| 1973 | born in Belgium lives and works in Schilde |
| 1991–1993 | BA in Architecture, K.U. Leuven |
| 1993–1995 | Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp |
| 1995–1997 | Academy of Visual Arts St. Joost, Breda |
| 1997–2000 | Higher Institute of Fine Arts (H.I.S.K.) Flanders, Antwerp |
Solo Shows
| 2019 | The Dog, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne |
| 2018 | A Gloomy Day, Gallery Baton, Seoul |
| 2016 | Behind the Camera, Philipp von Rosen, Cologne Borderline, Antwerp Tower, MuHKA (in cooperation with Opera Vlaanderen & Royal Ballet Flanders), Antwerp The Land of Milk & Money, Artist Room, Weserburg, Bremen The Light We Live In, Albertz Benda, New York |
| 2015 | Sign Waves, Gallery Baton, Seoul The Del, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels |
| 2014 | Cut Away the Snoopy, Marlborough Contemporary, London Armco, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne Till We Drop, Galeries Lafayette, Paris |
| 2013 | Zylon, Gallery Baton, Seoul Yaw, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels Apex, Friedman Benda, New York Borders, Spinnerei, Leipzig |
| 2012 | Chicane, Marlborough Contemporary, London Shadows, Museo Alto Garda, Riva del Garda From the East to the West and Back, Gallery Baton, Seoul |
| 2011 | Comin' Down, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Berlin Insomnia and Greenhouse, Friedman Benda Gallery, New York |
| 2010 | WHAT?, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels Journey, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne Curbs & Cracks, S.M.A.K., Ghent Preview, Works on Paper by Koen van den Broek, KMSKA Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp |
| 2008 | This an Example of That: John Baldessari and Koen van den Broek, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels Out of Space, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne Who will lead us? Illy Prize for the Best Solo Show, Art Brussels, Brussels |
| 2007 | Angle, White Cube, London |
| 2006 | Dante's View, Figge von Rosen Galerie, Cologne |
| 2005 | Paintings from the USA and Japan, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle |
| 2004 | Koen van den Broek 1999–2004, Domus Artium, Salamanca Framed, Cultuur Centrum Strombeek, Brussels |
| 2003 | Threshold, White Cube, London |
| 2002 | Les charmes discrets de l'art flamand contemporain: Koen van den Broek, Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Gordes |
| 2001 | Borders, White Cube, London Koen van den Broek: Schilderijen/Paintings, Kunstencentrum Z33, Hasselt |
| 2000 | Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, Hasselt |
| 1999 | Galerij Art 61, Hever |
| 1998 | Bernarduscentrum, Antwerp |
| 1997 | Galerij Hellinga Beetsterzwaag, Amsterdam |
Group Shows
| 2019 | Highlights for a Future:20 jaar S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K., Gent Salon de Peinture, Muhka, Antwerp |
| 2018 | Der Flaneur – Vom Impressionismus bis zur Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Bonn Nieuw Amsterdams Peil (N.A.P.), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam 20 Years NICC – JUBILEE – A4 Works, NICC, Antwerp 139 x NOTHING BUT GOOD, PARK, Tilburg |
| 2017 | Kunstlicht, Fuhrwerkswaage Kunstraum, Cologne Vloed, Art Center Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde Le Paysage en Question, Centre d'Art Contemporain de Châteauvert, Châteauvert Intuition, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice Paul Sochacki – Kijken met gesloten ogen. De onzichtbaarheid van het zichtbare, CC Maasmechelen, Maasmechelen |
| 2016 | Duikboot, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp DE-GENERATIES – Elias et ses compagnons de routes, De Markten, Brussels Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens Prelude / Subversion, Gallery Baton, Seoul The Importance of Being. Contemporary Art from Belgium in Latin-America, Museu de Arte Contemporâneo da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo UNGENAU (collection SMAK), De Halle, Geel |
| 2015 | The Corner Show, Extra City Kunsthall, Antwerp Proportio, Venice Biennale, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice Drawing Biennial 2015, Drawing Room, London The Importance of Being. Contemporary Art from Belgium in Latin-America, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro Before / Beyond Words, Wattenfabriek, Herzele De Vierkantigste Rechthoek – Belgische kunst in perspectief, KAdE, Amersfoort |
