Luc Tuymans

(Belgian, born 1958)

le verdict 3 by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Le Verdict 3, 1995

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‘allo!’ b by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

‘Allo!’ B, 2012

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ballroom dancing by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Ballroom Dancing, 2007

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firewood by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Firewood, 1994

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plates by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Plates, 2012

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premonition (series ii) by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Premonition (Series II), 2003

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untitled (reuter) by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Untitled (Reuter), 1986

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allo! a by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Allo! A, 2012

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allo! b by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Allo! B, 2012

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allo! c by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Allo! C, 2012

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angel by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Angel, 2004

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kristallnacht by luc tuymans

Luc Tuymans

Kristallnacht, 1992

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Biography

Timeline

1958
Born in Mortsel, Belgium
1976 - 1979
Studied fine arts at Sint-Lukasinstituut, Brussels, Belgium
1979 - 1980
Attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre in Brussels, Belgium
1980 - 1982
Attended the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, Belgium
1982 - 1986
Studied art history at Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
1993
Recipient, Flemish Culture Award for Visual Arts
Recipient, Flemish Culture Award for Visual Arts
1998
Recipient, Cultuurprijs K.U. Leuven, Prijs Blanlin-Evrart, Leuven, Belgium
2000
Finalist, Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Awards, Zurich
2006
Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibitions

2019
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Luc Tuymans: La Pelle, Palazzo Grassi, Venice (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: The Return, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands (solo exhibition)
AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), Antwerp
DAS KOLLEGIUM, Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch, Aschersleben, Germany
GROUP SHOW, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Highlights for a Future: De Collectie (1), Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent [collection display]
Now Is the Time: 25 Years Collection Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany [collection display]
2018
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York
Democracy Anew?, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
Face to Face, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Faith Love Hope. 800 Years of the Graz-Seckau Diocese, Kunshaus Graz, Austria
four times sixty – anniversary exhibition, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Ghost in a Shell, The Embassy, Brussels
2017
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Luc Tuymans: The Swamp, Reset Gert Robijns, Borgloon, Belgium (solo exhibition)
The Absent Museum, Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels
Between poles and tides: New Acquisitions from the University of Edinburgh Art Collection, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh
From Bosch to Tuymans: a vital story, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, Ghent
Hope and Hazard: A Comedy of Eros, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Vermont
JIWA: Jakarta Biennale 2017, Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem, Jakarta
The Lineage of Fantastic Art in Belgium and Flanders, Utsunomiya Art Museum, Japan [itinerary: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan; Bunkamura Museum Tokyo]
The Raft. Art is (not) Lonely, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
2016
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Luc Tuymans: Le Mépris, David Zwirner, New York (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Scramble - 25 years of collaboration, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Glasses, Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp [itinerary: National Portrait Gallery, London] (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Prémonitions, Lille Métropole, musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (solo exhibition) 9th Biennale de Montréal: Le Grand Balcon/The Grand Balcony, Musée de art contemporain de Montréal
Cabinet d’Amis: the accidental collection of Jan Hoet, Hôtel de la Poste, Tour & Taxis, Brussels [part of Art Brussels 2016: From Discovery to Recovery]
The Campaign for Art: Contemporary, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Power of the Avant-Garde Now and Then, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels presently, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Tate Modern: Display. Painting and Mass Media, Tate Modern, London
Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, The Met Breuer, New York
2015
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Luc Tuymans: Birds of a Feather, Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Intolerance, QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Qatar Museums, Doha (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: The Shore, David Zwirner, London (solo exhibition)
Luc Tuymans: Suspended. L’oeuvre graphique 1989-2014, Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière, Belgium (solo exhibition)
75 Gifts for 75 Years, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Belgique, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Die Beiläufigkeit der Dinge/The Incidental Nature of Things, Overbeck-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany
Drawings, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo
The Inaugural Installation, The Broad, Los Angeles
L’homme, le Dragon et la Mort. La Gloire de saint Georges/Man, Dragon and Death: The Glory of Saint Georges, Musée des Arts Contemporains (MAC) de la Fédération WallonieBruxelles, Mons, Belgium
Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina [itinerary: The Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, Columbus; Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York; Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon]
A Republic of Art: French Regional Collections of Contemporary Art, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Silence out loud. Tentoonstelling van Joost Zwagerman/Exhibition by Joost Zwagerman, Kranenburgh, Bergen, The Netherlands
Start by Asking Questions: Works from the Faulconer and Rachofsky Collections, Dallas, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa
Works on Paper II, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2014
Luc Tuymans Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Luc Tuymans: Graphic Works - Kristalnacht to Technicolor, The Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon (solo exhibition)
Beating around the bush Episode #1, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Biennale of Painting: The Touch of the Painter/Biënnale van de schilderkunst. De toets van de schilder, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
Blicke! Körper! Sensationen! Ein anatomisches Wachskabinett und die Kunst, Deutsches HygieneMuseum, Dresden
DE. FI. CIEN. CY: Andrzej Wróblewski, René Daniëls, Luc Tuymans, Art Stations Gallery, Poznań, Poland [itinerary: Drawing Room, London]
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
El Hotel Eléctrico, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
Happier than the Morning Sun, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Progress and Hygiene, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
The Sea/De Zee: salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
Secret Passions: Private Flemish Collections, lille3000, Lille, France
Selections From the Collection of Blake Byrne, Patrick Painter, Inc., Santa Monica
Unreliable Evidence, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, England
Unstable Places: New in Contemporary Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Visages, Picasso, Magritte, Warhol…, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France
2011
Luc Tuymans, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2010 - 2011
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2010
Luc Tuymans, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
2009 - 2011
Luc Tuymans, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH [itinerary: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium] [catalogue published in 2009] (solo)

Public Collections

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Museum für Modern Kunst, Frankfurt
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

Literature

2009
Molesworth, Helen. Luc Tuymans. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, 2009
2003
Loock, Ulrich. Luc Tuymans. New York: Phaidon Press, 2003