CV Koen Delaere 

Born 1970 in St. Michels, Bruges, Belgium

Lives and works in Tilburg, the Netherlands

Selected Solo/Duo exhibitions

2024
Just Kids, Van Horn Gallery, Dusseldorf (DE)

2023
Spring into the Day, Bohemian’s Guild, Tokyo (JP)
White Light, White Heat, Fox/Jensen/McCrory Gallery, Auckland (NZ)

2022
Solo show, IK Foundation, Middelburg (NL)
Don’t Fight It, Feel It, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2021

The Body Electric, Van Hoorn Gallery, Dusseldorf (DE)

2020

About Dancing, online exhibition, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
DYNAMO, duo Arthur Löwen, fiebach, minninger GbR, Cologne (DE)

NUDES, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2019
BODY/HEAD, solo, Van Horn, Düsseldorf (DE)

Shake Rattle Roll, with Ide André, PARK, Tilburg (NL)

2018

Koen Delaere / JCJ Van der Heyden, Noord-Brabants Museum, Den Bosch (NL) 

Ants on Shrimp, Galerie Richard (NYC), New York (USA)

2017
OH YOUVE GOT BLUE EYES OH YOUVE GOT GREEN EYES OH YOUVE GOT PINK EYES OH YOUVE GOT BLACK EYES, with Johan Tahon, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam (NL)
EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US), with Johan Tahon, rep. by Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam (NL)
Scenarios of Desire, cur. by Colin Huizing, with Bas van den Hurk, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (ES)
Charles Lutz & Koen Delaere, with Charles Lutz, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Zürich (CH)
IMAGES DU FUTUR, with Jens Wolf, Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam (NL)

2016

Zinging Tangerine Getting Overwhelmed, with Jeroen Doorenweerd, The La Brea Studio, Los Angeles (USA)
Vaya, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York (USA)
Koen Delaere & Hidenori Mitsue, with Hidenori Mitsue, BOESKE HOFLAND amsterdam leipzig, Leipzig (D)

Wipe that Simile of Your Aphasia, Rod Barton, Brussels (B)

Koen Delaere, with Bas van den Hurk, Whatspace at Halsey Mackaye Gallery, East-Hampton, NY (USA) 

Koen Delaere, with Wendy White, Van Horn Gallery at COFA Düsseldorf (D)

VOLTA NY, New York (USA), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2015

Karp/Rye, with Ryan Wallace, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

In Curved Air, Van Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf (D)

VOLTA 11, Basel (SWI), with Johan Tahon, rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2014

Beaches & Canyons, Rh Contemporary, New York (USA)

Classic Stacks, with Geoff Hippenstiel, Peter Makebish Gallery, New York (USA)

Zinging Tangerine, with Jeroen Doorenweerd, De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL)

Zest de Soleil, with Daniel Schubert, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2013

Wichiti, with Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Herbstundgang, with Michael Kirkham, Spinnerei/Galerie ASPN, Leipzig (D)

Nouns, PS Projectspace, Amsterdam (NL)

Koen Delaere, Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf (D)

Interpunction, Galerie Tanja Pieters, Gent (B)

2012

I Only Get Horny When Due Laughs, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Confusion is Sex, Koffer, Berlin (D)

Wob bop a loo bop, Rojo Artspace, Milano (IT)

Battle, with Jeroen Doorenweerd, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)

2011

The Axis of Praxis, Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)

We do the dive everytime we dance, Pompgemaal Residency Mondriaanfonds, Den Helder (NL)

Celebrated Summer, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2010

The Discipline without the discipline of another discipline, IBB Willemstad, Curacao (NL)

2009

In my mind I save it, in despair I need it, in panic I forget it, to death I owe it, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (NL)

Free, Locuslux Gallery, Brussels (B)

2008

Youth, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (NL)

Koen Delaere, Dick de Bruijn Contemporary Art, Middelburg (NL)

Toon Michiels en Koen Delaere, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch (NL)

2007

Wolvecamp Prize, Kunstcentrum Hengelo (NL)

Koen Delaere, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (NL)

2006

Neue Bilder, Autocenter, Berlin (D)

2005

Koen Delaere, Museum de Pont, Tilburg (NL)

