MARIO DE BRABANDERE

Overview
Born in 1963 in Tielt, Belgium. 
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium.

Represented by De Ziener, Asse(BE) and Kristof De Clercq Gallery, Ghent (BE)

Form, composition and colour make up the three fundamental anchor points in the development of each work created by Mario De Brabandere. Each element is given equal attention and loving care during the creation of his sculptural objects and drawings on paper, which have been brought together for this exhibition. In this sense, these three elements are given equal value and are interwoven with each other in a robust and congenial way. These are the three basic elements that make up both the starting point of his oeuvre as well as a heart-warming invitation to view each work and to explore further what the connecting elements between them are.

A certain rhythm prevails in this exhibition with a balance between the large and small formats, the eye-catchers and the surprises. ‘Verkwikking aan de zielen’ (‘Solace of the souls’) is a serious venture, a coherent entity in which a distinct world unfolds, like separate words and a poem. There is rhythm on the tables and on the walls: oil paint and pencil combined, old or weathered paper and small cardboard tubes, metal wires or a wooden stick. 

All these treasures, gems and raw materials are prompts that the artist uses to create accents, underpinned by a solid craftsmanship and evoking the idea of transformation. Each object found gets a new life, dances its way between the three elements – form, composition and colour – to which the artist gives equal respect.  Over and over again… until it comes together. Until the puzzle is solved.

And over the years, as one work leads to another, everything becomes intertwined and reappears in a different form or different constellation. The dates of the numbered drawings, the hanging collages and the compositions disappear into a time in which time is no longer a factor. A time without titles, an intuitive interplay of materials, as carriers of thoughts, forms and colours. 

Each work that has been spontaneously created is a goal in itself, a balancing act, geometric, abstract or three-dimensional. A world that impresses and touches..

Els Wuyts

Represented by  Gallery De Ziener & Kristof De Clercq Gallery

Biography

Solo Exhibitions (selection)


2021
VERKWIKKING AAN DE ZIELEN, Hilde Vandaele Gallery, Watou, Belgium
PROJECT 40, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium

2020
RECENTE SCHILDERIJEN, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium

2019
ZONDER TITEL VOOR CONSTANTIN, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, 
Belgium Art Brussels (solo show), Brussels, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)

2018
Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium
Art on Paper, BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium (with Kristof De Clercq gallery) 
TOEWIJDING, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium

2017 
I AM GOOD AT NOT THINKING, Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Art Rotterdam, solo show, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)

2016 
Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst, the Netherlands Huize St. Bonaventura, Ghent, Belgium

2015 
Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium Loods 12, Wetteren, Belgium
Works on Paper, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium 

2014 
Kristof De Clercq gallery, Ghent, Belgium
Hein Elferink, Staphorst, The Netherlands (with Arjan Jansen) 2013 D’Apostrof, Meigem, Belgium

2012 
Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium

2011 
Hein Elferink, Staphorst, the Netherlands (with Luc Hoekx) 

2010 
Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium

2008 
Mario De Brabandere eert Frans De Brabandere en Leon Pollet, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium 

2007 
Composities, Huize St.-Bonaventura, Ghent, Belgium

2005 
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2004 
FGL, Ergo Pers, Ghent, Belgium

2003 
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

2002 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

2001 
V.F.D.B., Huize St.-Jacobus, Ghent, Belgium
Voor Leon Pollet, Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 

2000 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Huize St. Jacobus, Ghent, Belgium 

1999
In Den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

1998 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

1997 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium 

1996 
Galerie William Wauters, Ghent, Belgium
Ere aan de Vader, Galerie Clo Bostoen, Marke, Belgium 

1995 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Huize St. Jacobus, Ghent, Belgium 

1994 Galerie De Keulenaer, Ghent, Belgium
Huize St. Jacobus, Ghent, Belgium

1993 
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

1992 
Bureaux & Magasins, Oostende, Belgium
Kunst- en Antiekbeurs, “Kunst in huis”, CC Scharpoord, Knokke, Belgium Easter in Ostend, Casino, Oostende, Belgium

1991 
Bureaux & Magasins, Oostende, Belgium
Merry Guillotine, Cultureel Centrum, Benedengallerij, Courtraix, Belgium

1990 
Exhibition in his studio, Ghent, Belgium

1989 
Huize St. Jacobus, Ghent, Belgium

1988 
Happy Birthday P.A., CC Gildhof, Tielt, Belgium

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Group Exhibitions (selection)

2020 
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (with Kristof De Clercq gallery)

2018 
CHARIVARI, O.L.Vrouwekerk van Pamele, Oudenaarde, Belgium

2017 
Van De Wereld, with Ann Veronica Janssens, Mario De Brabandere, Marlene Dumas. PARCUM, Heverlee, Belgium (cat.)
Van Stof tot Asse, Asse, Belgium (cat. and publication Mario De Brabandere)
Antwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp, Belgium (pop-up exhibition Kristof De Clercq gallery)

2016 
Drawing is Thinking. Thinking is Moving, CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium
WEWANTOSEE, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Naderhand (with Roland Jooris), Sint-Baafsabdij, Ghent, Belgium (bibliophile edition)
Ungenau: Een selectie uit de collectie van het S.M.A.K. (hommage aan Jan Hoet), De Halle, Geel, Belgium Form Follows Function?, Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals, Belgium
Regards Partagés. D’Ensor à Tuymans: coup d’oeil sur une collection privée, Musée Marthe Donas, Ittre, Belgium
30 jaar De Ziener, De markten, Brussels, Belgium
B.LAST: Drie generaties Belgische abstracte kunst, Venetiaanse Gaanderijen, Oostende, Belgium (cat.)

