Kunstakademie Sint Joost
Wernher Bouwens studied etching, lithography and silkscreen printing at the « Kunstacademie Sint Joost » in Breda (Netherlands) from 1989 to 1994, finishing with a concentration in drawing.
Atelier Michael Woolworth
In September 1994, he started in a printshop as a lithographer and printer working under art-editor Michael Woolworth. Here, Bouwens was able to develop themes of materiality in his work, using the printshop itself as a tool which defines the creative process. His first project in publishing entitled NOMADES (1995-1998).
À fleur de Pierre
In 1999, he started the publishing venture « ÉTINCELLE » with Etienne de Champfleury and Laurence Lépron at the « À Fleur de Pierre » printshop in Paris. They published 23 artistbooks in 6 years time.
Quimper
In 2002, he was appointed as a professor at the « École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Cornouaille » in Quimper, where he taught printing and editing through 2006.
ENSAD
In 2004, Bouwens became a professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, where for 5 years he taught in the department « Image Imprimée » and supervised students working toward their diplomas.
ENSBA
Bouwens continues to teach printmaking at ENSBA in Paris where he started in 2006. In his studio, each student is encouraged to develop concepts in relation to the mechanics of publishing, lending to the creation of "printed matters" and taking different original formes prompted by the process itself.
Atelier rue de l’Abbé Carton
In September 2009, he opened his studio in Paris where he devotes his time to painting, printing and drawing.
o cv
Wernher Bouwens
Born in 1969 in Standdaarbuiten (Netherlands).
Lives and works in Paris since 1994.
One man shows :
2016:
- Floating monumental installation «Lentille Diamant» on the pond Saint Éloi in Montauban-de-Bretagne (conducted as part of the event «Étang d’art 2016»)
2014:
- Gallery Pierre Tal-Coat, Hennebont (Morbihan): «Chroma»
2011:
- Vibrating structures, a monumental installation in the Saint Laurent Chapel of Silfiac,
Morbihan (France) conducted as part of the event «l’Art dans les Chapelles» in 2011
- Projection of «WERNHER BOUWENS, Tant pis pour Dieu», a film by Cédric Harrang
at Pontivy’s town’s theater and at the Beaux-Arts in Paris
2010:
- Studiopresentation at 22, rue de L’Abbé Carton, Paris
2008:
- Librairie Saint Hubert, Brussels (Belgium): «œuvres récentes»
2007:
- École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers: «Imprimés»
2000:
- Institut de Recherche en Propriété Intellectuelle (C.C.I.) in Paris:
«Estampes et dessins»
1999:
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris) Département des Estampes:
«Sélection de l’oeuvre gravé des deux dernières années»
Group shows:
2021:
Fondation Fiminco, Romainville: «Printtemps»
2020:
Atelier l’Insolante, Paris: «Long Island» (duo avec Baptiste Caccia)
2019:
- Galerie Slika, Lyon (dans le cadre du biennale de Lyon): «Paris Peinture Plus»
- Galerie MR14: «Paris Peinture Plus»
- Galerie Paul Ripoche, Lyon: «Printjam plus»
2018:
- CAA museum Hangzhou (Chine): «print in the postprint»
- Kommunale Galerie Berlin (Allemagne): «Printjam»
- MAD, Multiple Art Days (Musée de la Monnaie de Paris), stand de «Printjam»
2017:
- Thaler Original Graphic (Leipzig, Allemagne): «Printjam 2»
- MAD, multiple Art Days (La Maison Rouge, Paris), stand de «Printers Matters»
- Atelier Olivier Morriette (Paris): «Printers Matters»
- Maison du Portugal André de GOUVEIA (Paris): «Respublica Litteraria»
- Musée national archéologique do Carmo (Lisbonne): «Respublica Litteraria»
- The University of Auckland (Nouvelle Zelande): «Respublica Litteraria»
- The Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts (Łódz, Pologne): «Respublica Litteraria»
2016:
- Exhibition for the 25th anniversary «L’art dans les chapelles», gallery Jean Fournier in Paris, and then at Bains-douches in Pontivy.
