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2013: Open Art Staffordshire at the Shire Hall- selected with one work/Staffordshire/ UK
-HERDERS EN WORSTEN-Rivierenhof-Antwerp- AMANI Zoersel-Deurne (collective show)/ Belgium
2012: EL AMERINDIGENA DE ALANN at the Centro Cultural Juan Parras de Riego-Barranco-Lima/ Peru
-PINTURA RAPIDA- Cajamarca/Peru
- EL AMERINDIGENA DE ALANN at the Interbank Cajamarca-Peru
-INSIDERS-OUTSIDERS- Zoersel (collective show)/ Belgium
2011: Back in England since end of March; painting full time and exhibiting.
-‘A Shamanic journey’ themed exhibit at The Quadrant- Wolverhampton, UK.
- Shire Hall in Stafford- Staffordshire, West Midlands.
-ROA Gallery in Pall Mall, London.
-Museo Condesuyo-Moquegua/ Peru a collective show with 4 works of mine.
-101 Works for Fukushima at Fukushima and Tokyo (collective show)
-Bird Art Project- Netherlands and online via Youtube and Facebook
2010: Living 8 months in Cambodia where I teach English full time at the Paññassastra University; my father dies and 350 people on a bridge in Phnom Penh. I decide to work on those themes, which I will paint on canvas in England.
2009: Since then, I have made my base in England.
-‘MUNDO CHAMAN’ themed exhibition, at Ministerio de la Cultura in Loja in Ecuador.
2008: I lived 8 months in Peru and then went t olive another 8 in Ecuador as a h teacher of English.
-‘Toro Vivo’ themed exhibition, at the Portal de la Municipalidad de Arequipa/Peru
- Tachanas (a co-exhibition with University Alas Peruanas) In the Portal de la Municipalidad of Arequipa/Peru
2007: Teaching English in Thailand; all a matter of survival as an artist abroad.
- A collective show at the best art gallery of the region: Liam's Art Gallery-Chonburi/Thailand.
2006: Between 2005 and 2006: I lived, worked, and exhibited during 14 months in Peru. The very same year I went to teach English in Thailand.
- Museu de Arte Contemporanea de la Municipalidad del Cusco/Peru.
- La Capilla de San Bernardo Cusco-Peru.
-Convento del Santo Domingo- La Qoricancha (Inca Sun Temple) Cusco/ Peru.
-Salon International de Arte 'Memorfosis Racial' collective exhibition in Sicuani and Puno.
-Galeria Apacheta in Cusco, Peru.
-I was selected in a juried competition with 2 works on 400 participants, by www.UpstreamPeoplesgallery.com from Omaha USA.
2005: I lived, travelled, and painted during 9 months in Bolivia and 3 months Brazil. I get initiated in shamanism with the Aymara and Quechua Indians in La Paz and Cusco (Peru).
- Hotel Gloria- La Paz- Bolivia.
-Collective exhibition with my phallic inspired pieces, at the Erotic Museum in Hollywood/ California USA.
- Museu de arte Contemporâneo- La Paz/ Bolivia.
-Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes La Paz Bolivia.
- I held a lecture on the Fulni-ô Indians’ culture at El Museo de Etnologia y Folclore in La Paz/ Bolivia.
2004: Living in Brazil, with the Fulni-Ô Indians for three months, and painting in Porto Seguro-Bahia. Between that I also lived with the Xavante nation for 6 months.
- Galeria da Preta/ Porto Seguro, Bahia State in Brazil.
2003: Back to Belgium for one year.
-Eros and Thanatos 2, at Icon Hotel/ Chonburi/ Thailand.
-Art Corner/ Chonburi/ Thailand.
2002: Living in India’s West Coast, Himalayan, and Banjara gypsy culture since 2001.
-Art House in Candolim/ Goa/India.*
2001: Between 2001 and 2002 I livedin India, 3 months Nepal, and Thailand also one year, then3 months in Cambodia, and 2 weeks in Laos.
- Galerie Johanna/Angoulême/ France.*
-4 murals for a German Bakery branch in Pokhara/ Nepal.
-Biennale of Contemporary Art at Fortezza da Basso/ Florence/ Italy.*
2000: Living one year in India and three monthsNepal.
-‘Tribal Connection’ conceptual exhibition at the Siddartha Art Gallery/ Kathmandu/ Nepal.
