Leen Voet

LEEN VOET_BVD #44

Artist's website

Leen Voet (b. 1971, Belgium) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. Leen Voet is inspired by found visual and literary sources and questions, in a manner that is not devoid of humor, the very notion of creativity and the value of artistic expression in our society. Her work somehow always engages with the fundamental question of who gets to be an artist and why, and what constitutes an oeuvre. At the same time, her work brings different perspectives on power relations, rules and expectations – perhaps by adopting a more feminist approach to art making, by being inclusive and above all by highlighting the pleasure of painting. Leen’s paintings and drawings come, almost without exception, in series, and they are often informed by an interest in amateur artists or unknown figures whose works have originated in different social environments and classes.

Artworks

BVD #21 — Leen Voet

BVD #21

2021
Oil on unstreched canvas; tempera on paper
163,5 x 112 cm & 40 x 30 cm

BVD #59 — Leen Voet

BVD #59

2021
Oil on unstreched canvas; tempera on paper
110 x 80 cm

BVD #24 — Leen Voet

BVD #24

2021
Oil on unstreched canvas; tempera on paper
218,5 x 163 cm

BVD #25 — Leen Voet

BVD #25

Bert Vandael Series
2019
Oil on unstretched canvas; watercolor on paper from 1988
110 x 82 cm; 40 x 30 cm

BVD#42 — Leen Voet

BVD#42

Bert Vandael Series
2020
Oil on unstretched canvas; watercolor on paper from 1989
163,5 x 121,5 cm; 40 x 30 cm

Alda & Armand #08 — Leen Voet

Alda & Armand #08

2019
oil on canvas
193,5 x 142 cm

BVD#30 — Leen Voet

BVD#30

Bert Vandael Series
2019
Oil on unstretched canvas; watercolor on paper from 1987
110 x 82 cm; 41 x 31 cm

BVD #57 — Leen Voet

BVD #57

Bert Vandael Series
2017
Oil paint on unstretched canvas; watercolor on paper from 1987
109 x 82 cm; 40 x 30 cm

BVD #03 — Leen Voet

BVD #03

Bert Vandael Series
2016
Oil on unstretched canvas and watercolor on paper from 1988
218 x 163 cm; 39,8 x 28,4 cm

BVD #54 — Leen Voet

BVD #54

Bert Vandael Series
2017
Oil on unstretched canvas; watercolor on paper from 1988
163,5 x 121,5 cm; 40 x 30 cm

BVD #22 — Leen Voet

BVD #22

Bert Vandael Series
2018
Oil on unstretched canvas, watercolor on paper from 1988
163,5 x 122 cm; 40 x 30 cm

Alda & Armand #10 — Leen Voet

Alda & Armand #10

2019
oil on canvas
193,5 x 142 cm

Alda & Armand #03 — Leen Voet

Alda & Armand #03

2018
oil on canvas
193,5 x 142 cm

Alda & Armand #04 — Leen Voet

Alda & Armand #04

2018
oil on canvas
193,5 x 142 cm

JFCQJV — Leen Voet

JFCQJV

2021
Drawing, tempera and pencil on paper
76 x 56 cm

LV077_low res — Leen Voet

LV077_low res

2021
Drawing, tempera and pencil on paper
76 x 56 cm

JFCQJV — Leen Voet

JFCQJV

2021
Drawing, tempera and pencil on paper
76 x 56 cm

JFCQJV — Leen Voet

JFCQJV

2021
Drawing, tempera and pencil on paper
76 x 56 cm

JFCQJV — Leen Voet

JFCQJV

2021
Drawing, tempera and pencil on paper
76 x 56 cm

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #01 — Leen Voet

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #01

2020
Watercolor on paper
29,7 x 21 cm

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #07 — Leen Voet

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #07

2020
Watercolor on paper
29,7 x 21 cm

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #08 — Leen Voet

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #08

2020
Watercolor on paper
29,7 x 21 cm

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #23 — Leen Voet

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #23

2020
Watercolor on paper
29,7 x 21 cm

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #24 — Leen Voet

Je Fais Ce Que Je Veux, #24

2020
Watercolor on paper
29,7 x 21 cm

LEEN VOET_BVD #10_diptych — Leen Voet

LEEN VOET_BVD #10_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #10_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #15_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #18 bis

LEEN VOET_BVD #18_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #39_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #44_diptych

LEEN VOET_BVD #51_diptych

BVD #53

Heilig-Graf, portret #1

LEEN VOET_Heilig-Graf, portret #4

Heilig Graf, portret #2

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Exhibitions

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Leen Voet

Heilig Graf, landschap en portret

12 September 2024 – 5 October 2024 12.09.2024 – 05.10.2024

Rue Isidore Verheyden 2

AB40-LOGO_Portrait

Art Brussels 2024

25 April 2024 – 28 April 2024 25.04.2024 – 28.04.2024

Brussels Expo, Heysel

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Group Show

8 February 2024 – 2 March 2024 08.02.2024 – 02.03.2024

Rue Isidore Verheyden 2

Bannière site

CHRISTMAS SHOP SHOW

1 December 2023 – 23 December 2023 01.12.2023 – 23.12.2023

Online only

Site

Art on Paper 2023

5 October 2023 – 8 October 2023 05.10.2023 – 08.10.2023

Gare Maritime de Tour & Taxis

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The Shop Show

1 December 2022 – 22 January 2023 01.12.2022 – 22.01.2023

33 Rue de la Concorde & Knokke

Leen Voet

Je fais ce que je veux

3 February 2022 – 19 March 2022 03.02.2022 – 19.03.2022

Rue de la Concorde 33

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The Shop Show

2 December 2021 – 22 January 2022 02.12.2021 – 22.01.2022

Rue de la Concorde 33

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The Shop Show

20 November 2020 – 16 January 2021 20.11.2020 – 16.01.2021

Knokke

Capture d’écran 2019-09-20 à 16.28.15

Leen Voet

ALDA & ARMAND

13 November 2019 – 21 December 2019 13.11.2019 – 21.12.2019

Rue Isidore Verheyden 2

art bruss

Art Brussels 2019

25 April 2019 – 28 April 2019 25.04.2019 – 28.04.2019

Tour & Taxis

ART BRUSSELS 2018

19 April 2018 – 22 April 2018 19.04.2018 – 22.04.2018

Tour & Taxis, Brussels

Artemisia

8 September 2017 – 28 October 2017 08.09.2017 – 28.10.2017

Rue Isidore Verheyden 2

News

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Leen Voet

Painting after Painting

5 April 2025 – 2 November 2025 05.04.2025 – 02.11.2025

S.M.A.K, Jan Hoetplein 1, 9000 Ghent (BE)

Zandgrond, de Warande

Leen Voet

Zandgrond

23 September 2023 – 10 December 2023 23.09.2023 – 10.12.2023

de Warande, Turnhout

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Leen Voet

SHŌKAKKŌ

6 September 2023 – 29 March 2024 06.09.2023 – 29.03.2024

The Merode, Place Poelaert 6, 1000 Brussels

Leen Voet M HKA

Leen Voet

TEN WOMEN / DIX FEMMES / TIEN VROUWEN / ZEHN FRAUEN

1 September 2023 – 24 September 2023 01.09.2023 – 24.09.2023

M HKA

Leen Voet

FOR ALL THE CATS IN THE WORLD: book presentation with Leen Voet, Eva Wittocx and Martin Germann.

25 May 2023 – 25 May 2023 25.05.2023 – 25.05.2023

Museum M, Leuven

Leen Voet

Leen Voet talks about her exhibition and book on radio Klara Pompidou

23 May 2023 – 23 May 2023 23.05.2023 – 23.05.2023

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Leen Voet's first retrospective exhibition @ M Museum, Leuven

7 April 2023 – 10 September 2023 07.04.2023 – 10.09.2023

M Museum, Leuven

Leen Voet

Collection Vlaamse Gemeenschap buys works by Leen Voet

10 February 2022 – 30 April 2022 10.02.2022 – 30.04.2022

M&A #3 – Leen Voet – 2014 (fotoDSC1747 iArthuis)

Leen Voet

Vergeten vrouwen, vernissage: 21 februari 2020 (18.30)

24 February 2020 – 17 April 2020 24.02.2020 – 17.04.2020

Cera, Leuven (BE)

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Leen Voet

Zonder kunstenaars geen kunst

21 November 2019 – 9 February 2020 21.11.2019 – 09.02.2020

M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

Capture d’écran 2019-06-14 à 17.08.05

Leen Voet

WMDYWTL?

30 June 2019 – 15 September 2019 30.06.2019 – 15.09.2019

Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)

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Leen Voet

dialogues #1 Baronian Xippas Brussels

8 June 2019 – 27 July 2019 08.06.2019 – 27.07.2019

dialogues #1 Baronian Xippas Brussels, Xippas Paris, Paris (FR)

Leen Voet

Le Choix d'Albert

17 May 2019 – 29 June 2019 17.05.2019 – 29.06.2019

Xippas Genève, Geneva (CH)

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Leen Voet

Salon de Peinture

18 January 2019 – 17 February 2019 18.01.2019 – 17.02.2019

M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

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Leen Voet

Leen Voet / Alda & Armand

18 November 2018 – 17 February 2019 18.11.2018 – 17.02.2019

CIAP, Hasselt (BE)

Artists

Biography

Born in 1971 (BE)

Lives and works in Brussels (BE)

Education

1991 – 1993

Experimental studio, Sint-Lucas (Luca), Brussels (BE)

1989 – 1991

Painting, KASK, Ghent (BE)

Solo exhibitions

2024

Heilig Graf, landschap en portret, Baronian, Brussels (BE)

2023

Museum M, Leuven (BE)

2022

Je fais ce que je veux, Baronian Xippas, Brussels (BE)

2019

Alda & Armand, Baronian Xippas, Brussels (BE)

2018

Alda & Armand, CIAP Kunstverein, Hasselt (BE)
Solo Show for Albert Baronian, Art Brussels, Brussels (BE)

2016

Bert Vandael, curated by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Kunstbunker Forum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Nürnberg (DE)
Peinture inachevée de Madame T., trampoline, Antwerp (BE)

2014

M & A, trampoline, Antwerp (BE)

2013

SINT-RITA, Netwerk, Aalst (BE)

2012

FELIX, Dépendance, Brussels (BE)

2010

FELIX, FeliXart Museum, Drogenbos, Brussels (BE)

2007

INSTALLATION HENRY, Aliceday, Brussels (BE)

2006

JARDIN GREGOIRE, L’Observatoire-Maison Grégoire, Brussels (BE)
Leen Voet, CIAB, Hasselt (BE)
PHANTASMAGORIA & FOSFOROSCOOP, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels (BE)

2005

Leen Voet, NYLO-Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (IS)

2004

ETNO-EUROPE, solo in situ project in the Ethnographic Museum of Antwerp, organisation NICC, Antwerp (BE)

1997

TABLEAU VIVANT, Netwerk, Aalst (BE)

Group exhibitions

2024

Sì For Margot, Etablissement d’en face, Brussels (BE)

2023

Summer in Knokke, Baronian, Knokke (BE)
Zandgrond, de Warande, Turnhout (BE)
SHŌKAKKŌ, The Merode, Brussels (BE)
Group Show, Baronian, Brussels (BE)
TEN WOMEN / DIX FEMMES / TIEN VROUWEN / ZEHN FRAUEN, M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

2022

KAOS EXPO #1; Gallery Sofie Van den Bussche, Brussels (BE)
64| Hot Spot #1 Painting, Narcisse Tordoir invites 20 Painters, valerie_traan gallery, Antwerp (BE)
The Shop Show, Baronian, Brussels, Knokke (BE)

2021

The Shop Show, Baronian Xippas, Brussels (BE)

2020

Vergeten vertrouwen, Cera, Leuven (BE)
Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunst, M HKA, Antwerp (BE)

