CV
PETER MORRENS
Born in 1965 in Lier, Belgium.
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024 (upcoming)
OEEEEEEUUUUVVRE, M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2023
Opgeschort, Club Solo, Breda, the Netherlands + performance in collab. with Jesse Cremers, Thomas Desmet and Klaas Van Hee (cat.)
De die die, Artlead, Ghent, Belgium
2022
Blijven hangen, Valerie Traan gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2021
MINSTENS 1 ½ UUR, EN TERUG, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2018
Belo Horizonte, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Art Brussels - solo show, Brussels, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2017
Art on Paper - solo show, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Natijd, Centre Culturel de Marchin, Liège, Belgium (with Pol Pierart)
MÊME TEMPS, Les Brasseurs Art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium
2016
Zeitraum (presentation multiple), Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
nog 3 en een 1/2 uur, Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium (with Koba De Meutter)
2015
GUTS/NO GUTS, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium (with Klaas Kloosterboer)
2014
Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Art Rotterdam, solo show, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Galerie van den Berge)
2012
Ah-Ha, Seneffe, Belgium (with Frederic Geurts)
2011
Sugar Mountain, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
2008
De Boe en Morrens, Galerie El, Welle, Belgium (with Rik De Boe)
2007
De helft van het werk, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
2000
Solo, Art Page Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, US
1999
Ontspoord, rond L.P. Boon, Oud Politiekantoor, Aalst, Belgium (with Rik De Boe) (cat.)
1998
Wie in zijn eigen vel snijdt, krijgt wildgroei, Watertoren, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
Onix Shoe, locatieproject Lier, Lier, Belgium (with Dirk Zoete) (cat.)
1995
Richtingen, GHL, Middelburg, the Netherlands
Lokaal voor tijdelijke wetenschap & Kunst: Peter Morrens, bedrieglijk inzicht / Herman Smit, WAARnemer,
Netwerk Galerij, Aalst, Belgium
1992
VoorBeelden, Galerij Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium (multiple)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2024
Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Alias, curated by Valerie Verhack, M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
DOKA, curated by Geert Gooiris, M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Bal (Dé)Masqué, Emile Verhaeren Museum, Sint-Amands, Belgium
2023
Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Please Leave Your Message, kunsttempel Kassel, Germany (with performance in collaboration with Jesse Cremers)
Kunst & Onderwijs, Fabriek Noord, Antwerp, Belgium
2022
OUDE WIJN/NIEUWE ZAKKEN, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
50 uur de Warande, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
PRTXT. (performance), Playground, M Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
HOT SPOT #1 Painting - Narcisse Tordoir invites, valerie_traan gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
A Silent Rush, ex-Ruimte De Kunstkamer, Herentals, Belgium
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2021
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2020
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2019
The Gulf Between + performance ‘B=B’, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
TRUST: Nieuwe werken uit S.M.A.K.-collectie, Les Brasseurs Art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium
2018
Kunstenfestival Watou + performance ‘De Proe ezer II’, Watou, Belgium
Drawing Now, Paris, France (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Food Matters, all you need is lavatory, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium (with Benoit Felix and Jeroen Frateur)
KRASJ 4: Art Biennale, Ninove, Belgium
2017
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium
Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
(It) Works on Paper (II), Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
2016
De Laatste Show, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Drawing Now, Paris, France (focus artist Kristof De Clercq gallery)
Argentum 2, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2015
Stationsstraat, Ninove, Belgium
Art-Traces across the Western Front, Poelkapelle, Belgium
It’s a kind of magic, Het Paviljoen / KASK, Ghent, Belgium
Amsterdam Drawing, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2014
Zeitraum: group show with Thomas Bogaert, Raoul De Keyser, Roger Raveel, JCJ Vanderheyden, Daan van Golden, Marijn van Kreij en Dan Van Severen, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
Amsterdam Drawing, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)
2013
Endless Drawing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium (with Hannelore Van Dijck)
A Collector’s Eye, Museum Belvedere, Friesland, the Netherlands
Vindplaatsen en Voortgangsberichten, Drawing Centre Diepenheim, the Netherlands
Final Show, Lokaal 01, Breda, the Netherlands
Ik wordt, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2012
The Things That(‘s) Left, Dean Project, NY, US
(It) Works on Paper, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Unmittelbar, Lage Egal, Berlin, Germany
2011
In the company of humour, Lokaal 01, Breda, the Netherlands
Uitgesteld, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Kunstwerkewerfen, Museum Brachland, Bochum, Germany
Salon Imaginaire, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2010
Zweierlei, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Group Show, Galerie Maes & Mathys, Antwerp, Belgium
Verwantschappen, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
2009
Uit het geheugen, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
Artist conversations, James Taylor Gallery (invites Five Years), London, UK
12 years Voorkamer, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium (cat.)
Drawing Actions, De Halle, Geel, Belgium (cat.)
