Provenance:

Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC

Note:

KOEN VANDERSTUKKEN

“If you let yourself get blinded by the immaterial materiality of glass, you will never get beyond the seduction and deceit of the material. Only when you consider glass as the material component of an immateriality, you will be able to overcome the functionality and the mystery of the material in a fundamental way.”

- Koen Vanderstukken -

Koen Vanderstukken is a renowned sculptor and educator. His work has been exhibited in major centres around the world, from Amsterdam, Paris, Prague and Venice to New York, Chicago and Montreal. He ran his own studio in Niel, Belgium from 1990 to 2006 and his glass can be found in many museum and private collections, as well as significant public commissions. Koen has offered workshops and master classes in Europe and North America, in addition to teaching for ten years at the State Institute of Art and Crafts in Mechelen, Belgium. Since 2006 he has been a professor and the studio head of the glass department at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

American Crafts Museum, New York
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Foreign Affairs Canada
Glassmuseum ‘het Glazen Huis’, Lommel, Belgium
Glassmuseum Ernsting Stiftung, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Glassmuseum, Charleroi, Belgium
Glassmuseum, Ebeltoft (DK)
Glassmuseum, Hoogeveen, Holland
Glassmuseum, Sars-Poteries, France
Glassmuseum, Vianne, France
GRASSI, Museum for Applied Art, Leipzig, Germany
I.G.S.-Collection of Crystalex, Novy-Bor, Lemberk Castle, (CZ)
M.A.V.A. Museo Municipal de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, QC
P.M.M.K., Provincial Museum of Modern Art, Oostende, Belgium
Province of Antwerp, Belgium
Provincial Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Gent, Belgium
Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Royal Collection of Her Majesty Queen Fabiola of Belgium
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
V.V.v.M.G., Glassmuseum, Leerdam, Holland
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006 Carla Koch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2005 Leon Salet Gallery, Maastricht, Holland
Dessers Gallery, Hasselt, Belgium
Cactus Glas, Hamburg, Germany
2004 Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Full Circle, Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal
2003 Gallery Linz, Linz (AU)
Kunstrai, represented by Carla Koch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2002 Chappel Gallery, New York
2001 Centrum Goed Werk, Zulte, Belgium
Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal
2001 Museo Municipal de Arte en Vidrio de Alcorcon, MAVA, Madrid, Spain
2000 Koen Vanderstukken, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Carla Koch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1999 De Verbeelding, Baarle-Nassau, Holland
Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal
Claude André Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
De Twee Pauwen Gallery, The Hague, Holland
1998 Elena Lee Gallery, Montreal
Masks, Claude André Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Reflextions, Hilde Metz Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Holland
1997 Articoll Gallery, Hoogezand, Holland
Koen Vanderstukken, Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Contemporary Art Centre, Schalkwijk, Holland
1996 Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Mariska Dirkx Gallery, Roermond, Holland
1995 Galerie Kei, Amersfoort, Holland
Transparence Gallery, Rixensart, Belgium
1994 Koen Vanderstukken, own atelier, Niel, Belgium
1993 Glass born out of sand, Beeldspraak Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1992 Glass born out of sand, own atelier, Niel, Belgium
Cactus-Glass, Hamburg, Germany
Glass-Sculptures, Z-Gallery, Nijmegen, Holland
1991 20 Nova Platea Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Own atelier, Niel, Belgium
 
Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 European Prize for Applied Arts 2012, WCC-BF, Mons, Belgium
2011-2012 Breekbaar Fragile, Contemporary European Glass from the Würth collection and loans, Kunstforum Würth Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium
2011 Glass is more! editie 2011 Tussen Hemel en Aarde, Dutch Design Week, Machinekamer, Eindhoven, Holland
Barstensvol glas, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Holland
The Glass Canvas, Glass as a canvas, as carrier through history, Museum ‘het Glazen Huis’, Lommel, Belgium
2010 Luminaires, Contemporary Canadian Glass, Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON,
Through the glass, Marc Van Meensel, Lineart 2010, Gent, Belgium
Gefangenes licht, Deutsche und internationale Glaskunst seit 1960, GRASSI, Museum for Applied Art, Leipzig, Germany
400 Years of glass, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal
2009 Connections 2009, Prague (CZ)
2008 PAN Amsterdam, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Oisterwijk sculptuur, Etienne & Van den Doel, Expressive Contemporary Art, Oisterwijk, Holland
2007 Lineart Gent, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
PAN Amsterdam, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Ceramic and Glass Triennial, organized by WCC Belgium Francophone, Mons, Belgium
2006 Master pieces, Glass Centre Schiedam, Holland
Collect 2006, V&A Museum, London (GB), represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2005-2007 20 years glass at IKA, Cultural Centre Mechelen, Belgium, Gorcum Museum, Gorinchem, Holland, glass museum Gernheim, Germany, Finnish glass museum, Riihimaki (FIN)
PAN Amsterdam, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
CAT 2005, Contemporary Art Twente, Hengelo, Holland
Outlet, het magazijn voor kunstartikelen, Achel, Belgium
20 Years of glass at the Institute of Art Crafts in Mechelen, Belgium, C.C. A. Spinoy, Mechelen, Belgium
Oisterwijk Sculptuur, Etienne & Van den Doel, Oisterwijk, Holland
Terra Nova, Dessers Gallery, Leuven, Belgium
In Passing, Espace Verre, Montréal
New aquisitions 2004, Glassmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Palm Beach 3, Florida , represented by Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal
Collect 2005, V&A Museum, London (GB), represented by Carla Koch gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
2004 Lineart, represented by Beukenhof, Gent, Belgium
C.C. Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium, curated by Tania De Bruycker, Centrum Goed Werk, Belgium
Art and culture at home, Belgian Embassy, The Hague, Holland
Meditaties in glas V, Kruisgang, Roermond, Holland
Gaanderij Vercammen, Hamme, Belgium
Om de tuin geleid met kunst, Beukenhof, Kluisbergen, Belgium
Beelden in de zomer, St. Joseph Gallery, Leeuwarden, Holland
Claustrofobia, the caves of Pont d’Arcole, Hastière, Belgium
Hommage aan Rob Van den Doel, Etienne & Van den Doel Gallery, Oisterwijk, Holland
Fireborn, de Compagnie Gallery, Dordrecht, Holland
Ernsting Neuerwerbungen 2003, Glassmuseum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
Art Rotterdam, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Rotterdam, Holland
2003 10 Jaar, De Mijlpaal, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
CAT 2003, Contemporary Art Twente, Hengelo, Holland
Art Faire, les tuileries, represented by Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
Koen vanderstukken, Leon Salet Gallery, Maastricht, Holland
Artfair Innsbruck, represented by Mariska Dirkx, Innsbruck (AU)
Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden, Surrey (GB)
De Verbeelding, Baarle-Nassau, Holland Photo J.W. Van Zijst
Art Rotterdam, represented by Carla Koch gallery, Rotterdam, Holland
2002 CAT 2002, Contemporary Art Twente, Hengelo, Holland
Belgian glass and Japanese masters, the Glass house, Leerdam, Holland
Kijkduin, Etienne & Van den Doel, the Hague, Holland
Chappel Gallery, New York , and Boston
2001 SOFA, represented by Elena Lee Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Zand transparant, Wijland galery, Koksijde, Belgium
Residenz, messe für kunst und antiquitäten, represented by Linz gallery, Salzburg (AU)
Adventures in glass, glassmuseum, Ebeltoft (DK)
2000 Lineart, represented by centrum goed werk, Gent, Belgium
Sculptures Contemporaines en cristal et en verre, Fortis-Banque, Liège, Belgium and Luxemburg (L)
Galeria San Nicolo, Venice (IT)
SOFA, represented by Elena Lee Gallery, New-York
1999 Deux Visions, une matière, Clara Scremini Gallery, Parijs, France
Lineart, represented by Monumental, Gent, Belgium
SOFA, represented by Elena Lee, Chicago, Illinois
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida
Kunstrai, represented by Carla Koch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
LDG-Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Expo G.A.S. International, Tampa, Florida (U.S.A.)
1998 Fantasy in glass, glassmuseum, Ebeltoft (DK)
Carla Koch Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Kunst van het provinciehuis, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerpen, Belgium
Sculpturen van formaat, Mesdag Museum & De Twee Pauwen Gallery, Den Haag, Holland
Fundaments, FLA&CC,Genk, Belgium
St’art, represented by Clara Scremini Gallery, Strasbourg, France
1997 SOFA, represented by Miller Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Meditations in glass, Kruisgang, Mariska Dirkx Gallery, Roermond, Holland
Miller Gallery, New York
Odyssey Glass Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
The First Ever Expo G.A.S. International, Convention Centre, Tucson, Arizona
Editions of Art, Internationale Kunstmesse, Innsbruck (AU)
1996 Summer exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Schalkwijk, Holland
Vlaamse Sier tussen beeld en functie, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Holland
1995 Triennial of design, Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Gent, Belgium
Breekpunt, Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium
Galerie Les Tanneries, Nerac, France
Carre-Four, Z-Gallery, Pannerden, Holland
1994-1995 4ième Biénnale des Jeunes Talents, Museum of Fine Arts / Glassmuseum, Charleroi, Belgium, Musée Arthur Rimbaud / Musée de l’Ardenne, Charleville-Mézières, France
1994 Museum Goethe und Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Glass Art and Alchemy, Bogota (COL)
”982” Art Transparencies in Venice, Venice (IT)
1993-1994 Contemporary glass from own collection, Provincial Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Gent, Belgium
1993 De Oorsprong, Z-Gallery, Nijmegen, Holland
Accentverschillen, Alden Biesen, Belgium
1992 Biénnale Arts Plastique, Dakkar (SEN)
1992-1993 Sculptures contemporaines en cristal et en verre des pays de la communauté europeènne, Générale de Banque, Liège, Belgium and Luxemburg (L)
Souvztaznosti, House of Arts, Brno (CSSR)
1991 4th IGS, Novy-Bor (CSSR)
Glass & Light International, Art Glass Centre, Schalkwijk, Holland
Masks in Glass, Transparence Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Complement d’Objet, Rouen, France
International Glass ‘91, Glassmuseum, Frauenau, Germany
1990 Young Belgian Glassartists, Casa Unica, Knokke, Belgium
Young Glassartists, Glassmuseum, Charleroi, Belgium
Summer in a garden, Leuven, Belgium
1989 Belgian Glass, Belarte Gallery, Leuven, Belgium
1988 International Glass ‘88, Glassmuseum, Frauenau, Germany
 
