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Marc Van Cauwenbergh

In these recent abstract paintings, Van Cauwenbergh explores the increasing fragmentation of human identity and communication within the chaos of the contemporary urban world; the multifaceted emotions of physical and psychological relationships.

The canvases are a theatrical space upon which one can project life with its ever-changing combinations of people and environments.

In these works, brushstrokes become details of larger, invisible forms in invisible environments. Entire sensual, organic forms, applied in fluid, dynamic layers of oil paint on Belgian linen, are dissected to a more intimate level.

Within the visual space, a balance is created between forms that seem to float or hang still in time, while other parts emphasise slow transitions or abrupt shifts. Their specific colours connect, blend, or simply glide by.

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Marc Van Cauwenbergh is a Belgian-American artist who has lived and worked in New York since 1994. He moved to New Jersey in 2022 and spends part of the year working in the Ardeche region in France.

Originally from Ninove, Belgium, he studied printmaking at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts Sint-Lucas in Ghent and holds an MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY while on a Fulbright-Hays Grant for Graduate Study in the USA.

He has exhibited internationally since 1984. His work is in private, public and

corporate collections such as the Collection of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brussels, BE), Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (NY), Centre de la Gravure et de lImage Imprimée (La Louvière, BE), Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY), EBES (Ghent, BE).

Awards include Grant Flemish Community, Belgium and a Fulbright-

Hays Grant for Graduate Study in the USA.

A selection of solo exhibitions:

  • 2023 – “ New York, a city of colours”, Radial Art Contemporain (Strasbourg, FR)
  • 2012 – 57W57arts – Project Space (New York, NY, USA)
  • 2020 – “End of Night”, Jason McCoy Gallery (New York, USA – online exhibition)
  • 2018 – “Abstract Scenes”, Alice Mogabgab Gallery (Beirut, Lebanon)
  • 2018 – Galerie Van Caelenberg (Aalst, BE)
  • 2016-17 – “RECAP- A Selection of Paintings:, Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce (New York, USA)
  • 2015 – “Cosa Mentale”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery (Brussels, BE)
  • 2014 – “Oils on Paper”, Huize St-Bonaventura (Ghent, BE)
  • 2012 – “Inner Layers”, Art Track Gallery (Ghent, BE)
  • 2008 – “Loose Formations”, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts (New York, NY, USA)
  • 2008 – Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor – Curated by Frank Verpoorten (Staten Island, NY, USA)
  • 1989 – “New York Paintings”, Galerij S65 (Aalst, BE)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023               

“New York, a city of colours“, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

2021               

57W57arts – Project Space, New York, NY, USA

2020               

“End of Night”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, USA  (online exhibition)

2018                

Abstract Scenes” – Paintings and Papers, Alice Mogabgab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Galerie Van Caelenberg, Aalst, BE

2016-17          

“RECAP”- A Selection of Paintings, BELCHAM/ Belgian-American Chamber of

Commerce, New York, NY, USA

“Salon Zürcher”, represented by Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2015               

“Cosa mentale”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2014

“Oils on Paper”, Huize St-Bonaventura, Ghent, BE 

“New Works”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

            2013

“Recent Drawings”, Art on Paper 1, at White Hotel Brussels, represented by Mathilde            

Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2012

“Inner Layers”, Art Track Gallery, Ghent, BE

“Oil on Linen”, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ, USA

2010

Oever 21, Antwerp, BE

Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ, USA

2008

“Loose Formations”, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, USA    

2007

“A Body of Paintings”, KHF Studio, New York, NY, USA

“Oils on Linen”, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY, USA

2005

Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA, USA

Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY, USA

2004

Art @ BUILT, New York, NY, USA

1999

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, NY, USA

1998

“Paintings”, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Centre, NY, USA

1994

Private Exhibition Space, Brussels, BE

1992

“Artist in Residence”, at Giovanna Massoni and Gerrit Six, Brussels, BE

1990

“Recent Work”, Museum Cafe, New York, NY, USA

1989

“New York Paintings”, Galerij S 65, Aalst, BE

“Ceramic Sculptures”, Les Maitres de Forme Contemporains, Brussels, BE

1987

Galerie Bozar, Antwerp, BE

1986

“Bewegungen”, Art Work Galerie, Berlin, Germany

1985

Galerie Bozar, Antwerp, BE

1984

Galerie S & H De Buck, Ghent, BE

DUO & TRIO EXHIBITIONS

2021                 

_wals10_, De Pastorie Ressegem/Herzele, BE

2018                 

“Paintings”, Marc Van Cauwenbergh & Daniel Chompré, Alice Mogabgab Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

“Marc Van Cauwenbergh & Philippe Cardoen, presented by Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery (Brussels) at BAD, Belgium Art+Design at ICC, Ghent, BE

2016

“Marc Van Cauwenbergh & Vladimir Skoda”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR                    

2014

“Till Augustin & Marc Van Cauwenbergh”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR                      

2013

“Champs colorés”, with Gérald Vatrin, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2008

“Entangled”, curated by Barbara O’Brien, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA

2005            

“21st Century Queer Men, Artists on the Edge”, with Jarrod Beck and Brian Riley, Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA

2001

“Marc Lambrechts & Marc Van Cauwenbergh”, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations, New York, NY, USA

2000                 

“sweet work of Nature”, with Sharon Shapiro & Leslie Wilcox, curated by Barbara O’Brien, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, USA

