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VANESSA VAN OBBERGHEN °Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium 

Is currently the assistant of Luc Tuymans

SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2015 ‘ Ideal State’ at Pulsar, Antwerpn/B
2015 ‘Ideal State’ Workaround International, Portland/US2011 solo booth art brussels 2011
2011 ‘off shore world’, susanna Kulli gallery, Zurich/CH
2009 ‘Gaendé’, Koraalberg, Antwerp /B
2007 ’Big Wig’, Susanna Kulli, Zurich, /CH
2006 ’Gentilesse’, Objectif-exhibitions, Antwerp /B
2002 ‘Freespace’, NICC, Antwerp /B
‘Proximity’, a project for the Vlaamse bouwmeester, Brugge 2002, cultural city of Europe /B
2001 ‘Waxale’, Casco projects Utrecht /NL
1998 ‘Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun’, Bureau Coquilhat, Antwerp /B 

COLLABORATION 

2011 ‘ Cheikh Anta Diop’ a project with Mohamed N’diaye- Kingue, Kunsthalle Bern/S 2000 ‘Dak’ Art Tour 2000’, collaboration with Bili Bidjocka, Biennale de Dakar,
Dakar /Senegal 

2014 Dialoog #2 Luc Tuymans & Vanessa van Obberghen at Muhka, Antwerpen/B

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection) 

2024 ‘Fairytales’ at WWNN, Seoul/KR
2023 ‘Fairytales’ at Casstl, Antwerpen/B
2017 ‘Reflecties’ at Muhka, Antwerpen/B
2017 ‘Super democracy’ at The Senate, Brussels/B
2016 Hollandaise ,New Art Projects, London ,London, UK
2011 ‘ you’ll never walk alone ‘, at worksound . Portland/US
2010 Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam /NL (26.05.10 – 30.05.10)
2010‘The State of Things’, curated by Fan Di’an, Ai Wei Wei & Luc Tuymans, Museum of contemporary art Beijing /CHI
(2009 ‘The State of Things’, curated by Fan Di’an, Ai Wei Wei & Luc Tuymans, Bozar, Brussels /B ‘Finissage Presentation’, Koraalberg, Antwerp /B
‘Double Happiness’, Bozar, Brussels /B
2008 Kia, Seoul /Korea
2007 Art Basel, Susanna Kulli Gallery, Basel /CH
2007 ‘Strike a Pose’, Circuit, Lausanne /CH
2006 ’Pre-emptive’, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern /CH
2005 ‘Monopolis’, Witte de With, Rotterdam, /NL
2005 ‘Camouflage’, Casa de romulo Gallegos, Fundacion Celarg, Caracas /VEN
2004 ’Working ethics-from a certain flanders’, Kringzinger Projekte, Vienna /AU
2001 ‘With x’, artforum, curated by Luc Tuymans.
2000 ‘waxale’ at CASCO projects, Utrecht/NL 

CURATING 

2011 ‘ You’ll never walk alone’ – Worksound PDX – Portlan/US
2007 ‘ circulez il n’y a rien a voir’ at objectif-exhibitions, Antwerp/B – zhang Enli and Moshekwa Langa 2005 ‘ Une promesse de bonheur’ at MAP brussels 

PUBLICATIONS 

2009 VAN BEEK, Jozefien, ‘Vanessa van Obberghen’, in: HART #50, May 2009. 2008 Eikon magazine, portfolio 
2007 ART FORUM, review by Hans Rudi Reust

COLLECTIONS

Kunsthaus Zurich
Muhka museum conte;porqry arts Antwerpen