PHILIPPE VAN WOLPUTTE

born 1982 in Antwerp, Belgium

Lives in Antwerp (BE) & Amsterdam (NL)



STUDIES / RESIDENCIES


2007-2009 Residency at Rijksacademie, Amsterdam (NL)

2002-2006 MFA Open Atelier at Sint Lucas, Antwerp (BE)

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2026 TBA, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)

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 TBA, Loods 6, Amsterdam (NL)

2025 LLS PALEIS, Antwerp (BE) Erntedankfest, curated by Stella Lohaus

2024 MuhKA, Antwerp (BE), The City Collection: In/Sight

2024 KUNSTHALLE Recklinghausen (D), Rokade: Streetrace Banger

2023 De Garage, Mechelen (BE), The Seduction of the Bureaucrat, curated by Pieter Vermeulen

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, curated by Wilfried Huet

2018 Motel spatie, Arnhem (NL), Beeldenpark Presikhaaf, curated by Jeroen Jongeleen

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 Cardrde 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 (NL), 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 Fim 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 (BE), 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 (NL), 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



PUBLICATIONS

2024 INTERFERENCE, ROMA PUBLICATIONS, 352 PG , ISBN 9789464460650

2015 TEMPORARY PENETRABLE EXHIBITION SPACES (2005-2015), APE, 192 PG,  ISBN 9789490800352