Born in 1969 in Turnhout, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
Education
Participant at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (post-MA)
Participant at The Higher Institute for Fine Arts-Flanders, Antwerp (post-MA) Masters Degree in Visual Arts, Higher Institute Sint-Lukas, Brussels
Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 San Francisco, CA, Catharine Clark Gallery, The Girl, November 14 – December 23, 2020
Instanbul, Turkey, Gallery Pilevneli, Drifting, October 8 – November 22, 2020 2019 Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger, The Conversation, March 14 – April 20, 2019
Krems and der Donau, Austria, Kunsthalle Krems, The Cliff, March 3 – June 23, 2019
New York, NY, Boesky East, Hans Op de Beeck, February 23 – April 6, 2019 2018 Havana, Cuba, Galleria Continua, My bed a raft, the room the sea, and then I laughed some gloom in me, December 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Cabinet of Curiosities,
September 8 – October 27, 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Sea of Tranquility, September 8, 2018 – June 9, 2019
Deurle, Belgium, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, The Wunderkammer Residence, opened July 2018
Boissy-le-Châtel, France, Galleria Continua, Kids, Cabinets, Pictures, Ponds, May 13 – September 30, 2018
New York, NY, Boesky East, The Girl, April 26 – June 9, 2018
2017 Copenhagen, Denmark, Den Frie Center for Contemporary Art, Hans Op de Beeck,
October 28, 2017 – March 4, 2018
Istanbul, Turkey, Pilevneli Gallery, The Sleeping Girl, October 26 – November 26, 2017
Tongeren, Belgium, Lily Pond, opened June 2017
Polignano a Mare, Italy, Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Hans Op de Beeck: Pino Pascali Award – XX Edition, September 30, 2017 – January 28, 2018
Dornbirn, Austria, Kunstraum Dornbirn, The Pond Room, June 2 – September 10, 2017
Wolfsburg, Germany, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Out of the Ordinary, April 9 – August 27, 2017
Leverkusen, Germany, Museum Morsbroich, The Silent Castle, February 12 – April 30, 2017
2016 Paris, France, Espace 104, Saisir le Silence, October 22, 2016 – January 4, 2017 Toulouse, France, Printemps de Septembre, The Garden of Whispers, September 23 – November 27, 2016
Basel, Switzerland, Art Basel Unlimited, The Collector’s House, June 13 – 18, 2016 San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Small Things and Soothing Thoughts, May 14 – September 4, 2016
Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger, Silent Rooms, April 1 – May 28, 2016 Wiesbaden, Germany, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Night Time, March 12 – May 1, 2016
Montreal, Canada, ELLEPHANT, Hans Op de Beeck & Mara Korkola: Night/La Nuit, February 6 – 20, 2016 [two-person exhibition]
2015 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ron Mandos Gallery, Eyes Closed, November 18, 2015 – January 2, 2016
Melbourne, Australia, Screen Space, Sea of Tranquility, August 20 – 29, 2015 Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger, The Thread, May 30 – July 4, 2015
Rennes, France, Les Champs Libres, The Amusement Park, May 29 – October 31, 2015
Essen, Germany, Folkwang Museum, Staging Silence (2), April 17 – May 1, 2015 Chimay, Belgium, Château de Chimay, Décors et Figurants, April 6 – July 31, 2015 New York, NY, Marianne Boesky Gallery, The Drawing Room, April 2 – May 2, 2015 Hasselt, Belgium, Abdijsite Herkenrode, Hans Op de Beeck: The Quiet View, permanent installation, opened March 26, 2015
2014 Chamarande, France, Château de Chamarande, Hans Op de Beeck: Personnages, November 23, 2014 – March 29, 2015
Brussels, Belgium, Le Botanique, Hans Op de Beeck, November 6, 2014 – January 4, 2015
Beijing, China, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: The Night Time Drawings, September 13 – December 1, 2014
