Born 1953, in Rotterdam (Pernis), The Netherlands
Lives and Works in Brussels, Belgium since 1994
Education
1970 - 1975 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Rotterdam
2025
OBSTAKLES, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
2024
Doutes et Mystères, dependance view, Brussels, Belgium
2023
1, 2, 3 Pirelli, Beige, Brussels, Belgium
Obstakles, Lumiar Cité, Lisbon, Portugal
2020
Book presentation, Greylight, Heerlen, The Netherlands
2019
In Widerspruch zusammen, Galerie Raum mit Licht, Wien, Austria (with Aglaia Konrad)
2018
Attention Danger, Sundogs, Paris, France
2017
Het Geheugenspoor, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium
pale-face/pig skin/carotene, The Mayeur of Brussels, 2017, Marquise, Lisbon, Portugal
2016
Les Secrets de la Memoire, Magazin 4 - Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria*
Willem Oorebeek, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015
MONOLITH (Regardless of the Millers), Yale/Union, Portland/Oregon, USA
2013
Séance BLACKOUT (London couches), Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2012
Les Secrets de la Mémoire, A.VE.NU.DE.JET.TE - Institut de Carton, Brussels, Belgium*
2011
american proof AP, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
MORE of the SAME, Modern Art Gallery, London, UK
KATALOG, Culturgest, Porto, Portugal
2008
MONOLITH: Once or Many, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal*
2007
Progress & Noise, Frehrking – Wiesenhöfer Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2006
Bigger, Higher, Leader, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium*
2001
BXL 2000, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Total BLACKOUT totale, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
1998
On / Off screen, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1997
Dutch Pavillon, XLVII Venice Biennial, with Aernoud Mik, Italy*
1996
Muren / Walls, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (untill 1999)
1994
MONOLITH: lettered rock, Witte de With (Kunstinstituut Melly), Rotterdam, The Netherlands*
1991
De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990
De Expeditie, Amsterdam, Galerie Basket, Middelburg, The Netherlands
1989
Plug-In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canda
1988
Prix de Rome, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Willem Oorebeek: One or Many, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1986
Galerie ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
* A publication was made at this occasion
2023
SÌ - for Margot, Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, Belgium
I wink, I blink, I close my eyes, PAKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022
Affinities, LLS Paleis, Antwerp, BE (with Aglaia Konrad)
The Purloined Masterpiece, Akademie der Bildende Künste, Gemäldegalerie Vienna, Austria
Sculpturegarden, Bienale de sculpture, Geneva, Switzerland
2020
l x h x b Galerie, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2019
APROPOS PAPIER, Museum Leopold Hoesch, Düren, Germany
Willem Oorebeek, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Heimo Zobernig: Imprint of Void, Lovaas Projects, Munich, Germany
Pickpocket, Kunst Raum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland
2018
Flip, De Witte Zaal, KASK, Ghent, Belgium
2017
THE ABSENT MUSEUM, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
Séance, Shanaynay, Paris, France
2015
Eminent Domains, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA (curator)
2014
TOKONOMA, Ludlow 38, New York, USA
F. Hodler, Pinacoteca, Vienna, Austria
2013
Baw-lal, Galerie Juliette Jongma, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
THE MOON HAS A COMPLICATED GEOGRAFIE, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Specific Collisions, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, USA
TIME SPACE POKER FACE, Be Part, Waregem, Belgium
Tradition, Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands
‘Exhibition Research Centre’ - CEH - at Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Tradition, Kunstverein Graz, Graz, Austria
Vertical Club, Bortolami, New York, USA
Martin van Someren, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IM & EX PLICIT, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium
2012
Monolith/ Life, Sint Lukas Galerie, Brussels, Belgium (with Aglaia Konrad)
KNELL, Quadrado Azul, Lisbon / Porto, Portugal*
The umbrella corner, Projecte SD, Barcelona, Spain
Taipeh Bienial, Taiwan, Taiwan
PROLONGATION, Galerie Nächst St Stephan, Vienna, Austria
2011
unExhibit, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria*
Tapies Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Valéry Proust Museum, MuZee, Ostend, Belgium (curated by Camiel van Winkel)
Monolith / Life, Villa Romana, Firenze, Italy (with Aglaia Konrad)
2010
Pay a Visit to Mary, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, USS
Een kleine ritselende revolutie, multiple locations in Bruges, Belgium (curated by Dirk Snauwaert)
When the chairs are on the table: Jochen Weber, Simon Thompson, Willem Oorebeek, WCW Galerie, Willemsburg, Hamburg, Germany
Pay a Visit to Mary II, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (curated by Maxine Kopsa)
The way it wasn’t, 10 years Catillo/Corrales, Midway Centre for Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, USA
2009
