Alain Biltereyst (b. 1965, lives and works in Brussels) continually draws attention to the innate beauty of practical designs, such as a manhole cover, fence design or airplane tail logo. Working primarily on thick panels, there is an attention to layering and repetition as well as an affinity for certain motifs of color and shape. Biltereyst salvages gems of color, shape, and placement in our everyday advertising and design, and carefully isolates their forms. The artist tweaks the colors in logos and designs so that the resulting diminutive works operate in the space between a precious object and fragment of the design canon. The carefully chosen scale and brushy, over-painted surfaces draw the viewer in to a beautifully crafted homage to the world of advertising and design that surrounds the artist. Through tile-like panels and larger works, Biltereyst celebrates the parallels between historical abstraction and the commonplace, with an almost reverent approach to his source material, which is treated as a precious find.
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Alain Biltereyst is part of the group show : dialogues #1 Baronian Xippas Brussels, June 8 - July 27, 2019, Gallery Xippas Paris.
With Alain Biltereyst, Gilbert & George, Peter Halley, Olaf Holzapfel, Chris Johanson, Vera Lutter, Joseph Marioni, Dean Monogenis, Vik Muniz, Tony Oursler, Eric Poitevin, Charles Sandison, James Siena, Takis, Achraf Touloub, Janaina Tschäpe, Leen Voet, Dan Walsh, Gilberto Zorio, Yves Zurstrassen.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Goings-On, Xippas Paris, Paris (FR)
2019
Leaving the House, Jack Hanley, New York (US)
Now is Now, Then is Then, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels (BE)
Collected Stories, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna (AT)
2018
Paceline, dr. julius l ap, Berlin (DE)
Nap #2, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
Urban Landscape, Geukens & De Vil (BE)
2017
How about what, Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo (JP)
Oh My Days, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York City (US)
2016
Track Changes, Van der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Not Just Because, Devening Projects, Chicago (US)
Elsewhere, Loods12, Wetteren (BE)
Slow, Simple, Sweet, Brand New gallery, Milan (IT)
2015
Dear Everyday, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid (ES)
Nada New York, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2014
More or Less, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Porto (PT)
Geoland, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
The Story Behind, Untitled Compositions, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona (ES)
2013
Street Geometries, Van der Mieden Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Notes, Devening Projects, Chicago (US)
Solo, The Secret Kitchen, Temse (BE)
2011
Nothing Forgotten, Galerie De Vos, Aalst (BE)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
ADHOC, adhoc, Bochum (DE)
MiniMalism, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
The Shop Show, Galerie Baronian Xippas, Knokke (BE)
Multilayer Vision 20/20, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest (DE)
2019
It’s a small world after all, curated by JM Voskuil, Sebastian Fath, Mannheim (DE)
PS 1999-2019, PS Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL)
Dialogues #1, Xippas, Paris (FR)
2018
Rhapsody in Blue, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
A Short History of Abstraction, Rønnebæksholm (DK)
Decade One, Ten years, dr. julius | ap, Berlin (DE)
Linear Abstraction : with Frank Badur, Nathan R. Green, Ellsworth Kelly, Matt Kleberg, Alicia McCarthy, Kenneth Noland, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas (US)
Superposition, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City (US)
139 X NOTHING BUT GOOD, Park, Tilburg (NL)
Grounds of Optimism, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Penzance (UK)
Painting Black, Raum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest (DE)
Flatland, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona (ES)
2017
100 Years after De Stijl, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (NL)
Attics, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2016
Paris Internationale, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
Minnesota Street Project, John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco (US)
Intimate edges – 4E, The Embassy, Brussels (BE)
The B&W Project #5, Transmitter, Brooklyn (US)
Liste, Art Fair Basel – NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid/ Barcelona (ES)
Granpalazzo, Rome – NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid/ Barcelona (ES)
Form follows function? – Hugo Voeten Art Centre, Herentals (BE)
Spaghetti code, curated by Tony Lewis & Joe Reihsen, Los Angeles (US)
2015
Enlighted fountains, curated by Loods12, Ghent (BE)
Tomorrow Today, curator Katerina Gregos, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna (AU)
Artbo, Brand New Gallery, Bogotà (CO)
Bazaar- charity auction, Loods 12 (BE)
S/2, Chaste Paper – Sotheby’s, New York (US)
Art Rotterdam, Van der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Art Los Angeles – Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2014
Een genuanceerd beeld, 37PK, Haarlem (NL)
UN.BOUND.ED, Root Division, San Francisco (US)
Subject to the Abstract, Van der Mieden Gallery, Brussels (BE)
ABC Berlin Contemporary, Brand New Gallery, Berlin (DE)
ART-O-RAMA, Nogueras Blanchard, Marseille (FR)
Off Line/On Mark, Parallel Art Space, New York (US)
//On White, Geukens & De Vil Art Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Nothing But Good Live, PARK Platform for visual arts, Tilburg (NL)
Pliage/Fold, Gagosian Gallery, Paris (FR)
30/30 CCNOA, A/B/Contemporary, Zurich (CH)
2013
