Alex VALLE
BACKGROUND       WORKS         EXHIBITIONS     CONTACT      LINKS
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Born in  Petropolis Brazil - Based in Brussels                                                           

EDUCATION

1997 - Royal Academy of Fine Arts Brussels, Drawings
2002/2003 - ISELP  - Institut Supérieur pour l'Etude Langage Plastique, Brussels

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003          BOLA DE GUDE - Prince Claus Fund, Den Haag, Netherlands (March > May) curated by Els Vander Plats
1999          Centre d'Art Chapelle de Boendael, Brussels
                      Brussels meets Brasil - De Karavaan,  Brussels
1998          PAPEL AMASSADO - Espaço Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Brussels
                     Générale de Banque, Brussels
1997          L'Ogrefin, Avant Première, Brussels
                      Halle du Nord, Liège
1996          Galerie SEUL, Brussels
1995          Tels Quels, Brussels

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 
2009        August Art, Curated by Giacomo PICCA, London
          OPPOSITION act I and III - La Galerie.be, Brussels
          
ARS117 - Artist-run space117, Brussels
2008        
ARS117 - Artist-run space117, Brussels
2007        ENSEMBLE - ACT I - "Etre ensemble" réalité ou fiction? la Galerie.be, Brussels
                   
ALL TOMORROW'S PICTURES, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
          LE HUITIEME PECHE, laGalerie.be, Brussels

2006        
Truc Troc 2006, BOZAR, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels

                    multipliCITIES, ARS14 Artist Run Space - IPbca, Brussels
                   
> BAL, TAC - Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    
        Draw_drawing_2, The Foundry  London Bienal, UK
          La Boite, Galerie.be, Brussels
                   C'est dans la Boite, Centre Culturel de Huy, Huy
2005        Truc Troc 2005, BOZAR, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels
         
After Hiroshima Nuclear Imaginaries, Brunei Gallery, London Curated by Siumee Keelan
                    Plymouth Arts Centre -  Plymouth Uk
                   
BIRD2005 International Art Award, Beijing China.
2004        PERSPECTIVE CONTEMPORAINE Galerie VEDOVI ,  (jun 2004> march 2005) Brussels
                   
CARRE OUVERT, ARS14, Brussels
                 
 "Bruxelles, ma Découverte":"Bruxelles, côté canal", >biVA Brazilian Institute for Visual Arts, Brussels
    
       4éme Prix 8 Beaufort  On the road with Bruegel, Anderlecht, Brussels
2003        ORIGINATE - Gallery 47, London curated by Denise Brook
                     INDEPENDENCE - Christian Boltanski Ongoing Project, South London Gallery,  London

                    PORTRAITS - in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
                   
PORTO ALEGRE EM FOCO - Pinacoteca Barão Santo Angelo, Porto Alegre curated by T. Poster
                    ARTICLE 27 - Heusden-Zolder, Limburg curated by Gerlinde Gilissen and Herwig Nulens
   
        KALEIDOSCOPE BRESILIEN, Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, Brussels
          INTIMATE INTERLUDE, in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
2002        ART LAB - in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
                   
PRODUTO DAS CIRCUNSTÂNCIAS Espaço Cultural CREA-RJ, Rio de Janeiro 
     
        RITES - MYTHS - BELIEFS, De Melkerij,  Veltem-Beisem curated by Veerle Declercq
2001         PRAÇA XV - Galerie SEUL, Brussels
2000        
PARIS PAR LE COEUR - Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris

                    SOL DEL SUR - C.C.De Wilderman, Herent curated by Veerle Declercq
                   
SAUDADE - "500 ans de la Decouverte du Brésil", Espace Pierre Cardin, Brussels
1999         Panorama Van Braziliaanse Hedendaagse Kunst III - Holiday Inn Gent Expo, Gand
                   
Première partie - Peint, Cacco Zanchi Art Gallery, Aalst
1998        Panorama Brasilianischer Kunst der Gegenwart - Fabrik Schlegelstrasse, Berlin
1997        The Mysterious Face of Art - Cacco Zanchi Kunstgalerij, Aalst
                    Galerie Bortier - Ville de Brussels, Brussels
                    Expos St'Art - Galerie du Meir Square, Anvers
                     Expos St'Art - Centre Culturel les Chiroux, Liège

                     The Spirit of Lost Dreams II - Espaço Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Brussels
                     Expos St'Art - Hotel Thermas, Ostende
                     Expos St'Art - Habitat, Brussels
1996         Brasil 14 daagse - Wilkcentrum de Kattepoel, Brussels
                    5 Days Arts, Groenendael
                    C.C. Koninklijke Maatschappij Van Crombrugghe's Genootschap, Gand
                    Roosevelt Promenade - Gent Zuid, Gand
                    The Spirit of Lost Dreams I - Cacco Zanchi Kunstgalerij, Aalst
                     Pianofabriek, Brussels
                     Expos St'Art - Chapelle de Boendael, Brussels
1995         Green Art Gallery, Brussels
                     Galerie Patrick Vicqueray, Brussels

COMPETITIONS
2000         Prix Médiatine, Brussels
1997         Salon de Mai, Brussels
1996         Salon de Mai, Brussels
Prix des Arts de Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels
Prix Louis Schmidt, U.L.B.,  Brussels
1995         Salon de Mai, Brussels
1994         Prix Louis Schmidt, U.L.B., Brussels

AWARDS
BIRD2005 International  Art Award - The Honorable Mention .

HAPPENINGS ET PROJETO MUNDO  (selection)                        
2006         Mappa Mundo, Brussels
2001         LITERARTE - >biVA Brazilian Institute for Visual Arts, Brussels
1999         Brussels ma découverte - Pentagone, Brussels
1998         Les Nuits Shenan Doah - Hippodrome de Boitsfort, Brussels
1996         Arte Diem International Festival -  De Waterman, Brussels
                   
Trott'Art Boniface - 7 ème édition, Brussels

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 
Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Suede, Switzerland, United States and UK.

BIBLIOGRAPHY  
Papel Amassado, Espaço Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Brussels, 1998
Centre d'Art de la Chapelle de Boendael - Ed. Fondation De Cloedt, 2000
Rites - Myths - Beliefs, De Melkerij,  curated by Veerle DECLERCQ Veltem-Beisem, 2002

EXPERIENCE  
2001> 2005 Director >biVA - Brazilian Institute for Visual Arts - Brussels
2000           Jury member  "Kiezen voor Kunst" - Contrasten VZW.

CURATORIAL PROJETS
2008/2009   22 exhibitions du project ARS117 > artist run space, Brussels  
2006           multipliCITIES, ARS14 Artist Run Space - IPbca, Brussels
            > BAL, TAC - Temporary Art Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2004           CARRE OUVERT, ARS14, Brussels
           "Bruxelles, ma Découverte":"Bruxelles, côté canal", >biVA Brazilian Institute for Visual Arts, Brussels
2003           PORTRAITS - in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
            KALEIDOSCOPE BRESILIEN, Centre Culturel Jacques Franck, Brussels
                      
INTIMATE INTERLUDE, in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
2002           ART LAB - in.Focus Gallery, Brussels
                     
PRODUTO DAS CIRCUNSTÂNCIAS, Espaço Cultural CREA-RJ, Rio de Janeiro
2001           Praça XV  Galerie SEUL, Brussels
2000           «Saudade» - 500 years since the discovery of Brazil -  Espace Pierre Cardin, Brussels

MEMBER
Culture et Démocratie - Brussels
ADAGP  Société des Auteurs dans l'Art Graphique et Plastique  Paris
IPbca  International Platform of Brazilian Contemporary Art - Brussels