FRANCIS DENYS
represented by MX7 Gallery, Antwerp

BIOGRAPHY
Lives and works in Brussels
Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten (HISK)
Art History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

EXHIBITIONS
2012
--> One Day Comes, MX7 Gallery, Antwerp (B), solo exhibition, September
--> Project Louis Paul Boon, Aalst (B), June
--> Galerie El, Welle (B), group exhibition, March
2011
The Border / Lineart with MX7 Gallery, Ghent (B) / art fair
Tender Buttons, curated by Guy Bovyn, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (B) / group exhibition
What you see is [not] what you see, curated by Eva Steynen, Antwerp (B) / group exhibition
Rue Julien Dulait, curated by Gert Robijns, Charleroi (B) / group exhibition
Bv. een ei dat op de grond valt en geen scheurtje heeft, 2M3, Brussels / performance
Exercises, MX7 Gallery on location, Brussels / duo exhibition (with Wannes Lecompte)
Pink is the Most Masculine Colour, MX7 Gallery on location, Antwerp / group exhibition
Een Groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse (B) / group exhibition
Er Sey Gold!, Artiestenparcours d’Artistes, Jette (B) / site specific project
2010
Group Show at CUT ME, Brussels (B) / group show
Boules & Bills, Pocketroom, Antwerp (B) / solo exhibition
Façades & Interieurs, Paraza (F) / group exhibition
Francis Denys - Stefano Caligaro, Galerie EL, Welle (B) / duo exhibition
moorDNOCES, A Brief History of SECONDroom, Brussels (B) / documentation + exhibition
w>migration, Francis Denys, artistic research @ De Kunstbank, Brussels (B) / presentation
moorDNOCES @ Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam (NL) / presentation
2009
moorDNOCES, SECONDbar, SECONDroom, Brussels / presentation
Het Goublommeke in Papier, Brussels (B) / in situ project
Please Pay Attention Please, Annex Amperdans, Antwerp (B) / group exhibition
A Certain Proposition, SECONDroom, ARTLAB² @ Zennestraat 17, october, Brussels (B) / group exhibition
Summer auction Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle (B) / auction
noiron-yatall, SECONDroom, Brussels (B) / solo exhibition
Garten, Destelbergen (B) / group exhibition
StreetArt Raus, curated by Frederik Van Simaey, HISK, Ghent (B) / group exhibition
SECONDroom, ARTLAB @ Zennestraat 17, Brussels (B) / edition
2007
Francis Denys, XM project space by Stefaan Dheedene, Maes & Matthys Gallery, Antwerp (B) / solo exhibition
2006
new thinx (from Japan), Galery, VUB, Brussels (B) / project
Wat is / wat zou kunnen (Kristof Van Gestel), W139, Amsterdam (NL) / group exhibition
New Reform, Netwerk Galerij, Aalst (B) / group exhibition
Liaisons, Galery’, VUB, Brussels (B), with Greet De Gendt / group exhibition
Beelden Buiten, Tielt (B) / group exhibition
HISK-HIFA-laureates on Lineart Playground, Ghent (B), with Greet De Gendt / group video presentation
2005
educacion, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (B), with Stefaan Dheedene
opiumup, Re-animating the City - Part VI, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Ghent (B)
in between, what> meeting space for visual culture, Leuven (B)
HISK-HIFA-laureates on Lineart Playground, Ghent (B)
2004
sprite, F18, Antwerp (B)
2003
frisco, Netwerk Galerij, Aalst (B)
Stijl, Brussels, with Greet De Gendt (B)
Galerie Denise Van de Velde, Aalst (B), with Lieve D’hondt
BIGG, UTIL, Brussels (B), with Katleen Vermeir
Kunst & Zwalm, Zwalm (B)
2002
Salon des Invités, Brussels (B), with Greet De Gendt
Salon des Belges, The Clock Tower, New York (USA)
Staal / Chocolat Chaud, Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot (France)
2001
Evenandyet, Leuven (B)
Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Akiyoshidai (J)
Biennale, Leuven (B)
VLAM, Location Project Netwerk Galerij, Netwerk2, Aalst (B)
Art in the Home, Yamaguchi (J)
2000
APP Gallery, Gijzegem (B), with Greet De Gendt
Belgica Special, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
Cirque Erotique, Backstage, Ghent (B)
HISK-HIFA, 15 Laureates 1997-1999, Elzenveld, Antwerp (B)
1999
Kleeklas, Cobra Gallery, Brussels (B)
Objet Déchet / Wegwerpvoorwerp, Limite Limite, Brussels (B)
Dialoog, Ter Dilft, Bornem (B)
Bouillon, In Out, HISK-HIFA, Antwerp (B)
Kussen, Galery, VUB, Brussels (B)
Eve-n & Yet Special 1, University Library, Leuven (B)
1998
Karrootjes, Karreetjes & Kreetjes, Galery, VUB, Brussels (B)
sPring ‘98, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp (B)
Kunst in het Arsenaal, HISK, Antwerp (B)
L’art de vivre ensemble, VUB, Brussels (B): “Slippery Games”, performance met Peter De Cupere
Einzelgänger, Moving Space Gallery, Ghent (B)
Ornamenten van de macht, De Warande, Turnhout (B)
1997
Phaenomenologie van het Kunstwerk, Isabellalei 81, HISK-HIFA, Antwerp (B)
Kunst in het Arsenaal, HISK-HIFA, Antwerp (B)
1995
Simulacronaut, Galery, VUB, Brussels (B)

