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Albert Pepermans

Belgian painter Albert Pepermans is known for his visually strong and very colorful work. Only using ink, paint and paper, he succeeds in creating a personal style that refers to the Pop Art and the Dada tradition.

 

Pepermans, known for his no-nonsense mentality, has continuously delivered a very extensive oeuvre and his inexhaustibility has allowed him to experiment and to persist. Largely divided into series, which are determined according to a technique or a theme, the opus of Pepermans alternates between concrete figures and abstract settings. The spontaneity, humor and sometimes impulsivity that permeates his drawings and paintings, reflect the main features of the man himself.

 

Being a renowned artist, Pepermans already exhibited in Paris, New York, Berlin and Zurich. In 1987, Pepermans’ work is presented in the hall of the Brussels museum of Modern Art, where his Micky Mouses (‘Micky’s) are strongly appreciated by the audience. In 1994, when Jan Hoet becomes curator of Documenta IX in Germany, Pepermans’ drawings and paintings are displayed in the archive. At the Martin Gropius House in Berlin, a solo exhibition is being compiled by a gallery owner from Brussels, Camille Von Scholz., who is known for thrusting European and Belgian artists into the spotlight. During the nineties, Paris will be a permanent venue for Pepermans’ work. This will lead to several collaborations, among which the cooperation with the famous Flemish Author Hugo Claus, which resulted in three exhibitions that brought a mix of both Pepermans' work and the poetry of Claus. Several years later, these projects were integrated under the name Fabels, which was included in the poetry summer of Watou. In 2002, the world exhibition in Hannover selected the work of Pepermans after which he made 100 paintings measuring 30 by 40 cm for the Belgian Pavilion and in 2010 Peprmans participated in group exhibition at the Musée D'art Decoratif.

 

While being a strong performer too, Pepermans likes to describe himself as a 'graphic artist with paint and paper' - his work translates into multiple techniques, materials and styles. It brings a clear message that often excels in cheerfulness and strength. The more you watch, the more you discover.

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SOLO

2022

  • Art Brussels (Schonfeld Gallery)

2021

  • April 2021-April 2022, yearlong exhibition with new line-up every 4 weeks, Schonfeld Gallery, Brussels

2020

  • 'Journal Brut', Valerie Delaunay, Paris

2018

  • ' Serial Killer' Artelli Gallery Antwerp & Brussels

  • ‘Et Voilà la travail’ Claus & Pepermans Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke

  • ‘Et Voilà Pepermans’, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussel

2017

  • ‘070117’ Galerie zwart Huis, Knokke

2016

  • ‘Et Alors...’ Artelli Gallery, Antwerp

2015

  • ‘Part One’ Artitude, Brussels

  • ‘Limited Editions’, Espace Alloué- Brussels

2014

  • ‘Least Wanted’ Art without bars, Bertem

  • Shaunford & Co, Calgary, Canada

  • Fabels, Huis Happaert (Antwerp)

  • Albert Pepermans upside down, Seedfactory, la maison de l’image

2013

  • Artipool: a box with a wide view

2012

  • Meubart ‘Attak’, Dies

  • ‘The Papermance Performance or the artist as an artwork’, book release

  • Ingrid Deuss Gallery ‘Sans papier’ (Antwerp)

  • Boycott Gallery, Uccle

2011

  • Sense of a wish: Universiteiten fonds Leuven

  • Meubart: FabelsWatou 2011: Fabels, Douvy hoeve    

  • Van Geertstraat 81 ‘Fabels’ Hugo Claus - Albert Pepermans

2010

  • Musée des Arts Dècoratifs, Paris Vilac, 100 ans de jouets en boi

  • Meubart, Diest

2009

  • Galerie El (Welle) ‘Oh Carol’

2008

  • Gallery DEFROST, ‘King for a day’ Paris (France)

2007

  • Project room PREVIEW, drawings & paintings, Paris (France)

