1961
Born in Saint-Ghislain (BE)
EDUCATION
1987
l'Ecole supérieure des Arts Plastiques et Visuels in Mons (with the highest distinction)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2017
Wool and Water, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2016
The Enactment of the Stone, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2014
La femme qui voyage, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2011
ARTour - Dérivation, Musée Lanchevelici, la Louviere
Kruishoutem SONS (Shoes or no shoes?) "L'itinéraire de la famme aux petit pieds"
2010
'Scaphandre' Gembloix Agro Bio Tech
'Sans Titre' Centre de la gravure de la Louviere
2009
The Glass Garden, Brigittines, Brussels
Fine Arts Museum, Brussels
2008
Méta-morphose(s), the Lotto Arena Mons Expo, Mons
The Temptation of the Void, the Economist Plaza, London
Sketch, London
2007
Iselp Brussels EVE PHASE 1 le complot
2006
Chelsea Art Museum, New York
"Cycle 4", Gallery Pascal Retelet, Brussels
2005Think-Tank PMMK Ostende
2004
"Cycle 3 : instrument du désir", Gallery Pascal Retelet, Brussels
Maison Charles Jourdan, Marunoschi building, Tokyo, Japan
L'Embarcadère, Montceau-les-Mines Bourgogne, France
2003
Grüsenmeyer gallery, Deurne
"Cycle 2 : saprophyte", Gallery Pascal Retelet, Brussels
Centre culturel de Metz, France
2002
Museum of Art in Guangdong, China
"Cycle 1 : déroulement", Gallery Pascal Retelet, Brussels
2001
Gallery Loosveldt, Ostende
Gallery Sergiane Cauwel, Lille, France
Gallery Pascal Retelet, Saint-Paul de Vence, France
2000
Centre culturel "Le Cellier", Peruwelz
1999
Gallery Art K., Paris
Gallery Zeydel, Cologne, Germany
1998
Gallery Dewart, Brussels
Paysage émotionnel, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels
Mes Carnets de voyage, L'Autre Musée - Viaduc, Brussels
Gallery Patrick Gaultier, Quimper, France
Gallery culturelle "Le Colombier", Rennes, France
Gallery Kita, Lille, France
Parfums de papier, Gallery Dewart, Canal 11, Brussels
1997
Gallery Patrick Gaultier, Quimper, France
Musée Ianchelevici, La Louvière
Centre d'Art contemporain "Le Colombier", Rennes, France
1996
Gallery Dewart, Brussels
Correspondances secrètes et dévoilées, L'Autre Musée (Martyrs), Brussels
1995
Gallery Uta Gappelsraader, Bretten, Germany
Galerie des Ambassades, Paris
Contrast Gallery / Galerie Carlier, Rouen
Arrêt sur image, Gallery Dewart, Brussels
1994Galerie Lierhman, Liège
"L'Homme qui rit", Brussels
Tour de la Ville, St-Ghislain
La Mémoire transpercée, Coug Art Gallery, Brussels
Journal d'un naufragé, L'Autre Musée (Viaduc), Brussels
1993
Reliquaire, Galerie des Ambassades, Paris
Bibliothèque municipale, La Louvière
Coug Art Gallery, Brussels
1991
Galerie Liehrmann, Liège
Contrast Gallery, Brussels
1990
Gallery Carlier, Rouen, France
Didier Mahieu, "Les villes, les cirques, les gens", Contrast Gallery, Brussels
1989
Contrast Gallery, Lille, France
1984
Tour de la Ville, St-Ghislain
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2017
Dark Rooms, PAK Brugge
Between Earth and Heaven II, Pak Brugge
2016
Artists of the Gallery, NK Gallery, Antwerp
Le Précieux Pouvoir des Pierre, MAMAC, Nice, France
2015
Drawing: Contemporary. NK Gallery, Antwerp
Art Paris 2015, NK Gallery
2006
Mandarin France, National Museum of Beijing
2005
'Expo 3', Musée Lanchevici, La Louviere
'Soul', Groot Seminarie, Bruges
2003
Beaufort, Triennal of Contemporary Art, De Panne, Belgium
2001
Sentimental, EuroLille, Gare européeenne de Lille
Entre ciel et terre, Museum of Modern Art, Ostende, Belgium
2000
