DOMOBAAL

*1946 Vorst, Belgium, died 2025, Brussels, Belgium

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2024: Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria.

2023: What the body can do, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2022: Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.

2022: Das Phantom der Malerei, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.

2021: The Kasterlee Case, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.

2021: Das Phantom der Malerei, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany; traveling to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the Hague, Netherlands.

2021: Parti chercher du white spirit, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2019: Leavin home but there is no home at all, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

2018: Un Cœur Pur, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2018: La pittura farà da sé, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy.

2018: Tambula malembe, Galerie nächst St. Stephan–Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria.

2017: bewtie, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

2017: White Columns, New York, NY, USA.

2016: HIC HAEC HOC, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2015: Walter Swennen: At My Own Risk. Couldn't Be Better, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA.

2015: Walter Swennen, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.

2014: Walter Swennen: Works on Paper, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2014: Walter Swennen: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.

2013/4: Walter Swennen: Why Painting Now? at Galerie Nächst St Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria, curated by Miguel Wandschneider.

2013: Walter Swennen: So far so good, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert & Miguel Wandschneider (publication).

2013: Walter Swennen: Continuer, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, curated by Miguel Wandschneider (publication).

2013: Walter Swennen, Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland.

2012: Sans titre, Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2012: Walter Swennen, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2012: Garibaldi Slept Here, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.

2011: Walter Swennen, fdc, Paris

2011: De Ziener (met Philippe Van den Berghe) Asse, Belgium.

2010: Walter Swennen, domobaal.

2010: Walter Swennen 'Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Dubbeltijd' in het Arentshuis, Brugge, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert.

2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) solo presentation, domobaal.

2009: Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2009: Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.

2008: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2008: How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue) curated by Luk Lambrecht.

2008: How to paint a Horse, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium (catalogue) curated by Luk Lambrecht.

2008: Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium.

2007: Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium.

2007: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2006: Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.

2005: Passa Porta, Brussels, Belgium.

2005: Artis, (with Derk Thijs)'s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

2005: RhoK, Brussels, Belgium.

2004: aliceday, Brussels (with Michael Dans) Belgium.

2003: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2003: Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium.

2003: Walter Swennen On Paper, Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium.

2002: Flemish Culture Prize for the Visual Arts, Belgium.

2001: Factor 44, Antwerp (with Dialogist–Kantor) Belgium.

2001: S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.

2001: Hogeschool St–Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium.

2001: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2000: Galerie ACGK, Brussels, (with Patrick Teugels) Belgium.

1999: Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, (with Frankie DC) Belgium.

1999: Hyperspace, Marie–Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, Belgium.

1998: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

1997: Willy D'Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

1996: Galerie Cyan, Liège, Belgium.

1995: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1994: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.

1994: Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1994: Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.

1993: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.

1993: Recent Drawings, Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1992: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA.

1992: Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France.

1992: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1991: Drawings, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1991: Walter Swennen 'Le Nom Propre' Palais de Beaux–Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.

1990: Everyday Life, Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brugge, Belgium.

1990: Recent paintings and drawings, Stadsgalerie Heerlen, The Netherlands.

1989: Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium.

1988: Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1988: Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium.

1987: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1987: Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke–le–Zoute, Belgium.

1986: Galerie l'A, Liège, Belgium.

1986: Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium.

1986: Palais des Beaux–Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium.

1985: Galerie Montenay–Delsol, Paris, France.

1985: Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, (with Mark Luyten) The Netherlands.

1985: Galerie Françoise Lambert, Milano, Italy.

1985: René & Marcel Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

1984: Dam 43, Middelburg.

1984: Walter Swennen and Mark Luyten, Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke, Belgium.

1984: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.

1983: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1983: Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Brussels, Belgium.

1982: De Waterpoort, Kortrijk, Belgium.

1982: Vlaanderenstraat 165, Brussels, Belgium (with Philippe Jadot).

1981: Galerie ERG, Brussels, Belgium (with Philippe Jadot).

1981: Galerie Patrick Verelst, Antwerp, Belgium.

1980: Galerie ERG, Brussels, Belgium.

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2025: Spektrum Spektrum, Le Forum at Ginza Maison Hermès, Tokyo, Japan.

2025: Super Conceptual Pop, Fondation CAB, Brussels, Belgium.

2025: Drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, sound, Ringier, Collection 1995 – 2025, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany.

2024: Ensor en Sortie, CAPS, Oostende, Belgium.

2024: From Gerhard Richter to Mary Heilmann, Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.

2024: Spektrum, Fondation D'Enterprise Hermès, La Verrière, Brussels, Belgium.

2024: Poésie contre fin du monde, Mécènes du Sud, Montpellier, France.

2024: About Epic Myths, Nosbaum Reding Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2023: En Regard, le Delta, Namur, Belgium.

2023: LACAN, THE EXHIBITION: When art meets psychoanalysis, Centre PompidouMetz, Metz, France.

2023: S'Exposer, Centre d'Art Contemporain D'Anglet, Anglet, France.

2023: Marc De Cock: An Imaginary Portrait, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium.

2023: robe bleu, fond rouge, Quartair, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2023: Affiniteiten #5, LLS Paleis, Antwerpen, Belgium.

2023: Private Views, La Boverie, Liège, Belgium.

2022: Les Fabriques du cœur et leur usage, MACS, Grand Hornu, Belgium.

2022: Finis Terrae, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.

2022: Aoulioulé, Mrac – Musée régional d'art contemporain, Sérignan, France.

2022: The Way We Are 4.0, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany.

2022: Museum in Motion, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium.

2022: Border: 2e triennale d'art contemporain, Tournai, Belgium.

2022: Scribble, dabble, splatter, smear, 8th Biennial of Painting, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen–Zulte, Belgium.

2021: Frequently the woods are pink, Be–Part, Waregem, Belgium.

2021: Het Nieuwe Geniaal, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium.

2020: Maybe Tomorrow: Joris Ghekiere in EMERGENT, EMERGENT, Veurne, Belgium.

2020: wir blumen: Works from the Schürmann Collection, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

2020: The Way We Are 2.0, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany.

2019: AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp, M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

2019: Building a Dialogue, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.

2019: De Collectie (I): Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium.

2019: Salon de Peinture, M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

2019: Kunstenfestival Aardenburg 2019, Aardenburg, The Netherlands.

2019: Superheroes, 59 pm, Brussels, Belgium.

2018–2019: Nightfall, Mendes Wood, Brussels, Belgium.

2018–2019: Hold tight your silence and wait, Reading Room, Melbourne, Australia.

2018–2019: Selection VII, Ronny Van De Velde, Knokke, Belgium.

2018: Charivari, Church of our Lady of Pamele, Oudenaarde, Belgium.

2018: KRASJ 4, Ninove, Belgium.

2018: Class Reunion: Works from the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection, MUMOK, Wien, Austria.

2018: La Tempête – Acte II, CRAC Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain Occitanie, Sète, France.

2018: Unexchangeable, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium.

2018: Lust, Laughter, Liquor, Gallery Sofie Van De Velde & Plus–one gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2017: Pélamide, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2017: Sputterances, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, USA.

2017: Entre nous quelque chose se passe, M Museum, Leuven, Belgium.

2017: #infiniteflowersplusone, Plus–one gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2017: The Absent Museum, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium.

2017: Le Musée du Chat, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: POETICA_POLITICA, De 11 Lijnen, Oudenburg, Belgium.

2016: Comme si de rien était, Museum Van Buuren, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: Show me your Vital Parts, Parts Project, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2016: Le grand large @ Liege.be, Galerie Quai 4, Liège, Belgique.

2016: Dirk De Wachter Museum, Museum Dr.Guislain, Gent, Belgium.

2016: The Eighties – A Decade of Extremes, M HKA – Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

2016: RIEN NE VA PLUS! Pictures at an exhibition. Juan d'Oultremont, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: Un Voyage en Mer, Charles Riva Collection, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: Le dessous des choses (chapter 2), Bureau des Réalités, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: Entre Chambre et Muse, Les Espaces Culturels des abattoirs de Bomel, Namur, Belgium.

2016: Angst essen Seele auf, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.

2016/17: The Importance of Being…, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

2016/17: Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany.

2016/17: Guy Van Bossche, Unterseeboot über Malermeister, CC Mechelen, Mechelen, Belgium.

2016/17: The Worlds Turned Upside Down, BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium.

2016/17: I Belgi. Barbari e Poeti, Futur Musée Modern Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium.

