Guillaume Bijl 1946
Lives in Antwerpen, Belgium. Works in Antwerpen, Belgium.
Represented by:
Lumen Travo Galerie
Guillaume Bijl (Antwerp, BE, 1946) plays a delicate game with reality. In his installations and compositions he creates an everyday situation which appears to be completely familiar to us. Whether it’s a travel agency or a dog beauty parlour, he’s copied them so perfectly that fiction and reality have become inseparable. In this way, Guillaume Bijl makes us take a good look at ourselves: if things just seem to be what we think they are, we’re satisfied. We want to believe what we see.
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Bijl's first installation was a driving school, set in a gallery-space in Antwerp in 1979, accompanied by a manifesto calling for the abolition of art centres, and replacing them with 'socially useful institutions'. This installation was followed in the eighties by a billiards room, a casino, a laundromat, a centre for professional training, a psychiatric hospital, a fallout shelter, a show of fictitious American artists, a conference for a new political party and a rural Belgian model house.
Guillaume Bijl’s first exhibition was Dokumente at Olbricht in Kassel in 1982, and the most recent show was at ART BASEL UNLIMITED in 2023 with Galerie Nagel Draxler and Meredith Rosen Gallery. Guillaume Bijl is mostly exhibited in Belgium, but also had exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere. The most important exhibition was 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia at La Biennale di Venezia in Venice in 2009, while other important shows were at Biennale of Sydney in Sydney, NSW and Documenta in Kassel. Guillaume Bijl has been exhibited with Jan Fabre and Marcel Broodthaers. Guillaume Bijl’s art is in 11 museum collections, including those of the Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA) in Antwerp and of the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz. Bijl is also an artist at the Mulier Gallery, has displayed at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and has been reviewed by the New York Times.
He was awarded the Preis der Niederöstereichische Regierung in 1988, the Staatsprijs Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990, the Sparda Bank Preis, Wuppertal, in 2008 and the Provinciale Prijs – Antwerpen, in 2014 - 2016.
Guillaume Bijl’s first exhibition was Dokumente at Olbricht in Kassel in 1982, and the most recent show was at ART BASEL UNLIMITED in 2023 with Galerie Nagel Draxler and Meredith Rosen Gallery. Guillaume Bijl is mostly exhibited in Belgium, but also had exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere. The most important exhibition was 53rd International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia at La Biennale di Venezia in Venice in 2009, while other important shows were at Biennale of Sydney in Sydney, NSW and Documenta in Kassel. Guillaume Bijl has been exhibited with Jan Fabre and Marcel Broodthaers. Guillaume Bijl’s art is in 11 museum collections, including those of the Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA) in Antwerp and of the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz. Bijl is also an artist at the Mulier Gallery, has displayed at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art and has been reviewed by the New York Times.
He was awarded the Preis der Niederöstereichische Regierung in 1988, the Staatsprijs Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990, the Sparda Bank Preis, Wuppertal, in 2008 and the Provinciale Prijs – Antwerpen, in 2014 - 2016.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (a selection)
2022
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
C. Nagel – Draxler, Köl, Germany
Duchamp – Bijl, Burbuy, Belgium
Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France
2021
Multiples & Editions, Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium
Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Seghers Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
2020
Lighthouse/Watchtower, De Haan, Belgium
2019
Collection presentation: 40 years installations (celebration) 1979 – 2019, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Guillaume Bijl presents Fraikin, Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgium
Zwin Natuur Park, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Compositions & Sorry’s, J. Allen Gallery, Paris, France
Dogsalon ‘Daisy’, Pinkie Bowtie, Antwerp, Belgium
Bruegelfeest in de Ponderosa, Dilbeek, Belgium
76,4 Space, Brussels, Belgium
Mieke van Schaijk Gallery, ‚s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2018
Art’s Birthday, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Adriaen Brouwer Installation, Ronde van Vlaanderen Museum, Oudenaarde, Belgium
Felicien Rops Installation, Musée Félicien Rops, Namur, Belgium
ADNplatform, Barcelona, Spain
2017
Walk of Fame, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Matrass Discount, ADNplatform, Barcelona, Spain
PXL Mad Campus, Hasselt, Belgium
The Politician = a Transformation - Installation, Mengi, Iceland
2016
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
Dog Salon Bobby, Grieder Contemporary, MANIFESTA 11, Zürich, Switzerland
Groetend admiraal koppel, MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sculptures, Compositions & Sorries, KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
Sorry, Le Carré – Scène nationale et Centre d’Art contemporain du pays de Château-Gontier, Château-Gontier, France
2015
Composities en Sorry’s, Yoeri Vanlangendonck Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Sokkel, Stadspark, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
Compositions, Lumen Trevor Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wax Museum Installation, Art Cologne, Germany
2013
Chateau des Adhemar - centre d’art contemporain, Montélimar, France
2012
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Pari, France
Compositions Trouvées, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Extra Hair Shop, Etablissement d’en Face projects, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2011
L’Archéologie de notre Civilisation, Galerie Guy Pieters, Paris, France
2010
Cabin, Antwerp, Belgium
Celebrity - The One and the Many, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karslruhe, Germany
2009
Guillaume Bijl, COMA Centre for Opinions in Music and Art, Berlin, Germany
Sculpture Trouvée, Ladendorf, Austria
2008
Guillaume Bijl, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Ein neuer erfolgreicher Tag, Wuppertal, Germany
Pocketroom, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
”De Stoel in de Kunst”, De Naeyer, Sint Maria-Horebeke, Belgium
2004
R 1, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Installation, Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Haverkamp, Münster, Germany
2002
World Guiness Record, Galerie A. Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
De Koninck, Mechelen, Belgium
Galerij Jos Jamar, Antwerp, Belgium
2001
Inter-Phone Center, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhafen, Germany
Museum für die Souvenirs der 60er Jahre, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany
1999
Souvenirs of the 20th Century, Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany
1998
Dokumenta Wax Museum (Rekonstruction), Museum of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Historische Lederhosen, Kunsthalle Recklingshausen, Germany
Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
De Paviljoense, Almere, The Netherlands
1997
Installations and Compositions, Arken Museum, Ishøj, Denmark
Installations and Compositions, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1996
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany
Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
Theater, Basel, Germany
History of Prehistoric Man, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1995
Le cabinet de curiosités, Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France
1994
Roman Street, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Wewerka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993
Der Mensch überwindet Distanzen, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
H. Winter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Jos Jamar, Knokke, Belgium
1992
Auction House, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Galleria Ponte Pietra, Verona, Italy
1991
Komponisten-Sterbezimmer (Johannes Vogl), Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
1990
Formal Wear Rental, Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, USA
Für Garderobe keine Haftung, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, France
N. Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
Jack Shaiman Gallery, New York, USA
Neuer Supermarkt, Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1989
Wewerka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galleria A. Murnik, Milano, Italy
La Criée, Rennes, France
Caravan Show, Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
Futon Store, The New Museum, New York, USA
Toning Centre, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
1988
Das Gläserne U-Boot, Tabakfabrik Stein/Krems, Donau, Germany
Eine neue Hoffnung, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Front Room Window, Galerij T. Rumff, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Guillaume Bijl, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Privé Solarium-Kamer, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sorries and Compositions, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Un Panorama de l’Art Contemporain en Belgique, Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris, France
Biennale of Venice, Belgian Pavillion, Venice, Italy
1987
Four American Artists, Galleria G. Terribile, Milano, Italy
Mon Chalet, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Terracotta, Sala 1, Rome, Italy
Treppengeschäft, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
1986
Herrenkleidung, Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1985
Oosterse Tapijtenhandel, De Appel and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Bilinelli, Brussels, Belgium
Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Fitness Center, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands
Salon Lavoir, Galerie Andata Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
1984
V.M.H.K., Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
V.M.H.K., S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
1983
Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
1982
Reisagentschap, Franklin Furnace, New York, USA
1981
121 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1980
De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
1979
Autorijschool Z, Galerie Ruimte Z, Antwerp, Belgium
GROUP SHOWS (a selection)
2022
Cultural City, Luxembourg
Centre Pompidou, West Bund Museum / Shanghai
Casstl, Antwerp, Belgium
De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2021
ING Bank Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
Zero Gallery, Milan, Italy
Saint-Cirque-Lapopie (artsist in residence), France
Musée Contemporaine, ST. Etienne, France
Neues Museum, Nurnberg, Germany
Chateau Oiron, Plaine-et-Vallée, France
2020
The Last Picture Show, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
Mieke Van Schaijk Gallery, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Blikfabriek, Antwerp, Belgium
2019
Bruegel’s Eye, Dilbeek, Belgium
Collection 1, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Parcum, ABBEYE, Leuven, Belgium
Belgium Biennal, Ghent, Belgium
Art Brussels with KETELEER Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Expo by Stan Peers, Pinkie Bowtie, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
Nick Lodgers - Uit Beleefdheid, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Benefit auction for Poverello, Kortrijk, Belgium
Ik Zie Ik Zie Ik Zie Watjijnietziet, De Serre, curated by Lieven Segers, Hasselt, Belgium
From the Collection | Against the Wall, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Sorry Installation, Beaufort 2018, Ostend, Belgium
Power to the people, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
BE::YO:ND, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Unexchangeable, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Idiorrythmia, Cacbm, Paris, France
Casino Installation, PLAY, City Circuit for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
20 years NICC celebration, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
2017
Façade 2017, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Let There be Light, Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Si & La groepsexpo, Si & La, Antwerp, Belgium
The Absent Museum, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Wordswordswords, Sofie van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Cappadox, Cappadocia, Turkey
Fleming Falloon, Office Baroque Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Last Night’s Fortune Teller, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2016
MANIFESTA 11, Zurich, Switzerland
MUSEUM = K (x+y) / D, IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen, Belgium
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, USA
Sammeln ist wie Tagebuch führen, Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
The Eighties – A Decade of Extremes, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
(MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio De Janeiro, Brasil (travelling exhibition)
11 kunstenaars tegen de muur, Antwerp, Belgium
See How the Land Lays, West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Nate Lights, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Intrigue, James Ensor by Luc Tuymans, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2015
The Importance of Being…, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Havana, Cuba
A Belgian Politician, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, Belgium
An Jan – Eine Hommage, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Pom’ Po Pon Po Pon Pom Pon, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
The Importance of Being…, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina
The Importance of Being…, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
2014
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
MASTER MOULD AND COPY ROOM, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
The Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The SEA - salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium
Le Mur, La collection Antoine de Galbert; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Return to Sender, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Nagel Draxler Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2013
BAZA(A)R BELG(I)Ë, CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
C//UPDATE You said yesterday - tomorrow, Angle Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Des Corps Compétents (La Modification) / Les Week-ends de la Modification, Villa Arson, Nice, France
ERROR #20 - Maxime Christiaensen.Guillaume Bijl, ERROR ONE, Antwerp, Belgium
SUSPECT, 13th International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
THE COLLECTION AS A CHARACTER, 25 Years MuHKA, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Drolatique, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Chinon, France
13th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
Middle Gate Geel ’13, various locations in Geel, Belgium
Museum to Scale 1/7, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Gegenverkehrsbereich, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
2012
Asche und Gold. Eine Weltenreise, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Struggle(s), Maison Particuliere Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
WONDERFUL - Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Prolongation, Galérie nächts ST. Stephan – Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Ensembles, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2011
11th Biennale de Lyon - A Terrible Beauty Is Born, Biennale Lyon, Lyon, France
COLLECTIE XXVII Ten Oosten van 4?24’, MuKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
Melanchotopia, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Von Dort Aus, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Museum Show, Arnolfinimuseum, Bristol, UK
2010
ABC - Contemporary Art from Belgium, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
Bilder in Bewegung: Künstler & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
The Fate of Irony, KAI 10 - Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
The State of Things, NAMOC, Beijing, China
Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe, Brugge Plus vzw, Bruges, Belgium
2009
Danish Pavilion, 53. Biennale Venice 2009, Biennale Venice, Italy
Extra Moors: A Story of the Image, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, Belgium
GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words - The first Decade, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium / Hedah, Maastricht, The Netherlands
National Museum of Singapore, Shanghai, China
Something Else!!!, MAN, Nuoro, Italy
SPACE REVISED #3. What if This Was a Piece of Art?, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
The State of Things, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Chinetik, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
A Story of the Image, National Museum of Singapore / Shanghai Art Museum, Singapore, Thaliand / Shanghai, China
2008
Ad Absurdum - Energies of the absurd from modernism till today, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Call it what you like! Collection Rik Reinking, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
Présence Panchounette, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
SCAPE 2008, Christchurch Biennal, SCAPE Biennal, Christchurch, New Zealand
The IKOB Collection, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
The IKOB Collection, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands
3D – oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Limousin, EspaceCulturel François Mitterrand, Perigeux, France
Less is more, more is more, that’s all, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Onthaasting: About Spare Time and Slower Worlds, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, USA
2007
Black Is Black, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
Anachronism & The Otolith Group, Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels, Belgium
El Manifesto de Santiago, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile, Chile
skulptur projekte münster 07, Skulptur Prokekte Münster, Münster, Germany
Vol #3 The Great Etikette’n’Swindle, FRISE, Hamburg, Germany
Vanaf nu!..., LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium
Looking for the border, Una linea concettuale dell’arte italiana e belga tra l’iconico e l’ironico, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek-Wever, Belgium
2006
busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
From Wallonia with Love, Jacques Cerami Galerie, Couillet, Belgium
Optik Schröder - Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
The Collection XVI: Attributen en Substanie, MuKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
25 years Zeno X, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Images Publiques, Liège, Belgium
Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2005
50 Years documenta, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Monopolis - Antwerp, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
(my private) HEROES, MARTa Herford Museum of Art and Design, Herford, Germany
Private View 1980 – 200 – collection Pierre Huber, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland
La Belgique Visionnaire. C’est arrive près de chez nous, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Daimler Chrysler Collection, Berlin, Germany
2004
6. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2004, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
Tongue in Cheek – l’humour dans l’art contemporain, Centre rhénan d’art contemporain, Altkirch, France
Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
L‘ombre du temps, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2003
Bright Lights, Big City, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA
FONA I, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
Gelijk het leven, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
Updated Collection Presentation (IV), MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Objets? Objets!, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Belgium Art Now, Athens, Greece
2002
Malerei ohne Malerei, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Private Öffentlichkeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Shopping: A century of art and consumer culture, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Shopping, Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
