*1948 Vorst, Belgium
lives/works in Brussels, Belgium
- Solo Exhibitions (selection)
- 2015: Walter Swennen: At My Own Risk. Couldn't Be Better, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York.
- 2015: Walter Swennen, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 2014: Walter Swennen: Works on Paper, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2014: Walter Swennen: Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2013/4: Walter Swennen: Why Painting Now? at Galerie Nächst St Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria, curated by Miguel Wandschneider.
- 2013: Walter Swennen: So far so good, WIELS, Brussels, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert & Miguel Wandschneider (publication).
- 2013: Walter Swennen: Continuer, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, curated by Miguel Wandschneider (publication).
- 2013: Walter Swennen, Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2012: Sans titre, Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2012: Walter Swennen, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2012: Garibaldi Slept Here, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.
- 2011: Walter Swennen, fdc, Paris
- 2011: De Ziener (met Philippe Van den Berghe) Asse, Belgium.
- 2010: Walter Swennen, domobaal.
- 2010: Walter Swennen 'Een kleine ritselende revolutie, Dubbeltijd' in het Arentshuis, Brugge, Belgium, curated by Dirk Snauwaert.
- 2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) solo presentation, domobaal.
- 2009: Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2009: Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2008: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2008: How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue) curated by Luk Lambrecht.
- 2008: How to paint a Horse, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium (catalogue) curated by Luk Lambrecht.
- 2008: Curating the Campus, de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2007: Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2007: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2006: Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2005: Passa Porta, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2005: Artis, (with Derk Thijs)'s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
- 2005: RhoK, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2004: aliceday, Brussels (with Michael Dans) Belgium.
- 2003: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2003: Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2003: Walter Swennen On Paper, Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium.
- 2002: Flemish Culture Prize for the Visual Arts, Belgium.
- 2001: Factor 44, Antwerp (with Dialogist–Kantor) Belgium.
- 2001: S. Cole Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.
- 2001: Hogeschool St–Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2001: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2000: Galerie ACGK, Brussels, (with Patrick Teugels) Belgium.
- 1999: Stella Lohaus, Antwerp, (with Frankie DC) Belgium.
- 1999: Hyperspace, Marie–Puck Broodthaers, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1998: Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 1997: Willy D'Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1996: Galerie Cyan, Liège, Belgium.
- 1995: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1994: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.
- 1994: Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1994: Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 1993: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.
- 1993: Recent Drawings, Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1992: Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA.
- 1992: Galerie Laage & Salomon, Paris, France.
- 1992: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1991: Drawings, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1991: Walter Swennen 'Le Nom Propre' Palais de Beaux–Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1990: Everyday Life, Galerie De Lege Ruimte, Brugge, Belgium.
- 1990: Recent paintings and drawings, Stadsgalerie Heerlen, The Netherlands.
- 1989: Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1988: Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1988: Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1987: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1987: Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke–le–Zoute, Belgium.
- 1986: Galerie l'A, Liège, Belgium.
- 1986: Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1986: Palais des Beaux–Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1985: Galerie Montenay–Delsol, Paris, France.
- 1985: Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam, (with Mark Luyten) The Netherlands.
- 1985: Galerie Françoise Lambert, Milano, Italy.
- 1985: René & Marcel Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1984: Dam 43, Middelburg.
- 1984: Walter Swennen and Mark Luyten, Galerie Albert Baronian, Knokke, Belgium.
- 1984: MUHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.
- 1983: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1983: Galerie Fabien de Cugnac, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1982: De Waterpoort, Kortrijk, Belgium.
- 1982: Vlaanderenstraat 165, Brussels, Belgium (with Philippe Jadot).
- 1981: Galerie ERG, Brussels, Belgium (with Philippe Jadot).
- 1981: Galerie Patrick Verelst, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1980: Galerie ERG, Brussels, Belgium.
- Group Exhibitions (selection)
- 2016: Walter Swennen included in The Importance of Being
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2016: Angst essen Seele auf, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2015/16: Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany.
- 2015/6: I Belgi Barbari e Poeti, Futur Musé´e Modern Art Museum, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2015: Give A Man A Mask And He Will Tell You The Truth, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2015: Ma patience a des limites, Still Life, Dubois Friedland gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2015: A Drawing Show, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel, Switzerland.
- 2015: Current, Svenja Deininger, Klaas Kloosterboer, Walter Swennen, Evi Vingerling, Galerie Bob van Orsow, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2015: The Importance of Being, Contemporary art from Belgium in Latin–America, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havanna, Cuba; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
- 2014: July, The Approach, London.
