LEO COPERS
Born in Ghent, Belgium in 1947.
Lives and works in Wetteren, Belgium
A W A R DS
Jeune Peinture Belge, 1972
S OL O S H OW S
2019
Identiteit | Identité | Identity, KETELEER GALLERY, Antwerp, Belgium
Art in the Park, Beerzel, Belgium.
In de wind : Leo Copers, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium
Pensées Tourbillons, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Couillet, Belgium
2018
Witlichtgenerator & werk op papier, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
L’Art corrompt l’Argent, M HKA-Inbox, Antwerp, Belgium
Early Works, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Post-it, de Sokkel-Middelheimmuseum, Stadspark, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 – 2017
IROM ETRA ORP TSE MUROCED ET ECLUD, Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Historia, Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium
2011-2012
Ware heldengevechtskledij/Tenue de combat du vrai héros/The True Hero Battle Dress/Des wahren
Helden Kampfbekleidung, Cabin, Antwerp, Belgium
2011
Duister Museum (studie), Artist in Residence, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium
2010
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
2009
Dedans/Dehors, Leo Copers/Claude Rutault, Château de Lacaze, Labastide-Castel-Amouroux, France
2008
Leo Copers, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
2005
Galerie Dick de Bruijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Galerie Six Friedrich-Lisa Ungar, Munich, Germany
S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
2002
The Living Room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Singel 74, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jack Tilton-Anna Koustera Gallery, New York, USA
2001
1001 Nacht, chaoe Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
2000
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
Galerie Singel 74, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
Galerie Singel 74, Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998
MUKA Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1997
Dennis Anderson Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Vera Van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA
1994
De watertoren, Vlissingen, The Netherlands
1993
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich, Germany Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium
1992
Ric Urmel Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Galerie Carstens, Berlin, Germany
1991
Antichambres-Affinités Sélectives, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA Galerie Murnik, Milon, Italy
Ric Urmel Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
1990
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium Galerie Bellamy 19, Vlissingen, The Netherlands Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Galerie Six Friedrich, Munich, Germany
1989
Galerie Isy Brachot, Paris, France
Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium
1988
Richard Foncke Gallery, Kunst Rai, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tournus-Art Contemporain, Cellier de l’Abbaye, Tournus, France Plus-Kern, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
1987
Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Salon Privé, Em. Oddi Baglioni, Rome, Italy
Hard op de tong (with Leo Apostel), Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium
1986
Initiatief ’86, Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium
1985
Galerie XXI, Antwerp, Belgium
Plus-Kern, Brussels, Belgium
Atrium, Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany
1983
Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Don’t Forget it, Museum van Hedendaagse kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Plus-Kern, Brussels, Belgium
1982
Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
1981
Start, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1980
Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp, Belgium
Robert Clique, Ghent, Belgium
1979
Galerij Drieghe, Wetteren, Belgium
Galerij Katherine Bouckaert, Ghent, Belgium
Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1976
Grafiek 50, Wakken, Belgium
1975
De Moriaan, ’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Grafiek 50, Wakken, Belgium
1974
Plus-Kern, Brussels, Belgium
Grafiek 50, Wakkn, Belgium
1973
Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Plus-Kern, Ghent, Belgium
1972
Plus-Kern, Ghent, Belgium
1971
Galerij Etalo, Ardooie, Belgium
1970
Galerij Katherine Bouckaert, Ghent, Belgium
GR OU P S H OW S :
2019
Si Tout est Sculpture, Pourquoi Fair de la Sculpture?, group show NICC, Royal Academy of Fine
Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
Feast of Fools. Bruegel Rediscovered, Gaasbeek Castle, Gaasbeek, Belgium
Art Brussels 2019, with KETELEER GALLERY, Brussels, Belgium
The Collection (1), Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
2018-2019
Op de grond, tussen in of naar de hemel, Kunstencentrum Ten Boogaerde, Koksijde, Belgium
2018
Only Art can break your Heart, Kunstencentrum Ten Boogaerde, Koksijde, Belgium
PLAY (City circuit for contemporary art), Kortrijk, Belgium In tribute to Jack Tilton, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA Het Gouden Paviljoen, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
20 jaar NICC, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
2017
Kunst in Zwalm, Zwalm Region, Belgium
Fantastic Art in Belgium, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
How Beautiful It Is And How Easily It Can Be Broken, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
