Jan Fabre

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Biography


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

 
Education

Fine Arts Academy, Antwerp, Belgium
Municipal Fine Arts Institute, Antwerp, Belgium


Grants, awards and prizes
1992
Visual Arts Prize of the Flemisch Community, Belgium

2004
Grand Officer of the Crown, Belgium

2007
Commander in the Order of Leopold II, Belgium

2008
Premio Pino Pascali, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Polignano a Mare, Bari, Italy

2009
Doctor h.c., Antwerp University, Belgium

2009
International Art Award, Christóbal Gabarrón Foundation, Valladolid, Spain

2015
Premio Michelangelo for Sculpture, Florence, Italy

Solo shows


2015
Jan Fabre. Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo (2011–2013), Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
Jan Fabre - Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo (2011-2013), Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Jan Fabre. Stigmata. Actions & Performances 1976-2013, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Rops / Fabre 2015, Musée Félicien Rops, Namen, Belgium

2014
Jan Fabre - Do we feel with our brain and think with our heart?, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels, Belgium
Jan Fabre - Do we feel with our brain and think with our heart?, Galerie Klüser, München, Germany
Jan Fabre - Zeno Brains & Oracle Stones, La Llotja, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Palma de Mallorca
Jan Fabre - Insectentekeningen en insectensculpturen 1975-1979, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands
Jan Fabre - Tribute to Hiëronymus Bosch in Congo (2011-2013) - Tribute to Belgian Congo (2010-2013), PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine

2013
Jan Fabre - Chalcosoma. Small Bronzes 2006-2012, Skulpturenpark Waldfirden, Wuppertal, Germany
Ballpoint per drawing since 1950, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, USA
The Years of the Hour Blue. Drawings and Sculptures 1977-1992, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea (until February 16, 2014)
Jan Fabre: Hommage à Jérôme Bosch au Congo, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, France
Jan Fabre. Stigmata. Actions & Performances 1976-2013, MAXXI Roma, Italy
Jan Fabre - De blik binnenin (Het Uur Blauw), Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels, Belgium
Jan Fabre - Insektenzeichnungen & Insektenskulpturen 1975 - 1979, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany
Jan Fabre - Gisants (Hommage à K.Z. Lorenz), Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

2012
Jan Fabre - Pietas, Parkloods, Park Noord, Anwerp, Belgium
ART is a medusa, Giuseppe de Nittis Gallery, Palazzo della Marra, Barletta, Italy
Pride comes before a fall of the lash, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea
Jan Fabre - Insektenzeichnungen & Insektenskulpturen 1975 - 1979, ikob, Eupen, Belgium (until 24 March 2013)
Jan Fabre. Chapters I-XVIII. Waxes & Bronzes, The Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
The years of the Hour Blue. Drawings and sculptures 1977-1992, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole, France

2011
Jan Fabre – Die Stunde Blau, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Jan Fabre - Hortus / Corpus, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands

2010
Umbraculum para Medellin, un lugar en la sombra para reflexionar y trabajar, MAMM Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin, Colombia
De Geleende Tijd, Museo Carlo Bilotti Aranciera di Villa Borghese, Italy
Jan Fabre. Hoofdstukken I-XVIII. Was en Brons, Guy Pieters Gallery, Paris, France
De Geleende Tijd, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Belgium
Art kept me out of jail. Performance installations by Jan Fabre 2001-2004-2008, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium

2009
Project Mesrine, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Germany
Is the brain the most sexy part of the body?, Galerie Klüser 2, Germany
Jan Fabre. From the Feet to the Brain, Arsenale Novissimo, 53. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Umbraculum para La Paz Bolivia, un lugar para pensar y escribir, Museo Municipal Tambo Quirquincho, La Paz
De Geleende Tijd, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik, Croatia
La metamorfosi dell’ artista (Omaggio a Jacques Mesrine), Magazzino, Italy
Jan Fabre. Thinking models, Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg

2008
Il Ragazzo con la luna e le stelle sulla testa, Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, Italy
Umbraculum para Santiago de Chile, MAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Parque Forestal, Santiago de Chile
De geleende tijd / Le Temps emprunté, Bozar, Brussel, Belgium
Jan Fabre in S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (until 17 May 2009)
From The Cellar To The Attic / From The Feet To The Brain, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (cur. by Eckhard
Schneider)
Jan Fabre. The Angel of Metamorphosis. curator Marie-Laure Bernadac. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Is the brain the most sexy part of the body?, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
La route de la terre vers les étoiles n'est pas lisse, Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France
Jan Fabre. Premio Pino Pascali XII ediz. 2008, Palazzo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, Italy

