# Pierre Schwarz

Pierre Schwarz (born in 1950 in Brussels) is a contemporary Belgian painter and engraver, neo-expressionist and muralist.

## Biography

"Student at the Academies of Arts of Brussels and Watermael-Boitsfort, Pierre Schwarz perfect himself with Oskar Kokoschka in Salzbourg. He represent the representation without falling in the picture."

## Training

* 1968 Academy of Arts of Watermael-Boitsfort (Teachers: Roger Somville, Lucien Braet)
* 1973 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Engraving degree received with distinction (Teacher Claude Lyr)
* 1977 Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels, Monumental painting degree received with the greatest distinction and awards (Teacher Jean Ransy)
* 1977 King's Medal and Medal of the City of Brussels for the Master's degree in monumental painting

## Professional experience

* 1978 to 1981 Drawing and monumental painting teacher's assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts, Brussels,
* 1982 until now Painting teacher at the Academy of Arts, Verviers

## Solo exhibitions

* 1979 Cercle d'Education Populaire
* 1980 Galerie "L'Escalier", Brussels
* 1984 Galerie APART, Brussels
* 1986 Librairie Télémaque, Brussels
* 1987 Atelier Horta, Brussels
* 1989 Galerie du Parvis, invited by M. Charles Picqué, bourgmestre de Saint-Gilles
* 1989 Zoet Peper, Ruisbroeck
* 1990 Totems-Tabous, Galerie "Now", Liège
* 1990 "La Marotte", Theux
* 1990 "Au Laboureur", Brussels
* 1992 "La Vénerie ", Brussels
* 1992 Espace d'Art Contemporain "L'Escale", Brussels
* 1992 Centre Culturel "Silence les Dunes", Verviers
* 1993 Nicola's, Brussels
* 1993 "Au Petit Coq", Linkebeek
* 1993 Prodivet, Eynatten
* 1994 Ancienne Maison Bronfort, Sart-lez-Spa
* 1996 Arte Coppo Verviers, "Tout doit partir"
* 1996 Arte Coppo Verviers, "Telles façons"
* 1997 Arte Coppo Verviers. "Côte à côte"
* 1998 Centre Culturel de Chênée
* 1999 OEuvres en chantier asbl "art Factory"
* 2000 La convi, Soumagne
* 2000 Fondation Adolphe Hardy
* 2000 Archipelago 2000, Musée d'Evere, Cour Royale, Brussels
* 2001 Castill'Art, France, été 2001, Diplôme d'Honneur
* 2001 Musée de Herstal
* 2002 Galerie Orpheu, Liège
* 2004 Oziomelo Gallery, "Totems Tabous", Liège
* 2008 Galerie Astelle, Liège
* 2010 Oziomelo Gallery, Liège

## Collective exhibitions

Numerous participations to Belgian and international exhibitions :
* Analysis Situs,
* Fête de la Comunauté française,
* SRAVE de Verviers
* Belfort Crypte te Aalst
* Cercle des Beaux-Arts de Verviers
* Fondation Pierre-Paul Hamesse. Brussels
* Vibrations Judaïques, Brussels
* CCLJ
* Parcours d'Artiste 2. Brussels
* Peintures Fraîches, Verviers
* Artistes en Fête, Overijse
* Archipelago, Brussels
* Expo-Solidarité, Verviers
* L'Appartement, Germany
* "Du Bon Usage de l'Emballage"
* Deux cents miniatures contemporaines, Musee des Beaux-Arts de Verviers
* Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2005
* Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2006
* Mobil'Art Musée St Georges, Liège, 2007
* Atelier d'Emanuelle, Liège, 2007
* Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2008
* Galerie l'Astelle, 2008
* Lisbonne, 2009
* Cercle Royal des Beaux-Arts, 2010

## Private collections

Private collections in :
* UK
* France
* Israël
* United States
* Hong Kong
* New Zealand
* Monaco
* Japan

## Miscellany

* Member of asbl "Silence les Dunes ". Verviers
* Member of asbl "Art Factory", Liège
* Participation in the movie Boris Lehman "Leçon de Vie"
* Charter 3000 (mise en scène théatrale et technique audiovisuelle), Sculptures
* Hommage à l'Abstraction Belge
* Paintings for "la Maison Delvaux"
* Hommage à Roger Somville, octobre 1998