Alex VALLE HOME    BACKGROUND       WORKS         EXHIBITIONS     CONTACT      LINKS______________________________________________
 
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
2011        HISPANIDAD, EASI (jun > dec)  Curated by Frédéric Van Craenenbroek,  Nivelles
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