World Guiness Record, Galerie A.Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
Poëzie Zomer, Watou, Belgium
2001
Littmann Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Martin Jana Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2000
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Because a fire was in my head, South London Gallery, London, UK
Dinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Ex Lux, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall, Austria
Transformer, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria
Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
1999
La consolation, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
Unplugged, London, UK
1998
Historische Lederhosen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
Archiv X, Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Austria
Souvenirs of the 20th Century, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Voor het verdwijnt en erna, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
1997
Collectie te gast in Schwerte, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Neue Galerie, Aachen
1996
Central Airport, Theater, Basel, Switzerland
Triple X, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schwerelos – Skulpture, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
1995
CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Elvis + Marilyn 2x Immortal, CAM, Houston, Texas, USA
As far as Amsterdam goes…, de Appel Boys’ school, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Toujours moderne, Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Die Orte der Kunst, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Palacio Nacional, Sintra, Portugal
1993
Refusing to Surface, South London Gallery, London, UK
TV-Quiz Decor, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Accrochage, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nïmes, France
The Uncanny, Sonsbeek 93, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1992
Accrochage, Zeno X Gallry, Antwerp, Belgium
Documenta Wax Museum, Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
Horizon Systems. Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Al(l)ready made, Stdelijk Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
FluxAttitudes, new Museum of Contemporary art, New York, USA
Edge ’92, Madrid, Spain / London, UK
1991
Fluxattitudes, Hallwalls at the Church, Fuffalo, USA
Facts and Rumours, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
e Boom Belge!, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, USA
Galeria Communale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Meyers – Bloom Gallery, santa Monica, USA
Paradoxe des Alltags, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Stuttgart Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1990
Nous citoyens de la communauté Européene, Les Moulins Albigeois, Albi, France
Ponton Temse, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Untitled, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Artisti (della Fiandra) – Kunstenaars (uit Vlaanderen), S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
44. Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy
Edge ’90, Newcastle, UK
Tel Hai ’90, Tel Hai, Israel
1989
Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits), S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
A Belgian Exhibition, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
Guillaume Bijl & Ian Hamilton Finlay, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Historique IV en Sauna, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1988
Images et Mages, Les Moulins Albigeois, Albi, France
Fami Home, Belgian Pavilion, Biennale Venice, Venice, Italy
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Realisme, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Das gläsener U-Boot, Krems, Austria
Miss Hamburg, Forum, Hamburg, Germany
1987
Group Show, Zeno X Gallery, Anwterp, Belgium
Sculpture Trouvée, Beelden Buiten, Tielt, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1986
St Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium
Group Show, Zeno X Gallery, brussels, Belgium
Foire d’Octobre, E.L.A.C., Lyon, France
Wachtzaal en Vergaderzaal, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1985
Reiseagentschap, Hahnentorburg, Cologne, Germany
Nord, Place St Lambert, Liège, Belgium
1984
Tweedehandswagenzaak, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1982
Biennale de Paris, ARC, Paris, France
Pali Kao, Paris, France
1981
Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
1980
Chausses Icecé, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES (a selection)
2016
Guillaume Bijl, ed. Clément Dirié, text by John C. Welchman, JRP|RINGIER, Published with Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
2013
Daniel Buren, Ilya Kabakov, Artur Barrio, Guillaume Bijl, Honore D’o, Adrian Ghenie, Mer Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent, Belgium
2011
Guillaume Bijl, Miller F.P., Vandome A. F., McBrewster J., VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany
2010
The Fate of Irony, Zdenek F., Heiser J., Panhans-Buhler U., ed. Kerber Verlag, Bielefield, Germany
2009
ch-ch-ch-changes, by John Reardon, Ridinghouse, London, UK
2008
Guillaume Bijl: Installations & Compositions, Seyfarth L., van Cauteren P., Walther König Verlag, Köln, Germany
1996
Guillaume Bijl: History of Prehistoric Man (catalogue),MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1993
Konfrontationen: Neuerwerbungen 1990-1993 (catalogue), ed. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1992
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), text: Giorgio Verzotti, ed. Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
1990
Guillaume Bijl Installation - Neuer Supermarkt (catalogue), ed. Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1989
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), text: Wim van Mulders, ed. Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, Belgium
1988
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue),text: Anna Meseure, ed. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Four American Artists, ed. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
1987
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue),ed. Sala 1, Rome, Italy
1980
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), ed. De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
COLLECTIONS
Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Frac National, Paris, France
FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
Musée de l’Objet, Blois, France
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
Vlaams Parlement, Brussels, Belgium
IKOB – Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen, Eupen, Belgium
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels, Belgium
Collection Nationale Bank, Brussels, Belgium
Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Ferraris Gebouw, Brussels, Belgium