2016: Walter Swennen included in The Importance of Being Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

2016: Angst essen Seele auf, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.

2015/16: Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany.

2015/16: I Belgi Barbari e Poeti, Futur Musée Modern Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium.

2015: Give A Man A Mask And He Will Tell You The Truth, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.

2015: Ma patience a des limites, Still Life, Dubois Friedland gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2015: A Drawing Show, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.

2015: Current, Svenja Deininger, Klaas Kloosterboer, Walter Swennen, Evi Vingerling, Galerie Bob van Orsow, Zurich, Switzerland.

2015: The Importance of Being, Contemporary art from Belgium in Latin–America, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havanna, Cuba; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.

2014: July, The Approach, London.

2014: Blue Times, Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

2014: A whole range of furtively titillating stereotypes, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

2014: De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

2014: Hoge Horizon, Bruegelland, vroeg 21e eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Brussels.

2014: A Story of Absence, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels.

2013: De Autodidact, Antwerp, Belgium.

2013: Belgium Open, LOCUS SOLUS, Antwerp, Belgium.

2013: Repeat, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liè`ge Belgium.

2013: Parkstad Limburg Prijs 2013, Heerlen, The Netherlands.

2013: The Gunshot, Galerie Marion De Canniè``re, Antwerp, Belgium.

2013: Seismology of The Times, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.

2013: Een groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium.

2013: About Waves, Part III, Via het Virtuele, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.

2013: Cadavre Exquis A Figure of Painting, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.

2013: About Waves, Part II, Re–Figuratie, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.

2013: Sous l'Amazone coule un fleuve, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France.

2013: About Waves, Part I, Het Ding, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.

2012: Pop–Up, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.

2012: frecher, loods12, Wetteren, Belgium.

2012: so far so good, André Volten huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2012: Le Grand Atelier, MAC's, Grand Hornu, Belgium.

2012: Present! La Centrale Electrique & De Markten, Brussels, Belgium.

2012: Arti Capelli, s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

2011: Change of address, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium.

2011: Pas de rapport… (morceaux choisis), Galerie de l'Erg, Brussels, Belgium.

2011–2012 Masterpieces in the MAS, five centuries of images in Antwerp's Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium.

2011: Tomorrow is The Question, New Acquisitions Exhibition at SMAK, Ghent, Belgium.

2011: inside and outside – writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium.

2011: War Rooms, a contemporary exhibition, including: John Allman, Fran Burden, William English, Barry Kemp, Oona Grimes, Tony Grisoni, Tony Hayward, Christian Israel, Marius Pfannenstiel, Kevin Roe, Gerry Smith and Walter Swennen at Danielle Arnaud.

2011: Von dort aus – Nieuwe Kunst uit België / Art Nouveau de la Belgique II, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln, Germany.

2011: Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2010: (When will they finally see) The power of drawing, 62 Belgian artists, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.

2010: Above the Serious, The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, London.

2010: Pictografie, Musee Raveel, Mechelen–Zulte, Belgium.

2010: Three Belgian Painters: Damien de Lepeleire, Philippe van Snick, Walter Swennen. Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium.

2010: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, with Jan Lauwers & NeedCie and Jeff Wall, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.

2010: Xanadu, The SMAK collection presented by Hans Theys, SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) Ghent, Belgium.

2010: Group Show, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2009: Books, Ephemera, Works on Paper, Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium .

2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal.

2009: Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London.

2009: Bande Annonce II, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2009: Werken, fragments from the collection, STUK, Liège, Belgium.

2009: The tragic and the funny meet again, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2009: BPS 22, Charleroi, Belgium.

2009: Glissements de terrain, Galerie Les Filles du calvaire, Paris, France.

2008: Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

2008: Scala Paradisi, Schürmann Berlin with Aleana Egan, Alex Frost, Joanne Greenbaum, Diango Hernandez, Lone Haugaard Madsen, Albert Oehlen, Roseline Rannoch, Christoph Schellberg, Berlin, Germany.

2008: L'amiral cherche une maison à louer, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2008: Honorons Honoré, cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium.

2008: TH Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands.

2008: Soigneurs de gravité, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.

2007: MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.

2007: Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA.

2007: Le Peintre Maudit, De Halle, Geel, Belgium.

2007: Merz in February, Emyt, Berlin, Germany.