Selected Commissions
2010 “Den Brand III”, Mol, work in partnership with all 12 mentally challenged residents of this home
2005 Two “Earthborn” for the Cruise ship “Freedom of the Seas”, International Corporate Art AS
2004 “Earthborn”, Alcatel
2003 Two “Earthborn” for the Cruise ship “Jewel”, Royal Caribbean International
2002 “Unizo-prijs ondernemende gemeente 2002”, Unizo
Challange award and e-mail cup, Janssen Pharmaceutica - Cilag
Year object, Horn, the Netherlands
2001 “Totems”, de Nieuwe Media Groep
“Masks”, Opel Belgium
“Recognition awards”, IBM Belgium
2000 “Masks”, VRT, Flamish Public Broadcasting Company
1998 “Twins”, Combori
“Pyramid”, Belgacom
1997 “Schaduwbeeld”, G.E.T.
“Georges De Wandeleerprijs”, De Persgroep, Het Laatste Nieuws
“Pieter Pourbusprijs”, C.I.B.
“Boulder”, arte & arte
“Schadow”, Electrabel N.V.
1996 “Earthborn”, arte & arte
“Mine”, Assotiation of friends of contemporary glass, Holland
“Energie-contest ‘96-’97”, Electrabel N.V.
1995 “Pendulum”, Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen
“Well”, publishing-office Kluwer jurisprudence Belgium
1993 “Hermes”, Good Sempels,official representative “Antwerp ‘93, Cultural Capital of Europe”

Selected Links

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