Nationale Bank, Brussels, Belgium
Belgacom Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Goldberg Collection, New York, NY, USA
Musée des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Neue Galerie Graz – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum, Niederösteriechische Regierung, Ladendorf, Austria
Château Grand-Duché Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Groningen Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Schröder Collection, Braunschweig, Germany
Städtische Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Sparda Bank, Wuppertal, Germany
Sammlung Reinking, Hamburg, Germany
Musée de l’art contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Centre International d’art et du paysage, l’ile de Vassivière, France
MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
PXL MAD, Hasselt, Belgium
Vosseslag, City of De Haan, Belgium
Leopold Park, Oostende, Belgium
MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Feestelijke Beelden, Rai/ Europaplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Financiële instelling, Eindhoven The Netherlands
De paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia
Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Olbrich Collection, Berlin, Germany
TEACHING
1988 – 1996 : Jan Van Eyck Academie / Maastricht
1993 – 1996 : Guest Professor : Hochschule für Bildende Künste / Hamburg
2001 – 2011 : Professor : Kunstakademie / Münster
PRIZES
Preis der Niederöstereichische Regierung, 1988
Staatsprijs Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1990
Sparda Bank Preis, Wuppertal, 2008
Provinciale Prijs – Antwerpen, 2014 - 2016
2022
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
C. Nagel – Draxler, Köl, Germany
Duchamp – Bijl, Burbuy, Belgium
Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France
2021
Multiples & Editions, Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium
Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
Seghers Gallery, Oostende, Belgium
2020
Lighthouse/Watchtower, De Haan, Belgium
2019
Collection presentation: 40 years installations (celebration) 1979 – 2019, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Guillaume Bijl presents Fraikin, Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgium
Zwin Natuur Park, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Compositions & Sorry’s, J. Allen Gallery, Paris, France
Dogsalon ‘Daisy’, Pinkie Bowtie, Antwerp, Belgium
Bruegelfeest in de Ponderosa, Dilbeek, Belgium
76,4 Space, Brussels, Belgium
Mieke van Schaijk Gallery, ‚s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2018
Art’s Birthday, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Adriaen Brouwer Installation, Ronde van Vlaanderen Museum, Oudenaarde, Belgium
Felicien Rops Installation, Musée Félicien Rops, Namur, Belgium
ADNplatform, Barcelona, Spain
2017
Walk of Fame, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Matrass Discount, ADNplatform, Barcelona, Spain
PXL Mad Campus, Hasselt, Belgium
The Politician = a Transformation - Installation, Mengi, Iceland
2016
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
Dog Salon Bobby, Grieder Contemporary, MANIFESTA 11, Zürich, Switzerland
Groetend admiraal koppel, MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sculptures, Compositions & Sorries, KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
Sorry, Le Carré – Scène nationale et Centre d’Art contemporain du pays de Château-Gontier, Château-Gontier, France
2015
Composities en Sorry’s, Yoeri Vanlangendonck Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
De Sokkel, Stadspark, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
Compositions, Lumen Trevor Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wax Museum Installation, Art Cologne, Germany
2013
Chateau des Adhemar - centre d’art contemporain, Montélimar, France
2012
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Pari, France
Compositions Trouvées, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Extra Hair Shop, Etablissement d’en Face projects, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2011
L’Archéologie de notre Civilisation, Galerie Guy Pieters, Paris, France
2010
Cabin, Antwerp, Belgium
Celebrity - The One and the Many, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karslruhe, Germany
2009
Guillaume Bijl, COMA Centre for Opinions in Music and Art, Berlin, Germany
Sculpture Trouvée, Ladendorf, Austria
2008
Guillaume Bijl, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Ein neuer erfolgreicher Tag, Wuppertal, Germany
Pocketroom, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
”De Stoel in de Kunst”, De Naeyer, Sint Maria-Horebeke, Belgium
2004
R 1, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Installation, Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Haverkamp, Münster, Germany
2002
World Guiness Record, Galerie A. Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
De Koninck, Mechelen, Belgium
Galerij Jos Jamar, Antwerp, Belgium
2001
Inter-Phone Center, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhafen, Germany
Museum für die Souvenirs der 60er Jahre, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany
1999
Souvenirs of the 20th Century, Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid, Germany
1998
Dokumenta Wax Museum (Rekonstruction), Museum of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Historische Lederhosen, Kunsthalle Recklingshausen, Germany
Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
De Paviljoense, Almere, The Netherlands
1997
Installations and Compositions, Arken Museum, Ishøj, Denmark
Installations and Compositions, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
1996
Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany
Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
Theater, Basel, Germany
History of Prehistoric Man, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1995
Le cabinet de curiosités, Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France
1994
Roman Street, Openluchtmuseum Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Wewerka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1993
Der Mensch überwindet Distanzen, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
H. Winter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Jos Jamar, Knokke, Belgium
1992
Auction House, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Galleria Ponte Pietra, Verona, Italy
1991
Komponisten-Sterbezimmer (Johannes Vogl), Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
1990
Formal Wear Rental, Koury Wingate Gallery, New York, USA
Für Garderobe keine Haftung, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, France
N. Jacobs Gallery, London, UK
Jack Shaiman Gallery, New York, USA
Neuer Supermarkt, Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1989
Wewerka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galleria A. Murnik, Milano, Italy
La Criée, Rennes, France
Caravan Show, Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
