1992-2009 Teacher "Expression and mixed media", Faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven / Campus Sint-Lucas Ghent.
1980-1992 Teacher Vormstudie (study of shapes) Sint-Lukas Higher Institute, Interior and Construction
1969-1973 Sint-Lukas, Brussels - Interior Design Studies
Active as a visual artist since 1975
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_solo exhibitions
2022
In conversation, Hilde Vandaele gallery, Watou
Flat sculptures, Loom gallery, Milan (IT)
YELLOW IS THE COLOUR OF THE DAY IN THE MORNING... WHEN WE RISE, Galerie van den Berge, Goes (NL)
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2019
Overview #1. Sculptures, pictures and drawings, Loom Gallery, Milan (IT)
Overview #2, Fondazione Kenta and Loom Gallery, Milan (IT)
Paul Gees 12.12 (with book presentation), valerie_traan gallery, Antwerp
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2018
Under pressure ’18. Sculptures and drawings, valerie_traan gallery, Antwerp
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2017
Under Pressure. Sculptures, wall objects and drawings. Loom Gallery, Milan (IT)
Stille trillingen. Sculptures, installation and drawings. Nevens Garage, Ninove
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2016
Connected-Disconnected. Sculptures and wall objects. De Ziener gallery, Asse
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2015
Plus loin que les frontières with Paul Gees and Wim De Pauw. Tom Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
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2014
Geschraagde horizonten. Loods 12 with Dave Meijer (NL), Wetteren
Family Encounters. Sculptures, drawings and paintings of Paul and Ibrich Gees. Jan Colle gallery, Ghent
Tweede Natuur, Ibrich and Paul Gees. Lia Schelkens, Schilde,
Kruisende ritmes with Stijn Kriele (NL). Cathy De Vos gallery, Aalst
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2013
In the offices of Société Generale, Aalst
Private Banking in collaboration with Netwerk, Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst.
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2012
Experimental Intermedia, Out of frame, vitrine project. Ghent
Recent works, Van Den Berge gallery with Raf Thys, Goes (NL)
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2011
Collapsing the arches. Wall objects. Van Den Berge gallery, met Mil Ceulemans, Goes (NL)
Voorhangsels. Wall objects and drawings. De Ziener gallery, Asse
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2010 Sculptures. Sculptures, installation and drawings. Elimart, Kapellen
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2009 Sculptures, models and drawings, at de Vrienden van Hugo, Hansbeke
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2008 Muurbeelden. Van den Berge gallery with Marinus Van Dijke, Goes (NL)
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2006
Scharnier_momenten. CC Belgica in Huis van Winckel, Dendermonde,
Kleine sculpturen. Huize St.- Bonaventura, Ghent
Installation and small drawings. Secondroom, Brussels
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1999
Dwars in de lengte. Sculptures and drawings. Transit gallery, Mechelen
Wall objects. Lydie Rekow gallery, Crest (FR)
Intimate walls. Wall objects and drawings. CD gallery, Tielt
Sculptures, models and drawings, Luca gallery, Zaltbommel (NL)
Sculptures and drawings. CC De Doos, Hasselt
Zomerstukken – Buitenstukken. Park Blauwendael, Waasmunster
Sculptures and drawings. CC De Stroming, Berlare
Sculptures and drawings. White-Out Space gallery, Knokke
Sculptures, wall objects and drawings. De Ziener gallery, Asse
Bruno Decré en Paul Gees. Cathy De Vos gallery, Aalst
Atelier Brigitte Closset with Brigitte Closset and Armand Silvestre, Liège
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1998 Sculptures, models and drawings. Cultural center De Poort, Zonnebeke
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1997
Sculptures and wall objects. Huize Jacobus, Ghent
Tussen de bomen de sterren zien. Park ter Beuken, Lokeren
Domain ‘Het Motje’, Jenny Van Driessche Zaffelare
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1996
Sculptures. Kunstverein Friedberg, Frankfurt (DE)
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary. CIAP, Hasselt
Project Poorthuis, Installation of 2 large-scale sculptures at the Grote Markt, Hasselt.
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1995
Sculptures, wall objects and installations. CD gallery, Tielt
Sculptures. Sint-Lukaspassage, Antwerp
Sculptures and drawings. Lydie Rekow gallery, Crest (FR)
Paul Gees, Een eiland als een glazen kooi. In collaboration with CC Westrand and in the context of Open Monumentendag, Dilbeek
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1994
Evelyne Canus Art Contemporain, La-Colle-sur-Loup (FR)
large-scale integration in private gardens F. Lippens. Roquefort-Les-Pins, Nice (FR)
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1993 Sculptures and drawings. S 65 gallery, Aalst
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1992
Sculptures. CIAP, Hasselt
Sculptures and drawings. Lydie Rekow gallery, Crest (FR)
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1991 Sculptures and drawings. Plus-Kern gallery, Brussels
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1990
Sculptures and drawings. Gemeentemuseum, Bergen op Zoom (NL)
Sculptures. Benno Premsela, Amsterdam (NL)
Sculptures and drawings. Angel Romero gallery, Madrid (ES)
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1989
Sculptures and drawings. S 65 gallery, Aalst
Sculptures and drawings. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (DE)
Sculptures and drawings. Lydie Rekow gallery, Lyon (FR)
Sculptures and drawings. Transit gallery, Leuven
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1988
Sculptures and drawings. Plus-Kern gallery, Brussels
Sculptures and drawings. Brigitte March gallery, Stuttgart (DE)
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1987
Sculptures and drawings. XXI gallery, VTB-VAB, Antwerp
Sculptures and installations. Moltkerei Werkstatt, Cologne (DE)
Sculptures and drawings. Hugo Minnen gallery, Dessel
Sculptures and installations. Apollohuis, Eindhoven (NL)
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1986
Sculptures. Plus-Kern gallery, Brussels
Installations. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rouen (FR)
Sculptures and drawings. De Lege Ruimte, Bruges
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1985 Sculptures. L’ Autre Espace, Tournai
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1984
Sculptures. Alternatieve Ruimte At-Work, Ghent
Sculptures and installations. Provincial Museum of Contemporary Art, Hasselt
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1983 Sculptures and installations. Ruimte Morguen, Borgerhout
1982 Sculptures and photographic work. Beursschouwburg, Brussels
1981 Performance and installation. Nieuwe Workshop, Brussels
1980 Sculptures and photographic work. Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels
1977 New Reform gallery, Aalst
1975 University Institution Antwerp, Antwerp
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_public collections
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-Waasmunster, sculpture 'OOGSCHEUT', 2019-2021
-Berlare, Donkmeer - Eendenkooi Reenactment 1994 - 2021
- Kruibeke, Scheldelei, sculpture Poldersteen, 2019-2020
- Eeklo, New hospital AZ Alma, sculpture Dubbele Knik, 2017
- Province of Limburg, PASf Foundation (Private Arts Support foundation, Limburg), 2013
- Kapellen, Elim, Psychiatric Center, sculpture Hangend, 2010
- Rumbeke, Company Shape, Metalworks, sculpture Hoeksteen, 2008
- De Montil, Essene - Affligem, sculpture Klemboom, 2005
- Beveren, sculpture Over-spannend, 2003
- Erpe-Mere, drawing 1994.
- Schoten, sculpture Bankligger, 2001
- Brussels, Firma SMALLS, sculpture Double 0, 2000
- De Pinte, sculpture Kleine Poort, 2000
- City of Turnhout, Stationsplein, sculpture The Great Traveler, 1999
- Zonnebeke, Gemeenteplein, sculpture Het Keerpunt, 1998
- Sint-Katelijne-Waver, De Nayer institute, sculpture Parallel, 1997
- Brasschaat municipality, sculpture Dakstoel, 1997
- Zwijndrecht, sculpture Als boom de sterren raken, 1997
- City of Lokeren, langs de Durme sculptuur Vertikaal doorboords, 1994
- Province of Limburg, Province House, sculpture Dialogue, 1994
- Leuven, KBC bank, sculpture
- Brussels, National Bank, sculpture Verticaal omsloten, 1988
- Museum of Modern Art, Brussels. Sculpture and drawing.
