• Artworks
    • Koen Delaere Set Fire to the Hills on Fire, 2018 Oil and acrylic on canvas 84 5/8 x 59 in. 215.1 x 149.9 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Set Fire to the Hills on Fire, 2018
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      84 5/8 x 59 in.
      215.1 x 149.9 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere only last week I’ve noticed that the lights in my studio are the same as the ones you conjure in my mind green, 2018 Oil and acrylic on canvas 84 5/8 x 59 in. 215 x 149.9 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      only last week I’ve noticed that the lights in my studio are the same as the ones you conjure in my mind green, 2018
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      84 5/8 x 59 in.
      215 x 149.9 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Phillip Night, 2018 Oil and acrylic on canvas 71 x 49 1/4 in. 180.3 x 125.1 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Phillip Night, 2018
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      71 x 49 1/4 in.
      180.3 x 125.1 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Riot, 2018 Oil and acrylic on canvas 84 1/2 x 59 in. 214.6 x 149.9 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Riot, 2018
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      84 1/2 x 59 in.
      214.6 x 149.9 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Set Fire to the Face on Fire, 2018 Oil and acrylic on canvas 71 x 49 1/4 in. 180.3 x 125.1 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Set Fire to the Face on Fire, 2018
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      71 x 49 1/4 in.
      180.3 x 125.1 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Untitled (Orange and Blue), 2015 Oil and acrylic on linen 70 3/4 x 49 1/4 in. 179.8 x 125 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Untitled (Orange and Blue), 2015
      Oil and acrylic on linen
      70 3/4 x 49 1/4 in.
      179.8 x 125 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Untitled (Pistachio and Red), 2015 Oil and acrylic on linen 70 3/4 x 49 1/4 in. 179.8 x 125 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Untitled (Pistachio and Red), 2015
      Oil and acrylic on linen
      70 3/4 x 49 1/4 in.
      179.8 x 125 cm.
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    • Koen Delaere Untitled (Red, Yellow and Blue), 2015 Oil, cyanotype, oil and acrylic on linen 62 x 39 1/4 in. 157.5 x 99.8 cm.
      Koen Delaere
      Untitled (Red, Yellow and Blue), 2015
      Oil, cyanotype, oil and acrylic on linen
      62 x 39 1/4 in.
      157.5 x 99.8 cm.
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  • Biography
    Koen Delaere

    When Koen Delaere was young, he wanted to be a cartoonist. But he quickly learned that he was more interested in the aftereffects of his creative endeavors than the intended product. He was taken with the way his "hands looked at the end of the day, with all the paint on them, or the paint on the floor, or accidents," he says. 

    Delaere's current artistic practice reflects this early preference. It is highly collaborative, based in part on chance; it is dynamic and fast moving. It is not unusual for him to paint three or four paintings in one day and several hundred in one year. However, most of these do not go on to become finished works. He frequently reworks paintings, often using earlier ones as tools to create new artworks. 

    In his current paintings, paint ripples in corrugated surfaces, and colors swirl within the thickly applied material. He achieves this effect by using two types of paint; one is water based, and the other is turpentine based. "When you apply them together, you get tension because the drying time is totally different," he says. 

  • CV

    Born 1970, St. Michiels,, Bruges, Belgium
    Lives and works in Tilburg, The Netherlands
     
    EDUCATION

    Painting and philosophy, cum laude, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