Little Somethings, ParisCONCRET, Paris (FR)
The logic of things, Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst (BE)
TAGtics, Quartair, The Hague (NL)
Why not… /Biennale Internationale d’Art Non Objectif, Hang’Art, Grenoble (FR)
Ice water Fylswatter, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia (US)
That being said, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
Emergence, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris (FR)
Precise operations, Factor 44, Antwerp (BE)
2012
CCNOA 30/30, Image Archive Project/ a Collective Collection, Moinsun, Paris (FR)
All I need, 6b-Gallery, Brussels (BE)
For 4, CC ‘t Vondel, Halle (BE)
2011
In de wolken, Pep-In-Gen, Brussels (BE)
Friends, 6b-Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2008
La vie en rond, H29, Brussels (BE)
2020
Goings-On, Xippas Paris, Paris (FR)
2019
Leaving the House, Jack Hanley, New York (US)
Now is Now, Then is Then, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels (BE)
Collected Stories, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna (AT)
2018
Paceline, dr. julius l ap, Berlin (DE)
Nap #2, Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
Urban Landscape, Geukens & De Vil (BE)
2017
How about what, Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo (JP)
Oh My Days, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York City (US)
2016
Track Changes, Van der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Not Just Because, Devening Projects, Chicago (US)
Elsewhere, Loods12, Wetteren (BE)
Slow, Simple, Sweet, Brand New gallery, Milan (IT)
2015
Dear Everyday, Nogueras Blanchard, Madrid (ES)
Nada New York, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2014
More or Less, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Porto (PT)
Geoland, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
The Story Behind, Untitled Compositions, NoguerasBlanchard, Barcelona (ES)
2013
Street Geometries, Van der Mieden Gallery, Brussels (BE)
Notes, Devening Projects, Chicago (US)
Solo, The Secret Kitchen, Temse (BE)
2011
Nothing Forgotten, Galerie De Vos, Aalst (BE)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
ADHOC, adhoc, Bochum (DE)
MiniMalism, Mini Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
The Shop Show, Galerie Baronian Xippas, Knokke (BE)
Multilayer Vision 20/20, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest (DE)
2019
It’s a small world after all, curated by JM Voskuil, Sebastian Fath, Mannheim (DE)
PS 1999-2019, PS Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL)
Dialogues #1, Xippas, Paris (FR)
2018
Rhapsody in Blue, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar (NL)
A Short History of Abstraction, Rønnebæksholm (DK)
Decade One, Ten years, dr. julius | ap, Berlin (DE)
Linear Abstraction : with Frank Badur, Nathan R. Green, Ellsworth Kelly, Matt Kleberg, Alicia McCarthy, Kenneth Noland, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas (US)
Superposition, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York City (US)
139 X NOTHING BUT GOOD, Park, Tilburg (NL)
Grounds of Optimism, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Penzance (UK)
Painting Black, Raum Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest (DE)
Flatland, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona (ES)
2017
100 Years after De Stijl, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (NL)
Attics, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2016
Paris Internationale, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
Minnesota Street Project, John Berggruen Gallery, San Fransisco (US)
Intimate edges – 4E, The Embassy, Brussels (BE)
The B&W Project #5, Transmitter, Brooklyn (US)
Liste, Art Fair Basel – NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid/ Barcelona (ES)
Granpalazzo, Rome – NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid/ Barcelona (ES)
Form follows function? – Hugo Voeten Art Centre, Herentals (BE)
Spaghetti code, curated by Tony Lewis & Joe Reihsen, Los Angeles (US)
2015
Enlighted fountains, curated by Loods12, Ghent (BE)
Tomorrow Today, curator Katerina Gregos, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna (AU)
Artbo, Brand New Gallery, Bogotà (CO)
Bazaar- charity auction, Loods 12 (BE)
S/2, Chaste Paper – Sotheby’s, New York (US)
Art Rotterdam, Van der Mieden Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Art Los Angeles – Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
2014
Een genuanceerd beeld, 37PK, Haarlem (NL)
UN.BOUND.ED, Root Division, San Francisco (US)
Subject to the Abstract, Van der Mieden Gallery, Brussels (BE)
ABC Berlin Contemporary, Brand New Gallery, Berlin (DE)
ART-O-RAMA, Nogueras Blanchard, Marseille (FR)
Off Line/On Mark, Parallel Art Space, New York (US)
//On White, Geukens & De Vil Art Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Nothing But Good Live, PARK Platform for visual arts, Tilburg (NL)
Pliage/Fold, Gagosian Gallery, Paris (FR)
30/30 CCNOA, A/B/Contemporary, Zurich (CH)
2013
Little Somethings, ParisCONCRET, Paris (FR)
The logic of things, Galerie C. De Vos, Aalst (BE)
TAGtics, Quartair, The Hague (NL)
Why not… /Biennale Internationale d’Art Non Objectif, Hang’Art, Grenoble (FR)
Ice water Fylswatter, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia (US)
That being said, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (US)
Emergence, Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris (FR)
Precise operations, Factor 44, Antwerp (BE)
2012
CCNOA 30/30, Image Archive Project/ a Collective Collection, Moinsun, Paris (FR)
All I need, 6b-Gallery, Brussels (BE)
For 4, CC ‘t Vondel, Halle (BE)
2011
In de wolken, Pep-In-Gen, Brussels (BE)
Friends, 6b-Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2008
La vie en rond, H29, Brussels (BE)
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