Futon Store, The New Museum, New York, USA
Toning Centre, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
1988
Das Gläserne U-Boot, Tabakfabrik Stein/Krems, Donau, Germany
Eine neue Hoffnung, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Front Room Window, Galerij T. Rumff, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Guillaume Bijl, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Privé Solarium-Kamer, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sorries and Compositions, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Un Panorama de l’Art Contemporain en Belgique, Galerie Adrien Maeght, Paris, France
Biennale of Venice, Belgian Pavillion, Venice, Italy
1987
Four American Artists, Galleria G. Terribile, Milano, Italy
Mon Chalet, Galerie Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Terracotta, Sala 1, Rome, Italy
Treppengeschäft, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
1986
Herrenkleidung, Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1985
Oosterse Tapijtenhandel, De Appel and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Bilinelli, Brussels, Belgium
Apollohuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Fitness Center, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands
Salon Lavoir, Galerie Andata Ritorno, Geneva, Switzerland
1984
V.M.H.K., Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
V.M.H.K., S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
1983
Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
1982
Reisagentschap, Franklin Furnace, New York, USA
1981
121 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1980
De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
1979
Autorijschool Z, Galerie Ruimte Z, Antwerp, Belgium
GROUP SHOWS (a selection)
2022
Cultural City, Luxembourg
Centre Pompidou, West Bund Museum / Shanghai
Casstl, Antwerp, Belgium
De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2021
ING Bank Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
Zero Gallery, Milan, Italy
Saint-Cirque-Lapopie (artsist in residence), France
Musée Contemporaine, ST. Etienne, France
Neues Museum, Nurnberg, Germany
Chateau Oiron, Plaine-et-Vallée, France
2020
The Last Picture Show, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
Mieke Van Schaijk Gallery, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Blikfabriek, Antwerp, Belgium
2019
Bruegel’s Eye, Dilbeek, Belgium
Collection 1, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Parcum, ABBEYE, Leuven, Belgium
Belgium Biennal, Ghent, Belgium
Art Brussels with KETELEER Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Expo by Stan Peers, Pinkie Bowtie, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
Nick Lodgers - Uit Beleefdheid, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Benefit auction for Poverello, Kortrijk, Belgium
Ik Zie Ik Zie Ik Zie Watjijnietziet, De Serre, curated by Lieven Segers, Hasselt, Belgium
From the Collection | Against the Wall, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Sorry Installation, Beaufort 2018, Ostend, Belgium
Power to the people, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
BE::YO:ND, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Unexchangeable, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Idiorrythmia, Cacbm, Paris, France
Casino Installation, PLAY, City Circuit for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
20 years NICC celebration, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
2017
Façade 2017, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Let There be Light, Sofie van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Si & La groepsexpo, Si & La, Antwerp, Belgium
The Absent Museum, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Wordswordswords, Sofie van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Cappadox, Cappadocia, Turkey
Fleming Falloon, Office Baroque Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Last Night’s Fortune Teller, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2016
MANIFESTA 11, Zurich, Switzerland
MUSEUM = K (x+y) / D, IKOB Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen, Belgium
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, USA
Sammeln ist wie Tagebuch führen, Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart, Germany
The Eighties – A Decade of Extremes, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
(MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina,
Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio De Janeiro, Brasil (travelling exhibition)
11 kunstenaars tegen de muur, Antwerp, Belgium
See How the Land Lays, West, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Nate Lights, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Intrigue, James Ensor by Luc Tuymans, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
2015
The Importance of Being…, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Havana, Cuba
A Belgian Politician, Galerie Marion De Cannière, Antwerp, Belgium
An Jan – Eine Hommage, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Pom’ Po Pon Po Pon Pom Pon, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
The Importance of Being…, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina
The Importance of Being…, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio De Janeiro, Brasil
2014
De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
MASTER MOULD AND COPY ROOM, CAFA Art Museum, Beijing, China
The Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The SEA - salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, Belgium
Le Mur, La collection Antoine de Galbert; La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Return to Sender, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium
Nagel Draxler Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2013
BAZA(A)R BELG(I)Ë, CENTRALE for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
C//UPDATE You said yesterday - tomorrow, Angle Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Des Corps Compétents (La Modification) / Les Week-ends de la Modification, Villa Arson, Nice, France
ERROR #20 - Maxime Christiaensen.Guillaume Bijl, ERROR ONE, Antwerp, Belgium
SUSPECT, 13th International Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
THE COLLECTION AS A CHARACTER, 25 Years MuHKA, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Drolatique, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Chinon, France
13th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
Middle Gate Geel ’13, various locations in Geel, Belgium
Museum to Scale 1/7, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Gegenverkehrsbereich, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
2012
Asche und Gold. Eine Weltenreise, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Struggle(s), Maison Particuliere Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
WONDERFUL - Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Prolongation, Galérie nächts ST. Stephan – Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria
Ensembles, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2011
11th Biennale de Lyon - A Terrible Beauty Is Born, Biennale Lyon, Lyon, France
COLLECTIE XXVII Ten Oosten van 4?24’, MuKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
Melanchotopia, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Von Dort Aus, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Museum Show, Arnolfinimuseum, Bristol, UK
2010
ABC - Contemporary Art from Belgium, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
Bilder in Bewegung: Künstler & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
The Fate of Irony, KAI 10 - Raum für Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
The State of Things, NAMOC, Beijing, China
Luc Tuymans: A Vision of Central Europe, Brugge Plus vzw, Bruges, Belgium
2009
Danish Pavilion, 53. Biennale Venice 2009, Biennale Venice, Italy
Extra Moors: A Story of the Image, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, Belgium
GAGARIN the Artists in their Own Words - The first Decade, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
Jeugdzonde. Over opus één en opus min één, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium / Hedah, Maastricht, The Netherlands
National Museum of Singapore, Shanghai, China
Something Else!!!, MAN, Nuoro, Italy
SPACE REVISED #3. What if This Was a Piece of Art?, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
The State of Things, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Chinetik, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
A Story of the Image, National Museum of Singapore / Shanghai Art Museum, Singapore, Thaliand / Shanghai, China
2008
Ad Absurdum - Energies of the absurd from modernism till today, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Call it what you like! Collection Rik Reinking, Art Centre Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
Présence Panchounette, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
SCAPE 2008, Christchurch Biennal, SCAPE Biennal, Christchurch, New Zealand
The IKOB Collection, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
The IKOB Collection, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands
3D – oeuvres de la collection du FRAC Limousin, EspaceCulturel François Mitterrand, Perigeux, France
Less is more, more is more, that’s all, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Onthaasting: About Spare Time and Slower Worlds, American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC, USA
2007
Black Is Black, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
Anachronism & The Otolith Group, Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels, Belgium
El Manifesto de Santiago, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago de Chile, Chile
skulptur projekte münster 07, Skulptur Prokekte Münster, Münster, Germany
Vol #3 The Great Etikette’n’Swindle, FRISE, Hamburg, Germany
Vanaf nu!..., LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium
Looking for the border, Una linea concettuale dell’arte italiana e belga tra l’iconico e l’ironico, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek-Wever, Belgium
2006
busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
From Wallonia with Love, Jacques Cerami Galerie, Couillet, Belgium
Optik Schröder - Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
The Collection XVI: Attributen en Substanie, MuKHA, Antwerp, Belgium
25 years Zeno X, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Images Publiques, Liège, Belgium
Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia
2005
50 Years documenta, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Monopolis - Antwerp, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
(my private) HEROES, MARTa Herford Museum of Art and Design, Herford, Germany
Private View 1980 – 200 – collection Pierre Huber, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland
La Belgique Visionnaire. C’est arrive près de chez nous, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Daimler Chrysler Collection, Berlin, Germany
2004
6. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen 2004, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
Tongue in Cheek – l’humour dans l’art contemporain, Centre rhénan d’art contemporain, Altkirch, France
Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
L‘ombre du temps, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2003
Bright Lights, Big City, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA
FONA I, MMSU, Rijeka, Croatia
Gelijk het leven, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
Updated Collection Presentation (IV), MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Objets? Objets!, CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Belgium Art Now, Athens, Greece
2002
Malerei ohne Malerei, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Private Öffentlichkeit, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Shopping: A century of art and consumer culture, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Shopping, Shirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
World Guiness Record, Galerie A.Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium
Poëzie Zomer, Watou, Belgium
2001
Littmann Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Martin Jana Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2000
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Because a fire was in my head, South London Gallery, London, UK
Dinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Ex Lux, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall, Austria
Transformer, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria
Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck, Austria
1999
La consolation, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
Unplugged, London, UK
1998
Historische Lederhosen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
Archiv X, Offenes Kulturhaus, Linz, Austria
Souvenirs of the 20th Century, De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Voor het verdwijnt en erna, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
1997
Collectie te gast in Schwerte, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Neue Galerie, Aachen
1996
Central Airport, Theater, Basel, Switzerland
Triple X, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schwerelos – Skulpture, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
1995
CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Elvis + Marilyn 2x Immortal, CAM, Houston, Texas, USA
As far as Amsterdam goes…, de Appel Boys’ school, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1994
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Toujours moderne, Le Nouveau Musée, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
Die Orte der Kunst, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Palacio Nacional, Sintra, Portugal
1993
Refusing to Surface, South London Gallery, London, UK
