Michael Borremans

Borremans studied at the Hogeschool voor Kunst en Wetenschappen Sint-Lucas (College of Arts and Sciences Saint-Lucas) in Brussels. Originally trained as a photographer, he turned his attention to drawing and painting in the mid-nineties.
He uses old photographs of people and landscapes as inspiration for his work.
His eye for detail and a perfection in execution have an alienating character. Until his break-through, he was a teacher at the Stedelijk Secundair Kunstinstituut Gent (Secondary Municipal Art Institute of Ghent). Another painter Jan Van Imschoot had seen and bought many pieces of his work when it was exhibited in his local pub in Kalken. He put him in touch with Jan Hoet, the founder of S.M.A.K. (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst) (City Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent, Belgium. This led to an introduction to Frank Demaegd, owner of Zeno X Gallery in Antwerp, where he had his first major exhibition.

February 12 to
May 15, 2011
All Cannibals! (group show), la maison rouge, Paris [travels to me Collectors Room, Berlin]

March 4 to
August 21, 2011
Collection XXVII: East from 4'24' (group show), Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp

May 14 to
July 31, 2011
Michaël Borremans: Eating the Beard, Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary [travels to Taidehalli, Helsinki]

May 29 to
August 21, 2011
All Cannibals! (group show), me Collectors Room, Berlin

August 20 to
October 9, 2011
Michaël Borremans: Eating the Beard, Taidehalli, Helsinki

September 9 to
November 13, 2011
Sleeping Beauties (group show), Castle Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek, Belgium