2015 
Main d’oeuvre, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium (Re)View, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Tapping in the Dark, Galeria Fuoricampo, Sienna, Italy

2014 
La Vérité en Peinture, Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
No work today, Villa Nederloo, Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Een groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
De toets van de schilder: Biënnale van de Schilderkunst, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium Drawing Rooms, Pak, Gistel, Belgium
Souvenirs. 1984-2014, In den bouw, Kalken, Belgium 

2013 
4 Abstract, BAVART, Ghent, Belgium
Een groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Lux, Machutuskerk, Wulvergem, Belgium
There are stories of coincidence and chance..., NUCLEO, Ghent, Belgium 
TEKEN - Contemporary drawing, Entrepot Fictief, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)

2012 
P.R.E.S.T.I.G.E., Plateau Rozier, Ghent, Belgium
Een Groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Drawings and yellow compositions, Pocketroom, Antwerp, Belgium (with Philippe Vandenberg) De mens in beeld, Biënnale van Schilderkunst, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte
Open Ateliers #09 Gent, Sint-Elisabethbegijnhof, Ghent, Belgium
Vier in de winter, Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium

2011 
Fragiel, Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
Van Stof tot Asse, Asse, Belgium (cat.)
Grafiek ontrafeld, Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
De kunstenaar en zijn collectie: Eric de Nie, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2010 
Werken in gesprek, Villa De Olmen, Wieze, Belgium 2009 Galerie Jan Colle, Ghent, Belgium
All together now, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Het boek van de schilder, In den bouw, Kalken, Belgium
Vier voor de zomer, Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Espace Raveel en Nederland, Roger Raveelmuseum, Machelen-Zulte, Belgium (cat.)
De collectie Nucleo, Ghent, Belgium (curated by Philippe Van Cauteren and Sjoerd Paridaen) (cat.)

2008 
VIER/4 - Tentoonstelling naar aanleiding van een bibliofiele uitgave, Huize St. Bonaventura, Ghent, Belgium 

2007 
50 jaar Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Le peintre maudit, Halle, Geel, Belgium (cat.)
Getekend, Academie Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (cat.)

2006 
La mère de Dieu fait par le fils lui-même, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium
Kaastaart, Acecgebouw, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
40 jaar werking C.C. St.-Amandsberg, Campo Santo, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium (cat.) 

2005 
Winterdepressie, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Galerie De Vennen, Helmond, The Netherlands FW: Painting, Montanus 5, Diksmuide, Belgium 
Van Stof tot Asse (6), Asse, Belgium (cat.)

2004 
In Den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
Witzwart, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium
Speelhoven ‘04, Aarschot, Belgium (cat.)
Galerie Marie De Vuyst, Gontrode, Belgium
Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Beeld wordt woord, woord wordt beeld, Sint Amanduskerk, Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium Assemblages, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Bij Vincent de Roder, Melle-Gontrode, Belgium

2003 
Stille schilders, Caermersklooster, Ghent, Belgium
Tekeningen van kinderen met naam, Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (cat.)
Gelijk het leven is, Belgische kunst uit de collectie van het S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
Basics #1, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium
De Slang: negende Kunstparcours, Bruges, Belgium
Oorsprong. Vijftig beeldende kunstenaars geportretteerd door Kris Dewitte, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Van A t/m W, Galerie Espace, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2002 
Werken op papier, Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium 

2001 
Trace the Poetical, De vishal, Haarlem, the Netherlands (cat.)
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Mannen en baarden, Het Huis van Alijn, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
Kunst tussen vezels. Een confrontatie tussen hedendaagse kunst en oude textiel, Binnenskamers, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)

2000 
Omtrent Jan Burssens, Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
Het merg van de kleur, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium (cat.) Blik, In Den Bouw, Kalken, Belgium
Kinderspel, Waarschoot, Belgium (cat.)
In naam van God, Binnenskamers, Ghent, Belgium
Les plus grands succès de J.S., Wulvergem-Heuvelland, Belgium

1999 
S.M.A.K.-KRACHT, Witte Zaal, St.-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium Kunst uit huis, De Bond, Bruges, Belgium (cat.)
Les Six, Posthotel, Wetteren, Belgium
Borey Art Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Canvas, 8 Vlaamse Schilders, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Emmen, the Netherlands Tuinieren na de oorlog, (deel 2 - jaren 70 - 80 - 90), Witte Zaal, St. - Lucas, Ghent, Belgium Gestoorde Vorsten, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium (cat.)
Het merg van de kleur, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (cat.)
Het merg van de kleur, Kunstenaarscentrum Bergen, the Netherlands (cat.)
Het merg van de kleur, Gemeentemuseum, Roermond, the Netherlands (cat.)

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