- Muhka, Antwerp. Sculpture.
- Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in Grafische Sammlung. Drawing.
- Flemish community. Sculptures.
_private collections in Belgium and abroad
Honorary Award of International Jury in the Xthe international exhibition of original drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka (Y) 1988
_poster design
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Proka, Ghent – Theorie / Informatie / Praktijk – Galerie New Reform – Academie, Ghent, 1976
Beursschouwburg – Performance Art Festival – Brussels, 1978
Kaaitheater – Theaterfestival ’83 - Brussels
Production ‘Achterland’ 1990 – De Munt – Anne Theresa De Keersmaecker
International theaterfestival Den Haag – Antwerp – 1992
Graphic designs + imaging for the architecture department, St.-Lucas Brussels-Ghent 2000 – 2009
_publication
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Paul Gees - Tension, balance, risk, stability, 2019
with Posture Editions, Ghent – ‘Ohne Warum’, 2012 – posture n°2 with texts from Luk Lambrecht and Francis Smets
Editie.1995. Print edition of 50. Photo of temporary installation Conversation Piece with imprint of the applicable poem Gracht by Roland Jooris.
1984 – aanmoedigingspremie from the Belgian State
1986 – lezingencyclus, Kunst en Architectuur (uitgave Amarant)
_group exhibitions
2022
The Cabinet, Art Brussels with valerie_traan gallery, Tour&Taxis, Brussels
About architecture, kajetan in collaboration with valerie_traan gallery, Berlin (DE)
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2021
Small Sculptures, Michel Rein gallery, Brussels
Artissima Art fair, with Loom Gallery Milano, Turin (IT)
10 jaar Posture Editions - 'One way or another', S.M.A.K, Ghent
VILLA U / Luc Coeckelberghs, Paul Gees en Jean-Georges Massart. Meensel-Kiezegem (Tielt-Winge)
View indicator #16, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes (NL)
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2020
Over tijd / Du temps, De Markten, Brussels
Reasons to be cheerful #1 - 30 years Galerie Van den Berge, Goes (NL)
At the first floor, a selection of gallery artists, valerie_traan gallery, Antwerp
Comfort in tough times - online exhibition, Galerie Van den Berge, Goes (NL)
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2019
Cape-Town Art fair with Loom Gallery Milano, Cape Town (ZA)
International art fair Miart 2019 with Loom Gallery Milano, Milan (IT)
A Question of Place, no Limits in a Cellar, Herentals
international art fair Artissima 2019 with Loom Gallery Milano, Turin (IT)
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2018
International art fair Miart 2018 with Loom Gallery Milano, Milan (IT)
Paul Gees, Jus Juchtmans, Dave Meijer and Mary A. Waters. Tom Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
Art Brussels with valerie_traan gallery, Brussels
Wim Wauman invites in WORK FLOW, a play with (arts) Apes and Crafts (catalogue), CC, Sint-Niklaas
Opening of the renovated Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen
Sint-Maartenskathedraal and Sint-Jacobskerk Momentum 18, Ieper
Houtgeur with J.G-Massart, Bert De Geyter, Jo Vanrijckghem and Paul Gees, De Koolputten, Waasmunster
International art fair Artissima 2018 with Loom Gallery Milano, Turin (IT)
KRASJ 4, initiatief De Voorkamer, Ninove
Sculptures, installation and paintings. Bankgalleryprojects with Bieke Depuydt, Ghent
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2017
4 x Vader/Dochter, De Wasserij Kunstcentrum, Lokeren
Buiten de context, Kunstenhuis, Harelbeke
Le Nouvel Observateur (Curator), Hof ter Saksen, Beveren
‘InnerNature1’ with Laure Forêt, Isa D’Hondt en Arjan Janssen, Pavilion Contemporary art, Watou
Gestalt, Pakt, Gistel
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2016
Die van Aalst, contemporary art from collections in Aalst, Aalst, Ghent, Dendermonde
