Walter Swennen

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

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, 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

Notes and references

External links

• Nadja Vilenne: Walter Swennen (FR)
• Xavier Hufkens: Walter Swennen (EN)
• Gladstone Gallery: Walter Swennen (EN)