- Group show «Démoulé trop chaud», Espace JFP in Paris. Curated by Jean François Provost
- «Printjam» exhibition, Kunstcentret BAD in Silkeborg, Denmark
2015:
- Group show «Cherry Tomato Pony Rider», Atelier Néerlandais in Paris. Curated by Norbert Fiddelers
- «Printjam» exhibition, Circulo del Arte in Barcelone, Spain (2015)
2014:
- Spinnerei Archiv Massiv, Leipzig (Germany): «Printjam»
- Espace des Arts sans Frontières, Paris: «Espérance Tuning»
2013:
- Academy of fine arts (Xi-An, Chine): «International Print-making»
- Art Institute of Boston (USA): «Who am I ?»
- Médiathèque François-Mitterand, Poitiers: «L’art s’emporte»
- Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris: «1953-2013: 60 ans de la galerie du Haut-Pavé»
2012:
- Artothèque de Poitiers: «Répétition»
- Gallery Hamish Morrison, Berlin (Germany): «Seeing Red»
- Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris: «Who are you ?»
2011:
- Gallery Jordan Seydoux, Berlin (Allemagne): «Sommer Hängung»
- Artothèque d’Angers: «acquisitions 2011»
- Gallery Heerenplaats, Rotterdam (Pays-Bas): «Who am I ? N°5»
2010:
- Open days at the ENSBA, Paris
2009:
- IMEC, Caen: «Livres à disposition / 7e édition»
2008:
- Centre Pompidou: «artistbook international» (booth Michael Woolworth)
- Avenay, Normandie: «Livres à disposition / 6e édition»
2007:
- Academy of fine arts (Xi-An, China): «International Print-making»
- Centre Pompidou: «artistbook international» (booth Michael Woolworth)
2005:
- École d’art de Fontenay-sous-Bois: «Fleurs»
- Atelier A Fleur de Pierre: «Étincelle, Octobre Multiple(s)»
2004:
- Agence Régionale pour le Livre en Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand:
«Les mars de l’art contemporain»
2003:
- Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris: «de rendez-vous en rendez vous»
- Galerie Bernard Jordan, Paris: «Étincelle, mois de l’Estampe»
- Institut néerlandais, Paris: «Étincelle»
- Musée Régional de la Poterie, Gers (Manche): «Pots grand format»
2002:
- Galerie du Haut Pavé, Paris
- Halle de la Villette, Paris: «Jeune Création»
- École d’art de Fontenay-sous-Bois: «Je vois ce que c’est.»
2001:
- Local 77, Paris: «Histoire en noir et blanc»
- Halle de la Villette, Paris: «Jeune Création»
- MJC La Paillette, Rennes: «Jeune Création via Rennes»
- Atelier À Fleur de Pierre, Paris: «Étincelle, mois de l’Estampe»
- Fontenay-sous-Bois: «14e Salon de l’Ephémère»
- Mairie d’Angers: «L’Art vous interpelle, 2001»
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Locle, (Switzerland):
«Triennale d’Estampe originale»
- Espace Austerlitz, Paris: «Page(s) 5»
2000:
- Espace d’exposition Quai Branly, Paris: «Jeune Création»
- Mairie d’Angers: «L’Art vous interpelle, 2000»
- Centre culturel Pôle-Sud, Chartres de Bretagne: «3e biennale de céramique»
- Espace Austerlitz, Paris: «Page(s) 4»
- Parc Chanot-Palais des Congrès, Marseille: «3es rencontres internationales d’Édition d’art, de recherche et de Création»
1999:
- EKWC, Den Bosch (Netherlands): «Werkpresentatie»
- Couvent des cordeliers, Châteauroux: «10e biennale de céramique»
- Centre culturel Lokaal 01, Breda (Netherlands): «‘t tijdschrift»
- Mairie du 13e arrondissement, Paris: «Page(s) 3»
1998:
- SAGA 1998, Paris: «booth Michael Woolworth»
- ART 29’98, Bâle (Switzerland): «booth Michael Woolworth»
- Librairie Nicaise, Paris: «Nomades, mois de l’Estampe»
1997:
- SAGA 1997, Paris: «booth Michael Woolworth»
- ART 28’97, Bâle (Switzerland): «booth Michael Woolworth»
