1965 born in Wervik
lives and works in Genf, Belgium
Solo exhibitions
2008
X-Rays, Galerie Guy Bartschi, Genf
Wim Delvoy, Ernst Museum, (Mücsarnok), Budapest
Cloaca N5, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Kanada
New Works, Diehl + Gallery One
2007
Galerie Emmanuel Parrotin, Paris
Cloaca Turbo, Gamec, Bergamo, Italien
Cloaca Quattro, Xin Beiing Gallery, Berlin
Cloaca 2000-2007, Casino – Forum d´art contemporain, Luxemburg
2006
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Scale Models & Drawings, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
Cloaca IV, Kaohslung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaojslung, Taiwan
Et voilá les cochons, Corsoveneziatto, Milan
2005
Scale Models & Drawings, Sperone Westwater, NY
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
Early Works 1968-1971, MAMCO, Genf
2004
Cloaca – New & Improved, The Power Plant, Toronto, Kanada
Oeuvres sur papier 1968-2004, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
2003
Museé d´art Contemporain, Lyon
Caterpillars, Public Art Fund Projects (Target Art in the Park), Madison Square Park and Doris Freedman Plaza (Central Park), NY
Fabrica, Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea LuigiPecci, Prato
2002
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Sept propos sur le sexe, les rayons X et les cochons, Galerie Guy Bartschi, Genf
Cloaca – New and Improved, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY
Wim Delvoye (survey exhibition), Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Marble Floors, Sperone Westwater, NY
Wim Delvoye (survey exhibition), Porin Taidemuseo, Finnland
Gothic Works, Manchester Art Galery, Manchester
Wim Delvoye (survey exhibition), Culturgest, Portaria da R. Arco do Gego, Lissabon
2001
Cloaca – New and Improved, Migros Museum, Zürich
2000
Cement Truck, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Galerie Krinziger, Wien
Cloaca, MUHKA, Antwerpen
1999
Galleria Sperone, Rom
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
Galeria Laura Pecci, Mailand
Galleri faurschou, Kopenhagen
11, Duke Street, London
1998
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
1997
Open Air Museum Middelheim, Antwerpen
Delfina, London
Galerie Luisa Strin, Sao Paulo
Tinglado 2, Tarragona
1996
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Gandy Gallery, Prag
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
1995
Galleria sperone, Rom
Galleria Cardi, Mailand
Gallery Tanit, München
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
Musée Départementa de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, Limoges
1994
Galerie Beaumont, Luxemburg
Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Modulo, Centro diffusor de Arte, Lissabon
1993
Galleria Tucci Russo, Turin
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne
1992
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles
1991
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
Galerie Lehman-Faust, Genf
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Turin
1990
Jack Tilton Gallery, NY
1989
Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam
1988
Galerie Riekje Swrt, Amsterdam
Galleria Andrea Murnik, Mailand
Galerie Plus-kern, Brüssel
Group exhibitions
2008
Animations/Fictions, MNAC, Bukarest
SK-Interfaces, FACT, Liverpool
Martin Museum of Terrestrial Art, BArbican Art Gallery, London
The Glass Experience, Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago
Commes des Betes, Musée des Beaux Arts, Lausanne
Der eigene Weg – Perspektiven belgischer Kunst, MKM Museum, Küppersmühle
2007
Rockers Island – Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Sculpture Center – The Happiness of Objects, Long Island
Diagnose, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
Capricci, Casino – Forum d´art Contemporain, Luxemburg
Collective One, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genf
De Gustibus, Broelmuseum/ING, Kortrijk
Animanga, Exit, Festival International á la Maison des Artes de la Culture, Créteil
Negatech, Espacio Fundacion Telefonica, Buenos Aires
Into Me/Out of Me, MACRO, Rom
C´est l´histoire d´un belge, Le Chapelle des Calvairiennes, Mayenne, France
Acceleration, Centre d´Art de Neuchatel
The aggression of beauty II, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Urban connections, Domaine de Chamarande
Waaruit bestaat een kus, Monumental Beeldenpark, Bornem
Vit rti, De Kunstkas, Kemzeke, Belgien
Art Unlimited, Art 38 Basel, Basel
Mining Glass, Museum of Glass, Washington DC
2006
Fiction@Love, Moca Shanghai
The Complex of Respect, Kunsthalle Bern
Close up, Art Centre Silkeborg
Glass: Material Matters, LACMA, Los Angeles
Into Me/Out of Me, PS1 New York
Contemporary Art Reflecting Medicine, Kunstmuseum Aalen
2005
Panorama de Arte Brasileira, Marco, Vigo
Visionary Belgium, Bozar, Brüssel
La Beauté de l´Enfer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brüssel
Missies, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam
Mé Tissages, MIAT, Gent
Domicile, Musée d´Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne
L´Idiotie, Domaine Pommery, Reims
On Love, Het Domein, Sittard
Burlesques Contemporains, Jeu de Paume, Paris
Die obere Hälfte, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn
Big Bang, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Slow Art, MKP, Düsseldorf
Delicious, Sint-Truiden
Birdspace, McDonough Museum of Modern Art, Youngstown
Biennale d´Art Contemporain, Lyon
Convergence, E116/N40, 798 Dayalo Workshop, Beijing
Spirit of Dada, Galerie Art Attitude, Nancy
Ex 05.01.03103, Cartin Collection, Hartford
Connexions, Mamco, Genf
Two Asias/Two Europes, Duolon Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2004
Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro
Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans
You said erotic, La Maison de Marijke Schreurs, Brüssel
Because the Earth is 1/3 Dirt, CU Art Museum & The Colorado Collection
Settlements, Musée d´Art Moderne, St. Etienne
Giganten/Giants, Den Haag Sculptuur 2004, Den Haag
Fooding. Ordres et désordres de la nourriture, CAPC Bordeaux
2003
Qu’est-ce que la photo-sculpture?, Frac Limousin, Limoges
Granada de fondo, Centro José Guerrero, Calle Oficios 8, Granada
Vanitas, De Markten, Oude Graanmarkt , Brüssel
Delvoye – Kvium – Melgaard – Quinn, Galleri Faurschou, Kopenhagen
Five, Galerie Kusseneers, Lier
MuHKA – A choice, MuHKA, Antwerpen
Tekeningen van kinderen met naam, Academie Sint-Niklaas
No Canvas, Galleria Cardi, Mailand
Extra, Swiss Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
The Disenchanted Mountain, Tour Fromage, Aosta
The Ambiguity of the Image, Art Athinai, Athen
scenery, Richard Salmon Gallery, London
Beaufort, Triennial for Contemporary Art by the Sea, Belgian Coastline.
Phantom of Desire, Neue Galerie, Graz
De Manessier à Wim Delvoye, Muséé National d’histoire et d’art, Luxembourg
Perception Destabilisée, Galeries du Cloître, Rennes
Il Racconto del Filo, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Trento
The Ideal City, Bienal de Valencia, Barrio del Carmen, Valencia
Lines of Engagement, Sperone , New York
Jan Hoet presenteert: Delvoye-Hammons, Les Brigittines, Brüssel
GNS, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
scenery, Nuova Icona Gallery, Venedig
Paradigm of Love , Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz
Absolut Generations, 50. Biennale Venezia – Zenobio Palace
Vanités contemporaines, Musée d’art Roger-Quilliot, Clermont-Ferrand
Scatalogue, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
ARTour 2003, Musée de Mariemont, Morlanwelz
Ornament, Luitpoldblock, München
Gelijk het leven is, SMAK, Gent
Summer Time, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris
Oxymory, Frac Basse-Normandie, Caen
Outlook, Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004, Athen
Magie in Mediakunst, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam
Mouvements de fonds, Galeries contemporaines des Musées de Marseille
2002
Attachment+ Hogeschool, West-Vlaanderen, Brügge
Embarquement immédiat, La Chapelle des Calvairiennes, Mayenne,
Melodrama, Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz
Guida, Museion, Bolzano
La vie, au fond, se rit du vrai, CAPC Bordeaux
La Part de l'Autre, Carré d'Art de Nîmes, Nîmes
Busan Biennal, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan,
Melodrama, Palacio de los Condes de Gabia, Granada
2001
Give and Take, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Eine Barocke Party, Kunsthalle Wien
The Overexcited Body, Palazzo dell' Arengario, Mailand
Confidences, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Between Earth and Heaven, PMMK, Oostende
Sous les ponts…, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The Silk Purse Project, Arnolfini, Bristol
Delfts Blauw, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
Ironia, Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, San Sebastian
Marking the Territory, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Re-Touche, Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent
Styx-Projektionen, Kunsthalle Trier, Trier
De Spiegel van het Verlangen, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk
Arte Y Embutidos, Galeria Museo, Caracas
Salon Privé, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg
Sense of Wonder, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya
Belgisch Atelier Belge, Dexia Gallery, Brüssel
Sonsbeek 9, Arnheim
Un art populaire, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
Irony, Fondaçion Miró, Barcelona
2000
Dust & Dirt, Witte Zaal, Gent
Du producteur au consommateur, Galerie Duchamp, Yvetot
Over The Edges, S.M.A.K., Gent
Absolut Ego, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
Le fou Dédoublé, Château d'Oiron, Oiron
Zeitwenden - ausblick, Künstlerhaus Wien, Wien
Partaged'exotismes, 5e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon
Art unlimited, Art Basel, Basel
Manif d'Art, Galerie l'œil de poisson, Montreal
Arte all' Arte, Arte Continua, San Gimignano
Luci in Galleria, da Warhol al 2000, Palazzo Cavour, Torino
The world on its head, Art Institute, San Francisco
American bricolage, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
ArtWorks, The Whitechapel Gallery, London
Visiones de Latinoamérica - No es sólo lo que vas. Pervirtiendo el
minimalismo, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
1999
De opening, S.M.A.K., Gent
L'Envers du Décor, L'institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne
Ruralia, Porin Taidemuseo, Pori
48e Biennale di Venezia, d'APERTutto, Venedig.
Zeitwenden - ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Dehors - dedans, Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Decoraz(I)on, Centro Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelona
La Consolation, Centre National d'Art Contemporain de Grenoble,
Serendipity-watou 1999, Watou
Animal, Musée Bourdelle, Paris
54 x 54 x 54, Museum of Contemporary Art, London
1998
Spatiotemporal / Verk ur Samlingen 1988-1998, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm
Patchwork in progress 3, Mamco, Genf
L'Envers du Décor, dimensions décoratives dans l'art du XXe siècle, Musée d'art moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Baroque, The Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava
The summer of 1998, Het Domein, Sitard
1999
Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, Süd-Korea
Biennale de Cétignié, Cétinié, Montenegro
1996
Everything that's interesting is new/ The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athen
Sammlung Sonnabend. Von der Popart bis heute. Amerikanische und europäische Kunst seit 1954, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Interzones, Kunstforeningen, Kopenhagen
Under Capricorn (Art in the Age of Globalisation), Stedelijk Museum, A'dam + City Gallery, Wellington
1995
ARS 95, Nykytaiteen Museo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Issues of Empire, Guggenheim Gallery/ Chapman University Orange, California
1994
EV + A Invited, Limerick
Depois de Amanha / The Day After Tomorow, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa
Cocido y Crudo, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
1993
Post-Human, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem