Olivier Foulon
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Olivier Foulon is a Belgian artist
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From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–1999, he studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels; from 2001–2002, he studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie.
In 2005-2006, he was artist in residence, Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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From 1991-1995, he studied at the Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels; from 1995–1999, he studied at the Ecole de Recherche Graphique, Brussels; from 2001–2002, he studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie.
In 2005-2006, he was artist in residence, Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf.
Awards
- 2009 Villa Romana prizeVilla Romana prizeThe Villa Romana Prize, which has been awarded since 1905, is the oldest German art prize.The Villa Romana was acquired in 1905 by Max Klinger for 60,000 gold liras....
- 2005 Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge - Crowet, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Solo Shows
- 2008 "Par delà le B. et le M. aussi", Musée Wellington, Waterloo (BE); "The Soliloquy of the Broom", Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
- 2007 "Sprung in die Neuzeit - un seul ou plusieurs loups?", Galerie dépendance, Brussels; "redites et ratures" (Projekt für ein Schloss), Museum x, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
- 2006 "redites et ratures" (alter Wein, neue Flaschen), Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (BE); "redites et ratures", Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf
- 2004 "il Pleut, il Neige, il Peint", EAC (les halles), Porrentruy (CH); “Blind Man's Buff”, Marres Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht (NL); "Singe et Crocodile", Het Kabinet, Gent; "2. Un livre, un livre, des livres, des objets et des photos", Etablissement d'en face projects, Brussels
- 2003 "1. Des dessins de notes et caricatures", Etablissement d'en face projects, Brussels
- 2002 "En coulisses, parfois, les artistes changent de costumes" Actualités, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht