Born in 1963 in Ghent, Jan Van Imschoot has been living and working in France since 2013. Jan Van Imschoot’s exploration of the possibilities offered by painting have resulted in a body of work that draws its power from highly critical and dramatic themes and contains references to countless artists, from Tintoret to Luc Tuymans, Goya to Matisse. Jan Van Imschoot places his figures, decors and narratives at History’s margins, using assembled perspectives, strong tones, bodies in motion and brushwork he describes as ‘anarcho-baroque’. His work delves into a number of recurring motifs: freedom, censorship and the violence of political and ideological systems.
Born in 1963, in Ghent, Belgium
Lives and works in Noncourt-sur-le-Rongeant, Haute-Marne, France
EDUCATION
1986 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2023
The End is Never Near, S.M.A.K., Gand, Belgium
Les nocturnes des bonnes vivantes, TEMPLON, Paris, France
2021
La présentation des absents, Galerie Templon, Paris, France
2020
Le bouillon de onze heures, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium
2019
Amore Dormiente, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Blumen für Angela, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2016
Le jugement de Paris à Bruxelles, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2015
Les phantômes de l’eau, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
2013
You can use my Skin, Cinquantenaire, Ruiselede, Belgium
2012
The Seduction of Light, Karl Pfefferle Galerie, Munich, Germany
The First Worldwide Presentation of Anarcho-Baroque, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
2010
The Interference of Perception, ATOZ, Villa Goethe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2009
A Painterʼs Lullaby, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
The Reversal of the 4thWall, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
Repercussions, Galerie Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Kidnapping Stars, Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2006
Monument for 1302, City Hall, Kortrijk, Belgium
The Recystallization of a Mental Maiden-Hood, Galerie Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Forgotten Abstraction, Galerie Bernier-Eliades, Athens, Greece
2005
Wallpaintings, WiHCC, Ghent, Belgium
Habemus Corpus, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium
2003
Oh Tremendous Moi (la vie, le corps, le roi), Galerie Baronian Francey, Brussels, Belgium
Contemporary Colours and Mystical Sins, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Transfiction, W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zellen, Icob, Eupen, Belgium
The power of a painted prison (a seat of revaluation), Museum of Fine Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2002
Not Enough Brains to Survive, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
2001
The Misantropical Chachacha, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
2000
Het stelen van het licht, In Den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
How to Sell Your Wife (confession of a painter), Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, USA
1999
The Color of a Common Dream, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Vereniging van het Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1997
Paintings, Provinciall Museum voor Beeldende Kunst, Hasselt, Belgium
Drawings, ArtBook, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995
Huize Sint Jacobus, Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Wall paintings Marcel Marchand, Beervelde, Belgium
In den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
1994
Joost bij Jan, Jan bij Joost, Ghent, Belgium
1993
Gallery S65, Aalst, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2022
Finis Terrae, Snijders & Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Belgique
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
8de Biënnale van de Schilderkunst, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium
Nadie, Laarne Castle, Laarne, Belgium
2020
7de Biënnale van de Schilderkunst – Binnenskamers, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen, Belgium
De Nacht, Group show, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2019
Feast of Fools, Bruegel Rediscovered. Château de Gaasbeek, Lennik, Belgique
2018
Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autun 2018, Autun, France
Sanguine / Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Musée d’Art Contemporain d’Anvers, Antwerpen, Belgium
Sanguine : Luc Tuymans on Baroque, Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy
Het Gouden Paviljoen – The Golden Pavilion, De Warande,Turnhout, Belgium
2017
ArtExpo New York 2017, New York, USA
2016
Uit de Collectie, SMAK, Gand, Belgium
The Shop Facing the corner, Albert Baronian, Belgium
2015
Belgique, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
