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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS :

1968
"Words", performance, Brussel.


1969
Stadsfeestzaal, Mechelen. (Group)


1974 
"CRSN" (Complete Record Sweet Norma), C.C. Strombeek-Bever (One man show).
Casino, Knokke. (Group).

1976
Gebo Art Gallery, Antwerpen. (Group).

1977
IIC Antwerpen (Group).
Scharpoord, Knokke (Group).
Grote Kerk, Goes (Nl) (Group).


1978
Realisme, Galerij Waumans, Sint-Niklaas (One man show).
"Fictive Archeology I" Plan Gallery, Knokke (One man Show).
"Fictive Archeology II" Inter Art Gallery, Lasne (One man Show).
"Fictive Archeology III" Printshop-België, Antwerpen (One man Show).
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, "Jeune Peinture Belge" Brussel (Group).
"Réalisme et Empreintes", Inter Art Gallery, Lasne (with Bram Bogart, Roger Wittevrongel, Jacques Verduyn).
Casino Kursaal, Oostende (Group).
"2de Biënnale van de Vlaamse Kunst, Hilton Gallery, Brussel.


1979
Work practice Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee.
Faculty Club, Leuven (Introduction by Marcel Duchateau).
Stedelijk Museum, Sint-Niklaas (Group).
Delta Gallery, Brussel (with Frank Mahieu)
Davidsfonds, Boom. (One man show).
"Container Project", Nationale Plantentuin, Meise (with Jan Wellens, Walter Philips).
Internationaal Perscentrum, Brussel (Group).
Bibliothèque Municipale, Strasbourg (Group).
Scharpoord, Knokke (Group).
"Ideoplasma's", Hof ten Blijk, Willebroek. Introduction, Marcel Duchateau. (One Man.)
Stadhuis, Ronse (Group).
Vereniging van het Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent (with Yvan Theys, Fons De Vogelaere, Roger Wittevrongel...)
"Lijn en Kleur", KVS, Brussel (with Luc Hoenraet, Jan Verbouwe)

1980
Lithography under the authority of  "V.M.H.K." Vereniging van het Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst - Gent.
Work practice Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee.
Project "The Kasterlee Superdastric Distance Project", Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee.
"The Superdastric Mile", Avantgrade (sic) Gallery, Antwerpen. (One Man.)
Galerij De Cercle, Oostende. (One Man.)
Gemeentelijk Museum, Boom. "Facetten van de ruimte". (One Man.)
"Belgische Grafiek in the US" , New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco (Group).
"2de biënnale voor grafische kunst", Tervuren.
Cultureel Centrum, Strombeek-Bever.
De Warande, Turnhout.
Jacob Smits Museum, Mol.
Pallau della Virreina, Barcelona (Group).
Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent (Group).

1981
"Living Windcatcher on Ameland - The Netherlands", a 4 hour windexperience , (with Hinke Roders).
Work practice Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee.
"Living Windcatcher on Ameland", Vrije Universiteit, Brussel (One Man).

1982
"Zeefdruk in Vlaanderen", Internationaal ex-libris centrum, Sint-Niklaas (Group).
Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Dendermonde (Group).
"Gedaanten van het Realisme", Stedelijk Museum, Leuven, With Wittevrongel, Verduyn, Declerck...

1983
Cultureel Centrum, Dilbeek (with Jan Cremer).

1984
Akademie voor Schone Kunsten, Dendermonde (Group).
Inter Art Gallery, Lasne (Group).

1985
"Plato didn't know..."  Galerij Graphis, Boom. (One Man).
Cultureel Centrum, Waregem (Group).
Gemeentelijk Auditorium, Willebroek, (One man).

1986
La Chambre Forte, Brussel (Group).

1988

Project: "Verdwenen Aarde", Installation view, Sint-Bernardusabdij, Hemiksem (Group)
"Gemeentelijk Kunstpatrimonium", Cultureel Centrum, Grimbergen.

1990
Lineart, Gent, Editions Van Dyck.
Ros Beiaardzaal, Dendermonde (Group).

1991
"Etudes en sourdine", Gallerie Liehrmann, Liege (Group).

1993
"1+1=1" Museum Sint-Niklaas. (With Walter Brems).

1994
Lineart, HDB Fine-Arts, Gent.
"De grootsheid van het kleine", Kunstforum, Schelderode.

1996
Grafiek, Cultureel Centrum Berlare (with Walter Brems).

1997
Shetland, "Puffins and Skuas", freelance travel photo.

1998
"Melkerij '98", Malderen. (with Bart Jacobs, Walter Brems, Riet Bosch...)
Scotland "Highlands and Skye", freelance travel photo.

1999
"Quoted from Memory", www.rvbulck.com (1.0)
Israël: "Negev Bird Migration", freelance travel photo.
Jordan: "Petra and Wadi Rum", freelance travel photo.
Shetland II "Up to Muckle Fluga", freelance travel photo.

2000
"Colourfields" - BernArt Gallery, Antwerp. (One Man show)
The Gambia I : "Birds of the Gambia", freelance travel photo.

2001
Chromosome 23 Art Gallery, Antwerp.  (One Man Show)
Senegal, freelance travel photo : "Birds of the Saloum Delta"
The Gambia II : "Up River The Gambia", freelance travel photo.

2002
Freelance travel photo : "Tunisian Sahara Desert".
"Quoted from Memory", www.rvbulck.com (2.0)

2003
"Colourfields (after 2K)" - BernArt, The Gallery, Schelle (September/October). (One Man Show)
The Rooms, a preview - BernArt, The Gallery, Schelle (December).
Romania : "Birds of the Donau Delta", freelance travel photo.

