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Biography
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1958 – 1985 |
Juan Maria Bollé is born on 21
December 1958 in Vilvoorde a city near Brussels, Belgium.
In 1981 he becomes a student at The
St. Lukas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. During his studies he
first explores drawing and black and white printmaking, with an
emphasis on the etching technique. Soon he focuses on the medium
of oil painting. |
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1985 – 1989 |
Group exhibition in the St. Lukas Art
Gallery of Brussels.
One-man exhibition (graphic works), in
the Cultural Centre of Strombeek Bever.
'Contest of young Belgian Graphics
Artists', gallery Campo, Antwerp.
'Contest of Painting of Boechout',
where for the first time oil paintings are exhibited. |
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1988 |
In 1988 Juan Maria Bollé becomes a
professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Liedekerke. |
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1990 |
‘14 WINDOWS', one-man exhibition,
Gallery Vyncke- Van Eyck in Gent. |
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1991 |
Set design of the play 'Grass at the
horizon', written by Elvis Peeters and produced by the Art Centre
'Vooruit' in Gent. |
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1992 |
'GARDENS OF EDEN', one-man exhibition
in Gallery 'De Zwarte Maan' in Knokke-Zoute. |
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1992 – 1995 |
Bollé makes several travels through
Central-America (Mexico, Guatemala en Belize) en Africa (Tanzania,
Zanzibar, Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin).
During a period of artistic crises,
the artist destroys most of his paintings. Bollé is searching for
a new approach and chooses for a temporary artistic isolation.
This results in a totally new style and a very personal approach. |
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1995 |
'14 STATIONS OF THE BODY OF C.' &
‘(nothing but) FLOWERS?’, individual exhibition Gallery 165 in
Gent.
Those 14 paintings are strictly related in the tradition of
Western religious art, as they represent '14 Stations of the way
of the cross'. The letter 'C' stands for the first letter of the
name of Catherine, the female model, as well as for Christ.
In the series '(nothing but) FLOWERS?' each painting of the series shows one flower, painted in black and
white, while the surrounding colorfield refers to the specific
color of the flower. |
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1996 |
'TESTIMONIES OF TREES' & 'BLESSED
GESTURES', Gallery META-L-ART, Antwerp.
The series 'Testimonies of trees'
shows diptychs of trees in a combined technique of oil painting,
gold an oxidised copper on canvas.
The series 'Blessed gestures' shows
suggestive gestures painted in black and white on a golden surface,
surrounded by squared colorfields in three dimensions. They are
related with the tradition of Byzantine icons.
Bollé travels through the U.S.A. and
visits important art collections of the West coast. |
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1997 |
'WHISPERING SKIN', one-man exhibition
in Cultural Centre 'The Old Vicarage' in Boortmeerbeek-Hever.
The paintings of the series 'Whispering
skin' are build up by the confrontation of oil painted close-ups
of a female face and a linoleum cutting of an anatomy study of the
muscles of the human face.
Group exhibition 'The 80's of Caryatid'
in the Cultural Centre 'The Market' in Brussels. |
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1998 |
'CROSSING BORDERS', a multi
disciplinary project with American and Belgian composers,
choreographs dancers and artists of the group 'Music under
construction' and 'Art under construction' , Manhattan New York,
April '98.
'FROZEN MOTIONS' are a series of
paintings, where the used technique is a mixture of oil painting
and gold on canvas. The pictures shows human figures, female nudes,
in motion. The bodies are created of gold, which intensifies their
immaterial character.
One-man exhibition in Gallery 'Room 7'
in Antwerp as the 'Crossing borders' project makes a tour through
several cultural centres in Belgium.
The Federal Government purchases 'Blessed
gestures in red'. |
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1999 |
'IS THIS DESIRE?', one-man exhibition
in Cultural Centre 'The Old Vicarage' in Boortmeerbeek-Hever. 'Desire'
is the motive of the exhibition. Sometimes it is focused, but
mostly desire is unspeakable and slumbering. For the first time
Bollé uses silkscreen on canvas, in combination with oil painting.
