Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, 1969
Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium, 1992-1995
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium, and Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2009
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea Museu do Chiado, ‘TEMPS D’IMAGES FESTIVAL 2009’, Lisbon, Portugal
De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘David Claerbout. The Shape of Time’, Tilburg, Netherlands (Travelling Exhibition)
Hauser & Wirth, London, England
2008
MIT LIST Visual Arts Center, ‘David Claerbout’, Cambridge MA (Travelling Exhibition)
Belkin Galleries at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art at Athens Conservatory, Athens, Greece
Yvon Lambert, ‘Then Came This’, New York NY
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘After the quiet’, Switzerland
2007
Centre Georges Pompidou, espace 315, ‘David Claerbout’, Paris, France (Travelling Exhibition)
De Pont Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2009
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, ‘David Claerbout. 3 Works’, Brussels, Belgium
2006
NCA Gallery, ‘Curator’s Eye – Vol. 1 David Claerbout’, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Akademie der Künste, ‘Background Time – Gezeiten’, Berlin, Germany
Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre, England
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Le Magasin, Musée Dauphinois, Grenoble, France
Galerie Yvon Lambert, ‘Visible Time’, New York NY
RISD Museum, ‘David Claerbout-Le Moment 2003’, Providence RI
2004
Kunstbau im Lehnbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Art Gallery of Windsor, England
Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, England
2003
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago di Compostela, Spain
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2002
Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2001
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2000
DIA Center for the Arts, ‘Project for the Internet: “Present” [www.diacenter.org/claerbout] ‘, New York NY
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, ‘Untitled [Single channel projection] / Retrospection’, New York NY
1999
Hallen, Kortrijk, ‘Caryatids’ [Permanent Sound-Installation commissioned by Christian Kieckens, Architects], Kortrijk, Belgium
De Vereniging, S.M.A.K. – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1998
Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, Belgium
1997
Montevideo Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Argos, Kanal 20, Brussels, Belgium
Group Exhibitions
2010
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Cornerhouse, ‘Abandon Normal Devices Festival’, Manchester, England
Photoespaña Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Next Generation’, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009
Yvon Lambert Gallery, ‘Locus Solus’, Paris, France
MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Fantastic Illusions’, Shanghai, China
Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Louis Vuitton et la Passion de la création, Hong Kong, China
IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, ‘Some Wrinkles in Time’, Valencia, Spain
Shanghai Art Museum, ‘A Story of The Image: Old and New Masters From Antwerp’, Shanghai, China (Travelling Exhibition)
Singapore National Museum, ‘A Story of The Image: Old and New Masters From Antwerp’, Singapore (Travelling Exhibition)
GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, ‘Cronostasi. Tempo Filmico e Tempo Fotografico. Second aparte 1985-2008’, Turin, Italy
Schaulager, ‘Holbein to Tillmans. Prominent Guests from the Kunstmuseum Basel’, Basel, Switzerland
Mills College Art Museum, ‘Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture’, Oakland CA
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, ‘Sounds and Visions. Artist Video and Cinema Works from Europe’, Israel
MUDAM – Musée d’Art Modern, ‘Moving Stills (Mois Européen de la Photographie)’, Luxembourg
Ernst Museum, ‘Verité exposée – about memory’, Budapest, Hungary
Kunstmuseum Chur, ‘Gefrorene Momente, Franceozen Moments’, Switzerland
Museo Civico P.A. Garda, ‘Spaces of Childhood’, Ivrea, Italy
