BIOGRAPHY
Born in Turnhout, Belgium, 1969
EDUCATION
1998-1999 Participant at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (post-MA)
1996-1997 Participant at The Higher Institute for Fine Arts-Flanders, Antwerp (post-MA)
1992-1996 Masters Degree in Visual Arts, Higher Institute Sint-Lukas, Brussels
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Burgos, Spain, CAB, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquillity, Fall 2011
Thun, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Thun, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, Summer 2011
Brussels, Belgium, argos, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, Spring 2011
2010
Saint-Nazire, France, Le Grand Café - Centre d'Art Contemporain, Hans Op de Beeck: Sea of Tranquility, October - December 2010
New York, New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, April - May 2010
Brussels, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Works on Paper, March 4 - April 10, 2010
2009
Vilnius, Lithuania, Gallery Vartai, Hans Op de Beeck: Circumstances, November – December 2009
Cologne, Germany, Baukunst Galerie (KunstFilmBiennale), Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, October – November 2009
Paris, France, Three-day event, Palais de Tokyo / ENSBA / Le Moulin - Galleria Continua / Souvenirs from Earth, Hans Op de Beeck. A selection of video works, October 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, October – November 2009
Evergem, Belgium, Cultuurcentrum Evergem, Hans Op de Beeck: Blender, October 2009
Grimbergen, Belgium, CC Strombeek, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, September – October 2009
Basel, Switzerland, Art Unlimited, Hans Op de Beeck: Location (6), June 2009
Rome, Italy, Galleria Borghese, Hans Op de Beeck: In Silent Conversation with Correggio, May – October 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Art Amsterdam (Ron Mandos), Hans Op de Beeck: The Room Series, May 2009
Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger as part of the project 'curated by_vienna 09', Hans Op de Beeck: Paradigms, May – June 2009
Beijing, China, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Staging Silence, January – March 2009
2008
San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Celebration, November 2008 – January 2009
Shanghai, China, ShContemporary (Galerie Krinzinger), Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions (part 2), September 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Westergasfabriek (Holland Festival), Hans Op de Beeck: Location (6), May – June 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: Possible Panoramas, May – June 2008
Stavanger, Norway, Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts, Hans Op de Beeck: Circumstances, February – April 2008
2007
Leuven, Belgium, M, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, November 2007 – January 2008
Brussels, Belgium, argos, Hans Op de Beeck: Drifting, October 31, 2007
Utrecht, Netherlands, Centraal Museum, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, September – November 2007
Basel, Switzerland, Art Unlimited of a 200m2 sculptural installation, Hans Op de Beeck: Merry-go-round (2), June 2007
Maastricht, Netherlands, Derlon Theater, Hans Op de Beeck: The Stewarts have a party, March – April 2007
San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Extensions, March – June 2007
Brussels, Belguim, argos, Hans Op de Beeck: All together now…, February 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, Hans Op de Beeck: All together now…, January – March 2007
2006
Brussels, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: Family (scenes and scenery), November – December 2006
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA_media, Hans Op de Beeck: Videowork, April 29, 2006
Paris, France, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Hans Op de Beeck: Drawings, April – May 2006
Vienna, Austria, Galerie Krinzinger, Hans Op de Beeck: Tables..., March – April 2006
Rotterdam, Netherlands, Art Rotterdam – RONMANDOS, Hans Op de Beeck: Entrance, February 2006
Venice, Italy, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Video in tutti i sensi – My Brother's Gardens, January 2006
Milan, Italy, Viafarini, Video in tutti i sensi – Loss, January 2006
2005
London, England, Hales Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: T-Mart, October – November 2005
San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Hans Op de Beeck: Blender, April – July 2005
Chamarande, France, Chamarande-Centre Artistique et Culturel, Hans Op de Beeck: Loss, March – September 2005
New York, New York, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: In their minds…, March – April 2005
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art of a new sculptural video-installation, combined with a poem by Joost Zwagerman, 'ABC2004', T-Mart, January – May 2005
2004
Miami, Florida, Art Miami Basel at Art Positions of the video-installation 'Loss', Art Positions: Loss, December 2004
Paris, France, galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Hans Op de Beeck: Loss, September 2004
Basel, Switzerland, Art Unlimited of 300m2 sculptural installation, Hans Op de Beeck: Location (5), June 2004
Leper, Belgium, In Flanders' Fields Museum video installation with music by composer Steve Houben, Hans Op de Beeck: Determination (Vottem Requiem), June – August 2004
Rotterdam, Netherlands, Galerie Ron Mandos, February – March 2004
The Hague, Netherlands, GeM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Hans Op de Beeck: Ondertussen…/Meanwhile…, January – April 2004
2003
