Michaël
Borremans

BIOGRAPHY
1963Born in Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium
Solo Exhibitions
2024A Confrontation at the Zoo, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, the Netherlands
The Monkey, David Zwirner, London
The Promise, Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai
2022The Acrobat, David Zwirner, New York
2020Coloured Cones, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
The Duck, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
French Painting, Patricia Vintage, Ghent concurrently on view at Baltimore Bloemen, Antwerp, and Café De Smidse, Horebeke, Belgium
Michaël Borremans Mark Manders|Double Silence, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan
2018Fire From the Sun, David Zwirner, Hong Kong
Michaël Borremans | Mark Manders, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2017Sixteen Dances, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2015Fixture, CAC Malaga, Spain
Black Mould, David Zwirner, London
As sweet as it gets, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
2014As sweet as it gets, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
As sweet as it gets, Bozar, Brussels
Ryosokuin Temple, Kyoto
Girl with Hands, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
The Advantage, Hara Museum, Tokyo
2013The People from the future are not to be trusted, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2012Magnetics, BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna
2011The Devil’s Dress, David Zwirner, New York
Eating the Beard, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
Eating the Beard, Mücsarnok / Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary
Eating the Beard, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2010Michaël Borremans, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Eating the Beard, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Commission for the Belgian Queen, Royal Palace, Brussels
Looking for the face I had before the world was made, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
2009Automat, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Taking Turns, David Zwirner, New York
2008Michaël Borremans, Overbeck Gesellschaft Lübeck, Germany
Earthlight Room, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Painted Fruit, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2007Weight / Veldwerk, de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam [Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal (2008)]
Veldwerk, De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam
2006The Good Ingredients, La Maison Rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Horse Hunting, David Zwirner, New York
2005The Performance, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Hallucination and Reality, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
The Performance, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London
An Unintended Performance, S.M.A.K., Ghent
2004Michaël Borremans: Drawings, Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Four Fairies, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Demark
Fisherman’s Luck, Zeno X Storage, Antwerp
Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
2003Trickland, David Zwirner, NY
2002Young and Innocent, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
2000Vereniging van het S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Arctuele Kunst, Ghent
1999The Fetish Paintings, Croxhapoxruimte, Ghent
1998The Mind and It’s Limit’s, In den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
1997Cerebral Office, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Huize St.-Jacobus, Ghent
1996Croxhapoxruimte, Ghent