Born in Mortsel, Belgium in 1958.
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Deinze, Belgium
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (US)
2008
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (US)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (US)
"Forever, the Management of Magic" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
2007
Mücsarnok, Kunsthalle Budapest (HU); Haus der Kunst, Münich (DE); Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (PO), (cat.) [Traveling until 2008]
"I don't get it" MuHKA, Antwerp (BE)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Ende" Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven (DE)
2006
"Dusk" Colecçao Fundaçao de Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto (PT)
"Portraits: 1975-2003" MAMCO, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Genève (CH)
"Restoration" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
2005
Compton Verney House Trust, Warwickshire, England (UK)
"Les Gilles de Binche" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
2004
"Luc Tuyamns" Tate Modern, London (UK)
"Luc Tuymans" K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (DE)
"Tracing" Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (MX)
"Luc Tuymans" Display Room 2, Saatchi Gallery, London (UK)
2003
"The Arena" Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover (DE); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (DE); Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen (CH)
"Display" Helsinki Kunsthalle, Helsinki (FI)
"Fortune" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Curtains: Reconstitution" FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
"The Rumor: Monoprints" Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY (US)
2002
"Niks" Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (BE)
2001
"The Rumour" White Cube, London (UK)
"Imperfektum" Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Rogaland (NO)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
"Luc Tuymans" Belgian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice (IT), (cat.)
2000
"Mwana Kitoko: beautiful white man" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US), (cat.)
Undetermined, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP), (cat.)
Insolence, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Luc Tuymans: Sincerely" Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo (JP), (cat.)
1999
"Splendid Isolation" White Cube, London, England (UK)
"The Purge, Paintings/1991-1998" Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL); Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
"The Passion" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"The Passion" Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (IR)
1998
"Security" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Privacy: Luc Tuymans and Miroslav Balka" Fundação de Serralves, Porto (PT)
"Premonition: Works on paper" capcMusée d' art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux (FR) , (cat.)
"Delayed" Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund (SE)
"Der Architekt" Galerie Gebauer, Berlin (DE)
1997
"Premonition: Works on paper" University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (US); Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
"Illegitimate" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Ons Geluk: One Year's Presentation of Luc Tuymans and Dany Devos" Breydelstraat 5, Antwerp (BE)
1996
"The Heritage" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Necklace" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
1995
"Supersition" The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US); Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England (UK)
"Luc Tuymans. Paintings, 1978-1993" Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA (US)
"Heimat" Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes (FR); Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Le Verdict" Centre Genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva (CH)
"Blow Up: Luc Tuymans - Schilderijen paintings 1985-1995" De Pont Foundation, Tilburg (NL), (cat.)
"The Agony" Galerie Foksal SBWA, Warsaw (PO)
1994
"Indelible Evidence" Galerie Erika and Otto Friedrich, Bern (CH)
"Superstition" Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (DE), (cat.)
"At Random" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Superstition" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Superstition" Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (CA), (cat.)
1993
"Luc Tuymans" Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (DE), (cat.)
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (NL)
"Intolerance" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven (DE)
1992
"Luc Tuymans" Kunsthalle Bern (CH), (cat.)
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Repulsion" Isabella Kacprzak Gallery, Cologne (DE)
1991
"Disenchantment" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Le Creux de l'Enfer" Centre d’Art Contemporain, Thiers (FR)
1990
Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende (BE), (cat.)
Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE)
"Tekeningen" Schouwburg Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
"Suspended" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Schilderijen 1978-1989" Plateau, Brussels (BE)
1989
"Zimmer Frei" Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp (BE)
"A Place in the Sun" Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp (BE)
1988
"Josefine n'est pas ma femme", Ruimte Morguen, Antwerp (BE)
1985
"Belgian Art Review" Palais des Thermes, Oostende (BE)
Group Exhibitions
2007
"Fast Forward: Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art" Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (US)
"The Painting of Modern Life" Hayward Gallery, London (UK); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (IT), (cat.) [Traveling until 2008]
"Critical Mass" Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (UK)
"Old School" Hauser & Wirth Colnaghi, London (UK)
"What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Painting Now! Back to Figuration" Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
"Doppelgänger: El doble de la realidad" MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo (ES)
"MARTa schweigt - Garde le silence, le silence te gardera" MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
"Een verhaal van het beeld / A story of the image" MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp (NL)
"A travers le miroir (le secret)" Musée d'Art et d'Archéologie, Aurillac (FR)
"I Am As You Will Be" Cheim & Read, New York, NY (US)
"Wako Works of Art: 15 Years, Part II" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
2006
"Imagination Become Reality V: Crossroads" Sammlung Goetz, Munich (DE)
"Contemporary Art reflecting Medicine" Kunst-Museum, Ahlen (DE)
"Essential Painting" National Museum of Art, Osaka (JP)
"NichtsNothingNadaRien" Schrin Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (DE)
"Back to the Figure/Zurück zur Figur" Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (DE)
"Extremities. Flemish art in Vladivostok" Museum Artetage, Vladivostok (RU)
"Une simple question de temps - Conversation entre les collections du FRAC Auvergne et du Musée Crozatier" Musée Crozatier, Le Puy-en-Valey (FR)
"Where Are We Going?: Selections from the François Pinault Collection" Palazzo Grassi, Venice (IT)
"We Humans are Free: From the Collection of S.M.A.K." Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent (BE)
"Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism" Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo (IT)
"Tokyo Blossoms: Deutsche Bank Collection meets Zaha Hadid" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (JP)
"Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers: Reflexionen zeitgenössischer Kunst zur Aktualität des Erinnerns" Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden (DE)
"DARK" Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
"Out of Time: A Contemporary View" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
2005
"Pijn" Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent (BE)
"Collectiepresentatie XIII - LUZ" MuHKA, Antwerp (BE)
"Drawing from the Modern: 1975-2005" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Slow Art - Zeigenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden" Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
"Soul - Bezielde Kunst" Grootseminarie, Bruges (BE)
"Shadow Play: Shadow and Light in Contemporary art. A Homage to Hans Christian Andersen" Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense (DK); Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (DE); Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz (DK)
"(my private) Heroes" Marta Herford, Herford (DE)
"Visionair België. C'est arrivé près de chez nous" Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (BE)
"The Triumph of Painting: 20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Saatchi Collection" Saatchi Gallery, South Bank, London, England (UK)
2004
Carlier Gebauer Gallery, Berlin (DE)
Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabrück (DE)
"Karel Appel: Onderweg-Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der Lage Landen" Paleis voor Schone Kunsten Brussel (BE)
"Carpe Artem" Kunstproject in de stad St. Truiden (BE)
"After Images" Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (BE)
"Witslag" Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-aan-de-Leie (BE)
"The Undiscovered Country" UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (US)
"Contre-images" Carré d’Art, Nîmes (FR)
"Zehn Jahre Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst in Dresden e.V. 94-04" Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden (DE)
"The Voice of Art" Palais des Nations, Geneva (CH)
"New Blood/New Artists/New Acquisitions" Saatchi Gallery, South Bank, London, England (UK)
"26th Biennale di Sao Paulo del Brasile" Sao Paulo (BR)
"Treasure Island: 10 Years Collection Kunstmuseum" Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
"Not Afraid: Rubell Family Collection" Miami, FL (US)
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE), (cat.)
"Reinstallation of the Collection" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
2003
"Mental Mappings" Kunstverein, Hannover (DE)
"The Exquisite Object" Lucas Schoormans Gallery, New York, NY (US)
"Beaufort 2003 - Triënnale" PMMK – Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Oostende (BE)
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp (BE)
"The Ambiguity of the Image" Art Athinai, Athens (GR)
"Ik of een ander – zelfportretten van Belgische kunstenaars" Passage 44, Brussels (BE)
"EU3" Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (UK)
"Gelijk het leven is; 50 jaar Belgische en Internationale kunst uit de Collectie" S.M.A.K., Ghent (BE)
"Outlook" Technopolis, Benaki Museum and Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens (GR), (cat.)