TV-Quiz Decor, Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Accrochage, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Nïmes, France
The Uncanny, Sonsbeek 93, Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
1992
Accrochage, Zeno X Gallry, Antwerp, Belgium
Documenta Wax Museum, Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
Horizon Systems. Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Al(l)ready made, Stdelijk Museum ‘s Hertogenbosch, ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
FluxAttitudes, new Museum of Contemporary art, New York, USA
Edge ’92, Madrid, Spain / London, UK
1991
Fluxattitudes, Hallwalls at the Church, Fuffalo, USA
Facts and Rumours, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
e Boom Belge!, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, USA
Galeria Communale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Meyers – Bloom Gallery, santa Monica, USA
Paradoxe des Alltags, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Stuttgart Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1990
Nous citoyens de la communauté Européene, Les Moulins Albigeois, Albi, France
Ponton Temse, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Untitled, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Artisti (della Fiandra) – Kunstenaars (uit Vlaanderen), S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
44. Biennale di Venezia, Venezia, Italy
Edge ’90, Newcastle, UK
Tel Hai ’90, Tel Hai, Israel
1989
Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits), S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
A Belgian Exhibition, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA
Guillaume Bijl & Ian Hamilton Finlay, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Works on paper, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Historique IV en Sauna, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1988
Images et Mages, Les Moulins Albigeois, Albi, France
Fami Home, Belgian Pavilion, Biennale Venice, Venice, Italy
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Realisme, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Das gläsener U-Boot, Krems, Austria
Miss Hamburg, Forum, Hamburg, Germany
1987
Group Show, Zeno X Gallery, Anwterp, Belgium
Sculpture Trouvée, Beelden Buiten, Tielt, Utrecht, The Netherlands
1986
St Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium
Group Show, Zeno X Gallery, brussels, Belgium
Foire d’Octobre, E.L.A.C., Lyon, France
Wachtzaal en Vergaderzaal, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1985
Reiseagentschap, Hahnentorburg, Cologne, Germany
Nord, Place St Lambert, Liège, Belgium
1984
Tweedehandswagenzaak, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1982
Biennale de Paris, ARC, Paris, France
Pali Kao, Paris, France
1981
Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
1980
Chausses Icecé, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES (a selection)
2016
Guillaume Bijl, ed. Clément Dirié, text by John C. Welchman, JRP|RINGIER, Published with Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium
2013
Daniel Buren, Ilya Kabakov, Artur Barrio, Guillaume Bijl, Honore D’o, Adrian Ghenie, Mer Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent, Belgium
2011
Guillaume Bijl, Miller F.P., Vandome A. F., McBrewster J., VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany
2010
The Fate of Irony, Zdenek F., Heiser J., Panhans-Buhler U., ed. Kerber Verlag, Bielefield, Germany
2009
ch-ch-ch-changes, by John Reardon, Ridinghouse, London, UK
2008
Guillaume Bijl: Installations & Compositions, Seyfarth L., van Cauteren P., Walther König Verlag, Köln, Germany
1996
Guillaume Bijl: History of Prehistoric Man (catalogue),MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
1993
Konfrontationen: Neuerwerbungen 1990-1993 (catalogue), ed. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1992
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), text: Giorgio Verzotti, ed. Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
1990
Guillaume Bijl Installation - Neuer Supermarkt (catalogue), ed. Galerie Littmann, Basel, Switzerland
1989
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), text: Wim van Mulders, ed. Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, Belgium
1988
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue),text: Anna Meseure, ed. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Four American Artists, ed. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
1987
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue),ed. Sala 1, Rome, Italy
1980
Guillaume Bijl (catalogue), ed. De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
COLLECTIONS
Musée d’Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon, France
Château d’Oiron, Oiron, France
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Frac National, Paris, France
FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
Musée de l’Objet, Blois, France
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
Vlaams Parlement, Brussels, Belgium
IKOB – Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst Eupen, Eupen, Belgium
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brussels, Belgium
Collection Nationale Bank, Brussels, Belgium
Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Ferraris Gebouw, Brussels, Belgium
Nationale Bank, Brussels, Belgium
Belgacom Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Goldberg Collection, New York, NY, USA
Musée des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Neue Galerie Graz – Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum, Niederösteriechische Regierung, Ladendorf, Austria
Château Grand-Duché Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Groningen Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands
Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Schröder Collection, Braunschweig, Germany
Städtische Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Sparda Bank, Wuppertal, Germany
Sammlung Reinking, Hamburg, Germany
Musée de l’art contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Centre International d’art et du paysage, l’ile de Vassivière, France
MAS, Antwerp, Belgium
PXL MAD, Hasselt, Belgium
Vosseslag, City of De Haan, Belgium
Leopold Park, Oostende, Belgium
MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Feestelijke Beelden, Rai/ Europaplein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Financiële instelling, Eindhoven The Netherlands
De paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia
Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Olbrich Collection, Berlin, Germany
TEACHING
1988 – 1996 : Jan Van Eyck Academie / Maastricht
1993 – 1996 : Guest Professor : Hochschule für Bildende Künste / Hamburg
2001 – 2011 : Professor : Kunstakademie / Münster
PRIZES
Preis der Niederöstereichische Regierung, 1988
Staatsprijs Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1990
Sparda Bank Preis, Wuppertal, 2008
Provinciale Prijs – Antwerpen, 2014 - 2016
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