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BIOGRAPHY
Johan Tahon was born in Menin (Belgium) in 1965. He lives and works in Sint-Denijs-Boekel (BE) and Solothurn (CH). He studied sculpture at the Ghent Royal Academy of Fine Arts (BE).
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibitions
2022
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing (CHN)
DHU, Shanghai (CHN)
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen (CHN)
METANOIA
A ceramic sculpture by Johan Tahon in memory of the conversion of Ignatius of Loyola
Camerette Ignatius of Loyola - Rome (IT)
Group exhibitions
2022
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE?
Group exhibition
On The Inside - Amsterdam (NL)
UNITED
Group exhibition
NQ Gallery - Antwerp (BE)
STUDIO AAN ZEE
Studio installation / Solo exhibition
Museum Beelden aan Zee - The Hague (NL)
Solo exhibitions
2021
Solo exhibition (in the context of the celebration of 20 years Zwart Huis)
Zwart Huis - Brussels (BE)
THE SCULPTOR
Solo exhibition
Kunstforum - Solothurn (CH)
VUB
The Monumental bronze sculpture Eros/Eroos is part of the Humanistic Sculpture park
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) - Brussels (BE)
ART ROTTERDAM
Art Fair
Van Nellefabriek - Rotterdam (NL)
Represented by Gerhard Hofland (Amsterdam, NL)
ARTZUID 2021 - THE AMSTERDAM SCULPTURE BIENNALE
Exhibition in public space
UNIVERSUS - JOHAN TAHON - SCULPTUREN 1999-2021
Retrospective exhibition MOU - Museum Oudenaarde (BE)
Group exhibitions
2021
DACH
Group exhibition with works from the Collection of S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
Kunstencentrum Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde (BE)
HEALING POWER Groepstentoonstelling Tropenmuseum - Amsterdam (NL)
SILVER VALLEY Solo exhibition Gerhard Hofland - Amsterdam (NL)
UNE OEUVRE A L‘ECOLE Johan Tahon’s ‘Memoria’ will be shown at Collège Henri Matisse - Parijs (FR)
RENCONTRES INATTENDUES Group exhibition Musée de la Libération - Paris (FR) December 2021
NIRVANA Duo exhibition with Stefan Peters Sereni - Kortrijk (BE)December 2021
2020
Group exhibitions
ECHOES OF THE UNSEEN
Gerhard Hofland - Amsterdam (NL)
2019
Solo exhibitions
The Waterfall, SZU Fine Arts Museum, Shenzhen, China
Refuge / Silence, Musée Ariana, Genève, Switzerland
Minsk – in collaboration with Lee Ranaldo, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tahon Werkstatt, Derendingen, Switzerland
Group exhibitions
Istanbul Icons II – during the Istanbul Biennal, Galeri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
Übermensch, Park – Platform for Visual Arts, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Kalklicht, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
Healing Power, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, The Netherlands
Bloedtest – in collaboration with Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) and the Wild Classical Music Ensemble, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
ARTZUID 2019 – Amsterdam Sculpture Biennial, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ES – Johan Tahon / Sculpture, Till Lindemann / Poetry, Sandor Lubbe / Photography, Empirical Nonsense, New York, USA
2018
Solo exhibitions
Embark, Jochen Hempel Gallery, Berlin Germany
Wir Überleben das Licht (with poetry of Till Lindemann - Rammstein), Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Zwillinge/Twins, Marktkirche St. Georgii et Jacobi, Hanover, Germany
Group exhibitions
Algorithms for Happiness, Jusstart Space, Guangzhou, China
Middle Gate II, The Story of Dymphna (M HKA, Antwerp and CC De Werft), Several locations in the city, Geel, Belgium
Ceramics Now! (jubileum exhibition), MIC - International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
Anima Mundi, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Diamonds in the rough (Art Capital 2018), Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, Hungary
2017
Monk (on the occasion of Leeuwarden Cultural Capital of Europe 2018), The Princessehof – National Museum of Ceramics, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (solo)
Ecce Homo, Different locations in the city, Antwerp, Belgium
Oh You’ve got Blue Eyes Oh You’ve got Green Eyes Oh You’ve got Pink Eyes Oh You’ve got Black Eyes, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
The Fifth Element, Sanatçılar Parkı, Istanbul, Turkey
Weiss, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
Ton Scherben Steine, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2016
Human Condition, The Hospital, Los Angeles, USA
Luster – Clay in Sculpture Today, De Oude Warande, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Landscape, Form and Psyche, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Meninroad / Ypernstrasse, Menin to Ypres, Belgium
Scaldis, Oudenaarde, Belgium
Cabinet d'Amis: The Accidental Collection of Jan Hoet, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Ceramix - Ceramic Art from Gauguin to Schütte, Maison Rouge, Paris, France & Cité de la céramique, Sèvres, France
Metanoia, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
2015
Ceramix - Ceramic Art from Gauguin to Schütte, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Main d'oeuvre, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Main d'oeuvre, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen, Belgium
Vormidable, Lange Voorhout, The Netherlands & Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands
In Search of Meaning - The Human Image in a Global Perspective, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
