Thomas Lerooy

Thomas Lerooy, Infini, Bronze, 100x80x40 cm, 2007

Thomas Lerooy, la Goutte, Mixed media on paper, 225 x 170 cm, 2007

Thomas Lerooy, La Coupe du Monde, mix media on paper, 96 x 140 cm, 2007

Thomas Lerooy, Foutain, mix media on paper, 225 x 160 cm, 2006

Thomas Lerooy, Fisherman Friend, mix media on paper, 180 x 120 cm, 2006

Born in 1981 in Roeselare, Belgium
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium

GRANTS

2011
Artist in residence at Kunsthalle Krems, Austria

2009-2010
Artist in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin, Germany

SOLO SHOWS

2015 (fothcoming)
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

2014
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2012
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Summer Project, Villa Knokke, Knokke Heist, Belgium
Souvenir, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France

2011
X&Y, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2010
The Garden of Exile, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
Hole in the sky, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria
Something in between, Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin, Germany

2009
Braindance, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2007
Infini, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium

2006
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium

GROUP SHOWS

2015 (forthcoming)
LaM, Lille Métropole Musée d'Art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain et d'Art Brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

2014
BPS22, Charleroi, Belgium (forthcoming)
*Addenda, Musée de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame à la Rose, Lessines, Belgium
State of Minds, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium

2013
Là où Commence Le Jour, ?LAM, Musée d?art Moderne et Contemporain de Villeneuve d?Asq, France
Donation Florence et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Rien Faire et Laisser Rire, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Voyages Intérieurs, Maion Particulière, Brussels, Belgium

2012
Methamorphosis : the Transformation of Being, All Visual Arts, London, United Kingdom
Everywhere and Nowhere, Oberstdorf, Austria
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Through the Looking Glass, ME-Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany

2011
Mémoires Du Futur, La collection Olbricht, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (catalogue)
Summershow, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Small, Medium, Large, Donjon De Vez, Vez, France(catalogue)
Bronzes, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
Origine(s), La Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels, Belgium

2010
When will they finally see the power of drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium
Lebenslust und Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Vanbijdeburen-Belgium, Kasteel Keukenhof, Lisse (curated by Joost Declercq), The Netherlands (catalogue)
OPEN, Zoya Museum, Modra, Slovakia
Skulls,Skeletons & Bones, Cultuurstad Oostende 2010 (curated by Xavier Tricot), Oostende, Belgium (catalogue)

2009
Galerie Im Regierungsviertel/Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany
Art in the city, Brussels, Belgium
GALA. 5, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (catalogue)
Salon du Dessin, Palais de la Bourse, Paris, France
DARKSUMMER, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium

2008
The flowers of evil still bloom, Cueto Project, New York, USA (catalogue)
Anatomie, Les peaux Du Dessin, Collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain, FRAC Picardie, Picardie, France (catalogue)
New Media, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium
Power to the people, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium (curated by Pierre-Yves Desaive)
Poëziezomer Watou 2008, (curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio), Watou, Belgium (catalogue)
Special Opening, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium
Die hände der kunst, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany (catalogue)
The hands of art, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium (catalogue)

2007
The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria (curated by Karin Pernegger)
Stranger than paradise (curated by Max Henry), Galerie Charlotte Moser, Genève, Switzerland
Thomas Lerooy & Lucy McKenzie (curated by T. Eeckhout), Be-part Artplatform, Waregem, Blegium
Gegen Den Strich (curated by Christoph Tannert and Valeria Schulte-Fischedick), Künstlerhaus Bethaniën, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Projectroom, Artbrussels, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen , Brussels, Belgium

2006
St.Lucas Gallery, Artbrussels, Brussels, Belgium (curated Filip Luyckx)

2004
Schabbernak, Netwerk Gallery, Aalst, Belgium
Interface (curated by Helix), Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
PAM (Provincial Archeological Museum) (curated Stef Van Bellingen), Ename, Belgium

PROJECTS

2010
Mars op Oostende, PMMK-Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium

2009
100 years of Michelin, Musée D'Orsay, Paris, France