Saatchi Gallery

Luc Tuymans

(Belgian, born 1958)

Luc Tuymans

Still Life, 2002

Not for Sale

Luc Tuymans

Within, 2001

Not for Sale

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
2006: Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
: Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

Exhibitions

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)
2009: Luc Tuymans: Against the Day, Wiels Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brussels, Belgium [itinerary: Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia; Moderna Museet, Stolkholm, Sweden] [each venue published its own catalogue] (solo)
2008: Die Hande der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
The Hands of Art, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2007: Wako Works of Art - 15 Years / Part II, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006: Afrika Remix, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Luc Tuymans, Kanazawa 21st Century Museum, Ishikawa, Japan (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Museo Serralves, Porto, Portugal (solo)
2005: Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire, England (solo)
Les Gilles de Binche, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Art and its Space, Benefit Auction, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2004: Luc Tuyamns, Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
Luc Tuyamns, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Tracing, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Display Room 2, Saatchi Gallery, London, England (solo)
Karel Appel. Onderweg-Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussels, Belgium
Carpe Artem, Kunstproject in de stad St. Truiden, Limburg, Belgium
Witslag, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie, Belgium
The Undiscovered Country, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Contre-images, Carre d'Art, Nïmes, France
The Voice of Art, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Reinstallation of the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2003: The Arena, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Display, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
Fortune, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Curtains: Reconstitution, Clermont-Ferrand, France (solo)
The Rumor: Monoprints, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY (solo)
2002: Niks, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
2001: The Rumour, White Cube, London, England (solo)
Imperfektum, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Rogaland, Norway (solo)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Luc Tuymans, Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy [catalogue] (solo)
2000: Mwana Kitoko: beautiful white man, David Zwirner, New York, NY [catalogue] (solo)
Undetermined, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue] (solo)
Insolence, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Luc Tuymans Sincerely, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan [catalogue] (solo)
1999: Splendid Isolation, White Cube, London, England (solo)
The Purge, Paintings/1991-1998, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands (solo)
The Passion, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium (solo)
1998: Security, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Privacy: Luc Tuymans, Miroslav Balka, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (solo)
Premonition: Works on paper, capcMusï¿½e dï¿½art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France [catalogue] (solo)
Delayed, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden (solo)
Der Architekt, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1997: Premonition: Works on paper, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
Illegitimate, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Ons Geluk: One Year Presentation of Luc Tuymans and Dany Devos, Breydelstraat 5, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1996: The Heritage, David Zwirner, New York, NY (solo)
Necklace, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1995: Supersition, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Luc Tuymans. Paintings, 1978-1993, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Heimat, Musï¿½e des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France [catalogue] (solo)
Le Verdict, Centre Genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Blow Up. Luc Tuymans. Schilderijen paintings 1985-1995. De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands [catalogue] (solo)
The Agony, Galerie Foksal SBWA, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
Heimat, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1994: Indelible Evidence, Galerie Erika and Otto Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
Superstition, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany [catalogue] (solo)
At random, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1993: Luc Tuymans, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany [catalogue] (solo)
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Intolerance, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium (solo)
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany (solo)
1992: Luc Tuymans, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland [catalogue] (solo)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Repulsion, Isabella Kacprzak Gallery, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1991: Disenchantment, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
Le Creux de l'Enfer, Centre d' Art Contemporain, Thiers, France (solo)
1990: Schilderijen 1978-1989, Plateau, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Tekeningen, Schouwburg Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Suspended, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1989: Zimmer Frei, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
A Place in the Sun, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1988: Josefine n'est pas ma femme, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
1985: Belgian Art Review, Palais des Thermes, Oostende, Belgium (solo)
: SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Museum fuer Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, England

Literature

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