    2016
    Vaya, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
    Wipe That Simile Of Your Aphasia, Rod Barton Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
    The Hyena Is A Striped Dog Who Thought He Was A Laughing Horse, Halsey McKay Gallery East Hampton, NY
    Images de Futur, with Jens Wolf, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    2015
    Karp/Rye, with Ryan Wallace, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    In Curved Air, Van HORN Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
    2014
    Classic Stacks, with Geoff Hippenstiel Peter Makebish, New York, NY
    Zinging Tangerine,, with Jeroen Doorenweerd, SMBK De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
    Zest de Soleil, with Daniel Schubert, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    2013
    Wichiti, with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Herbstrundgang,, with Michael Kirkham, Spinnerei/Galerie Aspn/Gerhard Hofland, Leipzig, Germany
    Nouns, PS projectspace, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Koen Delaere, Parkhaus Im Malkastenpark, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Interpunction, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium
    2012
    I Only Get Horny When Due Laughs, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Confusion is Sex, Koffer, Berlin, Germany
    Wob bop a loo bop, Rojo Artspace, Milan, Italy
    Battle, with Jeroen Doorenweerd Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Germany
    2011
    The Axis of Praxis, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    We do the dive everytime we dance, Pompgemaal residency mondriaanfonds, Den Helder, The Netherlands
    Celebrated Summer, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    2010
    The Discipline without the discipline of another discipline, IBB Willemstad, Curacao
    2009
    In my mind I save it, in despair i need it, in panic i forget it, to death i owe it, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Free, Locuslux Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
    2008
    Youth, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries,, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Koen Delaere, Dick de Bruijn Contemporary Art, Middelburg, The Netherlands
    Toon Michiels en Koen Delaere, N-Brabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    2007
    Wolvecamp Prize, Kunstcentrum, Hengelo, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    Koen Delaere, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    2006
    Neue Bilder, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
    2005
    Koen Delaere, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2016
    Menin Road/Ypernstrasse, outdoor manifestation with Bruce Nauman, Kiki Smith, Juan Munoz, Edward Lipski, SW-Flanders, Belgium
    PS, with Jan van der Ploeg, Paul Morrison, Snap Projects, Lyon, France
    Mixed Signals, with Shane Bradford, Hans-Jorg Mayer, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
    Lust For Life/Painting Today, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Bete Noir, Candyman, Lauren Elder, Dion Neutra, Erin Lawler. Richard Neutra Museum, Los Angeles, CA
    2015
    My Other Car Is a Painting, Wendy White, Bas van den Hurk, Hiroki Tsokuda, Yugoslav Mitevski, Gebr. Lehmann Gallery, Dresden, Germany
    Telecom Hawaii, with Daniel Schubert and Evan Robarts, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, NY
    Works on Paper, with James Krone, Razvan Boar, Max Frintrop, Hunted Projects, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    From a Painters Perspective, with Lily vd Stokker, Maaike Schoorel, Frank Ammerlaan, Emo Verkerk, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    2014
    Comrades of Time Comrades of Time Comrades of Time, with Michaela Eichwald, Daniel Schubert, Chris Succo Bas van den Hurk, Private home/Art Brussels Off-site, Brussels, Belgium
    The Beautiful Changes, withTyra Tingleff, Shaan Syed, Stephan Dill, RH Contemporary Art, New York, NY
    Sha Boogy Bop, with Wendy White, Kadar Brock, Austin Lee, Anonymous Gallery New York, NY
    Artist as Producer, with Bas van den Hurk , Jamie Sneider, Peggy Franck, Alpineum Produzenten Gallery Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Whatbar #14, with Chris Succo, Cheryl Donegan, Manor Grunewald, 511 west 25th Street, New York, NY
    Studio Life, with Daniel Schubert, Marius Lut Gerhard, Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Voorbij het Zichtbare, with Mark Manders, Maria Roosen, Woody van Amen, Erik Andriesse, N-Brabants Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    2013
    Comrades of Time Comrades of Time, with Wade Guyton, Marlie Mul, Magali Reus, Cell Project Space, London, United Kingdom
    The Legend of the Shelves, with Thomas Zipp, Thomas Scheibitz, Joep van Liefland, Marlie Mul, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