Brussels, Belgium, Musée des Archives d'Architecture Moderne, 'Landscape for Henri' commissioned installation, November 2003 – February 2004
London, England, Hales Gallery, Hans Op de Beeck: My brother's gardens, March – April 2003
Brussels, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens, Hans Op de Beeck: My brother's gardens, March – May 2003
2001
London, England, DOT projects, Hans Op de Beeck: Colours, April – May 2001
London, England, Hales Gallery, January – March 2001
2000
Brussels, Belgium, Dorothée De Pauw Gallery, November – December 2000
New York, New York, Team Gallery, June – July 2000
Milan, Italy, Spazio Erasmus Brera, March – April 2000
1999
Brussels, Belgium, Dorothée De Pauw Gallery, January – February 1999
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Tourcoing, France, Le Fresnoy, Belge Malgré tout – Regard sur l'art actuel en Belgique, October 9 – December 31, 2010
Singapore, The Chapel Gallery, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2010, January 2010
Munich, Goetz Collection and the ZKM|Karlsruhe, fast forward 2. The Power of Motion, June 18 – October 30, 2010
2009
Kortrijk, Belgium, Buda, Fantastic Illusions, November 2009 – February 2010
Cologne, Germany, KunstFilmBiennale, October – Novemeber 2009
Paris, France, La Conciergerie, Le sort probable de l'homme qui avait avalé le fantôme, October – December 2009
Ghent, Belgium, Vooruit, Almost Cinema, October 2009
Herford, Germany, MARTa Herford, Pittoresk - Neue Perspektiven auf das Landschaftsbild, October 2009 – January 2010
Madrid, Spain, Dos de Mayo Art Center, Auto. Dream and Matter, October – January 2010
Xiamen, China, CEAC, Chinese European Art Centre, Discovering Slowness, September – October 2009
Toulouse, France, Les Abattoirs – Musée d'art moderne et contemporain within the framework of Tobias Putrih's 'Cinema Attitudes', Le Printemps de Septembre: Là où je suis n'existe pas, September – October 2009
Berlin, Germany, Kunsthalle Autocenter, cargo, September – October 2009
Shanghai, China, MOCA, Fantastic Illusions, September – October 2009
Brussels, Belgium, Tour & Taxis, It's our Earth II. From Kyoto to Copenhagen, September – March 2010
Berlin, Germany, Zimmerstrasse 90-91, Conflicting Tales – The Burger Collection in Berlin, September – December 2009
Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, A Story of the Image, August – October 2009
Asperen, Netherlands, Fort Asperen, RETREAT, June – September 2009
Heerlen, Netherlands, SCHUNCK-Glaspaleis, Rites de Passage, June – September 2009
Venice, Italy, Palazzo Fortuny, In-Finitum, curated by Axel Vervoordt, June – November 2009
Annecy, France, Bonlieu Scène Nationale, L'esthétique des frontiers, within the framework of Extra-09, May 2009
Paris, France, Centre Pompidou, KunstFilmBiennale 2007 on tour, May 2009
Gijón, Spain, Laboral, Auto. Dream and Matter, May – September 2009
Turnhout, Belgium, De Warande, Man with a movie camera, April – May 2009
Shanghai, China, Shanghai Art Museum, A Story of the Image, April – June 2009
Madrid, Spain, Tabacalera - future National Centre for Visual Arts, After the End: Faux Raccords, April – May 2009
Rome, Italy, Mercati di Traiano, Just in the dark/ Solo al Buio, curated by Andrea Viliani within the framework of ROMA - The Road to Contemporary Art, April 2009
Madrid, Spain, Museo Reina Sofia, KunstFilmBiennale 2007 on tour, March – April 2009
Paris, France, Palais de Tokyo, Macula, Souvenirs from Earth (tv channel), March – April 2009
Gran Canaria, Spain, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, VIVA Festival, March 26 – 27, 2009
Tenerife, Spain, Circulo de Bellas Artes, VIVA Festival, March 24 – 25, 2009
Berlin, Germany, House of World Cultures, "State/s of emergency" (DEEP NORTH - transmediale.09), January – February 2009
Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, Villa Merkel, Argos – Open Lounge, January – February 2009
Berlin, Germany, KunstWerke, KunstFilmBiennale 2007 on tour, January 2009
2008
Shanghai, China, MoCA, VIVA Festival, December 3 2008
Heerlen, Netherlands, Glaspaleis, SCHUNCK Collectors House, November 2008 – February 2009
Boon, Germany, Videonale im Kunstmuseum Bonn, Elektronenströme: Psychogeographie, November 12, 2008
Tokyo, Japan, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, VIVA Festival, November 8 – 9, 2008
Annecy, France, Espace 60 - Bonlieu Scène Nationale, Imagespassages, October 28, 2008
Florence, Italy, Fortezza da Basso, Festival della Creatività, October 24, 2008
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Le Cube, Brussels sprouts, October 23, 2008
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA, COLLECTION XXII, October 2008 – March 2009
Brussels, Belgium, Tour & Taxis, It's Our Earth!, October 2008 – May 2009
Vienna, Austria, Kunsthalle Wien, Le temps sensible - Video des monats, October 1 – 31, 2008
Liege, Belgium, Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Liège – MAMAC, Festival du Film d'Artiste, September 18, 2008
Paris, France, Chapelle de l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, ACADEMIA Qui es-tu?, curate by Axel Vervoordt, September – November 2008
Geneva, Switzerland, Attitudes - Espace d'arts contemporains at Tobias Putrih's solo exhibition, Cinema Attitudes, September – November 2008
Singapore, Singapore Biennale 2008: Wonder, September – November 2008
Oldenburg, Germany, Edith Russ Site for Media Art, nach/sichten - Selected works from the Goetz Collection, September – November 2008
Beijing, China, Galleria Continua, Unmoved, July – August 2008
Berlin, Germany, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Rencontres Internationales, July 6, 2008
Liverpool, United Kingdom, Bluecoat Arts Centre, Variable Capital, May – June 2008