- St. Yrieix-la-Perche: «5e Biennale du livre d’artiste» (booth Michael Woolworth)
- Galerie Livingstone, La Haye (Netherlands): «European editions»
- Atelier Michael Woolworth, Paris: «Flowers, please»
- Brook Alexander gallery, New York (USA): «4th Artistbook international»
- 57, rue de la Roquette, Paris: «Artistbook International Paris»
1996:
- New Edition fair, New York (USA): «2nd Artistbook International»
- SAGA 1996, Paris: «booth Michael Woolworth»
- ART 27’96, Bâle (Switzerland): «booth Michael Woolworth»
- Station de métro Saint Germain, Paris: «Les Ateliers»
1995:
- Galerie Graphes, Paris: «Nomades»
- St. Yrieix-la-Perche: «4e Biennale du livre d’artiste» ( booth Michael Woolworth)
- Galerie U.C.J.G., Paris: «4»
- Galeria Municipal de Arte, Almada (Portugal): «Gravura/Escultura»
- Centre culturel ‘t Dommelhof, Neerpelt (Belgium): «Noord Limburgse Industrieprijs 1993»
1992:
- Public order for a wallpainting at ‘t Hooghout in Best (Netherlands)
Editions:
2014:
Printjam
- artist book with Ronald de Bloeme, Christophe Ruckhäberle, Thomas Siemon and Edouard Wolton
- printed in reliefprint, 300 copies
- edited by Lubok Verlag
2013:
Crâmes
- portfolio with 4 prints on both sides with Baptiste Caccia
- printed in lithography (front side) and silkscreen (back side), 10 copies
- edited by the artists
Possible me, level 4
- portfolio with 6 aquatints
- printed in etching, 10 copies
- edited by the artist
2012:
Répétition
- portfolio with G. Adde, F. Bouffandeau, W. Bouwens, G. Duchêne, O. Felgine, C. Jaccard,
P. Mabille, F. Morellet, A. Segui, P. Stämpfli, C. Viallat, J. Villeglé
- printed in silkscreen, 52 copies
- edition Gérard Adde
NY, monday august 13th
- artist book
- digital printing, 150 copies
- edited by the artist
Possible me, level 3
- portfolio with 3 aquatints
- printed in etching, 10 copies
- edited by the artist
Possible me, level 2
- portfolio with 6 aquatints
- printed in etching, 10 copies
- edited by the artist
2011:
Possible me, level 1
- portfolio with 9 aquatints
- printed in etching, 10 copies
- edited by the artist
2010:
Reciprocity (blind interaction)
- portfolio with Theresa Eipeldauer
- printed in lithography, 10 copies
- edited by the artists
2007:
,and I still kiss you every night (…)
- artistbook
- printed in lithography and silkscreen, 25 copies
- edited by the artist
2006:
Je me souviens de Johannesburg, 21.02.05 - 04.03.05
- artistbook with a texte by Brice Matthieussent
- printed in offset, 1000 copies
- éditions de l’oeil
2004:
What’s going around around by us
- postcard
- printed in offset, 500 copies
- éditions carted
2001:
Joyeuse Étincelle
- portfolio with 13 postcards
- printed in woodcut, 30 copies
- edited by the printshop «atelier À fleur de Pierre»
Woods
- artistbook
- printed in woodcut, 20 copies
- edited by the artist
1993 / 1994:
Le ciel, la mer, la plage et les rochers
- artistbook
- printed in etching, 3 exemplaires
- edited by the artist
Publications:
2014:
Co-art director for «Paroles Formes», with Aurélie Pagès.
- magazine edited for the expsoition «Paroles Formes» at the ENSBA in juin 2014.
- contains the work of 10 students.
- printed in offset, 2000 copies
2013:
Art director for «Délices libanais».
- collective artist book edited during a workshop at the ALBA in Beyrouth.
- contains the work of 10 students.
- printed in silkscreen, 25 copies
2011:
Co-art director of «Silkscreen Session 03/11» with Aurélie Pagès and Gildas Guihaire.
