JAN DE VLIEGHER
°1964, Bruges, Belgium
Lives and works in Bruges, Belgium

selected solo exhibitions

2021 People, Thomas Fuch Gallery, Germany
2021 Thomas Fuch Gallery, Germany
2021 Rarity Summer Contemporary Exhibition, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2020 Rarity Summer Contemporary Exhibition, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2019 During All The Year 2019, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2019 What you see is what you see, Städtische galerie Neunkirchen, Neunkirchen, Germany
2019 Plush, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussel, Belgium
2019 Jan de Vliegher, Kunstverein Münsterland, Germany
2018 Garden, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2018 Beach, Thomas Fuch Gallery, Germany
2017 Plates II, Galerie Zwart Huis, Brussels, Belgium
2016 Recent Paintings, Gow langsford Gallery, Auckland City, New Zealand
2016 SILK, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2015 Malerei, Munsterlandfestival, galerie Hovestadt, Nottuln, Germany
2014 Jan De Vliegher Interiors, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke (B)
2014 Recent Paintings, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland City, New Zealand
2014 SPRING, Recent Paintings, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Koi, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Cherubs, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2013 Collections, Roberto Polo Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Treasury, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Treasury, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2011 Pleasure Gardens, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2011 Schatzkammer, Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Brussels, Belgium (Cat.)
2011 Recent Paintings, Venice Projects, Venice, Italy
2011 Recent Paintings, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Cinque Terre, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium (Catalogue)
2010 Still Life, Galerie Ruth Leuchter, Dusseldorf, Germany
2009 Capitolani, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2009 Facades and Statues, Angelika Knapper Gallery,Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Schatzkammer, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2007 Still Life, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2007 Nature, Galerie Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Recent paintings, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
2005 People, Galerie Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Recent paintings, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
2004 Reflections, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2004 Recent paintings, Galerie Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Cultuurcentrum, Bruges, Belgium (Catalogue)
2003 Recent paintings, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
2002 Fruits, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2001 What you see is what you see, Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2001 Back to basics, Galerie Mercator, Antwerp, Belgium (Catalogue)
2000 Galerie William Wauters, Oosteeklo, Belgium
1999 W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998 Vereniging Museum Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

selected group exhibitions

2021 19de Biennale Hedendaagse Kunst, Poeke, Belgium
2019 Neuerwerbungen der Sammlung Hense, Gescher, Germany
2019 Art Miami, Miami, USA, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 19de Biennale Hedendaagse Kunst, Poeke, Belgium
2019 Positions Berlin, Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, Germany
2019 Hense Collection, Gescher, Germany
2019 Downtown painting, curated by Alex Katz, Peter Freeman Gallery, New York, USA
2019 During all the year 2019, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2019 Art Karlsruhe, with Thomas Fuchs Gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018 "Treasures of the Home", Blaafarvevaerket Museum, Buskerud, Norway
2018 Art Paris, Paris, with Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam
2018 VOLTA, Basel’s art fair for new international positions, with Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam
2018 Positions Berlin Art Fair, with Thomas Fuchs Gallery, Germany
2018 Art Karlsruhe, Germany with Thomas Fuch Gallery, Germany
2018 BAD Belgium Art & Design, Gent, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2017 Volta NY, USA with Brandt Gallery, Netherlands
2017 Un bal masqué. XVIIIe siècle & art contemporain, Le Chateau De Nyon, Switserland
2017 Between Earth and Heaven II, Brugge. A tribute to Willy Van den Bussche. PAK, Gistel, Belgium
2017 Pan Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam, with Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam
2017 BAD Belgium Art & Design, Gent, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2016 Just another f***ing Artgallery, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland city, New Zealand
2015 My Blue China. La mondialisation en bleu et blanc, Musée Ariana, Ville de Genève, Switserland
2015 Kunst @ Rode Kruis, Klooster Sancta Maria, Ronse Belgium
2015 Spring, Gow Langsford gallery, Oakland, New Zealand
2015 La mondialisation en bleu et blanc, my blue China, Fondation Bernardaut, Limoges, France
2015 Sweet 18, kasteel d’Ursel, Hingene, Belgium
2015 Seascapes, galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2013 Panorama, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 B.Art Gent, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2012 Abstracte Realiteit, Jan Garemijnzaal, Brugge, Belgium
2012 B.Art Gent, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2011 Sprelacart, Galerie E105, Berlin, Germany
2011 Art Fair Tokyo, Berengo Studio, Venice, Italy
2011 Art Paris, Venice Projects, Venice, Italy
2011 Art Palm Beach, Bergengo Studio, Venice, Italy
2010 Fine Art Fair, San Fransisco, USA with Venice Projects, , Venice, Italy
2010 Art Chicago, USA with Venice Projects, Chicago, USA
2010 Art Brussels, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2010 Art Toronto, Canada with Venice Projects, Venice, Italy
2010 Transparantie, De Halle, Geel, Belgium
2010 Meer, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2009 Fading, Museum van Elsene, Brussels, Belgium (Catalogue)
2009 Art Brussels, Belgoum with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2008 Art Brussels, Belgoum with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2007 En passant, Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, Germany
2007 Von der Schönheit des Alltäglichen, Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, Germany
2007 Mons-Bruges 1-1, La machine a l’eau, Mons, Belgium
2007 Art Cologne, Germany with Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockohlm, Sweden
2006 Van’t Swin tot Ysendyck, Le coin couleurs, IJzendijk, Netherlands
2006 Art Cologne, Germany with Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 Art Cologne, Germany with Knäpper+Baumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Marines in confrontatie, Beaufort 2003, Museum for Modern Art,
Ostend, Belgium (Catalogue)
2003 Art Brussels, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2002 De Slang, Octopusproject, Bruges, Belgium (Catalogue)
2002 Los Jardines de Granada, Museum for Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium (Catalogue)
2002 Hofvijver in Poëzie en Beeld, The Hague, Netherlands (Catalogue)
2002 Art Brussels, Belgium with Galerie Zwart Huis, Knokke, Belgium
2001 Een beeld van een beeld, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium
2001 Laureaat Provinciale prijs West-Vlaanderen, Laureaat, Scharpoord Knokke, Belgium

webdesign
ICT-Solutions

selected biography

2018
Scala Regia 5, Winter 2018-2019
Cultura Notes, Betraktninger om kunst og kultur (Views on art and culture), July 19, 2018
Der einzigartige Arbeitsplatz des Künstlers Jan De Vliegher, Stilvoll wohnen 77, March 2018
Leuchtende Gemälde von Jan De Vliegher - re.flect Stuttgart february 2018
"Beaches" in der Galerie Thomas Fuchs: Die tiefe Leichtigkeit des Jan De Vliegher - Kultur - Stuttgarter Nachrichten, february 2018

2015
Delos Soline, Phénomène, Elle Decoration, November 2015
Maison & Objet mag, My blue China, October 2015
Girard, Sylvie, Révélations, La revue de la céramique et du verre, September-October 2015
Poiret, Dominique, My blue China, La revue de la céramique et du verre, September-October 2015
von Ferscht Adrien, My blue China, Asia Scotland Institute, September 28 2015
Coiffet, Caroline, My blue China, Belles Demeures, august-september 2015
Messe Frankfurt, La Globalización en azul y blanco, Elle Decor, July-August 2015
Marie Claire Maison, Bleus de Chine, July-August 2015
Roman Céline/ Julo Corrine, Visiter des expositions, Marie Claire
idées, July/August 2015
Tableware Interntional (Presse D'Angleterre), Celebrating ceramics & silverware, July 1, 2015
De Verneuil, laurent, "My blue China, The colors of globalization" at Foundation Bernardaud, CFile Foundation, July 2015
Waché Olivier, Limoges blue is blue, Le journal de la Maison, July 2015
Lépine Mégane, Zoom - Bleu et Blanc, coulers du monde, L'Echo, July 9, 2015
Beaux Arts Magazine Supplement, My blue China, July 2015
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, Reinventing Porcelain, Lifestyle.com, June/July 2015
Architectural digest, Explores Blue-and-Wthite China in contemporary art, June 2015
Leboulanger, Clemence, Bleus de Chine ou de Delphes inspirent les créateurs contemporains fous de porcelaine, June 2015
L'Oeil, Des expositions - June & August 2015
Le journal des arts, Musées - Calendrier, June 2015
Le Populaire, L'autre visage du bleu-et-blanc, June 14, 2015
Buzy, Marion, Limoges - Vivre sa ville, Le Populaire, June 11, 2015
TV France 3 Limousin, journal télevisé; June 11, 2015
TV locale Limoges & site, My Blue China, June 10, 2015
TV locale Telim, Expo My blue China/ Arts Plastiques, June 10, 2015
TV BFM Business & site, Philantrophique: My Blue China, June 1, 2015 
Flow, Bleu de Chine, May 2015
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia, La fondation d'entreprise Bernardaud réinvente la porcelaine, Blouin Art Info, May 30, 2015
Institut national métiers d'art, My blue China - La mondialisation en bleu et blanc, May 28, 2015
The Bernardaud foundation revisits blue and white, Offrir (France), 2nd quarter 2015

2014
McNamara, T.J., Working from the shoulder, The New Zealand Herald, 22 March 2014
Weis, Mike, Still Life, Updated, ARTnews, February 2014
Vernissage TV, Installation Magazine, January 2014

2013
Croak, James, Jan De Vliegher: Layering Abstraction on Realism, or the Other Way Around, Hamtons Art Hub, December 2013
Frierson, William, Ponder the Pond, Where magazine New York, December 2013
Elias, Willem, Prof. Dr, Jan De Vliegher went fishing, November 2013
Petry, Michael, Nature Morte, Thames & Hudson, October 2013
Petry, Michael, Stille Levens - kunstenaars van nu geven een nieuwe visie op de nature morte, September 2013
Rinckhout, Eric, Verstilde beelden druipend van de verf, De Morgen, July2013
Crew Sarah, Visual Arts: Jan De Vliegher, Flanders Today, April 2013
De Crayencour, Muriel, Une peinture jubilatoire, L'Echo, April 2013
Elias, Willem, Prof. Dr, L' abstraction figurative de Jan De Vliegher, Collect, 2013
Elias, Willem, prof. Dr, Jan De Vliegher in Roberto Pollo Gallery, H Art, March 2013
Lorent, Claude, Puissantes et ferventes jubilations picturales, Arts Libre, March 2013

2012
Zambrano, Vincent, Interview with Jan De Vliegher, Arte Fuse, May 2012
Cortellucci, Romina S, Historical plate paintings, Trend Hunter, May 2012

2011
Zebrastraat, Revisited Portraits, (tent. cat. Zebrastraat, Gent), November 5, 2011
Fevra, Greetle. Meet Our Belgian Artist Jan De Vliegher, Belgian Pearl, September 5, 2011
Pok, Marie. Jan De Vliegher, Libre Essentielle, August 13, 2011
Depoorter, Matthias. Alla Prima, Knack Magazine, August 10, 2011
Allegaart, Sophie. Treasury, Knokke-Heist Magazine, July 1, 2011
Steverlynck, Sam. Jan de Vliegher, Painter between Baroque and Rock-‘n-Roll, Ontmoetingen Société Générale Private Banking, July 1, 2011
Jansen, Yves. I hate narrative painting, De Redactie.be, (Belgian radio and television), May 7, 2011
Thijs Demeulemeester. Chateau De Vliegher, Trends, May 5, 2011
IDH, Jan De Vliegher occupies Gaasbeek castle, Het Nieuwsblad, May 5, 2011
Dosogne, Ludo. The sweeping brush strokes of Jan De Vliegher, Randkrant Brussel, May 1, 2011
Rau, Daan. Jan De Vliegher in Gaasbeek castle, Openbaar Kunstbezit Vlaanderen (Public Art Collection Flanders), April 1, 2011

2010
Helsen, Lina. Jan De Vlieger – Transparency as a pictorial subject, (exh. cat. CC De Werft, Geel), November 15, 2010

