Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
Contact
williamludwiglutgens (at) gmail.com
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Current/ Upcoming
2024
(lecture) Universiteit Lichtekooi, Antwerp (30 Nov).
2025
(solo) title to be announced, 427 Gallery, Riga, Latvia (Winter)
(group) Painting after Painting, SMAK, Ghent (Spring)
Education
2017 - 2016
HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
2014 - 2015
Master of Research in Art & Design, St. Lucas, Antwerp.
2012 - 2013
Master in Graphic Design & Illustration, St. Lucas Antwerp.
Residency
2024
Internationale Cite Des Arts (supported by the Flemish Government), Paris
2023-2024
Wild Card, Kunstplaats VONK Resident, Hasselt Belgium.
2022
Vonk goes New York, US.
2021
Copenhagen Netwerk-Week, Vonk icw Nikolaj Kunsthal & Danish Art Foundation, Denmark.
2019
SeMA NANJI Residency, Seoul, Korea.
2018
MSF-Kokela, Gbadolite, Bili & Kinshasa, DR Congo.
2018 - 2019
FLACC, Genk, Belgium.
2017
Sala D’art Jove, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain.
2016
Z33 - Cultuur Platform, Toegepast 21, Hasselt, Belgium.
Awards & Grants
2023
Wild Card, film project fund, Vonk, Hasselt.
2021-2022
Project Subsidies, Flemish Community, Kiosk Vlaanderen.
2020
Gaverprijs,1st prize, Cc De Schakel Waregem.
2018 - 2019
Development grant, Flemish community, Flanders State of the Art.
2017
Boghossian Foundation, 2nd Prize, Art Contest, Brussels.
Eeckman Art Prize, Art on Paper, BOZAR, Brussels.
The First Line Award, Lyra Germany, Drawing Room Madrid.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2024
Fantasy Supplement PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp.
2023
Happy To Hear You’re Doing Fine, Kunstencentrum 38CC, Delft, The Netherlands.
I feill a byll within my bosum beill, Galeri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022
My Mind Is The Mind Of A Fish, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
The Bigger The Short, The Sweeter The Bottom, De Garage / Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium.
2021
That Clinking Clanking Clunking, Bruthaus Gallery, Waregem, Belgium
2020
A Comedy of Humours, PLUS-ONE Gallery Zuid, Antwerp.
2018
Please Play By The Rules, Gallery Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
William Ludwig Lutgans - Drawing Room, Madrid, Spain.
Eat me up and spit me out, Junior, Plus-One, Antwerp, Belgium.
KunstINgang, CC Merksem, Belgium.
2017
De Muur, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium.
Eeckman Art Prize, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium.
Dank U Voor Het Leven, A01, Naples, Italy.
2016
William Ludwig Lutgens, alltogethernow, Rotterdam. Netherlands.
Het Kabinet, CIAP, Hasselt., Belgium.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2024
HilbertRaum (Drift), Berlin, Germany.
Performa6, Vonk Centrale, Hasselt, Belgium.
Aesthetic Echoes, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp.
Pleasure Pavilion, New Garden Galerie, Pantin, Paris.
LR.RG #6, Deurne, Antwerp.
2023
NICC x 25, SMAK museum for contemporary art, Ghent, Belgium.
Down in the woods, up to the sky, Double Q Gallery, Hong Kong
Sharing Stories, Forum Triangulare Euregionaal Kunstcentrum Oud Rekem, Belgium.
Wild Apples, Abdij Sint Trudo, Cc De Bogaard, Belgium.
No, I’m Spartacus, Red Herring Salon, Antwerp, Belgium
Kunstennacht Hasselt, VONK, Belgium.
The Clown Spirit - The traveling exhibition, Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome
2022
Red Herring Salon, Red Herring Salon, Antwerp, Belgium
Parkstad Limburg Prijs, SCHUNCK, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Oude Wijn / Nieuwe Zakken, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
Quartet, CC Brugge - Poortersloge, Brugge, Belgium.