- book edited during a workshop given at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers.
- contains the work of 10 students.
- printed in silkscreen, 30 copies
2008:
Art director for «La Une, le journal des journaux».
- magazine edited for the open days at the ENSBA (Paris).
- contains the work of 37 students.
- printed in offset, 3000 copies
1999 to 2006:
Art director for Etincelle, magazine published with Etienne de Champfleury and Laurence Lépron.
- each magazine is designed by a different artist.
- printed in lithography, woodcut or offset, 250 copies.
- in collaboration with printshop À Fleur de Pierre, Paris.
- 23 magazines were published
1995 to 1998:
Art director for Nomades.
- each magazine contains the work of three artists.
- printed in lithographie, 50 copies.
- in collaboration with printshop Michael Woolworth, Paris.
- 8 magazines were published
Other activities:
- Professeur at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris since octobre 2006
- Professeur at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif in Paris from 2004 to 2009
- Professeur at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Cornouaille in Quimper from 2002 to 2006
- Guest teacher at the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beyrouth in 2013.
- Guest teacher at the Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts in Rennes in 2012.
- Public conference at the Kunstacademie Sint Joost in Breda (the Netherlands) «Everything is printed» in 2011.
- Guest teacher at the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Angers in 2011.
- Panel leader for the diplomas at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif à Paris in 2008.
- Invited at the workshop «Chinese International Print-making Work Studio» at the academy of fine arts de Xi-an (China) in 2007.
- Public conference at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts à Paris ( peinture, édition et publication ) in 2006.
- Juror for the D.N.A.P. (3rd year diploma) at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Clermont-Ferrand in 2006.
- Workshop in South Africa, Johannesburg, 21 feb - 4 march 2005, with Brice Matthieussent in 2005. Organisation: Christian Dautel, directeur at the École Supérieure des Beaux- Arts de Cornouaille in Quimper. The projet was suported by the FAA (l’Association Française d’Action Artistique).
- Public conference at the École d’Art de la Roche-sur-Yon ( peinture, édition et publication ) in 2005.
- Guest teacher at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Clermont-Ferrand In 2003 et 2004.
- Guest teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts de Cornouaille, Quimper from 1998 to 2002.
- Guest teacher at the centre d’initiation culturel de Fontenay-sous-Bois de 1999 à 2002.
- Public conference at the Institut de Recherche de Propriété Intellectuelle (IRPI) in Paris about éditing and publishing in 2001.
- Juror for the diplomas at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif in Paris in 2000.
- Comittee Jeune Création in Paris from 2000 to 2001.
- Lithographer and printer for Michael Woolworth editions in Paris from 1994 to 1999.
Formation, bourses et prix:
2006:
Admitted at the national contest for «Professeur territorial d’enseignement artistique».
(discipline: peinture,dessin, art graphique) organised by the CNFPT.
1998:
Artists residency at the europeen ceramic center (EKWC)
(Den Bosch, Pays-Bas)
1994:
Diploma (cum laude) at the Kunstacademie St.Joost, Breda, Netherlands)
1993:
Prix d’Honneur for graphic arts in Noord-Limburg (Belgium)
1992:
Study found from the dutch gouverment (NUFFIC) for a 4 month stay
at the printshop Differença comunicaçào visual
(Lisbonne, Portugal)
1988:
Paintinglessons at ‘t Duvelhok (Tilburg, Netherlands)
o about the work
Editing, as a set of operations that lead to printed works, represents an infinite field of possibilities of which the adaptation can be imagined and aimed towards any artistic intentions.
I made the choice of painting “dynamic” work, in which different forces provoke movement, an evolution inside a structure in development. My paintings function as screens, as echoes and as modulations of frequencies. Emotion and artistic expression are inherent to the event and the act of painting.
Investing the field of painting based on processes specific to printmaking and editing, I paint the printed matter, simple forms, halftone patterns, with a limited pallet of four colours.
I kept the colour orange, used for life jackets and road signals. In opposition, I’ve chosen green and I added blue. Colours are applied one over the other, without ever mixing physically. In assembling those colours and their various shades, other colours appear, such as a whole range of ochre.
With superimposing several layers of dots, movements and numerous images appear, and the surface livens up.
The use of enlarged halftone dots opposes my work to communication technologies that have always been striving to repress what is inherent in their own medium : the grain of photography, the woven grid of photoengraving, the photogram of cinematography, the electrons of television. In my paintings, the patterns are freehandedly painted, one dot after the other.
Each element of my work is necessarily part of a system of correlations or oppositions. The purpose is defined the moment these various elements establish connections in unpredictable ways : the unexpected arises, chance, occurrence and surprise define the image. This induces a strong interest in everything related to the accident in creating, considered as a random existential event.
Through the exploration of screens of dots, ways of processing, changes of value and in-between spaces, and by operating passageways of harmony and dissonance, I shift the question of reality into the territory of drawing, painting and printmaking. By searching for the limits of painting, I develop a certain awareness, more by intuition than by will, of new realities.
I keep on creating extended surfaces, interlacing oppositions, looking for visual tensions and avoiding any system of subjective interpretation. After a modernist period which has widely favoured purity, today’s system, going through a deep crisis in several domains, encourages fiction. In my recent works, the stake of reality proliferates through irregularities and anomalies. It closely tends to heterogeneousness and mixing. My paintings are no longer recognizable out of one unique model governing all the experience. I try hard to establish a new relation to the world in every painting, to induce an absence of principles and to confront complex, multiple visions.
In drawings, I cover the surface with several grids of circles drawn with a compass. By the superimposing of grids, their circles overlap and divide themselves in fragments. Every fragment is individually coloured. The logics of colouring vary from one part of the drawing to another and create a tension between the various zones of the motive.
In my etched works, the printing is completely part of the creative process. The images are developed in the printing studio. They are the result of a superimposing of printing matrixes, sometimes in a random way. I use the specific qualities of the different materials at hand (paper and ink), different printing techniques and the qualities of the printing studio itself. Edition allows me to vary the results, as so many possibilities of pretending.
I open my books to other artists. Editing is also a medium of exchange and encounters. Group projects punctuate my practice, going beyond, in a way, the usual mode of solitary creation.
WB 2013
* works
o paintings
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°1 in second series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°1 in second series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2021
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°2 in second series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°2 in second series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2021
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°3 in second series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°3 in second series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2021
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°4 in second series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°4 in second series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2021
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°1 in first series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°1 in first series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2020
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°2 in first series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°2 in first series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2020
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°3 in first series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°3 in first series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2020
+ Looking for the crest of the wave (N°4 in first series)
Looking for the crest of the wave (N°4 in first series) / 100×100cm / oil on canvas / 2020
Tree green orange sugarprint / 30 × 40 cm / linogravure / 9 exemplaires / 2017
+ Turkish blue sugarprint
Turkish blue sugarprint / 30 × 40 cm / linogravure / 10 exemplaires / 2017
+ Printjam 2 solo Nr.1
Printjam 2 solo Nr.1 / 50 × 70 cm / linogravure / 35 exemplaires / 2017
+ Printjam 2 solo Nr.2
Printjam 2 solo Nr.2 / 50 × 70 cm / linogravure / 35 exemplaires / 2017
+ Printjam 2 solo Nr.3