    They Died With Boots On, with Frank Ammerlaan, Jan van der Ploeg, Ronald de Bloeme Teksas, Graested, Denmark
    Nieuw Nieuwer Nieuwst, with Gregor Hildebrandt, Ger Lataster, Hans van Hoek, Museum Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands
    The Artist as Producer, with Joris van de Moortel, Manor Grunewald, Marijn van Kreij, Bas van den Hurk, Burgh, Haemstede, The Netherlands
    Poppositions, with Hans de Meulenaere, Jeroen Doorenweerd, Rachel Koole, Wiels Brussels, Belgium
    2012
    Nova, with Rafael Rozendaal, Bill Viola, Rosa Menkmann, Plink Flojd, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)
    ‘Picasso Grid, with Bas van den Hurk and Marijn van Kreij, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
    Against Interpretation, with Wade Guyton, Wendy White, Cheryl Donegan, Joelle Tuerlincx, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    Comrades of Time, with Josh Smith, Gedi Sibony, Amanda Ross-Ho, Projectspace, Tilburg, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    The Multiple Show#2, with Klaas Kloosterboer, Martijn Schuppersm Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Present Forever, with Melanie Bonajo, Job Koelewijn, Derk Thys, Fatform, Bijlmer Amsterdam, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    2011
    I Can, I Can’t, I Care, with Bas van den Hurk, Martijn Hendriks, Vaast Colson, SMBK De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
    What’s Up, with Maaike Schoorel, Malin Persson, Sara van der Heide, Dordrechts Museum Dordrecht, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    Yummy Yummy Yummy I got love in my tummy, with Michiel Ceulers, Xavier Noiret Thome, Tom Poelmans, Scheld’apen, Antwerp, Belgium
    Boo, with David Ostrowski, Michail Pirgelis, Harm van den Dorpel, Arti & Amicitiae Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    In the spur of the moment, with David Bade, Remco Torenbosch, David Ostrowski
    Nest, Den Haag, The Netherlands
    2010
    Nova Artscapes, with Momo, Yago Horthai, Rebecca Ward, Scion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    A thing is a thing in a whole which it’s not, with Thea Djordjadze, Sebastian Dacey, Iannis Varelas, David Ostrowski, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
    Rojo Nova, with Chicks on Speed, Merzbow, Carsten Nicolai, Maya Hayuk, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)
    Making Do: Uses and Tactics II, with Marjolijn Dijkman, Lorelinde Verhees, Bas van den Hurk, Kaplans, Chicago, IL
    The Non-obvious bar, with Markus Vater, Jeremy willlet, Alistair McClymont, Bas van den Hurk, The Boadicea, London, United Kingdom
    The Platinum Metre, with Wendy White, Olaf Holzapfel, Tatjana Doll, Michiel Ceulers, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    The Destroyed Room, with Aids-3D, Felix Schramm, Isa Melsheimer, Paul Lee, David Ostrowski, The Forgotten bar project, Berlin, Germany
    WHATBAR #5, with David Jablonowski, Anselm Kiefer, Jens Wolf, Joelle Teurlinckx , David Ostrowski, Studio Tonnard, Gand, Belgium
    2009
    NL, with Jan van der Ploeg, Rob Scholte, Frank Ammerlaan, Drei Raum fuer gegenwartskunst, Cologne, Germany
    On a clear day i can see forever, with Andre Butzer, Thomas Zipp, Bjorn Dahlem, Whatspace, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    Wahlverwandtschaft, with Marthe Wery, Rene Daniels, Raoul de Keijser, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    The Last Real Painters, with Jan van der Ploeg, David Ostrowski, Simon Hemmer, Andreas Breunig, Resy Muijsers, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    2008
    Difracted Solstice, with James Lee Byars, Francois Morellet, Txiki Margalef, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
    AC3, with Andre Butzer, Ronald de Bloeme, Dominic Wood, Autocenter, Berlin, Germant, (catalogue)
    Visual Moods, with Robert Zandvliet, Rob Birza, Ben Akkerman, Stadsgallerij, Heerlen, The Netherlands
    Und, with Jan van der Ploeg, Pieter Vermeersch, Julian Dashper, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium
    Can’t, with Thomas Winkler, Sven-Ole, Frahm, Marius Lut, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Elementaire Deeltjes, with Guy Mees, Daan van Golden, Raoul de Keijser, Covra, Middelburg, The Netherlands
    2007
    Thank you, with Marlene Dumas, Rob van Koningsbrugge, Krijn Giezen, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, The Netherlands
    AC1, with Armen Eloyan, Alexandra Leykauff, Jeroen Jacobs, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
    2006
    Room with a view, with Raoul de Keijser, Gunther Forg, Jan Schoonhoven, Haags gemeente Museum, Den Haag, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    Public Image, with Franz Ackermann, Os Gemeos, Erik van Lieshout, Fabian Marcaccio, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands (catalogue)
    2005 Toonbeelden, with Marc Mulders, Guido Geelen, Museum De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands (cataogue)