Collection Senneberg (collection C&A
Belgium) purchases 5 paintings.
In July, Juan Maria Bollé takes a
sabbatical year and travels through Nepal en India for 4 months. |
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2000 |
During the millennium Bollé is working
on a new series in the mountains of Sierra Tejada, in Andalucia,
Spain.
'RITUALS', one-man exhibition in
Gallery L. Hinnekens in Kortrijk. The theme of this new series is
focused on the borderline of the erotic and spiritual desire.
Rituals are indispensable for both and create a condition to
surrender.
Bollé travels for 2 months through
Marocco and the Isles of the Cyclades in Greece.
'MEMORIES', individual exhibition in
Gallery Canvas in Mechelen. The exhibition is a reflection of 9
months travelling and in this new work Bollé is searching to
express universal elements through different cultures. |
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2001 |
'STORIES FROM THE CLOUDS', one man
show, Art Gallery Object in Aalst.
The paintings 'STORIES FROM THE CLOUDS'
are related to the tradition of the European landscape painting
but defined by the artist proper contemporary style. The new
paintings evoke a contemplative and almost transcendent character. |
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2002 |
When the artist visits Venice he is
deeply impressed by the city and starts working on ‘THE VENICE
PAINTINGS’.
‘STORIES FROM THE CLOUDS &
THE VENICE
PAINTINGS’, one-man show Cultural Centre ‘The Old Vicarage’ in
Boortmeerbeek-Hever.
Both series are each others
complement, showing only clouds and water surfaces. Human beings
are banned, while a more spiritual dimension and abstract approach
takes over. The paintings evokes a striking inner rest and a
universal contemplative character. |
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2003 |
‘5 + 5’, group exhibition in the
Cathedral of Senlis, France.
‘STORIES FROM THE CLOUDS &
THE VENICE
PAINTINGS’, one- man show CEDUBO, Heusden-Zolder
‘THE GOLD OF THE GODS’, group exhibition Bank ‘Landbouwkrediet’,
Brussels.
Bollé designs his new house and studio
‘Atelier B’, built in Hofstade (near Mechelen), and moves in in
October. |
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2004 |
KBC Contemporary Art Collection
purchases 13 paintings.
‘HELENA OF TROY’, one-man exhibition
in Gallery Van Meenen, Harelbeke.
The serie ‘Helena of Troy’ is based on
the poems of Homerus. In the paintings of Bollé the personage of
Helena appears sometimes as a ‘femme fatale’, then as a strong
character or more precarious and reticent.
‘HELENA OF TROY’, Art gallery ART
DEPOT Rijmenan. |
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2005 |
‘LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE’, one- man show
Gallery Mas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The serie ‘LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE’, is
based on the fairy-tale of Jean Marie Leprince De Beaumont. The
fairy tale can be read as a metaphor for the inner- and external
beauty, the game of attraction and rejection and the immense power
of human sexuality.
‘LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE’, one-man show,
’t Moment’, Cultural Centre of Meise. |
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2006 |
‘LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE’, duo exhibition,
Atelier Vanmeenen’ Harelbeke’.
ART TENDENS 2006, group Exhibition
Belfort Brugge.
K’06, Art Event, Atelier B, Zemst. |
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2007 |
ART PROJECT ALDI Belgium, limited
edition of 2 paintings.
‘METAMORPHOSES’, duo exhibition,
Gallery Art Depot Rijmenan. Edition of the catalogue ‘METAMORPHOSES’.
This new serie is based on the
‘Metamorphoses’ of Ovidius, the mythical adventures of Gods, half
Gods and heroes and their dramatically battles and transformations.
‘FLASHBACK’, Art Festival,
Sint-Lievens-Esse.
‘PAPILLON’, Art Event by ‘ART & ADVICE’,
ancient prison of Hasselt. |
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2008 |
K’08, Art Event, Atelier B, Zemst.