Cleveland, OH, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence (2), June 27 – August 31, 2014
Mechelen, Belgium, De Garage, Hans Op de Beeck: Some photographic works, June 21 – August 24, 2014
Munich, Germany, Sammlung Goetz, Hans Op de Beeck: Quiet Scenery and Wandering Extras, June 20 – November 30, 2014
Cambridge, MA, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Hayden Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence (2), February 6 – April 6, 2014
2013 Tampa, FL, Tampa Museum of Art, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, October 5, 2013 – January 19, 2014
Marseille, France, FRAC Paca, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, September 27 – December 22, 2013
Antwerp, Belgium, Red Star Line Museum, permanent installation, opened September 27, 2013
Essen, Germany, Emscherkunst, The Settlement, June 22 – October 6, 2013 Turnhout, Belgium, De Warande, Hans Op de Beeck: Parade, January 27 – April 14, 2013
2012 Kilkenny, Ireland, Butler Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: Video Works, August 11 – October 14, 2012
Hannover, Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, Hans of de Beeck: Visual Fictions, August 9 – November 11, 2012
Bucharest, Romania, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, March 29 – May 20, 2012
The Hague, The Netherlands, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, March 24 – June 17, 2012
Vienna, Galerie Krinzinger, Hans Op de Beeck: Small Constructions, March 15 – April 20, 2012
Istanbul, Turkey, Dirimart Garibaldi, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, May 10 – 27, 2012
Nieuwpoort, Belgium, Bommenvrij, Hans Op de Beeck: Location (8), March 31 – September 30, 2012
2011 Sittard, The Netherlands, Museum Het Domein, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, January 22 – April 25, 2011
2010 Washington, DC, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, BlackBox: Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, December 6, 2010 – February 27, 2011 Saint-Nazaire, France, Le Grand Café – Centre d'Art Contemporain, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, October 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011; Traveled to Brussels, Belgium, Argos Centre for Art and Media, January 22 – April 2, 2011; Thun, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Thun, June 10 – September 4, 2011; Burgos, Spain, Centro de Arte (CAB), September 23, 2011 – January 2012.
New York, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: Silent Movie, May 8 – July 16, 2010
Brussels, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Works on Paper, March 4 – April 10, 2010
Vevey, Switzerland, IMAGES Vevey: Quai n°1, Hans Op de Beeck: Rooms,
September 4 – 26, 2010
2009 Vilnius, Lithuania, Gallery Vartai, Hans Op de Beeck: Circumstances, November 16 – December 14, 2009
Cologne, Germany, Baukunst Galerie (KunstFilmBiennale), Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, October – November 2009
Paris, France, Palais de Tokyo / ENSBA / Le Moulin – Galleria Continua / Souvenirs from Earth, Hans Op de Beeck: A selection of video works, October 2009 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, October – November 2009
Evergem, Belgium, Cultuurcentrum Evergem, Hans Op de Beeck: Blender, October 2009
Grimbergen, Belgium, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, September – October 2009
Rome, Italy, Galleria Borghese, Hans Op de Beeck: In Silent Conversation with Correggio, May – October 2009
Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger as part of the project ‘curated by_vienna 09’, Hans Op de Beeck: Paradigms, May – June 2009
Beijing, China, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, January – March 2009.