SCENOGRAPHIES
2009
Memory & Migration, exhibition AMVB archive, Brussels (B)
2008
30 years AMVB _ 30 stories, exhibition AMVB archive, Brussels (B)

RESIDENCIES
2010
Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam (NL), artist-in-residence
2008
what, De Kunstbank, Brussels (B), artist-in-residence
2005
what> ontmoetingsruimte voor visuele cultuur, De Kunstbank, Leuven (B), artist-in-residence
2001
Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi, Japan , artist-in-residence

PUBLICATIONS
o Netwerk/center for contemporary art, Annual 2006, ‘EXH.100 - New Reform’, Netwerk, 2007, s.p.
o W139 - Amsterdam, Report of an Ongoing Journey, Amsterdam, ROMA Publications, 2006, pp. 263-264.
o Netwerk/centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, periodiek#02 mrt.06>apr.06, pp. 6, 8-9.
o Gilles Deleuze and Eva Sturm and what> and and, project publication, what> meeting space for visual culture, Leuven, s.d. (2005), s.p.
o Kunst & Zwalm 2003, Zwalm, vzw Boem, 2004, pp. 22-23.
o Oorsprong. Kris Dewitte portretteert, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam 2003, pp. 88-91.
o Handleiding 02-03, yearly publication Netwerk Galerij, Aalst 2003, pp. 3.1-3.16.
o Staal, Made in Belgium, Galerie Duchamp, 2003, pp. 16-17, 42-47.
o Luk Lambrecht, Blauwe composities en oranje zitballen. Gilbert Swimberghe en Francis Denys in Aalst, De Morgen , 2003, 01 / 17 - pp. 20 : col. ill
o Bert Popelier, Langzaam kijken, De Financieel-Economische Tijd , 2003, 01 / 22 - pp. 12
o Akiyoshidai Artist-in-Residence : Trans_2001-2002 Document, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, 2002, pp. 26-31
o Handleiding 00-01, yearly publication Netwerk Galerij, Aalst 2001, pp. 5.22-5.23.
o Francis Denys, Catalog. Yes, I Want a Francis Denys Modificated, Modulated Box, limited edition (20 nrs.), s.l., s.d.
o Francis Denys, ON/AF, Leuven, 2001 (publication for the Leuven Biennale 2001 ; text : Frank Snyders).
o Images/Images, nr. 8, 2000, ‘HISK, 15 laureates 1997-1999’, pp. 46-48.
o Eve-n & Yet Belgica Special, exhibition catalogue, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam 2000.
o Bouillon, exhibition catalogue laureates HISK-HIFA 1998-1999, pp. 28-33.
o Images/Images, nr. 4, 1998, ‘Ornaments of Power’, pp. 25-31.