- 2014: Blue Times, Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
- 2014: A whole range of furtively titillating stereotypes, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2014: De Vierkantigste Rechthoek, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
- 2014: Hoge Horizon, Bruegelland, vroeg 21e eeuw, Stedelijk Museum, Brussels.
- 2014: A Story of Absence, National Bank of Belgium, Brussels.
- 2013: De Autodidact, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2013: Belgium Open, LOCUS SOLUS, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2013: Repeat, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liè`ge Belgium.
- 2013: Parkstad Limburg Prijs 2013, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
- 2013: The Gunshot, Galerie Marion De Canniè``re, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2013: Seismology of The Times, Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2013: Een groep, Galerie De Ziener, Asse, Belgium.
- 2013: About Waves, Part III, Via het Virtuele, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.
- 2013: Cadavre Exquis A Figure of Painting, LLS 387, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2013: About Waves, Part II, Re–Figuratie, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.
- 2013: Sous l'Amazone coule un fleuve, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France.
- 2013: About Waves, Part I, Het Ding, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.
- 2012: Pop–Up, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2012: frecher, loods12, Wetteren, Belgium.
- 2012: so far so good, André Volten huis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2012: Le Grand Atelier, MAC's, Grand Hornu, Belgium.
- 2012: Present! La Centrale Electrique & De Markten, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2012: Arti Capelli, s'Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
- 2011: Change of address, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent, Belgium.
- 2011: Pas de rapport… (morceaux choisis), Galerie de l'Erg, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2011–2012 Masterpieces in the MAS, five centuries of images in Antwerp's Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2011: Tomorrow is The Question, New Acquisitions Exhibition at SMAK, Ghent, Belgium.
- 2011: inside and outside – writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium.
- 2011: War Rooms, a contemporary exhibition, including: John Allman, Fran Burden, William English, Barry Kemp, Oona Grimes, Tony Grisoni, Tony Hayward, Christian Israel, Marius Pfannenstiel, Kevin Roe, Gerry Smith and Walter Swennen at Danielle Arnaud.
- 2011: Von dort aus – Nieuwe Kunst uit België / Art Nouveau de la Belgique II, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln, Germany.
- 2011: Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2010: (When will they finally see) The power of drawing, 62 Belgian artists, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2010: Above the Serious, The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, London.
- 2010: Pictografie, Musee Raveel, Mechelen–Zulte, Belgium.
- 2010: Three Belgian Painters: Damien de Lepeleire, Philippe van Snick, Walter Swennen. Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, Belgium.
- 2010: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, with Jan Lauwers & NeedCie and Jeff Wall, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium.
- 2010: Xanadu, The SMAK collection presented by Hans Theys, SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) Ghent, Belgium.
- 2010: Group Show, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2009: Books, Ephemera, Works on Paper, Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium .
- 2009: Time is a Sausage (A Show of Shows) domobaal.
- 2009: Ventriloquist, curated by Emma Dexter, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London.
- 2009: Bande Annonce II, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2009: Werken, fragments from the collection, STUK, Liège, Belgium.
- 2009: The tragic and the funny meet again, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2009: BPS 22, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 2009: Glissements de terrain, Galerie Les Filles du calvaire, Paris, France.
- 2008: Marie–Puck Broodthaers Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2008: Scala Paradisi, Schürmann Berlin with Aleana Egan, Alex Frost, Joanne Greenbaum, Diango Hernandez, Lone Haugaard Madsen, Albert Oehlen, Roseline Rannoch, Christoph Schellberg, Berlin, Germany.
- 2008: L'amiral cherche une maison à louer, galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2008: Honorons Honoré, cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Belgium.
- 2008: TH Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 2008: Soigneurs de gravité, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.
- 2007: MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.
- 2007: Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA.
- 2007: Le Peintre Maudit, De Halle, Geel, Belgium.
- 2007: Merz in February, Emyt, Berlin, Germany.
- 2007: NICC (New International Cultural Centre) Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2007: Jubilée MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.
- 2007: The moss gathering tumbleweed experience, galerie Manuela Klerkx, Milan, Italy.
- 2007: aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2006: Maybe a Duck … Maybe a Rabbit … Jemima Burrill, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen (publication) with essay by Peter
Suchin, The Drawing Centre, Wimbledon College of Art, UK.
- 2006: Trésors Cachés, Musée D'Ansembourg, Liège, Belgium.