A line is a line is a line, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Belgium
2014
De verloofden. De collectie van Belfius en S.M.A.K. in dialoog, Belfius collection, Brussels, Belgium
Private Shelter, Vrijstaat, Raversijde, Belgium
States of Mind, Maison Particulière, Bruxelles, Belgium
2013
Museum to scale, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Middlegate Geel, 13, Geel, Belgium
2012
2012 Western China International Biennale, TianYe Art Museum, China
Senza Titolo, Fondazione Volume, Rome, Italy
Pop Up (liens artistiques), Museum of Elsene/Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Sint Jan, Sint-Baafskathedraal, Ghent, Belgium
Struggles, Maison Particuliére, Brussels, Belgium
2011
New Art from Belgium 2011, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin & Köln, Germany
sehe raue, curated by Jan Hoet, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich, Germany
Trix, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2010
The State of Things, curated by Luc Tuymans & Ai Weiwei, The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
Tuesday Afternoon in a Cage, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Feel home, Cultural Centrum Strombeek, Bever, Belgium
2009
Thatʼs All Folks, Belfort Halls, Bruges, Belgium
Strike a Pose, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Something Else!, MAN, Nuoro, Italy
2008
Power to the People, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
Over the Hedge, Verbeke Foundation, Stekene, Belgium
TAFA GALLERY, Tianjin, China
Wallpaintings 9+1, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
Die Wasserrube und die Kohl, De Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium
Over Tekenen, De Witte Zaal, Ghent, Belgium
Biennale van de Schilderkunst, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Ad Absurdum, MARta Museum, Herford, Germany
Fantasy, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Rots.Wol, SSKI, Ghent, Belgium
Ziekte, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
Verzameling IKOB, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
2007
Stranger than Paradise, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
Von Francis Picabia bis Jason Rhoades, Friedrich Christian Flick collection, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart Berlin, Germany
Nighthawks, ACEC, Ghent, Belgium
Underground – Sound&Vision, WARP, Saint-Nicolas, Belgium
Open Air, Antwerp, Belgium
Integratie kunst in Troubleyn/Laboratorium, Troubleyn, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Helter Helter, Galerie Anne De Villepoix, Paris, France
Beaufort 2006, North Sea, Belgium
2005
Vrouwbeelden in mannenhanden, Galerie Transit, Mechelen, Belgium
SlowArt, Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
2004
Looking at Painting 2, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Alors, c’est bien pour toi, Galerie Commune Tourcoing, France
VANITAS, EITELKEIT VAN DE IJDELHEDEN, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
2003
Klik, Lichtervelde, Belgium
Kindertekeningen van mensen met naam, Saint-Nicolas, Belgium
Five, Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp, Belgium
FeelEstate, Ghent, Belgium
Wasi Sabi, Zingem, Belgium
Gelijk het leven is, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
Fonkeling, Cultural Centrum Strombeek, Bever, Belgium
2001
Squatters, Porto, Portugal
Yel-low, Geel, Belgium
Wir sind die Ander(en), Herford, Germany
Milano Europa 2000, Milan, Italy
EU, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2000
Kinderspel, Waarschoot, Belgium
Epifani, Heverlee, Belgium
The Oldest Possible Memory, Sammlung Hauser and Wirtz, St Gallen, Switzerland
Hommages – Outrages (Picasso), Musée des beaux arts, Liege, Belgium
11th Vilnius Painting Triennal, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lituania
1999
Zich ophouden bi j, Belfort, Bruges, Belgium
Trouble Spot, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Melbourne International Biennal, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
Het Kind, Woerden, The Netherlands
De collectie, SMAK, Ghent, Belgium
Trattendosi, Zitelle,Venice, Italy
Bonakdar Jancou Gallery, New York, USA
1998
Aspects de l’art Belge, FRAC Nord-Pas De Calais, Dunkirk, France
Ev+a, Limerick, Ireland
1997
Trapped reality, Barcelona, Spain
P.O.Box, Ghent, Belgium; Bonn, Germany ; Bern, Switzerland ; Netherlands, Denmark
1996
Twee meisjes op het strand, Galerie Joost De Clerq, Knokke, Belgium
1995
Muhka Youth Prints, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland
1994
Bal Masqué Karaoke, MP Center, Ghent, Belgium
1992
Frontiera I Forum, Bolzano, Italy
1990
Zonder Grenzen, Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium
1986
10xjonger kunstenaars, Museum L. De Smet, Deurle, Belgium
Akademie bezet Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
Nieuw uit België en Nederland, C.C. Ter Delft, Bornem, Belgium
Ph. Guimiot Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)