Basel, Switzerland, Stadtkino Basel, Art Film, June 2, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands, cinema Ketelhuis, VIVA Festival, May 10, 2008
Barcelona, Spain, Catalonia Ramblas Hotel, Argos @ LOOP 08 Barcelona, May 8, 2008
Madrid, Spain, El Aguila, 15th Rencontres Internationales, May 2008
Burgos, Spain, Caja de Burgos, COLECCIÓN CAJA DE BURGOS - Adquisiciones recientes, April – June 2008
Towada, Japan, Towada Art Center, Arts Towada, permanent installation of Location (5), from April 2008 on
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Garden Eden – the Garden in art since 1900, April – July 2008
Brussels, Belgium, argos, No Place - like Home. Perspectives on Migration and Europe, April – June 2008
Ghent, Belgium, De Zaal, Een foto zegt meer dan 1000 woorden, April 2008
Madrid, Spain, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, VIVA Festival, April 6/20, 2008
New York, New York, White Box, Arrivals and Departures, March 29, 2008
Duisburg, Germany, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Doing it my way. Perspectives on Belgian Art, March – June 2008
Siena, Italy, Magazzini del Sale - Palazzo Pubblico, Wandering in Contemporary Video art, February – March 2008
Paris, France, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Du dessin à l'animation du dess(e)in, February – April 2008
Louisville, Kentucky, 21c Museum, Tangled Up In You. Connecting, Coexisting, and Conceiving Identity, February – September 2008
Amiens, France, Frac Picardie & Maison de la Culture, Le Dessin Eveillé, February – May 2008
Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Car Culture, January – May 2008
2007
Sevilla, Spain, CIMTEC – Sevilla Transit, VIVA Festival at IV Ciclo de Música Contemporánea, December 14, 2007
Miami, Florida, Miami Design District - LIDIA building, Erasing the Edge, December 2007
Lier, Belgium, Museum Wuyts – Van Campen, New Collection, December 2007 – March 2008
Emden, Germany, Kunsthalle in Emden, Garden Eden – the Garden in art since 1900, December 2007 – March 2008
Arnhem, Netherlands, Museum of Modern Art, Dealing with Reality, November 2007 – February 2008
Paris, France, Rencontres Internationales, November – December 2007
València, Spain, Sala Parpalló, Video Belga, November 2007
Rome, Italy, MACRO Future, La città che sale - We try to build the future, October 2007 – January 2008
Cologne, Germany, Kölnischer Kunstverein, KunstFilmBiennale, October 21, 2007
Geneva, Switzerland, Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, 12th Biennial of Moving Images, October 2007
London, England, Royal Academy of Arts, October 4, 2007
London, England, Tate Modern, Art Summer University, September 2007
Miami, Florida, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, The New Media Festival 07, September – October 2007
Saint Petersburg, Russia, The National Centre of Photography of the Russian Federation, Discovering Slowness, July – August 2007
Nuoro, Italy, MAN, L'evento immobile (contrattempi), June – July 2007
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA, Een verhaal van het beeld (A Story of the Image), June – August 2007
Benevento, Italy, ARCOS, La città che sale - We try to build the future, June – September 2007
Dalfsen, Netherlands, Safe, About contemporary figuration, May – June 2007
Brussels, Belgium, ISELP, Paysages/ Visions Paradoxales, May – July 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Coded Cinema – Smart Project Space, Tijdelijk Museum Amsterdam, May 2007
Madrid, Spain, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Les Rencontres Internationales, April – May 2007
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Monumentaal Pand, Discovering Slowness, April – May 2007
Vienna, Austria, Wurstelprater, Prater Art Sessions, March 30, 2007
Utrecht, Netherlands, Centraal Museum, Impakt Panorama (#1: Time Travellers), March – April 2007
Karlsruhe, Germany, ZKM, Imagination Becomes Reality (#6), February – May 2007
Kortrijk, Belgium, Broelmuseum, De gustibus…, February – April 2007
Burgos, Spain, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos (CAB), The Leading Thread, February – March 2007
Tourcoing, France, Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Animated Stories, January – March 2007
Seoul, Korea, ARARIO Gallery, Our Magic Hour, January – March 2007
2006
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, CGAC, Digital Tales, December 2006 – January 2007
Miami, Florida, Art Basel Miami Beach 2006, Art Video Lounge (Curatorial Programme), December 7 – 10, 2006
Paris, France, Rencontres Internationales Paris/ Berlin 2006, November – December 2006
Mississauga, Canada, Blackwood Gallery (UTM), 18:Beckett, November – December 2006
Saratoga Springs, New York, Tang, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Twice Drawn, October – December 2006
Saint-Gervais Genève, Switzerland, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Version Animée - Biennale des nouveaux medias, October – December 2006
Bilbao, Spain, Sala Rekalde, Animated Stories, October 2006 – January 2007
Shanghai, China, Shanghai Art Museum, 6th Shanghai Biennale, September – November 2006
Monfalcone, Italy, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, À la recherche d'une beauté perdue, July 28 – 30, 2006
Gateshead, United Kingdom, Workplace Gallery, Summerize, July – August 2006
Metsovo, Greece, Evangelos Averoff Museum, The Scarecrow, July – September 2006
Tacoma, Washington, Museum of Glass, Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory, July – December 2006
Diepenheim, Netherlands, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Field Work, curated by Roel Arkesteijn, July – October 2006