"An International Legacy: Selections from Carnegie Museum of Art" Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (US), (cat.)
"Zehn Jahre" Museum fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
2002
"Documenta 11_ Platform 5:Exhibition" Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Kassel (DE)
"Limits of the Perception" Fundació Miró, Barcelona (ES)
"Transform the World 2002" Wako Works of Art, Tokyo (JP)
The Unthought Known, White Cube, London, England (UK)
"Painting on the Move" Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel; Kunstsammlung Basel; Kunstmuseum, Basel (CH)
"Dear Painter, Paint Me" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (FR); Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AT); Schrin Kunstalle Frankfurt (DE)
"The Painting Room" Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld (DE)
"Time Machine" Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern (CH)
"Startkapital" K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (DE)
"Pressing" Objectif, Antwerp (BE)
2001
"I♥NY" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"The Beauty of Intimacy" Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
SMAK, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (BE)
2000
"Open Ends" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Of the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection" Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (US)
"Europeans; Summer 2000" Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY (US)
"The Oldest Possible Memory" Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, St. Gallen (CH)
"12th Biennial of Sydney" Sydney (AU), (cat.)
"The Memory of the Painting" Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau (CH)
"Apocalypse" The Royal Academy of Art, London, England (UK), (cat.)
"Imperfectum" organized by Riksutstillinger, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo; Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavange; Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim; Fylkesgalerie, Namsos; Bomullsfabrikken, Arendal; Billedgalerie, Haugesund; Bodo Kunstforening, Bodo; Aalesunds Kunstforening, Aalesund (NO)
"82,65% verf.Een keuze uit de aanwinsten 1991-2000" Stadsgalerij, Heerlen (NL)
1999
"Am Horizont" Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld (DE)
"De Kabinetten Van De Vleeshal" De Vleeshal Gallery, Middelburg (NL)
"Negotiating Small Truths" Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX (US), (cat.)
"Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Works on Paper" Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, NY (US)
"Trouble Spot Painting" Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp (BE), (cat.)
"Carnegie International" Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (US), (cat.)
"Examining Pictures" Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England (UK); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (US), (cat.)
"Two hours wide or two hours, Through Art and Society" Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (BE)
1998
"Now and Forever Part I" Pat Hearn Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY (US)
"The Fascinating Faces of Flanders through Art and Society" Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon (PT)
"Stan Douglas, Carl de Keyzer, Maria Serebriakova, Luc Tuymans, Noritoshi Hirakawa" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Five Years" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Vier Temperamenten" Galerie Gabriel Van de Weghe, Wortegem (BE)
"Verzachtende Omstandigheden" Museum Bojimans Van Beuningen Rotterdam (NL)
S.M.A.K. in Watou, Watou (BE)
"EV + A XXII" Limerick City Gallery of Art (IR)
"Artist's Proof" Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg (DE)
"Bildgewordene Wirklichkeiten" Internationale Kunstzentrum Ostbeigien, Ostbeigien (DE)
"Shopping the Stars" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
1997
ART 28' 97, Basel AND Transmitter, Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn (DE)
"A Decade of Collecting" The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Artcologne 1997" Rheinhalle, Cologne (DE)
"4e Biennale de Lyon" Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon (FR)
"10 Jaar aankopen, een selectie uit de collectie moderne Nederlandse schilderkunst van de Stadsgalerij Heerlen" Stadsgalerij Heerlen (NL)
"10 Jahre Stiftung Kunsthalle Bern" Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
"De Zachte Kracht" C.C. de bogaard, Sint-Truiden (BE)
"Francis Picabia, Fleurs de Chair fleurs d'áme" Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zürich (CH), (cat.)
