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Marie-Jo LAFONTAINE

Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1950.

Lives in Brussels, Belgium.

Curriculum

1975-1979
Studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d‘Architecture et des Arts Visuels ‘La Cambre’ in Brussels, Belgium


1977
Award ‘Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge’, Brussels, Belgium
“ Beginning of monochrome textile environments”


1980 

Beginning of multi sources and multi screen video installations


1985 

Grant to M.I.T., Boston, USA


1986 

Grant to ‘Fiacre’, Ministère de la Culture Française à  Paris, France


1990 

Professor at the Sommerakademie in Salzburg, Austria


1992 

Professor at the HFG in Karlsruhe, Germany


1996 

Start of interactive audio installations with Todor Todoroff


1998 

Nominated ‘Cultural Ambassador of Flanders’

Guest-professor at the Bundesakademie für kulturelle Bildung in Wolfenbüttel, Germany


2000
Competition winner ‘Art for the Pier’. New Wing at Arlanda Airport Stockholm, Sweden
Competition winner ‘Kunst am Bau’, Justizzentrum Bonn, Germany


2003 

Competition winner ‘Kunst am Bau’ at the New Museum built by Daniel Libeskind in Osnabrück, Germany


2004 

Guest-professor at U.D.K. in Berlin, Germany

Solo shows

2012
Dance The World!, Icon of Art - Rolls Royce Artist Talks, Basel, Switzerland
Je suis un citoyen du monde, partout chez moi, étranger partout, Installation laser permanente, Klein Seminarie Roeselare, Roeselare, Belgium

2011
Uberlingen
Alice In Wonderland, installation photographique permanente, Klinik Buchinger Am Bodensee - Villa Larix, Uberlingen, Germany

2010
Babylon Babies, I love the world – Roses, Cabinet du Bâtonnier du Barreau de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2009
Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany
Babylon Babies, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2008-2009 

Botanique, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, France

2006
Galerie Ghislaine De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium
Hotel Communal de Schaerbeek, Schaerbeek, Belgium
Skyarena OPENING FIFA WM 2006, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerpen, Belgium

2005 

Stadtverwaltung Arnt Museum, Albstadt, Germany

Junta de Andalucia, Cordoba, Spain

Galerie Rudolfinum, Prag, Czech Republic

Galerie Walter Storms, München, Germany

Galerie Samuelis Baumgarte, Bielefeld, Germany

2004
USB Bank Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

Musée de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco

Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabrück, Germany

Telindus, Leuven, Belgium

Galerie De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium

2003 

Walter Storms Galerie, Banana Kisses, Düsseldorf, Germany

Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany

P.M.M.K., Oostende,
Belgium
Beaufort 2003, Middelkerke, Belgium

SMAK, Gent, Belgium

ORIENT/OKZIDENT, Karlsruhe; Berlin, Germany

2002 

Galerie Vainhinger, Radolfzell, Germany

BMW Glasspavillon, München, Germany

Juztice Zentrum, Bonn, Germany

Art for the Pier, Stockholm, Sweden

Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany

Stadtsgalerie, Bietingheim-Bissingen, Germany

Museum Kulturspeicher, Wurzburg, Germany

Stadt Museum, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Galerie Geuken & De Vil, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium

2001 

Henie Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway

Galerie Thomas von Lintel, New York, USA

Galerie Walter Storms, München, Germany

Galerie Knaus/Vainhinger, Köln/Mannheim, Germany

Galerie Hollenbach, Stuttgart, Germany

Glaskasten Museum, Marl, Germany

Opéra de Nancy, Nancy, France

Stadtmuseum, Rakvere, Estland

2000 

Deutsche Bank, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Edith Russ Haus, Oldenburg, Germany

Gallery De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium

Galerie Allianz, München, Germany

1999 

Mathildehöhe Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France

Odepark Venray, Venray, The Netherlands

St Petri Kirche, Dortmund, Germany

Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany

Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Galerie Ropac, Paris, France

Mercator/Nordstar, Antwerpen, Belgium 

Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland

De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium

1998 

Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Gallery
De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium

Gallery van de BBL, Kortrijk, Belgium

Bundesakademie, Wolfenböttel, Germany

The Civic Galeria of Modern Art, Palermo, Italy

The Orchard Gallery, Derryn, UK

ERBAN, Nantes, France

1997 

Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany

1996 

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht, The Netherlands

1995 

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

Galerie De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium

Art fair solo show/Galerie Ropac, Brussel, Belgium

Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland

Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria

1994 

Smith College Museum, Massachussets, USA

Galerie Comicos, Lisboa, Portugal

University Art Museum California, Long Beach California, USA

Wanås Mobile, Malmö, Sweden

Gasometer, Oberhausen, Germany

Galerie Bugdahn, Köln, Germany

Galerie Walter Storms, Köln, Germany

1993 

Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany

Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1992 

Archief, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Galerie Montaigne, Paris, France 

Vereins und Westbank, Alter Wall, Hamburg, Germany 

Museum Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Noordijlaandskunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark 

Goethe Institut, Brussel, Belgium

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

1991 

Wewerka-Weiss Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Ric Urmel Gallery, Gent, Belgium

Bergkerk Kunst, Deventer, The Netherlands 

Galerie Walter Storms, München, Germany

Jach Shainmann Gallery, New York, USA

1990
Arco/Galerie Walter Storms, Madrid, Spain
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany 

Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria 

Städtisches Museum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany 

Städtische Galerie, Göppingen, Germany 

Musée des Beaux Arts, Tourcoing, France

Galerie Montaigne, Paris, France

1989 

Jack Shainmann Gallery, New York, USA

Galerie Weisses Haus, Hamburg, Germany 

Galerie Michael Horbach, Köln, Germany

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK


1988 

Museum of Contemporary Art, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA 

Museum für Gegenwartskunt, Basel, Switzerland 

Galerie Walter Storms, München, Germany

Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht, The Netherlands 

Forum, Galerie Walter Storms, Hamburg, Germany

1987 

Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse, France 

Gemeente Museum, Arnheim, The Netherlands 

Gallery De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Orleans, France

Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium, Gent, Belgium

Galerie Roger Paillas, Marseille, France

1986 

Musée Cantini, Marseille, France 

Salle Petrarque, Montpellier, France

Art junction International, Nice, France

Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

1985 

Maison de la Culture, La Rochelle, France

Cirque Divers, Liège, Belgium

Maison de la Culture, Le Havre, France

Carpenter Center Havard University, Boston, USA

Tate Gallery, London, UK 

Musée d’Art Moderne, Villeneuve d’Asq, France

1984
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, Canada

E.L.A.C., Lyon, France

1983 

Maison de la Culture, La Rochelle, France

Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, The Netherlands

1982 

C.A.P.C., Bordeaux, France

1981 

Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel, Belgium

1976 

Galerie Walter Thompson, Brussel, Belgium

Galerie Anne van Horenbeek, Brussel, Belgium

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussel, Belgium

Galerie â’Les Contemporains’ Genval, Belgium

I.C.C. Antwerpen, Belgium

Group Shows

2018
Collector's Room # 19: Belgium Calling - Part I, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2012
Al das kind noch kind war, installation photographique, Museum Dr Guislain, Gent, Belgium
History is against forgiveness "fire", Museum MARTA HERFORD, Herford, Germany
Les larmes d'acier, installation video, ESSL MUSEUM-KUNST DER GEGENWART, Wien, Austria
Lost Paradise, Mönchehaus Museum Goslar, Goslar, Germany
Lost Paradise, Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland
Dance The World!, Icon of Art-Rolls Royce Artist Talks, Basel, Switzerland
Photographs, Experience Paradise, Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium

2011
Les baigneuses, installation photographique, Hamburg Art Week, Hamburg, Germany
History is against forgiveness, installation photographique, Jeder Engel is schreklich, installation video, Centre Historique Minier, Lewarde, France

2010
Les Bains de Saint-Josse - Installation photographique, Kunstmuseum Ahlen – Intimacy, Ahlen, Germany
Dance The World! - Installation Vidéo, National Museum Warsaw-Mediators, Poland
Dark Pool, Installation Vidéo, Emmaüs-psych.Centrum sint-Norbertus, Duffel, Belgium
The World Starts Every Minute, Installation son, Centre Kultury Zamek-Biennale Poznan, Poznan, Poland
Belle Jeunesse, Savoir retenir et fixer ce qui est sublime, Installation photographique, Cabinet Arendt & Medernach-Faces, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
LE FRESNOY "BELGE, ET ALORS ?", Regard sur l’art actuel en Belgique, Tourcoing, France

2009 

Textiles Art and the Social Fabric, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium

Body & Language ‘Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus der Albertina, Wien, Austria

Bildschön. Schönheitskult in der aktuellen Kunst, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany

2008 

Nature: attitude, Samuelis Baumgarte, Bielefeld, Germany

Können Blumen dumm sein, Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Germany

Die Hände der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany

2007 

Fotokunst. Zeitgenässische Fotografie aus der Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria

30 Jahre Walter Storms Galerie, Walter Storms Galerie, München, Germany

2006
Art Space Germany, SCA Gallery, Sidney, Australia



2005
Meisterwerken der Medienkunst, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kinderbildnisse, Kunstraum Falkenstein, Hamburg, Germany
Aufruhr der Gefühle, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany

MUHKA, Antwerpen, Belgium

Attituden Bidler Konzepte, Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

Belgische Fotografen 1840 – 2005, Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerpen, Belgium
Fotoarbeiten der Sammlung der WGZ Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany

2004 

The Death of the Portrait, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Globalia, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany

About Face Portrait Photography, Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Das Wunder Mensch/Parameter of Life, Museum Moderne Kunst, Passau, Germany

Aufruhr der Gefühle/Leidenschaften in der Zeitgenässischen Fotografie, Museum für Fotografie, Braunschweig, Germany

C la rentée!, Galerie Roger Paillas, Marseille, France

2003 

The Unblinking Eye, IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

Kunstraum Deutschland
Goethe Institut, Roma, Italy

Summer Holiday, Galerie Knaus, Mannheim, Germany

Esperando unha chamada, CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contempora nea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Human Stories, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2002 

Le petit cabinet d’un Amateur de Ruines, Orion art Gallery, Oostende, Belgium

2001 

Le plus bel age, Maison Européenne de la photographie, Paris, France

Between Earth and Heaven, Museum of Modern Art, Oostende, Belgium

Atelier Belge, Passage 44, Brussel, Belgium

Zwischenraum #5, Galerie Buddahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Promise of Photography, Le Botanique, Brussel, Belgium

Das Versprechen der Fotografie, Schrin Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

2000 

Dans les Champs des étoiles, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France

Contemporary art from Belgium, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

1999 

Maschile Femminile e oltre, Museo di Castel Nuovo, Napoli, Italy

Schwarz in sculpturalen Bereich, Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, Germany

1998 

Disidentico, Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo, Italy

1997
La belle danse, une langue code, Galerie Beaumont, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

15th World Wide Video Festival, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Face à Face, Galerie Ropac, Paris, France

1996 

Installation photographiques, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Oostende, Belgium

Mediascape, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

Monochrome Bilder, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer, Düsseldorf, Germany

1995
Himmel und Hälle, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

1994 
Confrontation, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussel, Belgium

The day after Tomorrow, Lisboa 94, Lisboa, Portugal

On Focus, Galerie De Gryse, Tielt, Belgium



1993 

Deutschsein, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany

Bright Light, Galerie Brigitte March, Stuttgart, Germany

Kunst verfremdet, Kulturhaus Dock 4, Kassel, Germany

1992 

Moving Image, Musée fundacion Miro, Barcelona, Spain

Word and Image, MUHKA, Antwerpen, Belgium

1991 

Multimediale 2, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

Et alia, Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem, Germany

Artec 91, City Museum, Nagoya, Japan

The Belgian Boom, Centre Gallery University, Miami, USA

1990 

Treshold, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

40 ans de la jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel, Belgium

Un art de la Distinction, Centre Saint Andrée, Meymac, France

1989 

Komposition Inszenierung, Werwerka Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Wiener Diwan, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Wien, Austria

Frauen in Kunst und Politik, Kunst Rai 89, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1988 

Arbeit in Geschichte & Geschichte in Arbeit, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany

Documenta 8, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

Special Aspects ‘ the photographic experience, Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Milano, Italy



1987
Documenta VIII, Kassel, Germany

1986 

Imagine Electronica, Galeria d’Arte Moderne, Bologna, Italy
Les secrets d’Alcoves, Galerie Roger Paillas, Paris, France

1985 

La Nouvelle Sculpture, A.R.C.A., Marseille, France

Kunst mit Eigen-Sinn, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Wien, Austria

Alles und noch viel mehr, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland

1984 

Electra, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France

The Luminous Image, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands



1983 

La nuit de la Vidéo, Le Château d’O, Montpellier, France

Festival du Cinema des femmes, Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France

1982 

World Wide Video Festival, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Musée des Sciences Voir des Vidéos, Brussel, Belgium

Rassegna international di cinema e video, Roma, Italy

1981 

10ième Biennale internationale de la tapisserie, Musée Cantonal de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

1980 

Prix International de dessin, Fundacio Juan Miro, Barcelona, Spain

5ième Biennale internationale du textile Miniature, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary

11ième Biennale de Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Peinture et Camera, Europalia, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel, Belgium

1979
Grande Biennale de la tapisserie, Briggen Museum, Bergen, Belgium
La Cambre

1978 

Prix de la jeune peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussel, Belgium
10 jeunes sculpteurs belges, Galerie R/S, Antwerpen, Belgium

Internationale Textile Triënnale, Museum Wlokiennictwa, Lodz, Poland

Textiles, The Warren Hadlers Gallery, New York, USA

1977 

03 23 03 Rencontres internationals d’Art Contemporain, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

La Preuve par neuf, La médiatine au Château Malou, Brussel, Belgium