STOFF, Galerie Max Weber-Six Friedrich, Munich, Germany
Humor, 101 jaar lachen om kunst, Frans Hals Museum / De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Fantastic Art in Belgium, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan
Parcours d’eau, Château de Seneffe, Seneffe, Belgium
Fantastic Art in Belgium, Utsonomiya Museum of Art, Utsonomiya, Japan
2016-2017
Surrealism and Beyond, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2016
Manmade, Raversyde Natuurpark, Raversijde-Ostend, Belgium
Surrealism & Beyond, Von Bartha, Basel, Germany
2015-2016
The Importance of Being… Contemporary Art from Belgium in Latin America, Museu de Arte
Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I BELGI. Barbari e poeti, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium
2015
The Importance of Being… Contemporary Art from Belgium in Latin MAerca, Museo de Arte
Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentinia
Blickachsen 10, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany
Vormidable, Lange Voorhout, The Hague and Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, The
Netherlands
L’invitation au voyage, Eglise Saint-Loup, Namur, Belgium
ART-TRACES across the Western Front, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium
Voor(bij) woorden, in collaboration with M HKA Antwerp, De Wattenfabriek / Pastorie, Herzele / Ressegem, Belgium
I BELGI. Barbari e poeti, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
The importance of Being… Contemporary Art from Belgium in Latin America, Museo Nacional de
Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
Art Eco, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek-Bever, Belgium
2014-2015
Rouges & Noirs, Musée des Rats anciens du Namurois, Hôtel de Gaiffier, Namur, Belgium
De zee, salut d’honneur Jan Hoet, Mu.ZEE, Ostend, Belgium
De verloofden / Les Fiancés, de collecties van Belfius en S.M.A.K. in dialog : les collections Belfius et
S.M.A.K. en dialogue, Belfius, Brussels, Belgium
2014
PUTAIN DE GUERRE, Musée des Beaux-Arts Charleroi, Belgium
Videoarchiv – Elektronische Bilder male n, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Schone Kunsten uit Vlaanderen (verzameling Nationale Bank van België), Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, The Netherlands
Stille kracht, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
2013-2014
Museum op schaal 1/7, Musée de l’échelle 1/7, Museum to scale 1/7, Musée royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
2013
L’art à l’épreuve du monde, Depotland, Dunkirk, Belgium
The Collection as a Character, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Turbulences II, Fondation Boghossian / Espace culturel Louis Vuitton, Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
L’origine de l’œuvre, Lieux communs / Parlement wallon, Namur, Belgium
2012-2013
Brisure, Artistieke verwantschappen, Belfius, Brussels, Belgium
Ensemblematic, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
2012
Sans Gêne, Villa de Olmen, Wieze, Belgium
Efemeer (Kunstparcours langs de Leie), Deinze, Belgium
Sint-Jan, Sint-Baafskathedraal, Ghent, Belgium
TRACK, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Armes blanches pour nuits noires, ISELP, Brussels, Belgium
Aangeraakt / Touché, former stocking factory Cordonnier, Wetteren, Belgium
Bookshowbookshop, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium
2011-2012
Out Of Storage, Collection du FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Timmerfabriek, Maastricht, The
Netherlands
2011
Collectie XXVIII, M HKA, Antwerp, Belgium
Small Fires, Sint-Lukasgalerij, Brussels, Belgium
2010-2011
Hareng Saur, Ensor en de hedendaagse kusnt, S.M.A.K. and Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium
2010
Mars op Oostende, Mu.Zee and Vrijstaat O., Ostend, Belgium Art Belge Contemporain, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France Multiple Visions, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
Disturbed SILENCE / STILTE gestoord, Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Duffel, Belgium
Poëzieroute, Lo-Reninge, Belgium
Inside Installations, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Doorgaan / Verder Kijken, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium
Klinkende Stad, Festival van Vlaanderen, Kortrijk, Belgium
More to Love, Casa Asia / ArtAids, Madrid, Spain
2009-2010
More to Love, Casa Asia / Art Aids, Barcelona, Spain
2009
Hoofdstuk VI, Ename Actueel, Ename, Belgium
Artes Musicales, Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium
Nomad, de Hallen, Bruges, Belgium
Anima Mundi, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
Super Stories, 2de Triënnale, Jenevermuseum, Hasselt, Belgium
2008
More to Love, Chiang Mai University Art Center / ArtAids, Chiang Mai, Thailand Changing Ideals, Nederlands Architectuurinstituut, Maastricht, The Netherlands Corpus Delicti, Law Courts, Brussels, Belgium
Markiezin zoekt kunst, Kasteel va, Gaasbeek / Gynaika, Gaasbeek, Belgium
Futurotextiel, Stedelijk Museum, Kortrijk, Belgium Elementaire deeltjes, COVRA, Middelburg, The Netherlands More to Love, Silpakorn University / Art Aids, Bangkok, Thailand Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
2007
DEJA-VU, Collection FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Parcours d’art contemporain en region Nord-Pas- de-Calais, Galerie Chatiliez, Tourcoing, France
Ombres au paradis, Schaduwen in het paradijs, Shadows in Paradise, FRAC nord-Pas-de-Calais, Calais, Fort Napoleon, Ostend and Dover Castle, Dover, UK
