galerie Etienne Ficheroulle.Brussels.
  • 1988:Galerie Polynero.Antwerpen.

c.residencies/projects and talks.

  • 1996: Cité des Arts . Paris . 
  • 1996:Israel:Golan Heights:(alligatorcast: crocodile farm .Hammat Gader).
  • 1995: Europalia Nippon Kinen . Tokyo .
  • 1993:University of North Texas. Denton. Exhibition /talk.


address:
Koen wastijn
Gustave Schildknechtstraat,33 bus 21
1020 Brussel
Belgium
+32 (0)477 444 660
koenwastijn@skynet.be
www.koenwastijn.be


Filmography .
-participation in the ARGOS fimfestival Brussels .
2001/2002/2003/2004
-participation ‘Art in unexpected places’ San Fransisco . 2003/2004.
-2003: Realisation of a first documentary : ‘Beluga , the seacanary ‘ with a grant from the VAF (Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds) .
-2003-2004-2005: participation ‘Personal Cinema’ : Athens , Ljubiljana, Bukarest,Belgrado ,Madrid .



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