- 2006: Outdoors, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.
- 2006: My home is my castle, Patrick Heintz, Luxembourg.
- 2006: Summertime, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2006: Anagramme, Musée des Arts Contemporains, Grand Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.
- 2005: Are we changing the world, Narcisse Tordoir collaborate, Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2005: Visionnair België/Belgique Visionnaire, Harald Szeeman, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2005: Amicalement vôtre, Tourcoing, Belgium.
- 2005: Rouge, Galerie Jacques Cerami, Couillet, Belgium.
- 2004: In Partes Tres, Musée des Arts Contemporains Grand–Hornu, Hornu, Belgium.
- 2004: Pauvres Nous, Factor 44, Borgerhout, Belgium.
- 2004: Bande Annonce, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2004: Papier et dérivés, Galerie Nadja Vilenne, Liège, Belgium.
- 2003: 6 Galeries 6 Kunstenaars, Lions Evenements (Special Edition) Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2003: Garage Beerens, Belgium.
- 2003: Bestuifbegeerte, Hasselt, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium.
- 2003: Dubbel–Woonst, Walter Swennen, Philippe Vandenberg and Carel Visser.
- 2003: Philip Huyghe, Under Construction, Richard Foncke Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.
- 2003: Gelijk het leven is, Belgian and International Art from the Collection (catalogue) SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele kunst) and other locations, Ghent, Belgium.
- 2003: Gisteren, de tijd voorbij, Contemporary Art from the collection of Cera Holding (catalogue) Leuven, Groot begijnhof, Belgium.
- 2003: The MuKHA Collection, Rehanging The Collection III, MuHKA (Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Gent/Museum for Contemporary Art Ghent) Belgium.
- 2003: Sense & Nonsense, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London.
- 2003: Sugar & Spice, part II, Galerie Annie Gentils, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2003: Chaque minute l'art à Liège change le monde, Quinze regards sur la collection de la Cera Foundation, MAMAC (Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain) Liège, Belgium.
- 2003: Voir en peinture (Seeing in Painting) Le Plateau, FRAC (Fonds Regional d'Art contemporain) Île de France, Paris, France.
- 2001: Ici et maintenant/Hier & Nu, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1999: Trouble Spot, Painting, MuHKA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Museum for Contemporary Art Antwerp) Belgium.
- 1999: La Consolation, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France.
- 1999: Small Stuff, Herman Teirlinckhuis, Beersel, Belgium.
- 1997: Trapped Reality, Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.
- 1997: Maakt Kunst Staat? Provinciaal Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Provinciaal Museum, Hasselt, Belgium.
- 1996: Casus Belli, Hangar 21, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1995: Discours–Métis, Galerij V.U.B., Brussels, Belgium.
- 1995: Géométrie sacrée/Sacrale geometrie, Galerie des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1994: A Personal Choice, Magnus Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.
- 1994: Splatter Table, MuKHA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst) Ghent, Belgium.
- 1994: Het Lelijke Eendje, Hedendaagse kunstenaars en mensen met een mentale handicap,'t Elzenveld, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1994: Ceci n'est pas une pomme, Fundaciòn Carlos de Amberes, Belgium at Arco, Madrid, Spain.
- 1994: Confrontaties, Musée d'Ixelles, Ixelles, Belgium.
- 1993: Confrontaties, 111 hedendaagse kunstenaars uit België en Luxemburg, t' Elzenveld, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1993: De la main à la tête, (D. Zacharopoulos), Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locminé, Belgium.
- 1993: Un accrochage, ou des coins remplis de ce qui a été raflé dans des coins, (René Denisot), Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1993: Modernism in Painting, Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen (ten years of Painting in Flanders), Museum Van Bommel Van Damm, Venlo, The Netherlands.
- 1993: Kunst in België na 1980/L'art en Belgique après 1980, Musée d'Art moderne, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1992: Un peu d'histoire(s), Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1992: Antwerp invited to The Hague, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 1992: Woord en Beeld in de Belgische Kunst van a tot z, De ambivalentie van het geheugen, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- 1992: Regression, Guy Ledune Contemporary Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1992: Modernism in Painting, Tien jaar schilderkunst in Vlaanderen (ten years of Painting in Flanders), Provinciaal Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostend, Belgium.
- 1992: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990–1991, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium.
- 1991: Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu, MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1991: Kunst Europa, Belgien Niederlanden Luxemburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 1991: Brussel 1951–1991, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1990: De Pictura, Galerie Bruges la morte, Brugge, Belgium.
