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JAN VERBRUGGEN
°1980 (B), lives and works in Brussels
Verbruggen paints in a search for secrets passages in his body of work. Whereas his personages on the canvas find a way to escape to a different, hidden room that is hors-champ and often symbolic. Verbruggen uses the classical oil painting technic of the 'grisaille' under-painting, which permitted him to define composition, lighting and the atmosphere of his work and develop a clear vision of the overall sense of the painting. With a lush and baroque colour pallet Verbruggen's sceneries turn estranged and reveal a certain unheimlich feeling. These imaginary spaces create an in-between world that is transformative and offers an insight behind the surface of the visible; an 'embodied space'. A secret passage where the private and outside world literally immerse.
Jan Verbruggen holds a Master in Visual Arts-Fine Arts of the LUCA School of Arts, Brussels. For several years he was chairman of 'W-O-L-K-E' an artist run initiative to create innovative spaces for artistic encounters. His works have been exhibited, among others, at BOZAR (Brussels), Bellevue Museum, Brussels, Gallery Fortlaan 17 (Ghent), SecondRoom (Antwerp & Brussels), Somos Art, Berlin (D), DOM (Brussels), Positions Art Fair Berlin, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s).
Extended Curriculum Vitae
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 “The secret passage”, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp, B
2020 “Lesse is more”, DOM, Brussels, B
2020 “Thesauros”, Somos Art, Berlin, D
2018 “WOLKENKUCKUCKSHEIM”, w-o-l-k-e, Brussels, B
2017 “Rolling up the window", CURIOSITY, Heershagestraat 14, Gent, B
2014 “I Told You So. The World Is Flat.”, Galerie Fortlaan17, Gent, B
2011 “NOMAD, The Deconstruction of place”, ARTELES Creative Centre, Haukijarvi, F; “Living on A Vertical Plane” , 2M3, Brussel, B ; “What's in a piece of soil?”, SECONDroom, Antwerpen, B
2010 “BRU - GNT' Lotte Van Den Audenaeren & Jan Verbruggen”, Galerie Fortlaan17, Gent, B
2009 “LAND. A sense of place”, VIENNA INTERNATIONAL APARTMENT, Brussel, B
2008 “LAND! A sense of place”, SEAS - CC Scharpoord, Knokke – Heist, B
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Walk around the park + Yes, we are open, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp, B
2019 Shining Ground, Eva Steynen.Deviation(s), Antwerp, B
2018 IN5TAWOL, Creatie van installatie tijdens Kunstenfestival FE5TIWOL, w-o-l-k-e, Brussel, B
2017 SECONDroom X, Expo rond het tienjarig bestaan van kunstenplatform SECONDroom, Antwerpen, B
2017 Drop database, FESTIWOL, w-o-l-k-e, Brussel, B
2014 2M3 at w-o-l-k-e, Wolke, Brussel, B ; Palletical , w-o-l-k-e, Brussel, B
2013 “w-o-l-k-e-interventions”, PeriFeria Festival, Woluweveld, B ; “DARKROOM”, A scientific experiment in collaboration with the Faculty Neuroscience of Ghent University, Citadelpark Gent, B ; “One Of A Kind”, Galerie Fortlaan17, Gent, B ; “w-o-l-k-e unofficial opening”, w-o-l-k-e, Brussel, B
2012 “GODIVA, A collaborative story”, Nadine, Brussels, B ; “ABSENCE#PRESENCE”, Fortlaan17 Galerie, Gent, B ; “PBK Harelbeke”, CC Het Spoor, Harelbeke, B ; “ Gaverprijs 2012”, CC De Schakel, Waregem, B
2011 “LINE FORM SPACE ORDER”, Galerie Fortlaan17, Gent, B ; “Flemish Artists Project”, Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture, Kefalonia, Greece ; “Image Crash Test Dummies”, Frans Masereel centrum, Kasterlee, B ; “Prijs voor jonge kunstenaars: Brasschaat 11”, Antwerpen, B ; “Rounder / Kiertelijä”, ARTELES Creative Centre, Galleria Rajatila & Lake Parila, Tampere, Finland ; “SCULPTURE” , Galerie Fortlaan17, Gent, B
2010 “Social Networking in the Arts”, Trendbeheer, Art Rotterdam, NL ;“Sorry, I was busy doing art III” Recyclart art centre, Brussel, B ; “Moordnoces @ Het Wilde Weten”, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL ; “A Brief History of SECONDroom”, SECONDroom / moorDNOCES, Brussel, B ; “No Mistake : 52 Weeks”, SECONDroom / moorDNOCES in collaboration with Trendbeheer, Brussel, B
2009 “A Certain Proposition”, SECONDroom, ARTLAB2@ Zennestraat17, Brussel, B ; “Confrontaciones: Encuentro de posiciones”, Instituto Rural de Arte Hoz del Jucar, Alcala delJucar, Albacete, SP ; “Secondroom @ Zennestraat17”, Brussel, B
2008 “La conquête du monde par l’ image”, M'ATUVU, Brussel, B ; “Rural encounters”, Actionfields, Brussel, B ; “M'as tu vu!”, BELvue MUSEUM, Brussel, B ; “Actionfields / Construction site 1”, Actionfields , Brussel, B
2007 “Positionize!”, l’écurie/RTT, Laken, Brussels, B ; “Out of control 2007”, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Etterbeek, Brussel, B
“Brussels at War”, P.S.K./P.B.A./ Bozar, Brussel, B ; “Actionfields”, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussel, B ; “Ithaka XV, Deus Ex?”, Beeldend kunstenfestival van de KUL, Leuven, B
PRICES AND GRANTS
2012 Laureate - “Gaverprijs 2012”, Waregem, B
2011 Laureate - “Prijs voor jonge kunstenaars Brasschaat”, Antwerpen, B
2009 UNESCO bursary for Artists program ; Ontwikkelingsbeurs Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
COMMISSIONS
2011 “NOMAD, The Deconstruction of Place”, sculpture parc Brasschaat, B
CURATORIAL
2013 -… NOMAD, The Deconstruction of Place, The Bamboo Curtain Studios te Taipei, Taiwan.
2010 -2011 moorDNOCES/ SECONDroom, Recyclart and "Zennestraat 17 rue de la Senne”, Zennestraat 17, Brussel.
2006 Actionfields, Brussel, B
RESIDENCES
2019 Somos Art, Berlin, D
2012 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venezia, IT
2011 Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, B ; Ionion Centre of the Arts and Culture, Kefalonia, Greece ; ARTELES Creative Centre, Tampere, Finland.
2010 Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL ; European Artists TV, Hällefors, Sweden
2009 Instituto Rural del Arte, Unesco Bursuary for Artists program, Alcala del Jucar, Albacete, SP