Selected Group-Exhibitions

2022

Plastic Soul, Fox Jensen & McCroy Gallery, Sydney (AU) 

Group Show, Omstand Gallery, Arhnem (NL)

2020
Group exhibition at Capital C, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Hallucinogenic, curated by Koen Delaere, Gerhard Hofland Gallery en Project Space on the Inside, Amsterdam (NL)

2019

The Score, curated by Jan van der Ploeg, De Apotheek, Amsterdam (NL)

Scenarios of Desire II, Emergent, Veurne (BE)

Comrades of Time, group exhibition during Art Basel, Hardspace, Bazel (CH)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Out of Office – Treasures from Corporate Collections, cur. by VBCN, Singer Museum, Laren (NL) 

2018

Out of Office – Treasures from Corporate Collections, cur. by VBCN, Singer Museum, Laren (NL)

10 Years Base-Alpha Gallery – Part III: Prospects, Base-Alpha Gallery, Antwerp-Borgerhout (BE)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2017
UNTITLED Miami Beach, Miami (US), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Permanent Repetition, Arti et Amicitiea, Amsterdam (NL)
viennacontemporary, Vienna (AT), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2016

UNTITLED Miami Beach, Miami (USA), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Bête Noire, Candyman (Happy Birthday Dion Neutra), The Neutra Museum, Los Angeles (USA)

ExpoChicago, Chicago (USA), rep. by Van Horn, Düsseldorf (D)

A Full Open Hand, Drippings, And Carefully Masked Lines, Galleri Jacob Björn, Copenhagen (DE)
Viennacontemporary, Vienna (AT), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

From Scratch, Pictura Dordrecht, Dordrecht (NL)
Mixed Signals, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm (S)

Menin Road / Ypernstrasse, cur. by Johan Tahon, on the road from Menen to Ypres (B)

VOLTA12, Basel (CH), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam (NL), Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

PS, Snap Projects, Lyon (F)
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2015

My Other Car is A Painting, Gebr. Lehmann Gallery, Dresden (D), w/a.o. Wendy White, Bas van den Hurk, Hiroki Tsokuda, Yugoslav Mitevski

Telecom Hawaii, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York (USA), with Daniel Schubert and Evan Robarts

Works on Paper, Hunted Projects, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. James Krone, Razvan Boar, Max Frintrop

Art Cologne with Van Horn Gallery (D), w/a.o. Jan Albers, Wendy White, Katherina Fritsch

Art Dallas with Ana Cristea Gallery, New York (USA), with Ravzan Boar, Evan Robarts

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), with Johan Tahon, Daniel Schubert, rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), with Daniel Schubert, Jan van der Ploeg, rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2014

Comrades of Times Comrades of Time Comrades of Time, Whatspace at VIP-programme Art Brussels (B), w/o.a. Chris Succo, Micheala Eichwald, Bas van den Hurk

Beautiful Changes, Rh Contemporary, New York (USA), w/a.o. Tyra Tingleff, Shaan Syed, Stephan Dill

Sha-Boogie-Bop, Anonymous Gallery, New York (USA), w/a.o. Wendy White, Kadar Brock, Austin Lee

Artist as Producer II, Alpineum Produzenten Gallery, Zurich, w/a.o. Bas van den Hurk, Peggy Frank, Jamie Schneider, Lorinde Verhees, Gerlach & Koop

Whatbar #14, 511 West 25th Street, New York (USA), w/a.o. Chris Succo, Cheryl Donegan, Manor Grunewald

Studio Life, Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. Mark Manders, Maria Roosen, Woody van Amen, Erik Andriesse

Amsterdam Drawing, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Dallas, Dallas (USA), rep. by Rh Contemporary, New York (USA)

2013

Comrades of Time Comrades of Time Comrades of Time, Cell Projectspace, London (UK), w/a.o. Wade Guyton, Marlie Mul, Magali Reus – Curated by Chewdays

The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter Berlin (D), w/a.o. Thomas Zipp, Thomas Scheibitz, Joep van Liefland, Marlie Mul

They Died With Boots On, Teksas, Graested (DK), w/a.o. Frank Ammerlaan, Jan van der Ploeg, Ronald de Bloeme

Nieuw Nieuwer Nieuwst, Museum Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (NL), w/a.o. Gregor Hilderbrandt, Ger Lataster, Hans van Hoek

The Artist as Producer, Whatspace/Stichting Bewaerschoole, Haamstede (NL), w/a.o. Joris van Moortel, Manor Grunewald, Marijn van Kreij, Bas van den Hurk

2012

Nova, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paolo (BR), w/a.o. Rafeal Rozendaal, Bill Viola, Rosa Menkmann, Pink Flojd

Picasso Grid, Autocenter, berlin (D), w/a.o. Bas van den Hurk, Marijn van Kreij

Against Interpretation, Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL), w/a.o. Wade Guyton, Cheryl Donagan, Joelle Tuerlincx

Comrades of Time, Projectspace, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Josh Smith, Gedi Sibony, Amanda Ross-Ho

The Multiple Show #2, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. Klaas Kloosterboer, Martijn Schuppers

Present Forever, Fatform, Bijlmer Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. Melanie Bonajo, Job Koelewijn, Derk Thys

2011

I Can’t, I Can’t, I Care, SMBK De Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL), w/a.o. Bas van den Hurk, Martijn Hendriks, Vaast Colson

What’s Up, Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht (NL), w/a.o. Maaike Schoorel, Malin Persson, Sara van der Heide

Yummy Yummy Yummy I got love in my tummy, Scheld’apen, Antwerp (B), w/a.o. Michiel Ceulers, Xavier Noriet Thome, Tom Poelmans

Revolt & Despair, Gunter, Antwerp (B), w/a.o. Bas van den Hurk, Vaast Colson, Dennis Tyfus

Boo, Arti & Amicitiae, Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. David Ostrowski, Michail Pirgelis, Harm van den Dorpel

In the Spur of the Moment, Nest, The Hague (NL), w/a.o. David Blade, Remco Torenbosch, David Ostrowski

Let’s Jam, Incubate Festival, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Momo, Harm van den Dorpel, Thomas I’anson

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2010

Nova Artscapes, Scion Gallery, Los Angeles (USA), w/a.o. Momo, Yago Horthai, Rebecca Ward

A Thing is a Thing in a Whole which it’s Not, Temporary Gallery, Cologne (D), w/a.o. Thea Djordjadze, Sebastian Dacey, Iannis Varelas, David Ostrowski

Rojo nova, Musea da Imagem e do Som, Sao Paolo (BR), w/a.o. Chicks on Speed, Merzbow, Carsten Nicolai, Maya Hayuk

Making Do: Uses and Tactics II, Kaplans Gallery, Chicago (USA), w/a.o. Marjolijn Dijkman, Lorelinde Verhees, Bas van Den Hurk 

The Non-Obvious Bar, The Boadicea, London (UK), w/a.o. Markus Vater, Jeremy Willet, Alistair McClymont, Bas van den Hurk

The Platinum Metre, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. Wendy White, Olaf Holzapfel, Tatjana Doll, Michiel Ceulers

The Destroyed Room, The Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin (D), w/a.o. Aids-3D, Felix Schramm, Isa Melsheimer, Paul lee, David Ostrowksi

WHATBAR #5, Studio Tonnard, Gand (B), David Jablonowski, Anselm Kiefer, Jens Wolf, Joelle Tuerlinckx, David Ostrowski

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL) rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2009

Bolsa de Arte, Sao Paolo (BR), w/a.o. Beatriz Milhazes, Cildo Mereiles, Jeff Koons

Auktion, NAK, Aachen (D), w/a.o. Kris Martin, Fischli & Weiss, Walter Dahn

NL, Drie Raum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Cologne (D), w/a.o. Jan van der Ploeg, Rob Scholte, Frank Ammerlaan

On a clear day I can see forever, Whatspace, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Andre Butzer, Thomas Zipp, Bjorn Dahlem

Wahlverwandschaft, Museum Belvedere, Heerenveen (NL), w/a.o. Marthe Wery, Rene Daniels, Raoul de Keijser

The Last Real Painters, Resy Muijsers Galerie, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Jan van der Ploeg, David Ostrowski, Simon Hemmer, Andreas Breunig