Mills College Art Museum, ‘Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture’, Oakland CA, (Travelling Exhibition)
2008
Kuntsi, Modernin taiteen museo, ‘Archelogy of Mind’, Vaasa, Finland
Fondation Beyeler, ‘Venedig. Von Canaletto bis Turner’, Riehen, Switzerland
Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, ’41 Salòn Nacional De Artistas’, Cali, Columbia
Centrale Electrique, ‘Refléchir le monde’, Brussels, Belgium
Malmö Konstmuseum, ‘Archeology of mind – Morra Greco Foundation’, Malmo, Sweden
Edith-Russ-Hauss für Medienkunst, ‘nach/sichten. Ausgewählte Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz’, Oldenburg, Germany
Lenbachhaus, ‘Kapitel 4. Die Videosammlung der Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus’, Munich, Germany
MARTa Herford Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ‘Die Hände der Kunst’, Herford, Germany
Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst , ‘Doing it my way – Perspectives on Belgium Art’, Duisburg, Germany
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘CarCulture’, Scottsdale AZ
Yale School of Architecture, ‘Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture’, New Haven CT (Travelling Exhibition)
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, ‘Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture’, Ridgefield CT (Travelling Exhibition)
Stiftung Federkiel Halle 14, ‘The Subversion of Stillstand / Die Subversion des Stillstandes’, Leipzig, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
ACC Galerie, ‘The Subversion of Stillstand / Die Subversion des Stillstandes’, Weimar, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Sichtbarwerden’, Berlin, Germany
Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, ‘The Morning After. Videoworks from the Goetz Collection’, Bremen, Germany
Beffroi du Louvre, ‘Rêver l’horizon, autour de Paysage (1840) de Turner’, Lens à Bruay-la-Buissière (Pas-de-Calais), France
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Western Motel: Edward Hopper and Contemporary Art’, Vienna, Austria
KW Berlin, ‘...5 minuters later’, Berlin, Germany
Circulo de Bellas, ‘Photo Espagna 2008’, Madrid, Spain
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, ‘Stutter and Twitch’, Toronto, Cananda
Hunter College Art Galleries, ‘Contemporary Representations of Night’, New York NY
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Panoramic Views’, Herzliya, Israel
Le Pavillon, ‘ArtFocus 5th Edition’, Jerusalem, Israel
2007
Caja de Burgos, ‘El hilo conductor’, Burgos, Spain
Centre pour l’image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, ’12. Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement’, Geneva, Switzerland
Lewis Glucksman Gallery University College, ‘Beyond the country. Perspectives of the land in historic and contemporary art’, Cork, Ireland
MuHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, ‘En verhaal van het beeld. The Story of an Image’, Antwerp, Belgium
Lenbachhaus. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, ‘Perspektive 07’, Munich, Germany
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, ‘Flash Cube’, Seoul, Korea
Bac Bâtiment d’art contemporain, ’12e Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement’, Geneva, Switzerland
Musée des Beaux-Arts, ‘Mois de la photo. Explorations narratives / Replaying Narrative’, Montreal, Canada
Heidelberger Kunstverein, ’2. Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg’ (Reality Crossings), Heidelberg, Germany
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, ‘Fiction Versus Reality’, Lisbon, Portugal
Lenbachhaus München, ‘Perspektive07’, Munich, Germany
Musée d’Ixelles, ‘Portrait de l’atre. L’hospitalité. Le rejet’, Ixelles, Belgium
Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Love Addiction: practices in video art from ’67 to the present’, Montefalcone, Italy
Patio Herreriano Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, ‘Intocable. El ideal de la transparencia’, Valladolid, Spain
CAB – Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, ‘The Leading Thread’, Burgos, Spain
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘In the Eye of the Storm/Im Auge des Zyklons’, Switzerland
ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, ‘Imagination Becomes Reality. An Exhibition on the expanded concept of painting. Works from the Goetz Collection’, Karlsruhe, Germany
Argos, ‘Anachronism’, Brussels, Belgium
Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson NY
Kunstmuseum Bonn, ‘GOING STAYING. Movement, Body, Place in Contemporary Art’, Bonn, Germany
Filmfestival Rotterdam, ‘Other than film’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mois de la Photo, ‘Replaying Narrative’, Montreal, Canada
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, ‘Flash Cube’, Seoul, Korea
DA2 Domus Artium, ‘Idylle’, Salamanca, Spain (Travelling Exhibition)
National gallery, ‘Idylle’, Prague, Czech Republic (Travelling Exhibition)
2006
Centre for Contemporary Art – Ujazdowski Castle, ‘Touch my Shadows. New media works from the Goetz Collection’, Warsaw, Poland
Rochester Art Center, ‘Something more than feeling’, Rochester MN
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, ‘Slow Motion’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Phoenix Werke, ‘Idylle’, Hamburg, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Frac Lorraine, ‘On/ff’, Metz, France
Z33, ‘Nr. 14 Light Play’, Hasselt, Belgium
Hamburger Bahnhof, ‘Beyond Cinema’, Berlin, Germany
Art Basel, Switzerland
Haus der Kunst, ‘ClickDoubleClick – the documentary factor’, Munich, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, ‘ClickDoubleClick – the documentary factor’, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium (Travelling Exhibition)
Galerie Yvon Lambert, ‘Message Personnel’, Paris, France
Villa Arson, ‘Intouchable’, Nice, France
Museum Franz Gertsch, ‘The Sublime is Now! Das Erhabene in der Kunst von Barnett Newman bis heute’, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Le Magasin, ‘Oeuvres vidéo de la collection Pierre Huber’, Grenoble, France
Argus Building, ‘Brighton Photo Bienniale’, Brighton, England
Dumont-Wyckhuyse, ‘Image In Motion’, Roeselare, Belgium
Scope, New York NY
MAC`s Grand Hornu, ‘Anagramme’, Hornu, Belgium
Neue Galerie Graz, ‘Artimage- Diskussion Architektur & Psychoanalyse’, Graz, Austria
Brighton Photo Biennial 2006, England
Landesgalerie Linz, ‘Shadow Play. Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art – An Homage to Hans Christian Andersen’, Linz, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
2005
Art Forum Berlin, ‘Temporary Import’, Germany
Centro Cultural de Belem, ‘Lisboa Photo 2005’, Lisboa, Portugal
Palais des Beaux-Arts, ‘Belgique Visionnaire’, Bruxelles, Belgium
Museum Kunst Palast, ‘Slow Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Flandern und den Niederlanden’, Düsseldorf, Germany
‘Le Printemps de Septembre’, Toulouse, France
Musée d’art moderne, ‘Voisins Officiel’, Lille, France
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, ‘Shadow Play. Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art – An Homage to Hans Christian Andersen’, Odense, Denmark (Traveling Exhibition)
Kunsthalle Kiel, ‘Shadow Play. Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art – An Homage to Hans Christian Andersen’, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
MMK – Museum für Moderne Kunst, ‘What’s New, Pussycat?’, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Biennale Prague, ‘Double Vision’, Czech Republic
Fondazione Torino Musei, ‘Miniature from eighteenth century until today’, Torino, Italy
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, ‘Private View 1998-2000. Collection Pierre Huber’, Lausanne, Switzerland
Witte de With, ‘Monopolis’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hamburger Bahnhof, Rieckhallen, ‘Fast nichts. Minimal artworks’, Berlin, Germany
Seedamm Kulturzentrum, ‘Manchmal weiss ich nicht, ob ich etwas wirklich erlebt oder ob ich es in einem Film gesehen habe. Von Olaf Breuning bis Sam Tayler-Wood. 33 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz in München’, Pfäffikon, Switzerland
N.O. Gallery Milan, ‘Multiplo 2: multipli, molteplici, moltiplicati’, Milan, Italy
MIT List Visual Arts Center, ‘Media Test Wall-Critters’, Cambridge MA
Le Parvis, ‘Point of View’, Ibos, France
2004
Taipei Biennial, ‘Do You Believe in Reality?’, Taiwan
Galerie Yvon Lambert, ‘Works I told you about’, Paris, France
Galerie Neue Meister, ’94-04. Zehn Jahre Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst in Dresden’, Dresden, Germany
