Tiredness is the Desire to Impose, 2010, inkjet print on archival paper on aluminium, stained beech wood, 61,5 x 114 x 20 cm
Koenraad Dedobbeleer
*1975 in Halle, Belgium, lives in Brussels
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2012
Some Material Culture Following a Random Method Based on Aleatory Rules, Mai 36, Zurich
2011
Good Plans Are Made By Hand, Projecte SD, Barcelona
Éloignées de toute expression strictement naturaliste, Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris
2010
A sense of disquietude concerning the existing order of things Georg Kargl Fine Art, Vienna (with Herbert Hinteregger)
Ignorance Never Settles a Question, Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp (cat.)
Theory Was Always Against Ideology, RECEPTION, Berlin
Great Demurrer in the Time of Great Enthusiasms, Mayerei, Karlsruhe (with Valérie Mannaerts)
A Privilege Of Autovalorization, Culturgest, Lisbon (cat.)
2009
Boredom Won't Starve As Long As I Feed It, Haus Esters, Krefeld (cat.)
Asier Mendizabel / Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Projecte SD, Barcelona
Know What We are Knowing, Carreras Mugica, Bilbao
PRIVAAT, Muzee, Oostende (with Rita McBride) (cat.)
2008
Deflationary Exercise, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
HALL, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (with Rita McBride) (cat.)
THIGHT, Frac Bourgogne, Dijon (with Rita McBride) (cat.)
Remember To Remember, MAI 36 Gallery, Zurich
2007
La Liberté d’Erreur, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
I Don’t Care if Nothing Else Goes My Way, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
2006
Throw that trust on the fire, Konsortium, Dusseldorf (with Steve Vanden Bossche)
Ergens, Muhka, Antwerp (with Pieter Vermeersch)
2005
Bad Timing, Georg Kargl Box, Vienna
Raymond Vanderzande, Netwerk Galerie, Aalst (with Kristof Van Gestel) (cat.)
Remember the Small Things, CC Strombeek, Grimbergen (with Anne Daems) (cat.)
2004
Dedobbeleer en Zoon, Artis, ’s Hertogensbosch
2002
So Far, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels
Fiction Tales, Galerie Michael Zink, Munich
2001
Parcours d´Incidents, de Ateliers, Amsterdam
Pluses and Minuses, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
2000
You are never going Anywhere, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels
1999
Etablissement d´en Face, Brussels
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2011
Archizines (curated by Elias Redstone), AA School of Architecture, London
Beyond the Fragile, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Found in translation, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Fallow, Koenraad Dedoobeleer & Robert Janitz, CLEARING, New York
2010
DWB, Smak, Ghent
Rehabilitation, Wiels, Brussels
The Nice Thing About Castillio Corrales, Castillio Corrales, Paris
Wall and Floor, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris
2009
Avec le Temps – In Time, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
3 Artists selected by and a work of Dan Graham, 303 Gallery, New York
2008
Un-Scene, Wiels, Brussels
Despretaly Trying To Figure Out The World, Brooke Alexander, New York and MAI 36 Gallery, Zurich
Merz in Februar, Emyt, Berlin2007
Early Retirement, Mai 36 Gallery, Zurich
The Subjective Object, Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf
Société Anonyme, Le Plateau, Paris
Jeune Peinture Belge, Bozar, Brussels (cat.)
2006
Independex - BB 4, Ausstellungsraum Restitution, Berlin
2005
Le genie du lieu, Musée des Beaux Arts, Dijon (cat.)
Dedobbeleer, Mannaerts and Wambacq, Galerie Drantmann, Brussels
Photography within/as Installation, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Karlsruhe (cat.)
2004
Multiple Miscellaneous Alliances, Clubsproject inc, Melbourne (cat.)
Dedobbeleer, Sailstorfer and Wissel, Zink & Gegner, Munich
Pistes, Netwerk Galerie, Aalst
2003
Bestuifbegeerte, Z33, Hasselt (cat.)
Once Upon a Time..., Muhka, Antwerp (cat.)
2002
La salle de Cinema, Centre d’Art Contemporaine „La Passerelle“, Brest