Barcelona, Spain, CaixaForum, Animated Stories, June – October 2006
Herford, Germany, MARTa Herford, Zwischen Körper und Objekt, May – June 2006
Chamarande, France, Chamarande-Centre Artistique et Culturel, A la rencontre de l'eau, May – June 2006
Meise, Belgium, Kasteel Bouchout, Bruegel Revisited, May – September 2006
Brussels, Belgium, artbrussels, Psychogeographies, curated by Argos, April 2006
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Collection XIV, February – April 2006
New York, New York, The Drawing Center, Analog Animation/Selections Spring 2006, February – April 2006
Caen, France, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Boucles d'Or, curated by Brent Klinkum, February 2006
Prague, Czech Republic, The Josef Sudek Studio, Film-Still-Life, curate by Radek Waanja, February – March 2006
2005
Hannover, Germany, Kunstverein Hannover, Night Sites, November 2005 – February 2006
Herford, Germany, MARTa, The MARTa Herford Collection, October 2005 – January 2006
Brussels, Belgium, Argos, ARGOS Festival, October 2005
San Gimignano, Italy, Galleria Continua, Senza Confine (15th Year), September – October 2005
Durban, South Africa, KO Video – 1st Durban Video Festival, October 2005
Coniston Water, United Kingdom, Old Hall, Coniston Water Festival, September 2005
Bruges, Belgium, Episcopal Seminary, SOUL (Corpus '05), July – September 2005
Luxembourg, Luxemburg, Casino Luxembourg – forum d'art contemporain, En Attente, July September 2005
Watou, Belgium, Nous le passage - Watou 2005, July – September 2005
Castelló, Spain, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló (EACC), Terra Infirma, July – September 2005
New York, New York, Roebling Hall, Wasteland: 21st Century Landscape, June – August 2005
Brussels, Belgium, BOZAR, Visionary Belgium, curated by Harald Szeemann, February – April 2005
2004
New York, New York, White Columns, 100% Acid Free, December 2004 – January 2005
London, England, Hales Gallery, Voodoo Shit, November – December 2004
London, England, Whitechapel, Project Space, All that useless beauty, July – August 2004
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Volume, Brooklyn Euphoria, May 2004
Leper, Belgium, In Flanders' Fields Museum, Border, April – August 2004
New York, New York, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, On Paper, January – February 2004
2003
Antwerp, Belgium, MuHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Once Upon a Time… - A view on art in Belgium in the 90's, December 2003 – February 2004
Berlin, Germany, Postbahnhof Am Ostbahnhof, Lautloses Irren - Ways of worldmaking to…, November 2003 – February 2004
Torino, Italy, Artissima in the Present/Future-section with Spazio Erasmus Brera, Present/Future, November 2003
Herford, Germany, MARTa, Leere X Vision. Körper und Gegenstände, October – December 2003
Ghent, Belgium, Caermersklooster, Still/Move, October – November 2003
London, England, Pump House Gallery, Some Panoramas, August – September 2003
Pescara, Italy, VistaMare, Intervallo n°1 : Maloberti, Onofre, Op de Beeck, June – September 2003
Ghent, Belgium, S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art, Gelijk het leven is, June – September 2003
New York, New York, PS1-MoMA, Breaking Away, May – July 2003
Köln, Germany, Entdecke die Möglichkeiten, April 2003
Athens, Greece, Art Athinai, The Ambiguity of the Image, March 2003
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Space 101, City Mouse/Country Mouse, March – April 2003
Zürich, Switzerland, Shedhalle, Critique is not enough, February – April 2003
London, England, Victoria Miro Gallery, Rijksakademie, January – February 2003
2002
Köln, Germany, Wandelhalle, Arsenal/Armoury, October – December 2002
Toulouse, France, Printemps de Septembre, September – October 2002
Biella, Italy, Cittadellarte/Fondazione Pistoletto, La Nuova Agorà, June – October 2002
London, England, Museum of Installation, Scale, May – June 2002
Verbania, Italy, 5 video artists selected by C.A.L.C., Video Festival Verbania, April – May 2002
Torino, Italy, BIG Torino 2002, International Biennale of Young Art, 'Big Social Game', artistic director Michelangelo Pistoletto, April – May 2002
Brussels, Belgium, Le Botanique, Landscape, March – April 2002
Rotterdam, Netherlands, International Film Festival of Rotterdam, TENT, Other than film, January – February 2002
Antwerp, Belgium, Beckett as a point of reference, NICC, Not I, January – March 2002
2001
Brussels, Belgium, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, November – December 2001
Deurle, Belgium, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Aubette, David Claerbout-Tacita Dean-Olafur Eliasson-Roni Horn-Hans Op de Beeck, October – December 2001
Milan, Italy, Spazio Erasmus Brera, Nowaday, Barbieri - Erhard - Hatakeyama - Jodice - Linke - Op de Beeck, September – October 2001
Dortmund, Germany, hARTware projekte, Still/life, September – October 2001
Trets, France, Barbara Farber Gallery, C'est beau, c'est Belge, April – May 2001
2000
Chicago, Illinois, Private Space Meloche, Home Wrecker, October – November 2000
Biella, Italy, Fondazione Pistoletto, Anno Zero – Cittadellarte 2000, June 2000
Belfast, Ireland, The Ormeau Baths Gallery, Not I, May – June 2000
Chicago, Illinois, The Vedanta Gallery, Lovideo, February – April 2000
1999
Biella, Italy, Fondazione Pistoletto, Progetto Arti Incontri, curated by Michelangel Pistoletto, July 1999
Antwerp, Belgium, MUHKA & NICC, TroubleSpot. Painting, curated by Luc Tuymans – Narcisse Tordoir, May – August 1999
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
R. VANDERBEEKEN, Media Art and the Resurrection of an Image: Motion and Sculpturing, VISUAL STUDIES 24:2, September 2009.
