SOFIE MULLER
Born in 1974
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium
Future projects
Solo, Fox Jensen, Sidney, Australia (2021)
Correspondances: Nick Ervinck, Sofie Muller and Renato Nicolodi, Musée Fenaille, Rodez, France (postponed).
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Pentimento with Gabriel De La Mora, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018
De Grote Levensvragen, presentation by Friedl Lesage, artwork by Sofie Muller on stage, Belgium.
2017
Montaigne, actor Koen De Sutter, Nucleus by Sofie Muller on stage, Belgium, The Netherlands and France.
Alabaster Mentalis, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
Ithaca, Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
2016
Sculptures in collaboration with Sven Gatz, Minister of Culture, Belgium.
Ithaca, Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium.
Mental Sculptures in collaboration with Robert Kusmirowski, Biala Galeria, Poland.
Solo-presentation, Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
2015
Cabinets 2015, FeliXart Museum, Drogenbos, Belgium.
2014
Psychonomics, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
Grave Souls & secrets, duo exhibition with Kiki Lamers, Odapark, Venray, the Netherlands.
Art Brussels, focus artist Geukens & De Vil, Brussels, Belgium.
Drawing Now Paris, focus artist Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
2013
Minerswoman, CC Maasmechelen, Belgium.
Brandt, Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
2012
Black Out, C-mine, Genk, Belgium.
Inauguration Tableau Vivant, Genk, Belgium.
Inauguration Toren, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
The Rest is Silence, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
2011
Guiding hand II, Europeancardacquiring, Berlin, Germany.
2010
Solo, Fondation Francès, Senlis, France.
Monument Leap of Faith, Thuis voor een beeld, East Flanders, Belgium.
Exhibition Leap of Faith, Caermersklooster, Ghent, Belgium.
Guiding hand I, Europeancardacquiring, Berlin, Germany.
2009
Memento, Park ter Beuken, Lokeren, Belgium.
2008
Über Menschen, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
2007
beDivided, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
2006
Morphs, S&H De Buck, Ghent, Belgium.
seXes, Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium.
seXes, Mercator, Antwerp, Belgium.
2004
seXes, S&H De Buck, Ghent, Belgium.
Group exhibitions
2020
The Clown Spirit, curated byJoanna de Vos, De Rossaert, Antwerp, Belgium.
La Musée 2, curated by Azad Asifovich, Studio la Città, Italy.
Coup De Ville - Chasing Flowers, Sint Niklaas, Belgium.
Speicher, Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
Artivirals, Ghent, Belgium.
AThOME, Threasured Thoughts, by Sofie Muller, Tardino6 Instagram account.
La Musée, curated by Azad Asifovich, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France.
Confined challenge, online exhibition during confinement, organised by Geukens & De Vil.
Analogue, Fox Jenssen,Auckland, New-Zealand.
Collectionner au XXI siècle, Collection Lambert, Avignon, France.
2019
Correspondances: Nick Ervinck, Sofie Muller and Renato Nicolodi, Musée Fenaille, Rodez, France (postponed).
Heads, Felix Frachon Gallery, Ixelles, Belgium.
Circle of Life, Lieve Blancquaert, Sint Pietersabdij Gent, Belgium.
A Provisional Legacy, curated by Reniere & Depla, Adornesmuseum, Brugge, Belgium.
Home Sweet Home, kunstenhuis Harelbeke, Belgium.
In Situ 2019 – Art Trail. Languedoc – Roussillon – Midi-Pyrénées. Patrimone et Art Contemporain, France.
Over my (dead) body, Oxana Shachko, Sofie Muller, Katya Ev, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Réparation, La Maison des Arts, Schaarbeek, Belgium.
2018
STRAF!, Artistiek feest uit solidariteit, Hof van Beroep, Gent, Belgium.
Verknipt, Warp, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Middle Gate II. Het verhaal van Dimpna. Collaboration between M HKA Antwerpen and CC Werft Geel, Belgium.
Open City, Festival Lublin, Poland.
Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Ce qui pèse et ce qui nourrit, Autun, France.
Auction for <H>Art Magazine, Phillips Antwerp, Belgium.
Emotional Journey, curator Michaela Stock, Bildraum Bodensee, Austria.
Het Gouden Paviljoen, curators Annelies Nagels & Dries Segers, De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium.
Faces, collaboration between PAK & Museum Dr. Guislain, curators Frank Demarest & Patrick Allegaert, Psychiatric Hospital Sint-Amandus, Beernem, Belgium.
Rethink Duality, Sofie Muller & Evelyn Loschy, Gallery Michaela Stock, Vienna, Austria.
2017
Venice Biennale, exhibition Intuition, curator Axel Vervoordt, Palazza Fortuny, Venice, Italy.
Ecce Homo, 63 artists, 9 locations in Antwerp, curator Geukens & De Vil with co-curator Eric Rinckhout.
New Generations, 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma, curator Alice Gray, Oklahoma. U.S.A.
Kunstwerk Leben, Kunstmuseum Solingen, Solingen, Germany.
No modulor no more, sculpture today, Academy Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Kairos Castle, curator Joke Hermsen, Castle of Gaasbeek, Belgium.
Between Earth and Heaven, Huis De Lombard, Beveren, Belgium.
Tinto. Without Tinta, curator Azad Asifovich, space 8, Brussels, Belgium.
Aide Mémoire, Espace Séraphine Louis, Clermont/Fondation Francès, Senlis, France.
2016
Liminal Lyrics, curator Hedwig Brouckaert, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Gestures and Shudders, curator Sanne De Wolf, Mukha, Antwerp, Belgium.
No Modulor No More, Belgium sculpture today, Vierkante Zaal, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Submarine, curator Sergio Servellon, Lange Zaal KASK, Antwerp, Belgium.
Medicine in Art, MOCA, Krakow, Poland.
Arts et méteaux, Trilogie Contemporaine, Liège, Belgium.
Montaigne with Koen De Sutter, Nucleus on stage in Kaaitheater Brussels, NTG Ghent, CC Bruges, De Brakke Grond, C-mine Ghent, Vrijthof Maastricht et al.
Speelvogels, Zwijgershoek, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
2015
Spiegel im Spiegel, PAK, Beernem, Belgium.
Goodbye Pourbus, Hello Leopold, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Kunstenaars voor Wagenschot, Handelsbeurs, De Kouter, Ghent, Belgium.
Kust@rodekruis, curator Hilde Van Canneyt, Ronse, Belgium.
Boeken onder vuur, KU Leuven, University Library, Leuven, Belgium.
Watou Art festival, Watou, Belgium.
Vormidable, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, the Netherlands.
Palindrome, curator Robert Kusmirowski, National Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland.
Occupied emotions, Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Ik, jij, wij, VZW Rasa, S.M.A.K., C-mine, et al.
No Walls expo Nl/Vl, curator Bob Smit, Fenixloods, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Pleisterplekken, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium.
2014
Story of absence, Collection National Bank, Brussels, Belgium.
Westenwind, curator Stef Van Bellingen, Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
Fine Arts from Belgium, Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, the Netherlands.
De modernen, KMSK, Antwerp, Belgium.
Health- Something of Value, curator Sven Van Der Stichelen, Brussels, Belgium.
2013
Forever Young, curator Harriet Zilch, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany.
The Prélude Pathetique, curator Wim Lambrecht, Leuven, Belgium.
Museum to scale 1/7, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
In alle staten, curator Fondation Francès, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium.
Coup de Ville, Warp, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Basel Volta 9, Martin Kudlek, Switzerland.
Pour les siècles des siècles, Lieux Communs, Namur, Belgium.
Prestige, curator Nicoline Van Stapel, Ghent University, Belgium.
Bates Motel, Space, curator Michael Dans & Julie Hanique, Liège, Belgium.
Brisure. Artistieke verwantschappen, curator Stef Van Bellingen, Belfius, Brussels, Belgium.
2012
Are the limits of …, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India.
Les Fleurs du Mal, Kersgallery, Amsterdam, the Nederlands.
Kunstfestival Watou, Watou, Belgium.
Mindmap, Venray, the Nederlands.
Dangerously Young, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium.
2011
Beeld van hoop en wanhoop, Mothers for Peace, Ieper, Belgium.
Geus de luxe, Geuzenhuis, Ghent, Belgium.
Kunstpodium T, student-master project, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Salon 9, curator Christa Vyvey, Pianomuseum Maene, Ruiselede, Belgium.
2010
The Power of Drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mooi, traveling exhibition, VZW Rasa, Belgium.
Lucht is tastbaarder dan mijn gedachten, curator Annemie van Laethem, Castle Oud-Rekem, Belgium.
Beeldenroute Lo-Reninge, West Flanders, Belgium.
BAT 10. Beeldenroute Anti-Tankgracht, curator Flor Bex, Schilde, Belgium.
Walking te Line II, Kudlek Von Grinten, Cologne, Germany.
Collages@Romantiek, Verbeke Foundation, Roeselare, Belgium.
Mort ou vif, Fondation Fransès, Senlis, France.
Uit het Geheugen, Katho-IPSOC and Museum Dr. Guislain, Kortrijk, Belgium.
2009
De Oversteek, curator Bonnefantenmuseum and A.M. Van Laethem, Rekem, Limburg, Belgium.
De Collectie, curator Philippe Van Cauteren and Sjoerd Paridaen, Espace Ladda, Ghent, Belgium.
Uit het Geheugen, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium.
Ademloos, auction sale + exhibition Bernearts, Antwerp, Belgium.
Art Basel, Geukens & De Vil, Basel, Switzerland.
UN-SCR-1325, Chelsea Art Museum, curator Jan Van Woensel/Geukens & De Vil, New York, U.S.A.
Miniaturen, Josef Deleu and S&H De Buck, Cultural Center, Hasselt, Belgium.
2008
A flowery band to bind us to the earth, S&H De Buck, Ghent, Belgium.
Antwerp Sculpture Show, curators Bart De Baere & Menno Meeuwis, Zuiderdokken Antwerp, Belgium.
Corpus Delicti, curator Flor Bex, Palace of Justice, Brussels, Belgium.
Markiezin Zoekt Kunst, Castle of Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek, Belgium.
Over The Hedge#2, 117 Belgian Artists, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium.
Art Garden Party, auction by Christie’s, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, St. Martens-Latem, Belgium.
Found/Gevonden/Trouvé, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium.
UN-SCR-1325, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
Rewind, curator Filip Van De Velde, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Die Hände Der Kunst, Ronny Van De Velde, Herford, Germany.
Trends 2008, Sint-Barbaracollege, Ghent, Belgium.
Artist’s Hands, Ronny Van De Velde, S.M.A.K, Ghent, Belgium.
Feminiene, curator Willem Ellias, VUB, Brussel, Belgium.
Tussen Lichaam en Geest, Dr. Guislain museum, Ghent, Belgium.
Wandering, S&H De Buck, duo exhibition Sofie Muller & Piet Pollet, Ghent, Belgium.
Noman’s Land, Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, Belgium.
2007
Over The Hedge#2, 117 Belgian Artists, Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China.
Underground, curator Stef Van Bellingen, Warp, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Alles Beweegt vervlochten generaties, Service center “Ter Deeve”, Meulebeke.
Miniaturen, Josef Deleu and S&H De Buck, Book tower, Ghent, Belgium.
2006
Making Sense In The City, Aula, Ghent, Belgium.
Het (On)Volmaakte Lichaam, curator Tom Peeters, Monumental VZW, Bornem, Belgium.
Nachten Van De Open Ateliers, VZW Nucleo, Ghent, Belgium.
Heilige Geest, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium.
2005
Voorbij De Grens, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium.
Short Circuit, curator Jan Van Woensel, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Planet Gender, S&H De Buck, Het Achterhuis, Ghent, Belgium.
2004
I’m Lovin’ It, Ghent, Belgium.
Open Atelierdag 3, VZW Nucleo, Ghent, Belgium.
2000
Honorable Mention ‘Kunstsalon Ghent’, St. Pietersabdij, Ghent, Belgium.
1996
Klas 4A, Campo, Antwerp, Belgium.
Rotary Expo, Elizabethzaal, Antwerp, Belgium.
Winterplaats K.A.S.K.A., selection Pjeroo Roobjee & Guillaume Bijl, Antwerp, Belgium.
1995
Walking Museum, Antwerp, Belgium.
October Octopus Expo, Berchem, Belgium.
Work in public space
2019
Sculpture in the Grauwzusters chapel in Antwerp
Cabinet/portrait SI024G, provinciehuis Antwerpen, België.
2013
Minerswoman, Maasmechelen, Belgium.
2012
Toren, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Tableau Vivant, Genk, Belgium.
2010
Eve, Hospital ter Linden, Knokke, Belgium.
Leap of Faith, Laarne, Belgium.
Prices and nominations
Laureate Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for science and the arts, 2018.
SABAM Awards, 5the edition, nomination visual arts, 2017.
Lectures and artist talks
2017
Artist Talk with Johan Pas, MHKA, Antwerp, Belgium.
Artist Talk with Stef Van Bellingen, Michaela Stock, Vienna, Austria.
2016
Studio visit, Middelheimpromotors, Ghent, Belgium.
2011
Kunstpodium T, student-master project, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Studio visit, Amarant, Ghent, Belgium.
Lecture, Europeancardacquiring, Berlin, Germany.
Studio visit, The Art Society, Ghent, Belgium.