2007
Je Crache Sur Ma Tombe (Modèle de Pensée). MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Die Verliehene Zeit. Dessins pour l’ oeuvre scènique de Jan Fabre. Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Jan Fabre. Projet Tivoli pour Salzburg. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Jan Fabre. Boîtes à Images et Modèles de Pensée. Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Who Shall Speak My thoughts (Of My Body). Gallery A/D, Athens, Greece
The Brains of my Mother and my Father, The Most sexy part of the body (Brain Drawings and Models). Shugoarts, Tokyo, Japan
Les Messagers de la Mort Decapites. Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Jan Fabre, Antropologie d’une planète. GAMeC - Galleria d’ Arte Moderna e Contemporaneo, Bergamo, Italy (curator Giacinto di Pietrantonio) / Palazzo Benzon, Venice, Italy

2006
Jan Fabre. Kijkdozen en Denkmodellen 1977-2004. Flemish Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Jan Fabre. Homo Faber. Antwerp Museum of Contemporary Art / The Royal Museum of Arts / The City Library of Antwerp / Rode Zeven / Rossaert, Antwerp, Belgium
Lancelot. Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Roma, Italy
L’ home que escriu sobre l’ aigua. Sala d’ Exposicions de la Rambla, Girona, Spain
Turtles and Landscapes. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
An Umbraculum For Dubrovnik. Dubrovnik Galerija Umjetnicka, Croatia
Le Temps Emprunte. Drawings for the stage works by Jan Fabre. Galerie Beaumont Public, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Jan Fabre. Turtles, Carpets, Landscapes. Galeri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
Jan Fabre. Galerie Seghers, Ostend, Belgium
Je me vide de moi-meme. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switserland

2004
Gaude succurrere vitae, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

2003
Umbraculum. DASA – Galerie der Deutschen Arbeitsschutz Ausstellung, Dortmund, Germany
Umbraculum. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Gaude succurrere vitae. GAMEC - Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy / Fundacio Joan
Miro, Barcelona, Spain
L’homme qui donne du feu. Un choix dans l’oeuvre sculpturale de Jan Fabre 1977-2003. Fondation Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France
A la recherche d’Utopia. Sculptures/installations 1977-2003. Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art cont., Nice, France

2002
Gaude succurrere vitae, SMAK - Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Umbraculum. Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2001
Umbraculum. Chapelle Saint-Charles, Avignon, France
Umbraculum. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Angel and Warrior. Strategy and Tactics. MIMOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame, Japan
Umbraculum. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
L’uomo che misura le nuvole - l’uomo dalle gambe di carne. Academia Belgica, Roma, Italy

2000
A Consilience. Natural History Museum, London, Great-Britain
Jan Fabre & Ilja Kabakov. Sustret/A meeting. Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Kroatia

1999
Jan Fabre. Museum of Contemporary Art, Warszawa, Poland
Battlefields & Beekeepers. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Body Liquids & ....Sleep, sleep and sleep little animals..... Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Engel und Krieger. Strategien und Taktiken. Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
Me Dreaming. Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France

1998
‘A meeting/Vstrecha’. Ilya Kabakov & Jan Fabre. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Passage. Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, United States

1997
Passage/Prolaz. Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb/MUHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium

1996
Passage. Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest, Turkey

1995
De Lijmstokman. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1994
Jan Fabre. Questa pazzia è fantastica. Museo Pecci, Prato, Italy

1992
Jan Fabre. Zeichnungen - Objekte - Zeichnungen. Kunstverein Hannover,
Germany

1991
Zwei Objekten. Frankfurt-am-Main, Schirn Kunsthalle, Germany

1990
Das Geräusch. Kunsthalle Basel, Switserland
Jan Fabre. Som. Centro de Arte Moderna, Lissabon, Portugal
Antichambres/Affinités Sélectives VI. Jan Fabre/Christian Boltanski. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium

1989
Jan Fabre. Een skulptuur/vijf tekeningen. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1988
Der Blaue Raum. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Jan Fabre. Modellen 1977-1985. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1985
Jan Fabre. Tekeningen. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium

1984
Jan Fabre - Vrienden (curator Lief Brijs), Provinciaal Museum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
41° Biennale di Venezia. Belgian Pavilion, Italy