As If, Octopus - Brugge 2002, Brugge (cat.)
De Kelder op de Vliering, W139, Amsterdam (cat.)
Diazonali, Paços das Artes, Sao Paulo
2001
Interferenties, De Overslag, Eindhoven
2000
Part II, CC Strombeek, Brussels
1999
Trouble Spot Painting, Muhka, Antwerp (cat.)
Folle, Studio Ercolani, Bologne (cat.)
1998
Ik was vier in’ 75, Nicc, Antwerp
Exhibitions as Curator
2011
Het Zelfportet, het huis en de seizonen (co-curator), Muzee, Oostende, Belgium
Jean Brusselmans, Muzee, Oostende, Belgium (co-curated with Philip van den Bossche)
Bibliography (selection)
2011
catalogues/publications:
Numerous Unsettled Questions (artist book), Gevaert Editions, Brussels
2010
catalogues/publications:
Based Less On Substance Than On Profit, Culturgest, Lisbon
UP9, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
2009
press:
Claude Lorent, Créer et Occuper un Lieu, La Libre Belgique
Wouter Davidts, koenraad dedobbeleer, Artforum
Karen Rosenberg, Art in Review, The New York Times
Fernando Golvano, koenraad dedobbeleer, Exit
Angela Molina, Babebelia, El Pais
catalogues/publications:
Dare Not Say: To Be Forgotten What To Say, Gevaert Editions, Brussels
Explain it to the one who couldn’t care, Gevaert Editions, Brussels
Thight Hall Privaat, Mer paper kunsthalle, Ghent
Boredom Won't Starve As Long As I Feed It, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg
UP8, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
2008
press:
Vivian Rehberg, Brussels – City Report, Frieze
Yann Ricordel, Thight Repaeting Boredom, Art 21
Lars Kwakkenbos, Kunst die het leven naar waarde schat, De standaard
Hans Theys, Dedobbeleer, (H)art
Dominiek Ruyters, De Bevrijding van de Belgische Kunst, Metropolis
catalogues/publications:
UP5, Raymond & Olga vzw., Brussels & Antwerp
UP6, Raymond & Olga vzw., Brussels & Antwerp
UP7, Raymond & Olga vzw., Brussels & Antwerp
2007
press:
Bert Dankaert, La Liberté d’Erreur, (H)art
Bart Dirks, De jury vergat uit te leggen waarom, De Volkskrant
Kathleen Rahn, Abseits der Haupstrassen, Beton Brut
catalogues/publications:
Handleiding 05-06, Netwerk, Aalst
UP2, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
Jeune Peinture Belge 07, Mercatorfonds, Brussels
UP3, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
UP4, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
2006
press:
Bart Dirks, Auto en geest bijtanken, De Volkskrant
Luk Lambrecht, Explosieve Stellingnames, KnackGerrit Vermeiren, Ergens in het Muhka, (H)art
Jan Van Hove, Schilderen is blijven zoeken, De Standaard
catalogues/publications:
Report of an ongoing journey, Roma Publications, Amsterdam
GK Fine Arts / GK Box, Verlag Walther König, Cologne
APM 13, A Prior Magazine, Brussels
UP1, Raymond & Olga vzw, Brussels & Antwerp
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Hatje Cantz, Karlsruhe
2005
press:
Luk Lambrecht, Winkelen bij de Kunstboer, De Morgen
Bert Dankaert, Composities van het banale, De Tijd
catalogues/publications:
Time of no Reply, Raymond vzw, Brussels
Nothing New, Raymond vzw, Brussels
Remember the Small Things, Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent
Le Genie du Lieu, Ereme, Dijon
Some wolves pee to mark their territory, Raymond vzw, Brussels
The Glory of Ignorance, Raymond vzw, Brussels
XIII, Mer. Paper Kunsthalle, Ghent
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It is a Crisis of Maturity, 2010, Neon light, transformator, lacquered steel, cable
36 x 22 cm, Nr. 1 from a series of 7

Coherent With the Unleashed Energy, 2010, inkjet print on archivial paper (RAC)
on dibond, framed, 36,5 x 50,3 x 3,6 cm, edition of 5

A Man is Silent when he Does Not Have the Knowledge, 2010, lacquered steel,
56 x 65 x 16 cm, installation view at the facade of RECEPTION gallery

Anger Takes Place of What is Ignored, 2007, offset-colourprint on Zerkal paper,
42 x 33 x 20 cm

Le Monument, 2002–2010
wood, plaster,paint; installation view, Culturgest, Lisbon 2010

Für Max und Fritzi, Denkmal, 2004–2010, wood, plaster, paint,
1000 offset posters; installation view, Culturgest, Lisbon 2010

installation view Culturgest, Lisbon 2010