Zwischen den Krisen, Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany (with Jochen Schmidth)
Kommentar als selber was, Kunstlerhaus Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Le Musée Imaginaire, with Christine Lemke, Frankfurt and Berlin, Germany (curated by Doris Lasch / Ursula Ponn)
Return of the gods & other myths, BAK Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Avec le temps _ in Time, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Tim Goossens)
NIET NORMAAL, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands*
2008
Merz in Februar, :emyt Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Vienna Appartment, Brussels, Germany
Die Lucky Bush, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (curated by Imogen Stidworthy)
2007
Steierische Herbst, Graz, Austria
2006
Joëlle Tuerlinckx, ‘Les Films En Soi’ (curatorial collaboration with Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
2005
LE VISITEUR PARFAIT, Der Perfekte Besucher: Joëlle Tuerlinckx - Willem Oorebeek, Ausstellungshalle für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster, Germany
BIWAK, Frehrking Wiesenhöfer, Cologne, Germany
Cantos / Pavillion ‘One Vision’; Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Willem Oorebeek, CASINO Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Bild, oder...: Joëlle Tuerlinckx - Willem Oorebeek, Galerie / Halle Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
‘met zonder KOP’, ARTIS, Den Bosch, The Netherlands, with: Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Christoph Fink, Rita McBride, Asier Mendizabal, Karolin Meunier, Keiko Sato, Jochen Schmith, Joëlle Tuerlinckx
2004
Duo Track, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis, Brussels, Belgium
Amicalement Votre, Musée des Beaux Arts de Tourcoing, France
BD, oder... mit dem Fuss in der Realität: Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Willem Oorebeek, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germant
TRACER, Witte de With (Kunstinstituut Melly), TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Making Public, CBK - Dordrecht, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2003
Electric. Solar room mit Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Tent, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Group Effekt, Galerie Frehrking, Wiesenhöfer, Cologne, Germany
2002
Diazonal, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Lost Past 2002-1914, Ieper, Belgium
Paramount Basics (extended), MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium (with Richard Venlet)
2001
Rondom Jheronimus Bosch, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Adamski, Frehrking, Wiesehöfer, Cologne, Germany
2000
Because there was a fire in my head, South London Gallery, London, UK
Unfortunately last Sunday afternoon somebody left the door open..., Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
Total BLACKOUT totale, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
Threesome, Begane Grond, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Small Stuff, Herman Teirlinck Huis, Beersel, Belgium
After BLACKOUT, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Belgium
1999
City Pity II, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Free space, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium (mit Joëlle Tuerlinckx)
Tegenvleug, Kunstcentrum, Sittard, The Netherlands
1998
Verzachtende omstandigheden, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Lost in Space, Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Germany
1995
Les limites de tableau, Musée Departemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
1992
Negen, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1991
Negen, Witte de With (Kunstinstituut Melly), Rotterdam, Belgium
9 Artisti Olandesi, Museo d’ Arte Contemperanea, Prato, Italy
Kunst Europa, Düsseldorfer Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany
1988
Facsimile, de Zaak, Groningen, The Netherlands
2008-2020
Responsable for Wiels Residency Programm (retired)
2014-2020
Maumaus study program, Lisbon (twice a year, seminar)retired
2016-2017
Ecole Nationale Superieur d’ Art, Paris, France
2013
Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, seminar
2012-2014
Visiting Professor, Universität der angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
2008
Hochschule für Buch und Druckkunst, Leipzig, seminar (publ. FUTURE TOGETHER NOW)
2003-2004
Gastprofessur an der Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Germany
1995-2005
de Ateliers 63, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1989-1996
Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht , The Netherlands
L’erg, Brüssel
St Lukas Brussels / Antwerpen
KASK, Gent
Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem
Hochschule für Buch- und Kunst, Leipzig
Kunsthochschule Bern
2009
Oeuvreprijs, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst, vormgeving en Architectuur, Amsterdam
How Prints Look (RAUBDRUCK) Bregenz, 2016
Vertikal Klub, NNEditions, Brussels, 2013
unExhibit, Generali Foundation Vienna, 2011
Monolith +++, Culturgest, Lisbon, 2009
FUTURE TOGETHER NOW (with Aglaia Konrad) Hochschule fur Buchdruck und Kunst Leipzig, 2008
Bigger, Higher, Leader, S.M.A.K. Ghent, 2008
Bild, oder... Mit dem Fuss in der Realität,(with Joëlle Tuerlinckx), 2004
Met zonder KOP, Artis, Den Bosch, 2005
MONOLITH, between ECHO and HOPE, Rotterdam, 1994