Walter Swennen

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

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.[1]


Exhibitions

Retrospectives

2013–2014

  • So Far So Good, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium. Curated by Dirk Snauwaert (05.10.2013 – 26 January 2014)[2]

1991

  • Le Nom propre, PBA, Charleroi, Belgium.

Selected one-person exhibitions

2016

  • Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2015

  • 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

  • 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, January–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

Notes and references

  1. ↑ So Far So Good, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium.
  2. ↑ So Far So Good, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium.


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