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Francis Al˙s    (Belgian, 1959)

 Francis Al˙s - Burro (Paintings) h: 15.8 x w: 19.2 x d: 2 in / h: 40.1 x w: 48.8 x d: 5.1 cm
Francis Al˙s
Burro 1992
 
  

Biography
1959 Born in Belgium
1978 - 1983 Institut Supérieur d’Architecture de Tournai, Belgium
1983 - 1986 Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Venice
1990 Began performing paseos-walks-in which he traveled on foot around Mexico City's central downtown area

Exhibitions
2010 “Experimental Geography”, The Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, cur. Nato Thompson, Feb. 21 – May 30
2010 Project Europa”, Harn Museum, Gainesville, cur. Kerry Olivier-Smith, Feb. 2 – May 9
2010 Tate Modern, London (solo)
2010 Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (solo)
2009 “Fabiolas”, National Portrait Gallery, organized by Dia Art Foundation, May 2 – Sept. 27, ex. cat.
2009 “Opposition & Dialogues”, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, May 30 – Aug. 9
2009 “Invasion of Sound”, Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, cur. Agnieszka Morawińska, Francois Quintin, April 6 – June 14
2009 “Waiting for Video: Works from the 1960s to Today”, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, cur. Kenjin Miwa, March 31 – June 7
2009 “The Collection”, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, cur. Siobhan Davies, Victoria Miro, March 23 – April 9
2009 “Acting Out”, ICA, Boston, cur. Jen Mergel, Nicholas Baume, March 19 – Oct. 19
2009 “The Human Stain”, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, cur. Ellen Blumenstein, March 12 – May 31
2009 “A la Limite”, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, March 2 – March 14
2009 “Desenhos (Drawings): A-Z”, Museu da Cidade, Lisboa, Feb. 6 – March 29
2008 8. Bienal de Arte Panamį 2008, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Panama, Sept. – Oct.
2008 16th Biennnale of Sydney, Sydney, cur. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, June 18 – Sept. 7
2008 The Vincent van Gogh Biennal Award for Contemporary Art 2008, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, June 20 – Sept. 30
2008 “Francis Al˙s”, Sammlung Goetz, München, May 26 – Oct. 18
2008 “Francis Al˙s. Bolero (Shoe Shine Blues) and Politics of Rehearsal”, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, Sept. 28 – Dec. 14 (solo)
2008 “Fabiolas”, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, cur. Lynne Cooke, Sept. 7 – March 29, 2009 (solo)
2007 “Francis Al˙s: Politics of Rehearsal”, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, cur. Russel Ferguson
2007 “Fabiolas”, The Hispanic Society of America, New York, organized by Dia Art Foundation, Sept. 20 – April 6, 2008, ex. cat.
2007 Francis Al˙s. UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
2007 Idylle, National Gallery Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2007 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Italian Pavillion, Venice, Italy
2007 skulptur projekte münster 07, Münster, Germany
2006 Version Animée, Centre pour l'image contemporaine Genčve, Geneva, Switzerland
2006 Idylle, Phoenix-Hallen/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
2006 Sisyphe, Musée des arts contemporains Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium
2006 SNAFU. Medien, Mythen, Mind Control, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2006 Francis Al˙s. A Story of Deception, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
2006 Francis Al˙s - Tacita Dean, Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
2006 Francis Al˙s. A Story of Deception, Malba, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
2005 Francis Al˙s: Seven Walks, Artangel at 21 Portman Square / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (solo)
2005 Francis Al˙s: The Green Line, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
2005 Francis Al˙s. A pie desde el studio, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (solo)
2005 War is Over, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
2005 General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1990-2004, Wattis Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
2005 fast forward. Avance rapido. Media Art de la Colección Goetz, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
2004 Walking Distance from the Studio, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
2004 blueOrange prize, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2003 Obra Pictórica, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France; Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

Literature
2007 A Story of Deception. Patagonien 2003 – 2006, Nikola Dietrich, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, ex. cat.
2006 A Story of Deception / Historia de un desengańo. Patagonia 2003 - 2006, Francis Al˙s, Olivier Debroise, Malba - Colección Constantini, Buenos Aires, ex. cat.
2006 Diez cuadras alrededor del estudio / Walking Distance from the Studio, Francis Al˙s, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, ex. cat.
2005 Francis Al˙s - Seven Walks. London, 2004-5, Artangel, London, ex. cat.
2005 When Faith Moves Mountains / Cuando La Fe Mueve Montańas, Francis Al˙s, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Turner, Madrid
2005 The Modern Procession, Francis Al˙s, Public Art Fund, New York, ex. cat.
2004 Francis Al˙s: Walking Distance from the Studio, Annelie Lütgens, Kunstmuseum
2004 Time is a Trick of the Mind, Andreas Bee, Museum für Moderne Kunst & Revolver, Frankfurt am Main, ex. cat.
2002 The Prophet and the Fly, Catherine Lampert, Turner, Madrid, artist’s book and ex. cat
2000 Francis Al˙s. The Last Clown, David G. Torres, Sala Montcada La Caixa, Barcelona, ex. cat.
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