’JIGSAW
PUZZLE’, Art Gallery 'deWeverij',
November - December 2008 Sleidinge
The
exhibition ‘JIGSAW
PUZZLE’ is a kaleidoscopic guided
tour at events or persons who experienced a deep impression on
Juan Maria Bollé. Starting with the World Exhibition Fair in
Brussels ‘Expo 58’, Bollé’s birth year, the assassination on JFK,
the first man walking on the moon in ‘69 or pop & rock icons where
he has grown up with. Juan Maria Bollé
has himself seduced by Scarlett Johansson in the film ‘The girl
with the pearl earring’, based on the
famous painting by Johannes Vermeer, or the ecstasy of a
contemporary dancer in ‘Momentum'.
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2009 |
LINEART 2009, International ART FAIR, Expohallen Gent
Selection
Gallery Molensloot Antwerpen
'BETWEEN
THE LINES & STORIES FROM THE SEA'
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2010 |
K'10, Art Event August 2010, Atelier B
, Zemst
'BEHIND
THE MASK', GALLERY MOLENSLOOT , October-November,
Antwerpen
LINEART 2010, 03/12/10 - 07/12/10 Expohallen
GENT
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2011 |
Gallerie Evasion, 26/03/11 -
17/04/11, Waremme
Galerie De Muelenaere- Lefevere, 04/06/11 -
24/07/11, Oostduinkerke
'IN
PROGRESS'
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2012 |
'PASSAGE'
Art Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen :
"PASSAGE", Nieuwstraat 16 3080 Tervuren
27/01/12 - 26//02/12
K'12, Art Event, Atelier B, Zemst ,august 2012
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2013 |
"THE
QUEST"
07/12/13 - 08/12/13 - 14/12/13 - 15/12/13
CC Asse, 'Oud hospitaal', Huinegem 4, 1730 Asse
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2014 |
"THE GIFT"
Juan Maria Bollé reportage Ring TV: http://youtu.be/253uwdDCjGc
Gallery "De
ontdekking van de hemel", Brusselsestwg. 72, 1500 Halle,
maart-april
"THE GIFT" 23/08 en 24/08 van 11.00 tot 19.30 , Atelier B, Zemstsesteenweg 137, 1981 Hofstade
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2015 |
“FIGHTING THE DEMON”
Group exhibition
"Rager & Co", Kasteel Lamotte St. Ulriks Kapelle, mei 2015 |
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2016 |
“FACING THE WALL”
K'16, AtelierB, Hofstade, August 27-28 2016
"Masters", group exhibition, Gallery Transit 1770, Liedekerke, September-October 2016
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2017 |
“DISTURBING BEAUTY”
Solo exhibition Gallery 't ZIEN, Minststraat 10, 2800 Mechelen
23/04/17 – 21/05/17 Saturday and Sunday from 14.00 – 18.00 p.m.
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2018 |
“SOLUTIDE”
Solo expo Art Gallery Charlotte Van Lorreinen, Nieuwstraat 16, 3080 Tervuren
26/01/18 – 25/02/18
Solo exhibition Gallery ANMIGO, Wittennonnenstraat 61, 8400 Oostende
31/03/18 – 13/04/18 - Every day from 14.00 – 18.00 p.m., closed Tuesday
"MASKS", expo K'18, Atelier B, Zemstsesteenweg 137, 1981 Hofstade
25–26 August 2018
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2019 |
“TREASURE CHAMBERS”
Pop-up Galerie AtelierB
10/03/19 tot 26/05/19
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2020 |
“THE DISTURBING BEAUTY OF DECAY”
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2021 |
“LUST FOR LIFE”
Solo exhibition "De Weverij", Dellaertstraat 6 , 9940 Evergem
28/08 - 29/08 - 04/09 - 05/09, van 14.00 tot 18.00u
Solo expo 'Lust for life', Art Gallery Charlotte van Lorreinen
12/11 - 19/12, Nieuwstraat 16 3081 Tervuren
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2022 |
“Masterpieces, cut up and revisited”
Solo expo 'Permanent vacation',
Dreeftstraat 16, 9400 Ninove, april 2022
K'22, Kunstroute Zemst, 2 & 3 july,
AtelierB, Zemstsesteenweg 137, 1981 Hofstade
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