Montevideo, ‘Channel Zero’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Krinzinger Projekte, ‘Working Ethics. An Exhibition from a certain Flanders’, Vienna, Austria
Yokohama Museum of Art, ‘Non-Sect Radical: Contemporary Photography III’, Yokohama, Japan
Le Plateau, ‘Ralentir vite’, Paris, France
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York NY
deSingel, ‘DVD Lounge Incidents / De Nachten’, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘War (What is it Good for?)’, Chicago IL
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Attack! Kunst und Krieg in den Zeiten der Medien’, Vienna, Austria
Museet for Samtidskunst, ‘Body Matters’, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Neue Meister, ‘under ground’, Dresden, Germany
‘Outlook’, Athens, Greece
SMAK – Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, ‘Gelijk het leven is. Belgische kunst uit de collectie van het SMAK’, Ghent, Belgium
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘Fast forward: Media Art Sammlung Goetz’, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hasselt, ‘Guided by Heroes’, Hasselt, Belgium
Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, ‘...lautloses irren, ways of worldmaking, too…’, Berlin, Germany
Caermersklooster, ‘Still/Move’, Ghent, Belgium
CRAC – Centre de Recherche et d’Action Culturelle, ‘Contre/Temps. Thierry Kuntzel. David Claerbout’, Valence, France
MUHKA – Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, ‘Once upon a time…’, Antwerp, Belgium
2002
‘31st International Film Festival’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
De Appel, ‘Haunted by Detail’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
daadgalerie, ‘Teaser’, Berlin, Germany
Musée des arts contemporains MAC’s Grand-Hornu, ‘L’Herbier et le Nuage’, Hornu, Belgium
Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, ‘Group Exhibition’, Antwerp, Belgium
Museum für Moderne Kunst, ‘Das Museum, die Sammlung, der Direktor und seine Liebschaften’, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum der bildenden Künste, ‘Malerei ohne Malerei’, Leipzig, Germany
2001
Korean Art Foundation, ‘Unreal Time Video’, Seoul, Korea
INOVA Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, ‘Winter Exhibition: Tiong Ang, Serhiy Bratkov, David Claerbout, José Antonio Hernandez-Diez’, Milwaukee WI
Museum D’Hondt-Daenens, ‘Aubette’, Deurle, Belgium
Centre pour l’image contemporaine, ‘La vérité est ailleurs’, Geneva, Switzerland
2. Berlin Biennale, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, ‘Videoserie in der Black Box, 6 Künstler – 6 Positionen’, Munich, Germany
Cultural Centers Strombeek, ‘Touch me…’, Sint-Niklaas, Roeselare, Belgium
Galerie Ascan Crone, ‘Passion’, Part I in Hamburg, Part II in Berlin, Germany
2000
Limmerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland
Huis aan de Werf, cur. Moritz Kung, Utrecht, Netherlands
Le Grand Hornu, cur. Laurent Busine, Mons, Belgium
La Monnaie, ‘L’Opera, un chant d‘Étoiles’, Brussels, Belgium
‘18th World Wide Video Festival’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999
Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
Hallen [Exhibition with works from the Collection of the Flemish Community], Bruges, Belgium
MuHKA – Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Trouble Spot Painting’, Antwerp, Belgium
‘Nuevos Caminos’, Vigo, Galicia, Spain
FRI ART, Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Transference. Locations in Memory and Time’, Fribourg, Switzerland
hARTware, ‘Dis.Location’, Dortmund, Germany
Galerie Ferdinant Van Dieten, ‘Reflexive Figuration’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
Shed im Eisenwerk, ‘Not strictly private’, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Gallery by Night, ‘Intimate Strangers’, Budapest, Hungary
Beelden Buiten, ‘I never promised you a rose garden’, Tielt, Belgium
1997
Watertoren CHK, Vlissingen, Netherlands
Pica en Flandes, Barcelona, Spain
Palais des Beaux-Arts, ‘Prix de la jeune peinture belge’, Brussels, Belgium
1996
Montevideo Gallery, ‘Tekeningen en projecten’, Antwerp, Belgium
Awards and Grants
2007
Will-Grohmann-Preis der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