2014
Adorant, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Museum to Scale 1/7, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands & The Baker Museum (Naples), Florida, USA
Beating around the Bush - Episode #1, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2013
Sculptor Drawings and Prints from the Collection of Johan Tahon in Combination with his Own Artworks, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands (solo)
Almond, Envoy Enterprises, New York, USA (solo)
Breaking the Chains of Stigma, Institute of Contemporary Indian Art (ICIA), Mumbai, India
War and Trauma, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
Museum to Scale 1/7, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Precious Parts, Bodrum / Mugla, Turkey
Far from the Madding Crowd, Bonnefanten Hedge House / Bonnefantenmuseum, Wijlre, The Netherlands
DIAcussion, Envoy Enterprises, New York, USA
Ikob Collection – Bildungsroman einer Sammlung. Die 0-20 Jahre, Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst (IKOB), Eupen, Belgium
2012
True Bliss and Enlightenment, Marianne Friis Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Unlimited Bodies, Palais d'Iéna, Paris, France
Envoy Enterprises, New York, USA
GARTENCITY #1, Manifesta 2012, Maasmechelen, Belgium
Figuurlijk, Museum Hilversum, The Netherlands
Sint-Jan, Saint Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium
2011
White Seeders, Akbank Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Archè, Istanbul Biennial, Museum of Archaeology (Tiled Kiosk), Istanbul, Turkey(solo)
Love & Cruelty, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Blickachsen, Bad Homburg Kurpark, Bad Homburg, Germany
Sympathy for the Devil, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Battle, Power & Faith, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara, Turkey
2010
Johan Tahon - The Liminal Act, de Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands(solo)
Der Traum des Bildhauers: Johan Tahon, Gerhard Marcks Haus - Das Bildhauermuseum im Norden, Bremen, Germany(solo)
Hemisphere, Hagia Irene (Topkapi Palace), Istanbul, Turkey(solo)
NY Lamb, Envoy Gallery, New York, USA(solo)
Confinium, Kunstverein Schwerte, Schwerte, Germany (solo)
Engel - Himmlische Boten und Begleiter, Museum am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
2009
WATOU 2009, Watou, Belgium
XXste EEUW, Gemeentemuseum (GEM), The Hague, The Netherlands
Backyard, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim, The Netherlands
Hellwach gegenwärtig, Sammlung MARTa, Herford, Germany
2008
White Heat, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, The Netherlands(solo)
Against Nature. The hybrid forms of modern European sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK& Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen, Germany& Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands
THE HANDS OF ART, Artists' hands / Kunstenaarshanden, collection Ronny Van de Velde, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium& MARTa, Herford, Germany
The IKOB Collection, Internationales Kunstzentrum Ostbelgien (IKOB), Eupen, Belgium
2007
Portrait, Internationales Kunstzentrum Ostbelgien (IKOB), Eupen, Belgium (solo)
The IKOB Collection, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
Paulo Post Futurum, Breda's Museum, Breda, The Netherlands
2006
Johan Tahon. In Fluidum, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, The Netherlands(solo)
2005
Spheria, Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands (solo)
Soul, Grootseminarie, Bruges, Belgium
Sammlung MARTa - Eine Auswahl, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst (MARTa), Herford, Germany
2004
Once upon a time, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (M HKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Disorientation by Beauty, Lustwarande04, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2003
Self-Self, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium(solo)
Johan Tahon te gast bij Constant Permeke, Permekemuseum, Jabbeke, Belgium (solo)
BEAUFORT01, Ostend, Belgium
2001
Stellar Octopus, Park ter Beuken, Lokeren, Belgium (solo)
Stellar Octopus-Simulacra (Time-Fetishes), Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium (solo)
Connecting Worlds: Contemporary Sculpture from the European Union Countries, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, USA
2000
Tideride-Mindfield, Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Epifanie, Parkabdij, Heverlee, Belgium
Sammlung MARTa - Eine Auswahl, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst (MARTa), Herford, Germany
1999
In fluidum, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands(solo)
Kosmoy, Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany(solo)
S.M.A.K. De Opening, Stedelijk Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium
Real Time @ Zoersel, Zoersel, Belgium
Hedendaagse Vlaamse Beeldhouwkunst (selection of the Flemish Community), Gordes, France
De Slang, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium
Conscience en Ferraris Stills, Ministry of the Flemish Community, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Voor het verdwijnt en daarna - SMAK in Watou, Watou, Belgium
E.V.+A, Ireland’s Biennial, Saint Mary Church, Limerick, Ireland
1996
De Rode Poort, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1995
Universus (studio show), Oudenaarde, Belgium (solo)
1994
A une heure du matin (studio show), Oudenaarde, Belgium (solo)