2019

Salon de la peinture, M HKA, Antwerp (BE)
Le Choix d’Albert,Galerie Xippas, Geneva (CH)
WMDYWTL?, curated by Sofie Dederen and Abake, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)
BARONIAN XIPPAS DIALOGUES #1, Xippas, Paris (FR)

2018

Voici des Fleurs, La Loge, Brussels (BE)
Flip, about Image Construction, curated by Kasper Andraesen, Zwarte Zaal, Ghent (BE)
20 Years NICC – Jubilee, A4 works, group show, NICC Antwerp (BE)

2017

Artemisia (with Marina Adams, Ilse D’Hollander, Amy Feldman, Fiona Mackay and Leen Voet), Albert Baronian, Brussels (BE)
More Music Box, curated by MORE publishers, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee (BE)

2016

Museum Dirk De Wachter, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent (BE)
Furniture.Sculpture, Art Center Hugo Voeten, Herentals (BE)
Ten Dans, Lieven Segers nodigt uit, CC Maasmechelen (BE)

2015

Un-scene III, WIELS, Brussels (BE)
ME, MYSELF AND I, curated by Simon Delobel, trampoline, Antwerp (BE)
Aandacht! Aandacht!, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)

2014

The divided body, Predikherenkerk, Leuven (BE)
Return to sender, WIELS, Brussels (BE)
Auction MDD, NIGHTSHOP, Knokke (BE)
A pair is not a collection (part of Anne Daems’ collection), LLS387, Antwerp (BE)
Heyokas (curated by Simon Delobel for trampoline), Stadslimiet, Antwerp (BE)

2013

Inside 15 (curated by Jean Paul Jacquet, with Jacques André, Jakup Auce, Francois Curlet, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Michel François, Gaillard and Claude, Michael Van den Abeele, Richard Venlet, Leen Voet, Peter Wächtler, Mario Zabatti), Brussels (BE)
Dublin Doubles, Broadcast Gallery, Dublin (IR)
Celluloid Brushes, An anthology of the lmic perception of the artist from 1267 till today with lmposters by artists, MINI/Goethe-Institut Ludlow 38, New York (US)
Kunstwandeling, Kortrijk (BE)
Benoit Platéus and Leen Voet, Le salon (initiated by Devrim Bayar and developed in close collaboration with Virginie Devillez, Martin Laborde and Valerie Verhack), Brussels (BE)

2012

AN OTHER CASTLE, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels (BE)
YEAR, Komplot, Brussels (BE)
OUI OUI !!, with Aline Bouvy & John Gillis, Patrice Gaillard & Claude, Benoit Plateus, Leen Voet, selection by Jean-Paul Jacquet, Campo Campo, Antwerp, (BE)
CELLULOID BRUSHES, An anthology of the lmic perception of the artist from 1267 till to day with lm posters by artists, Witte de With – Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (NL)

2011

100 DESSINS CONTRE LA GUERRE DU VIETNAM, Komplot, Brussel & Le Commissariat, Paris (FR)
CELLULOID BRUSHES, An anthology of the lmic perception of the artist from 1267 till today with lm posters by artists, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels (BE)
II, selection Voorkamer, Brasseurs, Liège (BE)

2010

ZWEIERLEI, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel (CH)
FLAGS FOR ENSOR, Mu.Zee, Ostend (BE)

2009

ISOMOPOLIS, Etablissement D’en face, Brussels (BE)

2008

LOSING CONTROL (with John Gillis & Aline Bouvy, Ann Veronica Janssens, Michael Van den Abeele, Leen Voet), De garage, Mechelen (BE)

2007

NIEUWE COLLECTIE, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier organisation Voorkamer (BE)
SECONDroom, WEEK46, Brussels (BE)
MONSIEUR JEAN-PAUL RECEVRA, L’Observatoire-Maison Grégoire, Brussel (BE)
PROPOSALS FOR ART INTEGRATION PROJECTS, Netwerk, Aalst (BE)

2003

PRIZE YOUNG BELGIAN PAINTING, Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (BE)
BEELD IN PARK, Brussels, artistic direction Voorkamer (BE)
DIALOGICA, Ghent, artistic direction Netwerk (BE)
Evermore, De Singel, Antwerp (BE)

2002

DUO-SHOW (Ives Maes & Leen Voet), Strombeek-Bever (BE)
VILLA ARSON, three solo projects Leen Voet / Jordi Colomer / Willem De Rijke & Jeroen De Rooij, Nice (FR)
JAMES VAN DAMME GALLERY, Brussels (BE)

2001

KUNST & ZWALM (location-project), Zwalm and surrounding area (BE)

2000

GEEN TIJD, Voorkamer, Lier (BE)
NETWERK2, Netwerk, Aalst (BE)

1999

(R)ENTREE, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen (BE)
ILLUSION/FREE SPACE/FOREVER YOUNG, artistic direction Franziska Lesàk and Gert Robins, NICC, Antwerp (BE)
FANTASY, JACOBA 4, artistic direction Luk Lambrecht and Eva Gonzales Sancho with Imogen Stidworthy, David Evrard, Lara Almarcegui, …, côtéKaNaL, Brussels (BE)
BLEEK HUIS / PALID HOUSE, W139, Amsterdam (NL)

1996

ZOERSEL ’96, artistic direction Menno Meeuwis, with Marthe Wéry, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, David Lamelas, Zoersel (BE)

1995

GERMINATIONS 8, NGCA Zacheta, Warsaw, PL 1995 – GERMINATIONS 8, Athens (GR)
GERMINATIONS 8, Madrid (ES)

1994

LEEN VOET, De Warande, Turnhout (BE)
GERMINATIONS 8, De Beyerd, Breda (NL)

Residencies

2001

VILLA ARSON, Nice, (FR) (Subvention Artist in Residence, DRAC,ceACA, Aix-en- Provence)

Awards

2012

Prix Fernand Baudin Prijs

2008

ING Fresh Eyes

2003

Prize Langui, PRIZE YOUNG BELGIAN PAINTING

Readings and lectures

2015

LOOK WHO’S TALKING, Un-Scene III, Wiels, Brussels

2013

LEEN VOET, Drawings and proces drawings, Sint-Lucas, Antwerp

2013

X MARKS THE BÖKSHIP, Londen
Phil Baines talks with Leen Voet (artist) and Inge Ketelers and Michaël Bussaer (graphic designers) about prize-winning book Felix.
JON BYWATER & LEEN VOET, On Sint-Rita and Gods of Cast Metal, Netwerk Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Aalst

2010

Any Space what Ever, SMAK, Gent

2009

ARNAUD HENDRICKX & LEEN VOET, On Suspicion vs Facts, Spatial Scenario, Subjective
Reading, Meaning, Unknown Third Parties and Time. Sint-Lucas Architectuur, Brussels
DE AVONDEN – LES SOIREES, Felix, Daringman, Brussels

Publications

Editions

2016

PEINTURE INACHEVE DE MADAME T., book, edition of 200 copies, drawings and book by Leen Voet, published by trampoline books, 44 pages, h 32 x w 24.5 cm

2012

FELIX book, edition of 500 copies, drawings by Leen Voet, published by Grotto & Grafische cel, designed by Michael Bussaer & Inge Ketelers, 775 pages, 21 x 29,7 cm, b/w offset on Sunken Lynx

1997

TABLEAU VIVANT, story’s on c.d.

Publications

2015

UN-SCENE III, exhibition catalogue, Wiels, Brussels

2012

_ YEAR, Komplot, Brussels

2008

JOE DALTON #5, contribution to a magazine by David Evrard
LOSING CONTROL, catalogue

2007

CONTEMPORARY ART IN BELGIUM 2007
JOE DALTON #4, contribution to a magazine by David Evrard

2005

FotoMuseumMagazine, article about ETNO-EUROPE by Maarten De Pourcq

2004

Free Space 2004, NICC, Antwerpen, catalogue
HANDLEIDING 02.03, annual, Netwerk, Aalst

2003

PRIZE YOUNG BELGIAN PAINTING, catalogue
BEELD IN PARK, catalogue
DIALOGICA, catalogue