NEWS / SELECTED WORKS / BIOGRAPHY / TEXTS / SHOP / CONTACT
NEWS / SELECTED WORKS / BIOGRAPHY / TEXTS / SHOP / CONTACT
PHILIPPE VAN WOLPUTTE
Born 1982 In Antwerp, Belgium
Lives In Antwerp (BE)
STUDIES / RESIDENCIES
2007-2009 Residency At Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (NL)
2002-2006 Mfa Open Atelier At Sint Lucas, Antwerp (BE)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 De Warande, Turnhout (BE), Childsplay
2024 Enter Enter, Amsterdam (NL), Interference Roma Publications
2024 Tick Tack / Mercerie, Brussels (BE), Interference: Revisited
2021 Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp (BE), One Thing Leads To Another
2019 Secondroom, Antwerp (BE), Down
2019 Gallery Gallery, Antwerp (BE), It Takes One To Know One
2018 Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp (BE), Tactical Transparency
2017 Lls382, Antwerp (BE), Linked Surfaces
2017 Levy Delval, Brussels (BE), Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces
2015 Muhka, Antwerp (BE), Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces: Behind The Lines
2015 Be-Part, Waregem (BE), Fade-Outs
2015 Bruthaus, Waregem (BE), Fade-Outs
2014 Elaine Levy Project, Brussels (BE), Misfits
2014 Elaine Levy Projects, Solo Booth, Art Rotterdam (NL), Misfits
2012 Elaine Levy Project, Brussels (BE), Inside, Outside, Downside
2010 Chert Gallery, Berlin (D), We Did It / Disputed Territory
2009 Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (NL), T.P.E.S. 01/02/03/04
2008 Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (NL), Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Space 04
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Loods 6, Amsterdam (NL), TBA
2025 Lls Paleis, Antwerp (BE) Erntedankfest, Curated By Stella Lohaus
2024 Muhka, Antwerp (BE), The City Collection: In/Sight,
2024 Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (D), Rokade: Streetspace Banger
2023 De Garage, Mechelen (BE), The Seduction Of The Bureaucrat
2021 M Hka, Antwerp (BE), Lippenstift En Gasmaskers
2021 Wp Zimmer, Antwerp (BE), Topos 2: How To Be Together
2019 Anthology Film Archives, New York (USA), No Narratives - Video Screening Gagarin
2018 Motel Spatie, Arnhem (NL), Beeldenpark Presikhaaf
2018 New International Culture Center (Nicc), Antwerp (BE), 20 Years Nicc
2017 Cab, Brussels (BE), Perpetual Construction
2016 Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn (EST), Terra Incognit, Curated By Kirke Kangro
2016 Pavillon De L’arsenal, Paris (FR),Vestiges Architecturaux & Vandalisme, Partie Ii: Non-Lieu
2016 Volume, Paris (FR), Vestiges Architecturaux & Vandalisme Partie I, Curated By Punto De Fuga
2016 Car Drde Gallery, Bologna (ITA), Neighbours, Curated By Manor Grunewald
2016 Z33, Hasselt (BE), Cinemaximiliaan, Curated By Agata Jastrząbek
2016 Citadel’arte, Diest (BE), Zone
2016 Firma, Vilvoorde (BE), En Flamme
2016 Cc252 Ekeren (BE), The Black Hole, Curated By Cakehouse
2016 Cultureel Centrum, Maasmechelen (BE), Ten Dans, Curated By Lieven Segers
2015 Dialect Kunstverein, Stuttgart (D), Days End, Curated By Thorsten Neumann
2015 Florence Loewy Gallery, Paris (Fr), Material, Curated By Erik Van Der Weijde
2015 Komplot, Brussel (BE), Anger Management, Curated By Benjamin Jaubert
2015 Riot Gallery, Ghent (BE), The Edition Show, Curated By Jurgen Maelfeyt
2014 Kunsthal Extra City (BE), Le Canal 2014 Espace 251 Nord, Liège (Be), Le Canal
2014 Croxhapox, Ghent (BE), Crox 458-467
2014 Bruthaus, Waregem (BE), Versus
2014 252cc, Ekeren (BE), Pre_sent
2014 Wmss, Rotterdam (NE), Wo Meine Sonne Scheint
2014 Factor 44, Antwerp (BE), Nema Tog Podruma
2013 Palais Des Beaux-Arts Bozar, Brussels (BE), Young Belgian Art Prize - Jeune Peinture
2013 Savvy Contemporary, Berlin (D), Perpetual Travellers
2013 Biennale Di Penne, (ITA), Playscapes/Workscapes/Innerscapes
2013 Komplot, Brussels (BE), Black & Vases
2013 Kunstfort Bij Vijfhuizen, Haarlem (NL), Open City
2012 Raumexperimente, Berlin (D), Performing Politics - The World Is Not Fair – The Great World’s Fair
2012 Fragmental Museum, Elaine Levy Projects In Nyc (USA)
