Johan Creten

Born in Belgium in 1963

Education
1986 Painting Ecole des Beaux Art, Gent, Belgium.
1988 Sculpture Ecole des Beaux Art, Paris, France.
Sculpture Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Prizes /Residences (selection)
1993 Artist in residence Villa Arson, Nice, F
1996/97 Villa Médicis, Prix de Rome, Rome, Italy
1998 Artiste in residence, Foundation Artesanarte, Monterrey, Mexico
2000/2004 Artiste in residence, Bass Museum of Fine Art, Miami-Beach, Florida, USA
2005/2007 Artiste in residence, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, France

Shows (selection)

1988 “Kunstkamer” Gallery Meyer, Paris, F
1990 “L’oeil de l’antiquaire” Gallery Transit, Leuven, B
1991 “Incrustraties”, Picaron editions, Amsterdam, NL
1992 “ Het paard van Troje” Gallery Transit, Leuven, B
1993 “JC solo” Villa Arson, Nice, F
1995 “ Amerika, Amerika” Gallery Arndt&Partner, Berlin, D
“Femininmasculin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, F
1996 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
1997 “La Misère Dorée” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louvre, Paris, F
1998 “Odore di Femmina” Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
“ L’homme parfait” MAMCO, Geneva, CH
1999 Museum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, D
Casa del Obispado, Monterrey, Mexico
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, NL
2000 Riva Yares Gallery Scottsdale, USA
2001 “3 Torsos” Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA
2003 “JC solo” J.Johnsongallery, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
“Miami Dreams” Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
“JC solo” Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
2004 Bolder Art Museum, Colorado, USA
“Miami Dreams”, De Garage, Mechelen, B
2005 “Counterpoint”, Louvre, Paris, F
2006 Museum of fine art, Rouen, F
“Narcissus saved” Gallery Transit, Mechelen B
“From Arp to Bourgeois” Wallace Collection, London, GB