Michaël Borremans

(Belgian, born 1963)

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Michaël Borremans

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Biography

Timeline

1963
Born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium
1996
M.F.A., Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Campus St. Lucas, Ghent, Belgium
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium

Exhibitions

2018
Michaël Borremans Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, David Zwirner, Hong Kong (solo exhibition)
21st Biennale of Sydney. Superstition: Equilibrium & Engagement, Artspace, Sydney
David Zwirner: 25 Years, David Zwirner, New York
Ghost in a Shell, The Embassy Brussels, Brussels
Randez-Vous with Frans Hals, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp [itinerary: Fondazione Prada, Milan] [curated by Luc Tuymans]
2017
Michaël Borremans Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Michaël Borremans: Sixteen Dances, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (solo exhibition)
ELEVATION 1049 – AVALANCHE, Gstaad, Switzerland (organized by the Luma Foundation, Arles, France)
The Raft. Art is (not) lonely, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
2016
Michaël Borremans Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Behold the Man, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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 [catalogue]
Full Moon, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Identity Revisited, The Warehouse, Dallas
Unsettling Green: Focusing on a colour, MARTa Herford, Germany [catalogue]
2015
Michaël Borremans Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Michaël Borremans: Black Mould, David Zwirner, London [catalogue] (solo exhibition)
Michaël Borremans: Fixture, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain [catalogue] (solo exhibition)
75 Gifts for 75 Years, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Belgique, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
The Bottom Line, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
Don’t Shoot the Painter. Paintings from the UBS Art Collection, GAM - Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano, Milan [catalogue]
Drawing Now, Albertina, Vienna [catalogue]
The Importance of Being…, Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana [itinerary: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA); Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo]
The Problem of God, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf [catalogue]
Proportio, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice [organized by Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation and the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Venice]
When I Give, I Give Myself, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2014
Michaël Borremans Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Michaël Borremans: The Advantage, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo [catalogue] (solo exhibition)
Michaël Borremans: As sweet as it gets, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels [itinerary: Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art] [catalogue and publication] (solo exhibition)
Michaël Borremans: Girl with Hands, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo (solo exhibition)
Michaël Borremans, Ryosokuin Temple, Kyoto (solo exhibition)
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Panopticum, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany [catalogue]
RE: Painted | ‘Painting’ from the collection, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
The Sea/De Zee: salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Kunstmuseum aan zee (Mu.ZEE), Ostend, Belgium
Secret Passions: Private Flemish Collections, lille3000, Lille, France [catalogue]
Somos Libres II: Works from the Mario Testino Collection, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin [catalogue]
Word Bites Picture, Design Matters, Los Angeles [exhibition publication]
Works on Paper I, Xeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Painted Fruit, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Ad Absurdum: Energies of the Absurd from Modernity to Contemporary Art, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Plan and Elevation: Contemporary Artists Explore the Metaphors of Architecture, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Die Hände der Kunst, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Eclipse: Art in a Dark Age, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Rubell Family Collection, Miami
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Literature

2006
Horse Hunting, David Zwirner, New York, USA
Von Mausen und Menschen - Of Mice and Men - 4 berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany - curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick
ARS 06 - Toden tuntu Sense of the Real, Museum of contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Cultuurprijzen Vlaanderen 2005, Flagey, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Vitamin D - New Perspectives in Drawing, Edited by Phaidon Press
Michaël Borremans: The Performance, texts by Patrick Murphy, Ziba de Weck and Hans Rudolf Reust, Hatje Cantz Publishers
La Belgique Visionaire België: C'est arrivé près de chez nous, Edited by Bozar Books, Brussels, Het Paleis voro Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
Slow Art: Zeigenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden, Museum Kuns Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005, The Museum of Modern Art MOMA, New York, USA
Pijn/ La douleur/ Pain, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium