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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