Belgische Wochen, Anne Voss gallery, Dortmund (DE)
Out of the Black and into the Blue, Tom Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
Arts & Metiers, Chateau de Jehay, Amay, Province de Liege
exhibition ‘VERWAND’, D’Apostrof, Meigem, Deinze
Zot Geweld / Dwaze Maagd - Tribute to the 100-year death of Rik Wouters and the statue Het Zotte Geweld. Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen
30 jaar De Ziener, De Markten, Brussels
La Châtaigneraie, Arts & Metaux, Flémalle
B.LAST – ‘De naschok van het abstracte’ (catalogue). Venitiaanse Gaanderijen, Ostend
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2015
Paul Gees – Ado Hamelrijck – Jean-Georges Massart, CC, Hasselt
50 jaar Beursschouwburg – with Wim Wauman, AMVK, Walter Swennen and others, Brussels
E QUI LIBRE, d’Apostrof, Meigem, Deinze
Art Fort/Fort Art, Antwerp
Art-traces across the Western Front, Langemark-Poelkapelle
Stationsstraat Ninove, De Voorkamer, Ninove
‘(Re)View’ Closing exhibition at the farewell of René Geladé, CC, Hasselt
‘Argentum’, 25 year Tom Van Den Berge gallery – part 1. Tom Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
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2014
Prijs voor Beeldhouwkunst van de Stad Mechelen, De Garage, Mechelen
Price Ernest Albert 2014
Een groep, 'De Ziener' gallery, Asse
in the spaces of the mine of Beringen – B-Mine Vlezenbeek, With/Without in Villa Nederloo with Henk Delabie and Alex Michels. BreukLijn, Beringen
'What happens to matter’ with Arpaïs du Bois (catalogue). Eva Steynen.Devia-tions, Antwerp
sCULpTUUR, Ramfoundation, Rotterdam (NL)
installations, Citadelarte’ op Citadel, Diest
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2013
Transformations, De Markten, Brussels
+23, Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
PASf (Private Arts Support Foundation), Atelier Piet Stockmans, C-Mine, Genk
Een groep, De Ziener gallery, Asse
Amsterdam Drawing, Van Den Berge gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
'ik wordt’, curated by Johan De Wilde, De Voorkamer, Lier
Sculptuur na 1945, Royal museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
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2012
Art Rotterdam with Van Den Berge gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
Art Amsterdam with Van Den Berge gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Een groep, ‘De Ziener’ gallery, Asse
‘Wintertentoonstellng’ with Dave Meijer, Tweede Natuur, Halle Zoerzel
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2011
Art Amsterdam with Van Den Berge gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
X-Reflections with Luc Binst, Luc Deleu, Honoré d’O, Gunther Förg and others, CC, Strombeek Bever
'Van stof tot asse’, group exhibition at various locations in Asse (catalogue), Asse
Abstracties, Villa de Olmen, Wieze
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2010
View Indicator # 8, Van den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
‘Gedeelde Horizon’ with Dave Meijer, H8 x 12, Tielt-Winge
Art-Amsterdam with Van den Berge gallery Amsterdam (Nl) -
Herfstproject Tweede Natuur , Halle Zoerzel
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2009
Kunstrai, Tom van den Berge gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Wachters (voor Bachte), Deinze
‘Verwantschappen’, a cabinet composed by Voorkamer, Lier. Z33, Hasselt
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2008
in the context of Salon Aalst integrations on the facade of kunstencentrum Netwerk and in the premises of CC De Werf, Aalst
Negnitrepeoh with Marilou van Lierop Thuin, Fluide, Parcours d’art actuel. Kasteel Mariagaarde, Hoepertingen
Colour / Non Colour, Van Den Berge gallery, Goes (NL)
Art Amsterdam with Jus Juchtmans, Dave Meijer and Paul Gees, Amsterdam (NL)
Galerie EL met Raphaël Buedts, Erik De Smet and Freddy Van Parijs, Welle, Denderleeuw
Orpheusinstituut with Brigitte Closset, Ghent
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2007
Jambes, with Marion Bessem and Jean-Georges Massart, Detour gallery, Namen
with Rafaël Buedts, Gemeentehuis, Wetteren
De Halle in Coloratura with Cathy De Vos gallery, Geel
with Fik Van Gestel, R53 gallery, Ostend
Art-Amsterdam with Van den Berge gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
C’est écrit dans les Etoiles, Château de Waroux, Ans (Alleur)
Lineart with Tweede Natuur, Lia Schelkens, Ghent
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2006
Beteken, CC De Doos, Hasselt
with Croxaphox, Basics 2, Maagdendale abbey, Oudenaarde
CC de Bogaard in collaboration with Ciap, Jean-Georges Massart and Paul Gees, St.-Truiden
4 x 4 with Dan Van Severen, Nicoline van Stappele and Bernard Sercu, Huize St.-Bonaventura, Ghent
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2003
Dialogica in collaboration with Centrum Autisme and Netwerk gallery, Aalst. Eskimopand, Ghent
Tussen Hemel en Aarde (catalogue), Tweede Natuur in het Schildehof, Schilde
Paul Gees, Panamarenko, Ronny Delrue and Laurent Cruyt (catalogue), Aumonerie Saint-Jacques, Gordes (FR)
Opbouwend, with Willy De Sauter, Freek Wambacq, Freddy Van Parijs, Etienne van Doorselaer and Kris de Vleeschouwer. CC Strombeek Bever, Grimbergen
Poisonous, De Markten and Cathy De Vos gallery, De Markten, Brussels
Basics 1, Croxaphox, Ghent
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2001
Contemporary art in West Flemish Collections, De spiegel van het verlangen, Kortrijk
Beelden in het park 6, Hof ter Saksen, Beveren
Luca gallery with Auke De Vries, Sjoerd Buisman, Adam Colton, Zaltbommel (NL)
Mijn Verleden, 2001, FLACC, Genk
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2000
Sculpture Gallery Lia Schelkens, Halle/Zoerzel
Speelhoven ‘00’ (catalogue), Aarschot
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1999
De wereld volgens..., Odapark, Venray (NL)
Tweede natuur, Sculpture Gallery Lia Schelkens, Halle/Zoerzel,
Van Stof tot Asse (catalogue), De Ziener gallery, Asse
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1998
Noodingang, CC De Spil, Roeselare
Art-Mix, Path gallery, Aalst
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1996
Three Sculptors/Drawings, S65 gallery, Aalst
Uitdiepen with Ado Hamelrijck en Jean-Georges Massart. Provincial beguinage, Hasselt
with David Nash and Ludwig Van De Velde, Vishal, Haarlem (NL)
Kunst als blijvend geschenk, CIAP, Hasselt
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1997
Tekeningen van Beedhouwers, Academie, Mortsel
Alom en hiernevens, De Voorkamer, Lier
Aspecten ’97 (catalogue), Sebrechtspark, Bruges
Beelden in Bel-Air, Natuur-industrie, Willebroeck
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1995
Aanwinsten Vlaamse Gemeenschap 93-94, Muhka, Antwerp
competition for integrated sculpture in Administrative Center, Leipzig (DE)
integration in city gate with Le Triangle Bleu gallery, Eté Stavelot, Stavelot
Voetsporen, William Wauters gallery, Oosteeklo
Kunstverein Munsterland with Thomas Poggenhans, Emsdetten (DE)
Kunstmesse Cologne, Zurich and Basel with S65 gallery
La condition Humaine, De Witte Zaal, Sint-Lucas, Ghent
Hommage aan Emiel Poetou, De Witte Zaal, Sint-Lucas, Ghent
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1994 Kunstmesse Cologne and Basel, with S65 gallery, (DE)
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1993
Random Drawings, Ram-Gallery, Rotterdam (NL)
5 jaar De Werf, Cultural Center, Aalst
Aspecten’93. (catalogue), Park Sebrechts, Bruges
Beelden op de Berg (catalogue), Wageningen (NL)
with Rafaël Buedts (catalogue), Museum Het Toreke, Tienen
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1992