Art Brussels, Brussels (B), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2008

Difracted Solstice, Aeroplastics, Brussels (B), w/a.o. James Lee Byars, Francis Morellet, Txiki Margalef

AC3, Autocenter, Berlin (D), w/a.o. Andre Butzer, Ronald de Bloeme, Dominic Wood

Visual Moods, Stadsgallerij Heerlen (NL), w/a.o. Ronald Zandvliet, Rob Birza, Ben Akkerman

Und, Croxhapox, Ghent (B), w/a.o. Jan van der Ploeg, Pieter Vermeersch, Julian Daspher

Can’t, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam (NL), w/a.o. Thomas Winkler, Sven-Ole Frahm, Marius Lut

Elementaire Deeltjes, Covra Middelburg (NL), w/a.o. Guy Mees, Daan van Golden, Raoul de Keijser

Art Brussels, Brussels (B), rep by. Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL) rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Show Off Paris, Paris (FR), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2007

Thank You, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden (NL), w/a.o. Marlene Dumas, Rob van Koningsbrugge, Krijn Giezen

AC1, Autocenter, Berlin (D), w/a.o. Armen Eloyan, Alexandra Leykauff, Jeroen Jacobs

Art Amsterdam, Amsterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Cologne, Cologne (D), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

2006

Room With A View, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (NL), w/a.o. Raoul de Keijser, Gunther Forg, Jan Schoonhoven

Public Image, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Franz Ackermann, Os Gemeos, Erik van Lieshout, Fabian Marcaccio

Intersection, Resy Muijsers Contemporary (NL), w/a.o. David Ostrowski, Tomoko Kawachi, Karel Wouters

Art Cologne, Cologne (D), rep. by Gerhard Hofland Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)

Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL), rep. by Dick de Bruijn Gallery, Middelburg (NL)

2005

Toonbeelden, Museum De Pont, Tilburg (NL), w/a.o. Marc Mulders, Guido Geelen

Education

1996 Bachelor Painting, cum laude, Akademie voor Beeldende Vorming, Tilburg (NL)

Educational Projects 

2014 Mentor in Mentoring programme by Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam (NL)
2013 Master in Master//Apprentice programme by Kunstpodium T De Pont and Mondriaan Fund Amsterdam (NL)

2011 ICICIC i.c.w. Vleeshal Middelburg (NL), Piet Zwart Institute Rotterdam (NL), Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven (NL), Artez Fine Arts Arnhem (NL) and E-Flux (USA)

2010 Let’s Jam icw Incubate Festival and Artez Fine Arts Arnhem (NL)

2010 Making Do icw BKKC, Cist and Post-St.Joost (All NL)

2009 Opera icw Fontys Hogescholen (visual arts / dance / theatre / conservatorium)

Residencies

2016 La Brea Studios, Los Angeles (USA)

2015 CCA Andratx, Mallorca (S)

2011 Pompgemaal Mondrian Fund, Den Helder (NL)

2010 IBB Curacao, Mondrian Fund, Curacao (NL)

2002 EKWC Residency and Stipend for Young Artists, Den Bosch (NL)

1995 De Pont Residency and Stipend, Museum de Pont, Tilburg (NL)

Awards / Stipends / Grants

2010 Basisstipend BKVB Fund, Amsterdam (NL)

2006 Wolvecamp Price for Painting

2004 Basisstipend BKVB Fund, Amsterdam

2002 Johan Diepstraten Stipend for Painting, Breda (NL)

2002 EKWC Residency and Stipend for Young Artists, Den Bosch (NL)

2000 Basisstipend BKVB Fund, Amsterdam (NL)

1995 De Pont Residency and Stipend, Museum De Pont, Tilburg (NL)

Selected Collections

ABN Amro Bank

Rabobank 

AkzoNobel 

Ahold Art Foundation

Centraal Museum Utrecht 

Vleeshal Middelburg

Mizohu Bank London / Japan

CCA Andratx Mallorca

Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal Leiden

Noord Brabants Museum

Museum Dordrecht

DSM Heerlen

Achmea Nederland

Bouwfonds Nederland

Van Lansschot Bankiers

And various esteemed international private collections