CV YVES ULLENS /PHOTOGRAPHY & PAINT
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Traqueur de Lumières
Born in 1960 in Brussels (Belgium)
Lives and works in Brussels
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2020
Uptown Design 2020, Marie’s Corner Project Store (Brussels, Belgium)
2019
Uptown Design 2019, Yves Ullens & Gauthier Poulain, White Impulse Studio (Brussels, Belgium)
Recent Works, Pascal Janssens Gallery (Ghent, Belgium) - catalogue
Recent Works, Mark Hachem Gallery (Paris, France) - catalogue
Recent Works, Rasson Art Gallery (Tournai, Belgium) - catalogue
Urban Traces Project, European Commission, DG Budget (Brussels, Belgium)
2018
Urban Traces, Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery (Knokke, Belgium) - catalogue
Yves Ullens : Pure Nature, B&B Italia (Washington, USA)
Light Attraction, Lausberg Gallery, (Düsseldorf, Germany)
2017
Urban Traces Project, MM Gallery (Brussels, Belgium) - catalogue
Tribute, Mark Rothko Art Center (Daugavpils, Latvia)
Cosmic Illusions, Le 13 (Brussels, Belgium), curated by ALVARI
2016
Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique & Littéraire (Brussels, Belgium)
2015
Uptown Design, curated by Kunty Moureau, Natan (Brussels, Belgium)
Inside Treasures, Espace Cassina-Dominique Rigo (Brussels, Belgium), curated by Kunty Moureau
2014
Scent of Abstract, Rossi Contemporary gallery (Brussels, Belgium) - catalogue
2013
Inside Outside, Pascal Janssens Gallery (Ghent, Belgium), with Marta Pan
The Rythm of Lights, in “La Vitrine” of Jean Brolly Gallery (Paris, France)
2012
Fascinating light (retrospective), Galerie L’Indépendance, BIL (Luxemburg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg),
curated by Caroline Bouchard - catalogue
Yves Ullens, Ponyhof artclub gallery (Munich, Germany)
2011
Beautiful Lights, Galerie Loft (Paris, France), with Chen Man
10.50 Uccle (retrospective), Centre Culturel d’Uccle (Brussels, Belgium)
2010
Coloured Dreams, Liaigre Benelux (Brussels, Belgium)
Colours & Seas, Young Gallery (Knokke, Belgium)
2009
Further Enchanted, Smets Ellipse (Kirchberg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) - catalogue
Enchantment and Mystery, Pascal Janssens Gallery (Ghent, Belgium)
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2008
Together, Yves Ullens & Pascal Courcelles, Porsche Life House (Brussels, Belgium)
2007
No Limits, Young Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
2006
Full Colours, Alexia Goethe Gallery (London, United Kingdom) - catalogue
2004
Deurlica Gallery (Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium)
Color Changes, Galerie Guy Ledune (Brussels, Belgium)
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2003
Water & Light Vibrations, Ethnic Design Gallery (Miami, USA) - catalogue
Photo-graphiques, Loft 9 (Brussels, Belgium)
Etats de Lumières, Young Gallery (Brussels, Belgium) - catalogue
2002
Bl@Bla & Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
2001
Belgacom Towers (Brussels, Belgium)
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2020
United by Lights, Yves Ullens & Samuël Levy, MOB-ART studio (Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)
Spring Exhibition 2020 – Group Show, MM Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Project Itinérance #20 , Yves Ullens & Gauthier Poulain , Bozar (Brussels, Belgium)
2019
Highlights, Bernard Gilbert, Samuel Levy & Yves Ullens, Delphine Courtay Gallery (Strasbourg, France)
Summer Group Show, MM Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
2018
Group Show, Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Carrément Abstrait, MM Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Abstraction Group Show 3, MM Gallery, (Brussels, Belgium)
Riga Photography Biennal 2018, Riga (Latvia) with the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Centre
Retour au Charbon, Galerie Nardone, (Brussels, Belgium)
Yves Ullens, Pascal Courcelles, Seize – Group Show, MM Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Ethnic – SpotUart Gallery (Tervuren, Belgium)
2017
Abstraction Group Show 2, MM Gallery, (Brussels, Belgium)
Abstraction Group Show, MM Gallery, (Brussels, Belgium)
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2016
Matières – SpotUArt Gallery (Tervuren, Belgium)
Hong Kong Belgium Week, organized by the Belgian Embassy (Hong Kong, China)
Autour de l'Art - Rasson Art Gallery (Tournai, Belgium)
2015
294, Avenue Louise 294 (Brussels, Belgium), curated by Alex Alvari