Th ink, St. Lucas, Ghent, Belgium (cahier)
N7, Governors Island, New York, US
2008
Found/gevonden/trouvé, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Him Hanfang, Austellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
Accidenten, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands (with Marc Nagtzaam)
Brainbox#2, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium (with Deborah Delva and Griet Dobbels)
2007
Over een titel wordt nog nagedacht, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
Art Rotterdam, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands (cat.)
Begijnen Ontbloot, Artuatica Festival, Tongeren, Belgium
2006
Be-tekenen II, De Doos, Hasselt, Belgium
Speelhoven, one more time, Aarschot, Belgium (cat.)
Newark between us, Newark, US
Brainbox #1, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium (with Ward Denys and Johan De Wilde)
2005
En retard/on time/over tijd, Kunstencentrum Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium (cat.)
Sugar-free, Netwerk Galerij, Aalst, Belgium
Basics #2, CROXHAPOX, Ghent, Belgium
2004
Whole, Among Others 5, Kunstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany (with Juha Valkeaapa) (cat.)
Zie Tekening, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen, Lier, Belgium (cat.)
Puddles 2004, Gallery Surge, Tokyo, Japan (with Rik De Boe, Yosuke Ito, ...) (cat.)
Extra Muros, CC Strombeek, Strombeek, Belgium
Uwen hof solo, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
2003
Werken op papier, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
Low Fish, Frontroom, Williamsburg, New York, US
Beeld in park, Felix Happark, Brussels, Belgium (with Rik De Boe) (cat.)
2002
Sight seeing, sight mapping, Gallery Surge, Tokyo, Japan (with Experimental Intermedia, Ghent) (cat.)
De zeeberg, Galerij Netwerk #2, Aalst, Belgium (cat.)
Verder terug, in situ project Trechter 5, Goes, the Netherlands (cat. / multiple)
Zuster S, begina, in situ project of Voorkamer in Begijnhof, Lier, Belgium (cat.)
2001
Roompr, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium (with Maria Blondeel, Lieve D’Hondt, Rik De Boe, Peter Morrens) (video / multiple)
Casa Rural, De Pianofabriek, Brussels, Belgium
Kunst & Zwalm, in situ project Zwalmstreek, Belgium (cat.)
IM, former mining building, Waterschei, Belgium (with Rik De Boe) (cat.)
Puddles, artist initiative links, Sumiso, Osaka, Japan (cat.) Bureaulandschap, Onderland Galerij, Ghent, Belgium
2000
Geen Tijd, in situ project Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Een kabinet, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
Informatiedagen, Argos, Brussels, Belgium (cat.)
De Nieuwe Frisheid, Huize De Boe, Ninove, Belgium
1998 Un siècle de collage en Belgique, La Louvière, Belgium (cat.)
1997
Appartement Noord, Francken Apartment, Antwerp, Belgium
Natural Imagination, Meise, Belgium
Alom en Hiernevens, Former Black Sister Cloister, Lier, Belgium (cat. / multiple)
1996
Launch of artist’s space Voorkamer with Rik De Boe, Lier, Belgium
1995
Zeeuwse Reportage, Galerie van den Berge, Goes, the Netherlands
1994
De Wit & Morrens, Galerie Christine & Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
De Poulains, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium (exhibition on tour)
10 PK, vzw Gulden Sporen, Courtray, Belgium
1993
Reconstructie, Conservatorium, Ghent, Belgium (with Christoph Fink and Henk Somers)
Vijf kunstenaars, Gele Zaal, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
Sint Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium
1992
20 jaar gra ek, CC Harelbeke, Harelbeke, Belgium
Papier, beeld en basis, Galerij Netwerk, Aalst, Belgium (cat.)
Tragische Momenten in het Museum, details uit het wrede theater der vergetelheid, Zaal 1715 Bijlokemuseum, Ghent, Belgium
1991
91 maal 25, Bureaux et Magasins, Oostende / Academie, Aalst / Netwerk, Menen / VMHK, Ghent, Belgium (multiple)
1990
Trans Europe Off Art, WUK, Vienna, Austria
1989
Irirtis, Vrije Val, Antwerp, Belgium
Barabaro, Theatro di Settignano, Firenze, Italy (cat.)
1988
PetitFormat, Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium
S nks Museum, S nksvilla, Boechout/Vrije Val, Antwerp, Belgium
1987
In Delen, Oud hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium (cat.)
1986
Kalken, Den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
Jonge beeldende kunstenaars, Vleeshuis, Lier, Belgium
Hedendaags Kunstsalon, Waregem, Belgium
1985
Tekenen, Vereniging Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Snark project, omtrent Lewis Caroll, De Singel, Antwerp / Beursschouwburg, Brussels / Zwarte Zaal, Ghent / Scharpoord, Knokke / De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Belgium / the Netherlands (cat./multiple/LP)