- 1990: Belgicisme belicht: Acht Kunstenaars uit België, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 1990: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988–1989, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium.
- 1990: Hommage aan Karel Geirlandt, Campo, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1990: Beeldenstorm 1990, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands.
- 1990: Portrait d'une collection d'art contemporain, La Collection Stéphane et Georges Uhoda, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1990: Artisti (Della Flandria)/Artists (from Flanders), Palazzo Sagredo, Campo S. Sofia, Venezia, Italia.
- 1989: De Integrale: Recente Belgische Kunst, Atelier Steel, Brugge, Belgium.
- 1989: Noise, Pavillon de la Boverie, Liège, Belgium.
- 1989: Untitled, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, USA.
- 1989: Figures, co–production: Galerie Municipale d'Art Contemporain, Frac Rhône–Alpes, St–Priest, France.
- 1988: Belgicisme, Casa Frollo, Venezia, Italia.
- 1988: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1986–1987, Cultureel Centrum Genk, Genk, Belgium.
- 1988: Kunstrai'88, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1988: Retour d'Afrique, Galerie Quadri, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1988: 33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l'Art contemporain belge, Paris, France.
- 1988: De Verzameling/La Collection/The Collection, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1988: Van Kunst naar Kunstenaar, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1987: Arte in situation Belgica: Situazione dell'arte, Salon privé/Pino Casagrande, Roma, Italia.
- 1987: Arte in situation Belgica: Situazione dell'arte, Galleria Studio Massimi, Roma, Italia.
- 1987: Art belge/Belgische Kunst, Galerie des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1987: Accrochage, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1987: Omtrent Tekenkunst: Hedendaagse tekenvormen, Sint–Lukas Galerij, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1987: L'Exotisme au quotidien, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1986: In de Maalstroom/Au coeur du Maelström, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1986: Capriccio, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1986: Initiatief 86, Centrum voor Kunst & Cultuur, Sint–Pietersabdij, Ghent, curated by Kaspar König, Belgium.
- 1986: Young Belgian Talent, Denise Cadé Gallery, Art Prospect Inc., New York, USA.
- 1986: Young Talent: Six Flemish Artists, The Art Society of The International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA.
- 1985: Made in Belgium, Casino Knokke, Knokke–le–Zoute,. Belgium.
- 1985: Kunst als spiegel van de maatschappij. Kunst als spiegel van de Kunst (Art as a mirror of society. Art as a mirror of Art), Stedelijk Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium.
- 1985: Negen hedendaagse tekenaars uit Vlaanderen/Nove disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei (Drawings by nine contemporary Flemish artists), ICC, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1984: Le musée de voyage, Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium.
- 1984: De eerste chauvinistische, Montevideo, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1984: Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen, Belgium.
- 1983: Speelhoven '83, Speelhoven, Aarschot, Belgium.
- 1982: Het picturaal Verlangen. Le désir pictural, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1982: La Magie de l'Image/De Magie van het Beeld (The Magic of the Image) Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1982: Biënnale van de kritiek, ICC, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1981: Biennale de la Critique, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1981: Prix de la jeune peinture belge, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1981: Echelle 1/81 Schaal, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1980: Bezetting/Occupation, Brussels, Belgium.
- Publications (selection)
- 2012: Copie de voyage n4 (by Michel Assenmaker & Olivier Foulon) The New Break, Brussels, Belgium.
- 2007: Met zo'n sujet ik me maar niet inlaten, Contemporary Artists, JP de Paepe Editions, Brugge, Belgium.
- 2004: Walter Swennen, PIF, La Lettre volée, MAC's, dir. Laurent Busine, texte by Jan Florizoone, Brussels, Belgium. 240 pps (monograph).
- 2001: Beeldende Kunst 1996 / 1997 / 1998, Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap Aanwinsten, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussels, Belgium 312 pps
- 1997: Walter Swennen, Hans Theys, Le Cow–Boy, Willy D Huysser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. 64 pps.
- 1986: 12 jaar beleid van K.J. Geirlandt, 1974–1986, Vereniging voor tentoosntellingen van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium. 58 pps
- Catalogues (selection)
- 2008: How to paint a Horse, De Garage, Cultuurcentrum Mechelen, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, Belgium. (monograph)
- 2006: Maybe a Duck … Maybe a Rabbit … Jemima Burrill, Ansel Krut and Walter Swennen, essay by Peter Suchin, The Drawing Centre, Wimbledon College of Art, UK.