  • Gallery EL, Welle (Belgium)

2006

  • ‘Meta peinture aux murs’, Espace Beaurepaire - Paris

 2005

  • Creation of objects in glass Tirgu Mures (Roemenië)

  • Gallery ‘Le Salon d’art’ (Brussels)

2004

  • Gallery EL, Welle (Belgium)

2001

  • Gallery Kita, Lille (France) Media-campaign 2001-2002 Kaaitheater Brussels

2000

  • Art Kiosk Gallery, Brussels

  • Gallery Golder-Halm, Locarno (Switzerland) ‘Bruxelles-Locarno via e-mail’

  • Gallery Willy d’Huysser (Brussels)

1999

  • Gallery Boycot (Brussels) 1998

  • Gallery Golder-Halm, Locarno (Switzerland)

1997

  • Gallery Willy d’Huysser (Brussels)

1996

  • De Markten with Hugo Claus (Brussels)

  • Gallery Camille von Scholz (Brussels)

1995

  • Cultural Center Strombeek-Bever with Hugo Claus (Belgium)

1994

  • Gallery Margine, Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Gallery Michel Lagarde, Paris

  • Martine Gropius House, Berlin (Germany)

  • Gallery von Scholz, Brussels

1992

  • Gallery Margine, Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Buch und Bild, Dokumenta-Archiv, Kassel (Germany)

  • Gallery C. von Scholz (Brussels)

  • Gallery Lubie, Amiens (France)

1990

  • Gallery Margine, Zurich (Switzerland)

  • Gallery Camille von Scholz (Brussels)

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Mulhouse (France)

  • Black and Red performance Plaizier (Brussels)

  • Gallery Titanik, Turku (Finland)

1989

  • Art fair Basel (one man show - Gal. Von Scholz)

  • Gallery C. von Scholz (Brussels)

  • Gallery Lubie, Amiens (France)

1988

  • Gallery L.T.D. Paris

  • Fao-Schwarz decoration vitrines New York

1987

  • Museum Contemporary Art (Brussels)

  • Gallery Camille von Scholz (Brussels)

1986

  • Dansaertstraat (Brussels)

1985

  • Video-paintings Kaaitheater (Brussels)

  • Gallery Camille von Scholz (Brussels)

  • Le Pamplemousse (Bologna)

  • Studio Klaxon (Paris)

  • Fondation du Pioch Pelat, A.R.P.A.C. Hollywood Fragments

1984

  • Tarzan Gallery L.Bilinelli (Brussels)

  • Artshop Plaizier (Brussels)

  • Provincial Museum Hasselt (Belgium)

1983

  • New Workschop performance Knorr Kunst Lunch (Brussels)

1982

  • Astrakan rock paintings (Paris)

  • Goëthe Institution (Brussels)

  • Centre Beaubourg (performance) (Paris)

  • Hallen van Schaarbeek performance Rock Dance (Brussels)

1980

  • Belgica Hommage, ICC Antwerpen

1979

  • Gallery Camille von Scholz (Brussels)

  

GROUP

2023

  • 'Rencontre dans la ville', Schonfeld Gallery, Brussels

2020

  • 'So far/ so close', Schonfeld Gallery, Brussels

2018

  • Art Paris (Artelli Gallery)

  • Cosmoscow Artelli Gallery

  • Paper Positions Munchen ( Artelli Gallery)

2017

  • Art Paris (Artelli Gallery)

  • ‘Take a walk on the wild lines’ Artelli Gallery Antwerp

2016

  • ‘Multiples’ Galerie Zwart Huis , Knokke

  •  ‘10 + 1’ groepstentoonstelling Artelli Gallery, Antwerp

  • ‘Insights’ 4 artists and their vision, Artitude Galerie & Meubart Diest

  •  ‘Occasionele Ontmoetingen’ Diest

2015

  • ‘Soldes /Almanach’ Galerie Viscont, Paris

  • ‘Six artist, six dessins’ Artitude, Brussels

2014

  • ‘Citadel’Arte’ Diest

2013

  • Night shop Iets, Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Knokke

  • Geloofd zij de kunst, Artitude, Brussels

2012

  • Attak, Meubart, Diest

  • L’images à la UNE, Artitude, Brussels

  • Belgische kunstenaarsboeken van Verheyen tot vandaag, BePart, Waregem

  • Tread Part 1, Galerie El, Welle (Belgium)

