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Karin Hanssen

*Antwerp, 1960, lives and works in Antwerp

Selected Solo Shows

2012
The Borrowed Gaze / Variations GTB, CCAS, Canberra, Australia2010
2010
Solo show, Kunstverein Ahlen, curated by Philip van Cauteren
2008
ABC-123, Crown Gallery, Brussels
2007
As You Like It, The Agency Gallery , London, U.K.
2006
Beach, Karin Hanssen and Janice Mcnab, The Agency Contemporary, London, U.K.
2005
Karin Hanssen and Emily Wolfe, The Agency Contemporary, London, U.K.
Time Structures/Small World, Onetwenty Gallery, Ghent
2004
Modern Living, Plattform, Berlin, Germany
Modern Living, + presentation of the book // objectif_exhibitions, Antwerp
2003
Time of Your Life, La Pommerie et Mouvance, St.-Setiers, Limousin, France
1999
The Thrill of it All / Modern Living // Netwerk, Aalst
1995
I Have a Dream, Oh!, Brussels
1993
The Image of Reality, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Shadows, Academiegalerij, Antwerp,  (N.Higher Institute F.A.Antw)

Selected Group Shows

2012
The Borrowed Gaze / Variations GTB, CCAS, Canberra, Australia
2011
The National Bank of Belgium : Collection presentation of The National Bank of Belgium : YOU & ME (B)
Galerie Christian Nagel Berlin, 'Von dort aus - Nieuwe kunst uit België/ Art nouveau de la Belgique II in the auction house Lempertz in Berlin'.
Flag Art, MuZee i.s.m. Lions Club Kortrijk
Galerie Christian Nagel, ' Von dort aus - Nieuwe kunst uit Belgium/ Art nouveau de la Belgique II'
Verzamelen / Collecting, VanAbbemuseum - Library (NL)
The Power of Drawing, Geukens De Vil Gallery, Antwerp (B)
Kanttekeningen, Museum Maagdenhuis Antwerpen (B)
2010
PPP in MU.Zee, Ostend
Fashion and Art, Sahnghai
Fading, curator Sven Vanderstichelen, Museum van Elsene (B)
2009
Monumental, land/inzicht, Arte Santander
UN_SRC_1325 NYC in Chelsea Art Museum, NYC
2008
Works from the Collection, SMAK Museum, Gent
UN-SCR-12345, with Joelle Tuerlinckx, Kati Heck, Berlinde de Bruyckere,Ann Veronica Janssens, Marie -Jo Lafontaine, Sofie Muller, Cindy Wright, Geukens, de Vil, Antwerp
2007
Open Air Festival: Donkerte/Darkness, Marc Ruyters, Antwerp, B.
Tekens aan de wand, Monumental, Bornem, B.
Speeltijd, KAB, Antwerp, B.
Dry and wet paintings, Crown Gallery, Brussels, B.
Too near, too far, Tanya Rumpff galerie Haarlem, Nederland
2006
Benefiz, Plattform Berlin, Germany
Art Brussels, The Agency Contemporary, London, U.K.
Art Brussels, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Trends 2006, St. Barbaracollege, Ghent
2005
Yokohama 2005, International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Japan
'Capturing Utopia' , Fournos, Athens, Greece
Art Brussels, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Belonging, Sharjah Biennial 7, United Arab Emirates
Heal the World, Third Line Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2004
Working Ethics // Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna Austria
Wish you were (t)here, Stedelijk Museum Aalst
Zie Tekening, Project Voorkamer, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly
2003
Happiness Land, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dialogica, Eskimopand, Ghent
A-Prior Benefiet, MuHKA, Antwerpen
2002 
Act, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst 2002, BBL Cultuurcentrum, Brussel
Kunstgrepen, Westende-Bad
L'autrui, Keerpunt, Borgerhout
Trends 2002, St. Barbaracollege, Ghent
2001
The Big Show, Healing, NICC, Antwerp
Kunst en Zwalm, Zwalm
2000
Trends 2000, St. Barbaracollege, Ghent
Geen tijd, Voorkamer, Lier
1997
De Selectie, Let's Find Gallery, Boechout
1996
Future Communication, Copenhagen, Denmark, Cultural Capital of Europe
1995
Reserve, Oh !, Brussel
1994
Het Lelijke Eendje, St.Jorispand, Antwerpen
Building plans and Schemes, C.C. Heusden Zolder

 
Projects

2007
Les Dames Blanches, debate at ART BRUSSELS 2007, with Edith Doove, Ria Pacquée, Annemie Van Kerckhoven, Ulrike Lindmayr, Karin Hanssen, moderator Ken Pratt
 
Flanders House: event on the occasion of the exhibition 'As You Like It',  Flanders House, Londen. Event with lectures by Willem Elias ‘Belgian Contemporary Art’, Kaat Debo ‘Belgian fashion’  and lecture: introduction to ’The Troyan Horse, or the Abuse of the Conventional Image’ by Karin Hanssen, March 28, 2007
2005
Unveiled/Sharjah, Dubai, artist in residence project UAE and bookproject
2004
Modern Living, book with texts by Alain de Botton and Gregory Salzman, in collaboration with Objectif_Exhibitions, Antwerp,B.
2003
Unveiled/ La Pommerie, bookproject
Artist in residence, La Pommerie, St.-Setiers, France
  Happiness Land, collaboration with 5 artists, exhibitionproject and publication, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