- 2003: Tekeningen van kinderen met naam, St Niklaas, Belgium.
- 2003: Chaque minute l'art à Liège change le monde, Quinze regards sur la collection de la Cera Foundation, MAMAC (Musée d'Art moderne et d'Art contemporain) Liège, Belgium. 160pps
- 2003: Gisteren, de tijd voorbij. Aktuele kunst uit de collectie van Cera Holding, Leuven, Belgium.
- 2001: Walter Swennen 'Commerce & Promenade' introduction by Luk Lambrecht, published by DWB and Cera Foundation, Belgium.
- 1999: La Consolation: Oeuvres de la collection de la Communauté flamande de Belgique, Le Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France. 96pps
- 1997: Trapped Reality, Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain.193 pps
- 1996: Casus Belli, Klagsbrun, Viviane, Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1995: Discours–Métis, Willy Van den Dorpe, Brussels, Belgium.
- 1994: Walter Swennen, MuHKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, 144 pps
- 1994: Ceci n'est pas une pomme, Fundaciòn Carlos de Amberes, Madrid, Spain. 72 pps (monograph)
- 1993: Confrontaties, 111 hedendaagse kunstenaars uit België en Luxemburg, t'Elzenveld, Antwerpen, Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt, Belgium. 295 pps
- 1992: Modernism in Painting, 10 Jaar Schilderkunst in Vlaanderen / 10 Years of Painting in Flanders, PMMK, Ostend, Belgium. Stichting Kunstboek, Brugge, Belgium. 275 pps
- 1992: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1990–1991, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1991: Walter Swennen 'Le Nom Propre' essay by Laurent Busine, Palais de Beaux–Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1991: Kunst in Vlaanderen, Nu: Een keuze uit tien jaar aankopen van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Ministerie van de Vlaamse, Gemeenschap, Bruxelles, Belgium. 133 pps
- 1991: Kunst Europa, Belgien Niederlanden Luxemburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. Brussel 1951–1991, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles.
- 1990: Artisti (Della Fiandria) / Artists (from Flanders), Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium. 112 pps
- 1990: Kunstwerken verworven door de Vlaamse Gemeenschap in 1988–1989, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Belgium.
- 1990: Beeldenstorm 1990, Stichting Zuidnederlandse Ontmoetingen, The Netherlands.
- 1990: Walter Swennen, Stichting Zuidnederlandse Ontmoetingen, The Netherlands.
- 1989: De Integrale, Atelier Steel, Brugge, Belgium. 80 pps
- 1989: Noise, fenêtre en vue, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Liège, Liège, Belgium. 332 pps
- 1988: Galerie Albert Baronian in ICC, ICC Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- 1988: 33e Salon de Montrouge. Un Panorama de l'Art contemporain belge, Centre Culturel et Artistique de Montrouge, Paris, France.
- 1987: Podium 87, Campo Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium. 64 pps
- 1986: Nove Disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC Internationaal Culturell Centrum, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- 1986: Walter Swennen, extended essay by Wim van Mulders, essay by Laurent Busine, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1985: Made in Belgium, Casino Knokke, Knokke–le–Zoute, Belgium. 35 pps
- 1985: Kunst als spiegel van de maatschappij. Kunst als spiegel van de Kunst, Stedelijk Museum Oud Hospitaal, Aalst, Belgium.
- 1985: Negen hedendaagse tekenaars uit Vlaanderen / Nove disegnatori Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC, Antwerpen. Belgium.
- 1985: Fiamminghi Contemporanei, ICC Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1984: Le musée de voyage, Espace 251 Nord, Liège, Belgium.
- 1984: De eerste chauvinistische, Montevideo, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- 1984: Grenzüberschreitungen, Kloster zum Guter Hirten, Aachen, Belgium.
- 1983: Speelhoven '83, Speelhoven, Aarschot, Belgium.
- 1982: Het picturaal Verlangen, Le désir pictural, Galerie Isy Brachot, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1982: La Magie de l'Image / De Magie van het Beeld, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1982: Biënnale van de kritiek, ICC, Antwerpen, Belgium.
- 1982: Biennale de la Critique, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.
- 1981: Prix de la jeune peinture belge, Palais des Beaux–Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1981: Echelle 1/81 Schaal, Bruxelles, Belgium.
- 1980: Bezetting / Occupation, Bruxelles, Belgium.