Beteken, CC, Heusden-Zolder
with Luk Berghe and Johan Slabbycnk, Galerie Eigen Art, Berlin (DE)
with Carlo Mistiaen, Dorp en Dal, Ghent
Houtsculptuur, CC, Heusden-Zolder
Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap 90-91. Museum Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze
Labyrint ’92, Herzele
Kunstmesse with S65 gallery, Cologne (DE)
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1991
Les Voies de la Culture Européenne - Bratislava (SK), Brussels, Berlin (DE)
Wir Flandern (catalogue), Leipzig (DE)
Kunst-Rai, Central exhibition, Amsterdam (NL)
Kunst in Vlaanderen Nu, Muhka, Antwerp
Kunstmesse with Plus-Kern gallery, Cologne (DE)
Doorlopend, Park Blauwendaal (catalogue), Waasmunster
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1990
Kunstproject 1, Lommel
Tempels, Zuilen en Sokkels, Cultureel Centrum De Werf, Aalst
Kunstmesse with Plus-Kern gallery, Cologne (DE)
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1989
Solitude Echos, Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart (DE)
De Integrale. (catalogue), Bruges
Stichting de Galerie Tegen De Keer, Leeuwarden (NL)
Contemporary Monumental Sculpture, Bornem
Cultureel Centum De Werf with Marek Chlanda, Aalst
Atelier 340, Kolekcja Profesora Gimnastyki (B. Oosterlynck.), Jette
251 Nord, Fenêtres en Vue, Liège
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1988
Exchange, Craeme Murray Gallery with Dan Van Severen and Eric De Smet, Edingburgh (GB)
De Verzameling. (catalogue). Muhka, Antwerp
International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka (Y),
Hedendaagse Kunst op klein formaat, Oud Hospitaal, Aalst
Zeichnung International, Brigitte March, Stuttgart (DE)
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1987
Plus-Kern gallery in Association Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent
Arte in Situazione Belgica with Espace 251 Nord, Rome (IT)
Contempory Art Meeting (catalogue), Tel Hai Art College, Israel
Espace Austerlitz (catalogue), Jeune Sculpture 87/1, Paris (FR)
Brigitte March Gallery Zeichnungen, Stuttgart (DE)
Deconstruction (catalogue), Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels
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1986
Lapides Ad Initium, Initiatief, Ghent
Hebe ‘86, Domein de Mattenburg, Bergen Op Zoom (NL)
Schloss Solitude, Brigitte March Galerie, Stuttgart (DE)
Werk-Galerie met Kazuo Kataze en Ansgar Nierhoff, Bonn (DE)
Konfrontatie, Oud Hospitaal, Aalst
Opcit festival, Brussels
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1985
Prozess und Konstruktion, Lotringerstrasse 13 , München (DE)
18de Middelheimbiënnale, Antwerp
Investigations (catalogue), Espace 251 Nord, Liège
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1984
Albert Waalkens gallery, Finsterwolde (NL)
Aspecten ’84 (catalogue), Park Sebrechts, ​Bruges
Jeune Sculpture 2-3,3-2 dimensions, Gare d’Austerlitz, Paris (FR)
Tectonic ’84 (catalogue), Liège
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1983
Steen in de Belgische beeldhouwkunst, Atelier 340, Brussels
Speelhoven ’83 (catalogus), Aarschot
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1982
Stellingen, Nieuwe Workshop, Jonge Brusselse Kunst (catalogue), Brussels
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1978
Kunstformatief (catalogue), Aalst
Performance Art Festival, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
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1977 New Reform in Rhok, Brussels
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1976
Proka, Theorie/Informatie/Praktijk with New-Reform (Aalst), Ghent
Maki Galery, Tokio (J)
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1975 slide-project, Elsa van Honolulu Loringshoven, Ghent
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1974 New Reform, Vormen van Creativiteit, Aalst