2007: NICC (New International Cultural Centre) Antwerp, Belgium.

2007: Jubilée MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.

2007: The moss gathering tumbleweed experience, galerie Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy.

2007: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2006: Maybe a Duck … Maybe a Rabbit … Jemima Burrill, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen (publication) with essay by Peter Suchin, The Drawing Centre, Wimbledon College of Art, UK.

2006: Trésors Cachés, Musée D'Ansembourg, Liège, Belgium.

2006: Outdoors, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.

2006: My home is my castle, Patrick Heintz, Luxembourg.

2006: Summertime, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2006: Anagramme, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.

2005: Are we changing the world, Narcisse Tordoir collaborate, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium.

2005: Visionnair België/Belgique Visionnaire, Harald Szeeman, Brussels, Belgium.

2005: Amicalement vôtre, Tourcoing, Belgium.

2005: Rouge, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Couillet, Belgium.

2004: In Partes Tres, Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand–Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.

2004: Pauvres Nous, Factor 44, Borgerhout, Belgium.

2004: Bande Annonce, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.

2004: Papier et dérivés, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.

2003: 6 Galeries 6 Kunstenaars, Lions Evenements (Special Edition) Antwerp, Belgium.

2003: Garage Beerens, Belgium.

2003: Bestuifbegeerte, Hasselt, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.

2003: Dubbel–Woonst, Walter Swennen, Philippe Vandenberg and Carel Visser.

2003: Philip Huyghe, Under Construction, Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.

2003: Gelijk het leven is, Belgian and International Art from the Collection (catalogue) SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) and other locations, Ghent, Belgium.

2003: Gisteren, de tijd voorbij, Contemporary Art from the collection of Cera Holding (catalogue) Leuven, Groot begijnhof, Belgium.

2003: The MuKHA Collection, Rehanging The Collection III, MuHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.

2003: Sense & Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.

2003: Sugar & Spice, part II, Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium.

2003: Chaque minute l'art à Liège change le monde, Quinze regards sur la collection de la Cera Foundation, MAMAC (Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain) Liège, Belgium.

2003: Voir en peinture (Seeing in Painting) Le Plateau, FRAC (Fonds Regional d'Art contemporain) Île de France, Paris, France.

2001: Ici et maintenant/Hier & Nu, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium.

1999: Trouble Spot, Painting, MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.

1999: La Consolation, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France.

1999: Small Stuff, Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium.

1997: Trapped Reality, Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.

1997: Maakt Kunst Staat? Provinciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium.

1996: Casus Belli, Hangar 21, Antwerp, Belgium.

1995: Discours–Métis, Galerij V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.

1995: Géométrie sacrée/Sacrale geometrie, Galerie des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1994: A Personal Choice, Magnus Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.

1994: Splatter Table, MuKHA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst) Ghent, Belgium.

1994: Het Lelijke Eendje, Hedendaagse kunstenaars en mensen met een mentale handicap,'t Elzenveld, Antwerp, Belgium.

1994: Ceci n'est pas une pomme, Fundaciòn Carlos de Amberes, Belgium at Arco, Madrid, Spain.

1994: Confrontaties, Musée d'Ixelles, Ixelles, Belgium.

1993: Confrontaties, 111 hedendaagse kunstenaars uit België en Luxemburg, t' Elzenveld, Antwerp, Belgium.

1993: De la main à la tête, (D. Zacharopoulos), Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locminé, Belgium.

1993: Un accrochage, ou des coins remplis de ce qui a été raflé dans des coins, (René Denisot), Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.

1993: Modernism in Painting, Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen (ten years of Painting in Flanders), Museum Van Bommel Van Damm, Venlo, The Netherlands.

1993: Kunst in België na 1980/L'art en Belgique après 1980, Musée d'Art moderne, Brussels, Belgium.

1992: Un peu d'histoire(s), Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.

1992: Antwerp invited to The Hague, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.

1992: Woord en Beeld in de Belgische Kunst van a tot z, De ambivalentie van het geheugen, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium.

1992: Regression, Guy Ledune Contemporary Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.

1992: Modernism in Painting, Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen (ten years of Painting in Flanders), Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium.

1992: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990–1991, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium.

1991: Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.

1991: Kunst Europa, Belgien Niederlanden Luxemburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.

1991: Brussel 1951–1991, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1990: De Pictura, Galerie Bruges la morte, Brugge, Belgium.

