Stephan Balleux
°1974, Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Lives and works in Belgium.
Stephan Balleux is a contemporary painter who is able to switch from a muted palette to bright colours, or from smooth brushstrokes to virtuoso gestures. Balleux’s distinctive figurative visual language never seems to be unambiguous. He presents a paradox, a surreal picture, a juxtaposition, a disfiguration, or a conflict for the viewer to solve.
Selected exhibitions:
Solo/Duo exhibitions
2021, Bounce, with Cédric Dambrain, Le musée du Botanique, Brussels.
2019, “La Poussière des Météores”, Lavallée, Brussels, BE.
2018, “Based on True Events”, FR76, Brussels, BE.
2018, Oh You Pretty Thing, Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles, USA.
2016, Norvis, installation in situ, Musée La Boverie , Liège, BE.
2015, Double Trouble, Art Brussels, D+T project, Brussels, BE.
2015, Søren’s Chamber, D+T project, Brussels, BE.
2015, Mothers, La galerie particulière, Paris, FR.
2015, Dark rooms, Art on Paper, D+T Project, Bozar, Brussels, BE.
2014, La peinture et son double, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, BE (Catalogue). Curator : Dominique Païni.
2014, Solo Show, D+T Project, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL.
2013, Balleux /Prinz, D+T project, Brussels, BE.
2013, Clopen Set, Maison de la culture, Namur, BE (Catalogue).
2013, The Withdrawing Room, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, DE (Catalogue).
2013, Mème, ISELP, Brussels, BE.
2013, The Study, Larmgalleri, Copenhague, DA.
2012, Spectrum, WEproject, Brussels, BE.
2011, Paradise lost paradise, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, BE.
2010, Sui generis, Think 21 Gallery , Brussels, BE.
2010, Reflux Stills, Sherin Najjar gallery , Berlin, DE.
2009, They shoot horses don’t they, Wardlow Art Residency, Melbourne, AU.
2009, Brothers, Tink 21 Gallery , Brussels, BE (Catalogue).
2007,Der Schlaf der Vernunf gebat Traume, Beat Gallery, avec David Leleu, Berlin, DE.
2007,Curator : François Danthine.
2005, Monographies d’artistes arts 00+5, Médiatine, Brussels, BE. With Gudny Rosa Ingimarsdottir. (Catalogue).
2005, Painting painting 1.1, Grusenmeyer art gallery, Deurle, BE
Group exhibitions
2021, Magma Triennale 10, Parking des Sciences, Musée L, le musée du Botanique, Louvain-la neuve, BE
2021, Niemand is een eiland. Kunstfestival Damme, BE
2021, Nuages, d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, vroeger en nu.La Maison des Arts, BE . Curator Claire Leblanc
2020, Mono, Jacob Smits Museum, Mol, BE . Curator : Tom Liekens. 3 collectionneurs #7, été78, Brussels.
2019, The gulf Between, De Warande, Turnhout, BE.
2019, L.A. Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA.
2018, La montagne, Lavallée, Brussels, BE.
2018, Molière project #4, Lycée Molière, Brussels, BE.
2018, Private choices, La centrale, Brussels, BE.
2017, Dalonaz 1, Atelier Brice Guilbert, Brussels, BE.
2017, Kontrapunkt, Antwerp, BE.
2017, Arture#6, Ressegem, BE.
2016, Stephan Balleux, Sébastien Bonin, Léa Bélooussovitch, Hannu Prinz, D+T project, Brussels, BE.
2016, Rien ne va plus, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, BE. Curator : Juan d’Oultremont.
2016, Ta.Bu, Maison particulière, Brussels, BE.
2014, Het Wonderkabinet, Ghent universiteit, Ghent, BE. Curator : Tom Liekens. (Catalogue).
2014, Capita Selecta, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, BE. Curators : Joan Delcourt et Monia Warnez (Catalogue).
2014, Art Public Tournai, Tournai, BE (Catalogue).
2014, Art at the Core: The Intersection of Visual Art, Performance and Technology, Hudson
2014, Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA.
2013, Voyages intérieurs, Maison particulière, Brussels, BE.
2012, Huiselijke storingen, CC Het Gasthuis Aarschot, BE (Catalogue).
2012, Brisure – Affinités artistiques, Belfius Banque, Brussels, BE. Curator: Stef Vanbellingen. (Catalogue).
2012, The End of Everything/A New Beginning, LARMgalleri, Copenhague, DA.
2012, Pop-up, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, BE (Catalogue).
2012, Aspiration factory, Aeroplastics gallery, Brussels, BE.
2012, Présent, La centrale électrique/de markten, Brussels, BE (Catalogue).
2012, Rouge, Maison particulière, Brussels, BE.
2011, Jubilations héroïques, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris, FR. Curator : François Delvoye.
2010, De Dürer à Jan Fabre. Chefs-d’oeuvre, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, BE.
2010, ABC-Art Belge Contemporain, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, FR . 2010, Curators : Dominique Païni et Pascale Pronnier (Catalogue : Artpress2).
2010, Coup de Ville, Sint-Niklaas, BE . Curators : Jan Hoet et Stef Vanbellingen (Catalogue).
2009, In Time, Robert Miller Gallery, NYC, USA. Curator : Tim Goossens.
2009, IRites de passage, Glaspaleis, Heerlen, NL. Curator : Pier Luigi Tazzi.
2009, IFading, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, BE. Curator : Sven Vanderstichelen (Catalogue).
2008, Un-Scene, Wiels Centre d’Art Contemporain, Brussels, BE . Curators : Devrim Bayar, Charles Gohy et Dirk Snauwaert. (Catalogue).
2008, Amusez-vous, Galerie Koal, Berlin, DE. Curators : Johan Delcour et Monia Warnez.
2008, Atelier Berlim, Galeria Presenca, Porto, PO. Curator : Jurriaan Benschop.
2007, Artes digitales, B.U.D.A, Kortrijk, BE. Curators : Christophe Dejaeger.
2007, Screening Artes digitales, Tellic arts exchange, Los Angeles, USA.
2007, Pushing the canvas, De Garage, Mechelen, BE. Curators : Koen Leemans. (Catalogue).
2007, Video Killed the Painting Star, Domus 2002, Salamanca, ES. Curators : Paco Barragan et Javier Panera.
2006, Factura, De Markten, Bruxelles, BE. Curator : Fik Vangestel.
2006, Film premiere screening 001 (The exhibition re-curated). Ellen de bruine Project, Amsterdam, NL. Curator : Jan Van Woensel.
2006, Victorian Circus II, Brakkegrond, Amsterdam, NL. (Catalogue).
2005, La Belgique visionnaire, Bozar, Brussels, BE. Curator : Harald Szeemann (Catalogue).