Making Fun, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
Portraits, Veduta, Brussels, Belgium
Fijne spot en milde satire in hedendaagse kunst, Diskus, Aalst, Belgium.
Zandkoeken van plastiek, CC Zwanenberg, Heist op den berg, Belgium.
2021
Kunstenfestival Damme: Niemand is een Eiland, Stichting Ijsberg, Belgium.
BELGICART, Stichting Ijsberg, Damme, Belgium
Tarot editions, 019, Ghent, Belgium
2020
Inside-Out, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels.
The Clown Spirit, Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp.
Pearls on the beach, duo show w/ Che Go Eun, Arture, Knokke, Belgium.
Pre-Triennale Platform 8#, Brugge, Belgium.
L’heure Bleue, PLUS-ONE & Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium.
OFF OFF OFF, CC Palethe, Pelt, Belgium.
2019
OFF BALANCE, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
By your trace, by your shadow, SeMA, Seoul, Korea.
The Archive Hotel x Off the, grid, Leuven, Belgium.
DISSIDENCE: Quilting Against, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses, PLUS-ONE & Sofie Van De Velde gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
2018
KOKELA, Phillips, Antwerp, Belgium.
AYNITL #2, Croxhapox, Ghent, Belgium.
Streams of Consciousness, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Netherlands.
Kunstenfestival Plan B, Bekegem, Belgium.
LUST LAUGHTER LIQUOR, Plus-One & Sofie Van De Velde, Antwerp, Belgium.
20 years NICC - Jubilee, NICC, Antwerp, Belgium.
2017
The Grid and The Cloud: How to Connect, Vanderborght Building, Brussels, Belgium.
Trust In The Unexpected, Governor's House, Ghent, Belgium.
Art Contest, Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium.
Infiniteflowersplusone Accrochage 3, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp.
Nacht van de beeldende kunst, De Studio, Antwerp, Belgium.
At The Campsite, CC Ekeren, Belgium.
2016
The Matter of Facts, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
Artenova, D.art, Mechelen, Belgium.
NanKan, Surplus Space, Wuhan, China.
Little Hisk, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.
The Moving image, De Studio, Antwerp, Belgium.
Interrupting The City, Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, Belgium.
Ten Dans, CC Maasmechelen, Belgium.
2015
Canned Laughter, WO MEINE SONNE SCHEINT, curated by Pieter Vermeulen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Fascinator, CC, Ekeren, Belgium.
Game of Roles, Paris-Texas, Antwerp. Curated by Matteo Lucchetti, Belgium.
Love Will Tear Us Apart, HAL, Antwerp. Belgium.
A Belgian Politician, Marion de Cannière Art Space, Antwerp. Belgium.
2014
Un Voyage Autour de Ma Chambre, Het Bos, Antwerp. Belgium.
2013
20% eenhoorn, Souterrain, Antwerp. Belgium.
Art Fairs
2023
Art Antwerp
Art Cologne
Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022
Art Antwerp
Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2021
Apples and Oranges, Ciap, Genk, Belgium
2020
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2019
Art Brussels, Belgium.
Art Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2018
Art Brussels, Belgium.
DrawingRoom Madrid, Spain.
Building Friendship fair, Antwerp, Belgium.
2017
DrawingRoom Madrid, Spain.
Michiel Burger - Prospects and Concepts (in collaboration), Art Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2015
w/ Collective Francis, POPPOSITIONS, KanalWharf, Brussels. Belgium.
Collections
Collectie De Bruin-Heijn
Flemish government
Kunstpatrimonium Stad Waregem
SMAK Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art
Collezione Taurisano
Private collections
Artist Talks
2024
Lecture at Universiteit Lichtekooi, Joy Sauce in the Belly, Lichtekooi, Antwerp.
Artist talk in conversation with Zuzanna Rachowska and Gertjan Oskar, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp.
Panel talk w/ Yannick Valgesto, Emma Verhulst, Frederik Vergaert, Sint Lucas Antwerp.
