Michaël Borremans
Michaël Borremans (1963 Geraardsbergen, Belgium) lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. He received his M.F.A. from Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst, Campus St. Lucas, in Ghent in 1996. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at several notable institutions such as the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (2020); Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague (2020); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2015-2016); Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2015); Dallas Museum of Art (2015); Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (2014); Hara Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2014); Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany (2011); Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest (2011); Kunsthalle Helsinki (2011); Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (2010); Royal Palace in Brussels (2010); Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany (2009); de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam (2007); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent (2005; traveled to Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London; and Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin); Cleveland Museum of Art (2005); Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany (2004); and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (2004).
Work by the artist is held in public international collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Cleveland Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.