Dirk Snauwaert

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Dirk Snauwaert

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First Name

Dirk

Surname or Business Name

Snauwaert

Years Affiliated

2015/2018-2019

Affiliation

WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Belgium

Birth Date

1963

Birthplace

Belgium

Occupation

Artist Director

Biographical Text

Dirk Snauwaert (b. 1963, Belgium) is Artist Director of WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, and was involved in its creation since July 2004. At WIELS, Snauwaert has curated exhibitions of Tauba Auerbach (2013) and Mike Kelley (2008). Prior, Snauwaert was Co-Director of the Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alps where he was in charge of the exhibition programme and the development of the FRAC Rhône-Alpes collection. He was Director of the Kunstverein Munich from 1996 to 2001, where he curated solo shows by Rita McBride (1999), William Kentridge (1998), David Lamelas (1997), and Fareed Armaly (1997). He was also the curator of Jef Geys at the Pavilion of Belgium, 53rd Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition. Snauwaert was an NTU CCA Singapore Curator-in-Residence in 2015.

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“Dirk Snauwaert,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/767.