 

 Selected Press

 
Articles:

Wound magazine3,Karin Hanssen, by Ken Pratt, May 2008
  Het Neosymbolisme, Momenten uit de belgische Kunst na ’45, Willem Elias, Arts, Antiques and Auctions n°381, May 2007
Klara, VRT, Ramblas, karin hanssen, 3/04/07
Radio 1, VRT, Big in Londen, live interview, Neon, 20/03/07
Ik geef een meerwaarde aan alledaagse beelden, De Morgen, Eric Rinckhout, 03/07
Gecontamineerde Beelden, <H>Art Magazine, Marc Ruyters, 03/07
Dry and Wet Paintings, <H>Art Magazine, Indra Devriendt, 03/07
The Bullitin, Playtime, March 29, 2007
Gazet van Antwerpen, kunstproject bekroont ‘red de school’- actie, Filip Marsboom, 31 maart 2007
De Morgen, Kunstenaars nemen Antwerpse school over, Eric Rinckhout, 31 maart 2007
Het Nieuwsblad, Speeltijd op het atheneum, 2 april 2007
De Standaard, Haal eens een kunstenaar naar de klas, Lars Kwakkenbos 4 april 2007
De Morgen, Kunst maakt school, Eric Rinckhout, 4 april 2007
ATV, Speeltijd, 12 april 2007
<H>Art Magazine, Speeltijd, 19 april 2007
Photofile 77, Better than the real thing, Yokohama 2005 International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Art Circus {Jumping from the Ordinary} by David Broker. Autumn 2006
Openbaar Kunstbezit (# 4), Painting in Flanders, Marc Ruyters, December 2005
Flanders Magazine, A Generation of Young Painters asserts itself on the contemporary art scene, Marc Ruyters, June 2005
Fresco, Klara (VRT) interview by Annemie Tweepenninckx, January '05 
Focus Belgium, Flash Art International, March-April '04
Karin Hanssen, Objectif-exhibitions, Marc Ruyters, De Tijd, February '04
Oreille électro et esquisses paysagères, La Montagne, March '03
Schilderen aan een droom, Bert De Munck, Deus Ex Machina, September '02
Kunst & Zwalm '01, Radio 1, De Wandelgangen, August  '01
Kunst in de machtige Zwalmstreek, Luk Lambrecht, De Morgen, September '01
Een beeldende nazomer, Els Roelandt, Tijd-Cultuur, August '01
Kunst & Zwalm 2001, De Beiaard, August '01
'Healing', Een goed concept, Els Roelandt, Tijd-Cultuur, July '01
De Grote Parade, Edith Doove, De Standaard, January '99
Het moderne leven, Marc Holthof, Knack-Weekend, January '99
The Thrill of it All, De Morgen, Metro, Expo, January '99
The Thrill of it All, Frituur Victoria, Studio Brussel, January '99
The Thrill of it All, Link, Canvas VRT, interview  January '99 
I Have A Dream, Marc Ruyters, Knack Weekend,  February 1995
De Dromen van Karin Hanssen, Jan Lampo, Standaard Kiosk, February '95
Karin Hanssen: Oh!, Freddi Smekens, Deze week in Brussel,  March '95
Karin Hanssen, I Have A Dream, Radio Broadcast Publications,  February '95
Karin Hanssen in de Academiegalerij, F.Heirman, Gazet van Antwerpen, '93
Karin Hanssen, Jan Lampo, Standaard Kiosk, '93

 
Catalogues and Books

The Thrill Of It All, Karin Hanssen, Monograph, 2010
Speeltijd, KABerchem, Bert Danckaert, Marc Holthof, Willem Elias, april 2007 
Objectif-exhibitions [group shows] 2001-2007 , Philippe Pirotte
Art Brussels, 2006, 24th Contemporary Art Fair, The Agency Contemporary
Trends 2006
YOKOHAMA 2005 International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Art Circus [Jumping from the Ordinary], Karin Hanssen, Taro Amano
Belonging, Time Structures, Bea De Souza, catalogue of the 7th International Sharjah Biennial, april 2005
Portfolio 'Kunst NU' , SMAK, Ghent, October ‘04
Working Ethics - from a certain Flanders, text Philippe Pirotte, Krinzinger Projekte, '04
Handleiding 02-03, Netwerk Galerij, January '04
Modern Living, Gregory Salzman, Alain de Botton, Karin Hanssen and objectif_exhibitions, February '04
Happiness Land, Project & Project, Oktober '03
Dialogica, Autisme < = > Kunst, Peter Vermeulen, Christophe Fink, Epo, April '03
Act, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst 2002, November '02
Kunstgrepen, Summer '02
The Big Show / Healing, Wim Peeters, Nicc, '02
Kunst & Zwalm, Geerdt Magiels en Isabelle Lemaitre, April '02
L'autrui, Images/Images, '01 
Handleiding 98-00, Edith Doove, Netwerk Galerij,  January '01
Kunst in Vlaanderen na 1975, Florent Bex, Mercatorfonds, October '01
Just an Image, Marc Ruyters, The Image of Reality, '93 
Het Lelijke Eendje, '93 
Karin Hanssen, Annemie Van Kerckhoven,  '93