J. CONNER, Interview with Hans Op de Beeck, WHITEHOT MAGAZINE, September 2009.
S. KUIPER, "Ik geloof in de authenticiteit van fake", DE GROENE AMSTERDAMMER, 15 May 2009.
2008
I. MARIOTTI, Hans Op de Beeck. Silence on show, ARTE E CRITICA 57, December 2008 – February 2009.
M. BERENDSE, Pièce unique. Heil zoeken aan de horizon, Rekto:verso, November-December 2008.
E. HEISLER, Hans Op de Beeck, ART PAPERS, May-June 2008.
R. VON NASO, Vorsicht: Parallele Welten!, MADAME, June 2008.
R. ZAAL, Hans Op de Beeck. Studio Visit, OOG #2 (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), 2008.
N. OXLEY & N. DE OLIVEIRA, Nocturne. The Art of Hans Op de Beeck, The Low Countries. Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands, yearbook #16 (Ons Erfdeel, Rekkem), April 2008.
L. SPAGNESI, Hans Op de Beeck. Vero come la finzione. Scenografie di una recita dell'assurdo. Per una messa in scena di ansie primoridali fuori dal tempo, ARTE #415, March 2008.
M-P, GILDEMYN, Extensions. Lettre ouverte à Hans Op de Beeck, DITS # 8&9 (MAC'S, Hornu), January 2008.
2007
C. SOMZE, El futuro de la nostalgie, ACTITUDES MAGAZINE 16, December 2007.
C. SOMZE, Hans Op de Beeck. All together now..., NEXT LEVEL 11, July 2007.
L. DOST, Hans Op de Beeck, METROPOLIS M, April 2007.
M. CLINTBERG, New York. Akimblog, Akimbo, March 2007.
J. VAN DEN BERGH, Hans Op de Beeck, ART FORUM, March 2007.
A. GOYVAERTS, Broccolipuree en gebreide spaghetti op Kortrijkse expo, De Morgen, February 2007.
C. SOMZE, De Neo-romantiek van Hans Op de Beeck, TUBELIGHT 49, March-April 2007.
X. DE JONGH, Het feest aan deze tafel is in alle opzichten voorbij, DE VOLKSKRANT, February 2007.
M. LEIJ, Benauwende families, NRC HANDELSBLAD, February 2007.
C. KHIM, Version Animée, Art Press, January 2007.
2006
E. FIERS, Interieur zonder kleur, FOCUS KNACK, December 2006.
C. VUEGEN, Schoonheid is hoop, KUNSTBEELD, December 2006.
L. KWAKKENBOS, Een wereld in wit, DE STANDAARD, November 30, 2006.
W. DAENEN, Koffietafel met tante Mariette, DE MORGEN, November 29, 2006.
D. GILLEMON, La magie du silence et du 'off', LE SOIR, November 18, 2006.
R. P. TURINE, Ni falbalas ni forfanterie, LA LIBRE BELGIQUE, November 15, 2006.
G. VERMEIREN, Het manipulatieve geheugen, (H)ART, November 9, 2006.
R. P. TURINE, Les mondes poétiques de Hans Op de Beeck, LA LIBRE BELGIQUE, November 9, 2006.
C. GOOSSENS, A+, October-November 2006.
A. PÜHRINGER, Essen ist fertig!, FRAME, Summer 2006.
J. LAUREYNS, Melancholie en Vervreemding, Muziek en Woord, Augustus 2006.
D. ULRICHS, Subject to change, LAPIZ 224, June 2006.
G. OP DE BEECK, Je moet honger hebben, DE MORGEN, June 2006.
S. B. VOGEL, Critic's Picks: Hans Op de Beeck, ART FORUM, April 2006.
M. MITTRINGER, Tischordnungen, DER STANDARD, 30 March 2006.
A. REINDERS, KUNSTBEELD, February 2006.
M. STOEBER, Night Sites, Kunstforum International, February 2006.
2005
E. WITTOCX, in conversation with Eva Wittocx, E-FLUX / INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER IBK, 1 December 2005.
L. NUNEZ-FERNANDEZ, Shot in the dark. When daylight fades, ArtReview, December 2005.
G. DIEZ, Tunnel nach Nirgendwo, Die Zeit, 1 December 2005.
E. BRACKE, De milde spelbederver. Over het brede maar coherente oeuvre van, ONS ERFDEEL, November/December 2005.
S. O'REILLY, Sinnlose Worte. Das Werk von Hans Op de Beeck, FRAME, November/December 2005.
E. VERDIER, Hans Op de Beeck. Le crépuscule des illusions, ART PRESS #315,
September 2005.
W. Daenen, Over alle grenzen (om te beginnen de Franse). 25ste Poeziezomer Watou is een heel degelijke editie, De Morgen, 2 July 2005.
H. OP DE BEECK, Project Room, TEMA CELESTE, March/April 2005.
D.C., Hans Op de Beeck: In their minds... , MODERN PAINTERS, 5 May 2005.