2004
The Rooms, Refurbished - BernArt, The gallery, Antwerp.
R.V. Bulck  &  Bengt Lindström,  Dasc  Art, Antwerp.
"FRAGILE"  -  A & A Gallery, Hasselt. (with Luc De Meyer, Karin Gielen and Nele Van Hecke)
Sri Lanka, Sinharaja Rain Forest and Kitulgala Rain Forest, freelance travel photo.

2005
One man show "Colourfields", Art Depot, Bonheiden.
Greece, "Seasonal Movement" Lesvos Bird Migration, freelance travel photo.

2006
"Pythagoras" BernArt Gallery, Antwerp. (One Man show)
Starting : "White Walls"
Spain "Extremadura", freelance travel photo.

2007
India for iStockphoto : "The Art of the Mogol".
Nepal for iStockphoto : "Kathmandu Valley".

2008
Costa Rica for iStockphoto : "Pura Vida"

"Quoted from Memory", www.rvbulck.com 3.0

2009
Morocco for iStockphoto : "High Atlas Mountain Range".

2010
Creative Contributor at Getty Images,  Seattle - U.S.
Bhutan for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "The Art of the Dragon"
Turkey for iStockphoto and Getty images : "Cappadocian Balloon Ride"
India for iStockphoto and Getty Images : Sikkim "Art of the Mountain" - "Kanchenjunga".

2011
Italy for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "Puglia".

2012
Starting "The End of Mimesis".  100 paintings. "So, in the end there is only White"
China for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "I love sleeping in the water" / "Yangtze River".
France for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "Being Paris"

2013
Admitted as a member of the Dutch Academy of 'Pataphysics (being the exception by accident and therefore the rule, so to speak).
Persisting in the activity of stopping Mimesis in Art.  100 Paintings. "So, in the end there is only White"
India for iStockphoto and Getty Images
: "The Art of the Black Drongo".
Art Depot, Bonheiden. (Group: Kamagurka, Frank De Mulder, R.V. Bulck, William Sweetlove.)

2014
"Quoted from Memory" 3.1
Turkey for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "Halikarnassos"
Greece for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "Hippocrates of Cos".
Peru for iStockphoto and Getty Images : "Inca Orchid / El Perro, the hairless dog".

2015
Thysdrus : "Roman remains in Berber Africa". (for iStock and Getty Images)
Laos for iStock and Getty Images : "Bhudda in the Jar".
Cambodia for iStock and Getty Images : "A Barely Paved Walk..."
"Salt and Volcanoes": Isla de la Palma for iStock and Getty Images.

2016
"Quoted from Memory" 3.2

2017
"ONE -100 ATTEMPTS TO END MIMESIS IN ART - A FORMAL CONCEPT” (2013-2017-2019)
consists of “one -100” paintings and “one -100” phrases.
Paintings on the wall. Phrases in the book.
Each book also contains the image of each painting.
"The Painterly Concept". A painting is painterly when there are visible brush strokes.

2019
QUOTED FORM MEMORY 4.0 → 4.1 → 4.2
New work coming up. Something along the lines of : "an image-creating technique of imaginary, parallel projectors emanating from an imaginary object and intersecting an imaginary plane of projection at right angles. The cumulative points of intersections create the desired image." (Who cares...)
&, as an extension : "the table of Mendeleev (remastered)";
F.O.M.A. (Fear Of Missing Art) by Luc Theuwis : "Screening a collection” Genk (05/10/2019 – 05/01/2020) “54 solo exhibitions and 1 group show” parallel event of “SCREEN IT” stadstriënnale Hasselt - Genk.
On December 21, 2019 - "Landscapes revisited (Settings)" will be exhibited at F.O.M.A. Setting #5 by R.V. Bulck (ink on paper) 329 X 483 mm (edition of 25).

Taking part in "Screening a collection", among others:
Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Pierre Alechinsky, Jean Bilquin, Ulrike Bolenz, Jan Carlier, Hugo Duchateau, Jimmy Kets, Jupp Linssen, Agnes Maes, Georges Meurant, Vladimir Moszowski, Manu Baeyens, Nick Ervinck, Ivan Popovic, Malou Swinnen, Mulugeta Tafesse, R.V.Bulck, Koen Van den Broek, Luk Van Soom, Koen Vanmechelen, Liliane Vertessen.

2020
Installation view "ONE/100": "Vertical Reading". Summer exhibition "ACHROMATIC BEAUTY" : R.V. Bulck, Luc De Meyer, LMG Ploem, Ivan Popovic.
Gallery "BREED", Vennestraat 199 in Genk. Curated by Luc Theuwis.


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2021
Ongoing : "SOULFOOD" : take away art and home delivery. november 15th 2020.
Curator : Luc Theuwis (Art & Advice).
https://www.artandadvice.com/afhaalkunst

 

 

UP

Belgium, °1947.
Lives and works in LINDEN (Belgium).

AWARDED :

Laureate "Jeune Peinture Belge", Brussel 1977.
Gold Medal "Europe Prize for Painting", Oostende 1978.
International Prize for Painting Grimbergen, 1979.

Honorable Mentions :
"IIC-Arts Prize for Painting", Antwerpen 1977.
"Prize Hoppeland for Painting", Poperinge 1978.
"Prize 't Getij for painting", Antwerpen 1978.
"Prize Boechout for painting", 1978.
"Prize Lions International for painting", Knokke 1979.

Teaches at the Royal Academy of Art, Dendermonde - Belgium. (1979 - 2002)
and Jan Van Ruusbroeckollege, Brussels (1971 - 2002).
Pedagogical Mentor Highschool. (1985 - 2002)
Creative Contibutor
at Getty Images, Seattle - US.
Exclusive Contributor at iStock by Getty Images.


E. BENEZIT, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs.
Edition Gründ 1999, Tome 2, pag. 945.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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