Olivier Foulon

This 30-year-old artist studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht and in 2005 won the Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge. His works often take as their theme the reproduction of historical paintings and contemporary works of art.
In 2005 he was awarded the 'Just' grant, given by a private patron in Düsseldorf, which involves an exhibition and a publication. As part of this he made 'redites et ratures' (2006), a 45 rpm vinyl record, on which he did a version of Marcel Broodthaers' 'Interview with a Cat' (1970). His other publications include 'L'Enseigne de Gersaint', 'Het Kabinet, Gent' (2004), 'En coulisses, parfois, les artistes changent de costumes. Actualités. Un livre de dessins imprimé à l'encre noire. Un livre de textes imprimé à l'encre noire' (2003) and 'Watteau, les editions Braun & Cie. Paris' (2003). He has given solo exhibitions at Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège (2006), Projekt-Just, Düsseldorf (2006), Marres Center for Contemporary Art, Maastricht (2004), Het Kabinet, Ghent (2004) and Etablissement d'en face projects, Brussels (2004). He has taken part in group exhibitions at Artists Space, New York (2006), Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (2005), Casino Luxembourg (2005), Generali Foundation, Vienna (2004), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (2002) and Argos, Brussels (2001).