1990: Belgicisme belicht: Acht Kunstenaars uit België, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.

1990: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988–1989, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium.

1990: Hommage aan Karel Geirlandt, Campo, Antwerp, Belgium.

1990: Beeldenstorm 1990, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands.

1990: Portrait d'une collection d'art contemporain, La Collection Stéphane et Georges Uhoda, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.

1990: Artisti (Della Flandria)/Artists (from Flanders), Palazzo Sagredo, Campo S. Sofia, Venezia, Italia.

1989: De Integrale: Recente Belgische Kunst, Atelier Steel, Brugge, Belgium.

1989: Noise, Pavillon de la Boverie, Liège, Belgium.

1989: Untitled, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA.

1989: Figures, co–production: Galerie Municipale d'Art Contemporain, Frac Rhône–Alpes, St–Priest, France.

1988: Belgicisme, Casa Frollo, Venezia, Italia.

1988: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1986–1987, Cultureel Centrum Genk, Genk, Belgium.

1988: Kunstrai'88, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

1988: Retour d'Afrique, Galerie Quadri, Brussels, Belgium.

1988: 33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l'Art contemporain belge, Paris, France.

1988: De Verzameling/La Collection/The Collection, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.

1988: Van Kunst naar Kunstenaar, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.

1987: Arte in situation Belgica: Situazione dell'arte, Salon privé/Pino Casagrande, Roma, Italia.

1987: Arte in situation Belgica: Situazione dell'arte, Galleria Studio Massimi, Roma, Italia.

1987: Art belge/Belgische Kunst, Galerie des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1987: Accrochage, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium.

1987: Omtrent Tekenkunst: Hedendaagse tekenvormen, Sint–Lukas Galerij, Brussels, Belgium.

1987: L'Exotisme au quotidien, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.

1986: In de Maalstroom/Au coeur du Maelström, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1986: Capriccio, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1986: Initiatief 86, Centrum voor Kunst & Cultuur, Sint–Pietersabdij, Ghent, curated by Kaspar König, Belgium.

1986: Young Belgian Talent, Denise Cadé Gallery, Art Prospect Inc., New York, USA.

1986: Young Talent: Six Flemish Artists, The Art Society of The International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA.

1985: Made in Belgium, Casino Knokke, Knokke–le–Zoute,. Belgium.

1985: Kunst als spiegel van de maatschappij. Kunst als spiegel van de Kunst (Art as a mirror of society. Art as a mirror of Art), Stedelijk Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium.

1985: Negen hedendaagse tekenaars uit Vlaanderen/Nove disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei (Drawings by nine contemporary Flemish artists), ICC, Antwerp, Belgium.

1984: Le musée de voyage, Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium.

1984: De eerste chauvinistische, Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium.

1984: Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen, Belgium.

1983: Speelhoven '83, Speelhoven, Aarschot, Belgium.

1982: Het picturaal Verlangen. Le désir pictural, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium.

1982: La Magie de l'Image/De Magie van het Beeld (The Magic of the Image) Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1982: Biënnale van de kritiek, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium.

1981: Biennale de la Critique, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.

1981: Prix de la jeune peinture belge, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.

1981: Echelle 1/81 Schaal, Brussels, Belgium.

1980: Bezetting/Occupation, Brussels, Belgium.

Publications (selection)

2012: Copie de voyage n4 (by Michel Assenmaker & Olivier Foulon) The New Break, Brussels, Belgium.

2007: Met zo'n sujet ik me maar niet inlaten, Contemporary Artists, JP de Paepe Editions, Brugge, Belgium.

2004: Walter Swennen, PIF, La Lettre volée, MAC's, dir. Laurent Busine, texte by Jan Florizoone, Brussels, Belgium. 240 pps (monograph).

2001: Beeldende Kunst 1996 / 1997 / 1998, Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap Aanwinsten, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussels, Belgium 312 pps

1997: Walter Swennen, Hans Theys, Le Cow–Boy, Willy D Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. 64 pps.

1986: 12 jaar beleid van K.J. Geirlandt, 1974–1986, Vereniging voor tentoosntellingen van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium. 58 pps

Publications (selection)

2008: How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium. (monograph)

2006: Maybe a Duck … Maybe a Rabbit … Jemima Burrill, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen, essay by Peter Suchin, The Drawing Centre, Wimbledon College of Art, UK.