1999: Living one year in India and 4 months Nepal
-Helping Hands Contemporary Art gallery/ Kathmandu/Nepal.*
1998: Back in India for 1 year, Nepal 4 months...then over land back to Belgium via Pakistan (1 month,) Iran (one month), to Turkey (Kurdistan and Istanbul) 10 days.
-I participated in an art-ecological project, which was initiated by Catherine Josten from Tucson/Arizona/USA
1997: Living in India 6 months and Thailand a few months.
-I Participated in a virtual and synchronic group exhibition since 1997 in San Francisco/ California/USA, whereby all participating artists' works are being projected on a huge wall in Columbus street. Until this very day the projections go on and can also be seen at: www.globalcollage.com
- Eros and Thanatos themed exhibition in the Bagore-Ki-Haveli (government run) art Gallery/Udaipur/Rajasthan/ India.
-Eros and Thanatos show at gallery 506/ Kolkata in West Bengal/India.
- Acquisition of 1 work for the Tama Art University art gallery and one that was auctioned / Osaka/ Japan.
-'Art Blast' collective exhibition at Oxford bookshop in Kolkata/WB/India.*
-I participate in ‘Live action painting’ at ‘Montmartre Art Village’ during the Annual Book Fair/Kolkata/WB/ India.*
-Nekkershal/ Mechelen/ Belgium.*
1996: Living in India for 6 months and 3 in Thailand, combined with Malaysia.
-Tribal Connection show + performance at Gallery La Mère/ Kolkatta/WB/ India.
- Extension of the 'Tribal Connection' show at Alliance Française/ Kolkatta/ WB/ India.
- Presentation of my 'Tribal Connection' themed show at Doordarshan (National TV) Kolkatta/WB/ India.
1995: Back to Brazil and India and Portugal.
- Museo de Arte Moderna at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso/ Cuiabá/Mato Grosso/ Brazil.*
1994: Painting three months in Sri Lanka after which I proceeded to Madras in India. I Remain for 6 months in Calcutta/India living in a Brahmin’s house and visit the State of Orissa and frequent her tribal fishermen. Then I traveled onward to Nepal.
-Gallery 706/ Colombo/ Sri Lanka.
-Center Art Gallery Kolkatta/West-Bengal/ India.
1993: I visit Malaysia and Thailand again.
-Centre International:"500 Años de Resistencia Indígena " /Brussels/ Belgium.*
-Galerie L'Oeuil /Brussels/ Belgium.*
1992: I went back to Portugal and back to Brazil with journeys to Paraguay, and Bolivia. I met with the Maká Indians and an Italian anthropologist in San Lorenzo. Then travelling to Asia for the first time: Thailand and Malaysia.
- Published with 'Stoppen met Roken', short story and poems by De Vleermuis NV. uitgeverij/ Netherlands.
- Porto Seguro, Belo Horizonte/ Sao Paulo/ Brazil: at various cultural centres during 3 years in a traveling exhibition.*
-Galerij ABCD/ Antwerp/ Belgium.
1991: Second visit again the Bororos and Xavantes Indians in Brazil.
In Belgium I establish a foundation called "S.O.S. Amazon Indians" and organize a water project for 2 Xavante villages.
-Restorante Xadrêz / Brasilía/ Brazil with help from the Vlaamse Gemeenschap representative Marcos Roelands.
- Galeria NY Arte, contest 'Paint Cuiabá city' (I ended up finalist) / Cuiabá/Mato Grosso/ Brazil.
1990:
- Werkhuizen/Jeugd en Stad/ Brussels/ Belgium.*
- Photo exhibit on the Xavante people at the V.U.B. (Flemish Free University) Brussels/ Belgium.
- Published with short story 'Bloedbroeders' at Brakke Hond literature quarterly/ Brussels/ Belgium.
1989:I organised an auction of comics originals and art, in Brussels for the benefit of three tribes in Brazil. After that, I visited Brazil and get adopted into the Xavante nation through a blood pact and earn myself the name of Wérè'è (many persons in one person). I also spent ten days with their enemies: the Bororo Indians and the Karajà.
1988:
-Salon des Refusés at the Arsenal de Charroi/ Brussels/ Belgium.*
-Salon des Refusés at Salle Allende at ULB/ Brussels in Belgium.
1987:I went to Tunisia to visit Sidi Bou Saïd where Matisse had lived.
1985: Discovering Portugal. I fall in love with the Portuguese language, the country and its people.
1984: First exhibit in Brussels; 2 works got stolen and I never saw them back.
Back to Scandinavia.
1983: Hitchhiking through Holland, Germany and Scandinavia.
Alann De Vuyst
