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Panamarenko Biography
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1940 |
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Born in Antwerp, Belgium
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1955 - 1960 |
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Studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium
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1961 - 1962 |
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Military service
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1965 |
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Organises the first Happening in Antwerp alongside a small number of fellow artists. Panamarenko publishes Happening News.
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1967 |
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First exhibit at the Antwerp Wide White Space Gallery. Starts building his first aeroplanes.
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1969 - 1971 |
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Building of the legendary zeppelin The Aeromodeller
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1981 |
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Panamarenko introduces his Negentroop. A natural science-based journey to the stars.
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1987 - 1990 |
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Builds a series of Pastille motors
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1990 |
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Builds the first Archaeopterix (intelligent chicken) after the model of the prehistoric bird.
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1996 |
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Panamarenko shows his steel submarine Pahama Novaya Zemblaya at the Ronny Van de Velde gallery, Antwerp. Its initial purpose was to sail to Spitsbergen.
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1998 |
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The flying boat Scotch Gambit is taking shape. Given the size of the piece Panamarenko has to move to a hangar in the Antwerp port, where the boat is completed.
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2000 |
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One-man exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London and at the Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel.
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2001 |
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First major one-man exhibition in New York City (Dia Center for the Arts). Panamarenko designs the artist book For Clever Scholars, Astronomers and Doctors.
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2002 |
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Opening of Antwerpse Luchtschipbouw in Borgerhout. The venue is a workshop for artists as well as an exhibition space.
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2003 |
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At the request of the City of Antwerp, Panamarenko puts together the statue Pepto Bismo 2003 on St.-Jansplein. Publication of the book Tekenen en Rekenen (with the artist’s most significant drawings from the 60s to the present).
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2004 |
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Panamarenko receives the Plantin-Moretus prize for his book Tekenen en Rekenen (drawing and counting), that was chosen as the most beautiful art book of 2003. His successful book For Clever Scholars, Astronomers and Doctors is being reprinted for the first time.
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2005 |
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To celebrate his 65th birthday in early February, Panamarenko is formally invited by Mayor Patrick Janssens to the Antwerp town hall. The artist is praised for his "non-conformist behaviour, also described as creativity," according to the mayor.
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Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2004
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Eiland en Loxodrome, Antwerpse Luchtschipbouw, Antwerp
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2004
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Multiples, Hangar 7 (Red Bull), Salzburg
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2004
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Scotch Gambit, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
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2004
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Te land, ter zee en in de lucht, Vlaams Parlement, Brussels
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2004
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Hinky Pinky Prova and Brazil, Antwerpse Luchtschipbouw, Antwerp
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2003
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Multiples 1995-2002, Galerie Jos Jamar, Antwerp
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2003
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Thermo Photovoltaic Energy Convertor, Kewenig Gallery, Cologne
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2003
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Operatie Panamarenko, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo
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2003
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Installation of 'Pepto Bismo 2003' at St.-Jansplein, Antwerp
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2003
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Tekenen en Rekenen, Rubenshuis Antwerp (catalogue)
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2003
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Bing II en ander nieuw werk, Antwerpse Luchtschipbouw, Borgerhout
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2003
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Multiples 1966-2003, Muhka, Antwerp
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2003
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Multiples 1966-2003, Atelier Augarten, Vienna
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2002
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
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2002
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Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris
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2002
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Galerie de France, Paris
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2002
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Elastic Max II, Galerie Griet Van Middelem, Oudenburg
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2002
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Papaver, Antwerpse Luchtschipbouw, Borgerhout
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2002
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Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke
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2001 - 2002
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Panamarenko in museum het Valkhof, Nijmegen (catalogue)
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2001
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SMAK, Gent (publication 'For Clever Scholars, Astronomers and Doctors')
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2001
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Galerie Durant-Dessert, Paris
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2001
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Thermo Photovolatic Energy Convertor and Big Paradox, Zoo, Antwerp
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2001
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Europese Top van Laken, Laken, Brussels
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2001
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Le siècle de Kafka, Gerechtshof, Antwerp
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2000 - 2001
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Orbit, Dia Foundation Center for the Arts, New York
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2000
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Bing of the Ferro Lusto, Hayward Gallery, London (catalogue)
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2000
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Bing of the Ferro Lusto, Museum Jean Tinguely, Bazel
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2000
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Raven's Variable Matrix, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp
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2000
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Snijboon-Monocedo, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
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1999
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Bernouilli, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp
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1999
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Scotch Gambit, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
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1998
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La grande exposition des soucoupes volantes, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris (catalogue)
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1998
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Scotch Gambit in progress, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp
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1998
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Archaeopterix I, II and III and fossils from the Eocene, Jurassic, Triassic and Permian Periods, Rossaert, Antwerp
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1997 - 1998
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North Sea Depot, Galerie Christine and Isy Brachot, Brussels
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