| 2014 | Museum to Scale 1/7, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam Bloed, Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, Bilzen Biënnale van de Schilderkunst: De verftoets, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle Nothing but Good, Park – Plattform for Visual Arts, Tilburg Re: Painted, S.M.A.K., Ghent |
| 2013 | Museum to Scale 1/7, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels First we take The Hague, then we take Berlin, Embassy of Belgium, The Hague More than I dare to think about – Works with paper, Marlborough Contemporary, London Happy Birthday Dear Academie!, MAS – Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp Art Attack, Oud-Pand Sodermans, Hasselt The Moderns. Duos, KMSKA Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Koningin Fabiolazaal, Antwerp Raoul & ik, établissement d'en face, Brussels Werkschau 2013, Spinnerei, Leipzig; Gallery Baton, Seoul Collectie XXXIII, Museum for Contemporary Art (MuHKA), Antwerp |
| 2012 | Belgium Contemporary Now, Gallery Baton, Seoul Biënnale van de Schilderkunst: De mens in beeld, Roger Raveel Museum, Zulte-Machelen |
| 2011 | Collectie XXVII: East from 4°24', MuHKA, Antwerp Extra Muros: Masterpieces in the MAS. Five centuries of images in Antwerp, MAS, Antwerp Jan van Imschoot, Koen van den Broek, Wilfried Vandenhove, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo Between Film and Art, Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Berlin Tomorrow is the Question. Collectiepresentatie, S.M.A.K., Ghent |
| 2010 | 14th Vilnius Painting Triennale: False Recognition, CAC, Vilnius Does City/Münster Matter?, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster |
| 2009 | A Story of the Image, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore; Shanghai Museum, Shanghai FADING, Museum van Elsene, Brussels In-Finitum, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice |
| 2008 | Biënnale van de Schilderkunst. Het genot van het kijken, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle; Roger Raveel Museum, Machelen-Zulte FANTASY Intervention by Koen van den Broek, MuHKA, Antwerp Take the doll – curated by Koen van den Broek, Freemen Gallery, Aardenburg The Hands of Art, S.M.A.K., Ghent Academia, Chapelle d'école des Beaux-Arts, Paris Take the Doll, Aardenburg |
| 2007 | A Story of the Image, MuHKA, Antwerp The Floor, Zwarte Panter, Antwerp Vanaf Nu !, LLS387, Antwerp Metamorphosis III, LAC Perpignan, France; Museu Municipal Abello, Barcelona Welcome Home, MuHKA, Antwerp Jubilee, MuKHA, Antwerp |
| 2006 | Open Space. Art Fair Cologne, Cologne Beaufort 2006, Ostend Freestate, Ostend Leere X Vision, Marta Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Kenny Schachter Rove Leeftijdgenoten, Raveelmuseum, Machelen |
| 2005 | Lineart, Ghent Royal Academy Illustrated 2005, Royal Academy, London Scape-code: Their Subjective Topographies, p k m gallery, Seoul Prague Biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prague |
| 2004 | Framed, CC Strombeek, Strombeck Direct Painting, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Karel Appel – On The Road, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels This is not a home, this is a house, L'Observatoire, Brussels |
| 2003 | Once Upon a Time: Een blik op de kunst in de jaren ’90 in België, MuHKA, Antwerp Oorsprong, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam Winter Exhibition, MHKA, Antwerp Matisse and Beyond: A Century of Modernism, SFMOMA, San Francisco The Ambiguity of the Image. Belgium Art Now, Art Athina 10'03, Helexpo Exhibition Centre, Athens |
| 2002 | Wim Catrysse, Koen van den Broek, Leen Voet, Galerie James Van Damme, Brussels |
| 2000 | Prix de la Jeune Peinture Belge, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Europa Prijs, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ostende The New Millennium in my Dreams, Seoul Arts Centre, Seoul Biennale Prizegiving and Exhibition of Visual Art, Golfo de La Spezia, La Spezia 13 Presentatie van werk van de Laureaten 2000, H.I.S.K., Antwerp |
| 1999 | Subjectieve verbeelding, Huis Thuysbaert, Lokeren Open Ateliers, H.I.S.K, Antwerp Synestesia, Gallery Lokaal 01, Antwerp |
| 1998 | FAXX, Tilburg Open Ateliers, H.I.S.K, Antwerp Spring '98, Antwerp |
| 1997 | Koen van den Broek and Philip Morris, Bergen op Zoom Gallery Nieuw Brabantse Kunststichting, Breda |
Selected Institutional, Public and Private Collections
| Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo Kadist Art Foundation, Paris LACMA, Los Angeles MuHKA, Antwerp Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul San Francisco Museum of Modern Art S.M.A.K., Ghent |