R. G. EDELMAN, Imagining a child imagining, Offoffoff.com, 31 March 2005.
M. HERBERT, Hans Op de Beeck, ART FORUM, April 2005.
B. POLLACK, Hans Op de Beeck: In their minds... , Time Out New York, March 2005.
L. KWAKKENBOS, Hans Op de Beeck: Ondertussen... , De Standaard, February 2005.
M. RUYTERS, De supermarkt die we niemand toewensen, De Tijd, January 2005.
L. LAMBRECHT, Winkelen bij T-Mart, De Morgen, 27 January 2005.
G. VAN DER SPEETEN, Supertmarkt als sinister laboratorium, De Standaard,
18 January 2005.
2004
D. LE SERGENT, Méditations poétiques, Expo Revue.com, September 2004.
PH. COUBETERGUES, Hans Op de Beeck: Loss, Paris-Art.com, September 2004.
G. BREERETTE, Le symbolisme de, Le Monde, 18 September 2004.
Z. GRAY, Hans Op de Beeck. Meanwhile, Modern Painters, Summer 2004.
S. O'REILLY, Profile : Hans Op de Beeck. Sally O'Reilly meets the Belgian artist on the road to nowhere, Contemporary #62, Summer 2004.
X. DE JONGH, Stille parallelle werelden, Kunstbeeld, February 2004.
I. VAN RIJN, Hans Op de Beeck. Zwart, zwart, alles moet zwart, Metropolis M, April 2004.
Art Brussels & Co, Thalyscope, March – April 2004.
L. LAMBRECHT & W.DAENEN, Hans Op de Beeck staat voor internationale doorbraak, De Morgen, 12 March 2004.
L. LAMBRECHT & W.DAENEN, Hans Op de Beeck toont in Den Haag een bijzondere sculptuur over de banale werkelijkheid, De Morgen, 12 March 2004.
I. LEMAITRE, Je ne suis pas vu(e), donc je suis. Mémoire d'une œuvre in situ de Hans Op de Beeck, FLUX News, 1 April 2004.
E. FIERS, Alles in het klein. De kunst van Hans Op de Beeck lijkt desolaat, maar toch spreekt er hoop uit, Focus Knack, Weekend Knack, 11 February 2004.
On Paper, The New Yorker. The Anniversary Issue, 16 & 23 February 2004.
S. SMALLENBURG, De ontvolkte ruimtes van Hans Op de Beeck, NRC Handelsblad, 30 January 2004.
R. VAN PUT, Soms is het leven hopeloos troosteloos, Zeeuwse Courant, 12 February 2004.
R. VAN PUT, Het leven van Hans Op de Beeck is eenzaam en mistroostig, Haagsche Courant, 6 February 2004.
S. SPIJKERMAN, Tragi-komisch vervreemd, Trouw, 3 February 2004.
De kracht van het artificiële, in Museum Tijdschrift. Vitrine, February 2004.
B. VAN MECHELEN, Ondertussen in een wegrestaurant … het alledaagse ongewone van Hans Op de Beeck, in Voorkeur/kunst, February 2004.
C. BROMBACHER, Absurditeit van de leegte - Hans Op de Beeck, Spits, 29 January 2004.
Wegrestaurant in het museum, De Volkskrant, 27 January 2004.
S. SMALLENBURG, De ontvolkte ruimtes van Hans Op de Beeck. Beter dan een boom kan niet, NRC Handelsblad, Cultureel Supplement, 20 January 2004.
J. LAUREYNS, Hans Op de Beeck en Katrien Vermeire, Cultureel Centrum Strombeek, De Financieel Economische Tijd, 14 January 2004.
2003
S. PREUSS, Bilder aus unserer Zeit, Berliner Zeitung, December 2003.
M. HERBERT, My brother's gardens, FRIEZE Magazine, July/August 2003.
E. ROELANDT, Een donkere wereld, De Financieel Economische Tijd, 16 April 2003.
J.-M. BINST, Confrontatie, Brussel Deze Week, 10 April 2003.
M. VERHAGEN, Hans Op de Beeck: My brother's gardens, ART REVIEW, April 2003.
C. LORENT, Fiction Réalité, La Libre Belgique, 16 April 2003.
E. FIERS, Hans Op de Beeck – Louise Bourgeois, Focus, Weekend Knack, 16 April 2003.
L. KWAKKENBOS, Op zoek naar de ideale tuin, De Standaard, 11 April 2003.
M. HERBERT, Time Out – London, March 2003.
L. LAMBRECHT, Louise Bourgeois en Hans Op de Beeck, De Morgen, 27 March 2003.
2002
PH. PIROTTE, Hans Op de Beeck: tussen dagdroom en fixatie, Festival van Vlaanderen, September 2002.
E. DOOVE, Hans Op de Beeck, Beople magazine, February 2002.
2001
J. VAN HOVE, Poëzie van het puin: Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst bekroont Hans Op de Beeck, De Standaard, 22 november 2001.