  • Galerie Artitude

2011

  • Collection de livres d’Artiste (Camille von Scholz)  Art Basel Miami

  • Collection de livres d’Artiste (Camille von Scholz) Mac’s, Grand-Hornu

2008

  • BAM, Museum of Contemporary Art Mons (Belgium) Expo Cobra - Coll. Neirynck

2005

  • Drawing: to make the visual thinking perceptible, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, Brussels

  • 5th Artist Book International Paris (Edition Camille)

  • Gallery Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (France)

2004

  • Espace de l’Art concret/Donation Albers-Honegger (Edition Camille) Mouans-Sartoux (France)

2002

  • HANNOVER 2002 (Germany), Belgian pavilion

2001

  • MORCEAUX CHOISIS, Art collection of the Palais abbatial de Saint-Hubert (Luxembourg)

2000

  • ‘Alle Grotte’, Gallery Golder-Halm, Locarno (Switzerland)

1999

  • Liberté, liberté, chéries ou l’Art comme résistance à Art, ISELP, Brussels

  • Mélodies en Sous-Sol, Collection de la Province Hainaut, Tournai

1998

  • Art brussels (Editions Cam. Von Scholz)

1997

  • Bruxelles en scène Maison des Arts, Châtillon (Paris)

  • Artist Book International Paris (Editions Cam. Von Scholz)

1996

  • Collections nomades, Musée Départemental d’Art ancien et contemporain d’Epinal (France)

  • Museum of Contemporary Art Mons (Belgium)

  • International Art fair Basel (Germany)

1995

  • Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, purchase of the Flemish community

1994

  • Art Brussels (Gallery von Scholz)

  • International Art Fair Basel (Gallery von Scholz)

1993

  • International Art Fair Basel (Gallery von Scholz)

1992

  • Aspects of contemporary Flemish expressionism, Campo Santo, Gent (Belgium)

  • Gallery Lubie, Amiens (France)

  • Art Fair Brussels, Gal.Camille von Scholz

  • International Art Fair Basel, Galerie von Scholz

1990

  • Flemish contemporary expressionism, Campo Santo, Gent (Belgium)

  • Mickey, Palais de Beaux Arts, Mulhouse (France)

1989

  • Gallery L.T.D. Paris

1987

  • Institut Français, Madrid (Spain)

1986

  • The traces of Tintin in the imagination, CC Tournai

  • Art-foot, Stade Leburton, Tubize (Belgium)

  • The influence of comics,photographie and publicity in contemporary art

1985

  • Comics, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi (Belgium)

  • Hair paintings Gallery Ronald Donahue, (New York)

  • Icons,Gallery Todel Capp,( New York)

  • Inauguration Halles de Schaerbeek (Brussels)

  •  Etats des Lieux, School of Architecture Bretagne, Rennes (France)

1984

  • Post Machina, Bologna (Italie)

  • Look rock, Montbeliard, Nantes (France)

1983

  • Arts + Machina 2 and performance, Rennes (France)

  • A certain look at rock, Angoulême, Bordeaux (France)

  • Salon de Montrouge, Paris

1981

  • Nuits actuel, Rock Paintings, Paris

 

COLLECTIONS

  • Collectie Thomas Neyrinck, KBS

  • Museum Moderne Kunsten, Brussel

  • BAM, Museum Mons

  • Mukha Antwerpen

  • Private collections in Belgium, Switserland and Germany

Schönfeld Gallery
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