Féerie pour un autre livre, Morlanwelz, Musée Royal de Mariemont
Contemporary Art from Belgium, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Gallery Zeydel, Cologne, Germany
1999
Process Space, Varna, Bulgaria
Process Space, Sofia, Bulgaria
Commentaren in woord en beeld (op Ensor), Muziekconservatorium, Ostende
Un siècle de collage en Belgique, Centre de la Gravure et de l'image imprimée, La Louvière Le Piano noir. Hommage à Barbara, Gallery Dewart, Brussels
Vive la Mariée, Gallery Dewart, Canal 11, Brussels
1997
Sanatta Bulusma 1 - Meeting in Art 1, Deniz Müzesi Sergi Salonu, Istanbul, Turkey Museum of Ankara, Turkey
Groote Markt (Jan Garemijzaal), Bruges
Espace Senghor, Faculté agronomique de l'Université, Gembloux
Gallery Lierhman (Homage to Jacques Parisse), Liège L'Autre Musée, Brussels
Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels
Gallery Uta Goppelsröder, Bretten
1996
Collections nomades, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons
Collections nomades, Musée départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain, Epinal France L'Art en campagne, Saint-H
1995
International Festival Maharès, Tunisia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
Depypere Gallery, Kuurne
1993
International award of contemporary art, Palm Beach, Monaco
Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow
House of Artists, Sint Petersburg, Russia Galerie du Prévôt, Paris
1989
Figuration critique, Grand Palais, Paris
Fondation Santillana, Santander, Spain
Center of contemporary art, Rundertorm, Copenhagen, Denmark
ART FAIRS:
Represented by Gallery Pascal Retelet from Saint-Paul de Vence (fairs in Brussels, Milan, Bologne, Miami, Nice, Ghent,…)
Represented by Gallery Marion Meyer from Paris on art fairs in:
Frankfurt am Main (Art Frankfurt, 1998)
New York (1999)
Miami (Art Miami, 1999)
Represented by Gallery Dewart from Brussels on art fairs in:
Nice (Art Jonction, 1997 and 2000)
Bologne (Arte Fiera, 1997)
Strasbourg (St'Art, 1998)
Amsterdam (Kunst Rai, 1998)
Paris (Art Paris, 1999)
Brussels (Art Brussels, 2000)
Represented by Gallery Patrick Gaultier on art fair in :
Paris, (SAGA, 1997)
AWARDS:
1993 ”International award Princess Grace" awarded by the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco for the Grand International Award of Contemporary Art, Monaco
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille (France)
Maritime Museum of Istanbul (Turkey)
Museum of contemporary art, Varna (Bulgaria)
Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons
Centre de la Gravure et de l'image imprimée, La Louvière
Collections of the French community of Belgium
Collections of the Province of Hainaut
City of Saint-Ghislain (Belgium)
City of Maharès (Tunisia)
Bank Paribas
National Bank of Belgium
Fondation de Liniéris, Bordeaux
FILMS:
Le regard du Regard, by Nicole Bergmans, 2000, (music by Chateau Lamotte)
Traces, L'univers de Didier Mahieu, by Patrick Jean, 35 mm, Saga Films, 18 min, 2000. Awarded by the jury of the film festival of short film Namur. Selected by festivals in Angers and Brussels.
Le Sentiment de la mouette, by Benoît Sourty, Paris, les productions de la Lanterne / C9 Télévision (with the participation of the National Film Centre of the Ministry of Culture), 50 min, 1999.
Œuvres en chantier, by Gérard Miserque and Marianne Sluszny, RTBF, 20 min, 1998. Distribution: Belgian television (RTBF), French (FR3), Franco-German (ARTE)
Procession et cætera, by E. Ledune, AJC/WIP/RTBF - "Carré noir", 13 min, 1994.
Didier Mahieu, by Nicole Berckmans, broadcast on la deux.