2008 San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Celebration, November 2008 – January 2009.
Amsterdam The Netherlands, Westergasfabriek (Holland Festival), Hans Op de Beeck: Location (6), May – June 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: Possible Panoramas, May – June 2008
Stavanger, Norway, Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts, Hans Op de Beeck:
Circumstances, February – April 2008
2007 Leuven, Belgium, M, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, November 2007 – January 2008
Brussels, Belgium, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Hans Op de Beeck: Drifting, October 31, 2007
Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centraal Museum, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, September – November 2007
Maastricht, The Netherlands, Derlon Theater, Hans Op de Beeck: The Stewarts have a party, March – April 2007
San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, March – June 2007
Brussels, Belgium, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Hans Op de Beeck: All together now..., February 2007
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: All together now..., January – March 2007
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Damme, Belgium, Ijsberg – Stadsfestival Damme, Beestig?, October 23 – December 13, 2020
Antwerp, Belgium, De Rossaert, The Clown Spirit, October 16 – December 27, 2020 Otterlo, Netherlands, Kröller-Müller Museum, Staging Silence, October 10 – April 5, 2020
Marseille, France, Château de Servièles, Manifesta 13 - Les Parallèles Du Sud, October 9 – December 19, 2020
Brussels, Belgium, BOZAR/Center for Fine Arts, Danser Brut, September 24 – January 10, 2021
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Unstilled Life, August 3 – September 3, 2020
Brussels, Belgium, Argos Centre for Fine Arts, Argos TV Special: On the Beach, July 31 – September 4, 2020
Paderborn, Denmark, Diözesanmuseum Paderborn, Peter Paul Rubens and the Northern Baroque, July 25 – October 25, 2020
Leuven, Brussels, M-Museum, Take Your Time, July 10 – April 23, 2023
Linz, Austria, OÖ Kulturquartier, Auf ins Wolkenkuckucksheim, July 10 – September 15, 2020
Turnhout, Belgium, De Warande, De Nacht, July 1 – December 12, 2020
New York, NY, Catinca Tabacaru, Hope There’s Someone (To Touch), May 15
– June 28, 2020
Herford, Germany, Marta Herford Museum of Art, Architecture, Design, In the Spotlight of the Night, October 26, 2019 – February 9, 2020
Setouchi, Japan, Shōdoshima, Setouchi Triennale, July 19 – November 4, 2019 Munich, Germany, Haus de Kunst, At Night, July 12, 2019 – January 12, 2020 Amersfoort, Netherlands, Kunsthal Kade, Videoland: Euwigh gaat voor oogenblick, May 25 – September 1, 2019
Leuven, Belgium, M-Museum, De Taal Ven Het Lichaam, May 24, 2019 – October 9, 2020
Venice, Italy, Fondazione Berengo Art Space and Fondamenta dei Vetrai, Glasstress 2019, curated by Vik Muniz and Koen Vanmechelen, May 9 – November 24, 2019
Hokkaido, Japan, Hokkaido Ohihiro Museum of Art, Globe as a Palette; Contemporary Art from the Taguchi Art Collection, April 16 – June 19, 2019; Traveled to Hokkaido, Japan, Kushiro Art Museum June 28 – August 29, 2019; Hokkaido, Japan, Hakodate Museum of Art, September 7 – November 10, 2019; Traveling to Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo Art Museum, November 19, 2019 – January 13, 2020 Lisbon, Portugal, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Fiction and Fabrication: Photography of Architecture after the Digital Turn, March 20 – August 19, 2019
Ismaning, Germany, Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, The Wunderkammer Residence, February 22 – November 24, 2019
Brussels, Belgium, Argos Centre for Art and Media, Look At Me, January 27 – April 28, 2019
Turnhout, Belgium, De Warande, The Gulf Between – over zwart, wit en alles daartussen, January 27 – April 21, 2019
Geneva, Switzerland, Art Geneva, Sculpture Exhibition Winter 2019, January 24 – March 7, 2019
Paris, France, Petit Palais – City of Paris Fine Art Museum, Fernand Khnopff (1858 – 1921): The master of enigma, December 11, 2018 – March 17, 2019
Istanbul, Turkey, Pilevneli Gallery Mecidiyeköy, At The Factory: Timo, Brian and the Blossom Tree, December 11, 2018 – January 27, 2019
Ludwigshafen, Germany, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Autofiktionen – Zeichnung der Gegenwart, November 17, 2018 – February 24, 2019
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Campina Milk Factory, Robot Love, September 15 – December 2, 2018
The Hague, The Netherlands, The Mesdag Collection, The Sensation of the Sea, September 14, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Neuss, Germany, Langen Foundation, How To See [What Isn’t There], September 9, 2018 – March 17, 2019
