Jef Geys
19342018
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Born in Leopoldsburg, BE
Died in Genk, BEWiels, Brussels, BE (Fourthcoming)
Jef Geys and Dan Graham, Galerie Max Meyer, Düsseldorf, DE
Day and Night and Day and..., Air de Paris, Paris, FR
Jef Geys, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, BE
Jef Geys, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, CH
Jef Geys, TARO NASU, Tokyo, JP
Jef Geys, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO
Kempens Informatieblad, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen, DE
Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, BOZAR, Brussels, BEParavents (As Sombras de Lisboa), Air de Paris, Paris, FRJef Geys, Yale Union, Portland, Oregon, USLe Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, Air de Paris, Paris, FR
Quadra Medicinale Singapore, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, SGQuadra, Museum of Contemporary Arts of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Boussu, BE
Bubble Paintings, Maxwell Graham/Essex Street, New York, New York, US
Chalet, La Loge, Brussels, BE
Gevoelsspeeldoos, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, BEJef Geys – Oldenburg, Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, DEJef Geys – Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, Centre d’art contemporain / Passages,Troyes, FRJef Geys – Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx / Les Plantes Médicinales, Institut d’art
contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, FR
Jef Geys – Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, Les Bains-Douches, Alençon, FranceKempens Informatieblad, 1971-2017, Linden, Düsseldorf, DE
Some News from Balen, Maxwell Graham/Essex Street, New York, New York, USJef Geys – Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain deBordeaux, Bordeaux, FRJef Geys – Le Tour de France 1969 d’Eddy Merckx, CNEAI, Chatou, FRJef Geys – San Michele, 2009, Galerie Max Mayer, Dusseldorf, DEAir de Paris, Paris, FRJef Geys: Some Paintings From Belgium, Galerie 3A, New York, New York, USS.M.A.K., Ghent, BEPainting clouds, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Brussels, Belgium
Air de Paris (curated by Francis Mary), Paris, FR
C’est aujourd’hui 1odern1e, tiens ma jolie maman voilà des roses blanches, toi qui les aimetant...!, (curated by Sylvie Boulanger and Francis Mary), CNEAI, Chatou, FRChatou De Sokkel #7, Stadspark Antwerpen, Middelheimmuseum, Antwerp, BE
Country Clic (with Francois Curlet), Les Bains-Douches, Alencon, FRLa Sentinelle, Piacé Le Radieux, Piacé, FR
Licht En Architectuur, De Warande, Turnhout, BELumière et Architecture (cur. Sylvie Boulanger and Francis Mary), CNEAI, Chatou, France
A3-A4 Serie, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, BE
Duo show, Jef Geys / Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, WIELS, Brussels, BE
What are we eating today, Cubitt, London, UKAs Sombras de Lisboa, Culturgest, Lisbon, PT
Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, BEKOME et KEMPENS Informatieblad, CNEAI, Chatou, FRKOME, Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, BEJef Geys – Woodward Avenue, Carriage Trade, New York, New York, USMartin Douven – Leopoldsburg – Jef Geys, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst
Antwerpen, Antwerp, BEMon Van Genechten & Teilhard de Chardin, Jakob Smithmuseum, Mol, BEWoodward Avenue, Museum of Contemporay Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USPiramide Bldg.4F, 6-6-9 Roppongi Minatoku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPANT +81-(0)3-5786-6900 F +81-(0)3-5786-6902 info@taronasugalley.com www.taronasugallery.com

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Jef Geys, Bawag Contemporary – Bawag Foundation, Vienna, AT
Quadra Medicinale, Belgian Pavillon, 53rd Venice Biennale, IT
Jef Geys, IAC – Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes, Villeurbanne, FR
JEF GEYS – Retrospectieve-Introspectie, Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels, BE!Women’s Questions? 1965–2006, Orchard, New York, New York, US
Jef Geys, Pori Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Jef Geys, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Jef Geys, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BERetrospective, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Jef Geys, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BEDocumenta 11, Kassel, DEJef Geys, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, BEJef Geys, Kunstverein Munchen, Munich, DEMiddelheim, Antwerpen, BE
Jef Geys, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BEJef Geys, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, BE
Jef Geys, Zonder 2oder – De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Eleventh Hour, Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, DE
Ridiculously Yours! Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE
Grace Ndiritu: Healing the Museum, SMAK – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent,BE
Jef Geys’ “Gelijkheid, Brüderlichkeit, Liberté,” 1986, and Rachel Harrison’s“Informasjonsskilt,” 2022, Maxwell Graham, New York, New York, US
Opening Night, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, DE
Ridiculously Yours! Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, DE
2022
artgenève/sculpture: Readymade, Palexpo, Geneva, CH
Gamechangers & Eyeopeners, 8th Biennial of Painting, Museum of Deinze and the Leie region,Deinze, BEINBOX: The Five Seasons – Galerie Ronny Van de Velde. Fragments from life and works, MHKA, Antwerp, BE
Man’s Traces in Nature, Wschód, Warsaw, PL
2021
Hearts and Minds, Carriage Trade, New York, New York, US
K21 Collection, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, DE
Peter Ernst Eiffe & Friends, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamurg, DE
The Story of M.B. as Told by Jef Geys, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, BE
Zeros and Ones, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2020
Risquons-Tout, WIELS, Brussels, BE2019
Straying from the Line, Shinkel Pavilion, Berlin, DE
2018
Le destin des châteaux croisés, Air de Paris at Château Shatto, Los Angeles, California, USMelancholia, Boghosian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussels, BESportfoto, Lille3000, Cedex, FRThe Lulennial II: A Low-Hanging Fruit, Lulu, Mexico City, MX
Unexchangeable, Wiels, Brussels, BE2017
A still life by Chardin, organized by Maxwell Graham, Lisson Gallery, London, UKClass of 34 (with Dorothy Iannone and Guy de Cointet), Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles, California,USHow beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken, S.M.A.K., Ghent, BE
Life & Opinions, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, DE
Per_formare una collezione: The Show Must Go_ON, Museo Madre, Naples, ITThe Absent Museum, WIELS, Brussels, BE
Wirtschaftswerte / Mu-se-um-swerte, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, DE
2016
La collection mise à nue par ses artistes, même, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dole, FR
My Body is a Cage, MAC’s – Musée d’arts contemporains de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles,Hornu, BETake Me I’m Yours, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, DK