O. MICHELON, Hans Op de Beeck, Journal des Arts, September 2001.
L. LAMBRECHT, Het geheim van Lanaken, De Morgen, June 2001.
S. KENT, Hans Op de Beeck, TIME OUT London – Art Preview, 11 April 2001.
C. CALDAIROU, Les Jeunes Flamands, Nice Matin, April 2001.
E. RAOUL, L'art Belge sous serre : attention O.G.M., Gardanne, April 2001.
J. GRIFFITHS, Situation (1), FLUX Magazine, February – March 2001.
M. CURRAH, Hans Op de Beeck, TIME OUT London - Art Preview, February 2001.
C. VUEGEN, Mediakunst in België : Whettnall, Op de Beeck en Claerbout, Kunstbeeld, February 2001.
D. D'AGOSTINO, Belgian artist makes deserted everyday worlds, The Sofia Echo, 24 February 2001.
2000
C. LORENT, Quelle réalité, La Libre Culture, La Libre Belgique, 13 December 2000.
W. PEETERS, Onvolmaakte herinneringen, Tijd-Cultuur, 13 December 2000.
L. LAMBRECHT, Address toont kunst in een bewoond huis, De Morgen, 6 December 2000.
Des trompe-l'oeil astucieux, MAD, Le Soir, December 2000.
A. DEMEESTER, Zoals het klokje thuis tikt, Tijd Cultuur, December 2000.
K. VERHOEVEN, Kamers om niet meer in te wonen, De Standaard, 29 November 2000.
Herinnering en Vervreemding, Metro, 23 November 2000.
H. BOKHORST, Un logis hors du temps, Le Soir, 18 November 2000.
J.-M. BINST, Opendeur bij Address, Brussel Deze Week, November 2000.
C.-M. LERM HAYES, Not I, CIRCA Autumn, 2000.
B. HENRY, Hans Op de Beeck : Time and again, Artnet.com Magazine, July 2000.
D. ASTROLOGO, Hans Op de Beeck allo Spazio Erasmus, Arteletta, March 2000.
Hans Op de Beeck, That's Art, In Mostra, March 2000.
M. REMOTTI, Le opera di Hans Op de Beeck allo Spazio Erasmus Brera, Avanti!,
19 March 2000.
S. GRASSO, Hans Op de Beeck, Guida alle Mostra, Corriere della Sera, 18 March 2000.
Una vita senza tensione ritratta da Hans Op de Beeck, Corriere della Sera, March 2000.
1999
M. DE VRIES, Ateliers vol gespannen verwachtingen, Het Parool, 26 November 1999.
Video bepaalt kunst van de toekomst, Het Algemeen Dagblad, 26 November 1999.
L. LAMBRECHT, Zinder(end), Kunstgrepen, De Morgen, 10 September 1999.
E. BERGHMANS, Aan de start – Hans Op de Beeck, De Standaard, September 1999.
A. SEARLE, There's more life... , The GUARDIAN, June 1999.
Au Pays de l'Absurde, L'Evénement, February 1999.
T. KOELB, Road to Nowhere : Op de Beeck's installations explore anonymous modern life, Gallery Roundup, The Bulletin, February 1999.
L. LAMBRECHT, Locatie, Kunstgrepen, De Morgen, January 1999.
E. DOOVE, Onzinnige Beelden, De Grote Parade, De Standaard, January 1999.
B. POPELIER, Locaties, Financieel Economische Tijd, 13 January 1999.
M. HOLTHOF, Desolate Landschappen, Expo-Rubriek, in Knack Weekend,
January 1999.
J. BRAET, Lief Kind in de tijd, Uit de Kunst, Knack Magazine, 27 January 1999.
1998
A. MILKERS, Een mooie zwanenzang, De Morgen, 4 April 1998.
1997
L. LAMBRECHT, In de Warande, De Morgen, January 1997.
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2009
Of Bridges & Borders by Sigismond de Vajay, JRP-Ringier, Zurich, October 2009.
Passions about Rogier. The topicality of Van der Weyden's imagery (Passies omtrent Rogier. De actualiteit van Van der Weydens beeldtaal), Visual participation, DW B 154-4 (edited by Brigitte Dekeyzer and Stefan Hertmans), MER. Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent, September 2009.
In-finitum, Vervoordt Foundation, Antwerp, 2009.
Retreat by Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos, UNStudio, Amsterdam, 2009.
Il y a du rapport entre le dessin et la video by Isabelle de Visscher-Lemaître in Le dessin hors papier (ed. by Richard Conte), Publications de la Sorbonne / coll. arts et monde contemporain, Paris, 2009.
Less/express by Federica Bueti, PIANOmagazine, April 2009.
Beyond Architecture – Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities by R. Klanten and L. Feireiss Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2009.
Tangible by R. Klanten, S. Ehmann and M. Huebner, Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2009.
2008
Singapore Biennale 2008 by Ben Slater, National Arts Council Singapore, Singapore, 2008.
Hans Op de Beeck. The Wilderness Inside: Location (6), Studio Hans Op de Beeck, Brussels, 2008.
Made by sculptors? Forms of sculpture today by Johan Pas, OKV, Ghent, October/November 2008.
Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap – Aanwinsten 2002-2006. Vlaamse Overheid, Brussel, 2008.
Easter, short text and image by Hans Op de Beeck on the subject of found photography (1000 words), EXTRA 01, biannual magazine on photography, Antwerp FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Summer 2008.
[I + E] Coleccion Caja De Burgos – Adquisicioines Recientes, Caja De Burgos, Burgos, April 2008.
Doing it my Way. Perspectives on Belgian Art by Jan Hoet and Lorenzo Benedetti, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, March, 2008.
UOVO MAGAZINE #16 - Into the outsider, published by The Bookmakers, Torino, 2008.
Artists Handbook – George Wittenborns Guestbook, with 21st Century Additions, published by Ludion and Ronny Van de Velde, Ghent, 2008.