Een lek in het zwijgen : Noise, Poëziezomer, Watou, Belgium Jubilee-MuHKA 2007/1987/1967, MuHKA, Antwerp, Belgium VIT<A>RTI, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium
2006
DOTS, Academie, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Summertime, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium After Cage, Musée d’Ansembourg, Liège, Belgium
My Home is My Castle, Dexia BIL, Parc Heintz, Luxembourg
Betekenen II, Cultureel Centrum, Hasselt, Belgium
2005
He who has a vision should go and see a doctor. 25 years GAK, GAK, Bremen, Germany
Artificial Landscape, Betoverd Bos, Sint-Maria-Aalter, Belgium
(my private) Heroes, MARTa, Herford, Germany
Leo Copers/Guy Rombouts, Roskamstraat 13, ING, Liège, Belgium
Rouge, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Charleroi, Belgium
Dear ICC-Aspects of Contemporary Art in Belgium 1970-1985, MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2004-2005
Leo Copers/Guy Rombouts, Roskamstraat 13, ING, Kortrijk, Belgium
2004
Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
Leo Copers/Guy Rombouts, ING, Antwerp, Belgium Footnotes & Context, Arenbergbibliotheek, Leuven, Belgium Whitstables Biennale, Whitstable, UK
The Living Room, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003
Leere x Vision, Körper and Gegenstände, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Gelijk het leven is, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Copers, Baele, Gentils, Joris’, Town Hall, Wetteren, Belgium Wabi Sabi Porojects, Campens Boerderij, Zingem, Belgium Vanités, Musée d’Art Roger Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand, France Windstil, Cotthem Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Tekeningen van kinderen met naam, Annex Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Editie, Galerie Dick de Bruijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Vanitas, Der Markten, Brussels, Belgium
2002
Corps, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
Le colloque des chiens, Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium Welcome/Wilkommen/Bienvenue à Altkirch!, CRAC ALSACE, Altkirch, France Le Plat Pays, Espace d’Art Contemporain, Halle au Poisson, Perpignan, France
2001
De spiegel van het verlangen, hedendaase kunst uit Zuid-West-Vlaams privé-bezit, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium
Ici et maintenant, 100 ateliers 100 jours, Espace 251 Nord, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
Wir Sind die Anderen, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany Still/Life, Museum Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Belgium Art@Belgium, Dexia Galerie, Passage 44, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Emotion, Galeria Antonio de Barnola, Barcelona, Spain
Utopia, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
3 räume- 3 Flüsse, Hann. Münden, Germany
Ex Lux, Kunsthalle Tirol, Hall, Germany
MO(u)veMENTS, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
1999
Tremendum et fascinosum, Cultureel Centrum Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Salon d’automne, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium
Il Luogo degli Angeli, Ex Manifattura Tabacchi, Museet Città Sant-Angelo, Italy
Openingstentoonstelling, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
La consolation, Magasin, Grenoble, France
1998
Malsch, Atelier Wesley, Munich, Germany
Make-up, CAS Foundation, Maastricht, The Netherlands
René Magritte en de hedendaagse kunst, Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium
Transparantie, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Voor het verdwijnt en daarna, S.M.A.K. in Watou, Poëziezomer, Watou, Belgium
1997
Leo Copers, Carel Visser, Wastijn en Deschuymer, Galerij de Gryse, Tielt, Belgium
Pica en Flandes, La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
1996
3 x 3 on Paper, Three Generations of Flemish Artists, Yan Huang Art Museum, Beijing, China
On Line, Capitole, Ghent, Belgium
Tanja Rumpff Galerie, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Consultant: M.P. Broodthaers, Das Belgisches Haus, Cologne, Germany
Cross Roads, F.R.A.C. Basse Normandie, Caen, France
Poésie pure, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France
Cross Roads, Wolsey Art Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich, UK
GU E R IL L A S H OW S :
2018
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Fundació Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
2013
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Fundació Tàpies, K21, Düsseldorf
2008
Mist / Brume (Le Louvre brüle-t-il ?), Galerie Nadja Vilenne, FIAC / Musée du Louvre, Paris
2006
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
1981
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Westkunst, Museen der Stadt Köln, Cologne Belgium
1980
Zonder titel / Untitled, Robert Clique, Belgradostraat 60, Ghnt, Belgium
1979
Kiezelsteentjes / Pebbles, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Vlag, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1978
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Kunsthalle, Basel, Germany
1977
De Blinde Ziener / The Blind Seer, Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris,
France
1974
Belgische beeldhouwkunst, twee illegale sculpturen, Openluchtmuseum voor beeldhouwkunst
Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
F IL M OGR A P H Y
S. Thompson, Leo Copers, Tentoonstelling Middelheimmuseum, 31.05-15.08.2008, TVF Video
Production & Art Archive, 2008
D. Deprez, Leo Copers, Options, A Private View, 2007
W. Van Mulders and K. Schoeters, Leo Copers, Het Gerucht, BRT, 1985