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Atopolis (curated by Dirk Snauwaert and Charlotte Friling), Mons 2015, WIELS, Brussels, BE
En attendant... Collection #6 (Presentation de la collection de Bertrand Godot), Le Quartier,Quimper, FR
Pop Art in Belgium !, Espace ING, Brussels, BE
Stay in Love (curated by Chris Sharp), Lisa Cooley and Laurel Gitlen, New York, New York, USTake Me I’m Yours, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, FRThe Collection as a Character, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp,
BEA Drawing Show, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BECollection Xxxii – Personality Test, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, BE
Spirits of Internationalism 6 European collections, 1956 – 1986, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven,NL
gehen blühen fließen – Naturverhältnisse in der Kunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel, DE
The Self-portrait, the House and the Seasons, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, BEGroup Show, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BEIn-Book/Out-Book/If-Book, Museo della Città, Perugia, IT
The Morning News, BE-PART, Platform voor actuele kunst, Waregem, BEA Story of the Image: Old and New Masters from Antwerp, National Museum of Singapore, SG;Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CN
Drawings, Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels, BE
MARKET FORCES – Part 1 & Part 2, Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels, BE
NOMAD, Cultuurcentrum Brugge, Bruges, BETaj Mahal Travellers, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE
4X Mu.ZEE, Mu.ZEE, Oostende, BEDeep Comedy, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York, USDie Hände der Kunst, MARTa Herford, Herford, DE
La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, FRProvo tot nu. Kunst in een 3odern-politieke context, Stedelijk Museum Aalst, Aalst, BE
The Cult of Personality, Carriage Trade, New York, New York, US
The Cult of Personality – Portraits and Mass Culture, Galerie Erna Hécey, Brussels, BEThe Order of Things, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BE
User’s End, BE-PART – Platform voor Actuele Kunst, Waregem, BEDangling Man, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Deep Comedy, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, US
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution, MuHKA Museum voor
Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BEOntmoeting, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BE
Who’s Got the Big Picture?, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp,
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Collectiepresentatie XVI – Attributen en Substantie, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst
Antwerpen, Antwerp, BETekenlust, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BEThe Collection XIV – Spring 2006, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, BETranzit – Auditorium, Stage, Backstage – Eine Ausstellung in 32 Szenen, Frankfurter Kunstverein,Frankfurt, DE
Akademie – Kunst Lehren und Lernen, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg,
Einformation/Transformation – Extra City, Kunsthal Antwerpen, Antwerp, BE
L’oeuvre en programme, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, FR
Locus Lopem, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BEDear ICC – Aspects of contemporary art in Belgium 1970–1985, MuHKA Museum voorHedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BECollection Autumn 2004, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BECollection Summer 2004, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, BECoup de 3oder II, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, FRGroup Exhibition, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, BECollectiepresentatie III – lente 2003, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, BEPiramide Bldg.4F, 6-6-9 Roppongi Minatoku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPANT +81-(0)3-5786-6900 F +81-(0)3-5786-6902 info@taronasugalley.com www.taronasugallery.com

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Contour – 1nd Biennial for Video Art, Contour Biennial for Video Art, Mechelen, BEGelijk het leven is, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, BE
Inside Outliners, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BE
Updated Collection Presentation (IV), MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen,Antwerp, BE
Attachment+, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BEIl Gregario Hommage a Pino Cerami, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Couillet, BE
Le Jeu des 7 familles, Mamco musée d á rt 4odern et contemporain, Geneva, CH
La consolation, MAGASIN Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, FR
In Memory of the Future: Time on the edge, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BE
Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997, Skulptur Projekte Munster, Munster, DE
69/96. Dédoublement et autoportrait par procuration, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes, FR
Take Me (I’m Yours), Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
In Memory of the Future, Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem-Zedelgem, BE
21° Bienal de São Paulo, Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, BRDie Leere Mit Bedacht Gefült, GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen, DEChambres d'amis, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, BE
L'Arte povera, l'art conceptuel et les mythologies individuelles en Europe, Musée d ́art
contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, CAPresentation of the collection, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, BEContemporary Art in Belgium Inzicht/Overzicht - Overzicht/Inzicht, SMAK Stedelijk Museumvoor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, BEThe sixties - Art in Belgium, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, BEPiramide Bldg.4F, 6-6-9 Roppongi Minatoku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPANT +81-(0)3-5786-6900 F +81-(0)3-5786-6902 info@taronasugalley.com www.taronasugallery.com