2009
Van Canneyt, Hilde. Conversations with Artists, : Jan De Vliegher, Kunstletters, December 1, 2009
Mus, Annelies. Looking Inside, Steps Magazine, November 1, 2009
Martens, Dirk. Beauty though the Lens, De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad, September 11, 2009
Van den Bussche, Willy. Jan De Vliegher, Facades and statues, Catalog of the exhibition edited by Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm 2009, ISBN 97891-976955-3-4
Van den Bussche, Willy. Jan De Vliegher 2004-2009, Published By Snoeck, 2009 ISBN 978-90-5349-754-8
Fuchs, Dr. Ulrike. Jan De Vliegher, Light Spaces, Palette Kunst, February 2009

2008
Debruyne, Johan. The light used as a theme, 'h'ART issue 39, July 10, 2008

2007
Buckesfeld, Susanne. Jan De Vliegher, The Beauty of the Everyday, (exh.cat. isbn 3-925489-71-1), 2007
Buckesfeld, Susanne. Passing : On the Search for the Lost Space, (exh.cat.), May 25, 2007

2006
Tournois, Anita. Personal Look at State-Spanish Borders, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, May 10, 2006

2005
Ruyters, Marc. Painting in Flanders after 1980, OKV (Openbaar kunstbezit Vlaanderen, Public Art Collection Flanders, issue4, 2005
2004
Debruyne, Johan. Jan De Vliegher – Works 2001-2003, Tielt, Printing Lannoo, (exh.cat.: Cultuurcentrum Brugge, De Bogardenkapel) 2004

2002
Geerts, Paul. The wonders of Granada, De Morgen, October 26, 2002
Dumas, Charles and Schaepman, Hermance. Hofvijver in Poetry & Image, Den Haag: De Nieuwe Haagsche, (exh.cat.: Den Haag, Artpassage in Rijksmonument; Museum Bredius; Haags Historisch Museum) 2002
De Vlam, Ludovic and Daenen, Ward. Sixth Art Circuit-De Slang, Gent: Imschoot Uitgevers, edited by ‘A-Prior’ and De Slang vzw voor Brugge 2002

2001
Demeester, Ann. Jan De Vliegher: Back to Basics, Antwerpen: Mercator&Noordstar, (exh.cat.: Antwerpen, Galerie Mercator) 2001
Fontier, Jaak. Jan De Vliegher or 'scanning visual extremes in painting’, Kreatief, Jrg.35 nr.1, 2001

2000
De Rouck, Bea. Jan De Vliegher, Bruges master with a touch of baroque, Exit, February 2000

1999
Vermeersch V., Contemporary Art in Brugge, Museumbulletin (Brugge Stedelijke Musea & Museumvrienden), December 6, 1999
Demeester, Ann. A snake in Brugge, Tijd-Cultuur, December 15, 1999
Rozendaal, Ernst Jan. Volatility trapped in glass and paint, P2C, November 13, 1999

1998
Out, Nico. Sittard conqueres Oost-Souburg, P2C, December 30, 1998
Roelandt, Els. Art in a loft, Tijd-Cultuur, May 27, 1998
Roelandt, Els. The power of painting gesture, Tijd-Cultuur, April 29, 1998
Bracke, Eric. Dissident Flemish Painting, De Morgen, April 28, 1998
Doove, Edith. To see or not to see, De Standaard, April 22, 1998
Dewilde, Michel. Chambre Garnie-Sant ’98, Brugge :Graphic Group Van Damme, (exh.cat. : Hallezalen Belfort Brugge) 1998
Debruyne, Johan. Jan De Vliegher – Bravura Paint!, De Standaard, January 9, 1998

1997
Holthoff & Ruyters, Paint and Pencil, Knack, October 15, 1997
Lambrecht, Luk. Trapped Reality, Suria : Arts Grafiques Rodergas, (exh.cat.: Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona) 1997
Debruyne, Johan. Unlikely virtuoso with paint…, Brugsch Handelsblad, June 27, 1997
Lambrecht, Luk. Paint with Panache, De Morgen, June 13, 1997