2003: Tekeningen van kinderen met naam, St Niklaas, Belgium.

2003: Chaque minute l'art à Liège change le monde, Quinze regards sur la collection de la Cera Foundation, MAMAC (Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain) Liège, Belgium. 160pps

2003: Gisteren, de tijd voorbij. Aktuele kunst uit de collectie van Cera Holding, Leuven, Belgium.

2001: Walter Swennen 'Commerce & Promenade' introduction by Luk Lambrecht, published by DWB and Cera Foundation, Belgium.

1999: La Consolation: Oeuvres de la collection de la Communauté flamande de Belgique, Le Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France. 96pps

1997: Trapped Reality, Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.193 pps

1996: Casus Belli, Klagsbrun, Viviane, Antwerp, Belgium.

1995: Discours–Métis, Willy Van den Dorpe, Brussels, Belgium.

1994: Walter Swennen, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, 144 pps

1994: Ceci n'est pas une pomme, Fundaciòn Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, Spain. 72 pps (monograph)

1993: Confrontaties, 111 hedendaagse kunstenaars uit België en Luxemburg, t'Elzenveld, Antwerpen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, Belgium. 295 pps

1992: Modernism in Painting, 10 Jaar Schilderkunst in Vlaanderen / 10 Years of Painting in Flanders, PMMK, Ostend, Belgium. Stichting Kunstboek, Brugge, Belgium. 275 pps

1992: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990–1991, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1991: Walter Swennen 'Le Nom Propre' essay by Laurent Busine, Palais de Beaux–Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.

1991: Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu: Een keuze uit tien jaar aankopen van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Ministerie van de Vlaamse, Gemeenschap, Bruxelles, Belgium. 133 pps

1991: Kunst Europa, Belgien Niederlanden Luxemburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Brussel 1951–1991, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles.

1990: Artisti (Della Fiandria) / Artists (from Flanders), Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium. 112 pps

1990: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988–1989, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium.

1990: Beeldenstorm 1990, Stichting Zuidnederlandse Ontmoetingen, The Netherlands.

1990: Walter Swennen, Stichting Zuidnederlandse Ontmoetingen, The Netherlands.

1989: De Integrale, Atelier Steel, Brugge, Belgium. 80 pps

1989: Noise, fenêtre en vue, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Liège, Liège, Belgium. 332 pps

1988: Galerie Albert Baronian in ICC, ICC Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium.

1988: 33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l'Art contemporain belge, Centre Culturel et Artistique de Montrouge, Paris, France.

1987: Podium 87, Campo Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium. 64 pps

1986: Nove Disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC Internationaal Culturell Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium.

1986: Walter Swennen, extended essay by Wim van Mulders, essay by Laurent Busine, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1985: Made in Belgium, Casino Knokke, Knokke–le–Zoute, Belgium. 35 pps

1985: Kunst als spiegel van de maatschappij. Kunst als spiegel van de Kunst, Stedelijk Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium.

1985: Negen hedendaagse tekenaars uit Vlaanderen / Nove disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC, Antwerpen. Belgium.

1985: Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC Antwerp, Belgium.

1984: Le musée de voyage, Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium.

1984: De eerste chauvinistische, Montevideo, Antwerpen, Belgium.

1984: Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen, Belgium.

1983: Speelhoven '83, Speelhoven, Aarschot, Belgium.

1982: Het picturaal Verlangen, Le désir pictural, Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1982: La Magie de l'Image / De Magie van het Beeld, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1982: Biënnale van de kritiek, ICC, Antwerpen, Belgium.

1982: Biennale de la Critique, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.

1981: Prix de la jeune peinture belge, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1981: Echelle 1/81 Schaal, Bruxelles, Belgium.

1980: Bezetting / Occupation, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Public Collections

Beaux–Arts Mons, Mons, Belgium

Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France

Collection Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgium

Collection Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal

Collection of the Flemish Community, Belgium

Collection of the Hainaut Province, Belgium

FRAC Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France

FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France

FRAC Languedoc–Roussillon, Montpellier, France

Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium

M Museum, Leuven, Belgium

MAC's, Grand–Hornu, Belgium

Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium

Museum of Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

SMAK, Ghent, Belgium