    ART FAIRS

    2016
    Volta NY, Gerhard Hofland Gallery (solo presentation)
    Art Rotterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Vienna Contemporary, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Volta Basel, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Expo Chicago, Van Horn Gallery, (two person presentation with Jan Albers)
    2015
    Art cologne, Van Horn Gallery
    COFA Dusseldorf, Van Horn Gallery, (two person presentation with Wendy White)
    Art Dallas, Ana Cristea Gallery
    Volta Basel, Gerhard Hofland Gallery (two person presentation with Johan Tahon)
    Art Rotterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2014
    Art Rotterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Dallas, RH Contemporary Art
    Amsterdam Drawing, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2011
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2010
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2009
    Art Brussels, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2008
    Show Off Paris, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Rotterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Brussels, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2007
    Art Amsterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Cologne, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Rotterdam, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    2006
    Art Cologne, Gerhard Hofland Gallery
    Art Rotterdam, Dick de Bruijn Gallery

    PRIZES, STIPENDS & RESIDENCIES

    2016
    Residency, La Brea Studios, Los Angeles, CA
    2015
    Residency, Cca Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
    Work period, Burnett Editions, New York, NY
    2011
    Residency, pompgemaal Den Helder Mondriaanfund
    2010
    Residency, IBB Curacao Mondriaanfund
    Basisstipend BKVB Fund Amsterdam
    2006
    Wolvecamp Prize for painting
    2004
    Basisstipend BKVB Fund Amsterdam
    2002
    Johan Diepstraten Stipend for painting
    EKWC Residency and Stipend for young artists
    2000
    Basisstipend BKVB Fund Amsterdam
    1995
    De Pont Residency and Stipend, Museum De Pont Tilburg

    COLLECTIONS

    Centraal Museum Utrecht
    SMBK De Vleeshal Middelburg
    Dordrechts Museum
    CCA Andratx Mallorca Spain
    Bouwfonds Nederland
    Achmea Nederland
    Instituto Buena Bista Curacao
    Rabobank Nederland
    ABN Amro Bank Nederland
    Fontys Tilburg/Eindhoven
    Fortis
    UMC Utrecht
    Noord-Brabants Museum s-Hertogenbosch
    Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal Leiden
    Teylers Museum Haarlem
    DSM Heerlen
    Schunck Heerlen
    Van Lansschot Bankiers
    Akzo Nobel
    Oce kunstcollectie Venlo
    Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
    Mizuho London
    Private collections in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Japan, United States, Switzerland, France, and Spain

    TEACHING POSITIONS

    2015-Current
    Teacher Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Tilburg
    2016
    Guest-teacher Artez BFA Arnhem
    2010-2015
    Teacher Artez BFA Arnhem
    2006-2008
    Teacher MFA Post-St Joost ’s-Hertogenbosch
    2005-2008
    Teacher BFA St Joost ’s-Hertogenbosch

    SELECT EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

    2017
    Mentor programma Mondriaanfonds Amsterdam
    2014
    Mentor programma Mondriaanfonds Amsterdam
    2013
    Meester-Leerling project with kunstpodium T De Pont museum and Mondriaanfund
    2011
    ICICIC icw De Vleeshal Piet Zwart instituut Van Abbe museum E-Flux and Artez Fine Art
    2010
    Let’s Jam icw Incubate festival and Artez fine Art, Making Do icw BKKC, Cist and Post st Joost 2009
    Opera icw Fontys hogescholen (visual arts / dance / theatre / conservatorium)

    COMMISSIONS, LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS

    2017
    Lecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Art Copenhagen Denmark
    2016
    Artist talk ‘Intelligent Touch’ Artez Arnhem/St Joost ‘s-Hertogenbosch
    2013
    Symposium Authenticity in the act of painting museum De Pont, Meester/Leerling artist talk museum De Pont, lecture Willem de Kooning Akademie Rotterdam, Talentscout Prix de Rome / Mondriaanfund Amsterdam
    2011
    Lecture st Joost Akademie s Hertogenbosch
    2009-Now
    Advisor/curator Visual Arts Incubate Festival Tilburg: curation of projects by Melanie Bonajo, Sigrid Calon, Martijn Hendriks, Jeremiah Day, Yona Friedman, Olaf Holzapfel, Camilla Steinum, Jan Verwoert, Robin Passonero, Wendy White, Manor Grunewald, Jennifer Mehigan, Just Quist, Micha Pattinoit, Juliaan Andeweg, Mischa Doorenweerd
    2007-Now
    Founder and organizer of Whatspace with projects and collaborations with Ola Vasiljeva, Wade Guyton, Cheryl Donegan, Joep van Liefland, Lorenzo Benedetti, Marlie Mul, Keren Cytter, Jan Verwoert, Marijn van Kreij, Aleana Egan, Rachel Koolen, Jan van der Ploeg, Rory Pilgrim, etc.
    2002-2006
    Commission Documentation NBKS Breda

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