Jean-Marie Bytebier
BIO | SELECTED WORKS
The desolate ‘landscapes’ of Jean Marie Bytebier (BE,1963) , deprived of any kind of human reference, leave the viewer puzzled and terrified as much as delighted. The artist brutally breaks the canon of landscape painting: upside-down landscapes, scratched away, cut-out or doubled, confuse the viewer. Bytebier doesn’t give the viewer anything to hold onto. Obstacles, such as bushes and trees take over the entire painting and block the view that was supposed to bring solace. The toned-down use of colour, often pale and somber, economically applied, ultimately dissolve the landscapes into abstract monochromes. Fragmentation, zooming in and magnifying fades into the endless vastness of sublime nature.
(text by Roxane Baeyens)
Exhibition view Jean-Marie Bytebier , group show ‘Foudroyé’, (2019), Barbé Urbain.
CV
Jean-Marie Bytebier
Born in 1963
Lives and works in Gent, Belgiulm
Solo exhibitions + projects
2018
I see Nobody on the road / Verbeke Foundation / Kemzeke, BE
Nature Is-Immigration-Is Nature/ (re)D Galerie Antwerp, BE
2017
A forest bathing / (re)D Galerie / Antwerp
2016
AB.ad / Conspicuous through absence / Emergent/ Veurne, BE
AB.ad Museum X / Elsene, Brussel / BE
2015
Discovered after missing / Galerie Van De Weghe / Antwerp, BE
Discovered after missing / Galerie Nouvelles Images / The Hague, NL
2013
A second opinion / Galerie Van De Weghe / Antwerp, BE
2011
Interstice / Galerie Van De Weghe / Antwerp, BE
Verleden / Continuous / exhibition rooms / Mechelen, BE
2009
Organized postponement / Galerie Dagmar De Pooter / Antwerp, BE
2008
Disautonomie / Galerie Annie Gentils / Antwerp, BE
2006
Fenestra / Galerie Annie Gentils / Antwerp, BE
2005
Broken Ideas / Galerie Jan Dhaese / Ghent, BE
Broken Ideas / Galerie Argentaurum / Knokke, BE
Broken Ideas / Galerie Annie Gentils / Antwerp, BE
De doorzichtige dingen / Museum Maene / Ruiselede, BE
Vieuws / Galerie Living Room / Amsterdam, NL
2004
Encyclopedie van het beeld / Compagnie / Ghent, BE
2002
De denkbeeldige wezens / Kapel Campo-Santo / Ghent, BE
De denkbeeldige wezens / Galerie The Living room / Amsterdam, NL
De oneindige bibliotheek / Stedelijke Bibliotheek / Harelbeke, NL
Momento Hominem / Galerie De Lege Ruimte / Ghent, BE
2001
Archief / Museum van Deinze en Leiestreek / Deinze, BE
1999
Randbeelden / Galerie de Lege Ruimte / Ghent, BE
1998
Galerie Schröder / Cologne, DE
Galerie Tanya Rumpff / Haarlem Galerie Lea Gredt / Luxemburg
1997
Van pool tot pool / Galerie Annette De Keyser / Antwerp, BE
1996
Galerie Schröder / Cologne, DE
Kijkbibliotheek / Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst / Ghent, DE
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen / Brussels, BE
1995
Galerie Domi Nostrae / Lyon, FR
Galerie Annette De Keyser / Antwerp, BE
1994
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen / Brussels, BE
Modulo / Porto, PO
Galerie + Edition Renate Schröder / Cologne, DE
Galerie Annette De Keyser / Antwerp, BE
1993
Bilder Galerie + Edition Renate Schröder / Cologne, DE
Ado Gallery / Antwerp, BE
Modulo / Lisbon, PO
1992
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen / Brussels, BE
1991
9 Ado Gallery / Antwerp, BE
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen / Brussels, BE
9 Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst / Ghent, BE
1990
Saatchi & Saatchi / Brussels, BE
1989
Ado Gallery / Antwerp, BE
Gallery XXI / Antwerp, BE
1988
Kunstcentrum Carlos Demeester / Roeselare, BE
Moving Space / Ghent, BE
1987
Moving Space / Ghent, BE
Group exhibitions + projects
2019
Salon de Peinture / MHKA (museum of contemporary art) / Antwerp, BE
Les Abeilles de L’invisible MAC’S, Le grand Hornu / Mons, BE
The ideal landscape / Bruges Art Institute / Bruges In collaboration with Jan De Cock
Foudroyé / Barbé Urbain Gallery / Ghent, BE
2018
Raw Sauce / Blanco / Gent, BE
Nothing But Good Live II / PARK-Platform for visual Arts / Tilburg, NL
Tout est paysage / Park Edingen / BE
Het landschappelijke / Biënnale van de schilderkunst / Raveelmuseum / Machelen, BE
2017
Museum To Scale / Ghisla Art Collection / Locarno, IT
2016
Mapping emotions/landscape / Etage22 / Antwerp, BE
Drawing front / Kunstvereniging Diepenheim / NL
2015
Main D’oeuvre / Raveelmuseum / Machelen, BE
Het landschap in België / Museum XL / Brussel, BE
Main D’oeuvre / Gemeentemuseum / Den Haag, NL
Proportio / Palazzo Fortuny / Venetie, IT
2014
Arture / Herzele, BE
(Dis) Orientation / Brussels, BE
Uitblinkend door afwezigheid / Emergent / Veurne, BE
Museum To Scale / The Baker Museum / Artis-Naples / Florida-USA and Kunsthal / Rotterdam, NL
2013
“Once More unto the breach, dear friends, once more” / Final show / LOKAAL 01 / Breda, NL
Ik wordt / Voorkamer / Lier, BE
Soleil Noir / Faire face / Galerie DOMI NOSTRAE / Lyon, FR
Museum To Scale, Museum of Fine Arts, Brussel, BE
Dublin Double / Broadcast Gallery / Dublin, IR
2012
Switch Galerie Dukan Hourdequin / Paris, FR
Secret Postcard / Jan van Eyck Academie / Maastricht, NL
2011
Tra, Edge of becoming / Axel Vervoordt Gallery / Palazzo Fortuny / Venetië, IT
Tussenruimte / Raveelmuseum / Machelen aan de Leie, BE
2010
CollectieXXVI: De Artefactum-jaren / Muhka / Antwerp, BE
Verder/ Kijken/ Door/Gaan / Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek / Deinze, BE
Transit Station / Malta Contemporary Art Center / Malta
Pays’arbres / L’orangerie/Espace d’art Contemporain / Bastogne, FR
Next Chicago with Galerie Dagmar Depooter / Chicago, USA
2008
Project Trends 08 / Ghent, BE
Visuele Compositie van de Plaats / CCha / Hasselt, BE
2007
Status Questions / Galerie Annie Gentils / Antwerp, BE
2005
Kunst In Zwalm / Zwalm, BE
2004
Zomertentoonstelling / Galerie Living Room / Amsterdam, NL