Group Shows
2015
Kunstenfestival Watou, Belgium
The Drawing Room II, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Construire une collection, NMNM - Villa Paloma, Monaco, France
I Belgi, Barbara E Poeti, Macro Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
When I give, I give myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vormidable. Hedendaagse Vlaamse Beeldhouwkunst, Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Deweer Gallery - Het Portret van een familie, de Directeurswoning, Roeselare, Belgium
Obsession, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium

2014
Michelangelo e il Novecento, Galleria Civica di Modena, Modena, Italy
Schone Kunst uit Vlaanderen, uit de collectie van de Nationale Bank van België, Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, The Netherlands
Progress and Hygiene, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Russia
Passions Secrètes, Collections Privées Flamandes, Tripostal, Lille, France
Stille Kracht, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
Collector's Room #5 - Pleasure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2013
Framed - by Ted Noten, Stedelijk Museum, 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Happy birthday dear academie, MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
Wonderkamers, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands
Théâtre du Monde, la maison rouge, Paris, France
Coup de Ville 2013, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Babel, Le Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

2012
From Head to Toe Human Images in the Focus of the Würth Collection (with a.o. Stephan Balkenhol), Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Theatre of the World, MONA, Hobart Tasmania, Australia
Re-Opening, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
ENSEMBLEMATIC, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
The Drawing Room, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2011
It's Time We Got to Know Each Other, The 52nd October Salon, The Museum of Yugoslav History, Belgrade, Servia
Glasstress 2011, Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, Italy
ARKHAIOLOGIA, CentrePasquArt, Biel Bienne, Austria
Sleeping Beauties, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Belgium
Un autre monde, J.J. Grandville, Musée provincial Félicien Rops, Belgium
L'art contemporain raconté aux enfants, Le Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
ARTZUID. Internationale Sculptuurroute Amsterdam 2011, Amsterdam, Apollolaan - Minervalaan - Zuidas, The Netherlands
Pino Pascali. Ritorno a Venezia / Puglia Arte Contemporanea, Palazzo Michiel dal Brusà, Italy
Art of the Loom - 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory, Otegem, Belgium, 1985-2010, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2010
MSU Zagreb - Aanwinsten 2004-2009, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia
The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
Aspects of Collecting, ESSL Museum, Vienna, Austria
Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Ibrido, PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Italy
La collezione del Museo Pino Pascali, Museo Pino Pascali, Polignano a Mare, Italy
Essential Experiences, Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Italy
Brave New World. Vanuit het perspectief van de Mudam Collectie, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
State of Things: Exhibition for the Contemporary Art Exchange between China and Belgium, NAMOC, Beijing, China
Isole mai trovate / Islands never found, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy
Ontmoeting: Een keuze uit de collectie van het M HKA in Rabat, Galerie Bab Rouah & Musée des Oudayas, Rabat, Maroc
C’est la vie, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
Sexuality and transcendence, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukrain
Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
Isole mai trovate / Islands never found, State Museum of Contemporary Art & Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Greece
Dreamtime 2 - Fantasmagoria. Le monde mythique, Grotte du Mas-d’Azil, France

2009
Dissolving Views, Cheongju Arts Centre Main Exhibition II Pavilion, Republic of Korea
La métamorphose de l’artiste (hommage à Jacques Mesrine), Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva
Extra Muros: Después Del Arte, Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana
Glass stress, Instituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti; Scuola Grande di San Teodoro San Marco, Venice
Camere 9: Fagana // Jan Fabre / Alberto Garutti / Hidetoshi Nagasawa, RAM - radioartemobile, Rome, Italy
Goldfish Suddenly Dead, Project Room Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium
Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, LLS 387 Ruimte voor Actuele Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
Indian Caps. De keuze van Jan Fabre, Indian Caps vzw, Antwerp, Belgium
Something else!!!, MAN_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy

2008
Struggle for life. Evolution and Extinction in the Anthropocene, ERES-Stiftung, München, Germany
Collection presentation, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
I have nothing to say and I am saying it, Platform Seoul, Korea
Otras Floras, Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Résonances médiévales, Couvent des Cordeliers, Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu
Voyage sentimental, Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland
Jan Fabre on Worldexpo in Zaragoza, Belgian Pavillion, Zaragoza, Spain
NéoFutur - Vers de nouveaux imaginaires, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Anatomie des Vanités, Musée de la Maison d'Erasme, Anderlecht, Belgium
Der Eigene Weg. Doing it my way. Perspektiven Belgischer Kunst. Perspectives on Belgian Art, MKM - Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Collectie XXIII, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (until 1 April 2009)
Het spel van de waanzin. Over gekte in film en theater, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium (until 12 April 2009)
It’s our Earth!, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium (until 26 April 2009)
Now Jump!, Nam June Paik Festival, Seoul, Korea
Futurotextiel 08, Hall NMBS, Kortrijk, Belgium
UPDATE, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
II Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundación ONCE, Madrid, Spain
Reflections on light, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München, Germany
Corpus Delicti, Justitiepaleis, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Force Inconnue. Transfo, Zwevegem, Belgium
I Am As You Will Be / The Skeleton in Art. Cheim & Read, New York, United States
Die Schone Und Das Ungeheuer. Unusual Lovers in Baroque Painting and Graphic Art. curated by Gabriele Groschner. Museum Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Austria
De Gustibus…Manger dans l’art contemporaine. Broelmuseum, Broelkaai & ING, Kortrijk, Belgium
Collective One. Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switserland

2006
Beaufort. triennial for Contemporary Art, Ostend, Belgium
Absolumental. Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Intramoenia_Extrart_Castelli Di Puglia. .Monte Sant’Angelo, Italy
The Sublime is Now!(Das Erhabene in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst). Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf/Bern, Switserland
ZOO. La Centrale Electrique / European Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels, BE / different location in Istanbul, Turkey
I Am As You Will Be / The Skeleton in Art. Cheim & Read, New York, United States
Die Schone Und Das Ungeheuer. Unusual Lovers in Baroque Painting and Graphic Art. Curated by Gabriele Groschner. Museum Residenzgalerie, Salzburg, Austria

2005
Visionary Belgium. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Slow Art. Neue Akzenten aus Flandern und den Niederlanden. Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Germany
When humour becomes painful, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switserland
Mémoire et Transmission, Les archives du Cirque d’hiver, Expos et événements MAMAC, Liège, Belgium
Barrocos i Neobarrocos / El Infierno de lo Bello. Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain
Accumulazioni. Palazzo Lantieri, Gorizia, Italy
War is over / 1945-2005 La Liberta dell’ Arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan. GAMEC, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
La peau est ce qu’il y a de plus profond. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes, France
Sanguis / Mantis Landscape (Battlefield). Musée de St Etienne, France
Principato di Monaco : Idea per un museo. Palazzo Ruspoli – Fondazione Memmo, Roma, Italy
Intersezioni. Parco Archeologico della Roccelletta, Catanzaro, Italy
Galleria in Galleria. Metropolitana, Milano, Italy

2004
Eclips. 25 years Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Vidas imaginarias. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal

2003
Beaufort. Triennial for Contemporary Art, Nieuwpoort, Belgium

2001
1st Biennial of Valencia, Spain
7th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey

2000
5eme Biennale d’Art contemporain de Lyon, France
La Beauté: Nature à l’oeuvre. Clos de Trams - Espace Jeanne-Laurent - Palais des Papes, Avignon, France
7 hügel - Bilder und Zeichen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Lost Paradise Lost. Kunst und sakraler Raum. World Expo 2000 – Hannover, Germany

1998
Skin. The Israel Museum, Jeruzalem, Israel

1997
La pittura fiamminga e olandese. Palazzo Grassi, Venezia, Italy
Art/Fashion. Biennale di Firenze ’96 / Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, USA

1995
Ripple Across the Water ‘95, Watari-Um/Tadashi Kawamata Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1993
Azur. Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France

1992
Documenta IX. Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
TRANSFORM. BildObjektSkulptur im 20. Jahrhundert. Kunstmuseum & Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Third International Istanbul Biennial. Istanbul Municipality - Nejat F. Eczacibasi Art Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

1991
Wanderlieder. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
Metropolis. International Art Exhibition Berlin 1991. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Irony by Vision. Watari-Um Gallery, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
21a Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Brasil

1990
Artisti (della Fiandra), Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Sagredo


Public & Private Collections (Selected)
MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent,Belgium
Museum Voor Moderne Kunst (PMMK), Oostende, Belgium
MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti / Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Fondation pour L'art Contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France
FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque, France
Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
MARCA - Museo delle Arti Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Riso Museo d’Arte Contemporanea della Sicilia, Palermo, Italy
Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art - Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland