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Tum de Dum, Pourpre, Super Blau, Plume, Leeuw, 2007

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Walter Swennen (born 1946 in Brussels, Belgium) is a Belgian artist who lives and works in Antwerp.

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Walter Swennen is a Belgian painter, born in Brussels (Forest) in 1946. Originately trained as a printmaker, Swennen began his artistic career with poetry and artistic happenings. His practice is imbued with his former linguistic experiments, allowing his work to gain a very personal semiotic quality.

He regularly exhibits at home and abroad, in 2013, the WIELS Contemporary Art Center in Brussels formed an important Retrospective of his works.

Walter swennen in conversation with damien de lepeleire


Retrospectives

2013–2014

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  • So Far So Good, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium. Curated by Dirk Snauwaert (05.10.2013 – 26 January 2014)
  • 1991

  • Le Nom propre, PBA, Charleroi, Belgium.
  • Selected one-person exhibitions

    2016

  • Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2015

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  • Ein perfektes Alibi, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • At My Own Risk. Couldn't Be Better, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • 2014

  • Works on Paper, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
  • Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2013

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  • Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
  • Continuer, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
  • So Far So Good, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
  • Why Painting Now?, Curated by Miguel Wandschneider, Galerie nächst
  • St. Stephan-Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria 2012

  • Walter Swennen, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
  • Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
  • 2011

  • Garibaldi Slept Here, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
  • Peintures et dessins, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France
  • 2010

  • Domo Baal, London, UK
  • Arentshuis, Bruges, Belgium
  • 2009

  • Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
  • Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2008

  • New Paintings, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
  • How To Paint A Horse, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium,
  • travelled to De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium

  • Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 2007

  • Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
  • Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2006

  • Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switserland
  • 2005


  • Rouge – Blanc – Noir: Rouge, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Couillet, Belgium
  • DWB 150: Walter Swennen, Passa Porta, Brussels, Belgium
  • RHoK Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Etterbeek – Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Belgium
  • 2004

  • Paintings, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
  • Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
  • 2003

  • Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
  • On papel, Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium
  • Le Palace, Ath, Belgium
  • 2001

  • Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
  • Tekeningen, S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
  • 1999

  • Hyperspace, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1998

  • Oeuvres récentes, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium 1997
  • Willy D’Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1996

  • Galerie Cyan, Liège, Belgium
  • 1995

  • Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1994

  • Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands
  • MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Schilderijen, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1993

  • Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
  • Recente tekeningen, Galerie van Krimpen – Art & Project, Amsterdam, Belgium
  • 1992

  • Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France
  • Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
  • Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • 1991

  • Le Nom propre, PBA, Charleroi, Belgium
  • Tekeningen 1990, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1990

  • Schilderijen en tekeningen, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands
  • Everyday Life, Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Bruges, Belgium
  • 1989

  • You Can’t Have a Cake and Eat it, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1988

  • Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
  • Schilderijen en tekeningen, Galerie van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1987

  • Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke, Belgium
  • Galerij Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1986

  • Galerie L’A, Liège, Belgium
  • Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1985

  • René & Marcel Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
  • Galleria Françoise Lambert, Milan, Italy
  • Galerie Montenay-Delsol, Paris, France
  • 1984

  • Galerij Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
  • 1983

  • Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1982

  • De Waterpoort, Kortrijk, Belgium
  • 1981

  • Galerij Patrick Verelst, Antwerp, Belgium
  • 1980

  • Galerie ERG, Brussels, Belgium
  • Catalogues

    2015

  • SWENNEN, W.; VERSCHAFFEL, B., Works on Paper, published by Xavier Hufkens, 288p.
  • 2013

  • SNAUWAERT, D.; PIRENNE, R.; DUMALIN, C. (eds.), Walter Swennen: So Far So Good, Les Presses du Réel, 256p.
  • 2008

  • LAMBRECHT, L.; LEEMANS, K. (eds.), Walter Swennen: How To Paint A Horse, Grimbergen-Mechelen: Cultuurcentrum Strombeek-De Garage
  • 2007

  • THEYS, H., Congé Annuel. Quelques mots sur une exposition de Walter Swennen, Liège: L’Usine à stars- Galerie Nadja Vilenne
  • 1997

  • SWENNEN, W.; THEYS, H., Le Cow-Boy, Brussels: Galerie Willy D’Huysser
  • 1994

  • DEWACHTER, L.; THEYS, H. (eds.), Walter Swennen, Antwerp: MUHKA
  • 1991

  • SWENNEN, W., Le Nom propre, Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts
  • 1990

  • SWENNEN, W.,Walter Swennen, Antwerp-Heerlen: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer-Stadsgalerij
  • 1988

  • SWENNEN, W.,Walter Swennen. 7, Antwerp: Galerij Micheline Szwajcer
  • 1986

  • SWENNEN, W.,Walter Swennen, Brussels: Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux-Arts
  • Articles

    2015

  • NOTE, Joris, De engel van het vreemde. Bij enkele beelden van Walter Swennen, dewereldmorgen.be, 5 January 2014
  • VERSCHAFFEL, Bart, De methode van Walter Swennen, De Witte Raaf, no. 167, Januaru–February
  • RUYTERS, Marc, Walter Swennen, ART, 18 December, p. 28
  • STEVERLYNCK, Sam, Walter Swennen: a thousand bombs and shells, agendamagazine.be, 18 April
  • SCHAFHAUSEN, Nicolaus, Top ten from 2014, Artforum, December, p. 286
  • STEVERLYNCK, Sam, Walter Swennen. So Far So Good, ArtReview, April, p. 128
  • BRACKE, Eric, Roesverwekkend, De Morgen, 18 April, p. 28
  • DE WACHTER, Ellen Mara, Mathew Cerletty / Walter Swennen, Frieze, no. 165, September, p. 150
  • DUBOIS, Colette, La Baleine, l’araignée et les autres, ART, no. 125, 17 April, p. 21
  • DEBROCQ, Aliénor, Les énigmes graphiques de Walter Swennen, Le Soir MAD, 24 December, p. 37
  • All you need is... two straight lines, a circle and a red triangle, utopiaparkway.wordpress.com, 3 May
  • References

    Walter Swennen Wikipedia