"Future, Present, Past. 47th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale" Corderie, Venice (IT), (cat.)
"La Pittura Fiamminga e Olandese" Palazzo Grassi, Venice (IT)
"Maakt kunst staat" Provinciaal Museum Hasselt (BE)
"Nature Morte" Cultureel Centrum Leuven (BE)
"Painting - The Extended Field" Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm (SE), (cat.)
"Reality Revisited: The Memory as Longing" Sala Montcada de la Fundació "la Caixa", Barcelona (ES)
"John Currin, Elizabeth Peyton, Luc Tuymans" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Eté 97" Centre genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva (CH)
1996
"Some Recent Acquisitions" Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US)
"Hebben wij het geweten? Were we Conscious, or its Conscience?" Provinciaal Museum voor Kunsten, Hasselt (BE)
"Ver na Vrmeer: contemporary painters in the Netherlands and Flanders" de Beyerd, Breda (NL)
"Acchrochage" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"4x1 im Albertinum" Albertinum, Dresden (DE)
"Face à l'Histoire" Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (FR)
"Screen" curated by Joshua Decter, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY (US)
"Painting-The Extended Field" Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (SE)
"'94 - '95, Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1994 en 1995" Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp (BE)
"Avant-première d'un musée" Institut Néerlandais, Paris (FR)
"Contact Prints" Galeria Foksal, Warsaw (PO)
"The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair 1996" Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY (US)
1995
"ARS 95" Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (FI)
Musée Departmental d'Art Contemporain, Château de Rochechouart (FR)
"Hopeless" CCA, Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
"Change of Scene VII" Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
"Luc Tuymans and Francis Picabia. Paintings" David Zwirner, New York, NY (US)
"Ripple across the water" The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (JP)
"Een actuele prive-verzameling" Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels (BE)
1994
"Unbound" Hayward Gallery, London, England (UK), (cat.)
Galleri F15 (NO)
"This is the Show and the Show is Many Things" Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE)
1993
"In Extenso/1989-1992" Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (BE), (cat.)
"Artfair" Zeno X Gallery, Brussels (BE)
"Der Zerbrochene Spiegel" Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (AT)
"Het Sublieme Gemis (The Sublime Void)" Koninlijke Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp (BE)
"Menschenwelt" Portikus, Frankfurt (DE); Castello di Rivara, Turin (IT); Norwich Gallery, Norfolk Institute of Art and Design, Württembergische Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE); Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster (DE), (cat.)
"Backstage" Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
"75 Jahre Kunsthalle Bern/Bild des Monats im Kunstmuseum" Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
"Look in the Window" Het Kruithuis, Stedelijk Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Amsterdam (NL)
"Art in Belgium" Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong (HK)
"Peintures Abstraites" FRAC, Auvergne (FR)
1992
"Selectie Belgische Kunstenaars voor Documenta IX" Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens-Deurle (BE)
"Documenta IX" Kassel (DE)
"Modernism in Painting" Museum Ostende (BE)
"Laatste tentoonstelling with De Keyser, Richter, Polke, Penck, Knoebel" Rudolf Zwirner Gallery, Cologne (DE)
1991
"Works on Paper" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Vis à Vis" Gallery Sacre, Liege (BE)
"Art Cologne" Zeno X Gallery, Cologne (DE)
"Accrochage" Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (BE)
"Kunst in Vlaanderen Nu" Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp (BE)
1990
"Art Cologne" Zeno X Gallery, Cologne (DE)
1989
"Wahrheit und Dichtung. 4 Aus Antwerp" Maerz Gallery, Cologne (DE)
"Paesmans, Schepers, Tuymans, Vermuyten" CREDAC, Ivry (FR)
1988
"Doodgewoon, Beelden van de dood in de actuele kunst" De Warande, Turnhout (BE)