Printjam 2 solo Nr.3 / 50 × 70 cm / linogravure / 35 exemplaires / 2017
+ Soloprint printjam
Soloprint printjam / 138 × 98 cm / bois gravé / 25 exemplaires / 2014
+ About You 8
About You N° 08 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ About You 13
About You N° 13 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ About You 14
About You N° 14 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ About You 16
About You N° 16 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ About You 27
About You N° 27 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ About You 28
About You N° 28 / 23 × 30 cm / etching / 2012 / single print
+ Infrastructure 1
Infrastructure 1 / 50 × 65 cm / lithography / edition of 25 / 2011
+ Infrastructure 2
Infrastructure 2 / 50 × 65 cm / lithography / edition of 25 / 2011
+ Infrastructure 3
Infrastructure 3 / 50 × 65 cm / lithography / edition of 25 / 2011
+ Birth of the grid 1
Birth of the grid 1 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut / edition of 10 / 2007
+ Birth of the grid 9
Birth of the grid 9 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut / edition of 10 / 2007
+ Birth of the grid 11
Birth of the grid 11 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut / edition of 12 / 2007
+ Birth of the grid 13
Birth of the grid 13 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut / edition of 12 / 2008
o portfolios & books
+ Long Island
Long Island / artist book with Baptiste Caccia / 44 pages / 32×24 cm / silkscreen / 50 copies / 2020
+ Printjam 2
Printjam 2 / artist book with Ronald de Bloeme, Christophe Ruckhäberle, Thomas Siemon and Edouard Wolton / 94 pages / 32 × 23,5 cm / photopolymer and linocut / 300 copies / 2018
+ Printjam
Printjam / artist book with Ronald de Bloeme, Christophe Ruckhäberle, Thomas Siemon and Edouard Wolton / 94 pages / 32 × 23,5 cm / reliefprint / edition of 300 copies / 2014
+ Possible me, level 1, 2 and 3
« Possible me, level 1, 2 and 3 » / 24 × 32 cm / etching (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2011 and 2012 / edition of 10
+ Possible me, level 1
« Possible me, level 1 » containing a set of 9 aquatints / 29 × 32 cm / etching (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2011 / edition of 10
+ Possible me, level 2
« Possible me, level 2 » containing a set of 9 aquatints / 29 × 32 cm / etching (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2012 / edition of 10
+ Possible me, level 3
« Possible me, level 3 » containing a set of 9 aquatints / 29 × 32 cm / etching (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2012 / edition of 10
+ Possible me, level 4
« Possible me, level 4 » containing a set of 6 aquatints / 29 × 32 cm / etching (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2013 / edition of 10
+ , and I still kiss you every night (...)
, and I still kiss you every night (...) / artistbook / 52 pages / 26 × 20,5 cm / lithography and silkscreen / edition of 25 / 2007
o collaborations
+ Printjam
Improvisation project with Ronald De Bloeme, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Thomas Siemon and Edouard Wolton. Between January and May, 2014, the five participating artists met several times for week in Thomas Siemon's printstudio in Leipzig to work together. They explored the possibilities of the printing as a creative and collaborative process.
These jam-sessions of printmaking with two different presses gave birth to one individual print per artist (98 × 138 cms / reliefprint / 2014 / 10 copies) 156 different collective prints (98 × 138 cms / reliefprint / 2014 / unique copies) and a collectif artist book(see portfolios and books).
+ Crâmes
Portfolio « Crâmes » with 4 prints on both sides, drawn and printed with Baptiste Caccia in 2012 and in 2013 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and silkscreen / 2013 / 10 copies
+ Reciprocity
Portfolio « reciprocity » containing a set of 8 lithographs drawn and printed with Theresa Eipeldauer in may 2010 / 52 × 76 cm / lithography (text on the portfolio in silkscreen) / 2010 / edition of 10
+ Étincelle
Étincelle, set of 23 magazines. 21 artists participated, each artist designed his magazine. (2 group projects) / 1999-2006 / Each magazine is different / edition of 200 + 30e.a. + 20 h.c. / Printed at printshop À Fleur de Pierre in Paris. Étincelle N°1 : Laurence Lépron. N°2 : Diana Quinby. N°3 : Wernher Bouwens. N°4 : Christian Schwarzwald. N°5 : Pierre Mabille. N°6 : Pascale Hémery. N°7 : Pierre Emptaz. N°8 : Martijn Renier. N°9 : Didier Chenu. N°10 : Pat Andrea. N°11 : Collectif Singulier 1. N°12 : Mark Brusse. N°13 : Ronald de Bloeme. N°14 : Olivier Soulerin. N°15 : Philippe Richard. N°16 : Collectif Singulier 2. N°17 : Jean-François Maurige. N°18 : Jens Jensen. N°19 : Robert Janitz. N°20 : Malachi Farrel. N°21 : Raphaël Larre. N°22 : Daniel Clark. N°23 : Jérome Messager.