2007
Variable Capital. Liverpool University Press and The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 2007.
Garden Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900 by Nils Ohlsen, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, 2007.
Contemporary Art in Belgium 2008 by Henry Bounameaux and Bart De Baere, Best Of Publising, Brussels, 2007.
Jubilee, MuHKA, Antwerp, 2007.
Hans Op de Beeck. Extensions, Artist publication published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2007.
De ontdekking van de Traagheid, KW14, 's Hertogenbosch, 2007.
La città che sale - We try to build the future, ARCOS, Benevento, 2007.
Hans Op de Beeck. On Vanishing, Monograph published by Mercatorfonds & Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, 2007.
Paysages/ Visions Paradoxales, ISELP, Brussels, 2007.
El Hilo Conductor. The Leading Thread, CAB, Burgos, 2007.
Our Magic Hour. European Artists' Show, Arario Gallery, Cheonan-si, 2007.
2006
18: Beckett by Séamus Kealy, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, 2006.
Version Animée 06. Biennale des nouveaux médias, Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Saint-Gervais Geneva, 2006.
Istorio Animatuak, CaixaForum, Barcelona, 2006.
The Scarecrow by Olga Daniylopoulou, Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley, Averoff Museum of Modern Greek Art, Metsovo, 2006.
Between Body and Object. Video exhibition at Marta Herford by Jan Hoet, Véronique Souben and Friederike Fast, Marta Herford, Herford, 2006.
Bruegel Revisited by Hilde Van Gelder (red.), Stichting Kunstboek, Oostkamp, 2006.
Drawing Papers 60. Analog Animation Selections Spring 2006, The Drawing Center, New York, 2006.
Sammlung/ Collection Marta Herford 01, Marta Herford, Herford, 2006.
2005
Arttaste, Toohcsmi publishers, 2005.
Sea-view. Essay by Hans Op de Beeck, Gagarin - the artists in their own words, Waasmunster, 2005.
KOVIDEO. 1st Durban Video Festival by Greg Streak, Pulse, Durban, 2005.
Night Sites by Stephan Berg and Martin Engler, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, 2005.
De XXIII, DW&B, Louvain, 2005.
Argosfestival 2005, Argos, Brussels, 2005.
Terra Infirma, EACC, Castello, 2005.
Soul. Inspired Art, Brugge Plus vzw, Bruges, 2005.
Nous le Passage. Watou 2005, Poeziezomers vzw, Watou, 2005.
En Attente. By H. Guenin and Chr. Walentiny, Casino Luxembourg, Luxemburg, 2005.
2004
Art Unlimited. Art Basel, Basel, 2004.
Vottem. In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper 2004.
Strangers in a strange land. In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper 2004.
Eerste beweging – Beschouwingen over het museale bezit tot 1600. Stedelijk Museum Vander Kelen-Mertens, Leuven, 2004.
2003
Lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too... , Flux I Bell Structures, Berlin, 2003.
Groot Toneel – Teksten over Jeugdtheater, by Els Van Steenberghe (red.), Bebuquin, Antwerp, 2003.
Breaking Away. MoMA-P.S.1, program 2002-2003, New York, 2003.
Installation Art in the New Millennium. The Empire of the Senses, by N. De Oliveira, N. Oxley, M. Petry, Thames & Hudson, London, 2003.
Still/Move. Caermersklooster, Ghent, 2003.
2002
Arsenal Armoury. Die Wandelhalle, Köln 2002.
Body Movement. Cultuurcentrum/Stad Brugge, Bruges, 2002.
Too Big/ Big Torino. Biennale Internationale Arte Giovane, Torino, 2002.
Le petit cabinet d'un amateur de ruines. Orion Art Gallery, Brussels - Oostende, 2002.
Fragilités. Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, 2002.
2001
Art in Belgium after 1975. Mercatorfonds, Antwerp, 2001.
De Tuinen van mijn Broer (My Brother's Gardens). Novella by Hans Op de Beeck, DW&B, Louvain, 2001.
Prix Jeune Peinture Belge 2001. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2001.
Hans Op de Beeck : A Selection of Works 1996 – 2001. Monograph published by Dorothée Depauw Gallery & Cera Foundation, Brussels-Louvain, 2001.
La nature n'existe pas. Speelhoven vzw, Speelhoven, 2001.
Aubette. Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, 2001.
Secret Gardens, Kasteel Domein Reckheim, CC. Lanaken & Annemie Van Laethem, Oud-Rekem, 2001.
2000
Address. Co-production De Verloren Man and Brussels 2000, 2000.
10 PAAR. Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Ministerie van Cultuur Estland, 2000.
Hans Op de Beeck – Koenraad Dedobbeleer, De Warande, Turnhout, 2000.
Doel zonder Oorzaak. De Bezige Bij – W139, Amsterdam, 2000.
1996
Meyers & Boelens – Hans Op de Beeck – Gert Robijns. De Warande, Turnhout, 1996.
Ithaka, Cultuurraad K.U.Leuven en Stad Leuven, 1996.
AWARDS
2009 Catholic University of Leuven Culture Prize 2009-2010
2006 Winner of the Prize Eugène Baie 2003-2005, Antwerp
2002-2003 Artist at the MoMA -P.S.1 Studio Program, New York
2001 Winner of the 'Prix Jeune Peinture Belge 2001', Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
1999 Winner of the 'Uriôt Prize', Amsterdam