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Introduction

Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen makes iconoclastic sculpture, paintings, glasswork and installations. His daring expeditions into contemporary science, philosophy and ethics have resulted into several internationally acclaimed projects. Most known is The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project   (TCCP), a vast attempt to create and manipulate scores of chicken breeds from whole over the world into a new species, a universal chicken or Superbastard. Four subprojects constitute the TCCP: Virtual crossing, Experimental crossing , The Walking Egg  and The Accident, Chronicles of The Cosmopolitan Chicken .

More socially orientated is The Cosmogolem, a project that is swiftly spreading all over the planet. This powerful, wooden sculpture is adopted around the world as a symbol for children's rights.

 

Exhibitions

 
 2010

 
26 Mai
Art Amsterdam
 Venice Projects
26 Mai - 31 Mai
Amsterdam Rai
Europaplein 8
1078 GZ Amsterdam (NL)
  
21 Mai
San Fransisco Fine Art Fair
 

Venice Projects
21 Mai - 23 Mai
Fort Mason Center
38 Fort Mason 11
San Fransisco, CA 94123 (USA)

30 Apr
Art Chicago
 Venice Projects
30 April - 3 Mai
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago IL 60654
  
 2 Apr
Art Fair Tokyo
 Venice Projects
2 April - 4 April
Tokyo International Forum Exhibition hall 1
Lobby Gallery 1&2
3-5-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-0005 (JP)
  
18 Mar
ARTPARIS
 

Venice Projects
18 March - 22 March
Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris (F)

 4 Mar
The Armory Show
 Venice Projects
4 March - 7 March
Piers 92 & 94
Twelfth Avenue at 55ft street
New York City (USA)
  
 7 Feb
De Mijlpaal
 "Figure it out?!" Ceramics exhibition
"China - China"
7 February - 18 April
Brugstraat 45
3550 Heusden-Zolder
  
30 JanMuseum "M"
 "Parallellepipeda"
30 January - 25 April
Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven
  
16 Jan
Verbeke Foundation
 Polar Expeditions
"Frozen Culture Balanced"
16 January - 31 April
Westakker B-9190
Kemzeke (Stekene)
  
 

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Exhibition Highlights

  
  Conner Contemporary Art 
VIEW
"The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project (DC)"
7 November - 31 December 2009
1358-60 Florida ave, NE
Washington DC 20002 (USA) 
  
 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
VIEW
"The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project"
5 November - 6 December 2009
Piet Heinkade 1
1019 BR Amsterdam (NL)
  
 
3rd Moscow Biennale of contemporary art 
VIEW
"Against Exclusions",
"The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project,
Mechelse Orloff"
24 September - 25 October 2009
Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Center for
Contemporary Culture
Moscow (RUS)
  
 The Venice 53rd International Art Exhibition

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Solo:  "Unicorn",
          7 June - 22 November 2009
          Scuola Grande di San Teodore (Rialto)
                
Group:  "Glasstress"
            6 June - 22 Novembre 2009
            Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti,
            Campo Santo Stefano 2945,
            30124 Venice

Group:  Berengo Gallery
            Fondamenta Vetral 109/A,
            30141 Murano-Venezia

Koen Vanmechelen also has a sculpture, "Ring",
on the Isle Isola Della Certosa                
  
  
 
Oud Rekem
VIEW Betrekkelijk rustig
23 August - 05 October 2008
curator Annemie Van Laethem
Kasteel Oud Rekem  
  
 Poëziezomer Watou  
VIEW
Dat de verte nabijer dan ooit was
30 July - 7 September 2008
curator Giacinto di Pietrantonio
St. -Bavokerk, Watou
  
 Verbeke Foundation

Resident artist,
The Cosmopolitan Chicken;
-"Work In Progress"
-"Couveuse"
-"Biosphere La Fayette"
Permanent exhibition
Westakker, 9190 Kemzeke (Stekene)