Color Your Life, Quincaillerie van AA (Brussels, Belgium) curated by SpotUArt
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2014
Up Site (Brussels, Belgium) curated by SpotUArt
2013
Mythiq 27, Espace Cardin (Paris, France) catalogue
2010
Pascal Janssens Gallery (Ghent, Belgium)
Architects-artists encounters, Galerie Horta (Brussels, Belgium)
En corps et encore, Suty Gallery (Coye-la-Forêt, France)
Ché Guevara, Espace Art 22 (Brussels, Belgium)
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2009
Ché, Galerie Suty (Rennes) et Triptyque (Angers, France) - catalogue
Ché: du héros au culte de la marque, Galerie Suty (Coye-la-Forêt, France) – catalogue
2008
Quel avenir pour le futur, Le Foyer (Leudelange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) – catalogue
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2006
Story, Alexia Goethe Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
Color Summer, Young Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival International de la Photo de mer (Vannes, France)
2005
Light Expressions, ARTEspace Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
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2001
Vivendi Gallery (Paris, France)
Bortier Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
2013 to 2015
L’Accueil, Châtelain 18 (Brussels, Belgium)
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2009 to 2012
L’Accueil, Pierre Bergé auction house (Brussels, Belgium)
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2003 to 2008
L’Accueil, Xavier Hufkens Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
ART FAIRS (selection)
2020
Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2020 (South Africa), Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery
2019
Luxembourg Art Week (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Delphine Courtay Gallery
Art Paris, Paris (France), Mark Hachem Gallery
Zonamaco, Mexico City (Mexico), Mark Hachem Gallery
2017
Art élysées, Paris (France), Mark Hachem Gallery
Cube Art Fair, Brussels (Belgium), Mark Hachem Gallery
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Los Angeles (USA), Mark Hachem Gallery
Palm Beach Jewelry, Los Angeles (USA), Mark Hachem Gallery
Scope New York, New York (USA), Mark Hachem Gallery
2016
Art Miami, Miami (USA), Mark Hachem Gallery
Photo Shanghaï, Shanghaï (China), Samuel Maenhoudt Gallery
2014
Art Paris, Paris, (France), Pascal Janssens Gallery
Art 14, London, (United Kingdom), Pascal Janssens Gallery
2013
Art Paris, Paris (France), Pascal Janssens Gallery
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2009
Lineart, Ghent (Belgium), Pascal Janssens Gallery
2007
Liste Köln, Köln (Germany), Young Gallery
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2006
Art London, London (United Kingdom), Alexia Goethe Gallery
2004
Geneva Palexpo, Geneva (Switzerland), special guest
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AWARDS
2011
Winner of the BKCP Bank competition leading to the realisation of Metamorphosis, monumental photographic installation, BKCP Headquarters (Brussels, Belgium).
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2008
Hasselblad Masters, semi-finalist.
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MAJOR ORDERS & EVENTS
2015
Triple Harmony, multimedia installation for the board of directors room in RTL Group (Brussels, Belgium).
2014
W.Z.C. Mariahuis (Gavere, Belgium), first association of photographs and Comic Strip technics.
2013
Crescend’O, monumental photo-sculpture installation in ChromaLuxe, Beobank Headquarters (Brussels, Belgium).
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2011
Metamorphosis, monumental photo-installation, BKCP Headquarters (Brussels, Belgium)
COLLECTIONS
Belgium
Auday, Beobank, BKCP, Brederode, Degand, Formar (Garmin), Immocobel, McKinsey & Company, Pernod-Ricard
Belux, Petercam, Puilaetco Dewaay and RTL.
Abroad
Mark Rothko Centre in Daugavpils (Latvia), Belgian Embassy in Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan) and in Kigali (Rwanda),Banque du Luxembourg in Luxemburg (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), BIL in Luxemburg (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Color Center in Strassen (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Foire de Genève in Geneva (Switzerland), Le Foyer Assurances in Leudelange (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) and HBC Global Art Collection in New York (USA).
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