1987

“Marc Van Cauwenbergh + Martine De Bruyn”, Belfort Crypte, Aalst, BE

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025              

“The Surface Holds No Secrets”, TaLe Art Gallery – Curated by Wim Lambrecht & Tanja Leys, Vlierzele, BE             

2025-2026     

“Prickly Abstractions”, Affective Care – Curated by Lizzie Scott, New York, NY, USA

2025              

“Small Paintings and Sculptures”, 57w57arts, New York, NY, USA           

“Petite Treasures”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2024              

“Spring of Colours”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Art Karlsruhe”, represented by Radial Art Cont. (Strasbourg, FR), Karlsruhe, Germany

2023-2024     

“art at the residence”, Belgian Residence – Consulate General Belgium, New York, NY, USA

“L’Hiver a la galerie Radial”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Eye Of The Beholder”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2023              

“Variations Abstraites”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

“L’heure bleue “, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Small Paintings by 27 Artists”, 57W57arts, New York, NY, USA

“From The Back Room”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2022              

“ROUGE!”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“tout est nouveau sous la lune”, Galerie Van Caelenberg, Aalst, BE

2021               

AMP: Art Market Provincetown Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA

“Precious Gems”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“From Dark to Light: A Holiday Celebration”, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, USA (online exhibition)

2020               

AMP: Art Market Provincetown Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA

2019-20          

“Art at the Residence”, 8 Belgian Artists, Residence Consul-General Belgium, New York, USA

“NY abstract now”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2018               

“Small is beautiful”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Magistrale Lijnen”, Art Track Gallery, Ghent, BE

“Different Strokes”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Marc Van Cauwenbergh, Karen Cappotto, Zammy Migdal & Cindy Sherman Bishop”, AMP: Art Market Provincetown Gallery, Provincetown, MA, USA

“ART COnnects (?)“, DeKantfabriek, Ninove, BE

2017               

“Salon Zürcher”, represented by Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2016               

“Small is Beautiful”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Oeuvres Choisies”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

“Ne vous déplaise”, MH Gallery + Loft photo, Brussels, BE

2015               

“Les Académies #1 le paysage”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

“Abstract Nature, Abstract”, Art Track, Ghent, BE

2014            

“Het is Zomer #3”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

“OsEros”, Art on Paper 1, at Hotel Amour, Paris, represented by Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2013

“Abstracts and Figures”, Art Track, Ghent, BE

“Desseins”, Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery, Brussels, BE

2012

“Paper Band”, curated by Stephanie Buhmann, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Pratt Alumni Painters”, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Belgian Artists in New York”, Consulate General of Belgium, New York, NY, USA

2011

“70 Years of Abstract Painting – Excerpts”, curated by Stephanie Buhmann, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“XI”, RADIAL Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR          

2010

“Pierre, Papier, Litho”, Dix Ans d’Editions et d’Impression a l’Atelier Bruno Robbe, Centre de la Gravure, La Louviere, BE

“New-Yorkais, Londoniens, Parisiens”, Radial Art Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR

“Feed the Kitty”, Spattered Columns in collaboration with Art Connects NY, New York, USA                        

2009

“Reunion: Work by Pratt Alumni”, curated by Joe Fyfe, Steuben South Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Treasures of Gay Art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation”, Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY, USA

2007

“Bruno Robbe Editions”, Bruges, BE

“Winter Salon”, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY, USA

2006

“Bruno Robbe Editions”, Maison Folie, Mons, BE

“Undergrowth”, curated by Stephanie Buhmann, Gallery Sakiko, New York, NY, USA

“Group Show”, with Works on Paper, Art Track Gallery, Ghent, BE

2005  

“Contrasts”, Art Track Gallery, Ghent, BE      

2004                 

“Band of Abstraction”, curated by Joe Fyfe, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Inaugural Exhibition”, Art Track Gallery, Ghent, BE

“Europe Day Celebration Exhibition”, Dahesh Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA

2003

“Blue”, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Made in America”, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY, USA

2002

“Zenroxy”, curated by Ivan Vera, von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Delirious New York”, curated by Helen Varola, Eikholt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

“Take 5”, Yellow House, Greenport, NY, USA

“Art Educates the World” Fulbright Legacy Fund Benefit Show, curated by Dan Cameron, Laura Hoptman and Klaus Kertess, Sotheby’s, New York, NY, USA

2001               

“The Flanders-Washington Connection”, Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC, USA

“abstract dialogues”, Amerasia Bank Art Gallery, Flushing, NY, USA

“National Small Oil Painting Exhibition”, The Wichita Center for the Arts,, Wichita, KS, USA

2000

“Winter Paper”, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York, NY, USA

1999

Ligne Art Sud, Montolieu, FR

Consulate General Belgium, New York, NY, USA

“Belgian Artists in America”, C.C. Luchtbal, Antwerp, BE

1997

“Works on paper”, Galerij S 65, Aalst, BE

1995-96

“Young Artists”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1990 

Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY, USA

1989

“Works on Paper ‘89”, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Salena Gallery, L.I.U., Brooklyn, NY, USA

Cristallerie, Wadgassen, Germany

1987  

“Een Zomers Beeld”, Galerie Tussenwater, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1986

Galerie S & H De Buck, Ghent, BE

1985

“Kunstsalon”, Museum Hedendaagse Kunst (SMAK), Ghent, BE