Autun, France, Musée Rolin–Musée Lapidaire–Hôpital St-Gabriël, Ce qui pèse et ce qui nourrit (R.M. Rilke) Biennale d’Art Contemporain, July 6 – August 26, 2018 Lexington, KY, 21c Museum Hotel, OFF-SPRING: New Generations, July 2018 – July 2019
Braunschweig, Germany, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Raum für Junge Kunst. “Ohne Etikett fühle ich mich freier...”, May 31 – December 2, 2018
Sittard, The Netherlands, Museum De Domijnen Hedendaagse Kunst, Object Love, April 14 – September 1, 2018
Taichung, Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 2015. A Brief History of the Future, March 24 – June 3, 2018
Dusseldorf, Germany, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Von Dürer bis Eliasson, March 22 – July 15, 2018
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, d’Academie, Frame, Play, Pause, March 17 – April 29, 2018 Beernem, Belgium, Museum Dr. Guislain – Psychiatrisch Centrum SintAmandus, Faces, March 10 – April 22, 2018
Tel Aviv, Israel, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Table Manners: A Feast of Visual Arts, Theater and Culinary, March 8 – July 30, 2018 Amherst, MA, Mead Art Museum, HOUSE: Selections from the Collection of John and Sue Wieland, organized by David E. Little, February 8 – July 1, 2018
Nashville, TN, 21c Museum, Seeing Now, February – December 2018
Brussels, Belgium, Musée Oldmasters, Rendez-vous: Serena Fineschi, Alessandro Scarabello & Hans Op de Beeck, curated by Laura Viale and Maria Elena Minuto, January 20 – March 4, 2018
2017 Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Aging Pride, November 17, 2017 – March 4, 2018
Privas, France, Théâtre de Privas, La perspective du monde, November 11, 2017 – January 20, 2018
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Perception is Reality. On the Construction of Reality and Virtual Worlds, October 7, 2017 – January 7, 2018
Linz, Austria, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Stars. Cosmic Art from 1900 Up to the Present, September 29, 2017 – January 14, 2018
Rome, Italy, Chiostro del Bramante, Enjoy: Art Meets Amusement, September 23, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger, Icon – Ideal.Idee.Inspiration, September 14 – November 4, 2017
New York, NY, What’s Up New York, curated by Lawrence Van Hagen, May 3 – 27, 2017
2016 Munich, Germany, Sammlung Goetz, No Place like Home, May 13, 2016 – January 8, 2017
2015 Chicago, IL, EXPO CHICAGO, EXPO VIDEO 2015, curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, September 17 – 20, 2015
Jerusalem, Israel, The Israel Museum, Happy Birthday, May 11 – March 16, 2016 Maasmechelen, Belgium. CC Massmechelen, Book Burning, May 5, 2015
Venice, Italy, Palazzo Franchetti, Glastress – Gotika, May 9 – November 22, 2015 Venice, Italy, Palazzo Fortuny, PROPORTIO, curated by Daniela Ferretti and Axel Vervoordt, May 9 – November 22, 2015
Sint Truiden, Belgium, Museum De Mindere, In Alle Eenvoud..., April 24 – July 26, 2015
Marseille, France, Ballet National de Marseille, Orphée et Eurydice - Frédéric Flamand & Hans Op de Beeck; Traveled to Pamplona, Spain, Baluarte, April 18, 2015; San Sebastian, Spain, Kursaal, April 20, 2015
Essen, Germany, Museum Folkwang, 12 Months / 12 Films – Explorations in Space, The Goetz Collection, April 17 – May 12, 2015
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, de Brakke Grond, Trauerzeit, April 8, 2015
Tokyo, Japan, Espace Louis Vuitton, Le Fil Rouge, curated by Michiko Kono, April 7 – May 31, 2015
Madrid, Spain, Fundación Banco Santander, All the World’s a Stage. Works from the Goetz Collection, February 21 – June 14, 2015
Awards
2009 Catholic University of Leuven Culture Prize 2009-2010 2006 Winner of the Prize Eugène Baie 2003-2005, Antwerp
2002-2003 2001
1999
Artist at the MoMA -P.S.1 Studio Program, New York
Winner of the ‘Prix Jeune Peinture Belge 2001’, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Winner of the ‘Uriôt Prize’, Amsterdam
Public Collections
21c Museum, Louisville, KY
Abdij van Herkenrode, Hasselt, Belgium
AkzoNobel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
City of Tongeren, Belgium
CNAP Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France
Domaine de Chamarande, Chamarande, France
Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali, Bari, Italy
Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
Herkenrode, Kuringen, Belgium
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Maxxi Museum for Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Museum for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum Voorlinden (Caldic Collection), Wassenaar, The Netherlands Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway
Province of Antwerp, Belgium
Province of Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Royal Museum for Modern and Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
SMAK Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium Stiftung Fruchtmalerei und Skulptur, Heidelberg, Germany Towada Art Center, Towada, Japan