2022
Artist Talk /w Paepens & Persyn adviescommissie, Koen Leemans, De Garage (Kunsthal Mechelen).
Pompidou, Radio Klara
2018
Artist Talk /w Johan Pas, Muhka, Antwerp.
2017
Integrated, Between creativity and criminality, Antwerp.
Paratext #18, Sala Ricson, Hangar, Barcelona.
2016
Serieuze Praat: Het Geïllustreerd Blad w/ Wouter Poolman, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
Serieuze Praat: Het Geïllustreerd Blad w/ Wouter Poolman, Troebel Neyntje, Antwerp.
2015
Klaxon StripFestival, Borgerhout, Antwerp.
2013
Integrated 2013 - International arts & design conference, Singel, Antwerp.
Features/Press/catalog (selection)
2024
Making choices - William Ludwig Lutgens at PLUS-ONE Gallery, Indra Devriendt, Gallery Viewer Magazine
William ludwig Lutgens at PLUS-ONE Gallery Antwerp, Art Viewer, featured.
Tique, Six Questions, William Ludwig Lutgens
2023
O FLUXO, Featured, William Ludwig Lutgens at 38CC,
Art Viewer, Featured, William Ludwig Lutgens at 38CC
Tired Mass, Featured, William Ludwig Lutgens, Happy To Hear You’re Doing Fine
Kubaparis, William Ludwig Lutgens, Happy To Hear You’re Doing Fine
Wild Apples catalogue, text by Luk Lambrecht, CC De Bogaard
2022
Kunstmagazine, William Ludwig Lutgens, Autumn Edition, Koen Van Der Schaeghe
Contemporary Art Daily, My Mind Is The Mind Of A Fish, Library
Kubaparis, William Ludwig Lutgens 'MY MIND IS THE MIND OF A FISH'
2020
William Ludwig Lutgens bij Plus-One Gallery,Marc Ruyters, H art Magazine, 21/12
William Ludwig Lutgens, Saliva.live, 28/06
William Ludwig Lutgens wint Gaverprijs, H art Magazine, 13/01
2019
Sema Nanji Residency 13th, catalogue, SeMA, Seoul.
THE ARCHIVE HOTEL, ed. 1.
Kunstenaarspagina, H Art Magazine 198, 22/02.
FOOD MATTERS - All You Need Is The Lavatory,Croxhapox.
2018
TWEE TENTOONSTELLINGEN VAN WILLIAM LUDWIG LUTGENS IN ANTWERPEN, H Art Magazine 178, 22/02.
Paratext vol.3, Hangar, Barcelona.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Antwerp Art Weekend (Selected Works Part 2), Art Viewer, 28/05.
The lighter side of satire: William Ludwig Lutgens’ unfiltered mind, The Word, 06/03.
2017
HISK Laureates 2017, The Grid and The Cloud, catalogue.
Artist’ Publications: The Belgian Contribution, Johan Pas.
Art Viewer, Special Feature part 1; Antwerp Artweekend, 21/05.
Metropolis M, Antwerp Art Weekend, 22/05.
Lost Painters, Hisk Open Studios 2017.
Michiel Burger - Prospects and Concepts 2017 Catalogue.
2016
Croxhapox veilt voor het leven, DeMorgen, 14/11
Flirten met William en zijn kunst, Wouter Poolman, Toegepast 21.
Hisk Open Studios 2016, Lost Painters.
Hisk Open Studios (catalogue), Wouter Poolman.
The Story of William Ludwig Lutgens, D!NG magazine.
2015
Canned Laughter – Humor in Crises, TrendBeheer, Niels Post.
Abecedarium, Invitation to collaborate, Masterpublication (of 2014) St. Lucas, Antwerp.
2014
D!NG • online art magazine, issue 12.
10 x 10 Radical Books Since 1914, Johan Pas.
Particular Piece (contribution), Foundfootage.be.
2013