+ Nomades
Nomades, set of 8 quires. Twenty-four artists participated, eachone defining the layout of his eight pages. / 1995-1998 / Each issue has 24 pages / lithography on Rivoli 240 gr. / 22,5 × 29 cm / edition of 50 / Printed at Michael Woolworth’s printshop in Paris. Nomades N°1 : Tatiana Bergelt, Sam Lee, Wernher Bouwens. N°2 : Amal Saade, Diana Quinby, Urmo Raus. N°3 : Costa Picadas, Olivier Calonge, Antonio Aimini. N°4 : Sylvia Lidberg, Tim Frisby, Charlotte Hoff. N°5 : Giuseppe de Bernardi, Takamasa Miwa, Gabriel Darvasi. N°6 : Gloria Safont-Tria, Andres Bonifasi, Martijn Renier. N°7 : Xavier Escriba, Kirsten Weltzin, Laurence Lépron. N°8 : Jurgen kisch, Judith Witteman, Christian Schwarzwald.
« Couleurs Croisées » / Bois peint et acier galvanisé / 12,60 m × 5,60 m × 0,50 m (h)
Œuvre réalisée dans le cadre de la manifestation Étangs d’art 2018 à Montfort-sur-Meu
+ Albedo 0.04
« Albedo 0.04 » / Bois peint et acier galvanisé / Diamètre 10 m / Hauteur 20 cm
Œuvre réalisée dans le cadre de la manifestation Déambule 2017 à Annecy (74).
+ Lentille Diamant
« Lentille Diamant » / bois peint / Diamètre 10 m / Hauteur 1,80 m / 378 kg
Œuvre réalisée dans le cadre de la manifestation Étang d’art.
Étang Saint Éloi à Montauban-de-Bretagne (35).
« Lentille Diamant est le reflet de ma fascination pour les jeux de lumière à la surface de l’eau. Miroir du monde, la surface de l’eau déforme son image, disperse et réfracte la lumière. Les diamants peuvent aussi diffracter la lumière en différentes couleurs. La diffraction est la signature de la nature ondulatoire de la lumière.
Lentille Diamant suggère ce phénomène à la surface de l’eau par sa forme et ses couleurs.. L’aspect modélisé, avec les facettes d’un diamant, renvoi aux sciences et donc au rapport à la nature. Elle en est une représentation graphique ».
+ Vibrating structures
« Vibrating structures »
Monumental installation in the Saint Laurent Chapel of Silfiac, Morbihan (France)
conducted as part of the event « l’Art dans les Chapelles » in 2011
(photo crédit: W. Bouwens, l’Art dans les Chapelles)
+ La boule
# La Boule
« La Boule » / diameter: 175 cm / painted wood / 2012
# Around the world
« Around the world », a video by Brieuc Bouwens, August 2012
o film
« WERNHER BOUWENS, Tant pis pour Dieu », a film by Cédric Harrang / DVD 66 min.
Cédric Harrang followed Wernher Bouwens during one year in his various activities. This film shows his everyday life between September, 2010 and June, 2011 and reports the multiple processes the artist operates, in particularly for the evolution of the project « Vibrating Structures » conducted as part of the event « l’Art dans les Chapelles » in 2011 in the Saint Laurent chapel to Silfiac.
* exhibition views
o exposition « print in the postprint » (2018—19)
Exposition « print in the postprint », CAA museum Hangzhou, Chine (2018—19) on the left: Marc Desgrandchamps
o manifestation Étangs d’art à Montfort-sur-Meu (2018)
Installation de « Couleurs Croisées» à Montfort-sur-Meu, été 2018
o exposition « Extenssible », Galerie Céline Arnal, Montfort-sur-Meu (2018)
o exposition « Printjam », Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin (2018)
Exposition « Printjam », Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin (2018)
o manifestation Déambule à Annecy (2017)
Installation de « Albedo 0.04 » dans le Thiou à Annecy, été 2017
o exposition « Printjam », Galerie Thaler Original Grafik, Leipzig (2017)
Exposition « Printjam », Galerie Thaler Original Grafik, Leipzig (2017)
o manifestation Étang d’art à Montauban de Bretagne (2016)
Installation de « Lentille-Diamant» à Montauban de Bretagne, été 2016
o MAD (Multiples Art Days) à la Maison Rouge, Paris (2016)
stand de Printjam à MAD (Multiples Art Days) à la Maison Rouge , Paris (2016)
o Groupshow « Démoulé trop chaud », Espace JFP in Paris (2016)
Groupshow « Démoulé trop chaud «, Espace JFP in Paris. Curated by Jean François Provost. Installation « Trop chaud » with 234 digital prints and 5 paintings.
