Wright Cindy

Solo exhibitions
2021
"Trash & Treasure", Adornes Domein and Jeruzalemkapel, Bruges, BE
2020
"Eye To Eye", Museum Hof Van Busleyden, Mechelen, BE
2019
"Another fairy tale", Cultural Centre De Meridiaan, Blankenberge, BE
2018
"Dead poetry", Castle Van Gaasbeek, BE
2016
"Glamoured by decay", De Buck Gallery, New York, USA
"Will it bloom?", (re)D. Gallery, Antwerp
2013
"Dark seeds", Galerie Van De Weghe, Antwerp
2012
"Shadow of a dream", Salon Blanc, Ostend
"Silence of the night", Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam
2011
"Reality can be the strangest fantasy", Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Solo stand at Pulse Art Fair N.Y. with Mark Moore Gallery, USA
2009
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
Art Brussels (solo booth at Ron Mandos Gallery), Brussels, BE
2008
Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Cindy Wright AON prize 2007, Indian Hood, Antwerp
2006
Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2005
Galerie Mercator, Antwerp
2004
Solo stand, Galerie Annie Gentils, Art Brussel
2003
Gallery Annie Gentils, Antwerp
1998
Bernardus Centre, Antwerp
Group exhibitions (selection)
2021
"Goth, designing darkness", Design Museum Den Bosch, NL
"Lipstick and gas masks - The Antwerp City Collection", M HKA, Antwerp, BE
"Fiat Lux", 25 years HISK, VUB Brussels, BE
"Into Eternity - Art of Giving", Borgerhub, Antwerp, BE
"Nuages", House for the Arts, curated by Claire Leblanc, Brussels, BE
"Crush", The Design Museum Brussels in collaboration with the Museum of Ixelles, curated by Claire Leblanc, BE
"In Situ', Gallo-Roman Museum, curated by Barbara Wijckmans, Tongeren, BE
"Remains', Saint Francis Church, curated by Chantal Pollier, Menin, BE
2020
"Death Cult", Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA
"Art Autun 2020", Biennial of Contemporary Art, Musée Rolin and Panopticon, curated by Reniere & Depla, Autun, Burgundy, FR
"Beestig" City Festival Damme 2020, Ijsberg Foundation, Damme, BE
"The Syndicate of Belgian Painters", CC De Boogaard/De Gasthuiskapel, Borgloon, BE
"The Syndicate of Belgian Painters, works on paper", Anouk Vilain Artgallery, Diepenbeek,BE
2019
"Mon Héritage Provisoir", Adornestichting, Bruges,BE
"Bang Bang", Tick Tack, Antwerp, BE
"2017
"Nature Morte", Royal Guildhall Artgallery, London, UK
"Nature Morte", Pavilion Four Domes, Branch of the National Museum in Wroclaw, PO
"Celebataire Divas", Abdij Van Herkenrode, Hasselt, BE
"Between earth and heaven", Huis De Lombard, Bruges, BE
2016
"Tekenfront", Art Association and Drawingcentre Diepenheim, NL
"Nature Morte", Contemporary artists breathe new life into the still life,
Konsthallen Bohuslän Museum, Uddevalla, SWE
"In love with beauty", Sotheby's Art-Transfo, Zwevegem, BE
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating", Kusseneers Gallery, Brussels, BE
"Collected stories, about the power of compassion", art festival Watou,
Poperinge, BE
2015
"Ways of recording", Galery Baton, Seoul, KR
"Dries Van Noten Inspirations", MM, Fashion Museum Antwerp, BE
"Occupied emotions", Broelmuseum, Kortrijk, BE
"Art View", Atomiumexpo, Temporary exhibition, Brussels, BE
Art Brussels 2015, Galerie Van De Weghe, BE
"Vanitas expanded", Ypres, BE
"Trash", Eastmengallery, Hasselt, BE
"Nature Morte", Ha gamle prestegard, NO
2014
"Dries Van Noten Inspirations", Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, FR
"Duo's 2", Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp in the Queen's Hall, Antwerp, BE.
Fabiola Hall, Antwerp, BE
Art Brussels, Galerie Van De Weghe, BE
"Museum in scale 1/7", Artis-Naples - the Baker Museum, Florida, USA
"C" in art, Cindy Wright & Renato Nicolodi, Maurus Moreelhuis, Mechelen, BE
2013
"Happy Birthday Dear Academy", Museum Aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, BE
"Vanitas revisited", Galerie Ronny Van De Velde, Knokke, BE
"Museum on a scale of 1/7", Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels, BE
"The spirit of the artist", Ronny Van De Velde gallery, Knokke, BE
"Pop-Up Expo ", Hasselt, BE
"In Between", Castle Van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek, BE
2012
"Belgium contemporary now", Galerie Baton, Seoul, South Korea
Open studios 2012, Antwerp, BE
De Pan, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
Bartfair, Ghent, BE
"Ernest Albert" Prize for painting, Cultural Centre Mechelen, BE
"Pop-Up" artistic links, Museum of Ixelles, Brussels, BE
"Museum on scale 1/7" , Galerie Ronny van De Velde at Brafa, Brussels, BE
"80 days", Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
2011
"En face", curator: Stefan Martens, CC Ter Dilft, Bornem, BE
"Revisited Portraits", The Liedts-Meesen Foundation, Zebrastraat, Ghent, BE
"From Ensor to now", Bank Delen, Antwerp, 75 Belgian artists in honour of 75 years Bank Delen, BE
"LASM, Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman
Foundation", Baton Rouge, U.S.A.
