ENERGY/MASS (solo), Wasserman Projects, Detroit (US), SEPT 22 – DEC 17, 2016
“What came first the chicken or the egg?” “Both,” says artist Koen Vanmechelen, “All matter consists of energy and mass.” A response...
Planetary Community Chicken hatches in National Museum of Zimbabwe
Koen Vanmechelen believes that art is a vital aspect of society and core of the creation of healthy communities. His latest exhibition in...
Inauguration permanent installation INFINITY – C.C.P. in Dronten (NL)
Koen Vanmechelen’s permanent installation INFINITY – C.C.P. is officially inaugurated in Dronten, the Netherlands, on the 14th of May. ...
AWAKENER/LIFEBANK, Glassfever, DordtYart
From 1 May until 25 September 2016, four locations in the city center of Dordrecht (NL) focused on the innovative use of glass in...
DIVERSITY, cosmOpolitan Gallery, Genk (BE)
Exhibition at the Cosmopolitan Gallery focussing on La Biomista, studio Koen Vanmechelen and the different foundations. MARCH - DECEMBER...
La Biomista - Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, Exo-Evolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe (DE), 2015
Combining and reconfiguring genes and memes, mixing, experimenting and probing lie at the core of the oeuvre of Belgian artist Koen...
Protected Paradise - Vienna for Art's Sake, Belvedere,Vienna (AT), 2015
Heaps of golden corn have taken the place of the baroque gold leaf in Prince Eugene’s former Dining Hall; the room contains a large,...
AWAKENER/LIFEBANK, Glassstress 2015 GOTIKA, Biennial of Venice, Italy, 2015
As a special project within the collateral event Glasstress 2015 GOTIKA of the La Biennale di Venezia, Koen Vanmechelen exhibits a...
Arena de Evolución - L.O.C.K., 12 Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
Koen Vanmechelen was one of the foremost artists at the twelfth Havana Biennial, set to run from 22 May through 22 June 2015. Under the...
This Is Not a Chicken - Het Domein, Sittard (NL), 2015
Forty years after Marcel Broodthaers introduced a dromedary in the arts, Koen Vanmechelen ordered a beautiful specimen to be flown over...