2012 Error One, Lost & Found, Antwerp (BE)
2012 Art Brussel, Brussels (BE), Art In The City
2012 Kunsthal Rotterdam, Showroom Mama, The Kids Are Allright, Rotterdam (NL)
2011vrijstaat O. Freestate Ii, Oostende (BE), Splendid Isolation
2010 Chert Gallery, Berlin (D), Drinnen & Draussen
2010 Klemm’s Gallery, Berlin (D), Zero Budget Biennial,
2010 Pianissimo Gallery, Milan (ITA), Zero Budget Biennial
2010 Rokeby Gallery, London (UK), Zero Budget Biennial
2010 Liste 15, Performance Project, Basel (CH)
2010 Expodium, Utrecht (NL), Malleability Revisited: The Need For New Strategies
2010 Open Space Baltimore, Maryland (VS), Liberty B
2010 Parallax Space - Drift Station Gallery, Nebraska (VS), Instructions For Initial Conditions
2010 Attitude Festival, Komplot / Ccpa Elementi, (MA)
2010 Komplot, Brussels (BE), Nothing Political
2010 Bat10 Beeldenroute Anti-Tankgracht, Antwerp (BE)
2010 (Im)Possibilites, Urban Festival 10, Zagreb (HR)
2009 Middelheim Museum, Antwerpen (BE), Exhibition In A Machbox
2009 Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (NL), Not Created By Human A Hand
2009 Truth Or Consequences Film Festival 2009, New Mexico (USA)
2009 Galerie Carlos Cardenas & Schleicher+Lange, Paris (FR), Zero Budget Biennial
2009 Vienna International Apartment, Brussels (BE), Pleurer Et Bonheur
2009 Sign Stichting, Groningen (NL), Noorderlicht Festival
2009 De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL), The Last Session
2009 Fortezza Da Basso, Florence (ITA), The Industrial Ones
2008 Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (CH), Dragged Down Into Lowercase
2008 Nicc, Antwerp (BE), A Bridge Too Far
2008 Muhka, Antwerp (BE), A4 Multiples
2008 Yum21c, Brussels (BE), Laugh Track - Brussels Biennial Off Program
2008 Labdo, Antwerp (BE), 3 Closed Conditions
2007 Objectif-Exhibitions, Antwerp (BE), Tipos Moviles
2007 Hessenhuis, Antwerp (BE), Virus
2006 Muhka, Antwerp (BE), Academy: Public Space As A Medium
2006 Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (NL), Positioning System
2006 Vierkante Zaal, St.Niklaas (BE), Dots
2006 Elia Conference, Ghent (BE), Maps In Ghent
2006 Campus Congres, Antwerp (BE), Afstudeerprojecten
2006 Factor 44, Antwerp (BE), Jour Fixe April: The No Name Expo
2006 Vzw Emma, Antwerp (B), Kontra Filmfestival
2005 Cultureel Centrum, Knokke (BE), Nagt Festival
2005 Showroom Mama, Rotterdam (NL), Project Steiger
2005 Witte De Withstraat, Rotterdam (Nl), Battle Of The Towers
2004 Kunstraum Goethestrasse, Linz (A), 25 Ways To Save The World
2004 Studio 14, Rome (ITA), Urban Act 2 2004 Studio 14, Rome (Ita), Urban Act 1
2004 Post Plaza, Ghent (BE), Beyond The Streets
2004 Paard Van Troje, Den Hague (NL), Van Slag
2004 Recyclart, Brussels (Be), Urban Meeting
2004 Shutzmarket, Antwerp (Be), Reality Models
2004 Hall O4, Hossegor (FR), Reality Models
2004 Who’s Next, Paris (FR), Reality Models
2004 2050 Bryant St, San Francisco (USA), Reality Models
2003 Schelda’pen, Antwerp (BE), Rotkop A3
2003 Kunstraum Kruezberg, Berlin (D), Indivisible Cities
2003 Mekanik Strip, Antwerp (BE), Building Bridges
2003 Punct Gallery, Tilburg (Ll), Recognize
2003 De Strip, Vlaardingen (NL), Under Construction
2003 Zaal België, Hasselt (BE), Rotkop Expo
2003 Inshallah Gallery, Los Angeles (USA), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Punch Gallery, San Francisco (USA), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Asr Convention, San Diego (USA), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Designers & Agents, Los Angeles (USA), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Rocket Gallery, Tokyo (JP), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Conquest, Kyoto (JP), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Vooruit, Ghent (BE), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL), Up Our Sleeve
2003 Tommy’z, Amsterdam (NL), Up Our Sleeve
2003 AMERICAN APPAREL FACTORY, LOS ANGELES (VS), UP OUR SLEEVE
2003 Rush Arts, New York (USA), Up Our Sleeve
FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS
2021 Vlaamse Overheid, Projectsubsidie (BE)
2017 Vlaamse Overheid: Meerjarige Beurs (BE)
2016 Vlaamse Overheid: Kortlopende Beurs (BE)
2009 Rijksacademie Van Beeldende Kunsten/ Ministerie Van Ocw (NL)
2008 Rijksacademie Van Beeldende Kunsten/ Ministerie Van Ocw (NL)
2007 Vlaamse Overheid: Subsidiëring Van Projecten Jeugdcultuur (BE)
2006 Vlaamse Overheid: Subsidiëring Van Projecten Jeugdcultuur (BE)
PUBLICATIONS
Books & Exhibition Catalogues (update needed):
2024 Philippe Van Wolputte - Interference, Roma Publications, 352 Pg , Isbn 9789464460650
2016 Philippe Van Wolputte - Manhandle Revisited, Self Published
2015: Philippe V an Wolputte - Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces - APE, 192 Pg, Isbn 9789490800352
2013, Rediviva, Issue # 23
2013 Translation Acts, Performing Politics Raumexperimente
2013 Year 2013, Komplot
2011 Year 2011, Komplot
2011 Freestate Ii - Splendid Isolation, Vrijstaat O
2010 Drinnen & Draussen, Chert
2010 Bat10 Beeldenden route Anti-Tank, In-Depth
2009 Open No.18 - Cahier On Art And The Public Domain: 2030: Warzone Amsterdam, Nai Publishers, Skor
2009 Yes We're Open!, Rijksakademie Portaal Publication
2008 Perfect Town - Philippe Van Wolputte, Tower Of Meaning Publications
2008 Modulated Interior Pictures "On All Fours" - Philippe Van Wolputte, Tower Of Meaning Publications
2008 Dragged Down Into Lowercase. Texts By Clémentine Deliss, Adrian Piper, Joe Scanlan
2008 Open Studios, Rijksakademie Portaal Publication
2006 Dots. Texts By S. Van Bellingen, M. Meeuwis, W. De Cuyper
2006 Philippe Van Wolputte - On All Fours: Modulated Interior Snapshots, Self Published
2006 Maps Of Art In Public Sphere. Universidad De Castilla-La Mancha Facultad De Bellas Artes
2006 Chronologie Factor 44, 1996-2006 Les Jours Fixes. Texts By C. Straetling, H. Heirmans
2004 Urban Act 1: Post-Graffiti-Una Rivoluzione Silenziosa. Texts By L. Lombardi
2004 Reality Models Exhibition. Grafoholic
Press (update needed):
2012, (H)Art, Philippe Van Wolputte -Inside Outside Downside, Elaine Levy projects
2012, The Word, Philippe Van Wolputte -Inside Outside Downside, Elaine Levy projects
2012, La Libre, Philippe Van Wolputte -Inside Outside Downside, Elaine Levy projects
2012, This Is Tomorrow, Philippe Van Wolputte -Inside Outside Downside, Elaine Levy projects
2012, (H)Art, Error One, Lost And Found
2011 Absoluut,"Oostende, Vrijstaat Aan Zee" (June 2011), Laurence Dujardyn
2010 (H)Art, "Dialogues Intimes Et Publics" (Januari 2010), Emmanuel Lambion
2010 Le Soir (Victoire) "Pleurer Et Bonheur" (23 Januari 2010): Pg 08, Catherine Callico
2009 "Cities The Magazine" Issue 00, (December 2009)
2009 Leen: "Binnenkort In Depot?" (September 2009), Centrum Beeldende Kunst
2009 Metropolis M: "Wisecracks Op Een Bouwplaats" (11 Juni 2009), Domeniek Ruyters
2009 Nrc Handelsblad: "Kunt U Ze Redden/Monumentale Wandkust Wacht De Sloopkogel" (28 November 2008), Sandra Smets
2009 Nrc Handelsblad: "Copyright, Dat Is Iets Voor Oudere Mensen" (6 Juni 2009), Sandra Smets
2006 Kunstbeeld.Nl 9 Jaargang 30: "Art Olive Award" (September 2006): Pg 22-27
2005 Next Level Magazine 4: "Interview With Mackplakt"(2005): Pg 12-13.
2005 Het Nieuwsblad: " Stickerkunst In Antwerpen" 19 July
2005, Lennie Stinissen
2004 Tutto Magazine 11: "Attacchiamo Pacificamente Le Citta." (November 2004): Pg 43-48.
2004 Freeze Magazine 18: "Board Art" (May-June 2004): Pg 41-44
PRIZES
2013 Young Belgian Art Prize - ING Prize Belgium - BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
COLLECTIONS
- Stadscollectie Antwerpen / Muhka, Antwerpen (BE)
- Plancius Collectie, Amsterdam (NL)
- Various Private Collections
LECTURES / DEBATES
2015 Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces, Muhka Symposium (BE)
2013 Akademiegasten, Kask, Antwerpen (BE)
2012 Campus Congres, Sint Lucas Antwerp (BE)
2011 Decompression, Ruangrupa, National Gallery, Jakarta (IND)
2010 Warzone Amsterdam, Mediamatic, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Malleability Revisited: The Need For New Strategies, Expodium, Utrecht (NL)
2007 Virus, Hessenhuis, Antwerp (BE)