Walter Swennen (b. 1946, Brussels) lives and works in Brussels. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at international institutions including Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterless, Belgium; Kunstmuseum Den Hague, Netherlands; La Triennale di Milano, Italy (2018); Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany (2015); WIELS Contemporary Art Center, Brussels (2013); Culturgest Lisbon (2013); Kunstverein Freiburg (2012); MuKHA Antwerp, Belgium (1994); and Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1994). Swennen has also been included in notable group exhibitions including: “Atopolis, Manège de Sury,” Mons (2015); “The Importance of Being...,” Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana (2015); “Idiolect,” Arentshuis, Bruges (2009); “La Belgique Visionnaire/Visionair België,” curated by Harald Szeemann, Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (2005); “Voir en Peinture,” FRAC Ile de France/Le Plateau, Paris (2003); “La Consolation,” Centre d’Art National Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble (1999); and “Trouble Spot. Painting,” MuKHA Antwerp (1999).