"The Brevard Art Museum, Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R.
Weisman Foundation", Melbourne, U.S.A.
"A 25th Anniversary Show at Mark Moore Gallery", Mark Moore Gallery, Culver
City/Los Angeles, USA
"You and Me", National Bank, Brussels, BE
2010
"Elements of Nature", Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
"When will they finally see the power of drawing", Galerie Geukens & De Vil,
Antwerp, BE
"mEATing 2", Perron 58, Gasthuisring 58, Tilburg, NL
"Professor-student exhibition", Kunstpodium-T, Tilburg, NL
"For your eyes only", curator Hans Theys, Brussels, BE
Art Brussels - Galerie Ronmandos, Brussels, BE
"The reflected gaze - Self portraiture today at TAM", The Torrance Art Museum,
Torrance, U.S.A.
2009
"mEATing", Perron 58, Tilburg, NL
"Curator's choice: New work from MmoCA's contemporary art collection",
Madison, Winsconsin, U.S.A.
"Fading", the Museum of Ixelles, Jean Van Volsemstraat 71, 1050 Brussels, BE
"Cruel Intentions", Paardenstallen, Kortrijk, BE
"Un-SCR- 1325", Chelsea Art Museum, N.Y., U.S.A.
2008
"Belle du jour", Collette Blanchard, 26 Clinton Street N.Y., U.S.A.
FuturARTextile'08", Broelmuseum, Broelkaai 6, 8500 Kortrijk, BE
"Reflections from the Artist's Eye" (contemporary art from the Frederick R.
Weisman Art foundation), Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, CA, USA
"Insights (Works from the art collections of EU central Banks)", collection of the
National Bank of Belgium, ECB, Frankfurt, DE
"Bloody Beautiful part 2", Galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam, NL
"The Hands of Art", SMAK, Ghent, BE
"Designed By Artists", DNA LAB, Z33, Hasselt, BE
"UN-SCR-1325", Geukens & De Vil contemporary Art, Antwerp, BE
2007
"Degustibus', Broelmuseum/ING Kortrijk, BE
"Pushing the canvas", Cultural Centre Mechelen, BE
"Blood beauty", Historical Museum Rotterdam, NL
"Welcome home/ The little cavaliers", MUHKA, Antwerp, BE
"What is a kiss?", Monumental, Bornem, BE
"Bloody beautiful part 1", Galerie Ronmandos, Rotterdam, NL
2006
"Open studios", H.I.S.K., Antwerp, BE
"Barrack", final show H.I.S.K., Antwerp, BE
Awards
2007
AON prize 2007, BE
2005
"Jeune Peinture Belge', Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, BE
2004
Camille Huysmans, Royal Academy, Antwerp, BE
2003
10th International Hoppeland Prize for Painting 2003, Poperinge, BE
Monographs
2021
"Trash & Treasure', Cindy Wright, Adornes Domain, Jo Coucke & Véronique De Limburg Stirum
2020
"Eye To Eye", Cindy Wright, Stockmans, Text by Femke Vandenbosch
2019
"Another Fairytale", Postcard Poche + mini booklet, Texts by Eliane Van Den Ende & Femke Vandenbosch
2018
"All Well", Cindy Wright, Mer Paper Kunsthalle, texts by Dr Michael Petry, Max Presneill, Libby Lumpkin.
Exhibition catalogues (selection)
2021
Nuages, D'hier et d'aujourd'hui, from the past and now, p 51, Maison Des Arts
Remains, Exhibition St. Francis Church Menen, City of Menen
2020
Art Autun 2020, p 28-30, Eric Rinckhout, Musée Rolin, Editions Snoeck
The Syndicate of Belgian Painters, culture centre de Bogaard and the Gasthuiskapel
2019
Bang Bang, Tick-Tack
2016
Contemporary drawings, Drawing front Magazine, On the occasion of the
national drawing event
Watou Arts Festival 2016
2015
Carnal Desire, Stefanie Dathe/ Volker Demuth/ Cathrin Nielsen/ Rudi
Holzberger/ Jörg Sheller, Museum Villa Rot
Vanitas Extended, Exhibition catalogue, Céline Matthieu/ Agnes Violeau/
Liesbeth Waegemans, Ypres, Province of West-Flanders
Drawing and painting, Materials and Techniques for contemporary Artists, Kate
Wilson, Thames and Hudson
2013
Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition,
Michael Petry, Thames and Hudson
Silent Lives: Today's Artists Provide a New Vision of Nature Morte,
Michael Petry, Ludion
The mind of the artist, Jan Ceuleers, Galerie Ronny Van De Velde
Happy Birthday Dear Academy
Art Antwerp Academy 350, Katharina Van Cauteren, Paul Van Huvenne
Walter Van Beirendonck, Paul Boudens, BAI/Museum aan de stroom (MAS)
Vanitas Revisited, Jan Ceuleers, Galerie Ronny Van De Velde
Museum to scale 1/7, Michel Draguet, Jan Ceuleers, Pandora publishers (Ronny
Van De Velde), Royal museums of fine arts of Belgium
The Pinch, Creative writing program of the Department of English at the university of
Memphis
2012
500 Portraits: BP Portrait award, Sandy Nairne, National Portrait Gallery
Belgium contemporary now, Koen Van Den Broek, Gallery Baton, Seoul Korea
2011
Mark Moore Gallery / statements Cindy Wright
2010
(When will they finally see) The power of drawing, Eric Rinckhout, Galerie
Geukens & De Vil
For your eyes only, Hans Theys, De Markten, Tornado Editions
2009
Fading, 40 Belgian contemporary artists, essays by Sven Vanderstichelen/Claire
Leblanc/Willem Elias/Johan Swinnen
Cindy Wright by Mark Moore Gallery
UN-SCR-1325 Chelsea Art Museum, Geukens & De Vil
2004
Frissiras Award, Edward Lucy-Smith, the Frissiras museum friends fund
2003
BP Portrait Award 2003, A.S. Byatt, Abe Books, National Portrait Gallery
1997
1997 Spring '97, Jan Walgrave, Province of Antwerp
In the press (selection)
2021
Melancholy as an outlet, Museumtijdschrift nr 8, p 67, Jeroen Junte
Cindy Wright, the beauty of transience, The Art Couch, p 37-39, 04-'21, Annelies Vanbelle
Last Call/Dernier (r)appel, Sabato supplement De Tijd and L'echo, Thijs Demeulemeester
Still life from now and later, Warning of what is to come, De Standaard, Ines Minten
L'oeuvre de la semaine: Les chairs de la terre, Le Vif, Guy Gilsoul
2020
Look deep into my skull, review expo, De Standaard, Ines Minten
Cindy Wright-Eye To Eye, Sofam, Kate Mayne
Voir la morte, Les yeux dans les yeux, La Libre Belgique, Guy Duplat
La plasticienne anversoise Cindy Wright nous invite à envisager la morte, L'Echo, Johan Hel Guedj
2019
Hit & Run, De Standaard weekblad, p. 49, 28-09-'19,
Pour la peintre belge Cindy Wright, La morte est un conte de fées, L'Echo, 02-08-'19
L'oeuvre de la semaine: Le Beau Nuage, Le Vif, Guy Gilsoul
2018
L'oeuvre de la semaine, La Planète Rose, Focus, Le Vif, Guy Gilsoul
rtist Cindy Wright plays with time; the more you have of it, the more you spill it, Knack Weekend, 23-08-'18, Nathalie Leblanc
The power of fragility, H Art p 185, 18-10-'18, Eliane Van Der Ende
Cindy Wright au Chateau De Gaasbeek, La Vie Devant La Mort, Johan Frédérik Hel Guedj
2016
Cindy Wright and Ilse D'Hollander in N.Y., H Art p. 23, 21-01-'16
Retourtje Herentals-NYC, Knack p. 87, 20-01-'16
2015
New Vanitas symbols, H Art Magazine p. 13, 14-05-'15, Inge Braeckman
Battle art, Knack p. 93, 04-11-'15
Long live death, Knack p. 83, 29-04-'15
The Art of Art, Inside the Artist's Studio, De
Morgen p. 8, 10-10-'15, Rick Van Puymbroeck
2014
Dries Van Noten: Inspired creativity, International N.Y. Times, p. 12, 01-03-'14
The Word Magazine, The third rate edition, p. 120-121
2013
Happy Birthday Dear Academy, H ART magazine, p.6-7, 05-09-'13
Cindy Wright comes out strong, Gazet van Antwerpen, culture magazine p. 6, 17-05-'13
Nocturn - Cindy Wright, Knack focus, p. 53, 21-05-'13
Cindy Wright, H Art magazine, p. 25, 16-05-'13
Psychological hyperrealism, Collect, Up to galleries
2011
Contemporary vanitas Cindy Wright, Artlog Browse magazine, video interview,
artlog.com/posts/83-contemporary-vanitas
2010
The purity of paper and pencil, De Morgen, p. 40, 10-12-'10
Programmagrant April-July 2010 De Brakke Grond, Flemish cultural house De
Brakke Grond, poster p. 5 & 12, 04-'10
15 painters in the Markets For your eyes only, hART magazine, Hans Theys
2009
Better look, hArt magazine, p 26, Machteld Leij, 12-11-'09
Twenty Top Shows, ArtNet, Shaw Michael, 03-04-'09
Cindy Wright/Jason Salavon, THE Magazine, p. 57, 01-'09
Work in the public collections of:
Belfius Art Collection, BE
The Museum of Ixelles, BE
The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Las Vegas Art Museum, U.S.A.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, U.S.A.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, U.S.A.
The West Collection, U.S.A.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, U.S.A.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, BE
Province of Antwerp, BE
National Bank of Belgium, BE