o « Printjam » exhibition, Kunstcentret BAD in Silkeborg, Denmark(2016)
« Printjam » exhibition, Kunstcentret BAD in Silkeborg, Denmark
o Groupshow « Cherry Tomato Pony Rider », Atelier Néerlandais in Paris (2015)
Groupshow « Cherry Tomato Poney Rider », Atelier Néerlandais in Paris. Curated by Norbert Fiddelers
o « Printjam » exhibition, Circulo del Arte in Barcelona, Spain (2015)
« Printjam » exhibition, Circulo del Arte in Barcelona, Spain (2015)
o Show at the gallery Pierre Tal-Coat in Hennebont, France (oct-nov 2014)
Show at the gallery Pierre Tal-Coat in Hennebont, France (oct-nov 2014)
o « Printjam » exhibition, Spinnerei Archiv Massiv in Leipzig, Germany (2014)
o groupshow « Who am I ? » Gallery du Haut-Pavé in Paris (2012)
Design of the exhibition « Who am I ? » at the gallery du Haut-Pavé in Paris, October 2012
o groupshow « Seeing Red » Gallery Hamisch Morrison in Berlin (2012)
Groupshow « Seeing Red » at the gallery Hamisch Morrison in Berlin, february 2012. What’s going around around by you 3 and 5 / 46,5 × 62 cm / lithography / edition of 5 / 2005
o monumental installation « l’Art dans les Chapelles 2011 »
« Vibrating structures » in the Saint Laurent Chapelle in Silfiac (Fr), summer 2011
o studioshow in february 2010
Studioshow in february 2010 (Fréquence 2, 6 et 7 / oilpainting / 116 × 89 cm,
162 × 130 cm, 162 × 97 cm / 2010)
o show at the bookstore Saint Hubert in Brussels (2008)
Show at the bookstore Saint Hubert in Brussels / nov–dec 2008 (Birth of the grid
1 à 10 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut / édition of 10 / 2007–2008)
o show at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Angers (2007)
Show at the École Régionale des Beaux-Arts in Angers / april 2007
(Birth of the grid 1 à 6 / 56 × 76 cm / lithography and woodcut /
édition of 10 / 2006–2007 / On the tables : Étincelle / magazines /
1999–2006)
o groupshow « Je vois ce que c’est » (2003)
Groupshow « Je vois ce que c’est » at l’École d’Art de Fontenay-sous-bois in april 2003 / wallpainting / Curators : Pierre Mabille et Olivier Soulerin
o groupshow « Jeune Création 2002 » (Paris)
Groupshow « Jeune Création 2002 » in Paris/ (position camouflée 1 à 3 / oilpainting / 160 × 160 cm (2×), 145 × 145 cm / 2001–2002)
o groupshow « Jeune Création 2001 » (Paris)
Groupshow « Jeune Création 2001 » in Paris / (juxtaposition 1, 4 et 6 / oilpainting / 145 × 145 cm chaque / 2000–2001)
o groupshow « 14e Salon de l’Éphémère » (2001)
Groupshow « 14e Salon de l’Éphémère » in Fontenay-sous-bois in april 2001 (peinture sur abri)
o groupshow « Jeune Création 2000 » (Paris)
Groupshow « Jeune Création 2000 » in Paris / (superposition 1, 4 et 7 / oilpainting / 145 × 145 cm, 72 × 109 cm, 160 × 145 cm / 1999–2000)
* contact
Wernher Bouwens
22, rue de l’Abbé Carton
75014 Paris info@wbouwens.com
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