Virginie Bailly
°1976, Brussels
Lives and works in Brussels, Belgium
Education
2000–03
Postgraduaat, Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen
1995–99
Vrije Kunsten, optie schilderkunst, Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussels, laureate schilderkunst 1999
1998
Socrates exchange, Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Montpellier (FR)
1993–97
Ecole des arts d’Anderlecht, peinture
Awards
2015
STRABAG Artaward International, Strabag Kunstforum Vienna, Austria
2007
Laureaat Prijs Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten
Prix Jeune Peinture Belge, / Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1999
Talens Prijs voor Schilderkunst, Sint-Lucas Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Solo exhibitions
2018
Summer Perspectives, curated by Frederik Vergaert, Hosted by Mimi Huys, Knokke (BE)
Lichtung, Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann (AUS)
2017
Effervescent, Transit Galerie, Mechelen (BE)
2016
Pareidolie, Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann (AUS)
2015
Summit fever, STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna (AUS)
Le Mont Analogue. De Garage, Mechelen (BE)
2014
Tablatuur, Transit galerie, Mechelen (BE)
2013
Interpunctions, YIA ART FAIR #03, Transit Galerie, Bastille Design Center, Paris (FR)
Espèces de points, Phoebus, Rotterdam (NL)
2011
De logica van de mierenhoop, Transit Galerie, Mechelen (BE)
2009
Vide - Plein, galerie Transit, Docks Art Fair, Lyon, (FR)
Landscape on Table, galerie Transit, Mechelen (BE)
2008
Ben jij dat op die berg van rijst?, De Bond, Brugge. Curated by Michel De Wilde (BE)
Behind the wall there’s a mop for every day, KULAK, Kortrijk Curated by Christa Vyvey (BE)
Group exhibitions (selection)
2018
Summer Perspectives, Virginie Bailly, Sarah De Vos & Geoffrey de Beer, Sarah Van Marcke, knokke, Curated by Frederik Vergaert, Hosted by Mimi Huys (BE)
Arture#9, Virginie Bailly, Hans Everaert, Fred Michiels, Wannes Lecompte, Hilde Overbergh, Bart Vandevijvere en Fik Van Gestel, Herzele, Curated by Sven Vanderstichelen (BE)
Workflow, CC Zwijgershoek, St-Niklaas, Curated by Wim Wauman (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2017
Kunstsalon Perchtoldsdorf, Virginie Bailly, Judith P. Fischer, Krasimira Stikar, e.a., Perchtoldsdorf (AUS)
Fear in a handful of dust, Bart Baele, Steven Baelen, Virginie Bailly, Anouk de Clercq, Atallah, Léon & Cocina Diluvio, Productions Bruno Hardt, Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Nick Van Dijck, Renato Nicolodi, Philippe Vandenberg, Stefan Serneels & Renie Spoelstra. Marion de Cannière, Antwerpen Curated by Stefan Serneels (BE)
Art Bodensee, represented by Galery Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann, Dornbirn (AUS)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2016
Daniel Karrer – Virginie Bailly, CCHA, Hasselt (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2015
Looking Back/Going Forward, Galerie Straihammer und Seidenschwann (AUS)
A Belgian Politician, Galerie Marion De Cannierre, Antwerp (BE)
A fraction too much Friction, Ermias Kifleyesus, Sofie Haesaerts, Virginie bailly, galerie d’Apostrof, Meigem (BE)
Another Dream, Another Sense, Another Mind, KUL, Leuven. Curated by Filip Luyckx (BE)
De Toets van de schilder, Biennal of Painting, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Curated by Wim Lammertijn. (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2013
Constructies, Emergent Galerie & Vereniging, Veurne. Curated by Frank Maes (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2012
Brisure, Belfius, Brussel. Curated by Stef Vanbellingen (BE)
Schriftuur, De Bond, Brugge. Curated by Michel De Wilde (BE)
LandscapesCitiesPeople, Netwerk, Aalst. Curated by Frank Maes (BE)
Manifestaanwezig!, Kasteel Oud-Rekem. Curated by Annemie Van Laethem (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2011
Tender Buttons, Overpoort, Gent. Curated by Guy Bovyn (BE)
We 're hear to stay, De Maan, Mechelen - Virginie Bailly - Dominique Leroy. Curated by Paul Poelmans (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2010
DesRives - Ontdubbeling, Dominique Leroy - Virginie Bailly, curated by Marina Pirot, Nantes, (FR)
Group show le Corps à l’Oeuvre, l’Oeuvre au Corps, organised by Images Passages, Annecy, Curated by Annie Auchère Aguettaz (FR)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2009
Landschappelijk, Roger Raveel museum, Deinze. Curated by Piet Coessens (BE)
Fading, museum Elsene. Curated by Sven Vanderstichelen (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
2008
Sint-Joost en de engelen, temporary sound installation, place Saint-Josse – collaboration with the poet Cécilia Hansson, organised by Het Beschrijf. (BE)
'Behind the wall there’s a mop for every day’ Xu Huijing –Virginie Bailly, Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, (CH)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
Willy De Sauter & Virginie Bailly, Be-Part, Waregem. Curated by Patrick Ronse (BE)
2007
Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge/Prijs Jonge Belgische Schilderkunst, Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Bruxelles/Brussel (BE)
Pushing the canvas, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, curator Koen Leemans (BE)
Art Brussels, represented by Transit Galerie, Brussels (BE)
Virginie Bailly, Nicolas Guiot, Kristin Posehn, Isabelle Hayeur and Eric Raymond, Netwerk/centrum voor hedendaagse kunst, Aalst (BE)
2006
Factura, De Markten, Bruxelles/Brussel (BE)
Wild vlees, 30 jaar CIAP, De Doos, Hasselt (BE)
Leeftijdgenoten, Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-Zulte. Curated by Piet Coessens (BE)
Kunstcamping, s-’Hertogenbosch. Curated by Peter Weidenbaum (NL)
Freestate, Militair hospitaal, Bredene. Curated by Hendrik Tratsaert - Lieven Van Den Abeele (BE)
Wat Is / Wat Zou Kunnen, W139, Amsterdam. Curated by Kristof Van Gestel (NL)
2005
Biënnale Brasschaat 2005, Brasschaat (BE)
Escape/Espace, Speelhoven 9, Aarschot. Curated by Isabelle-Devisscher-Lemaitre / Etienne Van Den Bergh (BE)
Naked Cities, One Twenty Gallery, Gent (BE)
Naked Cities, The Agency, London (UK)
Artuatuca 2005, Tongeren. Curated byPaul Lambrechts (BE)
Overschilderen, Kunstencentrum STUK, Leuven. Curated by Etienne Van Den Bergh (BE)
Onder organisaties en kunstenaars, deel 2, Z33, Hasselt. Curated by Jan Boelen (BE)
Onder organisaties en kunstenaars, deel1, Z33, Hasselt. Curated by Jan Boelen (BE)
2004
The sublime was yesterday, Tijdelijke Kunstzone, Gent. Curated by Guy Bovyn (BE)
2003
Het geheugen van het landschap, FLACc, Genk. Curated by Lief Brijs (BE)
Pink Perfection, CC Dendermonde, Dendermonde. Curated by Edith Doove (BE)
OUT, Laureatententoonstelling HISK, Elzenveld, Antwerpen (BE)
2002
A l’écoute de Bruxelles, Espace VKS, Toulouse, (FR)
IN/OUT: What is, for you, the difference between interior and exterior architecture?, HISK, Antwerpen (BE)
Deborah Bailly, Virginie Bailly & Wesley Meuris, Kunstencentrum STUK, Leuven. Curated by Steven Vandervelden (BE)
l’Art à l’hôpital, Mairie du douzième, Paris (FR), Communidad de Madrid, Madrid (ES) Stadhuis Brussel Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles, Bruxelles/Brussel(BE)
Artist in residence
2015 STRABAG Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
2012 Isola Comacina, Italy
2008 Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China
2006 Vis-à-Vis Artlab, Xiamen, China
Work in public collection
Nationale Bank van Belgie
Ministerie van Buitelandse Zaken België
